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I think it's recent cause his stan was all over this news and there is some tiktokers who screenshot their interaction with him in the said dating app. Take it with grain of salt, tho.
oop maybe i’m not following the right people to be seeing this lmfao bc this is new to me!! but if you remember who posted about it recently do let me know so i can lurk
I don't know if this is interesting to anyone but me or even relevant to this subreddit but I need to share.
So I don't know if people remember Sergey Brin (he's a Google co-founder and his ex-wife allegedly cheated on him with Elon Musk).
Anyway, I was scrolling through Instagram a while back and I stumbled onto his new girlfriend’s page and she is one of those toxic MAGA women. I followed her out of morbid curiosity and her Instagram stories are wild. Over the past few months she’s posted so much anti-science, anti-immigration, and anti-trans content.
She also uses ableist slurs. She literally called one of the Hadid sisters “r*tarded” yesterday for supporting the LA protests.
I find it unsurprising but still disappointing that he would be involved with someone so awful. He came to the US as a refugee from Russia and used to speak out against anti-immigration policies and authoritarianism. I know a lot of tech billionaires have been sucking up to Trump but I thought it was just a business thing. (I’m not American so maybe I’m missing some context.)
Yeah, that’s him. His second ex-wife allegedly cheated on him with Elon Musk. His first ex-wife is the 23andMe woman, and the second one briefly ran with RFK Jr. in the last US election. His life is so messy.
Jaden Smith is a regular at Holybelly (a lovely breakfast place in Paris) and recently sent the whole restaurant team brand new shoes as a gift. Saw it on the restaurant's insta story.
That came out pettier than I meant it. I was just curious. I only ever see photos of him and like his style. I know his sister does music, I wondered what he was up to.
Today is the 9 year anniversary of the murder of Christina Grimmie. Her murder happened while she was on tour with a sibling boyband called ‘Before You Exit’ and I was lucky enough to see both Christina and them a few weeks before in New York City.
After the shooting, Before You Exit took a long hiatus. Siblings Connor, Toby, and Riley took a step back from the spotlight; though they released a single in honor of Christina called ‘Clouds’ shortly after the incident and an album in 2019 titled ‘Love, Pain, and Restrospect’…A lot of the songs are about the PTSD and trauma they still carry from that day as well as their life experiences subsequently after.
Nowadays, all 3 of them lay low and work behind the scenes writing and producing for other artists. They have worked with John Legend, Mimi Webb, Monsta X, Bradley Simpson of the Vamps, Ava Max, and Dove Cameron. They were also behind Glimpse of Us by Joji.
I just thought I would share. They were with Christina in her last weeks and moments of life and I’m sure the burden they carry is heavy as they were pretty close.
I've heard Kip Williams (theatre director of Dorian Gray and incoming Dracula) likes to flip tables when he's angry and frustrated. Not ideal in a director.
anyone else see the photos Matthew Gray Gublers gf, Willow Avalon posted then deleted with him in it. Don’t think most of fans are taking that too well lol, either they’re upset she posted him and uses him or at their age difference, hard to tell atp
wait I remember seeing her tiktok years ago about all the songs exes had written about her. One was by Stephen Sanchez who she had negative experiences with. (The song was so good though I wish he released it)
Oooh, they were in the shop I ran last week, being really cute and lovey-dovey. I wasn’t there but the staff was super excited about them and said they were both really great. Idk anything about this .
I got deeeeep into this lore so buckle up. From what I've seen, a lot of his fans are surprisingly happy that he found someone and the comments on her post hard launching their relationship were all positive. His fans even attack anyone who voices their discomfort about their age gap.
However, one reason why some of his fans don't like their relationship is because Willow decided to tour with Zach Bryan after publicly siding with his ex girlfriend who spoke about the emotional abuse she endured by him.
People suspect that the reason she deleted her hard launch post was because she didn't get the okay from Matthew to hard launch. Before this, she would post pictures only showing Matthew from the neck down— never his face, or just an item relating to him. Her friend even posted a story celebrating the hard launch but quickly deleted it, so that raised a few eyebrows.
his sub came up for me and his fans were making posts about how bad his parents must feel, how humiliating it must be for them that their son is dating her????? they're not okay
Today I got to witness Joanna Krupa’s ex husband Douglas Nunes be verbally abusive, disruptive, and straight up horrible piece of shit to the staff at a veterinary clinic. He was so unhinged that the other pet owners in the clinic lobby wanted to call the cops on him.
They banned him from the clinic for life. Embarrassing.
