In photos posted by the New York Post’s Page Six, the Real Housewives of New York City alum, 50, wore a colorful printed one-piece swimsuit, sunglasses and a wide-brimmed straw hat as she waded in the ocean. Frankel also wore jewelry including a watch, Cartier bracelets, two necklaces and the large emerald cut ring.

The family holiday and bling sighting come a month after the former reality TV star confirmed that she and Bernon had rekindled their romance after a brief split at the end of last year. The “Just B” podcast host shared a selfie on Instagram that showed her wearing a blue printed dress as the film producer, 43, stood behind her. “Behind every woman… (you fill in the blanks here.),” she captioned the Valentine’s Day snap along with the hashtag #Loveyourself.

The pair started seeing each other in October 2018, about two months after her on-off boyfriend Dennis Shields died in August 2018. Their relationship got serious quickly, with Us Weekly reporting in September 2019 that the couple were living together in Boston and house-hunting in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

But Us confirmed in October 2020 that Frankel and Bernon had split after two years of dating. The Skinnygirl founder spoke about their breakup that same month during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

“You know, not everything works out. So many people have tried to define my life — our lives — with, ‘When are you getting engaged?’ ‘When are you having a baby?’ ‘When are you getting married?’” she told host Ellen DeGeneres, adding that she was feeling “good” after calling it quits. “I’ve just realized more in life, with people being more open and honest about their lives and what they want, that everything doesn’t have to sort of end in a blue box and a bow.”

“We had a great, great relationship and I’m really happy,” she added. “Not everything has to end badly, some things just don’t continue and it’s not negative, it’s just life.”

Less than three months later she was spotted holding hands with Bernon in Miami as they visited artist Romero Britto’s studio with Bryn, 10, who she shares with ex-husband Jason Hoppy.

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The former Real Housewives of New Jersey star, 48, who was deported to his native Italy in October 2019 after serving a 41-month prison sentence for fraud, relocated from Europe to the Caribbean at the end of last year.

“He’s living in the Bahamas right now and I know he’s going to be fighting. He’s doing a celebrity fight,” Teresa told Extra last month of her ex, who is set to compete in a Celebrity Boxing match and has been posting videos on his Instagram account of how he’s getting in shape.

“A bunch of us are going to go,” Teresa said of the upcoming bout, which TMZ reported last year would pit Juicy Joe against Jennifer Lopez’s ex-husband Ojani Noa. “A lot of girls I know — Dolores [Catania] wants to go, Jennifer [Aydin] want to go … If I’m not working, I’m definitely going to be there.”

Joe last saw his daughters Gia, 20, and Milania, 15, in Italy in November, when they also got to meet his new girlfriend, Daniela Fittipaldi.

But the businessman hadn’t seen all four of his kids together since December 2019, just two months after he moved to Italy. Joe and Teresa, 48, announced their separation that same month and their divorce was finalized in September 2020. She has since moved on with boyfriend Luis “Louie” Ruelas, with her sister-in-law, Melissa Gorga, confirming in February that the couple have moved in together.

Joe shared a photo from his reunion with his girls on Instagram on Sunday, March 21, posting a photo of Milania and his youngest daughter, Audriana, 11, along with his mother Filomena. “Nothing like family,” he wrote.

He also shared a video that showed him doing the splits on the beach. “Still got it,” Joe captioned the clip. “Now that’s how you do it,” a woman could be heard saying, while another person said, “Never underestimate an old man.”

Gia shared a video on her Instagram Stories on Sunday that showed all four sisters, including Gabriella, 16, soaking up the sun on the beach in Nassau.

In an interview last year with Wendy Williams, Joe said that he talks to his daughters every day. Meanwhile, Aydin told Us Weekly last month on the “Getting Real With the Housewives” podcast that Teresa and Joe “have an amazing relationship” after their divorce.

“There’s no animosity there,” she added. “They look like they have a mutual respect for each other and I feel like everything’s good.”

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A source close to Harrison, 49, confirms to Us Weekly that he has hired Bryan J. Freedman from Freedman & Taitelman. He is the same lawyer who represented Gabrielle Union after she was let go from America’s Got Talent after one season.

Multiple outlets reported at the time that Union was released by NBC in November 2019 after speaking out about problematic, racist incidents on the set. In June 2020, she filed an official harassment complaint against producers of the show over her treatment. Union and NBC announced in September that they had “reached an amicable resolution” over the case.

It’s unclear what legal actions Harrison is planning, but he has been replaced at the host of the upcoming seasons of The Bachelorette after announcing last month that he was temporarily stepping down from The Bachelor amid a scandal involving contestant Rachael Kirkconnell.

Harrison sparked controversy when he defended Kirkconnell amid claims of past racist actions. In an interview with former Bachelorette lead Rachel Lindsay for Extra on February 9, Harrison said that fans should give Kirkconnell “a little grace, a little understanding.”

Days later, he posted an apology saying he was “ashamed over how uninformed I was.” On February 13, Harrison announced that he could be stepping down as host of The Bachelor’s After the Final Rose special.

Emmanuel Acho stepped in to helm the special and talked to both the season’s lead, Matt James, and Kirkconnell about her past actions, which included having “liked” racially insensitive posts and attending a 2018 antebellum-themed party at a former plantation.

While Harrison did not say how long he would be absent from the franchise he has hosted since 2002, ABC announced earlier this month that Kaitlyn Bristowe and Tayshia Adams are cohosting the next season of The Bachelorette when it debuts later this year with Katie Thurston and Michelle Young as the leads on back-to-back seasons. There has been no announcement of when Harrison will be returning to the ABC hit.

