Matt Walsh will be joining the cast of “Dancing With the Stars” for Season 32, per an announcement from <a href="https://abc.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/cast/matt-walsh">ABC News</a>.
The prolific <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0909768/">actor</a> and comedic talent will be joining a star-studded cast, including other big name celebrities such as actress Alyson Hannnigan, &#8220;Brady Bunch&#8221; alum Barry Williams, singer Jason Mraz, Oscar-winning performer Mira Sorvino, model Tyson Beckford, reality stars Ariana Madix and Charity Lawson, and singer/actress Jamie Lynn Spears, among others.
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Season 19 winner Alfonso Ribeiro will serve as co-host along with former dance pro and judge Julianne Hough, marking their first time hosting together. The judges are “DWTS” alums Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba, and Bruno Tonioli.
Season 32 of “Dancing With the Stars” premieres on ABC and Disney+ September 26 at 8PM. Episodes will be available for streaming the following day on Hulu.
Walsh’s professional dancing partner for the competition will be Koko Iwasaki. 
The <a href="https://www.emmys.com/bios/matt-walsh">Emmy® Award-nominated</a> actor said on Wednesday that he got a “sweet” shoutout from fellow &#8220;Veep&#8221; star Tony Hale about his appearance on the show, per <a href="https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/dancing-stars-season-32-celebrity-cast-revealed-103089026">Good Morning America</a>. 
Hale told Walsh, &#8220;We are so excited for you, man, so excited. We can&#8217;t wait to see your moves. We don&#8217;t know why you haven&#8217;t shown them to us before, but we are ready to be surprised.&#8221;

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Matt Walsh Named As Contestant On ‘Dancing With The Stars’

Matt Walsh Named As Contestant On 'Dancing With The Stars'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/duggar-family" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jill Duggar Dillard</a> is opening up about how being on a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/reality-tv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reality show</a> negatively affected her marriage and family.
The 32-year-old formerly appeared on the hit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TLC show</a> “19 Kids and Counting” and later, “Counting On.” Dillard has a new book coming out that delves deeper into her experience of being on reality TV alongside her husband, Derick Dillard, and their children.
&#8220;It caused a lot of frustration in our marriage,&#8221; the former reality star told <a href="https://people.com/jill-duggar-dillard-family-reality-shows-nearly-tore-marriage-apart-derick-dillard-exclusive-7965800" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People</a>. &#8220;Especially early on, where he would feel a certain way about filming something. I&#8217;d be like, &#8216;I hear you, I feel you, I also don&#8217;t want to do whatever it is they&#8217;re asking us to do either. But we have to.'&#8221;
“It definitely got between us,” she added.
Dillard told the outlet that she participated in the series partly because of her desire to please her parents. 
&#8220;No matter your age, you are to obey your parents wishes and you even have to ask them for their blessing for any major moment in your life,” Dillard said. “That could be buying a house, moving to a different state, where to go to school. We were dealing with this a lot when we were trying to make decisions for our family, and we were really wrestling back and forth with it.&#8221;
&#8220;I saw how deeply we were in an argument one time, and I was like, &#8216;Whoa, this is not okay,'&#8221; she continued. &#8220;When I saw how it was affecting our marriage, I think that was another wake-up call for me. It was like, okay, we need to either fight this battle together, or it&#8217;s going to rip us apart. So yeah, we had to join forces at that point.&#8221;
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Derick claims that the Duggar family patriarch, Jill’s father Jim Bob Duggar, was a source of their trouble.  
&#8220;Whenever we were at odds with what her dad thought we should be doing with filming, he would say things that would be very damaging,&#8221; Derick told People. &#8220;He would weaponize the relationship and say, &#8216;Is this you Jill, or is this you, Derek? Are you leading your wife astray and doing things that are not supportive of marriage?&#8217; And I think that was a red flag.&#8221;
Jim Bob and his wife Michelle Duggar responded to the allegations with a statement. It said, &#8220;We love all of our children very much. As with any family, few things are more painful than conflicts or problems among those you love&#8230; We do not believe the best way to resolve conflicts, facilitate forgiveness and reconciliation, or to communicate through difficulties is through the media or in a public forum so we will not comment.&#8221;
Derick and Jill said they got through the hard times with the help of therapy, which Jill noted was “the gift we didn’t know we needed.”
Their joint book “Counting the Cost” will be available beginning September 12.

