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In the six weeks since Charlie Kirk was shot and killed, the discourse over the conservative podcaster’s life and legacy has frequently bubbled over into heated debate.

The latest furor has to do with proposals to erect a statue to Kirk.

The controversy began when Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry called on administrators at Louisiana State University to “find a place” for the statue.

“We’re gonna put a challenge out to the LSU board of supervisors to find a place to put a statue of Charlie Kirk to defend freedom of speech on college campuses,” Landry said, according to Fox News.

“Come on, ladies and gentlemen, let’s see if we can be the first campus to do it,” Landry

In a post on Bluesky, Professor Emeritus Robert Mann, who retired from LSU in 2024, blasted the idea and likened Kirk to late KKK Grand Wizard David Duke.

“If Jeff Landry wants a statue of a white nationalist on the LSU campus, it shouldn’t be Charlie Kirk,” Mann wrote.

“Shouldn’t he be honoring our home-grown racists, like David Duke (who actually went to LSU)?”

Numerous educators and students across the state of Louisiana were quick to echo Mann’s remarks.

LSU women’s basketball star Flau’jae Johnson also blasted the Landry’s call for a Kirk memorial on campus.

“For the sake of clarity,” she wrote on X, according to TMZ, “if you align yourself with or endorse his racist rhetoric and discriminatory views toward people of color, I respectfully ask that you utilize the unfollow option at the top right of my profile.”

“Sooo my governor wants LSU to put up a statue of someone who created an organization with the specific goal of targeting and harassing professors,” wrote Nicole Gasparini, an associate professor of environmental sciences at Tulane University.

Johnson — a senior guard for the LSU Tigers — has not commented further on the decision.

Which makes sense, as she made herself quite clear in her initial remark.

Landry has not replied to the criticism surrounding his remark, and it might be a dead issue, as the idea for a Kirk memorial doesn’t seem to have much support among LSU administrators and staff.

After all, Kirk had no strong ties to the school, and the idea of memorializing a recent, controversial political figure in order to protect free speech doesn’t really make much sense.

In all likelihood, Governor Landry was simply using Kirk’s death to further his political agenda — a trend that’s almost certain to continue in the months and years to come.

Charlie Kirk Statue Proposal Prompts Comparison to KKK Leader David Duke was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Once again, Donald Trump and Stephen Colbert are at odds.

The world has witnessed Trump’s bizarre speeches, his fixation on building a palatial ballroom, and clear moments of confusion.

Critics argue that it may have passed the point of “sundowning” if the sun, metaphorically speaking, never actually rises.

After Trump underwent an unexplained MRI and took a test that measures cognitive decline (while thinking that it was an IQ test), Colbert is pointing out the obvious: something is very wrong.

Stephen Colbert isn’t the only one noting Donald Trump’s obvious cognitive struggles

Late last week, Donald Trump boasted about what he characterized as a “very hard” test that he believed to be an IQ test.

It is not surprising to hear him brag. Not about the test, nor about the MRI that doctors at Walter Reed performed.

A desperate need to loudly proclaim his own greatness is one of his defining features. Once, it was comical in its absurdity.

What was surprising is that Trump very clearly did not take an IQ test.

Instead, alongside an MRI, he very clearly took a test that measures cognitive decline: the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. It is a test that most often checks for Dementia.

Love to show how smart I am by bragging about my score on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.

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— Max Kennerly (@maxkennerly.bsky.social) October 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM

Over the weekend, social media was full of people pointing out that Trump’s brag was clearly a self-own.

Some believed that his IQ test story was a deliberate and self-aggrandizing lie.

However, many suggested that perhaps he was honestly confused. Remember, Trump recently expressed bewilderment when he learned that 5-year-old footage that he saw on television was not current for Portland.

There are even those who believe that Trump’s advisors are playing into his obvious confusion and struggle to differentiate fiction from reality. Perhaps someone told him that this simple cognitive exam was to measure his IQ.

No matter what, the boasting followed by Donald Trump’s clear disorientation during his tour of Asia caught the attention of millions — including late night host Stephen Colbert.

