Grizz Chapman Cause of Death Revealed: ’30 Rock’ Star Was 52

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We have tragic news to report from the world of television today.

Grizz Chapman — the actor who played Tracy Morgan’s lovable bodyguard on 30 Rock — passed away on Friday at the age of 52.

Now, new information has emerged about Chapman’s harrowing final days.

Actors Grizz Chapman and Steve Buscemi in the audience during 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 18, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/WireImage)

The news comes courtesy of Chapman’s manager, Renee Glicker, who has shed light on the severe health struggles the actor had reportedly been battling behind the scenes for years.

According to TMZ, Chapman had been dealing with a number of serious medical issues and was, in the words of his manager, was “just struggling to stay alive.”

Glicker told the outlet that the actor had received a kidney transplant back in July 2010, but later needed a second transplant.

Finding a match reportedly proved especially difficult because of Chapman’s extraordinary size — the actor stood nearly seven feet tall.

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At this point, Chapman’s exact cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.

However, his manager reportedly believes there were likely multiple contributing factors tied to his declining health.

News of Chapman’s death first surfaced Thursday, when his longtime representative confirmed that the actor had passed away, leaving behind a grieving wife and two children.

His cousin, Harlem Globetrotter Donte “Hammer” Harrison, later shared that Chapman had spent years battling illness and dialysis treatments and died peacefully in his sleep.

For sitcom fans, Chapman will always be remembered as one-half of Tracy Jordan’s unforgettable entourage alongside Dot Com on 30 Rock, where he appeared in dozens of episodes during the show’s acclaimed seven-season run.

His chemistry with Tracy Morgan helped turn a supporting role into a fan favorite.

Beyond 30 Rock, Chapman also appeared in shows such as Blue Bloods, The Blacklist, and The Good Fight, while also creating his own YouTube sketch series, Grizz Chroniclez.

Our thoughts go out Chapman’s loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.

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Beyoncé Pregnant? Here’s Why Fans Think She’s About to Make an Announcement

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There are few figures in pop culture who receive more adoration than Beyoncé.

She and husband Jay-Z welcomed Blue Ivy in January 2012.

Then, in June 2017, they welcomed twins, Rumi and Sir.

Now, members of the Beyhive believe that she’s gearing up to add a fourth child to the mix.

Beyoncé attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating “Costume Art” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026. (Photo Credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

A new Beyoncé pregnancé?

In early May, Beyoncé staged her triumphant return to the Met Gala.

She had not attended fashion’s biggest night since 2016.

The art charity ball encourages high fashion and bold design choices. Queen Bey understood the assignment.

She showed up wearing a downright skeletal Olivier Rousteing dress alongside a crown headpiece and a white ombre feather cape.

Bey’s most important accessory, many would argue, was Blue — her eldest daughter, who is currently in her early teens.

Commenters on social media were, of course, delighted to see Beyoncé return to the Met Gala after a 10-year hiatus.

But some of these commenters could not help but ask if she has big news to announce soon.

In February 2026, just a few months earlier, Queen Bey shared a Valentine’s Day message with fans. This was a first of its kind from her.

Did Beyoncé make such a post and return to the Met Gala because she’s leading up to a big announcement later this year?

And, more specifically, a ton of commenters on social media have been asking if she’s pregnant. They’re not saying this to insult her or her costume.

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How likely is the pregnancé?

We do not claim to be pregnancy psychics or whatever, so we’ll look at the evidence as to whether Beyoncé is hiding a big surprise.

The truth is that we do not know.

One possible hint, proponents of the pregnancy theory, is something that Beyoncé said at the Met Gala.

In light of the prompt for the night — Costume Art, with a dress code of Fashion Is Art, someone on the red carpet asked Queen Bey: “Is there one piece of art that has changed your life?”

Beyoncé replied: “My children.”

“is there one piece of art that has changed your life?”

“my children🙂‍↕️”

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As exciting as another Beyoncé baby might be, now might not be the best time.

Plenty of critical replies on social media have been reminding Bey that Jay-Z shows up in the Epstein Files.

Even if he is not accused of wrongdoing, scandal is not an ideal time to grow your family.

We also cannot help but recall that Beyoncé was born in 1981.

She turns 45 later this year. That would be an extremely geriatric pregnancy. If she and Jay-Z do expand their family, a gestational carrier seems more likely than a 44-year-old billionaire being pregnant herself.

