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Meghan Markle is spoiling Kris Jenner and Khloe Kardashian.
Yes, she somehow ended up the scapegoat of the British monarchy.
But that doesn’t mean that she can’t get along with other royalty closer to home.
Meghan’s As Ever lifestyle brand’s debut rosé was an instant hit. Now, she’s gifting new bottles to some of the biggest influencers on the planet.
Meghan Markle sent gifts to Kris Jenner and to Khloe Kardashian
As many have already quipped, Meghan Markle is giving the royal treatment to Kris Jenner and Khloe Kardashian.
On Tuesday, August 12, the momager took to her Instagram Story to share a look at her gift.
She shared a glimpse of a simple yet refined wooden box containing three bottles of wine.
The wine is not merely a gift. It’s from Meghan’s own lifestyle brand.
Those are three bottles of As Ever Napa Valley Rosé.
And, yes, there is also a bowl of fresh peaches in the snap. And another bowl of apples.
Kris was sure to give the Duchess a shoutout, writing: “Thank you @meghan @aseverofficial.”
This was so much more than just wine
Meanwhile, just two days before Kris Jenner showed off her swag, Khloe Kardashian shared her own gift from Meghan Markle.
The mother of two took to her own Instagram Story to show off a generous gift basket full of fruits and jams.
And some big, gorgeous bottles. And at least one gourd?
These, two, are part of As Ever’s brand. In fact, the wine is only a recent venture.
Back in April, Kris received a promotional gift of As Ever jam. This was before the brand had this name, in fact.
The momager was one of only 50 recipients — as her gift had the batch number of “13/50” to prove it.
Meghan’s jam has been controversial in certain circles, with critics arguing that it is too easy to spread and therefore does not qualify as a jam. You know, everyone needs a hobby.
Maybe not jam snobbery, though.
Is As Ever a success?
Not everyone is a fan of Meghan Markle’s As Ever brand, with or without the wine. Actual recipients seem to be happy, but not … others.
In addition to criticizing the lifestyle brand itself, some have drawn wild connections to accuse the Duchess of “disrespecting” Princess Diana. Yes, really.
However, with the exception of Jam Purists, the actual product seems to be well-received. And when she offers things for sale, they sell out quickly.
Are there people rooting for Meghan to fail? Always. But that doesn’t mean that they’re getting their wish.
Meghan Markle Spoils (American) Royalty Kris Jenner, Khloe Kardashian with As Ever Rosé was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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As we’ve previously reported, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, passed away last week at the age of 48.
Clarkson’s feelings toward Blackstock were likely rather complex in his final years.
Their divorce was infamously contentious, but they also had two children together, and she credited him with inspiring her to launch her own talk show.
Now it seems that the situation was even more complicated than we realized, as Blackstock was living with Kelly’s former assistant at the time of his death.
Kelly’s former assistant described as Brandon’s ‘soulmate’
According to an obituary obtained by TMZ, Brittney Marie Jones was the “loving partner” who resided with Blackstock in Montana in the final years of his life.
“Brandon, along with his beautiful and loving partner in life and business, Brittney Marie Jones, started building a life, building companies, and working tirelessly to create Headwaters Livestock Auction and what will live on as his legacy, The Valley View Rodeo in Bozeman, Montana,” reads the obit.
The relationship was reportedly confirmed by a social media post from Jones’ father.
“Yesterday we lost a good man, Brandon Blackstock my daughter’s soulmate and I considered him my son,” he wrote, according to Page Six.
The outlet notes that the post is no longer available to the public.
Blackstock has been the subject of several moving tributes in the days since his death, including one from his former stepmother, Reba McEntire.
“There is no one else like him, and I’m thankful for the time we had together. His legacy and laughter will be carried on through his family,” McEntire wrote on her social media pages, adding:
“Rest in peace cowboy. Happy trails to you til we meet again.”
“The best thing Brandon has left for his children is they know where he is. I’ve heard it said, ‘Nothing is lost when you know where it is’ and Brandon is with Jesus his Savior,” Blackstock’s first wife wrote on her Instagram page.
“There’s no one else on this earth that I would want to be my dad because no one can be half the man you were to me,” Brandon’s eldest son, Seth Blackstock, wrote in his own post.
Kelly Clarkson reportedly ‘devastated’ by Brandon Blackstock’s death
While Clarkson has yet to publicly comment on her ex’s passing, sources close to the singer say she’s “devastated” by Blackstock’s death.