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Jill Duggar Said Being On Reality Show Caused ‘Frustration’ In Her Marriage

Jill Duggar Said Being On Reality Show Caused 'Frustration' In Her Marriage

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Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/reality-tv">reality star</a> Collin Gosselin, who rose to fame in the reality series “Jon &amp; Kate Plus 8,” made accusations against his estranged mom <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Kate</a> during an interview. 
The 19-year-old said his mom seemed to take “out her anger and frustration” on him as she was going through a divorce while facing the challenges of raising eight young children.
“I know my mother was going through a lot of things. I mean, a divorce and plenty of different things that can’t be easy to go through,” Collin <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@viceontv/video/7253193004805000491?refer=embed">said</a> in a preview of Vice TV’s “Dark Side of the 2000s” documentary.
“And, you know, I want to think that she needed someone to take out her anger and frustration on, and it was just kind of me,” he continued. “I was in the way and I was there. So, she chose me.”
Collin said he was not a “perfect child,” he also thinks his “misbehaving was no different than” his siblings. He is one of the sextuplets along with Leah, Hannah, Alexis, Aaden, and Joel. His two older siblings are twins Madelyn and Cara, 22.
Hannah was also interviewed and confirmed the accusations her brother was making. “[Collin] would be separated from us,” she claimed in the documentary. “Like, he would not get to come and play outside with us. He would eat dinner at different times than us.”
“I don’t think effort was made in the home to help him learn what behavior is acceptable and what behavior is not acceptable,” Hannah said. 
Kate said she enrolled Collin, then 12, into a behavioral learning facility in 2016, per <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexgurley/collin-gosselin-talks-kate-gosselin">Buzzfeed</a>. His father Jon took him out of the school in 2018, and he was awarded full custody of Collin at that time. 
“After being [in the facility], I didn’t have a relationship with her,” Collin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-tore-us-apart-gosselin-sextuplet-collin-reflects-on-reality-tv-being-institutionalized-twice">told</a> Entertainment Tonight in November. “Even before [being] there, I don’t think we had much of a relationship and I think that just kept tearing it even more down.”
“I want to believe it was because of TV and what being in the public eye does to a family. I think it tore us apart,” he said. “It gave us less time to actually be together as a family, [and] more time to be in the public eye.”

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Collin Gosselin Claims His Mom Kate Took Her ‘Anger And Frustration’ Out On Him

