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		<title>Katy Perry Pregnant with Justin Trudeau&#8217;s Baby: The Rumor &#038; The Truth</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="169" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2025/07/0729_katyperry_header-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2025/07/0729_katyperry_header-300x169.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2025/07/0729_katyperry_header-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2025/07/0729_katyperry_header-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2025/07/0729_katyperry_header-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2025/07/0729_katyperry_header-728x410.jpg 728w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2025/07/0729_katyperry_header-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2025/07/0729_katyperry_header-1080x608.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2025/07/0729_katyperry_header-1200x675.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /></div>
<p><span class="span-reading-time rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time"> 3</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span>Is Katy Perry pregnant? Congratulations, jokes, and jeers flooded social media following a report about her and Justin Trudeau.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/katy-perry-pregnant-justin-trudeau-fans/">Katy Perry Pregnant with Justin Trudeau&#8217;s Baby: The Rumor &amp; The Truth</a> was originally published on <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com">The Hollywood Gossip</a>.</p>
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<p>In recent months, <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2025/12/katy-perry-justin-trudeau-partner-christmas-photo/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau&#8217;s relationship</a> has grown increasingly serious.</p>



<p>What began as a joke-prompting dinner date and a random entanglement has clearly blossomed into something more.</p>



<p>Now, a report has come out claiming that the singer is pregnant.</p>



<p>Is this true? Here&#8217;s everything that we know.</p>


<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="623" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_01-1024x623.jpg" alt="Katy Perry in April 2025." class="wp-image-548996" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_01-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_01-300x182.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_01-768x467.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_01-2048x1246.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_01-960x584.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_01-1080x657.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_01-1200x730.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Singer Katy Perry attends the 11th Breakthrough Prize ceremony at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, on April 5, 2025.<span class="image-caption-credit"> (Photo Credit: MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images)</span></figcaption></figure>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-is-katy-perry-secretly-katy-pregnante">Is Katy Perry secretly Katy Pregnante?</h2>



<p>In February, a bold announcement took social media by storm.</p>



<p>The tweet showed a photo of Perry and Trudeau, one that appeared to show the two decked out in winter gear to enjoy this gorgeous weather.</p>



<p>It was the caption, however, that drew people&#8217;s attention.</p>



<p>&#8220;Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau are expecting their first child together,&#8221; the tweet reads.</p>



<p>As you can imagine, this elicited quite a reaction.</p>



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨 Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau are expecting their first child together. <a href="https://t.co/w02GJIyhba">pic.twitter.com/w02GJIyhba</a></p>&mdash; Pop Drug (@PopDrug) <a href="https://twitter.com/PopDrug/status/2024436094914482530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



<p>Some bombarded the once-surprising power couple with congratulations.</p>



<p>Others expressed judgement &#8212; for having a pregnancy so soon after kicking off their relationship just last summer.</p>



<p>Many of the replies were, as always, filtered by people&#8217;s opinions of these famous and famously hot people. </p>



<p>However, others stopped to question the source of the news. And its validity, of course.</p>



<p>Pop Drug, which tweeted the announcement, isn&#8217;t <em>TMZ </em>or <em>The Hollywood Reporter</em> or <em>People </em>or even, say, <em>Deuxmoi</em>. Is the pregnancy news even true?</p>


<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_02-1024x683.jpg" alt="Katy Perry rides some sort of giant metal insect in 2025." class="wp-image-548997" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_02-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_02-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Katy Perry performs onstage during the Katy Perry The Lifetimes Tour 2025 at CDMX Arena on April 23, 2025.<span class="image-caption-credit"> (Photo Credit: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Katy Perry)</span></figcaption></figure>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-there-is-no-credible-evidence-to-support-the-pregnancy-claim">There is no credible evidence to support the pregnancy claim</h2>



<p>Katy Perry has not made an announcement to this effect.</p>



<p>Justin Trudeau has not made an announcement to this effect.</p>



<p>No first-to-know tabloids &#8212; the sorts of well-connected operations that directly contact verified sources or might get tips directly from hospital staff or employees of celebrities &#8212; have made a report.</p>



<p>We&#8217;re not even seeing lesser-known sites claiming to have harder-to-verify reports to this effect.</p>



<p>Could Perry be pregnant? Sure, probably. In her early 40s, it would be a geriatric pregnancy, but probably possible. But <em>possible </em>doesn&#8217;t mean that it&#8217;s happening.</p>



