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Following their split over a year ago, Sabrina Carpenter has seemingly shaded Barry Keoghan.

(Frankly, one of her best songs is believed to be about him.)

Meanwhile, the actor himself has hidden on social media and in real life, avoiding addressing the rumors about him and their split.

Now, however, he’s saying that the claims about him is “not true.”

‘I’ve stopped … socializing’

On the Tuesday, April 28 episode of the Friends Keep Secrets podcast, Barry Keoghan spoke about this for the first time.

“I feel in a safe space to say this … but I have been avoiding stuff,” the actor admitted.

It’s interesting that he said that in front of Benny Blanco. Benny’s married one of the world’s most talented singers. Barry fumbled his.

“I have been like, you know, I came off Instagram … and social profiles,” the actor admitted.

“I’ve stopped going to events,” he continued. “I’ve stopped, you know, just socializing.”

Why?

According to Barry, he has taken a hiatus from the social world — in person and online — due to a “not true” narrative that he has “never really even spoken on.”

Until now, that is.

“I never confirmed or said anything about it. … I just disappeared,” Barry admitted, still avoiding naming the rumor.

It fell to Lil Dicky, one of the podcast hosts, to gingerly ask if the “narrative” involved infidelity. It did.

‘I never want to speak on behalf of other people’

“I don’t want to ever bring anyone else into it, but like, you know, unfortunately, having a relationship in the public eye, it’s — we all know this — you know, from our own stories,” Barry said awkwardly.

He is doing a good job of invoking Sabrina Carpenter without naming her.

“It gets put out there and it’s like … it’s amplified,” he added, describing the nature of fame.

“It’s a hard one because I never want to speak on behalf of other people and also never want to mention other people or involve them,” Barry admitted.

He opined that it’s neither his place nor his ex’s “to come forward and speak” on the other’s behalf because that would be “unfair to them.”

“They’re also in a relationship,” Barry acknowledged.

Interestingly, and despite Bad Bunny rumors earlier this year, Sabrina is not publicly dating anyone right now.

“It’s also both of us being out there for like … so I’m very aware of that,” Barry acknowledged.

Simply put, he’s a popular actor. He’s even a heartthrob, albeit in a Tumblr sexyman sort of way.

But Sabrina is more popular, and when they split in December 2024, some of her fans felt that they had to take sides. With prejudice.

If Sabrina wants to come forward and accuse him of infidelity, she has every right to do so. But unless she does, we probably shouldn’t heed unsubstantiated rumors.

Barry Keoghan Breaks Silence on Sabrina Carpenter Cheating Rumors was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Lisa Kudrow has been spilling some incredible tea about her Friends days this week.

Some of it is nauseating, like Kudrow’s claim that some of the show’s writers sexually fantasized about Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston.

But some of the remarks Lisa has made during her current press tour have fans applauding the beloved actress for securing the bag.

Yes, more than two decades after Friends signed off, the paychecks are still rolling in. And, according to Kudrow, they are nothing short of staggering.

In a new interview the Times of London, Kudrow revealed that she and the surviving five members of the iconic sitcom’s cast still earn about $20 million a year in residuals from the show’s syndication and streaming success.

Yes, you read that correctly: $20 million per year.

Kudrow, who played the eccentric masseuse and folk singer Phoebe Buffay, even joked about the jaw-dropping number when asked why the checks remain so large.

“Because Phoebe Buffay was so great?” she replied when asked why still earns so much from the character.

Of course, the truth is that the long-term financial windfall is rooted in Friends‘ historic popularity, as well as the groundbreaking deal that the cast negotiated during the show’s final seasons.

By the end of the series, the six stars had secured $1 million per episode along with a 2 percent share of syndication profits, a move that continues to pay off 22 years after the finale aired.

Kudrow revealed that she only started rewatching the series following the 2023 death of Matthew Perry.

And she says that rewatching it gave her a renewed appreciation for what the cast created.

