TV and movie star Michelle Trachtenberg, best known for her roles in “Gossip Girl” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” died on Wednesday. She was 39.
The New York Police Department confirmed to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/arts/television/michelle-trachtenberg-dead.html">The New York Times</a> that officers responded to a 911 call in the morning and discovered the young star unresponsive in a Manhattan apartment.
&#8220;Upon arrival, officers observed a 39-year-old female unconscious and unresponsive,” Police <a href="https://people.com/rosie-odonnell-says-michelle-trachtenberg-struggled-before-death-harriet-the-spy-costar-11686951">said</a>. &#8220;Criminality is not suspected.&#8221;
Emergency workers who responded to the call pronounced her dead at the scene.
Trachtenberg — who reportedly recently underwent a liver transplant — is believed to have died from natural causes, according to sources.
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Her death is not being investigated as suspicious and a specific cause will be determined by the medical examiner.
Trachtenberg made headlines a year ago when she hit back at critics who expressed concern for the actress’ health, claiming she looked ill in pictures she posted, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2025/02/26/entertainment/michelle-trachtenberg-fired-back-at-fan-concerns-over-her-health-just-before-her-tragic-death/?utm_campaign=pagesix&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social">Page Six</a> noted.
“Explain to me how I look sick,” the actress replied to one commenter. “Did you lose a calendar and not realize I’m not 14. I’m 38. How sad for you to leave such a comment.”
“I’ve received several comments recently about my appearance. I have never had plastic surgery I am happy and healthy,” she added in another post. “Check yourself haters.”
The young star first got her big break when she landed the role of Harriet in the 1996 kids movie “Harriet the Spy,” alongside Rosie O’Donnell as her nanny, Ole Golly. 
She also is known for her work in the other films like the 2005 children’s movie “Ice Princess” and the 2009 romantic comedy “17 Again,” which starred Zac Efron and Matthew Perry.
Following news of her death, tributes to her surfaced on social media.
O’Donnell — who previously worked with Trachtenberg — released a statement sharing regret that she wished she could’ve helped Michelle, without explaining further.
&#8220;Heartbreaking. I loved her very much,” O’Donnell wrote. “She struggled the last few years. I wish I could have helped.”
The director of &#8220;Harriet the Spy,&#8221; Bronwen Hughes, said <a href="https://x.com/THR/status/1894854106566762568">that,</a> “Michelle was like a lightning bolt of a casting discovery. She had fire, she had spark, she had truth, and she had Harriet’s conviction, like her sense of self.”
“No one else came in the room like that,” she added. “So she had that acting gene that you can’t really teach. It’s innate, which is not something you find very often.”
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The following is an edited transcript of an interview with Daily Wire culture reporter Megan Basham and Daily Mail columnist Maureen Callahan on the growing, public PR battle between actress Blake Lively and film director Justin Baldoni. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-s-epic-hollywood-battle-2-8-25" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catch the full interview on Morning Wire</a>.
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Actress Blake Lively and director Justin Baldoni are continuing their public feud over their hit film, &#8220;It Ends With Us,&#8221; with both sides filing lawsuits. But even more than a legal battle, this has become an all-out PR war with leaked texts, calls, and film footage, as well as allegations of sexual harassment and spousal jealousy. The first trial date is set for March. Daily Wire culture reporter Megan Basham speaks with award-winning journalist, author and Daily Mail columnist Maureen Callahan to get insight into a drama only Hollywood could produce.
MEGAN: Thanks for being here, Maureen. So, especially for those of us who are kind of catching up with this story, I&#8217;m wondering if you can give us the 10,000 foot summary of this scandal?
MAUREEN: Sure. So about a month ago, the New York Times ran a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/business/media/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us.html?searchResultPosition=9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blockbuster</a>, I think 4,000 word piece, in which Blake Lively was alleging her director and co-star Justin Baldoni, on their film “It Ends With Us,” had subjected her to almost ritualistic sexual harassment — and that she suffered so greatly, it was a concerted effort in which he involved multiple people to not only harass her while filming, but then once the movie was about to be released, orchestrated an online smear campaign against her. A couple of weeks later, Baldoni&#8217;s lawyer, Bryan Freedman filed a countersuit in which he alleged that the text messages obtained by the New York Times had been selectively edited. They sort of threw open their document dump, which seemed to absolve Justin of many of the things that Lively has been claiming. Nonetheless, these two are now locked in a bitter, bitter, expensive lawsuit. Baldoni is countersuing Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds for $400 million, which is, I believe, what he thinks their estimated net worth is. And the trial is tentatively set for March 2026.
MEGAN: So, before we get to some of the legal ramifications, there have obviously been a lot of leaks, a lot of shifting in public loyalties back and forth. At least that&#8217;s been my experience. At the outset, I was kind of on Team Justin. And then I thought, “Well, wait a minute. That New York Times piece was really persuasive.” But then Justin Baldoni&#8217;s team released some new audio leaks and they sort of shifted the game a little bit. What&#8217;s your sense right now of who&#8217;s on top in the PR war?
MAUREEN: I think Blake Lively is suffering mightily right now and the collateral fallout is affecting not just her husband, Ryan Reynolds, but her so called “Dragon,” her BFF Taylor Swift, who it&#8217;s reported has been taking a step back from her friendship with Blake because she doesn&#8217;t want any of this runoff affecting her career. Justin&#8217;s team has been very smart in what they&#8217;re leaking and when. They leaked footage of the two of them while filming a scene, rehearsing a scene, in which they were dancing very closely and Justin had his mic on. And so they&#8217;re working out how they&#8217;re going to do this scene. Justin is saying, “I think we should be kissing.” And Blake says, “No, I think we should be talking. I think that&#8217;s even more intimate.” And Justin says, “Okay.” So that sort of takes some wind out of her sails. They also released another lengthy voice memo that Justin had sent to Blake in which he&#8217;s praising her to the high heavens and saying he has let her down by not taking all of her notes, and she&#8217;s so brilliant and so smart, and he&#8217;s going to do everything he can to make her happy. Again, a counter narrative to Lively&#8217;s claims that he was doing everything possible to sabotage her and make her feel unsafe on that set. So I think right now Baldoni&#8217;s team is in the power position, but that of course could shift in another few days.
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MEGAN: Well, you know, it seems like there was a moment where Lively could have disengaged and, and just moved on. And this would have been something of a blip on Hollywood&#8217;s gossip radar. Why do you think she escalated to a lawsuit that opened up so much more of these internal communications?
MAUREEN: This is such a great question, Megan, because if you think about it the damage has already been done to her. Think about it, there are like five female directors working in Hollywood today. What male director is going to put himself and his career and reputation at risk by working with Blake Lively, who launched this all out assault on a guy who is not as well capitalized as she and Ryan are, who doesn&#8217;t have the reputation, the lengthy career — who on earth would risk it? And I have to wonder why she did it, because like you said, it could have just been, you know, a thing where they butted heads, they didn&#8217;t see eye-to-eye, but they each walked away clean to do their next project. I have a theory — and it is just my own theory and supposition — that something went on between these two. Perhaps it was an unrequited crush on Blake&#8217;s part and Justin didn&#8217;t respond in kind; perhaps they did in some way have a physical relationship outside of the filming and that went south. There&#8217;s something about this that just feels way too intense, way too personal. I think the real undergirding, the real story is why she did this.
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MEGAN: Well, I&#8217;m glad that you bring that up, because I do want to talk a little bit about those messages between Baldoni and Lively. And I know some media outlets characterize them as “flirty,” I don&#8217;t know that I necessarily saw them that way, but I at least saw them as very familiar, let&#8217;s put it that way.
MAUREEN: I kind of read them as flirty — even the text messages between Justin and Ryan Reynolds. Look, if anybody listening wants to get a taste of what it&#8217;s like to deal with Hollywood people, this is it. And it&#8217;s really quite vile because they&#8217;re just mooning over each other. I mean, they&#8217;ve just met and Ryan hasn&#8217;t responded to Justin&#8217;s text for two weeks and then he replies and says, “I happen to adore you, Justin.” It&#8217;s like, buy me dinner first before you start talking to me like this. It&#8217;s disgusting. And, you know, Justin and Blake are having a very familiar texting relationship that, whether they were that familiar, whether it was this sort of hastened intimacy because they were working so closely together so quickly, who knows? But now we&#8217;re going to see. I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s any slight that&#8217;s not going to be weaponized. I just read an item yesterday that Blake Lively blew a good chunk of the movie&#8217;s budget on her wardrobe. I mean, this is how petty we&#8217;re going to get. I love it, but it is the strangest Hollywood war. I&#8217;m going to say it&#8217;s maybe the biggest one since Brad versus Angie.
MEGAN: Do you think Lively and Reynolds, at least as a couple, their image — like maybe Reynolds individually, Lively individually — do kind of come back from this? Because, you know, Brad and Angelina eventually did. But does their image as this blissful “It” couple bounce back?
MAUREEN: Well, Megan, first of all, when I said Brad versus Angie, I meant like when they divorced, when they separated, and it was like the bombshells were going off: “He was abusive. She was out of her mind.” This will be the thing that shows the strength of their marriage. I&#8217;m very cynical, so I really do believe that if this blowback against Blake gets to be too much, Ryan&#8217;s going to cut her loose. I think Ryan Reynolds has his eyes firmly set on becoming a billionaire, and I believe he&#8217;ll get there. And I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s going to stand for his reputation getting muddied in all of this, even though he&#8217;s already in it with these lawsuits and all of these text messages and these documents. And he was famously brought in by Blake to write a whole scene in the movie and be some sort of unpaid advisor. So I think that&#8217;s really where you&#8217;re going to see the strength of this countersuit against Justin, if it really does sort of crater their marriage.
MEGAN: Well, maybe just a couple more questions, Maureen. One of them is that The New York Times has come under a lot of scrutiny for the role it played in sort of rehabilitating Lively&#8217;s claims when she was on the outs in terms of public affection. I have seen some claims that they handled the coverage in a biased way, clearly working hand in glove with Blake Lively&#8217;s team. What do you think? Is there any validity to that claim?
MAUREEN: Yes, I think there is. It seems as though, perhaps, they didn&#8217;t do their full due diligence. I think it was probably seen, initially, as a strength, but is now a liability. I forget how many bylines were on that piece, but one, Megan Twohey, was one half of the team at the Times that broke the Harvey Weinstein story and became synonymous with MeToo. They wrote a book. They made a lot of money off of it. And I think the Times is already struggling in many ways reputationaly and this does not help. If I recall correctly, I could be mistaken so forgive me, but if I recall correctly I think they went to Baldoni&#8217;s team and gave them two hours to respond to that laundry list of accusations. So if that&#8217;s true, it&#8217;s not a great look. [NOTE: <a href="https://variety.com/2025/film/news/justin-baldoni-lawsuit-blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-nicepool-new-york-times-metadata-1236293856/">Some outlets</a> report The New York Times gave Baldoni approximately 12 hours to respond.]
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MEGAN: Well, you kind of intuited where I was going to go next. And that was the role that MeToo has played in this, with these claims, that it was a sexual harassment issue. So, do you think on a broader level, the tide has turned? And maybe this is because of Johnny Depp. Because before, I think there was a period of time when even the public was willing to say, “Hey, I don&#8217;t know that that&#8217;s a MeToo allegation.” I&#8217;m thinking of something like Aziz Ansari where there was a lot of back and forth debate about that. In this case, it seems like some of these men in Hollywood who don&#8217;t even possess the power of some of these women are now willing to challenge these MeToo allegations. So, do you think this sort of shifts the balance on where we are with MeToo?
MAUREEN: Yes, I think this case is very important in terms of where we are and where we&#8217;re going. I agree with you. The Aziz Ansari thing was ridiculous. If that allegation had come out maybe a year later, his career would not have been destroyed. I think we are now seeing a pendulum swing back towards sanity where just because a woman says a man did something to her, it&#8217;s not automatically received as gospel, that the man does get a chance to tell his side of the story and back it up with documents, receipts, screenshots, texts, voicemail, and it certainly helps when you have movie footage. So I think this is going to be an interesting case in terms of the cultural corrective that is underway.
MEGAN: Okay. Well, last question: Any predictions for the March trial?
MAUREEN: You know, I&#8217;ll be amazed if it gets there. Because I would think saner heads would prevail, and both sides should really just drop it and walk away. Justin Baldoni&#8217;s lawyer has already said he&#8217;s pretty much bankrupted by this, financially and emotionally. I don&#8217;t know what good it does for Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds to have this be the headline of their careers for the next calendar year, and that&#8217;s just to start. So, I think it&#8217;ll be interesting to see if it ever really comes to fruition, and if there is some sort of settlement reached, who pays who? This is really just Hollywood writ large, right? The egotism, the narcissism, the ridiculous sums of money, the victimization, the weaponization perhaps, we don&#8217;t know yet, but perhaps of MeToo, it&#8217;s such a great, weird stew of stuff.
MEGAN: Well, thank you Maureen. That was enlightening. I kind of can&#8217;t wait to see where this goes next.
MAUREEN: I know, it&#8217;s like every day we get another tidbit. Yes, thanks for having me.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-s-epic-hollywood-battle-2-8-25" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catch the full interview on Morning Wire</a>.

