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Robyn Brown has made it very clear for awhile now:
She is no fan of her former sister wives.
In a sneak peek at this Sunday night’s one-on-one special, however, the long-time reality star insists that at least one of these women has no reason at all to be distrustful of her.
“After everything that’s happened, you don’t feel that Meri has any grounds to distrust you?” host Sukanya Krishnan asks Robyn at one point in their interview.
“I do not. I absolutely do not,” Robyn fires back, claiming, “I’ve had Meri’s back.”
Over the last few years, of course, it’s been made evident that Robyn no longer talks to his former spiritual spouses. She doesn’t think this is her fault, though.
On this special, Krishnan noted that Meri had previously said that during her “dark times” in Las Vegas — when Meri was catfished by a woman posing as a male suitor online in 2015 — she “leaned on” Robyn.
“All I know is that she was having a conversation online about flowers and texting and music and flirting and I was like, ‘She is struggling. Get your butt over there. Figure this out with her,’” Robyn now says of her part in the drama, admitting she did meddle in Meri and then-shared husband Kody Brown’s relationship back then.
But only because she was trying to help them mend fences.
“That’s what I was doing, okay? She’s sitting here saying that she can’t trust me because of this or that. I had her freaking back,” Robyn told the host.
It’s pretty crazy that this castfishing scandal is still being discussed over 11 years later — but Kody has blasted Meri in the semi-recent past for cheating him.
About a decade ago, Meri opened up about her catfishing scandal… claiming that Robyn made it worse by reporting back to their then-shared husband Kody. At the time, Meri denied the affair extended beyond online conversations.
“During an emotional and vulnerable time earlier this year, I began speaking with someone online who turned out to be not who they said they were,” Meri told Us Weekly in a statement in October 2015, explaining her side of the story.
“I never met this person and I regret being drawn into this situation, but I hope because of it I can help others who find themselves in similar circumstances.”
This scandal came months after Kody divorced Meri so he could legally adopt Robyn.
Indeed. There’s a lot of backstory here.
“I was sitting there watching everything that was happening and I was worried about her,” Robyn now says of that dark time period.
“And I was saying, ‘She kicked you out and you go stay in another room. You have the conversation with her. You don’t come over here. You go work it out with her. She’s being taken advantage of.’”
In terms of what she told Kody, Robyn alleges:
“Even if I didn’t know it was a catfishing situation, even just somebody sitting there taking advantage of someone who is struggling, a woman who’s struggling, I was like, ‘You get your butt over there and you talk to her. You work this out.’”
There’s no relationship at this point between Robyn and Meri.
Still, Robyn insists that her “intentions” were always pure when it came to Meri.
In the Sister Wives: 1-on-1 trailer released earlier this month, Kody seemingly backs Robyn’s accounts of what transpired during that time as well.”
“If your wife’s having an affair, that’s my business no matter what,” Kody screams in the clip.
Part 4 of Sister Wives: 1-on-1 airs on TLC Sunday, February 1, at 10/9c.
Robyn Brown Fights Back: I’ve Always Been Loyal to Meri! was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Why Ed Sullivan Matters to Black History
I cannot recall when I first heard the name Ed Sullivan, but it certainly had to have been when I was a ghetto youth coming of age in the 1970s and 1980s. I initially connected his name with music superstars Elvis Presley and The Beatles, and their now legendary appearances on his variety show. I was intrigued by how he introduced musical guests, his mightily distinctive diction, his genuinely low-key demeanor. But I had no clue, truly, who the man was, why he was such a major force in entertainment, and why for so long, until after I reached adulthood.
That recognition likely began when I studied Black history and Black culture while in college, and in the years that followed when I became a journalist, particularly as a documentarian of music and other art forms. And by the time I was hired to be a senior writer at Quincy Jones’ Vibe magazine in the 1990s, I found myself perpetually scanning “The Ed Sullivan Show” for footage after footage of Black performers like The Jackson 5, like Mahalia Jackson, like the legit who’s who of Black genius in song, dance, film, theater, and comedy. It was almost as if Ed Sullivan had been intentionally curating Black history on television, knowing that Black lives not only mattered then, but would matter to those to come, like me.
Indeed, it was somewhere between my Vibe years and the past decade or so that I learned how invested Mr. Sullivan was in equality. Perhaps it was because, as a young man, he was a serious and great athlete, and had encountered Black folks on the sporting field as gifted as he, and it left an impression – one that taught him not to view any people as inferior, as was commonly believed in Jim Crow America, just because of the color of their skin. Perhaps it was because he was Irish and knew there was a time in this nation where there were loud proclamations that the Irish were considered the absolute bottom of the immigrant barrel. Perhaps it was because the love of his life, his wife Sylvia, was Jewish, and he saw first-hand the anti-Semitism those like her endured.