Maybe we’re wrong! Maybe she’s pregnant. But, until Bey herself confirms anything, this sounds like wishful thinking.

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Former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Under Active Investigation for Sexual Misconduct

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Back in February, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s stunned face went viral following his arrest and questioning.

Authorities have been asking for leads as they investigate him and gather evidence.

Now, police have revealed that they’re looking into a very specific report of sexual misconduct on the part of the disgraced former prince.

Not being a prince is a consequence, not a legal penalty. There is hope that Andrew could face real accountability through the justice system.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor attends the funeral of The Duchess of Kent at Westminster Cathedral on September 16, 2025. (Photo Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Police aren’t mincing words as they pursue new evidence

Authorities in the UK are investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on allegations of sexual misconduct.

On Friday, May 22, Thames Valley police issued a press release.

According to the release, inspectors (British for detectives) are looking into an alleged incident involving a woman and the disgraced former prince in 2010.

Investigators are hoping that the woman will cooperate. They have made contact with her attorney, but have not named her publicly.

The release emphasizes that they promise to approach the investigation with “care, sensitivity, and respect for her privacy and her right for anonymity.”

It sounds like this particular woman may need considerable coaxing.

Historically, police investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct often appear to be investigations of the victim as much as the perpetrator — if not more.

(There is an entire, extremely successful television series — Law & Order: SVU — addressing these inadequacies in policing from a fictional standpoint, and it’s actually had some positive effects upon pushing for reforms, such as undoing rape kit backlogs across the nation.)

In the case of Andrew’s accusers, one can only imagine the sorts of pressures that they must have faced when accusing Queen Elizabeth’s own son of wrongdoing.

The entire world has learned so much about Andrew since then, seeing jarring photographs from the Epstein files. Hopefully, this means that women can share their horror stories without fear of reprisal.

Scandal turned into something worse months ago, when photos became public

Last year, the Epstein files began to be released.

They are still not out, as required by law, because Trump’s DOJ is in open defiance of congress.

However, not all of the predators within the released files receive the extensive redactions and protections that Trump himself did.

Andrew’s name and photos show up extensively.

One particularly damning photo shows the loathsome royal poised over an unidentified woman or girl on the floor of a room. She is lying flat, and it is unclear whether she is conscious.

There are limits to even how far being a duke and (now former) prince will protect someone from the law.

King Charles stripped Andrew of his princely title and land as the royal firm seeks to distance itself from him.

Reportedly, William and Kate loathe Andrew. Whether it’s true or simply a story circulated to disassociate them from his alleged crimes remains unknown.

Some have mistaken the stripping of his royal privileges as the same as legal consequences, as if it were the same as a prosecution, a conviction, a prison sentence.

But, just as with other powerful men who have (at most, usually) not gotten some film roles after being exposed as monsters, it is wrong to confuse people avoiding association with criminal penalties.

Social sanction is only a first step when someone is revealed to be utterly despicable. The legal process is longer and requires different types of evidence. But there is hope that Andrew could actually be held accountable.

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Khloé Kardashian Confesses to Declawing Cats, Expresses Deep Regrets After Being …

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Khloé Kardashian admitted on camera that she had both cats declawed.

She now deeply regrets the mutilation, which is not only painful but puts both felines at added risk.

Khloé says that she was “misadvised” about the procedure.

Perhaps owning up to this mistake will help others to not do the same.

Though Khloé Kardashian herself is often sporting talons, she admitted to having her cats declawed on the May 20 episode of her podcast. (Image Credit: YouTube)

‘I was really misadvised’

On the Wednesday, May 20 episode of her Khloé In Wonder Land podcast, the eponymous host shared a confession.

Her cats are both declawed.

She got Grey Kitty and Baby Kitty (not original names, but thinking back to my stuffed animals as a kid, I have no room to talk) for her daughter, True Thompson, who is now 8 years old.

(Don’t forget, she is also a mother to 3-year-old Tatum.)

Khloé seems to know that this is indefensible, telling viewers: “I was really misadvised about getting my cats declawed.”

‘I feel really, really terrible’

“I’ve never owned cats before,” Khloé explained. “I didn’t even know that was a thing.”

She expressed: “I feel really, really terrible that I did go in this direction.”

Khloé has personally observed that the notoriously cruel declawing procedure has made her cats “miserable.”