On ‘The Late Show,’ Colbert laid out how abnormal all of this is

This week, The Late Show host Stephen Colbert pointed out that an MRI, like the one that Donald Trump underwent, is “usually something you only get when the doctors think something’s wrong with you.”

Addressing the audience, he noted: “Scans are typically ordered for disease detection and monitoring, or to detect bone or joint abnormalities.”

Colbert expressed concern, saying: “That’s not comforting. What were they looking for?”

He also addressed Trump’s farcical bluster about the alleged IQ test.

“As a reminder, the cognitive test Trump took is not designed as a measure of intelligence or IQ,” Colbert emphasized. “And not knowing the difference between those two things is one of the reasons they make you take a cognitive test.”

On Tuesday, October 28, Colbert also highlighted how Trump’s clear confusion has been on display during his tour of Asia.

He played a clip of Trump trying but failing to follow Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi through a room.

During the clip, as you can see above, he seems to shuffle along at first before becoming either distracted or confused and ambling forward before getting back on track.

“There’s Trump with the prime minister,” Colbert narrated the incident. “He stops to salute the American flag.”

He continued: “Then she goes, ‘Hey, look at our flag.’ And he goes, ‘Nah, not really my type. Bye.’ And off he shambles into the distance.”

This is a national humiliation for us all

It’s not funny that the entire world is seeing this. This is, in so many ways, a dark time for America.

Just as it’s not funny that every country on earth knows that they need only appease one deeply suggestible person in their negotiations. It feels like the United States is for sale.

However, the video is, out of context, silly. Colbert likens it to losing one’s grandfather at the mall. The Daily Show compared the clip to a dog show, where a dog wanders off of the course.

At this point, Trump is mostly rage and sensory-response. Anyone who once harbored inexplicable beliefs that he could or would do positive things for the American people is out of luck.

But it does not appear that the White House is going to take any steps to disclose Trump’s actual health to the American people, even as his signs of cognitive and physical decay become more apparent with each passing month.

Donald Trump Displays Signs of Cognitive Decline, Argues Stephen Colbert (And Many Others) was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Rosie O’Donnell’s troubled daughter, Chelsea O’Donnell, has been sentenced to time behind bars.

A Wisconsin judge made the decision earlier this week in response to Chelsea’s recent probation violation.

The nature of the violation and the amount of time Chelsea will be forced to serve are both unclear at this time.

The 28-year-old was sentenced to six years of probation in January following several arrests, most of which were related to her long battle with substance abuse.

“The facts surrounding this request have been staffed with the Marinette County Treatment Drug Court Team and have been deemed sufficient grounds to warrant termination from the Marinette County Treatment Drug Court Program,” reads a statement issued by a Wisconsin judge on Wednesday, according to Page Six.

Chelsea O’Donnell’s legal troubles continue

Chelsea was arrested a total of three times in 2024.

In September 2024, she was detained in connection with a domestic dispute involving her boyfriend, Jacob Nelund.

Several more brushes with the law followed, most of them directly or indirectly related to Chelsea’s drug use.

Following one recent incident, officers alleged that they found a meth pipe within reach of Chelsea’s young son.

Earlier today, Rosie paid tribute to her daughter with a moving Instagram post.

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“My child Chelsea Celle – before addiction took over her life – I loved her then I love her now as she faces a scary future – prayers welcomed- #addiction awareness #love #family,” Rosie captioned a photo of a young Chelsea.

Several of the comic’s celebrity friends offered words of support and encouragement.

Many whose families have been torn apart by addiction shared their own stories in the comments.

Chelsea’s troubled life

Rosie adopted Chelsea as a baby in 1997, but mother and daughter have been estranged for most of Chelsea’s adult years.

In January, Chelsea filed to change her last name in retaliation for being cut Rosie’s $80 million will.

Chelsea announced that she intended to use the name Neuens, which is the maiden name of her birth mother, Deanna Micoley.

Rosie has been at the center of an unexpected political controversy in recent months, following President Trump’s threat to revoke her citizenship.

The comic is a lifelong citizen who was born in the US, and is therefore ineligible to lose her citizenship.

We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.