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<p>It is pretty important for everyone to vet their reports a little more closely.</p>



<p>Even if you aren&#8217;t familiar with a publication, most will cite their sources &#8212; allowing you to trace a rumor back to its origin.</p>



<p>We here at <em>THG </em>will discuss entertainment news rumors like this one and provide all of the information that we have on hand.</p>



<p>In fact, it seems that way may have inspired this apparent social media prank was simply the above <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DUlpAXkAXpG/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram</a> post by Perry.</p>



<p>&#8220;Let love be the revolution,&#8221; she wrote alongside a series of photos &#8212; some featuring Trudeau.</p>


<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_03-1024x683.jpg" alt="Katy Perry on stage in 2025." class="wp-image-548998" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_03-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_03-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_03-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/02/0220_katyperry_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Katy Perry performs onstage during the Katy Perry The Lifetimes Tour 2025 at CDMX Arena on April 23, 2025.<span class="image-caption-credit"> (Photo Credit: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Katy Perry)</span></figcaption></figure>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-not-every-bit-of-disinformation-has-a-motive">Not every bit of disinformation has a motive</h2>



<p>Obviously, there are times when people flood social media with fake news to rot people&#8217;s hearts and minds to win elections or promote a business or <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2025/08/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-smear-campaign-bombshell/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">wage a smear campaign</a>.</p>



<p>But people will also just post brazen lies (or unproven rumors) on social media for its own sake.</p>



<p>Some people are pranksters at heart. </p>



<p>If Perry and Trudeau decide to have a kid, we have a feeling that the world will learn of it through credible reports or by their own announcement.</p>



<p>In the meantime, it&#8217;s wise to double-check whose post you&#8217;re reading before you take it at face value. (Also, it is 2026 &#8212; stop reading tweets altogether!)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/katy-perry-pregnant-justin-trudeau-fans/">Katy Perry Pregnant with Justin Trudeau&#8217;s Baby: The Rumor &amp; The Truth</a> was originally published on <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com">The Hollywood Gossip</a>.</p>
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<p><span class="span-reading-time rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time"> 2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span>She wasn't always the mother of two famous footballers. In fact, she previously had a different name.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/donna-kelce-divorced-relationship-history-explained/">Donna Kelce Divorced: Her History of Marriage, Explained</a> was originally published on <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com">The Hollywood Gossip</a>.</p>
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<p>Donna Kelce wasn&#8217;t always her name. </p>



<p>And there was a time before she brought football titans Jason and Travis Kelce into the world, let alone became Taylor Swift&#8217;s mother-in-law.</p>



<p>Having watched her sons find love, what was Donna&#8217;s history of marriage and divorce?</p>



<p>Let&#8217;s take a look.</p>


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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-she-s-one-of-the-most-famous-moms-on-the-planet">She&#8217;s one of the most famous moms on the planet</h2>



<p>Donna Blalock was born on October 9, 1952.</p>



<p>She grew up in a small house in downtown Cleveland, living below her grandparents.</p>



<p>Against her father&#8217;s wishes, she got into sports. </p>



<p>Donna then became the first in her family to graduate from college, going on to earn an MBA.</p>



<p>But it was at a Cleveland bar when she met the man who would change the direction of her life forever.</p>



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<p>At Fagan&#8217;s, a bar in Cleveland, she met a man by the name of Ed Kelce.</p>



<p>Donna was actually supposed to be going on a date with someone else that day.</p>



<p>Ed used a pickup line that made her laugh, and they ended up spending hours talking &#8212; even moving to a second bar in the process.</p>



<p>This was in the late 1970s, which was also when they married.</p>



<p>They would remain a couple for decades.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-the-marriage-did-not-last">The marriage did not last</h2>



<p>Donna worked in banking, traveling to multiple states for work.</p>



<p>She was something of a breadwinner. This role would leave an important impression on her sons.</p>



<p>In 1987, the couple welcomed Jason Kelce, who rose to fame playing football for a team called the Philadelphia Eagles.</p>



<p>Then, in 1989, the couple welcomed Travis Kelce, who arguably rose to the most fame through <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/06/madison-square-garden-confirmed-as-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-wedding-venue-bizarre-choice-sparks-confusion-online/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Taylor Swift</a>. He is also a football player, playing for the Kansas City Chiefs.</p>