In addition to the innate wrongness of removing parts of a cat’s body (sometimes likened to removing entire joints of a human’s fingers), there is also a safety issue.

No cats should be allowed to simply wander around outside. But, for Khloé’s cats, they would be in even more danger than other housecats whose owners effectively feed them to coyotes.

On her podcast, Khloé Kardashian discusses the two cats whom she got for her kids. (Image Credit: YouTube)

‘It makes me sad’

“My cats wear Air Tags,” she continued during the podcast episode. “Like, they’re not allowed to even go near a door.”

Khloé expressed: “I’m so afraid if they get out, because they have no way to defend themselves.”

She lamented: “They’ve lost their protection tools, so it makes me sad.”

Any housecat would be effectively defenseless against coyotes or cars, to say nothing of parasites, budding serial killers, and other outdoor hazards that indoor cats will never experience.

But Khloé is correct when she notes that a regular housecat who slipped out could at least stand a chance of startling a predator or discouraging a stray dog or alley cat before bolting to make their escape. A cat without claws simply cannot.

Khloé Kardashian chats about parenting revelations. (Image Credit: YouTube)

California has now joined several other states in banning the procedure

It is easy — and not necessarily wrong — to blame a cat’s human when a cat is subjected to this kind of mutilation.

However, as is clearly the case with Khloé, it’s too often the case where the responsible party believes that they are receiving solid veterinary advice. Declawing is sometimes (though rarely) advised alongside very good things, like spaying and vaccinating one’s cat, giving them dewormers and flea treatments, and more.

Some suggest that perhaps more emphasis should be placed upon veterinarians who agree to perform these treatments without medical need.

(This also comes up with parents making choices for human children, including irreversible mutilations such as circumcision. The medical professional who performs the act without question has fewer excuses for wrongdoing than the parent, more often than not.)

We actually think that it’s an indisputably good thing for Khloé to both admit to having declawed her cats and to emphasize why, for multiple reasons, it is so deeply wrong.

Like it or not, she has a massive platform and is tremendously influential. It is good for her to both own up to her mistake and to discourage others from doing the same.

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Bam Margera Accused of Giving THC Product to 8-Year-Old Son

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Bam Margera’s parenting has come into question quite a lot in recent years.

And now, the Jackass star is facing what might be his most damaging allegation yet.

Bam has been locked in a nasty custody battle with his baby mama, Nikki Boyd, and in a recent court filing, Boyd accuses him of providing a weed-infused product to their 8-year-old son, Phoenix.

Bam Margera attends Activision and AEG Presents’ epic celebration of the return of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4. (Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Activision)

According to Nikki, Bam has mostly been an absentee dad.

And when he is around, he allegedly lacks boundaries in a way that could endanger their son’s health.

Bam is sober from alcohol and hard drugs these days, but he recently launched his own line of THC products, and Nikki alleges that he gave a cannabis roll-on to Phoenix (per TMZ).

It sounds like she was able to intervene before Phoenix used the product, but still — if any part of that story is true, it’s not a great look for Bam.

And according to Nikki, that’s just one aspect of Bam’s shoddy parenting.

She claims that under the terms of their original custody agreement, Bam had permission to visit Phoenix 48 weekend days, but he only visited seven times, and he only once stayed the full four hours.

Again, we have no idea if these allegations are true, but it’s sad to see Bam making headlines for all the wrong reasons after months of progress.

In 2023, Bam went missing, and his family and friends said they feared for his life. He was eventually placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold.

Against all odds, Bam turned his life around and even started skateboarding again, something that once seemed a physical impossibility.

And after years of alienation from his Jackass colleagues, Bam will appear in the franchise’s upcoming final film.

Hopefully, all that progress won’t be undone, and Bam and Nikki will be able to come to some sort of amicable custody agreement.

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Matt Brown Rambles & Undresses in Public Park, Alarming ‘Alaskan Bush …

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No matter how much money you make or how much you fake roughing it on camera, raising your family in the wilderness probably isn’t a great idea.

We’ve reported on numerous issues for the former stars of Alaskan Bush People, from trouble with the law to allegations of serious wrongdoing.

Matt Brown is the latest member of the family to (once again) set off alarm bells. This time, he livestreamed nude while seemingly intoxicated, all while wandering around outdoors.

He does not appear well. But most of the Brown family has cut ties with him. Who can help him now?