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“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sarah-michelle-gellar-recalls-extremely-toxic-male-set-from-earlier-in-her-career">Sarah Michelle Gellar</a> explained why she’s changed her mind about doing a reboot of the popular 90s show, after previously making it clear it would never happen.
“So….. you might have heard some news this week, but I realize you haven’t heard from me,” Gellar wrote in a lengthy post on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DFvUywyvMy2/?img_index=1&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D">Instagram</a>. “Three years ago, I got a call from my dear friend and mentor, Gail Berman. She told me that she wanted me to sit down with Chloé Zhao to hear her take on a potential &#8216;Buffy&#8217; revival.”
“I was blown away that Chloé even knew who I was, but, as I’ve always done, I told Gail that I just didn’t see a way for the show to exist again,” she added. “We’d always been aligned on that, but this time I heard something different in her voice. I eventually agreed to go (mainly just to meet Chloé) and our twenty minute coffee quickly turned into a four hour adventure.”
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“We laughed, we cried, but mostly we both talked about how much this show means to us,” Gellar continued. “While I didn’t agree to anything at that meeting, I did shock myself by agreeing to continue the conversation. These conversations did, in fact, continue over the next few years and eventually we added the incredible Nora and Lilla Zuckerman to our little tribe until ultimately, one day, we landed on an idea.”
The 47-year-old actress said that for years she’s heard the fans calling for a “Buffy” revival and said she never could commit to it — unless she was sure to “get it right.”
Gellar promised that “we will only make this show if we know we can do it right. And I will tell you that we are on the path there.”
“I feel so lucky to be on this journey with these four unbelievably talented women, all of whom love ‘Buffy’ as much as I do,” the actress said. “And as much as you do. Thank you to all the fans who never stopped asking for this. This will be for you.”
The post from the “Cruel Intentions” star comes following news earlier this week that a “Buffy” reboot was in the works, with Gellar reprising her iconic role as the vampire slayer, Buffy Summers, <a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/sarah-michelle-gellar-defends-buffy-vampire-slayer-reboot-hulu-1236299104/">Variety</a> noted.
The series was inspired by the 1992 cult classic movie “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” which starred Kristy Swanson in the title role and featured Luke Perry, Donald Sutherland, and Paul Reubens, among others. 
The series kicked off on the WB in 1997 and ran for seven seasons and 144 episodes, with the final two seasons airing on the UPN, ending in 2003. Gellar took on the lead role and was surrounded by such stars as Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendan, David Boreanaz, James Marsters, and Kristine Sutherland.

