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A couple of weeks ago, Josh Duggar was transferred to a new facility under mysterious circumstances.
His new facility, Federal Medical Center of Fort Worth, specializes in medical and mental health services.
Immediately, longtime Duggar watchers began to speculate about what might have led to the change of venue.
His attorney is offering a limited explanation for the transfer. Not everyone is convinced.
He is reportedly ‘fine’
Beau Brindley is currently the attorney representing Josh.
Speaking to TMZ, he insists that his client is doing just “fine” despite what one might assume from his transfer from FCI Seagoville to FMC Forth Worth.
According to Brindley, this was a “routine” transfer.
Which, obviously, tells us nothing.
So, what did Brindley choose to divulge?
According to Brindley, the May 29 transfer was not related to Josh’s health.
TMZ notes that FMC Fort Worth primarily caters to severely ill inmates who require inpatient management, intensive monitoring, or both.
In other words, no one gets transferred to FMC Fort Worth for a checkup.
Or for fun.
But that’s what Brindley has to share. And the Bureau of Prisons isn’t going to violate federal privacy laws to satisfy our curiosity. Alas.
Why don’t some folks believe this?
We have to, at this point, acknowledge that attorneys wear multiple hats in the course of their services.
In court, attorneys are officers of the court — and must conduct themselves in specific ways, including never lying to a judge, let along suborning perjury.
Attorneys also have obligations to advocate for their cause or client. Many view these as sacred tenants of their profession.
However, when attorneys speak to the press, they are wearing a very different hat.
We make no statement to impugn Brindley’s integrity or to imply that these statements were dishonest. We just have to acknowledge that TMZ is not a judge and Brindley’s statements would be in Josh’s best interests rather than intended to give TMZ the most accurate scoop.
Josh is currently serving a 12.5 year sentence following his conviction for receiving and possesing child sex-abuse material (CSAM).
In fact, his release date was just pushed back — and not for the first time.
At present, Josh will be in prison until February 2033.
He is fighting to overturn his conviction, shorten his sentence, or whatever else he can do to wriggle out of the legal consequences for his crimes.
Perhaps, one day, we’ll know the reason for this “routine” transfer. For now, we can only guess.
Josh Duggar’s Mysterious Prison Transfer Was ‘Routine’ and Disgraced … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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The New York Knicks won the NBA Finals for the first time in 53 years on Saturday, and fans celebrated in all sorts of different ways.
Some took to the streets of Manhattan to revel in the moment, while others declared their love for girlfriend Sydney Sweeney aboard a private jet.
Okay, only one guy did that, but there’s no denying that Scooter Braun marked the occasion in style!
Yes, for the first time, Scooter publicly said “I love you” to Sydney — and he did it in front of family and friends.
In a video shared on social media following the Knicks’ Game 5 victory over the San Antonio Spurs, Braun raised a toast and singled out his famous girlfriend for some especially heartfelt praise.
“Syd, I love you and your family so much,” Braun reportedly said while celebrating the Knicks’ long-awaited title.
He then jokingly credited Sweeney with becoming the ultimate good luck charm for New York sports fans.
Scooter even suggested that the Jets “could win the Super Bowl” next year, which makes us wonder how many glasses of champagne he consumed before he began filming.
Anyway, considering these two have spent the better part of the past year attached at the hip, the declaration of love probably shouldn’t come as a shock.
Still, saying the L-word publicly is a pretty major milestone.
The couple has been inseparable in recent weeks, turning Knicks playoff games into their own personal date nights.
They’ve packed on the PDA at Madison Square Garden, attended the NBA Finals together in Texas, and even sparked headlines after being spotted kissing inside a Los Angeles frozen yogurt shop.
And if anyone was wondering how serious things have become, Braun’s latest comments may have provided the answer.
The former talent manager has not exactly been shy about his admiration for Sweeney lately. Earlier this month, he described the actress as “kind and generous and smart and real and down to earth” during a podcast appearance (via Page Six).
Now he’s publicly telling her he loves her. That’s a pretty significant upgrade.
The romance reportedly began after the pair met at the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez in 2025. Since then, they’ve gone from quietly dating to attending major events together, making things Instagram official, and becoming one of Hollywood’s most unexpected power couples.
The Knicks’ playoff run has apparently become a recurring theme in their relationship.