These and other factors are likely why The Ed Sullivan Show was converted into the performance arm of the Civil Rights Movement. Because he was such an icon and such an influencer, he was able to have Black artists in that theater when they were often not welcomed nor wanted elsewhere.
How else would you explain The Temptations and The Supremes doing their massive pop hits in that hallowed circle, accorded the same treatment as White musical innovators? And, yes, how else could Motown have become “the sound of young America” without allies and accomplices like Ed Sullivan?
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How else do you explain Mr. Sullivan, a close friend of Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, the tap dancer who was once the biggest Black star in Hollywood, arranging the funeral service for a Black man who had the sad misfortune of dying broke, and doing so in a manner that suggested, strongly, this Black man was worthy of a grand send-off?
How else would you explain Mr. Sullivan, a White man, walking matter-of-factly into the yellowed and hateful teeth of racism by kissing Pearl Bailey on the cheek, or shaking the hand of Nat “King” Cole, on his TV show, knowing such gestures would savagely anger many White viewers, especially those in the American South who believed, without apology, in “For Whites Only” and “For Coloreds Only” in every way conceivable?
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For sure, we know that The Ed Sullivan Show was the longest-running variety program in American TV history. We know that Mr. Sullivan became a star as big as the biggest stars he had on that program. But we also know that the Civil Rights era, roughly 1955 to 1968 – from the murder of Emmett Till and the Montgomery Bus Boycott to the assassination of Dr. King – means that Ed Sullivan had a front-row seat to the most dramatic upheavals sweeping America.
Here he was, someone who had spent considerable time digesting the Black talent in Harlem and via the “chitlin’ circuit,” with this gargantuan platform before there was social media, before there was cable or streaming, before there were all-music outlets like MTV, quite literally broadcasting Black history into the living rooms of everyday Americans year after year, from the World War II generation to the Baby Boomers, from nonviolent sit-ins and freedom rides to city after city burning in rebellion.
This is why I believe Mr. Sullivan did two things of great significance near the end of his remarkable television run. When he learned that Rahsaan Roland Kirk, the jazz multi-instrumentalist, was challenging the power structure to have more jazz on the airwaves, Mr. Sullivan did not do what others were doing: shucking and jiving and avoiding. He gave Mr. Kirk a slot with his makeshift band that included jazz giant Charles Mingus, and it remains one of the most searing and surreal mini-concerts ever seen on TV.
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But history is not history if it does not also acknowledge the traumatic that happened in real-time. Two years after the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. was tragically gunned down in Memphis, America remained a divided and burning house. Yet there was a regal and soft-spoken Coretta Scott King, MLK’s widow, in that Sullivan moment, introducing clips from two of her late husband’s most famous speeches, and declaring the kind of America it needed to be. An emotionally raw Ed Sullivan greets Mrs. King at the end, kisses her on the cheek and grabs her hand, a fearless middle finger to anyone who believed, and still believes, that White people and Black people should not even touch each other, that our histories are not intertwined, when they are.
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Without question, Ed Sullivan could have lived a life awash in White male privilege and power and ignored what was happening around him. Instead, he chose a path of purpose, of substance, not knowing that there would be, say, an African American like me, in a completely different century, who would religiously watch his show on YouTube and elsewhere, and see not just my people and our whole selves, with great pride and dignity, but also see what is possible if history is inextricably linked to a sense of humanity, to a great love for all.
Kevin Powell is a poet, journalist, human and civil rights activist, filmmaker, and the author of 15 books, including the poetry collection Grocery Shopping with My Mother. He is also the writer of a forthcoming biography of Tupac Shakur. Kevin lives and thrives in Brooklyn, New York.
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In early 1975, the Blackbyrds, the group inspired, mentored and produced by the great jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd, were on their way to their biggest record of their career.
The group, who featured some of the jazz students that Byrd taught at Howard University, had previously had a Top 30 R&B record in America in 1974 with “Do It Fluid.” Written by the master himself, it was the opening song from their self-titled debut album, produced by Byrd with Larry Mizell. That had only reached No.69 on the pop chart, but now it was time for their big crossover moment. It was the magical “Walking In Rhythm.”
Listen to “Walking In Rhythm” on the Blackbyrds’ Walking In Rhythm: The Essential Selection 1973-1980.
The song was on their second album for the Fantasy label, Flying Start, also released late in 1974 and this time solely produced by Byrd. Written by Barney Perry, the track was an infectious, feelgood number highlighted by a brilliant, fluid flute solo by Allan Barnes, who also played tenor and soprano saxophone in the band.