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Hollywood star Candice Bergen got political at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards when she took a swipe at Republican Vice President candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jd-vance-torches-democratic-propagandist-dana-bash-during-cnn-interview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J.D. Vance</a>.
On Sunday during the <a href="https://x.com/ask_aubry/status/1835494866890952777" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC broadcast</a> at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, the 78-year-old actress recalled playing news anchor “Murphy Brown” on the popular show and a moment during her career when her character became pregnant but was unmarried.
&#8220;In one classic moment, my character was attacked by [Republican] Vice President Dan Quayle when Murphy became pregnant and decided to raise the baby as a single mother,” Bergen told the room of stars. “Oh how far we’ve come.”
“Today a Republican candidate for Vice President would never attack a woman for having kids,” she added sarcastically. “So as they say, my work here is done. Meow”
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The comment was part of an ongoing attack by the left against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vance-hits-kamala-over-maga-morphosis-adopting-all-of-donald-trumps-policies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former President Donald Trump</a>’s running mate — over something Vance said during an interview in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dems-try-to-paint-jd-vance-as-weird-talk-about-projection">2021</a> that has been completely taken out of context.
“We are effectively run in this country via the Democrats, via our corporate oligarchs, by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable too,” Vance said. &#8220;That is a basic fact. Look at Kamala Harris, AOC, and the like; the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children. How does it make any sense that we’ve turned our country over to people who don’t have a direct stake in it?”
Bergen’s comment wasn’t the only one of the night that mentioned the upcoming election. Actress Liza Colon-Zayas for “The Bear” was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. During her <a href="https://x.com/CapaMagDizi/status/1835477789551517857">acceptance speech</a> she thanked supporters and then just said “Vote.”
&#8220;All the Latinas who are looking at me, keep believing and VOTE,” Colon-Zayas said. “Vote for your rights,” without explaining further what she meant by that last comment. 
“Only In The Murders Building” stars opened the evening’s show with actress <a href="https://x.com/the13manuscript/status/1835473907349876810">Selena Gomez</a> attempting to take a swipe at Vance when she labeled her co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short “childless cat ladies.”
She didn’t get the bit right and said that Martin and Short were “this far away from being childless cat ladies&#8221; instead of &#8220;this close&#8230;&#8221; as <a href="https://x.com/PageSix/status/1835485972500218057" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a> noted.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hillbilly-elegy-book-and-movie-soar-after-trump-makes-jd-vance-vp-pick" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Book And Movie Soar After Trump Makes JD Vance VP Pick</a>

