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As you’re probably aware Kim Kardashian is a bonafide billionaire thanks to her media presence and her popular clothing line, Skims.
And she’s unlikely to jeopardize all of that — to say nothing of her freedom — with illegal activities like, say, international drug smuggling.
So the news that millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine was found in a Skims shipment came as quite a surprise to Kim fans.
Yes, earlier this week, Skims made headlines for all the wrong reasons when the brand became tied to a major cocaine-smuggling operation in England after one of its clothing shipments became connected to a convicted trafficker.
But before anyone starts imagining a Breaking Bad spinoff starring Kardashians in compression wear, the company says it had absolutely nothing to do with it.
“SKIMS is aware of the recent news involving a shipment with our products,” the company told TMZ in a statement.
“We want to be absolutely clear: SKIMS had no knowledge whatsoever about this criminal activity. We had no connection to the smuggling operation, the driver, or the truck.”
According to authorities, a Polish truck driver named Jakub Jan Konkel transported a trailer carrying legitimate Skims merchandise from the Netherlands to England last September.
When the truck arrived at the Port of Harwich, Border Force officers searched it and reportedly uncovered 90 hidden packages of cocaine worth an estimated $9.4 million concealed near the rear trailer doors.
Authorities emphasized from the beginning that the SKIMS products themselves were legitimate and that the brand was not involved in the trafficking scheme.
The UK’s National Crime Agency said the shipment was real, but the truck had allegedly been modified with a hidden compartment used to stash the drugs.
“The load was entirely legitimate and neither the exporter nor importer were connected to the smuggled load,” the agency said, adding that the truck had been specially adapted to conceal the narcotics.
Konkel initially denied knowing anything about the drugs, but later admitted he agreed to smuggle the cocaine for roughly $5,300, ultimately pleading guilty in court.
On Monday, he was sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison in Chelmsford Crown Court in Essex, England.
“Organised crime groups use corrupt drivers like Konkel to move Class A drugs often hidden on entirely legitimate loads such as this,” National Crime Agency operations manager Paul Orchard said in a statement.
In other words: the shipment may have included Kardashian-branded shapewear, but officials say this scandal has nothing to do with Kim or Skims — aside from some very unfortunate headlines.
So Kim is in the clear legally. Unless society decides to outlaw having children with Kanye West, which might not be such a bad idea.
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Last month, we learned that Lisa Kudrow earns $20 million a year from Friends residuals.
And it turns out she’s not the only sitcom star who’s still raking in five figures from work she did decades ago.
According to new reports from various outlets, Ray Romano is earning an eye-popping $18 million per year in residuals from Everybody Loves Raymond residuals, more than twenty years after the series wrapped its final episode.
Romano continues to rake in tens of millions annually thanks to syndication and streaming for Raymond, which ended its original run back in 2005 but remains widely available on platforms such as Paramount+ and Peacock.
Not a bad deal if you can get it!
Raymond premiered in 1996 and quickly became one of television’s defining family sitcoms.
The series starred Romano as Ray Barone, a sportswriter navigating suburban life on Long Island while constantly clashing with his overbearing family.
Over the course of nine seasons, the show became a massive ratings success, ultimately earning 15 Emmy wins out of 69 nominations before coming to an end in 2005.
And the titular star was compensated accordingly.
By the show’s ninth and final season, Romano was reportedly earning nearly $2 million per episode, cementing his status as one of television’s highest-paid actors at the time.
As of 2026, Romano’s net worth reportedly sits around $200 million.
While he later appeared in projects such as the Ice Age franchise and NBC’s Parenthood, much of his long-term wealth appears to stem from one very lucrative source: those juicy Raymond royalty checks.
Of course, Romano’s enormous salary once sparked major behind-the-scenes tension on set.
Back in 2003, reports surfaced that Romano was earning approximately $1.8 million per week under a reported $40 million contract during the sitcom’s eighth season.
That revelation reportedly did not sit well with co-star Brad Garrett, who played Ray’s older brother, Robert Barone.
According to TV Insider, Garrett pushed for a salary increase after learning not only how much Romano was making, but also that Romano’s contract included royalties from reruns of older episodes.
At the time, Garrett was said to be earning roughly $160,000 per episode.
According to insiders, Garrett refused to return to work until CBS renegotiated his deal. His character was temporarily removed from the season premiere and allegedly faced the possibility of being written out entirely.
Co-stars Patricia Heaton, Doris Roberts and Peter Boyle reportedly backed Garrett during the standoff, even calling in sick in solidarity.
“Ray deserves every penny, all Brad wants is compensation commensurate with what other similarly situated actors have made in the past and are making today,” Garrett’s representative said at the time.
Ultimately, CBS negotiated with the cast, and Garrett reportedly saw his pay increase to $250,000 per episode for Season 8 and $315,000 per episode for Season 9.