<p>In 2022, Travis and Jason made history as the first brothers to play against each other in the Super Bowl. Notably, this was when Donna began to rise as a public figure, due to media attention.</p>



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<p>After decades together &#8212; about 25 years total, it&#8217;s reported &#8212; Donna and Ed divorced.</p>



<p>They had both known that it was coming for a while. The marriage simply wasn&#8217;t working.</p>



<p>However, they had opted to remain married until both sons were adults and off to college.</p>



<p>This is not always a good strategy. In some cases, it leads to toxic home lives and can skew their children&#8217;s adult relationships.</p>



<p>But, it seems to have worked out pretty well for the Kelce family &#8212; especially given Travis and Jason&#8217;s <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/01/travis-kelce-misses-taylor-swift-reference/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">relationships</a>. Donna says that she and Ed remain good friends to this day.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/donna-kelce-divorced-relationship-history-explained/">Donna Kelce Divorced: Her History of Marriage, Explained</a> was originally published on <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com">The Hollywood Gossip</a>.</p>
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		<title>Kylie Jenner: Did She Ruin Her Brand With &#8216;Pervert Glasses&#8217; Ads?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Delott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="169" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_kyliejenner_header-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Kylie Jenner in March 2026." style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_kyliejenner_header-300x169.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_kyliejenner_header-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_kyliejenner_header-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_kyliejenner_header-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_kyliejenner_header-728x410.jpg 728w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_kyliejenner_header-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_kyliejenner_header-1080x608.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_kyliejenner_header-1200x675.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /></div>
<p><span class="span-reading-time rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time"> 3</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span>Kylie's partnership with a controversial and largely unwanted surveillance technology is not going over well, including with her fans.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/kylie-jenner-meta-pervert-glasses-ad-controversy/">Kylie Jenner: Did She Ruin Her Brand With &#8216;Pervert Glasses&#8217; Ads?</a> was originally published on <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com">The Hollywood Gossip</a>.</p>
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<p>Early this summer, Kylie Jenner ignited controversy by advertising Meta&#8217;s AI-powered wearable tech.</p>



<p>Already embattled by a <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/06/kylie-jenner-sued-private-chef-miscarriage-working-conditions/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">series of lawsuits</a>, it was a blow to her public image that many fans could not ignore.</p>



<p>Some wonder why Kylie said yes to a slop advertisement for a product that society does not want.</p>



<p>Others want to know if the makeup mogul has tanked her brand irreparably.</p>


<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="694" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_kyliejenner_01-1024x694.jpg" alt="Kylie Jenner in March 2026." class="wp-image-561144" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_kyliejenner_01-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_kyliejenner_01-300x203.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_kyliejenner_01-768x521.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_kyliejenner_01-2048x1389.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_kyliejenner_01-960x651.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_kyliejenner_01-1080x732.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_kyliejenner_01-1200x814.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Kylie Jenner attends the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 15, 2026.<span class="image-caption-credit"> (Photo Credit: Jamie McCarthy/WireImage)</span></figcaption></figure>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-if-you-don-t-need-the-money-why-would-you-advertise-surveillance-tech">If you don&#8217;t need the money, why would you advertise surveillance tech?</h2>



<p>Early this summer, Kylie appeared in a bleak advertisement for &#8220;Meta Glasses.&#8221;</p>



<p>Widely dubbed the &#8220;<a href="https://www.engadget.com/2212604/the-meta-glasses-backlash-is-changing-how-or-if-people-use-them/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">pervert glasses</a>,&#8221; these wearable devices offer users the ability to record everything that they see, linked to the increasingly reviled AI slop tech.</p>



<p>In the video, Kylie takes viewers through her life, as if she wears this surveillance tech regularly.</p>



<p>Nothing in her life or home is relatable. Additionally, anyone watching this video without knowledge of Kylie&#8217;s life would have no idea that she has two children.</p>



<p>If it were for a benign product, Kylie&#8217;s ad would be anodyne. But pushing the <em>pervert glasses </em>didn&#8217;t go over well with the fans who once followed her every word.</p>



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<p>If we backtrack a decade, Kylie wasn&#8217;t a mom yet. She was still a teenager &#8212; and was still one of the most influential people on the planet.</p>



<p>(She still is &#8230; but she&#8217;s fallen several rungs as her life grows increasingly less relatable <em>and </em>less aspirational to her target audience.)</p>