James, the franchise’s first Black Bachelor, shared his thoughts on Harrison during an interview on “The Bill Simmons” podcast on Friday, March 19, saying that he was “sad” about what the star said during his controversial interview with Lindsay last month.

“I had so many conversations [with him] about how I was feeling, what I was going through in that crazy process that I was in, and it’s hard to imagine that he could really sympathize with what I was feeling,” James said.

He revealed that Harrison personally apologized to him amid the scandal and that he supports the Texas native’s commitment to change. “Chris has outlined in his statement that he’s committed to putting in the work, he’s taking a step back, so I respect that. I hope that he does,” James said. “I don’t think that anybody should be trying to cancel him. We should be calling him in to do that work that he’s outlined that he wants to do. I look forward to seeing him do that.”

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The singer, 28, is opening up about her nearly fatal heroin overdose and her recovery in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning that airs on Sunday, March 21.

In a preview of her talk with Tracy Smith, the “Skyscraper” songstress admitted, “The doctors told me that I had five to 10 minutes. Like, if no one had found me, then I wouldn’t be here. And I’m grateful that I’m sitting here today.”

Lovato was asked about a previous interview she did with the CBS show in 2016 where she discussed her sobriety and eating disorder. “I was probably 24 when we did the interview,” Lovato said as she looked back. “I’m in recovery for a bunch of things and I had been sober for how many years, but I’m still miserable. For the first time in my life, I had to essentially die to wake up.”

“I feel good,” she said of her life now. “I feel more joy in my life than I’ve ever felt because [I’m not] quieting or diminishing any part of myself.”

The former child star’s interview came days before her new documentary series, Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil, debuts on YouTube on Tuesday, March 23.

In the four-part series, Lovato claims that her drug dealer sexually assaulted her while she was unconscious after overdosing on heroin laced with fentanyl, and that when she woke up in the hospital, she was legally blind and couldn’t even recognize her own sister.

In her interview with CBS, she says that her overdose happened after a long period of unhappiness.

“I didn’t control any of my life at that period of time,” she said. “But, yes, I also needed to grow up and take control. And that’s something I haven’t done until the past two years of my life, which is [why] I’m now in control of my finances. I’m now in control of … the food that I eat, how often I work out.”

The singer also speaks in the interview about not being completely drug-free now, admitting that she still uses marijuana and drinks alcohol.

“I would say that, like, I think the term that I best identify with is California sober,” Lovato said, adding that what she’s doing may not be suitable for everyone. “I am cautious to say that just like I feel the complete abstinent method isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution for everybody, I don’t think that this journey of moderation is a one-size-fits-all solution for everybody, too.”

If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).

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The Evening Standard’s royal editor, Robert Jobson, wrote in a piece for Hello! magazine that he believes Charles formulated Buckingham Palace’s response to his youngest son and his wife.

“I think the Prince of Wales has also taken the lead on how the palace has responded,” Jobson wrote. “The queen is 94 and the Duke of Edinburgh is incapacitated, so he will be trying to placate and learn lessons from this so something can be worked out to everyone’s satisfaction.”

“The royal family like to do things as a team, and if the team is being trashed, they like to react as a unit and a family,” he added, calling the queen’s statement released on March 9 as “dignified.”

The statement released by Buckingham Palace said that “the whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan. The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning. While some recollections may vary, they are taken seriously and will be addressed by the family privately.”

The statement concluded, “Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved family members.”

In their explosive sit-down interview with CBS on March 7, the former Suits star, 39, claimed that when she was pregnant with son Archie, now 21 months, there were “concerns and conversations” at the palace about how dark the baby’s skin would be. Harry, 36, also revealed that his father, 72, had “stopped taking” his calls ahead of the couple’s royal step-down last year and that they have been financially “cut off.” He added that he feels “really let down” by Charles.

“He’s been through something similar,” Harry said in the interview, referring to Charles’ very public split from Harry and Prince William’s mother, the late Princess Diana. “He knows what pain feels like, and Archie’s his grandson,” he continued. “I will always love him, but there’s a lot of hurt that’s happened. And I will continue to make it one of my priorities to try and heal that relationship.”

A source exclusively told Us Weekly earlier this month that “Charles does not agree with Harry trashing his whole family in public” and “thinks these matters could have easily been addressed in private.”

Gayle King revealed on CBS This Morning on Tuesday, March 16, that Harry has spoken to his father and brother, William, 38, but “those conversations were not productive, but they are glad they at least started a conversation.”

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In photos posted by the Daily Mail on Saturday, March 20, the couple hung out by the pool at a luxury resort and were spotted kissing as they lay on recliners while soaking up the sun together. The former reality TV star, 34, wore a black string bikini and sunglasses with her blonde hair in a ponytail, while the comedian, 38, donned dark board shorts.

Just days earlier, Cavallari posted a topless photo of herself in Mexico on Instagram, showing off her toned butt and legs. She captioned the Wednesday, March 17 snap, “Freedom. It feels really damn good.”

The show of togetherness came shortly after a source told Us Weekly that the pair had gone their separate ways after five months of dating.

The couple, who were first linked in October 2020 after being spotted making out on a date in Chicago, “were never officially together,” the insider said earlier this month.

It’s the second time Cavallari and Dye have cozied up in Cabo — the pair were also spotted getting steamy in the popular vacation spot in December, when they couldn’t keep their hands off each other as they kissed and laughed by the pool.

A source told Us last month that the Hills alum was keeping things light with Dye as the pair avoided defining their relationship.

“She’s just hanging out with him. They’re enjoying each other’s company, having fun. That’s it,” the insider told Us in February. “They’re really just getting to know one another and seeing where things go. … If they do decide to one day become official, people will know for sure.”

