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Rebecca Gayheart has opened up about something intensely personal and very painful.
Seven months after Eric Dane told the world that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), his estranged wife — with whom he shares daughters Billie, 15, and Georgia, 13 — reflected on their family dynamic amid this extremely challenging chapter.
“I am trying to show them that we show up for people no matter what,” Rebecca explained on the November 17 edition of the Broad Ideas with Rachel Bilson and Olivia Allen podcast.
“He is our family. He is your father. We show up, and we try to do it with some dignity and some grace and just get through it. We will get through it the best we can.”
In 2018, Gayheart filed for divorce from the Grey’s Anatomy alum — but in March 2025, she dismissed the divorce filing.
Less than a month after she filed this dismissal, Dane revealed that he was diagnosed with the aforementioned disease.
“I am grateful to have my loving family by my side as we navigate this next chapter,” he told People Magazine at the time.
We later learned that Dane only has one functioning arm.
“It’s super complicated for me,” Gayheart continued on this podcast. “We’ve been separated for eight years. The kids live with me 100 percent of the time. There’s been a lot of other stuff. I’m trying to stay optimistic, though, about it all.”
It’s complicated, but also important as a parent, Gayheart reasons.
“I don’t know if I’m doing it well or if I’m doing it in the wrong way or the right way,” she said. “I’m just showing up. I’m showing up and I’m trying to be there for them. I guess time will tell.”
ALS is an incurable neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. As you might imagine, such a diagnosis is next to impossible for kids as young as Billie and Georgia to grapple with and/or comprehend.
“They are good girls who are just going through a lot,” the actress added. “They’re having such complex feelings about it all because it’s public. It confuses them.”
Dane is best known for roles on Grey’s Anatomy, The Last Ship and Euphoria.
“I don’t think this is the end of my story. I don’t feel like this is the end of me,” he said in June during a Good Morning America interview.
“I feel fortunate that I am able to continue working and am looking forward to returning to set of Euphoria next week,” Dane said in his original statement. “I kindly ask that you give my family and I privacy during this time.”
Gayheart previously said she and Dane are “best friends” and admitted on this podcast that the ongoing journey is understandably hard for her as well.
“I am definitely experiencing growth as a person, as a human being,” the 53-year-old said.
“It’s all very humbling. I think one piece of this that I hope I’m passing on to my kids is the idea that you can show up for someone and be there for them, but you also have to show up for yourself. This is life. Life, sadly, is just moments, good and bad strung together.
“You never know what you’re going to get and we should treat today as a really special day. This isn’t a dress rehearsal. This is it. Whatever we’re doing today, this is our life.”
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A horrifying story emerged from Ohio this week, as a teenage boy confessed to strangling his 64-year-old neighbor to death.
The unidentified minor, who is now 14, but was 13 at the time of the crime, struck a deal with prosecutors that will require him to spend the rest of his childhood in Ohio Department of Youth Services facilities.
The assailant pled guilty to aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, and strangulation on Monday, and he has been remanded to state custody until his 21st birthday.
Investigators reveal shocking details surrounding senseless murder
The victim — identified as Sheila “Denise” Tenpenny — was found dead inside her home on Sunday, February 2, 2025.
According to a press release from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Tenpenny’s body was discovered by her brother, who called 911 after finding her lifeless in her bed.
“I think my sister’s been murdered. She got her face covered with a pillow … She did not respond when I yelled at her,” he told a 911 operator.
Investigators believe that the minor broke into Tenpenny’s home sometime between 2 am and 5 am and struck her with a blunt object.
According to prosecutor Linda Scott, the defendant “researched how to strangle someone, how to do it, how to find a victim … For months, the defendant did this sort of research.”
With the crime completed, the assailant allegedly “notified all his social media people,” posting a message that read, “This one was a fighter.”
Investigators explained that the perpetrator fortunately did not do a good job of covering his tracks.
“He left his DNA; he tried to clean up the crime scene with items that wouldn’t have been successful,” Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation Agent David Ward told reporters.
“It was good luck for us that he did make those mistakes, but in the future, is he going to learn from those mistakes?”
Ward added that in his 25 years in law enforcement, “this is the first time I’ve ever had a person of this age commit this type of crime. And to add to that the premeditation of the offense is just chilling to me.”
The defendant was arrested ten days after Tenpenny’s murder.