<p>In 2016, Kylie was the queen of Snapchat, an app that still gets use (albeit nothing like it did a decade ago).</p>



<p>At that time, she would still do Instagram endorsements &#8212; including for controversial products like tummy teas (tea that helps you lose weight by sending you to the bathroom). She reportedly sold these endorsements for 7-figure paydays.</p>



<p>Once Kylie became pregnant with Stormi in 2017, she largely hid from the public. And, truth be told, her brand has never truly recovered from this prolonged absence and an abrupt shift in her priorities as a <em>very </em>young mom.</p>



<blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:v3d2cw6lhzcojtr3fng2so3c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2harmid22h" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreibxfixra5s3kdm2hj74tlshu4bemapw4y6ntforqr5s52am56idha" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="dark"><p lang="en">We were sick of the Kylie Jenner ads for pervert glasses on the tube by Meta + Ray-Ban so here’s a more accurate one x<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3d2cw6lhzcojtr3fng2so3c/post/3mt2harmid22h?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p>&mdash; Everyone Hates Elon (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3d2cw6lhzcojtr3fng2so3c?ref_src=embed">@everyonehateselon.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v3d2cw6lhzcojtr3fng2so3c/post/3mt2harmid22h?ref_src=embed">August 14, 2026 at 11:16 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-is-this-a-breaking-point-for-kylie-s-personal-brand">Is this a breaking point for Kylie&#8217;s personal brand?</h2>



<p>In late 2015, Kylie Jenner launched Lip Kit by Kylie, which soon evolved into Kylie Cosmetics just a few months later.</p>



<p>It is that company more than anything else (aside from being born into a colossally wealthy family) that helped catapult her to billionaire status.</p>



<p>There is no question that, as with other celebrity makeup brands, Kylie Cosmetics owes much of its success due to her endorsement, her name, and the association with her brand.</p>



<p>That was at launch. Since then, the company has taken on a life of its own. </p>



<p>(Of course, it was also later &#8212; quietly &#8212; reported that the company was overvalued at the time.)</p>



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<p>There&#8217;s actually a fantastic Matt Bernstein piece on Kylie advertising the pervert glasses.</p>



<p>(It also touches upon her boyfriend&#8217;s advertisement for Kalshi, which seems equally soulless and equally inexcusable.)</p>



<p>One major thing to note is that Kylie is someone who knows the value of privacy. She can afford to live in an enclave where she only appears on camera when she wishes. </p>



<p><em>Most people</em> who have to go to work, to school, shopping, and more do not have that luxury. They can be covertly filmed on these creepy devices. And some creeps might feed these images into other AI slop programs, producing <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/meghan-markle-prince-harry-skewer-elon-musk-grok-crimes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">&#8220;nudified&#8221;</a> renderings of innocent people &#8212; including children.</p>



<p>Can Kylie&#8217;s reputation survive this? Can her brand? That will be up to friends. And, perhaps, up to how long people associate Kylie with a technology that no one really wants.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/kylie-jenner-meta-pervert-glasses-ad-controversy/">Kylie Jenner: Did She Ruin Her Brand With &#8216;Pervert Glasses&#8217; Ads?</a> was originally published on <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com">The Hollywood Gossip</a>.</p>
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		<title>Oprah Bashes Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil: I Have Nothing to Do With Them!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="200" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2256159834-300x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Oprah Winfrey takes part in an In Conversation on hers and Dr. Ania M. Jastreboff&#039;s book Enough at 92Y on January 13, 2026 in New York City." style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2256159834-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2256159834-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2256159834-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2256159834-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2256159834-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2256159834-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2256159834-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /></div>
<p><span class="span-reading-time rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time"> 2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span>Oprah is distancing herself from Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/oprah-bashes-dr-oz-dr-phil-i-have-nothing-to-do-with-them/">Oprah Bashes Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil: I Have Nothing to Do With Them!</a> was originally published on <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com">The Hollywood Gossip</a>.</p>
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<p>Oprah Winfrey is finally addressing the criticism she has faced over the years for helping launch the careers of Dr. Phil McGraw and Dr. Mehmet Oz.</p>



<p>Both men became familiar faces on <em>The Oprah Winfrey Show</em> before eventually landing their own daytime talk shows. </p>



<p>But their careers have taken some very different turns since then &#8212; particularly when it comes to politics.</p>