Cavallari, who split from husband Jay Cutler, 37, in April 2020 after 10 years together, lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her three kids with the former NFL player, Camden, 8, Jaxon, 6, and Saylor, 5. Dye, meanwhile, is based in L.A. The 2000-mile distance between them “makes it difficult” to pursue a serious relationship, the source said.

“If she goes to L.A., she’ll meet up with him,” the source added. “But right now, there are no labels. … They’re not exclusively dating and aren’t boyfriend and girlfriend.”

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The honor was announced ahead of the live 2021 Grammy Awards show on Sunday and makes Blue Ivy the second-youngest winner in Grammy history. She shares the win alongside her mother — who is the most nominated artist of the night with nine nods — as well as Saint Jhn, Wizkid and the video’s directors and producers.

Blue Ivy was not originally named as a nominee when the Recording Academy announced the 2021 Grammy nominations in November, despite her being credited as a featured artist on the track and being shown in the music video. Her name was added to the nominations in December.

Beyoncé’s daughter has previously won an NAACP Image Award, BET Her Award and two Soul Train Music Awards for “Brown Skin Girl,” which was originally released as part of the soundtrack for The Lion King movie in 2019 and then added to Beyoncé’s 2020 film Black Is King.

Other early winners on Sunday included Kanye West, who picked up the award for best contemporary Christian music album for Jesus Is King.

While Beyoncé is the most-nominated artist this year, she will not be taking the stage during the show on Sunday and opted not to perform.

“It’s unfortunate, because she’s such a big part of the Recording Academy,” the organization’s interim president Harvey Mason Jr. told the Los Angeles Times on Friday, March 12. “We absolutely wish we had her onstage.”

The singer did not announce a reason for her decision, but her absence comes amid criticism of the Grammys for snubbing The Weeknd this year, despite the success of his album After Hours and hit single “Blinding Lights.” The Weeknd tweeted in November after the nominations were announced that “the Grammys remain corrupt.”

The Daily Show‘s Trevor Noah is set to host the awards show on Sunday with performers including Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Miranda Lambert, Cardi B, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak set to take the stage.

The Grammy Awards will air on CBS Sunday, March 14, at 8 p.m. ET. They will also be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.

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The former New York Yankee, 46, spoke to TMZ on Saturday as he headed to the gym in Miami.

“I’m not single,” he replied to a photographer who asked if he and the Golden Globe nominee, 51, had called it quits.

Rodriguez got a phone call as he left the gym and called the person he was talking to “baby,” telling them he would call them back. When asked if he was talking to the Hustlers actress, he laughed and nodded his head.

The athlete’s comments came hours after Us Weekly confirmed that the couple, who got engaged in 2019, were still together.

After rumors swirled on Friday, March 12, that the “Let’s Get Loud” singer and her fiancé had broken up, the pair announced in a joint statement to TMZ that “all the reports are inaccurate.”

“We are working through some things,” they added in their statement on Saturday. The pair are currently in different cities, as the sports commentator is in Florida, while Lopez is working on a film, Shotgun Wedding, in the Dominican Republic.

A source told Us on Friday that “there have been issues” in the couple’s relationship “for a while now.”

The insider added that the pair haven’t seen each other since March 1, nearly two weeks ago. Rodriguez shared a photo with his love on Instagram on February 28, when he visited her in the Caribbean. He captioned the photo, ” Perfección.”

A month earlier, the “I’m Real” singer told Allure magazine that they’d been in couples counseling amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“Alex, of all people, was like, ‘I love it. I love being at home. I love doing my Zooms. I love knowing the kids are there, and you’re there all the time,'” she said in February. “It has been actually really good. We got to work on ourselves. We did therapy. I think it was really helpful for us in our relationship.”

The pair, who started dating in 2017 and got engaged two years later, had been planning to wed in 2020, but their plans got pushed back amid the COVID-19 crisis, with Lopez admitting to the magazine that it “was a big deal.”

“Maybe that wasn’t the right time,” she added. “You start thinking of all these things — how everything has its kind of perfect, divine moment.”

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“thank you,” the pregnant star, 26, wrote along with a red heart in an Instagram story on Saturday afternoon after fans showed support on social media.

“Let Halsey be who they wanna be!” one fan tweeted, while another wrote, “ok but we literally stan halsey.”

“I could cry I’m so happy,” another wrote with a follower commenting, “no like actually this means so f—king much to me because I’ve been struggling w my gender identity so much lately.”

Halsey, who came out as bisexual in 2015, has spoken out in the past about the stigma bisexuals face from straight people as well as from within the LGBTQ community.

“So if I’m dating a guy I’m straight, and if I date a woman, I’m a lesbian,” they tweeted in 2017. “The only way to be a #True bisexual is to date 2 people at once.”

That same year, the Grammy nominee and Lauren Jauregui, who came out as bisexual in November 2016, collaborated on a song titled “Strangers,” where they both sang about ex-girlfriends.

“This is the first song that I ever wrote where I openly used female pronouns,” Halsey said in an interview with Zach Sang in May 2017.

The “Without Me” singer, whose real name is Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, announced in January that they are pregnant and expecting their first child with boyfriend Alev Aydin, sharing a bare baby bump pic on Instagram.

Halsey has spoken out in the past about their fertility struggles and wanting to be a mom.

The New Jersey native opened up in April 2018 about freezing their eggs and amid a battle with endometriosis.

“Doing ovarian reserve is important for me, because I’m fortunate enough to have that as an option, and I need to be aggressive about protecting my fertility [and] about protecting myself,” Halsey said during an appearance on The Doctors.

“Reproductive illness is so frustrating because it can really make you feel like less of a woman,” they said. “You don’t feel sexy, you don’t feel proud, and you don’t feel like there’s much hope, so taking these measures to make sure that I get to have a hopefully bright future and achieve the things that I want to achieve by doing the ovarian reserve is really important.”