Collin Gosselin Claims His Mom Kate Took Her 'Anger And Frustration' Out On Him

Oscar winning actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-hanks-spills-details-on-the-christmas-gift-he-gets-every-year-from-tom-cruise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Hanks&#8217;</a> niece went viral on Monday for all the wrong reasons after her reality-show meltdown made the rounds on social media.
Carly Reeves, an actress and producer who graduated from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television, delivered an emotional rant after learning she&#8217;d been ousted from ABC&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sad-reality-show-stardom-pays-more-oxford-paul-bois" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reality show</a> &#8220;Claim to Fame.&#8221;
The show pits the relatives of famous people against each other, as each attempts to discover who the others&#8217; famous relatives are first — and Reeves lost it when another contestant guessed her &#8220;Claim to Fame&#8221; on Monday&#8217;s premiere.
Songwriter Rob Milton shared a clip of the scene, adding the comment, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if y&#8217;all watch #ClaimToFame but Tom Hanks&#8217; niece really showed her a** last night.&#8221;
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&#8211; I don’t know if y’all watch <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClaimToFame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ClaimToFame</a> but Tom Hanks’ niece really showed her ass last night. <a href="https://t.co/ydrBrgHel6">pic.twitter.com/ydrBrgHel6</a>
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An emotional Reeves walked off the set in tears after hosts Kevin Jonas and Frankie Jonas revealed the truth — that her contestant had guessed correctly, and Tom Hanks was her &#8220;Claim to Fame.&#8221;
&#8220;His freaking clues were so freaking obvious,&#8221; Reeves wailed after letting loose with an ear-splitting scream offstage. &#8220;Freaking bench, it&#8217;s the freaking poster of freaking &#8216;Forrest Gump,&#8217; are you kidding me? Why a bench, why a bench? There’s literally no references to a bench in any other movie.&#8221;
&#8220;Even Gabriel found that out, and he’s not even, like, smart,&#8221; she complained, prompting a gasp from the remaining contestants — who were allowed to hear everything she was saying.
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&#8220;For real? That&#8217;s cold,&#8221; one said.
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t even get to do any challenges,&#8221; Reeves continued, still crying.
&#8220;I did not have that level of drama for the first guess-off on my &#8216;Claim to Fame&#8217; bingo card,&#8221; fellow contestant Karsyn responded to Reeves.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t deserve this,&#8221; Reeves wailed as she began to pack her clothes. &#8220;I should have more camera time. I should be here longer &#8230; No one expected that. No one!&#8221;
Reeves later admitted that she might had &#8220;overreacted&#8221; in the moment, telling <a href="https://ew.com/tv/claim-to-fame-episode-1-celebrity-relative-tom-hanks-niece-carly-reeves/">Entertainment Weekly</a>, &#8220;Yeah, I was really upset. I think I overreacted a little bit, but I’m an emotional, very dramatic person. I was really angry that I didn’t get a chance to play as long as some of [the] other contestants.&#8221;
As for her famous uncle, she said that she hoped he&#8217;d get a chance to see the now-viral moment. &#8220;I would love for him to watch it, because I think it’s hilarious,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He’s happy for me no matter what.&#8221;

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‘I Don’t Deserve This!’: Tom Hanks’ Niece Goes Viral For All The Wrong Reasons After Reality Show Meltdown

Tom Hanks' Niece Goes Viral For All The Wrong Reasons After Reality Show Meltdown

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Hollywood star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/william-shatner-had-strongest-feelings-of-grief-about-climate-change-during-space-trip-all-i-saw-was-death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">William Shatner</a> recently revealed whether he plans to return to space after traveling there on Jeff Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin spacecraft in 2021, suggesting the trip was likely a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
The 92-year-old actor compared the prospect to &#8220;revisiting a love affair&#8221; and said maybe it would be best to &#8220;let it alone,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/william-shatner-reveals-why-he-wont-return-to-space-revisiting-a-love-affair">Fox News</a> reported.
&#8220;No, I probably would not want to go back,&#8221; Shatner said. &#8220;What I experienced was not so much the flight into space but my observation. Everybody knows we live on a small rock, and that up to 12,500 feet, oxygen is there.&#8221;
&#8220;And after that, as you go higher, you get into a dead zone,&#8221; he added. &#8220;So there&#8217;s the Karman line is 50 miles up. Oxygen is two miles up. We live on a small rock. I saw the beginning of the curvature of the Earth.&#8221;
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&#8220;If I followed through, I could make a circle of this rock we live on,&#8221; Shatner continued. &#8220;We are so negligible. We are so nothing. We are this small rock and this negligible solar system which is beside a mediocre star in a galaxy that is barely larger. We&#8217;re nothing. We are nothing and that&#8217;s what I saw. And what else I saw was the tragedy of the extinction of life.&#8221;
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/william-shatner-to-lead-new-reality-competition-series-stars-on-mars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shatner</a>, best known for his legendary role as Captain James T. Kirk in &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; TV shows and movies, is <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/william-shatner-fox-stars-on-mars-celebrity-reality-show-1235373067/">reportedly</a> heading back to the small screen where he will lead a new reality competition series on Fox titled &#8220;Stars on Mars.&#8221; The series will take celebrities out of their cushy lifestyles and show them residing in close quarters in a Mars colony simulation.
Contestants <a href="https://ew.com/tv/stars-on-mars-celebrity-cast-revealed/">reportedly</a> include cycling champion Lance Armstrong, &#8220;Vanderpump Rules&#8221; star Tom Schwartz, and professional wrestler and UFC fighter Ronda Rousey.
&#8220;Stars on Mars&#8221; debuts on Fox on June 5.