<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2256159834-1024x683.jpg" alt="Oprah Winfrey takes part in an In Conversation on hers and Dr. Ania M. Jastreboff's book Enough at 92Y on January 13, 2026 in New York City. " class="wp-image-561165" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2256159834-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2256159834-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2256159834-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2256159834-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2256159834-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2256159834-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2256159834-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Oprah Winfrey takes part in an In Conversation on hers and Dr. Ania M. Jastreboff&#8217;s book Enough at 92Y on January 13, 2026 in New York City. <span class="image-caption-credit"> (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)</span></figcaption></figure>



<p>During a recent interview with <em><a href="https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/oprah-winfrey-show" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Emmy Magazine</a></em>, Oprah was asked about the criticism surrounding her decision to give both men a national platform.</p>



<p>“People criticize me for Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz, because of their politics or their views,” Winfrey acknowledged.</p>



<p>But Oprah isn&#8217;t exactly taking responsibility for the paths her former proteges chose to follow.</p>



<p>“Everybody has their own path in life, and it has not one thing to do with me, and I don’t have one thing to do with them,” she said.</p>



<p>Winfrey explained that her original decision to feature the two men had nothing to do with politics.</p>



<p>Instead, she genuinely believed they had something valuable to offer her viewers.</p>



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<p>“At the time, the reason and intention behind me giving them their breaks was I thought they had valuable information to share that had been meaningful to me,” she explained.</p>



<p>In Dr. Phil&#8217;s case, Winfrey said the two became acquainted during her 1998 legal battle over comments she made about beef and mad cow disease.</p>



<p>McGraw supported her during the lengthy trial, and Oprah was impressed by his practical approach.</p>



<p>“He was so practical, so down to earth, so real,” she recalled. “I thought, ‘Oh, you could help a lot of people. You should come on my show.’”</p>



<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2021/03/dr-ozs-jeopardy-hosting-gig-sparks-protest-trebek-is-rolling-in/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dr. Oz entered the picture</a> several years later after being introduced to Winfrey by her longtime friend Gayle King.</p>



<p>The television personality said she appreciated Oz&#8217;s ability to explain complicated medical subjects in terms that she could understand.</p>



<p>“He explained practical things like colon cancer and bowel movements,” Winfrey said. “I thought he had the language for explaining medical things in a way that was helpful to me.”</p>



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<p>So she brought him onto her show, too.</p>



<p>And, as Oprah sees it, that&#8217;s where her responsibility ends.</p>



<p>Both men eventually became successful television personalities in their own right. They also became <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/jeffrey-epstein-claimed-that-trump-ran-for-president-for-money-sex-fame-report/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">supporters of President Donald Trump</a>, with Oz going on to lead the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services and McGraw serving on Trump&#8217;s Religious Liberty Commission.</p>



<p>For Oprah, however, the fact that their careers took a political turn years after she helped introduce them to America isn&#8217;t something she believes should be pinned on her.</p>



<p>In her mind, she gave them a platform because she believed they could help people.</p>



<p>What they did with that platform afterward was up to them.</p>



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		<title>Brad Pitt&#8217;s Alcohol Confession Receives Mixed Response From Sobriety Experts</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="214" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-1200624305-300x214.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Brad Pitt, winner Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for &#039;Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,&#039; poses in the press room during the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California." style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-1200624305-300x214.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-1200624305-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-1200624305-768x549.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-1200624305-2048x1464.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-1200624305-960x686.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-1200624305-1080x772.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-1200624305-1200x858.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /></div>
<p><span class="span-reading-time rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time"> 2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span>Addiction experts are weighing in on Brad's approach to recovery.</p>
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<p>Earlier this week, <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/brad-pitt-reveals-that-hes-drinking-again-after-7-years-of-sobriety/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brad Pitt admitted that he&#8217;s been drinking again</a> after seven years of sobriety.</p>



<p>The news came as a surprise to many, as Pitt quit drinking more than a decade ago after being accused of abusive behavior toward Angelina Jolie and at least one of the former couple&#8217;s children.</p>



<p>Insiders say <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/brad-pitt-believes-he-can-drink-again-with-discipline-conor-mcgregor-ends-his-sobriety-in-solidarity/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pitt has learned to drink with &#8220;discipline,&#8221;</a> a feat that many experts believe is simply not possible for alcoholics.</p>