The “Bad at Love” singer previously suffered a miscarriage in 2015.

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On Sunday, March 7, the Recording Academy announced the full list of performers scheduled to hit the stage. In addition to Swift, Styles and the “Up” rapper, BTS, Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish, Chris Martin, Dua Lipa, John Mayer, Maren Morris, Megan Thee Stallion, Miranda Lambert and Post Malone will also perform.

Others set to take the stage include Black Pumas, Brandi Carlile, DaBaby, Doja Cat, Mickey Guyton, Haim, Brittany Howard, Lil Baby and Roddy Ricch.

Originally set for January, the music industry awards show was pushed back by two months amid quarantine concerns. It will be hosted by The Daily Show‘s Trevor Noah.

Before the Grammys kick off at 8 p.m. ET, Jhene Aiko will host the Premiere Ceremony with performances by a number of current Grammy nominees including Burna Boy, Lido Pimienta, Poppy and Rufus Wainwright. The event, which starts at 3 p.m. ET, will be feature a tribute performance celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Marvin Gaye song “Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology).”

The Grammy nominees were announced in November 2020, with Beyoncé leading this year’s list with nine nominations, while Swift, Dua Lipa and Roddy Ricch each scored six nods.

Artists competing for the top prize, Record of the Year, are Beyoncé, Black Pumas, DaBaby featuring Roddy Rich, Doja Cat, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Post Malone and Megan Thee Stallion.

The nominations sparked controversy when The Weeknd was snubbed. The “Blinding Lights” singer slammed the awards show in a tweet for being “corrupt,” and added, “You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency…”

Halsey, Drake and other artists later voiced their support for The Weeknd, with Sir Elton John writing on Instagram, “In my humble opinion……Blinding Lights, Song of the Year Record of the Year.” The 34-time Grammy nominee added the hashtag #GrammySnub.

Justin Bieber, who was nominated for four awards including Best Pop Vocal Album, also threw shade at the Grammys over his album, Changes, being classified as pop and not R&B.

“Please don’t mistake this as me being ungrateful, these are just my thoughts take em or leave em. Thank you to the people who fought for me to even have any noms,” he prefaced a message on Instagram where he noted that he is “flattered to be acknowledged and appreciated for my artistry” but pointed out that he “set out to make an R&B album.”

“Changes was and is an R&B album,” the Canadian singer wrote. “It is not being acknowledged as an R&B album which is very strange to me. I grew up admiring R&B music and wished to make a project that would embody that sound. For this not to be put into that category feels weird considering from the chords to the melodies to the vocal style all the way down to the hip hop drums that were chosen it is undeniably, unmistakably an R&B album!”

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“It’s a girl!” Harry announced as he joined her for the second part of their interview. The British royal admitted it felt “amazing” when he learned the gender: “Just to have a boy and a girl, what more can we ask for? We’ve got our family. We’ve got, you know, the four of us and our two dogs, and it’s great.” The couple added that “two is it” for them and their baby is due in the summer.

The couple announced on Valentine’s Day that they were expecting baby no. 2 after experiencing a devastating miscarriage last July.

“We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother,” a spokesperson for the pair confirmed on February 14 as they shared an adorable black-and-white photo of Harry sitting on the grass in a harden while Meghan lay with her head in his lap and rested her hand on her baby bump. “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to be expecting their second child.”

The happy pregnancy news came four months after the former Suits star revealed in a powerful op-ed for The New York Times that she’d miscarried last summer.

Meghan wrote that after her changing toddler son Archie’s diaper, “I felt a sharp cramp. I dropped to the floor with him in my arms, humming a lullaby to keep us both calm, the cheerful tune a stark contrast to my sense that something was not right. I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second.”

Hours later, as she lay in a hospital bed, Meghan clutched her husband’s hand.

“I felt the clamminess of his palm and kissed his knuckles, wet from both our tears,” she admitted. “Staring at the cold white walls, my eyes glazed over. I tried to imagine how we’d heal.”

But as Meghan revealed her baby bump on Sunday night, she was glowing. “We’re having a baby!” she exclaimed at the start of the two-hour special, explaining that this time around she and Harry knew the sex of the baby.

During her interview, Meghan also talked about the lead-up to Archie’s birth in May 2019, revealing that there were “several conversations” taking place within the palace walls that Harry later related to her.

“In those months when I was pregnant, all around this same time, so we have in tandem the conversation of ‘He won’t be given security. He’s not going to be given a title,’ and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born,” Meghan revealed.

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Meghan was asked about a moment during the lead up to her 2018 wedding to Harry when Kate reportedly was in tears after a disagreement with Meghan over Kate and Prince William‘s daughter Princess Charlotte‘s bridesmaid dress.

“That was a turning point,” Meghan said on Sunday about the news stories that sprang up about the incident six months after it actually happened. “The narrative with Kate, it didn’t happen.” She added that “the reverse happened” and it was the bride-to-be who ended up in tears. “A few days before the wedding she was upset about flower girl dresses and it made me cry. It really hurt my feelings,” she said.

“It was a really hard week of the wedding,” Meghan explained. “And she was upset about something, but she owned it, and she apologized. And she brought me flowers and a note, apologizing. And she did what I would do if I knew that I hurt someone, right, to just take accountability for it.”

“What was hard to get over was being blamed for something that not only I didn’t do but that happened to me,” she continued. “Everyone in the institution knew it wasn’t true…. I’m not sharing that piece about Kate in any way to be disparaging to her. I think it’s really important for people to understand the truth.”