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'Meow': 'Murphy Brown' Actress Takes Swipe At JD Vance At Primetime Emmys

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Hollywood star Kathy Bates announced that she’s done her final project and will retire once the reboot of CBS’ “Matlock” airs later this month.
Speaking to The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/08/arts/television/matlock-kathy-bates.html">New York Times</a>, the 76-year-old actress shared how she had planned on retiring before she was sent the script to play Madeline Matlock in the reboot of the popular attorney <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090481/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2">TV series</a> that aired from 1986-1995 and had Andy Griffith playing the lead.
“This is my last dance,” Bates said as she revealed that she knew it was time to quit after she ended up crying on her sofa during an unnamed movie shoot.
“It becomes my life,” she added. “Sometimes I get jealous of having this talent. Because I can’t hold it back, and I just want my life.” 
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Kathy Bates was ready to retire before starring in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Matlock?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Matlock</a> and reveals the reboot will be her final role: “Everything I’ve prayed for, worked for, clawed my way up for, I am suddenly able to be asked to use all of it&#8230;And it’s exhausting” <a href="https://t.co/NLkrijmRiE">https://t.co/NLkrijmRiE</a> <a href="https://t.co/Kuc7jCQiyM">pic.twitter.com/Kuc7jCQiyM</a>
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) <a href="https://twitter.com/THR/status/1833195287277670739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
Bates also said, “Everything I’ve prayed for, worked for, clawed my way up for, I am suddenly able to be asked to use all of it&#8230;And it’s exhausting.”
A description of the “Matlock” series <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26591147/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_4_nm_4_in_0_q_Matlock">says it</a> “[f]ollows Madeline Matlock as she rejoins the work force at a prestigious law firm, where she uses her wily tactics to win cases and expose wrong doing.”
Bates has been part of Hollywood and Broadway for more than five decades.
Her impressive resume includes the 1990 movie based on Stephen King’s horror novel “Misery&#8221; in which Bates played a fan who kidnaps her favorite author (played by <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001001/?ref_=nmbio_mbio">James Caan</a>) and subjects him to a whole host of horrific tortures to get him to revive her favorite characters storyline.
The role was a huge boost to her career and led to her capturing the &#8220;&#8216;Best Actress&#8217; Oscar and Golden Globe award, a first in that genre (horror) for that category,&#8221; <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000870/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm">IMDb</a> noted.
A year later, Bates appeared in the flashback period piece “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101921/?ref_=nmbio_mbio">Fried Green Tomatoes</a>” alongside actress Jessica Tandy. In 1995, Bates landed a “Best Supporting Actress” nomination for her role in the 1998 political movie “Primary Colors.”
Bates has also done work on the small screen, landing 14 Emmy awards or nominations to date for her appearances on such series as “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248654/?ref_=nmbio_mbio">Six Feet Under” in 2001</a>, “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386676/?ref_=nmbio_mbio">The Office” in 2005</a>, “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1582453/?ref_=nmbio_mbio">Harry&#8217;s Law” in 2011</a>, and “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1844624/?ref_=nmbio_mbio">American Horror Story” </a>that same year for which she won an Emmy as Ethel Darling.
“Matlock” debuts on CBS on September 22 and will later stream on Paramount+, <a href="https://people.com/kathy-bates-says-shes-retiring-after-matlock-my-last-dance-8708344?utm_campaign=people&amp;utm_content=likeshop&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=instagram">People magazine</a> noted.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bryan-cranston-said-he-will-retire-from-acting-to-focus-on-marriage-we-want-to-go-the-distance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bryan Cranston To Retire From Acting To Focus On Marriage: ‘We Want To Go The Distance’</a>

