Month: February 2026

Trader Joe’s sushi left the shelves for years before coming back with more streamlined options. Here’s a look at why it left and why it was gone for so long.

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Kody Brown no longer has a spiritual union with Meri, Christine or Janelle Brown.

He is legally married to only one woman at this point, Robyn Brown.

In other words: Kody no longer has any sister wives in his life.

And yet… we now have it on a very reliable authority that the TLC reality show Sister Wives will continue to air new episodes!

In a recent interview with Growing Up in Polygamy YouTube channel, Mykelti Brown Padron — the daughter of Christine and Kody — told the hosts that executives appear to have picked up the series for a 21st season.

“I will say that none of the parents have the same filming schedule that they used to have,” Mykelti explained, confirming that shooting has gotten underway, even if it looks different from the past.

“It’s been two weeks of filming, two weeks off,” she added. “But this last six months or so, the filming has been very, very minuscule. It’s sporadic. So, filming has been less.”

TLC has not yet made any announcements about the future of Sister Wives.

The network has continued to support the show despite the many changes that have taken place of late within the Brown household.

As Mykelti herself admits, there really can’t be that many seasons remaining of Sister Wives.

“I think [the show] is fizzling. Because it’s not Sister Wives anymore. You know, they’re all ex-wives now,” she told the aforementioned outlet.

Indeed, Christine left Kody in late 2021; Janelle did the same a few months later; and then Meri and Kody confirmed their divorce in early 2023.

On the latest run of the program, Kody went around to his former spouses and tries to issue an apology for all the terrible ways he treated them.

For her part, though, Mykelti would sort of prefer it if Kody worked on his relationships with his children.

“Several of my siblings have blocked him,” Mykelti said during this new interview. “I know which ones have, but I’m not going to say it, but I do know that there are several of my siblings who have told him point-blank, ‘Do not ever contact me again.’”

She continued, clearly critical of her father:

“So obviously with those, he’s still going to generalize us, and he’s not going to name us by name. But he isn’t actively reaching out [to them] and seeking that relationship.”

On the November 6 episode of Fox’s Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, Brown actually broke down while admitting to his own shortcomings as a father to his sons and daughters.

“I should have had a stronger relationship with my children,” Brown told a couple fellow contestants on this reality program.

“I’m at a place in my life now where I’m very willing to say that I’ve been wrong,” he added, actually starting to cry on air.

“My failures were because I didn’t know about being a good dad and husband, and I thought I did. I really thought I did, and I misunderstood that. I did it wrong in so many ways, and I hated being blamed for it, and so it made me resistant to ownership.”

Sounds like a fresh perspective.

However, Mykelti added of her father’s attempts to reconcile when speaking to the aforementioned channel:

“I think he could try harder. He’s not trying as hard as he could, and there’s room for improvement.”

Sister Wives Season 21: It Looks to Be Happening! was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Bad Bunny may have won Album of the Year at the 2026 Grammy Awards on Sunday night.

But Erika Kirk says he still can’t hold a candle to Kid Rock.

As we previously reported, Erika and Turning Point USA will be hosting their own halftime show on Super Bowl Sunday — an alternative for viewers who are inexplicably offended by the fact that Bad Bunny is headlining the actual halftime show.

No one has ever attempted to upstage the biggest broadcast of the year before.

But Erika is confident that her All-American Halftime Show will draw a massive crowd.

In fact, she believes that the concert — featuring Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett — will be watched by a “larger audience” than Bad Bunny’s performance with special guests Green Day.

“For us to be able to provide an alternative that’s pro-America, that’s just pro everything, that that’s not the opposite of what they’re putting out there, I don’t want to go into details and bash that, because there’s apparently an audience that wants that,” Kirk said during a recent appearance on Fox News’ The Story with Martha MacCallum (via Newsweek), adding:

“But there’s a larger audience that wants ours. And so we are going to make it very amazing. I’m so excited.”