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Country star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-dierks-bentley-rocks-the-stage-at-heritage-foundations-50th-anniversary-gala" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dierks Bentley</a> said he turned down <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hollywood-is-not-america-why-so-many-celebrities-are-leaving-los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood</a> when asked to take on acting roles on television shows and participate in reality TV competitions because he didn&#8217;t want to &#8220;go to L.A.&#8221;
The 47-year-old musician said he loves what he&#8217;s doing, calling entertaining a &#8220;great gig&#8221; and said the idea of being away from his Nashville home did not sound appealing, <a href="https://www.etonline.com/dierks-bentley-on-why-hes-turned-down-acting-opportunities-and-new-gravel-gold-tour-exclusive">Entertainment Tonight</a> reported.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;d be good enough to doing those things,&#8221; Bentley said. &#8220;It requires, like, more time away from home and I just, I don&#8217;t want to.&#8221;
&#8220;I had a chance to audition for Larry David and I decided not to do it,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Because again, I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Oh, if I get it, I don&#8217;t really want to go to L.A.'&#8221;
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After leaving Tennessee to live in Colorado, Bentley said his wife, Cassidy Black, and their three kids wanted to return to the Volunteer State, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/country-music-star-dierks-bentley-explains-turned-down-acting-jobs-dont-really-want-go-la" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> reported.
&#8220;I moved about 10 minutes closer to town than I was before,&#8221; the country singer said.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a regular neighborhood,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We&#8217;ve got kids coming in and out of the house and you can just park on the street. It&#8217;s just been great for my kids, great for our family, and great for my mental health.&#8221;
&#8220;Coming back to Nashville, it was like I had to either lean in or move out,&#8221; Bentley continued. &#8220;So now, I just lean into it. The city&#8217;s crazy. It&#8217;s growing out of control, and I could sit here and complain about it, or I can just lean into it and embrace some of the cool things that are happening.&#8221;
Bentley, who got his start in country music in 2003, recently announced he&#8217;s hitting the road again for his &#8220;Gravel &amp; Gold&#8221; tour starting June 1.
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&#8220;We want that first show to feel like our 100th show,&#8221; the singer said.  &#8220;I have so much respect for these fans that come out, spend their money and come see us and we want that first show to have all the excitement of like a new show, new tour.&#8221;
&#8220;I haven&#8217;t totally figured out all its lighting and what the setlist is gonna be, and obviously the transitions and stuff,&#8221; he added.&#8221;It&#8217;s a lot of work to make it feel like it&#8217;s easy. Like any creative endeavor, it all comes down just to passionate people and work. Doing the work, because you&#8217;re passionate about it. So band and crew, great guys.&#8221;

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Country Star Dierks Bentley Explains Why He Turned Down Hollywood

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Reality star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/khloe-kardashian">Khloé Kardashian</a> said she had a hard time connecting with her newborn son, who was born via surrogate, due to how he entered the world.
The 38-year-old mother of two made the revelation during the Season 3 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">premiere</a> of Hulu’s “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/reality-tv">The Kardashians</a>.” 
“I felt really guilty that this woman just had my baby,” Kardashian said during a confessional interview, per <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/05/25/khloe-kardashian-struggled-to-connect-with-surrogate-born-son/">Page Six</a>. “I take the baby and I go to another room and you’re sort of separated. It’s such a transactional experience &#8217;cause it’s not about him.”
She described her feelings at going through the process as being in a state of “shock.”
“I wish someone was honest about surrogacy and the difference of it,” Kardashian said while discussing the process with her sister Kim, who also has two children born via surrogacy. “It’s still great, it’s just very different.”
“It’s a mind f***. It’s really the weirdest thing,” the reality star said. When her sister Kourtney’s ex-boyfriend Scott Disick asked Kardashian if she was “less connected” with her newborn son, she nodded her head yes.
“I do think that there’s a difference when the baby is in your belly,” Kim <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/leylamohammed/khloe-kardashian-felt-less-connected-baby-surrogacy">said</a> of going through surrogacy. “The baby actually feels your real heart — think about it. It touches your [organs], like, there’s no one else on this planet that will feel you from the inside like that — like, your heart,” she said.
Khloé has a 5-year-old daughter, True, and 9-month-old son Tatum with her ex-boyfriend Tristan Thompson. The pair has had a tumultuous relationship due to his infidelity, which includes cheating on Kardashian and fathering a baby with another woman while they were together. Kardashian found out the results of the paternity test just days after the couple had their embryo implanted into their surrogate.
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“I’m not sure that there is one thing that hurts more than the other,” she said in an episode of “The Kardashians” while referencing the cheating. “Everything is an act of betrayal, everything is a lie, everything is manipulation. It’s deceit.”
“Did Tristan have every opportunity to tell me? Yes,” she said. “Was Tristan going to tell me if there wasn’t a baby involved? Absolutely not, and that shows a lot about his character. The entire thing is despicable.”