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Iconic Actress Announces She’s Done Her Final Project

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/zooey-deschanel-offers-her-wisdom-about-food-its-chase-stephens" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zooey Deschanel</a> hit back at &#8220;nepo baby&#8221; claims — and was dragged online for it because she has an Oscar-nominated cinematographer for a father and both her mother and sister are actresses.
During the 44-year-old actress&#8217; appearance on &#8220;The School of Greatness&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9qpo0Qfuh8">podcast</a>, she denied that getting work in the TV and movie industry had anything to do with her parents, other than creatively. In the past she&#8217;s been called a &#8220;nepo baby,&#8221; which is a term for someone who gets work in Hollywood because of nepotism, the <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/zooey-deschanel-nepo-baby-caleb-b2521546.html">Independent</a> noted. 
&#8220;My mom is an actor and my dad is a cinematographer and a director,&#8221; Deschanel said. &#8220;I can&#8217;t possibly emphasize enough how much creative help I had from my family unit. My dad is a great creative mind and such a talented person.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s funny because people be like, &#8216;Oh, nepotism,&#8217; I&#8217;m like no. My dad&#8217;s a DP [director of photography, another term for cinematographer],&#8221; she added. &#8220;No one&#8217;s getting jobs because their dad&#8217;s a DP. It&#8217;s definitely not.&#8221;
&#8220;My mom is a great actor and is so nurturing,&#8221; the actress continued. &#8220;My mom would coach me when I didn&#8217;t have an acting coach, she would help me, read lines with me. She&#8217;d be so supportive. I would have so many great discussions about film and filmmaking with my dad. They both would help me.&#8221;
The &#8220;New Girl&#8221; star said that her dad would also give her great direction and read lines with her. She said having a family involved in the business gave her an automatic &#8220;community&#8221; that would help her. 
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Zooey Deschanel on being called a nepo baby
&#8220;My father is a cinematographer &#8230; no one is getting jobs because [of that]&#8221;
Her dad is a 6X Oscar nominee and her mother is an actress <a href="https://t.co/tLDSPOgaTR">pic.twitter.com/tLDSPOgaTR</a>
— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) <a href="https://twitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1774695328002056596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
Deschanel&#8217;s father has been nominated for six Academy Awards for his cinematography work in legendary films like &#8220;The Patriot,&#8221; &#8220;The Passion of the Christ,&#8221; &#8220;The Right Stuff,&#8221; and &#8220;The Natural.&#8221;
The &#8220;Elf&#8221; star&#8217;s mother is &#8220;Twin Peaks&#8221; star Mary Jo Deschanel (formerly Weir) and her sister is Emily Deschanel — who has appeared in movies like &#8220;Spider-Man 2&#8221; and &#8220;It Could Happen To You.&#8221;
Shortly after the interview surfaced, people took to X and mocked the actress with memes and comments suggesting she definitely did have a leg up because of her parents.
&#8220;In Zooey Deschanel&#8217;s case (having an Oscar-nominated cinematographer and an actor for parents, plus an older sister who&#8217;s also a very successful actor) you just gotta accept the Nepo Baby label and keep it moving,&#8221; one person <a href="https://x.com/BostonJerry/status/1774826087861600743?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. &#8220;Any arguing or indignation is gonna backfire.&#8221;
Another <a href="https://x.com/StefanDelara/status/1774917044636389815?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>, &#8220;I would like to congratulate Zooey Deschanel on her role as the new punching bag on this topic for the foreseeable future.&#8221;
While a third <a href="https://x.com/RoamerAKACaI/status/1774803081953194045?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> sarcastically, &#8220;Okay you f***ers. Leave her alone. I am serious. I am not having you bully this nepo baby. I draw the line at Zooey Deschanel!&#8221;

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Zooey Deschanel Hits Back At ‘Nepo Baby’ Claims

