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Multimillionaire Pharrell Williams gets slammed for asking people to donate to hospitals. Drake’s all in his feelings about his family, and shares the first photos of his son. And Mark Wahlberg and Mario Lopez are bro-ing out at the gym while we’re quarantined with our Goya-can weights. Here’s a closer look at today’s stories: Pharrell …
Multimillionaire Pharrell Williams gets slammed for asking people to donate to hospitals.
Drake’s all in his feelings about his family, and shares the first photos of his son. And Mark Wahlberg and Mario Lopez are bro-ing out at the gym while we’re quarantined with our Goya-can weights.
Here’s a closer look at today’s stories:
Pharrell Williams blasted for asking fans to donate to hospitals
Pharrell Williams was hit with a backlash after asking his fans to donate to hospitals amid the coronavirus pandemic this week.
He told his more than 12 million followers, “Hospitals are running low on masks, gowns, and other critical items. We need to replenish their supplies. Take action, make a donation, and ask others to join the fight. We’re in this together. Let’s protect the responders on the frontlines.”
But fans clapped back with responses pointing out his wealth — said to be as high as $150 million — amid increasing unemployment.
“Imagine asking the people who most likely are being laid off right now, to donate while you could just get your fellow celebs to raise money,” said one Twitter user.
Another wrote, “So lemme get this straight. You are asking the millions of Americans who may not have a job right now to donate?! You’re asking people who have an avg HOUSEHOLD income of less than $55,000 to donate?”
Noting that his enormous Beverly Hills house is up for sale for $17 million, another wrote, “You literally live in a community college spending Kelis Milkshake royalty checks on Uber eats and you’re asking US TO DONATE!?!?”
Drake shares photos of son Adonis for first time: ‘Miss my beautiful family’
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Drake has shared photos of his son Adonis for the first time.
The 33-year-old rapper posted the pictures of his blond-haired, blue-eyed son on Instagram early Monday alongside a lengthy caption telling followers to “connect” to their “inner light.” It was first reported in 2018 that Drake had secretly fathered a child with ex-porn star Sophie Brussaux.
“What is most important for you right now is to connect to your own inner light. This will create the biggest opening of all,” Drake wrote in his new Instagram post. “Trust that you have all of the power within to make this happen, and in order to do that connect to the people and things that bring you a lot of joy.
Drake also included photos of his own parents and a photo of himself with Adonis and Adonis’ mother.
“When the mind starts to move into overthinking or fear, shift your attention right away to something bright. It doesn’t matter what has happened in the past or what is happening around us now,” Drake continued, perhaps alluding to the fact that he first concealed the fact that he had a son, “you can always make the choice to break free of the wheel of suffering and panic and open up to your own light.”
The “God’s Plan” performer encouraged everyone to be conscious of “fears coming in from others” and remember to ask for support if they’re ever feeling alone.
“I love and miss my beautiful family and friends and I can’t wait for the joyful day when we are all able to reunite,” Drake, who previously tested negative for coronavirus, ended his essay. “Until then please keep your lights on.”
Mark Wahlberg, Mario Lopez slammed for joint workout after urging coronavirus isolation
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Mark Wahlberg and Mario Lopez joined the long list of celebrities who have spoken out in recent weeks, urging fans to stay at home and self-isolate as a means to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
But the “Spenser Confidential” actor and “Access Hollywood” host were quickly accused of hypocrisy after they each posted clips from a joint workout at a gym in Los Angeles while thousands of their viewers remained under quarantine at home.
In a video posted to Instagram on Thursday, Lopez filmed himself and Wahlberg inside an F45 training facility while touting the workout as one anyone can do in their apartments or backyards without equipment.
“Everyone’s pretty much been cooped up in their home for the last couple of weeks. I think now more than ever since we don’t know when this is going to end, we need to stay active, not just for your physical health but for your mental health,” Lopez said in the video.
“That gazelle right there? My boy, Mark, we’re staying six feet away. This place we’re at right now we have completely to ourselves. It is sanitized, disinfected, we did a heck of a workout F45 style. Homie brought me the batting gloves. We’re good to go.”
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