During a YouTube livestream, Matt Brown smoked, rambled, and partially disrobed while in a public park. It got worse than this. (Image Credit: YouTube)

He’s been struggling for a while now

During a recent YouTube livestream, Matt — the eldest of the Alaskan Bush People family’s adult children — appeared in a state of undress.

Many social media commenters observed that he seemed to be intoxicated, though obviously we cannot say for sure without medical evidence or his acknowledgment.

Matt, who is in his mid-40s, was wandering through a public park in Washington state during the Tuesday, May 19 broadcast.

The video showed him just sort of rambling at listeners. Rambling livestreams are not uncommon, especially in an age of increasing social isolation for streamers and audiences alike, but this seemed off.

To top it all off, as we mentioned, he at one point appeared to be carrying a gun. All together, it’s a very alarming combination of choices that he has made.

TMZ spoke to sources within the Brown family, and learned that most of them are — by choice — no longer in his life.

Approximately 5 years ago, the family’s late patriarch, Billy Brown, decided that his eldest son’s alleged struggles were too much.

(We know that Matt has publicly discussed his issues with alcohol specifically, but the implication seems to be that there’s more than alcohol involved, which may simply mean mental health.)

Ami Brown, the family matriarch, at first hesitated to cut off contact with her firstborn.

However, it was Matt’s own siblings who convinced her that keeping him at a distance would be better.

His struggles have been an open secret for years

Billy Brown died back in 2021.

The family, and even Alaskan Bush People viewers, had been familiar with Matt’s behavioral struggles for years before that.

These days, TMZ learned, Gabe Brown is the only member of the family who’s still in contact with his eldest brothers.

Even then, the report details, contact is said to be “rare.”

The source likened Matt to a “functional drunk” who could quickly spiral into paranoia and dark thoughts without any warning.

Even when Alaskan Bush People was still running, Matt ended up leaving the show to enter rehab back in 2019.

After that, he moved to rural Washington.

(Remember, the family as a whole relocated multiple times … and, for its final years, Alaskan Bush People filmed in Washington.)

However, Matt has maintained an online presence, one primarily consisting of people who watched his family’s show on Discovery.

Unfortunately, he has a lot of fans worried. It seems that there is little that anyone can do until Matt agrees that he needs help.

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Trump Administration Responds to Claim That Nicki Minaj Is Seeking Pardons For Husband, …

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Earlier this year, fans were more than a little surprised when Nicki Minaj declared herself Donald Trump’s biggest fan.

Prior to coming out as a MAGA diehard, Nicki had made very few overtly political remarks over the course of her long career.

And she expressed her support for Trump at a time when his approval numbers were in freefall, so she couldn’t have thought it would be a savvy career move.

Musician Nicki Minaj joins U.S. President Donald Trump on stage as he delivers remarks during the Treasury Department’s Trump Accounts Summit at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on January 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Not surprisingly, lots of people jumped to the conclusion that Nicki was hoping to curry favor with the Trump administration.

After all, Trump has a history of offering presidential pardons to his rich and famous supporters.

And Nicki has quite a few people in her life who could use pardons.

Her husband, Kenneth Petty, is a convicted rapist who is forced to register as a sex offender. In 2022, he was sentenced to a year of house arrest for failing to do so.

Then there’s Nicki’s brother, Jelani Maraj, who is serving a life sentence after being convicted of raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter.

Needless to say, Nicki’s inner circle could benefit from a few pardons.

The situation came to a head earlier this week when famed songwriter Linda Petty tweeted that Minaj must “want something from The Office” (via Radar Online).

The tweet prompted Trump media and campaign strategist Alex Bruesewitz to lash out on X (formerly Twitter).

“This is a disgusting and disgraceful smear that every Democrat and Trump critic is spreading about Nicki Minaj,” Bruesewitz ranted on X after Perry’s comments gained traction online.

“Nicki has never once asked the President for anything. She has only offered assistance and support,” he continued:

“The insinuation that she’s looking for anything in return is total garbage.”

Nicki is not an American citizen and therefore cannot vote in US elections, but she’s aligned herself with Republican causes in recent months.

Minaj has boasted about receiving a Trump “gold card” and inching closer to citizenship, but it doesn’t seem that that’s happened for her yet.

These days, lots of folks are watching the situation closely and wondering if Nicki will receive any favors from the White House. It wouldn’t be a good look, but that hasn’t stopped Trump in the past.

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