It’s almost impossible to imagine that someone like Jennifer Lopez could be dealing with any sort of financial stress.
But human beings can find a way to live beyond just about any means.
So when insiders claim that Jen’s divorce from Ben Affleck and her recent career setbacks have left her teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, they might not be lying.
Jennifer Lopez attends the Road to the Golden Globes Party during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival at Four Seasons Hotel Toronto on September 07, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)
“Jennifer is still an extremely wealthy individual who’s worth hundreds of millions on paper,” a source close to the situation tells Radar Online.
“But as far as cash flow and recent earnings go, it’s been a struggle.”
But the insider claims that the couple merely flirted on the red carpet for the purpose of drumming up free press for the movie.
“J.Lo is smart enough to know that playing things up for the cameras is only going to benefit the movie, so that’s her primary reason for this flirt-fest with Brett,” said the insider.
“But more than that, it does boost her ego, and so it has that additional bonus.”
Of course, the rumors about these two have been swirling for quite some time.
It all began back in the summer of 2025 — long before the release of The Life of a Showgirl — when Taylor started keeping a lower profile than usual.
Taylor Swift arrives before the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay buccaneers at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on November 04, 2024. (Photo Credit: Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce attend the Men’s Singles Final match between Taylor Fritz of the United States and Jannik Sinner of Italy on Day Fourteen of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 08, 2024. (Photo Credit: Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Apparently, this famous couple just wants some peace and quiet
According to a report by Life & Style, an inside source assures that Taylor and Travis “are still very much in love.”
The insider characterized: “They’re simply recharging their batteries.”
Just as many introverts might need some alone time after a busy social event, some famous couples need to back down from whirlwind public appearances to nurture their relationship.
Taylor Swift attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024. (Photo Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
“Taylor’s been in rest-and-relaxation mode since she wrapped her Eras Tour in December,” the source shared.
According to the insider, “the plan has always been to enjoy the off-season with Travis by packing in a lot of travel.”
Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs and Taylor Swift embrace after defeating the San Francisco 49ers in overtime during Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024. (Photo Credit: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
But is she hiding a baby bump amidst all of this R&R?
The source went on to say that, after a challenging NFL season “and all the pressure that went with it,” Taylor and Travis needed a long break.
“He desperately needed a break,” the insider dished. “So Taylor surprised him with a super private trip.”
The source elaborated: “They’ve been hitting the slopes in Park City and Big Sky, where they blended right in. It helps that they can cover up their faces when they’re skiing, since most people are wearing helmets, goggles or face coverings. They love the anonymity.”
Taylor Swift performs on stage during the “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at Wembley Stadium on August 15, 2024. (Photo Credit: Kate Green/Getty Images)
Simply put, there is absolutely no proof of a Taylor pregnancy.
There have been no baby bump sightings.
Taylor is a conspicuously tall (relatively) and slender woman. Pregnancy would not hide for long.
If some sort of exciting news leaks, we’ll be thrilled to share it.
But for now, it sounds like Taylor and Travis are just trying to take it easy as they enter their newlywed era.
Donnie Wahlberg’s a divorced man, which might be a shocking thing for some to learn about Jenny McCarthy’s beloved.
The boy band heartthrob-turned-Blue Bloods star has always been careful about keeping certain aspects of his private life away from the public eye.
As a result, even diehard fans might not be clear about the details of Donnie’s family situation.
Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg pose during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2019 on December 31, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve)
Is Donnie Wahlberg Divorced?
These days, Donnie is married to Jenny McCarthy, and by all accounts, the relationship is a healthy and stable one.
But the road to “happily ever after” was not without its twists and turns.
In fact, both Jenny and Donnie have been divorced.
Jenny McCarthy, left, hosts a special edition of her SiriusXM show, The Jenny McCarthy Show, live from the SiriusXM set with Donnie Wahlberg at Super Bowl LI Radio Row at the George R. Brown Convention Center on February 3, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
As People reports, Donnie married Kim Fey in 1999, and the couple welcomed two children together.
However, in 2008, they decided to go their separate ways, citing “irreconcilable differences.”
Following a messy legal battle in which Kim requested sole custody of the kids, the divorce was finalized in 2010.
Court files were sealed, so we still don’t know how the judge ruled.
Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy attend the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Madison Square Garden on January 28, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS)
The exact cause of the split remains unclear. But at the time, many observers speculated that Donnie’s friendship with Canadian model Michelle Tomlinson was a factor.
Donnie and Jenny’s Second Act
Whatever the case, it wasn’t long before Donnie fell for his second wife.
It happened in 2012 when Donnie and Jenny both appeared on Andy Cohen‘s Bravo talk show, Watch What Happens Live.
Donnie recalled their first meeting while participating in Instagram’s “first photo challenge” in 2020.
Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg visit SiriusXM at Super Bowl LII Radio Row at the Mall of America on February 2, 2018 in Bloomington, Minnesota. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
“This was our first meeting at @bravoandy @bravowwhl — where Andy implored me to ask Jenny out,” he captioned a throwback pic of the future couple.