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Khloé Kardashian Said It Was Hard To Connect With Her Surrogate-Born Son: ‘Such A Transactional Experience’

Khloé Kardashian Said It Was Hard To Connect With Her Surrogate-Born Son: 'Such A Transactional Experience'

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&#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/american-idol-contestant-katy-perry-mocked-says-shes-not-even-mad-about-singer-mom-shaming-her-after-quitting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American Idol</a>&#8221; judge Luke Bryan praised a 21-year-old contestant in the top 8 finalist section of the competition series for not being &#8220;scared&#8221; to share her &#8220;faith.&#8221;
The 46-year-old country singer recently told Megan Danielle, a waitress from Douglasville, Georgia, that he was impressed with her commitment.
It happened on Monday&#8217;s show after Danielle sang, &#8220;Go Rest High on That Mountain&#8221; in honor of her grandfather, who passed away last year. She sang the same song at his funeral.
&#8220;I can&#8217;t imagine what you were feeling during that performance,&#8221; host Ryan Seacrest told the contestant. &#8220;You definitely honored him.&#8221;
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Bryan explained that he was the one who picked the song for the young contestant and said it&#8217;s because she&#8217;s always willing to share her faith.
&#8220;What I love about you — I mean, we&#8217;re way beyond loving your voice — is you&#8217;re, you know, you&#8217;re never scared to tell everybody your faith,&#8221; Bryan said. &#8220;And when I thought about that song, I just felt in my heart that I couldn&#8217;t pick a better one than that for you.&#8221;
As Bryan explained his choice, Danielle became emotional and started tearing up, trying not to break down crying on the show. Seacrest then handed the contestant a handkerchief.
Idol judge <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/american-idol-judge-katy-perry-falls-flat-on-her-back-in-mermaid-costume" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lionel Richie</a> agreed that her performance was moving and said, &#8220;You have the amazing ability to touch. A lot of people can sing. But you have an amazing ability to touch.&#8221;
&#8220;Your voice is so powerful when it comes down to just telling your story,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I know your Paw Paw is very, very happy for what you did today.&#8221;
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When it was judge <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/katy-perry-accused-of-bullying-american-idol-contestant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Katy Perry&#8217;s</a> turn to comment, she said she believed Danielle&#8217;s grandfather actually chose the song through Bryan.
&#8220;I think he&#8217;s trying to tell you that you are exactly where you&#8217;re meant to be right now,&#8221; Perry said. &#8220;And you deserve this moment Megan. And it&#8217;s a wonderful confirmation and I don&#8217;t believe in any coincidences &#8230; so I just think that was heaven-sent.&#8221;