“She’s a good person,” Meghan continued. “And I think so much of what I have seen play out is this idea of polarity, where if you love me, you don’t have to hate her. And if you love her, you don’t need to hate me.”

Asked if she felt she was held to a different standard to the Duchess of Cambridge, Meghan replied, “I don’t know why. I can see now what layers were at play there…. They really seemed to want a narrative of a hero and a villain.”

The former Suits star, 389, and her husband, 36, opened up in the two-hour special about the reasons they decided to step back as senior royals, their new life in California, Meghan’s pregnancy and their future projects.

While Kate, 39, and Meghan seemed to hit it off when the actress was introduced to her as Harry’s girlfriend in January 2017, there were rumors of a growing rift between the pair as the months and years rolled on.

Back in February 2018, the pair were seen laughing together at their first joint royal engagement with Harry and his brother, Prince William, with Harry speaking about the foursome’s close relationship at the time.

“I think it’s really good that we’ve got four different personalities,” he said. “You know, we’ve all got that same passion to want to make a difference. But [we have] different opinions, and I think those opinions work really, really well [together]. Working as a family does have its challenges. Of course it does. … But we’re stuck together for the rest of our lives.” Meghan added that the two couples, who teamed up for their Royal Foundation nonprofit, were “togetherness at its finest.”

A month later, a source told Us Weekly that Meghan and Kate’s relationship had blossomed into a “firmly established, wonderful friendship,” as the future queen helped Meghan to adjust to her future life as a royal.

By the end of 2018, after Harry and Meghan announced they were expecting their first child, reports were circulating that there was a feud between the duchesses.

“Are they the best of friends? No. Do they speak every waking second? No. Do they hate each other? Absolutely not,” an insider told Us. But a second source noted in September 2019 that the pair could never really connect on a deeper level because they are “from two totally different worlds.”

The following month, Harry opened up about a rift with his big brother in a candid interview while the couple and their infant son, Archie, were on a royal tour of Africa, saying that they were on “certainly on different paths at the moment” and had “good days” and “bad days.”

In January 2020, the couples’ relationship took another major hit when Harry and Meghan announced their plans to take a step back from their roles as senior royals. A source told Us at the time that the California native and Kate “barely speak” anymore.

The brothers and their wives saw each other in public for the first time in four months at the Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey in London in March. While Meghan smiled and said hello to Kate and William, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge barely interacted with the couple.

An insider told Us earlier this year that the brothers had reconnected via video chat over the holidays, but “they’d reached an impasse,” with their fractured relationship being “a roller-coaster for everyone involved.”

After news broke that Meghan and Harry were set to do a tell-all TV interview, a source told Us that William and Kate were “appalled.”

“It’s just beyond the pale for William and Kate, especially in light of the dreadful timing with [Harry’s grandfather Prince] Philip in the hospital,” the insider added. “They are utterly aghast.”

In the queen’s Commonwealth Day address, which aired hours ahead of Harry and Meghan’s interview on Sunday, the British monarch called for unity amid difficult times. Royal commentators have suggested that she was sending a message not only to all the countries of the Commonwealth but to members of her own family.

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“Just in case you were wondering… I love being a mommy!” the singer, 36, captioned an Instagram Stories pic along with two crying emojis. The photo showed her wearing a black skirt and white long-sleeve T-shirt as she toted her boy in a baby carrier on her chest.

Us Weekly confirmed on February 24 that the former American Idol contestant and her Grammy-winning husband, David Foster, had welcomed their first child.

“Kat McPhee and David Foster are the proud parents of a baby boy,” her rep confirmed to Us, with a source telling Us that “everything went well. Mom and baby are healthy.”

Us confirmed in October that McPhee was pregnant with the music producer’s sixth child. The Canada native, 71, shares daughter Amy, 47, with first wife B.J. Cook, and Sara, 40, Erin, 38, and Jordan, 34, with second wife Rebecca Dyer. His eldest child, Allison, 50, was given up for adoption but they later reconnected when she was an adult.

The couple’s baby news came a month after a source exclusively told Us that the couple were “definitely trying” to have a baby.

McPhee, who previously battled an eating disorder, revealed in an interview earlier this month that she’d worried about a relapse while pregnant.

The Smash alum admitted on “Dr. Berlin’s Informed Pregnancy Podcast” that “body-issue stuff” was her “biggest challenge.”

“It just suddenly came up in a way that hadn’t been present in a long time,” she said in the interview that aired on Monday, March 1. “Feeling like there was a relapse after getting pregnant was shocking and upsetting and concerning for me because I was suddenly so obsessed with food, starting from this first trimester, and I had such a distortion of the way that I looked.”

McPhee, who gained about 40 pounds during her pregnancy, reached out to a psychiatrist for help and said that she is now “OK” with her body being “a little thicker.”

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“This meghan markle s—t is hitting too close to home for me,” the Lip Sync Battle cohost, 35, tweeted on Friday, March 5. “These people won’t stop until she miscarries. f—king stop it.”

Teigen and Markle, 39, who is pregnant with her second child with Harry after a miscarriage last year, met when they were both models on the game show Deal or No Deal in 2007.

The former Sports Illustrated cover girl spoke to the Daily Mail in November 2018 about her admiration for the former Suits star.

“I am especially a fan of Meghan,” she told the outlet. “I was on Deal or No Deal with her and she was lovely. Now everyone asks me what she was like and I say, ‘Sorry, no dirt. She’s gorgeous.'”

“I love the freshness she brings, and her cookbook Together [featuring recipes from women affected by London’s Grenfell Tower fire] is my only pre-order of the year. It’s beautifully done and you can tell how important it is to her,” she continued. “You see how she interacts with people and gets down to eye level with kids.”