Prosecutors say that after he was swabbed for DNA, the teen posted another social media message, this one reading, “I think I just got caught.”
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Going into the 2025 NFL season, prognosticators expected the Kansas City Chiefs to dominate the AFC and return to the Super Bowl for the fourth straight time.
But now, following Sunday’s upset loss to the Denver Broncos, fans are concerned that Patrick Mahomes’ 5-5 squad might not even make the playoffs.
The Chiefs’ surprising struggles come amid another unexpected twist in this season’s narrative:
After two seasons in which Taylor Swift was on hand pretty much every time Travis Kelce took the field (even while jetting across the globe for her history-making Eras Tour), the pop icon has only attended half of this year’s Chiefs games.
Taylor has not attended a single Chiefs away game all season, a decision that’s made all the more surprising by the fact that this will likely be Travis’ last season in the NFL.
(The future hall of famer — who became the Chiefs’ all-time touchdown leader on Sunday — is 36, which is approximately 110 in tight end years.)
There are numerous theories as to why Taylor has opted not to follow the Chiefs on the road this year:
Some believe the pop icon has become more concerned about security risks, while others insist that she’s busy managing her massive business empire.
And in all likelihood, the decision has nothing to do with the Chiefs’ current struggles.
But perhaps it was inevitable that social media users would try and find a connection between the KC’s nightmare season and the absence of the NFL’s most famous fan.
“Can the Chiefs finally stop flopping? As a Taylor Swift fan, I am not used to failure,” wrote one X user following the team’s latest loss.
Some Chiefs fans complained about Taylor being at games too much but maybe her presence was the driving force and the wind beneath their wings. She is the magic and fairy dust and secret recipe and yall fumbled,” another theorized.
“It’s not Reid or Veach’s fault that their players are more focused on drag racing or plugging Taylor Swift’s (terrible) new album on their podcasts or opening restaurants than they are on winning these days,” a third chimed in, referring to Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and the team’s GM, Brett Veach.
(And, of course, taking the opportunity to throw some shade at The Life of a Showgirl.)
Others even went so far as to allege that Taylor stepped away because she knew she’d been a distraction to Travis in the offseason, and she assumed she would be blamed if the team had a tough year.
Obviously, that’s insane — but sadly, such lunacy is par for the course on social media these days.
Needless to say, most of the theories about Taylor’s changing relationship to the Chiefs are sheer foolishness — and there are certainly more to come.
The Chiefs’ next game is on the road against the Dallas Cowboys.
Because it’s an away game, Taylor probably won’t be in attendance. And because it’ll take place on Thanksgiving, you might have to listen to your drunk uncle’s theories about why she decided to stay home.
Don’t say we didn’t warn you!
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Donald Trump wants Seth Meyers fired.
This July, CBS canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ahead of Paramount’s Skydance merger.
In September, Trump seemed to get his way against Jimmy Kimmel, only for ABC to reverse course after public outcry.
But Trump’s war against free speech isn’t over. He’s taking aim at the NBC Late Night host, and
Donald Trump wants Seth Meyers fired ‘immediately’
When ABC briefly put Jimmy Kimmel’s show on hiatus following the White House’s clear threats through FCC chairman Brendan Carr, it was difficult to determine what exactly was the excuse.
Something related to Charlie Kirk or his death, ostensibly, but even conservative viewers had difficulty pinpointing the offending line. It was, many pointed out, merely a pretext to silence a critic.
In the case of NBC’s Late Night, the situation is different.
Donald Trump is calling for Seth Meyers’ firing.
This time, he isn’t pretending to single out a single joke or comment. It’s more like … he hates everything.
On his curiously named very own social media network, Trump posted a rant about viewing Meyers “in an uncontrollable rage” following widespread coverage of the former reality star’s Jeffrey Epstein ties.
“NBC’s Seth Meyers is suffering from an incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS),” he proclaimed.
Trump Derangement Syndrome is the fringe right’s cringe attempt to medicalize outrage over Trump’s words, actions, and crimes.
“He was viewed last night in an uncontrollable rage,” Trump alleged.
He wrote that this was “likely due to the fact that his ‘show’ is a Ratings DISASTER.”
Brendan Carr seems eager to do Trump’s will
“Aside from everything else,” Donald Trump continued in his anti-Seth Meyers tirade, the comedian “has no talent.”
He then suggested: “And NBC should fire him, IMMEDIATELY!”