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Daily Wire podcast host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/matt-walsh">Matt Walsh</a> directly addressed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">transgender</a> reality TV star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jazz-jennings">Jazz Jennings</a>, refuting claims made in a video Jennings posted on Instagram.
Jennings shared two videos to the social media platform to highlight certain clips from conservative commentators, including Walsh, Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro, podcast host Candace Owens, and others. Walsh responded to the reality star with answers to some of the questions posed in the videos.
He shared the clip to Twitter with the caption, “A message to Jazz Jennings.”
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A message to Jazz Jennings <a href="https://t.co/oExYIjnDUI">pic.twitter.com/oExYIjnDUI</a>
&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1651401988481884161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“Like, why do you care?” Jennings said in the original reply. “Let us just be, let us be happy, let us be ourselves. We’re not hurting anyone, you know? We need to celebrate each other and our diversity.”
Jennings also repeated the common refrain that the trans community is “under attack” and that Walsh’s commentary makes it clear “that there are people out there who want to hurt” transgender people and see them “be miserable.”
“I was going to respond to this just sort of in general terms, but I think instead I’d like to be more direct. Jazz has addressed me directly, asking some questions, and I’d like to answer them,” Walsh began in his reply.
“Jazz, first of all, I understand why you’re frustrated that people are talking about you and, from your perspective, involving themselves in your private life,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You are absolutely right that your conversation with your mother that we saw there about your own deep emotional and psychological pains should not have been a public spectacle. I never should have seen that or heard it. Nobody should have.”
Walsh went on to point out how Jennings’ mother invited cameras into their family life long before the &#8220;I Am Jazz&#8221; star could have consented to it. He mentioned how the reality star appeared on &#8220;20/20&#8221; and met with Oprah Winfrey at a young age.  
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“[Your mom] was parading you around as a mascot for transgenderism,” Walsh said, mentioning how when he was that age he was watching cartoons and playing outside. “I wish that you had a childhood like that… But your mom took that away from you,” he said.
Walsh argued that even if children could be transgender and change genders, it would still be wrong to turn them into a “public exhibition” for fame and money, which he accused Jennings&#8217; parents of doing.
“You also accuse me of trying to hurt you and make you miserable,” Walsh said in the clip. “I don’t. I’m not out to hurt you. I see that you are hurt; you said it yourself. You don’t feel like yourself. And you don’t feel like yourself because you have been led since childhood down a path of self-rejection.”
“You said that everyone deserves to be their authentic self – I could not possibly agree more. ‘Deserve’ is an apt choice of words, in fact, in this case. Every child deserves to be shown the way towards truth and their own true selves. Every child deserves to grow up in the light surrounded by adults who are sources of clarity and guidance for them. You didn’t have that, and you still don’t.”
“You have been fed lies,” Walsh says in the address to Jennings. “One lie after another, and they are the worst kinds of lies. They are lies that deprive you of the recognition of your true self. This is the deepest form of abuse.” 
“Nobody in your life will tell you the truth. Nobody in your life has ever told you the truth,” he said. “They have never been honest with you about anything.” 
Walsh concluded by saying the people in Jennings’ life “diagnosed” and “labeled” the reality star.
“They introduced horrific confusion into your life, and then they profited off of that confusion. They exploited you.”
He said they want Jennings to live a lie forever because otherwise it would “embarrass” them. “You deserve the truth, and I’m telling it to you,” Walsh said. “Even if it hurts to hear it.”