Teigen previously defended her pal on social media, calling out the California native’s estranged father, Thomas Markle, in July 2018.

“This guy… this guy sucks,” she tweeted after the former lighting director slammed his daughter in the press. “What is wrong with him? Let your daughter be happy, please. This is embarrassing.”

Teigen is one of many of Meghan’s celebrity friends speaking out in defense of her days before her no-holds-barred interview with Prince Harry airs on CBS on Sunday, March 7.

Buckingham Palace announced earlier this week that it is conducting an official investigation into claims published by The Times that Meghan bullied royal aides before she and Harry stepped down as senior members of the royal family and moved to the U.S. last year.

A rep for Meghan said in a statement to Us Weekly on Tuesday, March 2, that “the Duchess is saddened by this latest attack on her character, particularly as someone who has been the target of bullying herself and is deeply committed to supporting those who have experienced pain and trauma.”

Her spokesperson added that Meghan “is determined to continue her work building compassion around the world and will keep striving to set an example for doing what is right and doing what is good.”

Her former Suits costars and other friends including the show’s creator, Aaron Korsh, and executive producer Silver Tree have taken to social media to share heartwarming stories about Meghan amid the attacks in the press.

Patrick J. Adams, who played her onscreen love interest, Mike Ross, for seven seasons, posted a lengthy message on Twitter about his pal, calling her, “enthusiastic, kind, cooperative, giving, joyful and supportive.”

“She has always been a powerful woman with a deep sense of morality and a fierce work ethic and has never been afraid to speak up, be heard and defend herself and those she holds dear. Like the rest of the world, I have watched her navigate the last few years in astonishment,” he continued before directing his anger toward the trolls who have targeted her since she married Harry.

“It sickened me to read the endless racist, slanderous, clickbaiting vitriol spewed in her direction from all manner of media across the UK and the world,” the 39-year-old wrote. “But I also knew that Meghan was stronger than people realized or understood and they would regret underestimating her.”

Adams also took aim at the British royal family, calling it “obscene” that the palace “is promoting and amplifying accusations of ‘bullying’ against a woman who herself was basically forced to [flee] the U.K. in order protect her family and her own mental health.”

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The Transformers star, 34, wore a midriff-baring crop top, a black jacket and jeans for the outing, while Kelly, 30, was dressed in all black with his hair in pigtails.

Lavigne, 36, donned a black sweatshirt from her Abbey Dawn clothing line and leather pants, while her rapper boyfriend, 33, had a neon-green mohawk and a face mask promoting his latest album, Internet Killed the Rockstar.

Us Weekly confirmed last month that the “Complicated” singer was dating Mod Sun after they worked together on the song “Flames.”

The Minnesota native, who previously dated Tana Mongeau and Bella Thorne, made their relationship official by getting a neck tattoo of Lavigne’s name, which he debuted on February 4.

Mod Sun, whose real name is Derek Ryan Smith, previously raved about the “Sk8er Boi” singer in January, after their collaboration on “Flames.”

“Avril Lavigne has one of my favorite voices in music,” he said, according to Entertainment Tonight Canada. “It’s so strong and confident, yet filled with emotion and one-of-a-kind inflections that only her voice can do.”

“This song holds a lot more weight than meets the eye. There’s a very deep message within it,” he added.

Lavigne, who was previously married to Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley and Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, told the outlet that she and Mod Sun “had an immediate connection from the first day in the studio.”

“He’s an incredible artist and producer,” she continued, saying that their single “is the first of many.”

Lavigne teased a collaboration with MGK and Mod Sun at the end of December, posting photos on Instagram of the trio working together in the studio. “So are we ready for new music in the new year or what? Lemme know…..” she captioned the pics. The Grammy nominee is currently working on the follow-up to her 2019 album, Head Above Water.

Kelly and Fox, meanwhile, met on the set of their upcoming film, Midnight in the Switchgrass. Us Weekly revealed in June 2020 that the pair were “officially dating” one month after her husband, Brian Austin Green, confirmed their split after nearly 10 years together. The pair share three sons, Noah, 8, Bodhi, 7, and Journey, 4. The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum filed for divorce in November.

A source told Us in February that the “Bloody Valentine” singer is “super into” Fox and thinks he is “the luckiest guy in the world.”

“MGK thinks Megan is different than the other A-listers he’s dated,” a source told Us exclusively. “He thinks she is a total bombshell in every way and basically worships the ground she walks on.”

While the pair denied engagement rumors in January, the insider added that Kelly, whose real name is Richard Colson Baker, “would marry her in a heartbeat,” but Fox “isn’t in any rush to get married again right now.”

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When the couple relaunched the website at the end of last year, they shared two childhood photos with their mothers. “I am my mother’s son. And I am our son’s mother. Together we bring you Archewell,” a letter from the pair read at the time. “We believe in the best of humanity. Because we have seen the best of humanity. We have experienced compassion and kindness, From our mothers and strangers alike.”

Now the photos of Harry, 36, and his mom and Meghan, 39, and her mother, Doria Ragland, have been replaced by a pic of the couple doing charity work for Baby2Baby in L.A. last year amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“Compassion in Action,” the homepage statement now reads. “Welcome to Archewell. Through our non-profit work, as well as creative activations, we drive systemic cultural change across all communities, one act of compassion at a time.”

The change to the Archewell website comes less than two weeks after Queen Elizabeth II released a statement confirming that Harry and Meghan have made their royal step down permanent, a year after they first announced their plans.

“Following conversations with the duke, the queen has written confirming that in stepping away from the work of the royal family it is not possible to continue with the responsibilities and duties that come with a life of public service,” the queen’s statement read on February 19. “The honorary military appointments and royal patronages held by the duke and duchess will therefore be returned to Her Majesty before being redistributed among working members of the royal family.”

