Month: October 2025

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Is Blake Lively back to being buddies with Taylor Swift?

It seems to be very complicated.

Though speculation arose that Taylor’s “CANCELLED!” lyrics might refer to her actress friend, the latest buzz comes from Travis Kelce.

He gave Blake a shout-out as “our friend.” But there’s a twist that further complicates things.

Is Blake Lively back in Taylor Swift’s good graces? Was there ever a real issue?

Less than two months after Taylor Swift’s appearance on Travis Kelce’s podcast, New Heights Film Club listeners are getting a major surprise.

Podcast fans listened to Travis and Jason Kelce gushing over The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

Most of us know Blake Lively from Gossip Girl.

But the 2005 coming-of-age comedy-drama was her actual breakout role.

The Kelce brothers gushed over Blake’s role in the film during the episode — even if they ribbed on her running form.

Specifically, the guys referred to Blake as their “friend” during the podcast episode.

Travis called the film relatable.

Jason very accurately described Blake as tall, strong, bold, and beautiful.

Additionally, Travis’ big bro tossed an “I love you” Blake’s way. We’re sure that Jason’s wife Kylie Kelce isn’t fuming in jealousy.

That certainly sounds like a ringing endorsement of Blake — and a sign that things are better than reports have made them out to be with Taylor.

There is one important detail about this podcast episode

As we mentioned, there is a complex twist that could potentially derail the perceived olive branch towards Blake Lively.

As it turns out, this episode of New Heights Film Club is not new.

It is a re-upload that first aired in 2024.

In March, the brothers re-uploaded the episode — for members only.

Only now, in October, is the episode becoming public. Which definitely throws a wrench into the premature “reconciliation” celebrations on social media.

That said, the comments are filled with people expressing certainty that the timing of this video is not a coincidence.

Taylor Swift does not have to sit for a deposition, which is great given that Justin Baldoni like to show up for depositions without notice.

Some believe that Taylor approved this.

And some of those believe that the timing of this release (about 7 months after members got access to the video) comes only after the window for Taylor to be at risk of deposition.

What do fans think? Well, that depends who counts as a ‘fan’

Interestingly, some very like-minded commenters are putting Taylor Swift on blast for seeming to support Blake Lively.

A lot of these commenters, we cannot help but notice, have YouTube usernames that include a string of numbers. Which could mean nothing.

Though many people have since reviewed the evidence, a lot of people never revisited things after falling for the smear campaign against Blake Lively in 2024.

So these comments could all be from real people, believe it or not.

Anyway, it would be nice if this really is Taylor signaling her support for Blake. She, of all people, knows what it’s like to have people turn on you because a couple of influential people want to bury you.

It would also be nice if Taylor would just, you know, use her words to say things. Not everything has to be The Da Vinci Code. Use your words.

Blake Lively Gets Shout-Out from Travis Kelce: Are Things Good With Taylor Swift Now? … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Meghan Markle is currently in Paris for the city’s fall fashion week, and it seems there’s nowhere she can go to escape the obsessive criticism of terminally online weirdos.

On Monday, Meghan was criticized for posting content too close to Princess Diana’s crash site. Seriously.

And today, she’s taking flak for giggling at an inopportune time.

Duchess Meghan gets roasted for behavior at fashion show

Meghan attended the Balenciaga runway show over the weekend, and her haters really had a field day.

For starters, the brand’s image never really recovered from the super-problematic ad campaign it launched in 2022.

So Meghan’s critics were mad that she attended the show at all — and they got really mad when she seemed to chuckle after one of the models stumbled.

Leave it to Meghan Markle to be the only one to laugh when a model walking the Balenciaga show has a trip up

Reminds me of that time Meghan Markle laughed at an Autistic woman singing the Canadian National Anthem at the Canucks game pic.twitter.com/lgjH7YC2pW

— MeghansMole©️ (@MeghansMole) October 5, 2025

“Leave it to Meghan Markle to be the only one to laugh when a model walking the Balenciaga show has a trip up,” wrote one person who tweeted video of the incident:

“Reminds me of that time Meghan Markle laughed at an Autistic woman singing the Canadian National Anthem at the Canucks game.”

And as Radar Online reports, many X users chimed in with criticism of their own”

“Very sympathetic. A real mark of a good person, eh?” one asked.

“And then she very quickly realized how inappropriate and cruel that was. Too little, too late,” another added.

“Why does she find such joy in others tripping or falling…” a third chimed in.

Others alleged that this is the sort of thing that Meghan does on a regular basis.

“Inappropriate laughter (usually at someone else’s misfortune) is the only spontaneous thing Meghan does. All the rest is calculated and performative,” wrote one such accuser.

“She’s a terrible person. Always laughing at other people’s misfortunes. She laughed at Princess Charlotte. A child,” another alleged.

We report on Meghan pretty regularly here at THG, and we weren’t aware that she’s in the habit of publicly cackling at other people’s misfortunes.

And it’s worth noting that the video from the Balenciaga show is not nearly as damning as the original poster thinks it is.

Meghan’s light chuckle could have been in response to literally anything.

And, of course, if Kate Middleton had done something similar, many of these same critics would probably be praising her for showing her human side.

Meghan shouldn’t have to deal with this sort of treatment — but the sad fact is she’s probably used to it by now.

Meghan Markle Accused of Laughing at Fashion Week Model Who Tripped on the Runway was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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We have an unfortunate update about Dolly Parton.

About a week after the legendary singer postponed her Las Vegas residency due to some kind of health concern, Parton’s sister has now spoken out.

And it doesn’t sound like things are going too well for the artist.

“Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly,” Freida wrote on Facebook on October 7. “Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been led to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me.”

It remains unclear/unknown exactly what is going on with Parton.

Freida ended her post with a heart emoji, adding:

“She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you!”

Parton is 79 years old.

She announced on September 28 that she had to postpone her residency — which was scheduled to run from December 4 to December 13 at the Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace — until September 2026 due to “health challenges.”

“My doctors tell me that I must have a few procedures,” the icon explained in her Instagram post. “As I joked with them, it must be time for my 100,000-mile check-up, although it’s not the usual trip to see my plastic surgeon!”

Continued Parton last month:

“In all seriousness, given this, I am not going to be able to rehearse and put together the show that I want you to see, and the show that you deserve to see. You pay good money to see me perform, and I want to be at my best for you.”

Again, we don’t know what’s going on with Parton.

But she sees a bright future for herself.

“Don’t worry about me quittin’ the business because God hasn’t said anything about stopping yet. But, I believe He is telling me to slow down right now so I can be ready for more big adventures with all of you,” she also wrote in September.

The Grammy winner’s medical ordeal follows a difficult year for the beloved country star… who in March announced that Carl Dean, her husband of 58 years, had passed away at the age of 82.

May he rest in peace.

Dolly Parton’s Sister Asks for Prayer Amid Singer’s Medical Crisis was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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