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&#8220;Dancing with the Stars&#8221; beloved Judge Len Goodman has died after a battle with bone cancer, his manager announced. He was 78.
Goodman&#8217;s agent, Jackie Gill, said that the long-serving judge on the popular reality TV competition had &#8220;passed away peacefully&#8221; on Saturday night surrounded by family, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/04/24/dancing-with-the-stars-judge-len-goodman-dead-at-78/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&amp;utm_source=facebook_app&amp;fbclid=IwAR2Lg6SbBnh3wneMRplPIQ6KUi8tXAoYR4A3dco99yCOLB7PI4lg2VRHFCg">New York Post</a> reported. Gill also revealed that Goodman had been diagnosed with bone cancer.
&#8220;It is with great sadness to announce that Len Goodman has passed away peacefully, aged 78,&#8221; Goodman&#8217;s manager said in a statement. &#8220;A much loved husband, father and grandfather who will be sorely missed by family, friends and all who knew him.&#8221;
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Len Goodman, the long-serving judge on “Dancing with the Stars” and “Strictly Come Dancing,” has died, his agent says. He was 78. <a href="https://t.co/HCz289ml7P">https://t.co/HCz289ml7P</a> <a href="https://t.co/UYIBpRv21L">pic.twitter.com/UYIBpRv21L</a>
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Goodman also served as a judge on the popular BBC show &#8220;Strictly Come Dancing&#8221; for 12 years following its launch on the network in 2004, the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/dancing-judge-len-goodman-dies-3202b3512776199678dbd821cf48f040">Associated Press</a> noted.
The British star was a well-known professional ballroom dancer and British champion before he took his skills to the other side of competition, first on the BBC show and next on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;DWTS&#8221; in 2005. He remained as a staple of &#8220;DWTS&#8221; for 15 years before his retirement in November, <a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/len-goodman-dead-dies-dancing-with-the-stars-strictly-1235592215/">Variety</a> noted.
Speaking to the <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1650442109097324544?s=20">outlet</a> last year, Goodman said that he&#8217;s &#8220;just a dance teacher from Dartford. Suddenly, I&#8217;m thrust into Hollywood. I got the reputation for being the tough judge, because what I see is what I say.&#8221;
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&quot;I’m just a dance teacher from Dartford,&quot; said Len Goodman last year. &quot;Suddenly, I’m thrust into Hollywood. I got the reputation for being the tough judge, because what I see is what I say.” The long-time &quot;Dancing With the Stars&quot; judge has died at 78. <a href="https://t.co/9IvnZQz8pw">https://t.co/9IvnZQz8pw</a>
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Following news of his death, those who knew him called him a wonderful person and more.
&#8220;More very sad news from the world of entertainment…RIP Len Goodman, 78 &#8211; welder, dancer, judge, and devoted cricket &amp; West Ham fan,&#8221; Piers Morgan wrote. &#8220;Always had a laugh with Len, and swapped a few strong opinions. A quintessential Londoner and a top bloke.&#8221;
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More very sad news from the world of entertainment… RIP Len Goodman, 78 &#8211; welder, dancer, judge, and devoted cricket &amp; West Ham fan. Always had a laugh with Len, and swapped a few strong opinions. A quintessential Londoner and a top bloke. <a href="https://t.co/RXBhLQfSPh">pic.twitter.com/RXBhLQfSPh</a>
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&#8220;Len Goodman will always be an icon in the world of ballroom dance, and we were lucky to have him as part of our &#8216;Dancing with the Stars&#8217; family for 31 seasons,&#8221; the official account for &#8220;DWTS&#8221; wrote.
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Len Goodman will always be an icon in the world of ballroom dance, and we were lucky to have him as part of our ‘Dancing with the Stars’ family for 31 seasons. He was warm and caring, and always delivered genuine guidance. <a href="https://t.co/NWxHMD9e7q">pic.twitter.com/NWxHMD9e7q</a>
&mdash; Dancing with the Stars #DWTS (@officialdwts) <a href="https://twitter.com/officialdwts/status/1650518579140345859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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ABC also released a statement that was similar to &#8220;DWTS,&#8221; calling Goodman an &#8220;icon,&#8221; Variety noted.
&#8220;He was warm and caring, and always delivered genuine guidance,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;We are devastated by the news of his passing and our hearts are with his family during this very difficult time.&#8221;
The late-star is survived by his wife Sue Barrett and a son from a previous relationship, James Goodman.