Buffalo Bills quarterback <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/josh-allen-responds-to-damar-hamlin-body-double-conspiracy-theory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Josh Allen</a> had a hilarious excuse for not holding the car door open for his actress girlfriend Hailee Steinfeld after a video surfaced from their recent trip to France.
Allen hit back at the online criticism of failing to be a gentleman while the two were out to dinner in Paris, the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-13162011/Bills-Josh-Allens-Paris-Hailee-Steinfeld.html">Daily Mail</a> reported.
&#8220;My pants ripped at dinner&#8230;Didn&#8217;t want cheeks out… I love Paris,&#8221; Allen wrote on <a href="https://x.com/JoshAllenQB/status/1765143521307009522?s=20">X</a> in the post that has since gone viral.
While there&#8217;s no video or pictures of the wardrobe malfunction, paparazzi did <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@starshootinparis/video/7342645711755840801">capture the NFL star</a> rushing out of a car appearing to hold up his pants with some kind of shirt or jacket around his waist. He was then followed by the &#8220;Pitch Perfect 2&#8221; star, who was helped out of the car by another person.
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Once the footage surfaced, social media shared their thoughts and basically blasted Allen.
&#8220;Not even hold her hand, or helping her out of the car,&#8221; one fan wrote in the video&#8217;s comments section<a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/06/sports/josh-allen-has-wardrobe-malfunction-in-paris-with-hailee-steinfeld/">,</a> adding that Allen could &#8220;take some man lessons from Travis Kelce on how to treat your lady.&#8221; Kelce is currently dating pop star Taylor Swift.
Another added, &#8220;Bro didn&#8217;t even help her out or open the door for her.&#8221;
While a third wrote, &#8220;Why didn’t he wait for her?&#8221;
Allen and Steinfeld were first linked together in May 2023. At the time, a source said the relationship was new, &#8220;but they are having fun.&#8221;
In October, the couple finally went <a href="https://people.com/hailee-steinfeld-josh-allen-first-public-appearance-nhl-hockey-game-8357353">public</a> with their romance after being photographed while attending a professional hockey game.
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As of February, a source confirmed to the <a href="https://people.com/hailee-steinfeld-josh-allen-are-in-a-serious-relationship-exclusive-source-8598062">outlet</a> that their relationship was &#8220;serious.&#8221;
&#8220;They always planned to spend more time together after his season ended,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;Things have been going really well. They&#8217;re both very family-oriented and driven, and they want to protect their relationship and keep it private. They&#8217;ve been on the same page with all of that.&#8221;
Before Allen started dating the &#8220;Hawkeye&#8221; star he was in a long-term romance with social media influencer and Pilates instructor Brittany Williams, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/06/sports/josh-allen-has-wardrobe-malfunction-in-paris-with-hailee-steinfeld/">New York Post</a> noted.

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Bond star Teri Hatcher said she&#8217;s done with online dating — after being kicked off one of the major dating platforms because they simply didn&#8217;t believe it was actually her.
During the 59-year-old actress&#8217; appearance on &#8220;Getting Grilled with Curtis Stone&#8221; <a href="https://getting-grilled-with-curtis-stone.simplecast.com/episodes/teri-hatcher-O4wTvhYE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a>, Hatcher said she was &#8220;open and vulnerable&#8221; to trying to find a good man on the Hinge dating app, but things did not go as planned.
&#8220;I  tried Hinge. I thought, you know, I&#8217;m gonna say to the universe that I am open and vulnerable and I&#8217;m putting myself out there,&#8221; Hatcher said.
&#8220;That&#8217;s what I thought my gesture of joining the Hinge app would be, and then they kicked me off,&#8221; she added. &#8220;They thought I was pretending to be Teri Hatcher.&#8221;
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Teri Hatcher is ‘over it’ after getting kicked off the dating app Hinge <a href="https://t.co/jZP4ASERkJ">https://t.co/jZP4ASERkJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/QCyAJ4PZQk">pic.twitter.com/QCyAJ4PZQk</a>
— New York Post (@nypost) <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1752734328486789513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;I complained. I was like, &#8216;Can I have my money back? You can kick me off,'&#8221; the &#8220;Desperate Housewives&#8221; star continued. &#8220;Anyway, they apologized.&#8221;
The actress said it was when she asked for a refund on her subscription the company revealed they thought her account was fraudulent, but then &#8220;figured it out.&#8221;
Despite the whole incident being resolved, the &#8220;Tomorrow Never Dies&#8221; star said she&#8217;s &#8220;over it&#8221; and not going to use online dating apps to find a good man.
&#8220;I&#8217;m definitely done with the dating apps, and I feel like if there&#8217;s any way I&#8217;ll go somewhere and meet someone, that&#8217;s what it&#8217;s gonna have to be,&#8221; Hatcher said.
She was then <a href="https://pagesix.com/2024/01/31/entertainment/why-teri-hatcher-was-abruptly-kicked-off-dating-app-hinge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressed</a> about why she would not try other dating platforms, like the exclusive dating app Raya, and explained she&#8217;s tried several different dating platforms.
&#8220;There is, but those guys only want to date 30-year-olds, so, there is that fancy app you&#8217;re talking about,&#8221; Hatcher replied.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t meet people. I don&#8217;t meet anyone,&#8221; she added. &#8220;If you come up with someone, let me know.&#8221;
&#8220;Honestly, I&#8217;m happy. I have a really full life, a really busy life. I have beautiful friends, you know. It&#8217;s fine,&#8221; Hatcher continued, joking, &#8220;I don&#8217;t need a man — I have a cat.&#8221;
Hatcher was previously married to Marcus Leithold from 1988 to 1989, before she tied the knot with Jon Tenney in 1994. The two divorced in 2003 and they share 26-year-old daughter, Emerson.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suzanne-somers-husband-explains-why-she-was-laid-to-rest-in-boots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Suzanne Somers&#8217;</a> widower Alan Hamel said several unexplained things have happened since her death and said he&#8217;s a &#8220;believer now&#8221; in the after-life.
The widower of the famed &#8220;Three&#8217;s Company&#8221; star told <a href="https://pagesix.com/2024/01/16/entertainment/suzanne-somers-spirit-is-in-her-palm-springs-home-widower/?utm_source=instagram&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=pagesix&amp;utm_content=pagesix_feed">Page Six</a> that some odd things have happened at their Palm Springs home since her death. Somers died last October at the age of 76, following a two-decade battle with cancer.
&#8220;Three things happened the same day, that were very strange,&#8221; Hamel told the outlet.
&#8220;[A] hummingbird flew into our house and made the rounds in the kitchen, and the living room and the dining room,&#8221; Somers&#8217; husband of 50 years added.
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Suzanne Somers&#8217; Widower Believes in &#8216;an Afterlife&#8217; Because &#8216;Strange&#8217; Things Happened at Home After Star&#8217;s Death <a href="https://t.co/6yZqdqesqk">https://t.co/6yZqdqesqk</a>
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The bird &#8220;hovered&#8221; in front of a framed photo of<a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/10/16/suzanne-somers-smiled-in-final-photo-with-husband-alan-hamel/"> Hamel and Somers</a> in their breakfast nook, and even &#8220;landed on top and stayed there.&#8221;
Somers&#8217; widower said the hummingbird stayed long enough that he was able to grab a picture of it before it flew away. 
Lastly, Hamel said &#8220;the fireplace started all by itself,&#8221; and &#8220;some music came on by Suzanne&#8217;s favorite [composer]. No one&#8217;s ever heard of this guy.&#8221;
Hamel said after all these things and the fact he can still feel his wife lying beside him in bed just before he goes to sleep, he&#8217;s &#8220;a believer now that there is an after life.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m convinced of it … I think there&#8217;s something we don&#8217;t understand,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I think there&#8217;s a plane somewhere … after we discard our bodies. We still have our soul. I think our soul is energy. The soul must go somewhere and do something.&#8221;
&#8220;The time when <a href="https://pagesix.com/article/suzanne-somers-children/">I&#8217;m with my family</a> … and I have one of my moments when I have to leave, I go into the bedroom … I&#8217;m alone there. And I feel her presence,&#8221; Hamel continued. &#8220;Once I interact with her presence, I go back and interact with the family. Her grandkids, one by one, have told me the same thing.&#8221;
Somers&#8217; widower said he hopes &#8220;it&#8217;s all true&#8221; because all the odd things have certainly made &#8220;the grieving process a lot easier,&#8221; and, &#8220;If it is, we&#8217;ll be reunited.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suzanne-somers-husband-explains-why-she-was-laid-to-rest-in-boots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Suzanne Somers&#8217; Husband Explains Why She Was Laid To Rest In Boots</a>