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Rosie O’Donnell’s Daughter Sentenced to Jail Time Following Probation … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Horrible new this week out of the world of reality television:

Jamar Champ, the estranged husband of Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood cast member Masika Kalysha, was killed in Houston on Tuesday after his Tesla Cybertuck was hit head on by a vehicle traveling in the wrong direction on the freeway.

He was 38 years old.

According to a press released from the Houston Police Department, this is what transpired yesterday in Texas:

A silver BMW was traveling the wrong way, westbound in the eastbound lanes, on the freeway at the above address and struck a silver Tesla Cybertruck head on. The impact caused the BMW to catch fire and the Tesla to strike a blue Freightliner 18-wheeler.

Champ was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition… where he was later pronounced dead.

The unidentified male BMW driver was pronounced dead on the scene and the truck driver was not injured, the announcement added.

An autopsy will be performed to “determine if impairment played a role” in the accident, police told affiliated KHOU after the tragic development was made public.

Jamar Champ was a football player at North Dakota State University, where he played one season for the team in 2005.

On Tuesday, Kalysha seemingly alluded to Champ’s passing in a post via her X account.

“God woke me up at 2:00am… I couldn’t sleep,” she wrote. “I didn’t know why. Jesus Christ I just received the worse news of my life. Pray for me and my kids please.”

Hours later, the reality star shared the following statement with The Shade Room:

“It is with profound sadness that I confirm the news of the tragic and unexpected passing of my spouse and father of my beautiful daughters, Jamar Champ.

“During this incredibly challenging time, I kindly ask for respect and understanding as our family comes together to support one another and honor his memory.”

The former VH1 personalities got married in 2001, but separated two years later. They shared a three-year old daughter named Amari.

“I am in shambles please respect my family and my children at this time,” Kalysha wrote in an Instagram video on Wednesday.

In late 2023, Kalysha took to this same platform and told followers:

“The only reason I’m not fully divorced is because, well, that’s on the way. There’s no reason for me to share my personal business. But when other people try to paint a picture in order for them to get attention off of the life I have created for myself by myself — it’s just asinine and it’s sad.

“I have no reason to discuss anything else further. Just know that your girl is happier than she’s ever been. There is absolutely nothing worse than being with a narcissist. First and last experience with a narcissist ever.”

We send our condolences to the friends, family members and loved ones of Jamar Champ. May he rest in peace.

Jamar Champ Cause of Death: Love & Hip Hop Star Gone at 38 was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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When you marry a partner nearly 30 years your junior, you don’t expect to outlive them.

But that’s the unusual position that legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin finds himself in following the death of his wife of less than three years, Anca Faur.

It was revealed today that Faur has passed away at the age of 66, leaving Aldrin a widower at 95.

Anca Faur’s unexpected passing revealed by family members

News of Faur’s death comes courtesy of a statement shared on Facebook by the Faur and Aldrin families.

They did not share the cause of death, but did reveal that Faur died “peacefully” on the night of October 28, “with her husband and her son, Vlad Ghenciu by her side.”

“Mrs. Aldrin, an accomplished chemical engineer with a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, served as the treasurer for the California Hydrogen Business Council and as Executive Vice President of Buzz Aldrin Ventures LLC,” the family announcement continued.

“I am so fortunate to have found and married the love of my life,” Aldrin added. “She brought joy to everything we did together. I will miss her dearly.”

A short but beautiful romance

“It was a beautiful day,” Buzz told People last year while speaking about his wedding. “We had decided on a private ceremony, as suitably intimate, just us and the stars in the sky.”

He went on to describe Anca as “the whole Wizard of Oz package” with “brains, heart [and] courage.”

“There is something special about her and the way we connect so well,” he said.

Aldrin added that he had “never been happier in my life” and was “lucky beyond words” to be with her.

“She is the love of my life,” he continued, “and we do everything together, from eating meals, planning projects and watching the world go by, to meeting with our two families and celebrating — as we are at this 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.”

The couple met in 2017 at a professional event, and they started dating just a few months later in May of 2018.

Buzz and Anca tied the knot on his birthday, in January of 2023.

The ceremony took place in a small park near their home.

Our thoughts go out to Anca Faur’s loved ones during this enormously difficult time.

Anca Faur Cause of Death: Buzz Aldrin’s Wife Passes Away at 66 was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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