Sweeney has embraced her role as a superfan, showing up in custom Knicks gear and celebrating the team’s victories alongside Braun. Following Saturday’s championship win, she even reposted content referencing Braun’s claim that she’s his lucky charm.
Of course, the real headline wasn’t the basketball.
It was the fact that Braun appeared perfectly comfortable proclaiming his love in front of an audience.
For a couple that spent months slowly taking their relationship public, that’s about as clear a sign as any that things are getting serious.
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The Obamas left the White House over a decade ago. And yet they persist, rent-free, in some people’s minds.
Sunday was Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 celebration for his birthday.
The bread-and-circuses event featured UFC fighting at its heart, with Trump in the front row.
After a win, fighter Josh Hokit praised himself, Jesus, and trump. He then made a wild yet familiar claim about former First Lady Michelle Obama.
‘Am I right, America?’
On Sunday, June 14, the UFC conducted a series of fights on the lawn of the White House, sponsored by the likes of Polymarket and Saudi Arabia.
Briefly overshadowing the demolished East Wing, a (hopefully) temporary UFC fighting arena was erected on the lawn.
Branded as Freedom 250, it did not take place on or represent America’s upcoming 250th anniversary. Instead, it took place on Donald Trump’s birthday. He is now 80.
The gauche display was, simply put, beyond parody. The Idiocracy parallels are difficult to ignore.
However, one of the most contemptible moments of the night came courtesy of Josh Hokit, a UFC fighter with a penchant for inflammatory commentary.
“Shout out to Trump,” he began his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan, “for having the balls to put some s–t like this on.”
Hokit then praised his religion’s central figure, Jesus, as “more incredible than the Incredible Hok.” Here, he equates part of his surname to the Marvel hero, the Hulk.
He then made a remark about fighter Alex Pereira’s mother. It was sexual in nature.
“And lastly,” he announced while grinning, “Michelle Obama is a man.”
Anticipating cheers, he asked: “Am I right, America?” The reaction sounded more like groans — even from a deeply Trump-friendly crowd.
What was the point of this?
These days, people note that it is odd — if not unexpected — for Donald Trump to appear so fixated on President Joe Biden, who dropped out of the 2024 race and has been out of office for what feels like the longest 17 months in world history.
Insulting President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama over a decade after they left the White House is incredibly strange.
There is a fixation upon the Obama presidency by the American right. It was a time of social progress. The reactionary backlash to these positive changes — and to our first Black president — doomed us to over a decade of Trump.
In the former First Lady, conservatives find an educated Black woman, one of their deepest fears.
Bigots imagining her to be a transgender woman or as a secret man pulling some sort of The Birdcage act has been going on since long before any of us had heard the word transvestigating.
Whatever the goal or “reasoning” behind it, claiming that Black women appear more masculine than white women has a historic role in racism.
Most of our culture’s beauty standards are strongly influenced by white European beauty standards, which are inherently political. These social constructs are used to reinforce both systemic and personal racism.
What’s really odd is that Hokit would have been, what, a high schooler when the Obamas left the White House? He would have been a tween at most when President Obama first took office.
Cultural malice and this sort of vice signaling don’t have to make sense. It’s arguably not supposed to.
At the end of the day, Hokit is announcing that he loves Donald Trump and hates whatever Michelle Obama represents to him. For the audience to whom he’s speaking, that’s more than enough.
Josh Hokit Declares ‘Michelle Obama is a Man’ at White House UFC Fight on … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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As you’ve likely heard by now, the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship since 1973 over the weekend.
Though the series wrapped up in San Antonio rather than Manhattan, several stars were still on hand, including Prince Harry, who put in a surprise appearance.
But while Harry was certainly among the biggest names in attendance, his seat location had some royal watchers raising their eyebrows.
Instead of rubbing elbows with the celebrities occupying the coveted courtside seats, Harry found himself sitting in the eighth row, while stars like Timothee Chalamet and Ben Stiller enjoyed prime real estate much closer to the action.
For a man who once stood on Buckingham Palace balconies before cheering crowds, the eighth row probably wasn’t exactly what he had in mind.
Harry attended the game without Meghan Markle or the couple’s children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. Instead, he was accompanied by JP Lane, a U.S. Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient who is expected to compete in the next Invictus Games.