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‘I’m A Believer Now’: Suzanne Somers’ Widower Says Unexplained Things Have Been Happening Since Her Death

‘I’m A Believer Now’: Suzanne Somers' Widower Says Unexplained Things Have Been Happening Since Her Death

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Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/actress">Kristen Stewart</a> said the hit movie “Twilight” was “such a gay <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">movie</a>.”
The 33-year-old Hollywood <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">star</a>, who achieved global stardom starring as Bella Swan in the film series that debuted in 2008, discussed how she now sees hidden themes in the story. 
The “Twilight” films were based upon best-selling books of the same name written by Stephenie Meyer.
“I can only see it now,” Stewart told <a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/features/kristen-stewart-coming-out-twilight-gay-sundance-sex-scenes-1235867627/">Variety</a> in an interview published Thursday. “I don’t think it necessarily started off that way, but I also think that the fact that I was there at all, it was percolating. It’s such a gay movie.&#8221;
“I mean, Jesus Christ, Taylor [Lautner] and Rob[ert Pattinson] and me, and it’s so hidden and not okay,&#8221; she added, referencing the film’s other two main characters. &#8220;I mean, a Mormon woman wrote this book. It’s all about oppression, about wanting what’s going to destroy you. That’s a very Gothic, gay inclination that I love.”
“Twilight” is about an awkward teen named Bella Swan who struggles to fit in at her new school after moving to a new town with her father. Everything changes when she becomes involved with a local vampire family and falls in love with one of the vampires, Edward (Pattinson), and also develops feelings for a werewolf named Jacob (Lautner). Eventually, Bella becomes a vampire also and has a child with Edward.
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All the relationships in the books and films are heterosexual, but Stewart insists the film’s messaging is “gay” nonetheless.
During the same interview, the “Happiest Season” star discussed her own affiliation with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq">LGBTQ</a> community and how she’s become a role model for the community since coming out as bisexual in 2017.
“It’s not that I wasn’t scared,” Stewart said of announcing her sexuality to the world. “It was just that there was no other way to live.”
She added, “Every single woman that I’ve ever met in my whole life who ever kissed a girl in college is like, ‘Yeah, I mean, me too.’ I’m constantly joking with my girlfriend. I’ll be sitting there and be like, &#8216;She’s gay too. Everyone’s gay.’”

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Kristen Stewart Claims ‘Twilight’ Is ‘Such A Gay Movie’

Kristen Stewart Claims 'Twilight' Is 'Such A Gay Movie'