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“Walking In Rhythm” entered Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles survey at No.89 on February 1, 1975 and was soon climbing on three charts. It wound up hitting No.4 on that listing, No.5 on the magazine’s Easy Listening countdown and No.6 on the Hot 100.
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There was further acclaim for “Walking In Rhythm” across the Atlantic, when it hit the UK singles chart at the end of May and climbed into the Top 30. Meanwhile the Flying Start album went to No.2 on Billboard’s jazz chart, No.5 and a very respectable No.30 on the pop LP survey. Among a total of 11 R&B chart singles, the Blackbyrds had another Top 10 soul success, this time at No.3, with 1976’s “Happy Music,” which also gave them a second pop Top 20 single.
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Donald Trump’s political war chest grew dramatically in the second half of 2025, according to new campaign finance disclosures submitted late Saturday, giving him an unprecedented amount of money for a term-limited president to influence the midterms and beyond.
Trump raised $26 million through his joint fundraising committee in the back half of last year, and another $8 million directly into his leadership PAC. And a super PAC linked to him has more than $300 million in the bank.
All together, a web of campaign accounts, some of which he controls directly and others under the care of close allies, within the president’s orbit have $375 million in their coffers.
The funds far outstrip those of any other political figure — Republican or Democrat — entering 2026, and have no real historical precedent. And Trump could put them to use this year for the midterms, or to shape future elections, even as he cannot run for president again.
Trump continues to outpace any other Republican in raising money, both from large and small-dollar donors. His joint fundraising committee — Trump National Committee, which pools fundraising for a variety of Trump-aligned groups — accounted for 1 in 8 dollars raised on WinRed, the primary Republican online fundraising platform, during the second half of 2025, according to a POLITICO analysis.
And no super PAC raised even half as much in 2025 as the $289 million from MAGA Inc., the Trump-aligned super PAC that both the president and Vice President J.D. Vance appeared at fundraisers for last year.
Trump has given few clues as to how he might put the funds to use. Trump National Committee primarily sends funds to the president’s leadership PAC, Never Surrender, with a bit of money also going to the Republican National Committee and Vance’s leadership PAC, Working For Ohio.
Candidates cannot use leadership PAC money for their own election efforts. But the accounts — which are common across Washington and have long been derided by anti-money in politics groups as “slush funds” — allow politicians to dole out money to allies or fund political travel.
Never Surrender spent $6.7 million from July through December, with more than half of that total going toward advertising, digital consulting and direct mail — expenses typically linked to fundraising.
So far, Trump’s groups have held their powder in Republican primaries. While Trump has endorsed against a handful of Republican incumbents now locked in competitive primaries — including Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky — and threatened others, he hasn’t used money. A super PAC targeting Massie, MAGA KY, is run by Trump allies but has largely been funded by GOP megadonor Paul Singer.
MAGA Inc.’s only election-related spending last year was to boost now-Rep. Matt Van Epps in the special election in Tennessee’s 7th District.
Trump’s massive war chest makes him a political force, independent of the traditional party infrastructure. The RNC — which derives a significant portion of its fundraising from Trump — had $95 million in the bank at the end of the year, roughly a quarter of what the Trump-linked groups have.
And their rivals at the Democratic National Committee are far worse off — at just over $14 million, while owing more than $17 million in debt.
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Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee, a Democrat, won a special runoff election on Saturday to serve the remainder of former Texas Rep. Sylvester’s term, who died last year.
The Associated Press projected that Menefee beat Amanda Edwards, an attorney and former member of the Houston City council, after a protracted process to fill the central Houston seat after Turner’s death in March 2025. The process was drawn out by GOP Gov. Greg Abbott’s refusal to quickly schedule a special election following Turner’s death and a crowded field that triggered a runoff following the first round of voting in November.
But the contest between the pair will continue: Both Menefee, 37, and Edwards, 44, are participating in the March primary for a newly refashioned 18th Congressional District, going up against Rep. Al Green, 78. That winner will be heavily favored to win a full two-year term in November.
The March primary is the latest example of the generational change debate animating the Democratic Party, as the two young Democrats take on progressive icon Green, who has been in Congress for more than two decades. It’s a fight that’s taking place nationwide, pitting young and old factions of the party against each other as they both argue they’re better fighters against Republicans.
Residents in this district have been without consistent representation since former Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee died in 2024. Lee held the seat for three decades.
Green’s current district was scrambled by the Texas GOP’s redistricting, prompting him to jump into the race to represent a new district that contains many of his constituents.