The British monarch added, “While we are all saddened by their decision, the duke and duchess remain much-loved embers of the family.”

In a statement to Us Weekly that same day, a spokesperson for the couple, who share son Archie, 21 months, and are expecting their second child, said: “As evidenced by their work over the past year, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex remain committed to their duty and service to the U.K. and around the world and have offered their continued support to the organizations they have represented regardless of official role. We can all live a life of service. Service is universal.”

A source later told Us that Harry and Meghan “finally feel free” after making their royal step back official and feel like “they have so much to look forward to.”

“Obviously, they’ll lose royal patronages, but understand that they can’t have it both ways. And from their point of view, it’s not the end of the world,” the source added. “They’ve already made their mark in the U.S. and will continue being philanthropists, working with charities that are close to their heart — veterans, mental health, homelessness, Black Lives Matter and more.”

Harry said in an interview with James Corden on Thursday, February 25, that the couple made the difficult decision to separate from the royal family due to the “toxic” treatment of his wife at the hands of the British press. “It was never walking away, it was stepping back rather than stepping down,” he said on The Late Late Show With James Corden, adding that the situation “was destroying my mental health.”

Referring to the royal family, he said, “As far as I’m concerned, whatever decisions are made on that side, I will never walk away.”

The couple are set to do a televised sit-down interview and discuss their new lives and endeavors as well as parenthood and Meghan’s pregnancy on Sunday, March 7.

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The news was announced on Saturday, February 27, with the former NFL star revealing the news on Instagram. “IT’S OFFICIAL: I’ve accepted the Rose and am honored to be hosting the @bachelorabc After the Final Rose this year,” he captioned a photo that showed him holding a single red rose. “It’s been a pivotal season, and this episode will hopefully be one of the most storied shows in TV history. Empathy is needed and change is coming. Share the news! I’ll see y’all then!”

“Happy for you bro!” former Bachelorette contestant Bryan Abasolo commented on the post. “I have no doubt you will do a fantastic job!”

“Best news, so happy for you!” wrote Bachelor Nation’s Becca Kufrin, while Nick Viall and Mike Johnson also offered up their congrats.

The 30-year-old’s hosting gig comes after Harrison announced earlier this month that he was temporarily stepping down as Bachelor host for AFTR after controversy over his comments supporting Bachelor contestant Rachael Kirkconnell amid an outcry over her past racist actions.

“This historic season of The Bachelor should not be marred or overshadowed by my mistakes or diminished by my actions,” Harrison wrote in a statement on Instagram on February 13. “To that end, I have consulted with Warner Bros. and ABC and will be stepping aside for a period of time and will not join for the After the Final Rose special. I am dedicated to getting educated on a more profound and productive level than ever before.”

Harrison made headlines on February 9 when he addressed the allegations against Kirkconnell during an Extra interview with former Bachelorette lead Rachel Lindsay.

“First and foremost, I don’t know [exactly what’s going on]. I haven’t talked to Rachael about it, we all need to have a little grace, a little understanding, a little compassion,” he told Lindsay, 35. “I have seen some stuff online. Again, this judge, jury, executioner thing where people are just tearing this girl’s life apart. … Until I actually hear this woman have a chance to speak, who am I to say any of this.”

After he was called out by Bachelor Nation alums and others, Harrison apologized for “speaking in a manner that perpetuates racism.”

Kirkconnell also released a statement about her past actions, which included “liking” photos with the Confederate flag in the background and attending an antebellum-themed party on a former plantation in 2018.

“I’m here to say I was wrong,” she wrote on Instagram on February 11. “At one point, I didn’t recognize how offensive and racist my actions were, but that doesn’t excuse them. My age or when it happened does not excuse anything. They are not acceptable or okay in any sense. I was ignorant, but my ignorance was racist.”

As host of the live After the Final Rose special, which airs right after The Bachelor finale on Monday, March 15, Acho will be speaking to Matt James about his journey as well as talking to Kirkconnell and her fellow finalists Michelle Young and Bri Springs.

“I love being a bridge for reconciliation,” Acho wrote on Instagram on Saturday. “Our world is disconnected & divided, my goal is to unify.”

The Bachelor airs on ABC Mondays at 8 p.m. ET.

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“1st postpartum OOTD- I don’t know who needs to hear this but it’s been 7 weeks since I gave birth and my maternity jeans are still the only ones that fit me,” the Vanderpump Rules alum, 32, captioned a mirror selfie. “I’m also wearing spanx to hold in what looks like a 4 month pregnant belly.”

“I thought it would be way easier to bounce back, and everyday I wake up like a kid on Christmas morning hoping that when I look in the mirror, I’m going to see my pre-pregnant body once again and that obvs never happens,” she continued. “But also how f–ked up is it that I’m so obsessed with bouncing back when my body has just made, housed and delivered a baby?”

The Next Level Basic author, who welcomed her first child with husband Beau Clark on January 7, admitted that her body issues “consume my thoughts about 97% of the day, and it is a major hole I struggle to dig myself out of.”

“We’re told we have to eat enough calories to breastfeed but don’t overdo it because then we won’t get our bodies back. All the while I’m trying to stay mentally and emotionally healthy for my baby, my husband and myself,” Schroeder continued. “I’ve read some kind dm’s from people telling me to give myself grace but I’m not gonna lie, I truly don’t know how to give myself grace and that’s a depressing fact. I also feel like an a–hole for complaining about my body when I was given the most perfect baby. Totally wish I wasn’t so vain, but unfortunately I am. All I can say is thank the lord shirt jackets are in. Hope this helped at least one other postpartum mama feel a little less alone today. On a positive note, my Chanel sling backs fit.”