As is always the case with Trump, his choices regarding punctuation and grammar are puzzling. However, the recently publicized Epstein emails demonstrate that his broader social circle seems to share some of his idiosyncrasies.
Obviously, someone occupying the White House calling for the firing of a television host for criticizing them is appalling and anti-American. But this is more than mere bluster.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr boosted the post in a tweet, doubling down upon the menacing text with the implied threat that he would take steps to apply governmental pressure to serve his master’s will.
It is not the role of the FCC to regulate speech. And, officially, Carr cannot do that.
However, he can violate the United States constitution by approving or denying certain mergers based upon whether corporations roll over and obey Trump’s edicts.
We all saw as Skydance and Paramount merged. The resulting massive media company is now under Trump sycophant David Ellison — this after Paramount paid an apparent bribe to Trump’s presidential library and also fired Colbert (the company claims that this was for financial reasons).
Following the ideological fall of CBS News, CNN could be next. NBCUniversal’s parent company, Comcast, is one of the expected bidders for Warner Bros. Discovery.
The FCC can approve or deny mergers. Under Carr, these approvals may be subject to the capricious whims of America’s self-appointed king.
Parts of the GOP are in revolt, but will it last? Will it matter?
Some have pointed out that Brendan Carr has previously defended satire and free speech. However, under Trump, that is clearly out the window, like many of America’s founding principles.
Will Donald Trump be able to fire Seth Meyers? That depends upon whether NBCUniversal is run by cowards. So … that’s up in the air.
The good news is that Trump’s power is actively and sharply waning at the moment. His ability to bully congress into refusing to check his power stems largely from his power over the GOP base.
That control has weakened after months of his actively sabotaging the economy for no reason. Sending ICE to terrorize American communities hasn’t done him many favors, either.
Of course, Trump may lack the cognitive capacity to realize how much power he’s losing. And, if he does, we all know that a cornered beast is at its most dangerous.
His desire to persecute his enemies — a fast-growing list that appears to include most of America — will continue to outlast his ability to grasp complex topics or follow conversations. He will continue to take aim at critics, and toadies like Carr will continue to pull the trigger.
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Kody Brown has a new look.
But the same old chauvinistic reason for rocking it.
On the November 16 episode of Sister Wives, the 56-year old decided to shave off his facial hair… in the hopes of adding some sizzle to his life between the sheets with wife Robyn after she expressed how “painful” and “uncomfortable” it had become to kiss him with his beard and mustache.
“It’s like kissing one of those vegetable scrubbers from your kitchen sink,” quipped Robyn in her confessional, while Kody replied in his:
“I gotta get rid of this beard so I get kissed more.”
This was mostly fun banter between spouses.
But Robyn did refer to Kody as desperate and as a pig not too long ago because he wanted to bring on a new wife in order to expand his sexual horizons and/or options.
On Sunday night, meanwhile, the scene cut to the couple in the bathroom as Kody got ready to transform his appearance.
“Promise me we’re going to make out like teenagers and I promise you it won’t bother me a bit,” he saod before counting down and saying goodbye to his grays.
In a subsequent confessional, Robyn delved into how she felt the need to hide her public affection for Kody when he was also married to Christine, Janelle and Meri.
“Because of other wives, I’ve always just been really careful. Kody and I wouldn’t be affectionate publicly, but now that it’s just the two of us, we flirt a lot,” she explained to viewers.
Indeed, Robyn has made it clear she wants Kody all to herself.
Elsewhere, Kody’s former sister wives went ahead ranked how attractive they think men with facial hair are, opening up in confessionals of their own.
“Someone said kissing a man without a mustache is like eating an egg without salt,” said Christine.
“I think facial hair on guys is attractive,” added Meri, while Janelle admitted she doesn’t have a “strong opinion” on men with scruff, yet knows she isn’t into a “full” bearded appearance.
Kody, of course, has often been very proud about his unique hairstyle.
In a previous episode of Sister Wives, Kody — who is the father of 18 kids with Robyn, Christine, Janelle and Meri — revealed what it takes to maintain his curly locks.
Yes, it even includes wearing a hair net on occasion.
“Everybody always wants to give me crap about my hair, but I have to do a lot of work to take care of this hair,” Kody told the camera, while His brother Scott said:
“Even when he was a pre-teenager, his hair has always been important to him.”
Kody Brown Shaves His Beard… So He Can Get Some from Wife Robyn. was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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