<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="732" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-1200624305-1024x732.jpg" alt="Brad Pitt, winner Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,' poses in the press room during the 26th Annual Screen ActorsÂ Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. " class="wp-image-561162" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-1200624305-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-1200624305-300x214.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-1200624305-768x549.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-1200624305-2048x1464.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-1200624305-960x686.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-1200624305-1080x772.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-1200624305-1200x858.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Brad Pitt, winner Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for &#8216;Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,&#8217; poses in the press room during the 26th Annual Screen ActorsÂ Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. <span class="image-caption-credit"> (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images for Turner)</span></figcaption></figure>



<p>But there are others who note that addiction is not a one-size-fits-all affliction, and it&#8217;s possible that through therapy and self-reflection, Brad may have reached a place in his life where he&#8217;s able to drink responsibly.</p>



<p>Whatever the case, the Oscar-winner&#8217;s confession has prompted a new round of discourse, and several of the nation&#8217;s most prominent addiction specialists spoke with the <em><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/us/brad-pitt-sobriety-experts.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New York Times</a></em> this week.</p>



<p>“People with an alcohol disorder show a variety of different paths through which they resolve that alcohol use disorder,” said Christopher W. Kahler, director of the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at the Brown University School of Public Health, adding:</p>



<p>“Some of those involve being completely abstinent, and some of them don’t.”</p>



<p>“We do recommend that people stop drinking entirely and probably continue to stop drinking once they have an alcohol use disorder,” added Dr. Melissa Weimer, an associate professor who specializes in addiction medicine at the Yale School of Medicine.</p>



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<p>“But everybody’s different, and they have to make their own personal choices.”</p>



<p>Dr. Alta DeRoo, the chief medical officer of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, took things a step further, telling the <em>Times</em> that she rejects the idea of &#8220;a single correct route&#8221; to recovery.</p>



<p>DeRoo notes that pushing abstinence as the only path might drive away people who are trying to cut back for purposes of harm reduction.</p>



<p>Yes, the Alcoholics Anonymous abstinence-only approach dominated the conversation for decades, but experts now believe that there are other paths to recovery.</p>



<p>None of that changes the fact that this is just one of several current PR headaches for Team Brad.</p>



<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/brad-pitt-believes-kids-will-accept-him-again-one-day/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">All of Pitt&#8217;s kids have now dropped his last name</a>, and there are rumors that they may soon come forward with new details of their tumultuous relationship with their megastar dad.</p>



<p>Brad&#8217;s PR team is clearly top-notch, but they can only do so much.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/brad-pitts-alcohol-confession-receives-mixed-response-from-sobriety-experts/">Brad Pitt&#8217;s Alcohol Confession Receives Mixed Response From Sobriety Experts</a> was originally published on <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com">The Hollywood Gossip</a>.</p>
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		<title>Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges In Stunning Reversal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="191" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2188648047-300x191.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania." style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2188648047-300x191.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2188648047-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2188648047-768x489.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2188648047-2048x1304.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2188648047-960x611.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2188648047-1080x688.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2188648047-1200x764.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /></div>
<p><span class="span-reading-time rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time"> 2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span>Luigi Mangione is switching up his strategy.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/luigi-mangione-pleads-guilty/">Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges In Stunning Reversal</a> was originally published on <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com">The Hollywood Gossip</a>.</p>
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<p>Back in December of 2024, <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/06/luigi-mangione-extreme-emotional-disturbance-defense/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Luigi Mangione was arrested</a> in connection with the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.</p>



<p>Now, Mangione may be ready to put an end to at least one chapter of his ongoing legal saga.</p>



<p>According to a <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/luigi-mangione-expected-plead-guilty-new-york-federal-case-rcna592221" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">new report from NBC News</a>, Mangione pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges during a court appearance on Friday in Manhattan.</p>


<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="652" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2188648047-1024x652.jpg" alt="Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. " class="wp-image-561062" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2188648047-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2188648047-300x191.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2188648047-768x489.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2188648047-2048x1304.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2188648047-960x611.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2188648047-1080x688.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2188648047-1200x764.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. <span class="image-caption-credit"> (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)</span></figcaption></figure>



<p>The plea comes just weeks before <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/01/luigi-mangione-will-not-face-death-penalty-judge-in-murder-case-tosses-two-federal-charges/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mangione is scheduled to face a separate murder trial </a>in New York state court.</p>