Erika, of course, is the widow of Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed during a speaking engagement in September.

Asked how her late husband would feel about the All-American Halftime Show, Erika enthusiastically replied that he would be thrilled.

“He [Charlie Kirk] would be fist-pumping with this. He’d be so stoked,” she said.

“The artists that have teamed up with us, I just want to say thank you to them… It’s very brave of them to do this.

“And they have partnered with us without hesitation. And it’s actually been a huge blessing. And it’s going to be an unbelievable halftime show.”

Erika went on to say that she considers the alternative halftime show to be the ultimate tribute to Charlie.

“What better way to honor him than just to get in the middle of this and be able to offer an alternative to families?” she asked.

Several conservative influencers have already vowed to turn off Bad Bunny and tune into Erika’s broadcast.

“I’ll take this over Woke Bunny any day of the week,” Donald Trump Jr. tweeted after the lineup was announced.

But will it really draw a “larger audience” than the actual Super Bowl halftime show? Seems unlikely, but only time will tell!

Erika Kirk Says Turning Point USA Super Bowl Halftime Show Will Draw ‘Larger … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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She can forgive, but will never forget.

Britney Spears is opening up about her feelings amidst what looks like repeated pushes to give her family financial control over her again.

After so many years in that dreadful conservatorship, she feels “lucky to even be alive.”

Now, she feels “scared” of her family. And can you blame her?

‘We can forgive as people, but u don’t ever forget’

On Wednesday, February 4, Britney took to her Instagram page to share a very personal post.

“As people, all we really want is to feel connected to each other and never feel alone,” her caption began.

“For those of you in your family that have said to help you is to isolate you,” Britney wrote, “and make you feel unbelievably left out … they were wrong.”

It is clear that she is talking about her own harrowing years under a conservatorship. It is also clear that she knows that she is not the only person to have suffered under a family’s control.

“We can forgive as people,” Britney expressed, “but u don’t ever forget.”

“Yearning and longing for contact is always crucial !!!” Britney then affirmed.

“I’m incredibly lucky to even be alive,” she acknowledged.

Britney continued: “With how my family treated me once in my life.”

She then revealed: “And now I’m scared of them.”

Considering the extent to which many believe that at least some of her relatives want to get her back under their financial control, that sounds very sensible.

‘I’m incredibly lucky to even be alive’

“It’s weird how God works in mysterious ways,” Britney commented.

“My friends, what do you think he is saying today ???” she asked, presumably probing her Christian fans for input.

“Because to be totally honest with you,” Britney confessed, “no matter what he says, they will never take responsibility for what they did.”

On a brighter note, she continued: “So I’ve made cheesecake today and I must say it’s pretty damn good.”

Britney added: “My neighbor joined me with milk !!!”

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At the end of her caption, Britney wrote: “PS I haven’t danced in a month because I broke my toe twice!”

We’re so sorry to hear that!

In December, we reported on Britney’s injury.

While there are certainly some very loud people who seem to become enraged when she dances (or try to frame it as something that should see her stripped of her human rights), we hope that she heals up quickly.

And it’s good to hear that she had a neighbor who could bring over some milk. Borrowing baking ingredients is an old-timey trope among neighbors, but it happens less and less as our culture’s toxic individualism leaves us more and more alone.

She’s free — and will, hopefully, remain free

Britney is far from the first adult who had to claw their way out of their toxic family’s control.

It’s just that most people don’t have such a public spectacle surrounding their fight for freedom.

(Also, countless people remain under their family’s thumb — and not ever awful parent needs a conservatorship to do it)

It’s very clear that Britney knows that she’s not alone in still feeling shaken by her years without core human rights.

Right now, it sounds like she’s aware of the push to use her every word and action to turn public consensus away from her rights. Hopefully, no one will fall for it.

Britney Spears: I’m Lucky to Be Alive! I’m Still Scared of My Family! was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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