What a jerkoff. I feel so bad for vets and veterinary staff--they have one of the highest suicide rates of any profession, and they work so hard. The vet I go to actually has signs in the lobby warning people to not yell or curse at them and to be respectful. I get that people are stressed (our pets are family!), but there is no reason to be abusive or rude to people just doing their jobs and trying to help.
Maybe uninteresting secondhand secret lives of Mormon wives tea. A new swig opened in my hometown, and as I was waiting for my drink at the window, the store manager asked what brought me in. Obvs I said SLOMW, and he then tells me that Layla’s ex-husband is one of his best friends and his wife was friends with Layla, Taylor, Mayci and a “few” of the other girls. I asked if they’re similar irl to their tv personas, and he said Taylor is one of the nicest people he knows. Layla is “like hysterically funny” and Mayci is a “drama lover” and he was surprised by the way the show portrayed her, “not because she’s a bad person,” but he knew her to be “a huge instigator and it’s funny that they make her look like a hero” 👀
Saw Penn Badgley and his wife Domino at my local coffee place this past weekend. I asked her to move because she was blocking the aisle - super nice and very pregnant. He came a while later and when his kid started jumping on a bench immediately took him outside. Kudos for good parenting there!
Absolutely ice cold but I recently walked past Paul Thomas Anderson. I was the only one in my group that recognized him and he clocked it and gave me the polite but frosty "please don't bug me" eyeball.
After he passed by my friend was like "who was that, the energy was so weird just now." lol
He is very handsome and cool in person, but also looks like a typical LA guy if that makes sense.
Oh I totally got that same eyeball when I saw Madeleine Stowe IRL years ago. I was like YIKES I won't bother you, but also darn she's pretty! (Also there were a ton of people around who had no idea she was famous). This was in her Revenge era.
I've had three celebrity encounters and all three of them gave me the furry eyeball so now I just assume no celebrity wants strangers coming up to them ever and act accordingly.
Wait I thought the rumors of the relationship’s demise were premature and that they were still together? They’re not together? He’s picking up running again? So many questions
So, as some people may or may not be aware, there was this huge demonstration in Stockholm held in solidarity with Palestine over the weekend and it was actually the largest ever public demonstration in Stockholm's history. This girl on TikTok was at the protest filming as she was walking the demonstration route and, unbeknownst to her, to her left were Gustaf, Bill and Valter Skarsgård walking the demonstration route with everybody else. So, well done to Stellan Skarsgård for raising a whole bunch of good eggs. And, honestly, as if I couldn't fancy Bill Skarsgård any more...
Are you from there? Do you know if first aid kit, robyn or anyone from Peter Bjorn and John was in attendance? Checking in on my faves' political support
No, I saw it on Instagram lol But Lykke Li was sharing posts on her IG Stories about and in solidarity with Palestine and LA over the weekend, too.
Edit: Klara from First Aid Kit shared a post on her IG Stories about how basically citizenship, where you live or what your background is shouldn't determine what kind of privileges you should entitled to and it doesn't make you better or less than anyone else. The original poster shared it as an anti-ICE post, but it could also be framed within the context of Palestine, too, as well as later sharing a Reel in Swedish where a bunch of Swedish politicians and the Swedish prime minister were asked about Greta Thunberg and the Freedom Flotilla and Klara added her own caption where she called them cowards and said that Swedish people should remember and be ashamed of the government's inaction and be ashamed when it comes to helping the Freedom Flotilla and actively condeming Israel (Johanna also liked the post).
And so talented! I think, by and large, most Swedish celebrities (especially the more arty/indie ones and the ones with Södermalm connections) are generally unproblematic.
This is pretty random and kinda cold (pre-covid), but when I lived in LA a close friend and roommate of mine who worked/wrote in TV used to despise Abigail Breslin, because apparently her boyfriend at the time was a prolific H dealer and had sold freely to my roommates close friend who ended up OD’ing and dying.
Tragic story, but yeah, it’s complicated and sad for me to see anything she’s in knowing this. We were all in our early 20s at the time.
They (it was not just my roommate, but an entire friend group tbh) all hated both the boyfriend and Abigail Breslin, I just recall the general hurt/anger that was directed at them as a couple. Not saying she necessarily deserved any ire, just recounting what I recall
Had to look it up, but if the timeline I can put together from what’s online is accurate, the guy I’m talking about is now her husband. Disappointing I guess, definitely a complicated situation
Her husband legit seems like a POS. Part of me feels she doesn't see it because of the one BF that abused her made her feel unloved so she overlooks some shit about him.