<p>“I shot Mr. Thompson, and he died,” Mangione told the judge today.</p>



<p>Mangione is accused of fatally shooting Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel on December 4, 2024. </p>



<p>The killing sparked a massive manhunt and generated an extraordinary amount of public attention, including widespread support for Mangione online.</p>



<p>He was arrested five days later in Pennsylvania.</p>



<p>Mangione has previously pleaded not guilty to both the federal and state cases. His federal charges include two counts of stalking resulting in death.</p>



<p>The guilty plea will have significant consequences beyond the federal case.</p>



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<p>New York&#8217;s double-jeopardy protections could potentially prevent state prosecutors from pursuing their murder case if Mangione is convicted federally first. </p>



<p>However, Manhattan prosecutors have indicated that they intend to fight any effort that could interfere with their prosecution.</p>



<p>Mangione was originally facing additional federal charges, including a murder charge that could have made him eligible for the death penalty. </p>



<p>Those charges were dismissed earlier this year because of legal issues, although the remaining federal charges still carry the possibility of a life sentence.</p>



<p>The timing of the reported plea is especially notable, as Mangione&#8217;s New York state murder trial is currently scheduled to begin with jury selection on September 8. </p>



<p>A judge recently ordered that the jury remain anonymous amid concerns about the enormous public interest in the case and the behavior of some of Mangione&#8217;s supporters.</p>



<p>The federal case had been scheduled for trial in January 2027.</p>



<p>But now that Mangione has pled guilty, the legal landscape could look dramatically different by the time his state trial is scheduled to begin.</p>



<p>This stunning reversal could be remembered as a major turning point in one of the most closely watched criminal cases in the country.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/luigi-mangione-pleads-guilty/">Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges In Stunning Reversal</a> was originally published on <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com">The Hollywood Gossip</a>.</p>
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		<title>Hailey Dempsey Shot Mom, Kids, Self After Finding Explicit Content on Husband&#8217;s &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span class="span-reading-time rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time"> 2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span>The Florida Woman was part of a case that rocked her community. Now, police have terrible answers for the public about how this transpired.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/florida-woman-hailey-dempsey-argument-husband-killed-mom-and-kids/">Hailey Dempsey Shot Mom, Kids, Self After Finding Explicit Content on Husband&#8217;s &hellip;</a> was originally published on <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com">The Hollywood Gossip</a>.</p>
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<p>A harrowing report out of Florida described a Hailey Dempsey killing her mother, two of her children, and attempting to kill a third before taking her own life.</p>



<p>Now, an odd update in the case may shed light on what was going on before the triple-murder-suicide.</p>



<p>According to investigators, ahead of the homicides, Dempsey got into a fearsome argument with her husband.</p>



<p>The confrontation was about &#8230; porn. What?</p>


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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-it-was-a-triple-murder-suicide-and-it-was-almost-worse">It was a triple-murder-suicide, and it was almost worse</h2>



<p>On May 3, 2026, 27-year-old Hailey Dempsey killed her 55-year-old mother, Valerie DeBoe, and then two of her children, police say.</p>



<p>Dempsey carried out these killings using a gun. </p>



<p>The first victim was her mother, before she fled DeBoe&#8217;s Tampa residence with her kids &#8212; only to turn her firearm on them.</p>



<p>One of the victims was her 4-month-old. The other was her 4-year-old.</p>



<p>Investigators determined that Dempsey also attempted to fatally shoot her 2-year-old, but missed.</p>



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<p>Moments later, police say, Dempsey died by suicide using the same gun.</p>



<p>Family annihilators are stereotypically men who feel that they&#8217;ve lost control or that their status is in jeopardy due to their family, but it is <a href="https://ontariotechu.scholaris.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/55cebced-383f-4447-92aa-3d1db8090697/content" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">not unheard of</a> for a woman to do this.</p>



<p>(People are complex and gender is far from one-size-fits-all, but societal expectations related to men, power, and status are very different.)</p>



<p>Often, but not always, severe mental illness is a factor.</p>



<p>Across social media, numerous people have brought up that Dempsey had a 4-month-old baby, questioning if what transpired may have been related to postpartum psychosis.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-this-was-not-about-her-husband-s-phone-but-that-fight-was-likely-a-symptom">This was not about her husband&#8217;s phone (but that fight was likely a symptom)</h2>