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Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/reality-tv">reality star</a> Kristin Cavallari said her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/parents">kids</a> aren’t allowed to pursue fame, even through YouTube channels, until they’re 18.
The star of MTV’s “Laguna Beach” and “The Hills” made the comments during an episode of “The Jennifer Hudson Show” on Wednesday, per <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11989109/Kristin-Cavallari-refuses-let-kids-reality-stars-theyre-18.html">The Daily Mail</a>. 
Cavallari said her three kids, 10-year-old son Camden, 8-year-old son Jaxson, and 7-year-old daughter Saylor wouldn’t be permitted to pursue <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">entertainment</a> careers as long as she was in charge of them. 
“I&#8217;d say no until they&#8217;re 18,” the former teen TV star told Hudson. “Look, if they want to have a career in entertainment when they&#8217;re 18, absolutely, I will support it &#8230; but, until they&#8217;re 18, I just want them to be kids.”
“It&#8217;s hard enough being in high school and doing everything you&#8217;re doing as a kid, so just focus on that,” Cavallari said. She went on to say both her sons are “obsessed with YouTube stars now” and have asked to create their own YouTube channel.
“No, we&#8217;re not doing any of that,” the “Laguna Beach” alum said. “I don&#8217;t even put them on Instagram. I just try to keep them kids, as long as possible.”
Cavallari was married to retired NFL quarterback Jay Cutler from 2013 until 2022. She also talked with Hudson about her dating life post-divorce.
“I&#8217;ve just taken the stance that until I&#8217;m in a serious, committed relationship, there&#8217;s nothing really to report,” the former reality star said. “I&#8217;m having fun, I do have good dating stories. This is the first time in my life I&#8217;ve really dated.” 
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“I&#8217;ve always had boyfriends, I got married very young, so I&#8217;m just enjoying it. I&#8217;m going on dates. I&#8217;m an active dater, but there&#8217;s just no one to report back on just yet,” she told the audience, adding that she’s “looking for someone so secure, just so comfortable in their skin, and I really want a buddy, someone I can laugh with and have fun with.”
Cavallari also said she needs a man who “is going to be very good to my kids, who&#8217;s a good dad, so those things are very important.”
The Hollywood star called motherhood the “best thing” she’s ever done. “It&#8217;s everything,” she told Hudson. 
“Just having all that love and having these little guys to raise and you get to instill what wisdom you&#8217;ve learned over the years, it&#8217;s given me real purpose in life, I would say, and it&#8217;s the best thing I&#8217;ve ever done, truly,” Cavallari said.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/netflix">Netflix</a> subscribers were whipped into a frenzy Sunday night as they waited for the live “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/reality-tv">Love Is Blind</a>” reunion special, which led other networks and companies to start mocking the streaming giant on social media.
The special was supposed to go live at 8 p.m. ET Sunday night, but fans only saw the message, &#8220;We’re having trouble playing this title right now. Please try again later or select a different title.&#8221;
This led to a huge uproar on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/social-media">social media</a>. Eventually, Netflix issued an update that said, &#8220;Promise #LoveIsBlindLIVE will be worth the wait….&#8221; but did not offer any details beyond that.
Ninety minutes later, Netflix posted another message on social media to frustrated fans. &#8220;To everyone who stayed up late, woke up early, gave up their Sunday afternoon… we are incredibly sorry that the Love is Blind Live Reunion did not turn out as we had planned,&#8221; the company <a href="https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1647774237896368130">tweeted</a>. &#8220;We&#8217;re filming it now and we&#8217;ll have it on Netflix as soon as humanly possible. Again, thank you and sorry.&#8221;
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To everyone who stayed up late, woke up early, gave up their Sunday afternoon… we are incredibly sorry that the Love is Blind Live Reunion did not turn out as we had planned. We&#39;re filming it now and we&#39;ll have it on Netflix as soon as humanly possible. Again, thank you and…
&mdash; Netflix (@netflix) <a href="https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1647774237896368130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Hulu responded with a photo of Kerry Washington, star of their hit series &#8220;Little Fires Everywhere,&#8221; saying, “Hmmm.&#8221;
Bravo <a href="https://twitter.com/BravoTV/status/1647758853654577152">tweeted</a>, &#8220;We would never keep you waiting for a Reunion,&#8221; with a winking face emoji.
Even Blockbuster got in on the trolling. &#8220;Remember renting vhs’ from us. You could start it on time no problem… This is what we get,&#8221; the company <a href="https://twitter.com/blockbuster/status/1647753764282208256">shared</a>.
Non-media brands piled on with their own comments for Netflix.
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“Ready to clean up all the spilled tea,” Bounty paper towels <a href="https://twitter.com/Bounty/status/1647756423722303488">replied</a>.
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Ready to clean up all the spilled tea 🍵
&mdash; Bounty (@Bounty) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bounty/status/1647756423722303488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“Waiting patiently in our emotional support hoodie,” Fruit of the Loom wrote.
“Let us know if you need a hand running your next live show,” pornography site Brazzers wrote. 
“It WiLL bE WoRTh tHe Wait,” Oreo wrote.
“I know what we can do while we wait…” the Cocaine Bear account said.
“Love may be blind but we SEE you, [Netflix] social team. Pouring one out for your mentions tonight,” Paramount+ tweeted in response to the streaming service’s apology.
Later, Netflix posted another update saying the “Love is Blind” reunion would air on Monday. “Love Is Blind: The Reunion will be available globally at 12pm PT on April 17. Promise,” the streaming service wrote around 2:30 a.m. on Monday.

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