Month: June 2026

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Running back Chris Johnson is an NFL legend.

Now, he is fighting for his like.

Monday morning, the retired professional athlete went on GMA and disclosed his ALS diagnosis.

Doctors told him that medication may prolong his life by months, not years. But he’s not giving up.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a terminal neurodegenerative disease

Appearing on Good Morning America on Monday, June 29, Johnson informed ABC viewers that he has been diagnosed with ALS.

Doctors told him that he has the ailment, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in 2025. He was only 39 years old.

“There’s no history of ALS in my family,” he shared, using a text-to-speech device to communicate.

“My doctors believe my case is what’s called sporadic ALS,” he revealed.

Johnson elaborated: “Which is actually how the vast majority of ALS cases happen.”

“That’s one of the reasons this disease can be so shocking,” Johnson expressed.

He added: “It can happen to someone who never expected it.”

Johnson went on to share how he discovered his earliest symptoms — symptoms that, given his extraordinary career, he never expected.

“I first noticed weakness in my right hand,” he recalled.

“At first, it was little things like my grip didn’t feel right,” Johnson elaborated, “and I wasn’t as strong as I’ve always been.”

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ALS has not been conclusively linked to physical activity or injury

At first, Johnson shared, wife Brittany Johnson suspected that his years as a football player were the culprit.

We all know that many ailments result from the rough lives as a professional athlete, particularly traumatic brain injuries. Symptoms can creep up on people.

“I thought because of football and, you know, his career, that it had to be something with that,” Brittany admitted to Michael Strahan.

She continued: “Maybe … a pinched nerve or something along those lines, but never ALS.”

A pinched nerve likely has a solution. ALS has only treatment to slow the progression of symptoms, but not to stop them. Johnson will fight, but the prognosis is that he will likely die within years (at most), not decades.

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Johnson told GMA viewers that the ALS diagnosis was nothing short of jarring.

The doctor who diagnosed him advised him that medication may prolong his life by a measure of months.

Johnson was then advised to “get our affairs in order” before she becomes a widow and a single parent to their four children.

“Honestly, I don’t know if you ever fully process it,” he admitted. “At first, you’re in shock.”

Johnson affirmed: “Then you realize you have two choices. You can give up, or you can fight. I chose to fight.”

We wish him and his family the best of luck.

Chris Johnson Reveals ‘Shocking’ ALS Diagnosis, Is Fighting for His Life was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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A note, allegedly from Nancy Guthrie’s kidnappers, apologized for her death.

This is hitting Savannah Guthrie hard, by her own admission.

Some wonder if she returned to work too soon after her mother’s abduction. Others fear how she will respond when the other shoe drops.

Hoda Kotb is reportedly on standby to step when the moment that Savannah needs to step away from The Today Show.

‘Every new twist is another emotional blow’

On February 1, 2026, Nancy Guthrie was violently abducted from her home in the wee hours.

Her famous daughter, Savannah, took a hiatus from work, only returning in April. During her absence, Hoda Kotb stepped in despite retiring from the job last year.

Even now, months later, she admits that she cries before work and after work every day, imagining what her mother must have gone through during her abduction and before her death.

The 5-month anniversary of Nancy’s kidnapping is fast approaching. No culprit has been captured, Nancy remains officially “missing,” and more or less everyone believes that she likely died shortly after she vanished.

A recent bombshell report revealed a note sent to media outlets apologizing for the 84-year-old’s death.

It’s been all too much for Savannah. And maybe she did return to work too early, all things considered.

Rob Schuter reports that, if and when she needs a break, longtime friend and colleague Hoda Kotb is ready to step up.

“Everyone is deeply worried about Savannah,” an alleged source reported.

“She’s showing incredible strength on camera,” the same insider affirmed.

“But,” the source acknowledged, “every new twist is another emotional blow.”

‘Hoda didn’t hesitate’

“No one expects a daughter to carry this kind of heartbreak while hosting live television every morning,” the insider reasoned.

As a result, Hoda Kotb has allegedly “been put on standby and is ready to return to the anchor desk immediately.”

This will only happen “should Savannah decide — or be encouraged — to take time away,” the source explained.

A second insider reported that “Hoda didn’t hesitate” when asked to essentially be her former co-anchor’s understudy.

“She made it clear she’ll be there the moment she’s needed,” that same second source assured.

“This isn’t about replacing Savannah,” the insider stressed. “It’s about protecting a friend.”

The second source added: “Right now, everyone wants Savannah focused on one thing: finding her mother.” Even if that just means to lay her to rest.

“[Guthrie is] exhausted, heartbroken, and doing everything she can to stay strong,” an additional insider reported.

“Everyone is praying this nightmare ends soon,” the third source shared, “because nobody knows how much more one person can endure.”

We will continue to keep Savannah Guthrie and her entire family in our thoughts.

Hoda Kotb to Replace Savannah Guthrie After Latest Grim Update in Nancy Guthrie Case? was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Donna Kelce wasn’t always her name.

And there was a time before she brought football titans Jason and Travis Kelce into the world, let alone became Taylor Swift’s mother-in-law.

Having watched her sons find love, what was Donna’s history of marriage and divorce?

Let’s take a look.

She’s one of the most famous moms on the planet

Donna Blalock was born on October 9, 1952.

She grew up in a small house in downtown Cleveland, living below her grandparents.

Against her father’s wishes, she got into sports.

Donna then became the first in her family to graduate from college, going on to earn an MBA.

But it was at a Cleveland bar when she met the man who would change the direction of her life forever.

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At Fagan’s, a bar in Cleveland, she met a man by the name of Ed Kelce.

Donna was actually supposed to be going on a date with someone else that day.

Ed used a pickup line that made her laugh, and they ended up spending hours talking — even moving to a second bar in the process.

This was in the late 1970s, which was also when they married.

They would remain a couple for decades.

The marriage did not last

Donna worked in banking, traveling to multiple states for work.

She was something of a breadwinner. This role would leave an important impression on her sons.

In 1987, the couple welcomed Jason Kelce, who rose to fame playing football for a team called the Philadelphia Eagles.

Then, in 1989, the couple welcomed Travis Kelce, who arguably rose to the most fame through Taylor Swift. He is also a football player, playing for the Kansas City Chiefs.

In 2022, Travis and Jason made history as the first brothers to play against each other in the Super Bowl. Notably, this was when Donna began to rise as a public figure, due to media attention.

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After decades together — about 25 years total, it’s reported — Donna and Ed divorced.

They had both known that it was coming for a while. The marriage simply wasn’t working.

However, they had opted to remain married until both sons were adults and off to college.

This is not always a good strategy. In some cases, it leads to toxic home lives and can skew their children’s adult relationships.

But, it seems to have worked out pretty well for the Kelce family — especially given Travis and Jason’s relationships. Donna says that she and Ed remain good friends to this day.

Donna Kelce Divorced: Her History of Marriage, Explained was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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