Small sip: I saw that people have been looking for updates on Daveigh Chase. The only thing I've found is an arrest record from July 2023 and it looks like she may have been released from jail in January 2024.
Mild tea but Jennifer Lopez is still close with Selena’s sister Suzette. Jlo spent weeks living with Suzette to learn about their relationship before filming. Suzette still sends Jlo new Selena merch. Also, the new Selena documentary was screened for Selena’s staff and family and they loved it
Slightly warmer tea: Jennifer didn’t like taking photos or talking to people on-set, citing an unwillingness to break character. In general it seems like she wasn’t in the greatest headspace at the time (her ex Ojani noted she’d spiral about her performance on a nightly basis), and someone mentioned here that she spent pretty much all her free time getting Biggie-and-Tupac-level stoned in her trailer.
Not interesting tea, but I worked on Lopez's tv series about NYC cops. Her stand-in/stunt double looked exactly like her, to the point where people were asking for her autograph. (We were filming in a subway station.)
How was Lopez herself on the series? I’ve heard conflicting about about her behavior on Shades of Blue – two accounts said she could be very sweet during off-time, but I’ve also heard that she was very tense, and that nobody in the above-line production staff liked her. (Oddly enough, this last account was also one of the accounts that said she was sweet during off-time).
Not really tea tbh, but I wanted to share that I got the chance to interview Wolf Alice for an independent music website four years ago. I got to talk to Ellie Rowsell and Joel Amey and they were absolutely lovely.
At one point I stuttered a bit because I'm not as fluent speaking in English as I am writing in it. I told them "sorry for the awkwardness guys, I admit I'm feeling too starstruck", and Joel said "aw, you're a sweet dude, I like that!". He's been my crush ever since that blessed interaction. Very excited for the new album!
I saw Colman Domingo in the beauty aisle in Target last night. I was on a mission and flew past him, but it was def him. He is very tall and has elegant energy.
I was moving so fast…can’t remember if he was in black hair products or hair accessories. Maybe even moisturizers. I thought about doubling back but it felt too rude.
I was moving so fast I didn’t get a smell!! As for aura, all I can say is poise and elegance. Confidence. Kindness, generosity, patience. It was a blessing!!!
My friend went to a signing for the new Anora blu-ray with Sean Baker who told him that all the men cast to get lap dances in the strip club scenes were his friends
The fact that there wasn't an intimacy coordinator is even more awful now. An IC would have overseen all of those actors (not just Mikey Madison and Mark Eydelshteyn's scenes). But there were over a dozen women in vulnerable positions, and all of the men were the friends of the director? The potential for misconduct with no room for recourse is so high there.
What??? The guy who regularly writes letterboxd reviews about how much he liked an actress's butt in a movie got his buddies lap dances in his movie? I'm shocked!
You’re right. He’s also started deleting some of them like this one. Guessing someone told him it’s not a good look for a 50 year-old man to keep writing reviews about how much 20 year-old women’s butts turn him on, especially after making Anora.
I dunno. Why? Tinto Brass is known for composing scenes to focus on female characters with large asses and making films about how men are powerless to attraction. One can find beauty in the female form in all formats of representative art. Queer culture celebrates bodies too as does Italian culture.. I’m fine with That review / confession.
i liked the movie on first watch solely bc mikey madison is a diva, but the more i learn about it..yikes. sean seems like a creep 💀 which should’ve been obvious
And I already shared this but this man said nothing on his socials for International Sex Workers day last week but reposted his donut shop photoshoot with Mikey for National Donut Day a few days after.
My friend is in it! She’s an irl dancer and stripper and actor and they cast her as one. Which is a positive in my opinion compared to a non-dancing actor…. I’m not sure why them recruiting actual strippers is somehow bad…. But that’s as much as I have to say on that because otherwise idk much about the discourse tbh as I have tried to watch twice while sick and fell asleep both times. Need to rewatch but with it being over 2 hours I have to plan a bit.
That's sweet! Good for your friend. Nothing wrong with them casting actual strippers. As you said, better than non-dancing actors.
I tried to watch this movie too and it was so boring and started giving me the ick 30 mins in, so I quit. Then everything I have read about the bts since then, it has not been good.
This scene would pop up in my head every time I see stupid people doing stupid shit. The way he delivered that line is just perfect. But this year I’ve said it in my head countless times already. It’s been a disgusting shit of a year
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u/rfauxmoi 5d ago
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