As for Romano? He didn’t seem to harbor any resentment.
“When my salary came out in the papers, I knew stuff would happen,” Romano said at the time. “I’d do exactly the same thing.”
Despite the massive paychecks, Ray says he has no interest in a revival series and intends to “leave our legacy the way it is.” We guess you can afford to feel that way when you’re raking in $20 million annually!
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Mackenzie Shirilla is now 21 years old.
She is serving a life sentence for the deaths of her boyfriend and friend after she alone survived a deadly crash. It will be over a decade before she is eligible for parole.
A former inmate shares her account of Shirilla’s demeanor — describing someone far different from how she portrayed herself in court.
Shirilla’s most ardent defender has been her father. It may cost him his job.
What’s she like behind bars?
Mary Katherine Crowder spent over six months imprisoned at the Ohio Reformatory for Women.
She is now out, and has taken to TikTok to share her experiences behind bars.
A couple of videos that have drawn a particular amount of attention describe her account of Shirilla behind bars.
She likened her to a “queen bee.”
According to Crowder, Shirilla’s demeanor and styling seemed to treat the prison “like a high school popularity contest.”
Crowder describes Shirilla as giggling, smiling, and socializing alongside a group of other young inmates.
Unlike Crowder, who is no longer incarcerated, Shirilla is serving concurrent 15-to-life sentences for the 2022 crash that killed Dominic Russo (her boyfriend) and Davion Flanagan.
Speaking of her love life, apparently she’s doing well in that department.
Crowder describes Shirilla as flaunting hickeys and similar love bites from hooking up with fellow inmates.
Now, all of this sounds pretty normal for a pretty young adult behind bars. But it’s gaining attention because Shirilla’s vibe in documentaries has shown a wildly different tone.
She’ll be eligible for parole in just over a decade
In 2023, prosecutors told the court that Shirilla had intentionally driven the vehicle into a building.
They argued that she had allegedly accelerated to nearly 100 miles per hour before slamming into the Strongsville, Ohio structure.
Shirilla survived. Russo and Flanagan did not.
The jury agreed with the prosecution’s case, convicting her for the deaths of her boyfriend and friend.
Shirilla is serving concurrent life sentences. She will, however, be eligible for parole in 2037.
In the Netflix documentary, The Crash, Steve Shirilla spoke in his daughter’s defense.
Not only did he maintain his daughter’s innocence, but he made controversial comments — defending her marijuana use (still controversial in some corners of the country), suggesting that Russo’s finances are why she dated him for four years, and denying reports that she’d been a high school bully.
Cleveland 19 News reports that he has now been placed on administrative leave at Mary Queen of Peace School, a private Catholic school.
“We are investigating allegations made on social media that one of our teachers has demonstrated poor judgement,” the school reported in an email to parents. “The investigation is ongoing.”
Shirilla’s father sees her as an innocent girl who survived a deadly crash. She portrayed herself as mournful and haunted on screen. Behind bars, however, Crowder had a different impression.
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It stands to reason that Spencer Pratt has drawn a lot of comparisons to Donald Trump.
They’re both blonde, brash veterans of the reality TV trenches who launched political campaigns that initially seemed like practical jokes but met with surprising success.
So does Trump support Pratt’s effort to become the next mayor of Los Angeles? Well, that depends on how Spencer feels about the MAGA movement.
Yes, Trump stopped just short of making an endorsement this week, saying that he would like to see Pratt “do well” in the LA mayoral race.
His reason? The president’s tepid support had nothing to do with policy and everything to do with Spencer’s rumored loyalties.
Asked if he sees himself in Pratt, Trump turned things around and wondered if Pratt sees himself as a product of MAGA culture.
“I’d like to see him do well — he’s a character,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday, adding:
“I don’t know, I don’t know him. I assume he probably supports me. Does he support me?… I heard he does. I heard he’s a big MAGA person. He’s doing well.”
From there, Trump returned to his favorite topic of all (other than himself), and began venting about the 2020 presidential election. He griped about the “really rigged vote in California,” saying that “the elections are very dishonest.”
“If we had Jesus Christ come down and count the votes, I would have won California,” he added. “Because I do great with Hispanics. But it’s a rigged vote.”
Yes, it’s the kind of quote that would have occupied an entire week-long news cycle with any other politician in US history.
But this is the age of the $1.776 billion slush fund for January 6 insurrectionists. It’s a time when we might have a more outrageous Trump-related story by the end of business today.
And it’s a time when many Americans don’t think twice about electing a TV personality with zero political experience to manage one of the world’s largest economies.
Pratt has not yet publicly reacted to Trump’s pseudo-endorsement, but you can be sure that he and his team are loving the free press.
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