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As previously reported, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is soon coming back for Season 3.

It will be the start of a new chapter for this Hulu reality series.

But will it also be the end of another?

On the new trailer for upcoming episodes, Mayci Neeley announces very simply:

“MomTok is at its lowest point right now.”

Elsewhere, Taylor Frankie Paul, who happens to be the newest star of The Bachelorette, adds that “Whitney [Leavitt] and Demi are not to be trusted.”

Doesn’t sound as if things are especially smooth between all the women, does it?

Where this group of ladies is headed seems like it will be a major theme on Season 3… as a MomTok meeting depicted in the footage also features Whitney telling her colleagues: “I’m going to start my own MomTok.”

The response? A whole lot of laughter.

In this preview, the women tell Season 2 newcomer Miranda McWhorter they’re concerned she’s still close with Demi Engermann.

“We have a leak in MomTok,” Neeley says, for example, escalating the drama.

There’s also chatter about someone taking a lie detecter test.

“Worst case scenario, someone leaves with their extensions ripped out of their head,” Taylor says to camera.

Adds Matthews, “If there’s one thing we’re good at it’s getting to the bottom of a scandal.”

When we last left these rather interesting Utah-based ladies during the season two reunion special, MomTok — comprised of Taylor Frankie Paul, Whitney Leavitt, Layla Taylor, Jen Affleck, Mikayla Matthews, Mayci Neeley, Jessi Ngatikaura and Miranda McWhorter — were celebrating Leavitt and Affleck’s acceptance into Dancing with the Stars.

The reunion special teased the stars of the show had all auditioned for season three.

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season three will drop on Hulu and Disney+ on November 13.

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 3 Trailer: Is MomTok Finished? was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are rubbing people the wrong way. Again.

After celebrating their anniversary with a bizarre joke about her husband killing her, Bell got an earful from the internet.

You know that whole the internet is forever thing? Well, an old interview has come back to bite them both.

This isn’t their first very public domestic violence joke.

Maybe Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard should keep some jokes private?

Just days ago, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary.

Unfortunately, the social media side of this milestone took a dark turn.

On Instagram, Bell wrote: “Happy 12th wedding anniversary to the man who once said to me: ‘I would never kill you. A lot of men have killed their wives at a certain point. Even though I’m heavily incentivized to kill you, I never would.’”

To be clear, that’s not a cry for help from a woman fearing for her life.

Yes, in slightly different context, it could be a red flag for uxoricide. But Bell was merely repeating a joke.

But that this was a joke between husband and wife was the problem.

Husbands murder their wives and ex-wives. Fiances murder their fiancees and ex-fiancees. Boyfriends murder their girlfriends and ex-girlfriends.

Avoiding relationships won’t help, either. Simply turning down a guy’s promposal can see a girl — and her friends and classmates — murdered.

Part of the problem is male entitlement. Part of the problem is generational violence. And part of the problem is the convenience and availability of deadly weapons that serve no purpose beyond creating death.

It’s probably fine that Shepard and Bell privately shared that joke in whatever context. What’s so weird and off-putting is that Bell is then sharing this on social media.

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A resurfaced video has come back to haunt them

Way back in 2012, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard took part in an interview to promote Hit and Run, their film.

At the time, she was sharing an anecdote about riding in a car that Shepard had apparently worked on himself.

“The first thing I said, five minutes into the ride, I said, ‘This sounds like it’s gonna break,’” Bell recalled.

In a deadpan tone, Shepard chimed in that he felt “very offended” at the time. Then he joked: “And then I hit her several times.’

Bell echoed the joke, saying: “And then I got beat up, and guess what — I never opened my mouth again.”

Again, this is not an admission. This is not, to the best of anyone’s knowledge, a cry for help.

Sometimes, people who are experiencing (or even perpetrating) evils like domestic violence will make jokes about the topic during or after the fact. But other people might make them, too.

The telling of these jokes within the public sphere can unfortunately help to normalize horrific topics. We all know that there are celebrity couples who have had very real domestic violence.

About 15 years ago, it was not necessarily unusual to see intentionally ironic “Nazi jokes.” People used Hitler in memes to react to music videos. But that internet culture gave cover to actual Nazis, and, well, look at our political landscape today.

The issue isn’t necessarily that Bell and Shepard have a mildly edgy sense of humor. It’s the context in which they share these jokes. (Also, October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, so the anniversary post is extra awkward)

These jokes were normal in 2012! Maybe the world would be a little better if they hadn’t been!

Incidentally, Kristen Bell was initially slotted to appear on the Today show on Wednesday, October 22.

Following that awkward post, however, she ended up not appearing on the show. Many are very curious about how that went down behind the scenes.

She did, however, step out onto the red carpet to promote the second season of Nobody Wants This.

Look, we want to be clear: jokes do not have to define who we are. Also, couples who know each other very well might have saucy or downright troubling jokes that harm no one when they remain private.

And making edgy, off-color jokes was extremely normal in our society in 2012. It’s a shame that Bell and Shepard didn’t notice how widespread non-joking evils are in our society and keep this particular brand of humor private.

Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard Had ANOTHER Domestic Violence Joke in Resurfaced Video: … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Very sad news out of Hollywood this week:

Isabelle “Izzy” Tate, an actress appeared on the very recent pilot episode of 9-1-1: Nashville of ABC, passed away in her sleep on Sunday, October 19.

She was 23 years old.

Tate’s talent agency told Deadline on Thursday Tate had a rare form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth, a progressive multisystem, multiorgan disease that causes lifelong, progressive symptoms — including muscle weakness and atrophy in the arms and legs, sensory loss, along with other complications.

She had been confined to a wheelchair.

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is “a group of inherited conditions that cause nerve damage,” according to Mayo Clinic, whose description continues as follows:

“Inherited conditions pass down through families. This damage mainly is in the nerves of the arms and legs, called the peripheral nerves. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease also is called hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy.”

Per an obituary also published by Tate’s talent agency:

Isabelle was full of fire, a fighter, never once making excuses for the fact that she might have a disability relative to others. She was also quite musically inclined, often spending hours writing and recording songs with friends and even publishing a few.

“We are deeply saddened and completely heartbroken to share that Isabelle Tate passed away on October 19th. She was 23,” a Facebook post by this agency read in the wake of this news going public.

“I’ve known Izzy since she was a teenager and she recently returned to acting. She booked the first series she auditioned for, 9-1-1 Nashville. She had a wonderful time.”

Tate was credited as Izzy Tate on 9-1-1: Nashville, portraying a character named Julie.

On the premiere, viewers were introduced to her when a stripper came down off a stage and gave Julie a lap dance after a fellow patron acted as a bully toward the young woman.

Tate’s reps, meanwhile, shared this information about their clients via her obituary:

“Isabelle loved volunteering her time to all things, particularly animals — her idea of a fun outing was visiting an animal shelter and doling out lots of love,” the website read. “Isabelle was full of fire, a fighter, never once making excuses for the fact that she might have a disability relative to others.

“She was also quite musically inclined, often spending hours writing and recording songs with friends and even publishing a few.

“What she loved the most, though, was spending time with family and friends, always the life of the party. Her sister was her best friend and her mom was her shining beacon of light.”

Isabelle Tate Cause of Death: 911 Nashville Actress Gone at 23 was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Though Bhad Bhabie has enough baby daddy drama for several lifetimes, she also has some plain old daddy issues.

That’s no surprise. She rose to fame as a kid whose awful childhood led to a string of bad behaviors.

Now, she’s made a career out of that — and even come out with a song roasting her parents.

But her father is speaking out, claiming that the lyrics to “Honest” are lying about him.

Here’s what Bhad Bhabie thinks about her parents

Bhad Bhabie, who first rose to fame as ill-behaved child Danielle Bregoli before using her viral fame to launch a successful rap and even more successful OnlyFans career, has a lot to say in “Honest.”

We all know that her childhood was absolutely horrendous.

In her song, she generously praises her single mom as a “soldier.”

Bhabie also characterizes her mother as “bat-s–t.”

It is what she sings about her father that is currently getting attention.

As you can imagine, Bhabie did much more than call her father a “deadbeat” in the song.

“Since I was 3 everything on me,” she sings. “My pops ain’t want me in his life.”

Bhabie continues: “Seen I was famous now he tryna get in touch with me like I should care.”

Bluntly, she declares: “It’s f–k him though. I hope he waste away.”

Bhabie then asks: “What kinda father sacrifices a relationship for 20K?”

Her estranged dad has a bone to pick with these lyrics

Ira Peskowitz is the father, biologically speaking, of Bhad Bhabie.

And he has given a new interview to TMZ to complain about her — which is definitely a choice for a parent to make.

Yes, he’s heard Bhabie sing that he’s a deadbeat who abandoned her and only reached out after she became famous.

“I didn’t sell her for $20,000,” Peskowitz insisted in the interview.

“I was trying to be part of her life way before Dr. Phil,” he alleged.

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“I have documentation to show that I tried to get her into a program to try to help her out,” Peskowitz claimed.

“I don’t know why she hates me so much,” he continued.

Obviously, Peskowitz is neither the first nor the last father to make such a declaration about an estranged child.

Peskowitz then announced: “I don’t want my daughter’s money.”

We cannot attest to the inner financial dealings, or lack thereof, of this troubled family.

She’s made similar claims in less lyrical form

Previously, Bhad Bhabie posted (but ultimately deleted) claims that she had paid Peskowitz “years ago” to terminate his parental rights.

This obviously would have been when she was a minor.

Bhabie also alleged that she had tried to repair their father-daughter relationship much more recently, after she became a mother herself.

However, she lamented that “it didn’t work.”

At this point, Bhabie may have better luck presenting her side of the story through an attorney — if at all. She’s also more than entitled to cease giving Peskowitz the time of day.

Bhad Bhabie Blasted by ‘Deadbeat’ Dad: I Don’t Want Your Money! was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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