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“The Color Purple” actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Taraji P. Henso</a>n broke down in tears while discussing what she believes is significant pay inequality in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">Hollywood</a>.
The 53-year-old made the remarks during an interview with Gayle King for Sirius XM Radio after being asked about rumors that she planned to quit the business. She told King and the two other guests, Danielle Brooks and Blitz Bazawule, that she’s &#8220;tired of working so hard&#8221; and &#8220;getting paid a fraction of the cost.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m tired of hearing my sisters saying the same thing over and over,&#8221; Henson said, seeming to indicate that black actresses were not being paid enough. &#8220;I hear people go, ‘You work a lot.’ I have to. The math ain’t mathing.&#8221;
The “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Empire</a>” star said that many entertainers have a team to support, and that should be considered when negotiating deals. 
&#8220;Big bills come with what we do. We don’t do this alone,&#8221; Henson said. &#8220;The fact that we’re up here, there’s a whole entire team behind us. They have to get paid.&#8221;
&#8220;Know that off the top, Uncle Sam is getting 50%. Your team is getting 30% of whatever you gross. Now do the math,&#8221; she explained.
Henson went on to say these alleged pay gaps are what made her consider changing professions. 
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&#8220;I’m only human and it seems every time I do something and I break another glass ceiling, when it’s time to renegotiate I’m at the bottom again like I never did what I just did. And I’m just tired,&#8221; she said through her tears. &#8220;It wears on you, you know, &#8217;cause what does that mean? What does that tell me? And if I can’t fight for them coming up behind me then what the f*** am I doing?&#8221;
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The actress said that when &#8220;it&#8217;s time for us to go to bat&#8221; for a contract, the studios claim &#8220;they don&#8217;t have any money.&#8221;
&#8220;They play in your face. And I’m just supposed to smile and grin and bear and just keep going,&#8221; Henson added. &#8220;Enough is enough.&#8221;
Henson mentioned that she’s focusing on non-acting endeavors now, like her haircare line. &#8220;I have other things because this industry, if you let it, it’ll steal your soul. But I refuse to let that happen,&#8221; she said.
The “What Men Want” actress has complained about being underpaid in the past. She told Variety during a 2019 <a href="https://variety.com/2019/tv/features/taraji-p-henson-depression-pay-inequality-empire-1203178582/">interview</a> that she had requested a $500,000 salary for a supporting role in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (2008) but was only able to secure $150,000 after negotiations. 
&#8220;You’ve got to check your ego. I mean, I’m a black woman, so I knew it was going to be a fight,&#8221; she told the outlet at the time. &#8220;I don’t get paid if I don’t fight.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-are-you-so-scared-of-breasts-florence-pugh-wears-sheer-dress-calls-critics-prudes-who-need-to-grow-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florence Pugh</a> was hit in the face while promoting her movie &#8220;Dune: Part Two,&#8221; adding to a list of similar incidents against performers being struck with objects while on stage.
In <a href="https://x.com/timmostea/status/1731421008681390590?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> that surfaced over the weekend from CCXP 2023 in Brazil, the 27-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shes-gone-forever-actress-florence-pugh-says-doing-marvel-really-pissed-off-people-in-indie-community" target="_blank" rel="noopener">actress</a> can be seen flinching and mouthing the words that looked like &#8220;ow&#8221; while standing on stage with her fellow co-stars, according to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dune-part-two-star-florence-pugh-hit-face-flying-object-ccxp-1235709069/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a>.
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Someone threw something at Florence Pugh and hit her in the face at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CCXP23?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CCXP23</a> <a href="https://t.co/aWB7J0gOyV">pic.twitter.com/aWB7J0gOyV</a>
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Pugh wipes her face and then reaches down to pick up whatever had been thrown at her. Fellow co-stars like Austin Butler and Timothée Chalamet, who were standing on either side of Pugh, can be seen in the clip reacting after she was struck.
It is unclear exactly what the item was and if the star was injured. She&#8217;s made no mention of the incident on social media.
The &#8220;Oppenheimer&#8221; star joins a list of celebrities like Bebe Rexha, Pink, and Harry Styles, who have been hit by objects while performing.
Singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bebe-rexha-shares-photo-with-fans-after-being-hit-in-face-by-cell-phone-at-concert" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bebe Rexha</a> shared a photo and an update with fans after being struck in the face by a cell phone while performing on stage in New York City and had to be rushed to the hospital, <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bebe-rexha-phone-face-injury-photo-1235357307/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billboard</a> noted.
In one photo, the 33-year-old singer&#8217;s eye was purple and swollen with a cut underneath her brow line. In the next photo, she gave a thumbs-up with her eye bandaged.
Over the summer, singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harry-styles-gets-hit-again-becomes-latest-in-string-of-performers-being-struck-while-on-stage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harry Styles</a> was performing in Vienna when someone threw something at the 29-year-old pop singer.
In video that circulated online, the &#8220;What Makes You Beautiful&#8221; hitmaker is seen turning to exit the stage when he is hit in the face with an unknown object.
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Last year, Styles was struck in the eye with Skittles candy and had to spend the rest of the show rinsing his eyes with water.
The candy company later took out a full-page ad that said, &#8220;Protect the rainbow. Taste the rainbow. But please, don&#8217;t throw the rainbow.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/is-this-your-mom-pink-concert-goes-sideways-when-fan-throws-mothers-ashes-onstage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pink</a> was performing at the British Summer Time Festival at Hyde Park in London when someone tossed a bag of alleged cremated remains on the stage in front of her.
The 43-year-old singer walked over to where the bag landed and held it up for a closer look, at which point she turned to address the fan who had thrown it, asking, &#8220;Is this your mom?&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know how I feel about this,&#8221; she added before continuing with the concert.
Others hit while on stage include <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZsGO3XVS0s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelsea Ballerini</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0J7RCXgFZc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drake</a>, and <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/ava-max-attacked-stage-concert-slapped-1235358625/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ava Max</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shes-gone-forever-actress-florence-pugh-says-doing-marvel-really-pissed-off-people-in-indie-community" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;She&#8217;s Gone Forever&#8217;: Actress Florence Pugh Says Doing Marvel Really &#8216;Pissed Off&#8217; People In Indie Community</a>

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