The prince was reportedly already in San Antonio for the Warrior Games and was invited to attend the matchup by Silver.
In fact, Harry was seated near Silver during the game, which may explain why he wasn’t in the celebrity-packed courtside section.
Still, social media users couldn’t help but notice the contrast.
While Chalamet, Stiller and other Knicks superfans occupied the highly visible celebrity row, Harry’s seat was several rows behind the action. And yes, plenty of royal critics immediately seized on the optics.
Of course, Harry wasn’t the only recognizable face sitting outside the VIP section.
Sydney Sweeney, Scooter Braun, and Billy Baldwin were also reportedly seated away from the courtside spotlight.
Knicks superfan Spike Lee was also in attendance, and Harry haters alleged that he snubbed the Duke of Sussex.
“If it was a friendly interaction Spike would’ve first shaken Harry’s hand – not point at him,” one social media user wrote, according to GB News.
“Harry went to high 5 but when Spike ignored that Harry followed through with the hand to touch his chest,” another added.
But it appears that Spike was just joking when he declined to take Harry’s hand. Seconds later, the two laughed and embraced.
The outing came just hours after another event that likely generated far more headlines in royal circles.
Back in London, members of the royal family gathered for Trooping the Colour, the annual celebration of King Charles’ official birthday. Harry and Meghan were once again absent from the festivities, continuing a streak that dates back several years.
Instead of military pageantry and palace balconies, Harry spent his Saturday night watching basketball in Texas.
And while he may not have landed a courtside seat, he still managed to get people talking.
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Even those who celebrate Tyra Banks often see her as an almost cartoonishly villainous figure.
Her own on-screen behavior and antics have reinforced this notion.
But Tyra says that the Netflix doc that came out earlier this year went too far, using dishonest editing.
She’s suing for defamation and more, saying that her words were spliced to make her look evil to audiences.
She’s suing Netflix
On Saturday, June 13, Tyra filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix over her portrayal on the 3-part Real Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model docuseries from February.
Unlike some similar documentaries, Tyra actually participated — even if she avoided some topics, like her erstwhile friendship with Jay Manuel.
In her legal filing, which People obtained, she alleges that the docuseries was maliciously edited to reinforce a false narrative against her.
Tyra is seeking a jury trial to determine “appropriate” compensation.
“[Tyra] did share her side. Her answers were very honest,” the legal filing claims. “But the story that viewers heard was the deceptive story producers chose to tell.”
“Tyra Banks participated in the Netflix documentary series [on] America’s Next Top Model (‘ANTM’),” the filing explained.
The explanation continued: “Because she believed viewers deserved a candid conversation about the show’s legacy — its successes and its shortcomings.”
Tyra’s team added: “There are aspects of the show for which Ms. Banks takes accountability and she wanted ANTM viewers to hear that from her directly.”
Pursuant to this goal, the filing says that she “did not limit the ANTM topics the interviewer could ask.”
Even so, the filing alleges that only 16 minutes of Tyra’s lengthy interview made it into the final docuseries.
We allegedly didn’t see part of her responses to really pivotal topics
Tyra believes that the clips what the docuseries did include were “stripped of context and reassembled to support a false and defamatory narrative unrelated to what she actually expressed.”
A big issue in the filing is that the doc was marketed as a documentary, with the filing arguing that “the genre matters.”
“Viewers of a documentary do not expect manufactured drama or constructed narratives,” the filing notes. “They expect facts.”
Tyra’s team argues: “Because they were promised a documentary, that is exactly how viewers interacted with the Netflix Series.”
The filing highlights specific moments from interviews — moments that Netflix’s editors allegedly spliced out to rob other statements of context, and to make Tyra appear more villainous.
Among the moments that Tyra alleges were robbed of vital context were the sexual assault of Shandi Sullivan and Miss J’s stroke and recovery.
Her lawsuit isn’t only about damages.
Tyra is suing for “loss of future business opportunities, loss of business income, other compounding losses as will be shown at trial.”
She also wants compensation for being part of the series given the “significant mental anguish” that she has experienced in the aftermath.
This sounds like a complex legal matter. We don’t know which way a jury might rule. There’s a non-zero chance that this ends with an out of court settlement of some kind. We’ll certainly be paying attention as this lawsuit unfolds.
Tyra Banks Sues Netflix: Their Doc Made Me Look EVIL! was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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