“I didn’t … however, we’d meet again a year later at her talk show @vh1 @jennymccarthy. And the rest, as they say, is history.”
Jenny later told the tale of Donnie’s fateful appearance on her talk show.
Jenny McCarthy and recording artist Donnie Wahlberg attend the 2016 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 20, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
“I went a year without dating anybody,” she told New York’s 95.5 PLJ radio (via E! Online).
“So I don’t know if I was really randy or really ready. But he was there, and I gave him my phone number. I’ve never given a guy my number, but I was interested.”
These days, when they’re not on either coast for work, Donnie and Jenny reside in her native Illinois with their happy blended family.
Considering that this 10-season series ran from 1990 until 2000 — a very impressive run with few parallels — that’s an odd place to stop.
If your podcast isn’t popping off, you might call it quits in Season 3.
If you’ve had a great run, you stop at the series finale.
Stopping at Season 8, when you’re so close to the end, isn’t about the podcast. It means that there’s either something external to do … or a piece of personal friction.
However, Tori encouraging people to keep watching Jennie’s recaps seems like an effort to quash interpersonal conflict rumors.
There may be evidence that Tori is jumping ship because she wants to work with a different former co-star.
Some of her recent posts have featured Brian Austin Green. Are they working on a collab?
Fans of the podcast, meanwhile, have voiced their frustration on social media, wondering why Tori and Jennie alike seem to be keeping people in the dark.
Is it their business? Yes. But if they expect people to follow along with their projects, some transparency is not unreasonable.
This week, members of the Senate staged a would-be show trial of Dr. Anthony Fauci, putting on a performance for the cameras of asking him “tough” questions.
Dr. Fauci’s name in the news apparently had Nicki Minaj thinking back to her own famously unhinged vaccine skepticism in 2021.
At the time. the head of the US COVID-19 pandemic response had gently cautioned her against promoting vaccine hesitancy.
Five years later, the Trump collaborator is openly posting a fantasy about him suffering, while blaming him for … what, exactly? Let’s take a look.
Nicki Minaj attends the Treasury Department’s Trump Accounts Summit on January 28, 2026. (Photo Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
‘The collective pain & long term ramifications …’
In a tweet on Thursday, July 30, Minaj took aim at Dr. Fauci alongside a hideous slop portrayal of him as a ’90s teen.
“Feeding tubes will be his portion,” she fantasized. “He will lose the ability to speak.”
Minaj continued: “& then & only then will he feel the collective pain & long term ramifications he caused to [newborns], young children who are still trying to become acclimated into society & schools.”
Her list went on: “Traumatized pregnant women who couldn’t even have family in the delivery rooms & visits, the elderly who died alone & afraid, young ppl still struggling w/mental health, suicide, people turned away from hospitals at their most vulnerable moments.”
Shifting into rambling mode, Minaj wrote: “the trust that is now gone from innocent people toward their governments forever.”
On July 30, 2026, Nicki Minaj seemed to blame Dr. Anthony Fauci for a lot of things that seem like they were beyond his, perhaps anyone’s, control in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Image Credit: twitter)
She complained about “billions of stolen money from hard working tax payers via con artists.”
Minaj alleged: “I’ve been struggling to find the humor in any of this.”
Her tweet concluded: “God bless everyone who made it to the other side. You’re stronger than you thought. God is in control.”
Some of Minaj’s tweet is a little difficult to parse.
However, it appears that she is saying that COVID restrictions during the final year of Trump’s first term were more destructive than the deadly virus that, even with restrictions, killed over 9 million people and disabled countless more.
Attempting to refer to constructing an Ark, as if to escape a mythical flood, Nicki Minaj suggests vaccine hesitancy regarding booster shots. Great. (Image Credit: twitter)
She meant to write ‘Nicki’s Ark’
In a follow-up tweet, Minaj once again expressed her vaccine hesitancy, this time by misspelling the work “ark” repeatedly.
“Once they started telling yall to get a new booster shot every 5 to 10 business days like it was the new Jordans droppin?!?!!!!!!! That’s when I knew,” she wrote.
“I went in my backyard & started building the Arc. Nicki’s Arc,” Minaj wrote. “I know the Lord won’t send another flood but still.”
Most people are aware a virus that is allowed to mutate uncontrollably will require additional vaccines to help the immune system recognize and target the virus more quickly. Old antibodies might not immediately target a new version of the virus.
Minaj, who once claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine had caused a man’s testicles to swell to extreme size and thus canceled his wedding (an investigation by the government found that no such event took place), does not seem to understand the concept.
So, what’s going on with her?
Some people believe that Minaj has cynically sold her soul to the Trump regime, endorsing fascism and coddling white supremacy in exchange for various political favors.
Others believe that she simply feels entitled to government responsiveness, blaming California Governor Gavin Newsom for not doing enough to halt harassment, including SWATting, that targeted her home, setting her down a weird downward spiral into conservatism.