Over the course of the past year, there was widespread speculation about Clarkson’s frequent absences from her talk show.
It now looks as though she was attending to family matters ahead of Brandon’s passing.
Our thoughts go out to Kelly and all of Brandon Blackstock’s loved ones during this enormously difficult time.
Brandon Blackstock Was Dating Kelly Clarkson’s Former Assistant at Time of Death: … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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New season. New episodes.
New group of individuals who apparently aren’t satisfied with just one romantic partner in their lives.
The first trailer for Seeking Sister Wife Season 6 dropped this week, courtesy of Us Weekly, and it features two returning couples … along with three brand new and seemingly confused ones.
“Polygamy is something we really feel God led us to live,” returning cast member Garrick Merrifield tells the cameras in this sneak peek, making his statement with spouse Dannielle Merrifield, by his side.
Previously, the Merrifields were prominent players on this same TLC reality show, which at one point saw them get dumped by a woman named Roberta via text message.
The two will not be deterred, however!
In this preview, the couple reveals that they are trying polygamy again with a Brazilian woman named Lorrana.
While Dannielle seems to be excited at first about adding another woman into her universe, she breaks down in the trailer after seeing her husband happy with Lorrana. Because, d’uh. Who wouldn’t be?!?
“I’m happy for them. It just makes me feel less tied to Garrick. I don’t know why,” Dannielle says while wiping away tears.
Elsewhere, returning family, Nick Davis, April Davis and Jenny Davis learn that girlfriend Teresa wants to be more committed that she has been.
“I just want to have Nick to myself, let’s get that straight,” Teresa tells the cameras, after saying she isn’t alright with not sharing the same last name as the other women.
(One could easily wonder why anyone who wants a man to herself would get involved in a polygamous family. But we’ll just be left to wonder, we suppose.)
“Polygamy is certainly not for the faint of heart,” Nick adds in the video.
Additionally, there are three new couples who are attempting to navigate polygamy on this season of the TLC program.
Having been married four years, Reise Williamson and Billie Jean Williamson are psyched to welcome another woman into their family — all while raising twins.
Then there’s is Matt Johnson and Anjelica Johnson… who find themselves at a crossroads after their sister wife Shanay, who has been part of their lives for three years, says she wants to make their union official.
That’s a big deal!
Finally, Yessel Peralta and Dani Peralta seem to be the most out of sync as they just begin their polygamy journey. In front of a camera no less.
“I don’t want to feel resentful toward my husband for being intimate with another woman when that is what we’re setting out to do,” Dani confesses in the season preview, stating the obvious.
During a dinner date with a prospective suitor, the woman catches Dani by surprise by asking point blank, “When can I expect sex with your husband?”
Points for being forward, huh?
Seeking Sister Wife made all kinds of negative headlines years ago after the Snowdens were accused of various types of abuse against their partners.
The all-new season of the show will kick off on September 22 and will dive into “the emotional highs and lows of navigating polygamous relationships, as each household explores the challenges and rewards of finding a potential new sister wife,” according to a press release.
TLC teases:
“As each couple leans into the power of partnership and possibility, their pursuit of love and family unfolds in unexpected ways.”
Seeking Sister Wife Season 6: Meet the New Couples! was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Kate Gosselin has been divorced for over 15 years.
But the former reality star says she’s still paying for it. Literally.
In a brand new TikTok video, the mother of eight, recapped her day as a pediatric home health care nurse… and eventually explained just why she must work so hard despite her lengthy history as a quasi television star.
“It was another 12 hour day, and my patient and I did a bunch of things. We went all the things together. We went to a birthday party,” the 50-year old said on this platform.
“We played in the water. We spent a lot of time outside. My patient wants to spend time outside, and I, of course, did all of the medical care as well, feeding, bathing and all the things.”
Gosselin was in her kitchen while recording this video.
“And so now I work again tomorrow, so I have my dishes loaded into the dishwasher, my dishwasher running, and so I can go to bed and get up early and do it all over again,” she continued.
Gosselin joined TikTok this summer.
The polarizing personality helped anchor Jon & Kate Plus 8 from 2007 to 2009 before landing a spinoff titled Kate Plus 8 amid her divorce from Jon Gosselin.