The former reality TV star got a lot of supportive comments from her followers and friends including Katie Maloney who wrote, “You are beautiful!!!!” Pregnant Brittany Cartwright added, “You look gorgeous boo!!” while her husband, Jax Taylor, added that Schroeder looks “amazing.”

“You look beautiful,” Real Housewives of Dallas star Stephanie Hollman commented on the post. The Bravo star, who has two kids, Chance and Cruz, with husband Travis Hollman, added, “Give yourself a break because it takes time to feel like yourself again. Just enjoy this moment with your sweet girl because it goes by so fast.”

Earlier this month, Schroeder raved about motherhood. “I still can’t get over how lucky I am to be her mama and I pray every night that she always knows how loved she is,” she wrote on Instagram. “I’m now one of those moms who constantly walks around saying, ‘Can you stop growing already?!’ … I can’t believe how fast time flies now that she’s here. So far, she has been an absolute freaking dream (knocking on wood.) She’s chill, curious, makes the cutest judgy AF face and loves morning baby massages.”

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“I don’t think I ever took my shirt off in a pool until I was in my mid 30s even in front of family and friends. Probably would have happened sooner if my childhood insecurities weren’t exacerbated by years of public mockery about my body by press and interviewers,” the two-time Oscar nominee wrote alongside a story that showed him surfing and later removing his wetsuit. “So the idea that the media tries to play me by stalking me while surfing and printing photos like this and it can’t phase me anymore is dope. I’m 37 and finally love and accept myself. This isn’t a ‘good for me’ post. And it’s definitely not a ‘feel bad for me post’. It’s for the kids who don’t take their shirt off at the pool. Have fun. You’re wonderful and awesome and perfect. All my love.”

Hill, added a note to the outlet, writing, “not even you can take that smile from my face ;)”

A slew of the actor’s celebrity pals added supportive comments to his honest post, with Superbad producer Judd Apatow writing, “When I take my shirt off at the beach it looks like I am still wearing a shirt…or sweater. Now I will show it off with pride!”

“You are a G!!! And my spirit animal! Love you, bro!” Justin Timberlake added.

“You continue to be the very best,” Mindy Kaling commented, while Hill’s sister, Beanie Feldstein, wrote, “You’re the best in the world i love you.”

More than 800,000 people liked the post, with one fan writing, “I’m in my early 20’s and can’t take my shirt off in front of anyone besides my girlfriend. I’m working on getting more secure about my physical appearance but it’s extremely hard. I don’t see a lot of men be open about their insecurities especially physical ones so thank you for posting this and being an inspiration.”

Hill previously spoke about his struggle with his weight and body image in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres in October 2018.

“I think everybody has a version of themselves ― I call it, like, a snapshot, let’s say, at some point in your life, of the person you are. You’re trying to kind of hide from the world or makes you feel a certain way, and even if you get success or you grow up or you become good-looking or whatever … you kind of carry some part of that with you,” he said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show while promoting Mid90s, a coming-of-age movie he wrote and directed. “For me, it’s definitely being like this 14-year-old kid, being overweight, wanting to fit in with these skaters and hip-hop kids, and just feeling lonely and maybe not understanding my own worth.”

“I became famous in my late teens and then spent most of my young adult life listening to people say I was fat, gross, and unattractive,” he said. “And it’s only in the last four years writing and directing my movie, Mid90s, that I’ve started to understand how much that hurt and got into my head.”

“I’m under construction like we all are, you know what I mean?” the Wolf of Wall Street star added. “We’re all just trying to figure it out.”

Hill previously revealed a slimmed-down figure in 2011, but he gained 40 lbs for his role in War Dogs four years later. He later got help from a nutritionist and support from his 21 Jump Street costar Channing Tatum to lose the weight.

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“Collecting memories 🤍,” the hairstylist, 39, captioned a photo that showed her holding some shells in her left hand and revealing a ring on her ring finger. But that wasn’t the only thing visible in the beach picture — a man could be seen in the background. Eagle-eyed fans pointed out that the owner of those feet had gold nail polish, which the former NFL player has been rocking since losing a bet earlier this week.

“I know whose feet those are!” one fan commented, while another wrote, “Gold toes and a ring on that wedding finger.”

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Moss, 32, also shared pics and a video from the same beach on Sunday. “Never Gets Old,” he captioned a pic overlooking the pool at the Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota, Florida.

The Bachelor Nation Scoop Instagram account also posted a photo of the couple wearing swimsuits as they strolled by the pool holding hands.

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The pair, who got engaged just two weeks into filming season 16 of The Bachelorette last year, split in January, with Moss confirming the news via Instagram on January 19.

“I wanted nothing more than to make this relationship work, and I put my heart and soul into it each and every day,” he explained in an Instagram Story. “And I wanted nothing more than to build a healthy relationship.”

Days later he cried during an Instagram Live, telling fans that he has been “f—king hurting a lot” amid the breakup. Crawley also revealed in her own social media posts that she was struggling with anxiety following the end of their engagement.

But less than a month later, they were spotted together in Florida, holding hands while walking down the street and getting drinks together at Nokomo’s Sunset Hut in Nokomis, Florida, on Tuesday, February 16. The following day, an eyewitness told Us they “100 percent” looked like a couple as they sat together at Rosebud’s Steak & Seafood House in Osprey, Florida. “They’re definitely in love,” the eyewitness added, noting that Crawley had her hands resting on Moss.

Us confirmed on Friday that the couple are giving their relationship another try.

“Dale has been pretty secretive with friends when they’re asking if he’s back with Clare, but it’s obvious to everyone that they’re back together,” an insider told Us exclusively. “They’re just figuring things out and enjoying spending time together.”

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