There is also the theory that it simply began with her weird reaction to COVID. There are definitely some people who disconnected from reality over pandemic fears and had kneejerk contrarian reactions to the idea that they should bear any inconvenience for the safety and protection of others.
But, as Matt Bernstein and his guests suggest in the video above, perhaps the most likely explanation is that Minaj was, deep down, always like this. That she spent years semi-pretending to be halfway decent on the surface, and has dropped the facade.
But she’s also taking a break to skewer her mom as a “sociopath.”
Farrah Abraham stopped by the ‘Legally Goff’ podcast to discuss a myriad of topics. (Image Credit: YouTube)
Yes, she’s still running
In January of this year, Farrah proclaimed her candidacy to be mayor of Austin, running in this year’s election.
She was live on TMZ when she learned that the next mayoral race will not be until 2028.
Farrah course-corrected, as one might charitably phrase it, to be running for Austin City Council in District 5.
She’ll be facing off against Ryan Alter, who is Harvard-educated and the incumbent.
Technically, Farrah also took some Harvard courses. You may recall how she ended up burning her Harvard sweatshirt and freaking out when, the clues suggest, a professor gently tried to speak with her about her wildly incoherent writing. She doesn’t take criticism well.
The good folks at The Ashley captured Farrah Abraham’s Instagram Story where she’s doubling down on her Austin City Council run. (Image Credit: Instagram)
On Tuesday, July 28, Farrah doubled down on her farcical run for office by displaying her merch and declaring that she’s “officially on the ballot for November.”
(We said farcical, not impossible. Undeserving monsters whose only qualifications are being reality TV bigots can and do win elections, to the world’s everlasting regret, even if Spencer Pratt did lose recently.)
Ominously, Farrah thanked the people who live in District 5 “in advance” for supporting her.
There are big questions about whether Farrah meets eligibility requirements for City Council. But Farrah insists that she meets the requirements, even if she’s not disclosing her actual place of residency to the public.
We can only hope that the good people of Austin will not allow Farrah to launch a political career. Please.
Speaking of people whose names we all long to forget, Debra Danielsen has made multiple appearances on the podcast of Catelynn Lowell’s brother, Nick.
That is so tangential but was enough to set off Farrah, who griped about it on the Legally Goff Podcast.
First and foremost, Farrah blasted anyone related to Catelynn as “a family who goes out of their way to insert themselves into my life and hate on me.”
She added that her doctors and her “success team” (no, we do not know what that means) agree with her.
Farrah claimed that these people are “mind-boggled as to why my mom continues to act like a sociopath.”
Farrah did talk about learning to mentally disentangle herself from her mother. Who, to be fair, Teen Mom fans generally agree could not have been a good parent or a good person.
“Just having the education and the words now, to know, like, ‘Hey, if you’re acting like a sociopath, then that is what you are,’” she said.
“‘You’re no longer my mom,” Farrah expressed. “That has taken you over and I really hope that you get some help for that.”
She suggested: “Go find your own identity outside of your daughters’ and people hating your daughter and [you’re] joining in that. And I will never do that to my own child.”
Gosh, we sure hope that that’s true. For Sophia’s sake.
Back in 2023, adult film star Emily Willis went into cardiac arrest while being treated for ketamine addiction at a rehab facility in Malibu.
This week, her family was awarded a $3 million settlement against the facility, but for Emily, life will never be the same.
Following news of the settlement, Emily’s mother told TMZ that her daughter is still unable to speak and communicates only with her eyes and by shaking her head.
Emily Willis attends the 2023 Sundance Film Festival “Divinity” Premiere at Egyptian Theatre on January 21, 2023 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
Emily went 30 to 40 minutes without oxygen during her cardiac arrest, and she still undergoes daily therapy with the goal of one day regaining the ability to speak.
According to TMZ, “Emily is still learning to walk again and needs help being fed,” but she is finally able to sleep without being monitored.
Her family reports that she is able to watch and understand her favorite movies and TV shows, and her mother estimates that Emily is able to comprehend “about 80 percent” of what is happening around her.
After undergoing 10 surgeries, Emily is currently living in Mexico, where she works with a team of “top-tier therapists.”
Emily’s mother says the family is hoping to travel to Spain, so that she can undergo a new procedure that’s designed to “stimulate the systems that control speech, communication, and movement.”
And while the family was just awarded a massive settlement, $3 million is really just a drop in the bucket, considering the fact that Emily will likely require lifelong care.
The settlement reflects a new trend — one that we previously saw following Matthew Perry’s death — in which parties responsible for an addict’s recovery are being held civilly and criminally liable for failing to live up to provide adequate care.
Prior to her two-month coma, Willis was one of the biggest stars in the world of adult film. In 2023, she transitioned to mainstream film with a role in the sci-fi film Divinity.
We wish Emily and her family all the best as they continue on their long road to recovery.