Both programs chronicled her life as mom to now 24-year-old twin daughters Mady and Cara, who are in college, as well as 21-year-old sextuplets Hannah, Collin, Alexis, Aaden, Joel and Leah.
Kate has been estranged for yeas from Hannah and Collin, however, with the latter having leveled some serious abuse allegations against his mother.
Both of these kids live with their dad and don’t speak to their other siblings. It’s very sad.
When a social media user asked Gosselin “what happened with all the income” from the aforementioned shows, she opened up about the impact of her prolonged court battle with Jon.
“Honestly? Providing for 8 kids, college funds which I am proud to say covered all of their college and more and LAWYERS. Sickening but I was drug [sic] into court constantly and that costs A TON,” she responded.
“Sad bc my kids could have a lot more saved and I could have a retirement saved if it weren’t for lawyers :(. It’s okay. I’m helping other families and I feel needed and I enjoy helping.”
In response to another comment, Gosselin responded:
“My kids got a good college fund, a beautiful home and private school. The lawyers got the rest of it. I don’t have a retirement savings. Reality tv doesn’t pay as well as it should when you have to provide for 8 kids on your own…
“I spent sooooooo much money on attorneys. That killed us! 🙁 so sad!”
This isn’t the first time Gosselin has talked about her financial woes. She’s certainly not wrong that it costs A LOT to support eight children.
After having previously said on TikTik that she’s “healing and growing” everyday, Kate said this week that there are certain things she misses about her old life:
“I miss our house in Pa. But mainly, I miss when the kids were little. Not the stress, just their cuteness. At the time it felt like the days were long…but in hindsight it sped by. And I’m sad.”
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Jussie Smollett is maintaining his innocence ahead of the upcoming documentary.
And we probably don’t need to tell you that Smollett’s situation is still rather controversial.
He says that his story has never changed — and that he became an easy target for police and a distraction following the widespread viewing of the police murder of a Black teenager.
Jussie Smollett says that he knows who the real ‘villains’ are in his story
Speaking to Variety, Jussie Smollett maintains his innocence — and his account of who the wrongdoers are — from the 2019 incident that sent his entire life into a tailspin.
“The villains are the two people who assaulted me, the Chicago Police Department and, if I may be so brave, the mayor,” the actor listed as the culprits.
Rahm Emanuel is deservedly infamous for many reasons.
And Smollett suggests that the authorities decided that it was a much more convenient narrative than to make him into a one-man false flag.
“Could it be that they had just found out about the missing minutes and the missing tape from the murder of Laquan McDonald?” Smollett proposed. “Could it be that the mayor helped hide that?”
Jason Van Dyke, the CPD officer who shot McDonald in the back, ultimately served only three years and one month for the murder.
“We’re living in a world where the higher-ups, their main mission, in order to do all of the underhanded things that they’re doing, is to distract us with the shiny object,” Smollett commented.
‘I hope it was worth it’
As many may recall, a pair of Nigerian-American brothers cooperated with the CPD, alleging that Jussie Smollett had enlisted them to “attack” him in a phony hate crime.
The actor declined to attack the brothers.
He does maintain that they did not attack him, and that his actual assailants remain at large.
“All I can say is, God bless you, and I hope it was worth it,” he commented on the brothers. “Every single other person’s story has changed multiple times. Mine has never. I have nothing to gain from this.”
His comment about people in power is difficult to dispute, and not merely for our current political nightmare on the national level.
Initially, the charges against Smollett were dropped. Then, a year later, a special prosecutor refiled. Smollett received a conviction and a sentence.
The Illinois Supreme Court stepped in to reverse the lower court’s conviction.
Why? Because retrying him had, in this case, constituted a clear violation of Smollett’s due process rights.
When does the Jussie Smollett Netflix documentary come out?
The Netflix documentary on Jussie Smollett, which come out August 22, doesn’t promise to exonerate or convict the actor.
“To be honest with you, I don’t really know,” he admits when asked why exculpatory evidence has not emerged. “I’m not an investigative reporter or a detective. I can’t sit and tell you exactly, beat by beat, what happened.”
Smollett emphasized: “I can only tell you what did not happen. And what did not happen is the story that’s been out there for almost seven years, that somehow I would have even a reason to do something as egregious as this.”
Jussie Smollett Decries Real ‘Villains’ in Alleged Hoax Ahead of Netflix … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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