Menefee’s victory is a huge boost to his public profile ahead of the primary. Early voting begins in two weeks.
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The 150th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is in full swing! Prove-It, a Border Collie, won the 13th Annual Masters Agility Championship Finals on Saturday, continuing the herding breed’s dominant reign in the competition. Vanish’s win marks the 10th for Border Collies, which are renowned for their intelligence, intensity and nimbleness, out of 13 all-time winners — more than two-thirds of WKC’s agility titles. Prove-It, who represented the 20-inch height division, sped her way through the course in just 29.81 seconds alongside veteran handler Amber McCune. Just as impressive, Prove-It had zero faults, making a clean run to victory. Prove-It did not, however, complete the course in a quicker time than last year’s winner, Vanish, a Border Collie who ran it in a blazing 26.49 seconds — the fastest winning time since the event began in 2014. Prove-It came closer to wins by Nimble the All-American dog in 2024 (28.76 seconds) and Truant the Border Collie in 2023 (28.68 seconds). Dogs participated in two rounds of preliminaries before the field was narrowed down to 50 finalists, the top 10 finishers from five respective height classes — 8-inch, 12-inch, 16-inch, 20-inch and 24-inch. Fan-favorite Nimble participated in this year’s event once again in the 12-inch height class and turned in one of Saturday’s top five performances, winning her division after flying through the course in 29.19 seconds. Another standout this year was Iron Man, an All-American dog from the 16-inch height class, who won a special award for top mixed-breed dog with handler Merritt Speagle after zooming through the course in 29.60 seconds. The largest dog to win their respective division was Gerard the Poodle, who won the 24-inch class with a time of 36.55 seconds, while the smallest pup to win was Gabby the Papillon in the 8-inch class with a time of 33.42 seconds; Gabby also won the same division in last year’s championship event with an impressive time of 30.05 seconds. The Masters Agility Championship Finals was the highlight of the Canine Celebration Day on Saturday. Agility is a timed competition that tests a dog’s ability to complete an obstacle course — including any combination of tunnels, seesaw, bar and wall jumps, weave poles and more — following the commands of its handler. Participants are not given the course map ahead of time, and agility is judged by both time and accuracy (minus faults) of the course. The WKC donates $5,000 to honor the winner to the AKC training club of their choice or the AKC Humane Fund, along with a donation of $1,000 in the names of the four remaining first-place dogs in their height classes and the highest-scoring All-American (mixed breed) dog. The 2025 WKC Dog Show resumes Monday, with events taking place at Madison Square Garden and Jacob K. Javits Convention. The 2026 Masters Agility Champion, Prove-It, and the highest-scoring All-American dog, Iron Man, will go head-to-head in an agility race at MSG on Tuesday. Best in Show will also be crowned Tuesday evening at MSG. For full results from the 13th Annual Masters Agility Championship Finals, click here.Latest Sports News from FOX Sports
Tech mogul Elon Musk poured $10 million into two major Republican super PACs at the end of last year, according to campaign finance disclosures submitted Saturday, as he once again takes a more active role in GOP politics.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, who had a public falling out with President Donald Trump last spring and said he was giving up on political spending, gave $5 million in December to each of the Congressional Leadership Fund and Senate Leadership Fund, two groups that aim to help the GOP keep control of Congress this year.
It was Musk’s second round of donations to both groups this cycle, having previously given in June, amid his feud with Trump. Those contributions came shortly before Musk floated starting his own political party, an initiative that never seemed to gain much headway.
But Musk and Trump have patched up their differences more recently, with the tech CEO joining Trump for dinner at Mar-a-Lago earlier this month. Musk has also been back to advocating for Republican politics on X, which he owns, pushing for senators to pass a plussed up version of the SAVE Act, a bill that would require states to collect proof of citizenship from people registering to vote.
Musk has thrown his support behind a version called the SAVE Act Plus, calling for ID requirements and a ban of mail voting for most Americans along with other changes to election administration.
Musk was the biggest individual donor to political committees during the 2024 election cycle, spending roughly $290 million, mostly through his own super PAC, America PAC, in support of Trump.
In the first few months of the Trump administration, he played an active role with the Department of Government Efficiency, but began fighting with Trump and Republicans around the president’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Musk also threw himself into a Wisconsin Supreme Court election in April where his preferred candidate lost by 10 points.
Musk’s funds accounted for just a fraction of total fundraising for both SLF and CLF. SLF raised nearly $77 million in the final six months of 2025 and had $100 million cash on hand, while CLF raised over $38 million over that period and had more than $54 million cash on hand.
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