“Before, I only saw what I did wrong or could have done better. But for the first time, I truly appreciated just how great it was,” she poignantly revealed.

“I felt I did OK, but Jennifer and Courteney? Amazing. David and Matt? They had me laughing so hard. And then Matthew — he was just beyond us all.”

“Before, I only saw what I did wrong or could have done better,” she continued, adding:

“But for the first time, I truly appreciated just how great it was.”

Kudrow went on to praise her fellow cast members individually, singling out Perry in especially heartfelt terms.

“I felt I did OK, but Jennifer and Courteney? Amazing. David and Matt? They had me laughing so hard. And then Matthew — he was just beyond us all,” Kudrow said/

The actress also shared why she believes Friends continues to resonate with younger viewers who were not even born when the show originally aired.

“Friends captured a kind of innocence that maybe a younger generation has never gotten to experience,” she speculated.

The show continues to enjoy a sort of cultural staying power is almost unheard of. And apparently, so is the paycheck.

Lisa Kudrow Says ‘Friends’ Stars Still Earn $20 Million a Year From Reruns, … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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We previously reported that Kendra Caldwell pleaded not guilty to the charges of child endangerment and false imprisonment.

Her disgraced husband, Joseph Duggar, has now done the same.

Unlike his wife, Joseph entering a plea does not mean that he’s allowed to see his kids. Or any kids, given the other charges that he’s facing.

But one detail from the court records may shine a light on the defense’s legal strategy.

He has once again pleaded ‘not guilty’

According to court documents that The Ashley acquired, Joseph entered a not guilty plea to the Arkansas charges.

Like his wife, Kendra, Joseph is facing four charges of false imprisonment and four charges of endangering the welfare of a child. Each charge is in the second degree.

He entered the plea by way of his attorney on Monday, April 27.

One interesting detail is that Joseph and Kendra have the same attorney.

Travis Story has represented the Duggar clan time and time again. In a moment, we’ll explain why this particular gig is a surprise.

Kendra also entered a not guilty plea to the same charges as Joseph. In exchange, she is now allowed contact with her children. (Joseph, obviously, is not.)

(In this Arkansas case. No charges have been filed at her in connection with Joseph’s alleged molestation of a 9-year-old girl in 2020 during a Florida vacation.)

As we previously reported, authorities automatically searched the couple’s home — given the nature of Joseph’s charges.

Inside, investigators uncovered enough for eight charges for each parent. We only know a limited amount, but it appears that the children’s bedrooms locked from the outside, like prison cells.

Though the Duggar world may think nothing of mistreating children — certainly, Jim Bob and Michelle locked the children in their rooms and seemed to think that this was defensible — thankfully, that is not a universal mindset.

Wait, they have the same attorney?

Early in April, we reported on the jailhouse phone conversation between Kendra and Joseph.

“I’ve been talking to Travis,” Kendra revealed to her husband during the awkward call.

“I’ve got him as my attorney now,” she revealed. “I wasn’t sure if you knew that, I’ve asked him to be my attorney.”

Joseph replied: “I wasn’t sure who we settled with but this guy’s good.”

Kendra then corrected him: ‘Well it’s not for you, it’s only for me.” Clearly, that has now changed.

Despite confessing twice prior to his arrest, Joseph pleaded not guilty to molesting the little girl in Florida.

(One can only assume that his attorney intends to get the likely police recording of that second confession removed from evidence. But that is pure speculation.)

The disgraced Duggar is due in court on May 18.

Meanwhile, he and Kendra are both due in court in Arkansas on August 10 of this year.

Given that they now have the same attorney, we can only assume that the legal strategy will not be for, say, Kendra to throw Joseph under the bus when it comes to child endangerment.

That said, we are not legal experts. And it’s possible that Travis Story is only representing them both on a temporary basis — for paperwork and such — before court proceedings move forward in earnest.

Joseph Duggar Enters ‘Not Guilty’ Plea for Child Endangerment was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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