<p>On Thursday, August 13, Plant City Police Chief Richard Mills held a press conference following the conclusion of the investigation.</p>



<p>Mills confirmed what we now know about Dempsey&#8217;s final moments and the lives that police say that she took with her.</p>



<p>Additionally, he shared that police had responded to the Dempsey home three times in the days leading up to the triple-murder-suicide.</p>



<p>Mills detailed that two days before the shooting, on May 1, Dempsey and her husband, Jay, had a &#8220;verbal altercation&#8221; over porn on his cell phone.</p>



<p>He headed off any assumptions, clarifying: &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t cheating or anything like that, evidently it was just porn, and they were having an argument over that. I think that&#8217;s what everything stemmed from.&#8221;</p>



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<p>Jay, the husband, had spent the previous night at a friend&#8217;s house amidst conflicts with his wife.</p>



<p>Sometimes, people get bent out of shape over harmless things, including pornography. But it&#8217;s important to emphasize that whatever was on Jay&#8217;s phone is not to blame.</p>



<p>It&#8217;s clear that Hailey Dempsey urgently needed help &#8212; perhaps several types of help &#8212; in the days, weeks, and perhaps months leading up to this senseless tragedy.</p>



<p>Now, her family has lost her mother, two of her children, and the woman herself. A woman who might have made very different choices, if we can even call these final moments of violence &#8220;choices.&#8221;</p>



<p>Our hearts go out to surviving loved ones. Especially to the 2-year-old whom Dempsey &#8220;narrowly missed&#8221; before taking her own life.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/florida-woman-hailey-dempsey-argument-husband-killed-mom-and-kids/">Hailey Dempsey Shot Mom, Kids, Self After Finding Explicit Content on Husband&#8217;s &hellip;</a> was originally published on <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com">The Hollywood Gossip</a>.</p>
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		<title>Jessica Simpson Hopes Tony Romo Will Get Sober After Drunk Driving Arrest: Report</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="211" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-82005814-scaled-e1786723171851-300x211.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Daisy with Singer/Songwriter Jessica Simpson and Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Tony Romo backstage after Jessica finished her first live performance in 3 years." style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-82005814-scaled-e1786723171851-300x211.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-82005814-scaled-e1786723171851-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-82005814-scaled-e1786723171851-768x541.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-82005814-scaled-e1786723171851-960x677.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-82005814-scaled-e1786723171851-1080x761.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-82005814-scaled-e1786723171851-1200x846.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-82005814-scaled-e1786723171851.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /></div>
<p><span class="span-reading-time rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time"> 2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span>Jessica has thoughts on her ex's drunk driving arrest.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/jessica-simpson-hopes-tony-romo-will-get-sober-after-drunk-driving-arrest-report/">Jessica Simpson Hopes Tony Romo Will Get Sober After Drunk Driving Arrest: Report</a> was originally published on <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com">The Hollywood Gossip</a>.</p>
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<p>Last month, <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/07/tony-romo-arrested-for-operating-vehicle-while-intoxicated-report/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tony Romo was arrested</a> on OWI (operating while intoxicated) charges in his home state of Wisconsin.</p>



<p>Shortly thereafter, <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/07/tony-romo-fired-by-cbs-following-arrest/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Romo was placed on leave by CBS</a>, and it&#8217;s unclear what sort of consequences might still await him.</p>



<p>Whatever the case, it seems that Tony&#8217;s most famous ex is hoping that this moment will turn out to be his rock bottom.</p>


<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1920" height="1353" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-82005814-scaled-e1786723171851.jpg" alt="Daisy with Singer/Songwriter Jessica Simpson and Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Tony Romo backstage after Jessica finished her first live performance in 3 years.  " class="wp-image-561114" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-82005814-scaled-e1786723171851.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-82005814-scaled-e1786723171851-300x211.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-82005814-scaled-e1786723171851-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-82005814-scaled-e1786723171851-768x541.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-82005814-scaled-e1786723171851-960x677.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-82005814-scaled-e1786723171851-1080x761.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-82005814-scaled-e1786723171851-1200x846.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Daisy with Singer/Songwriter Jessica Simpson and Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Tony Romo backstage after Jessica finished her first live performance in 3 years.  <span class="image-caption-credit"> (Photo by Rick Diamond/WireImage)</span></figcaption></figure>



<p>As you may recall, Tony dated Jessica Simpson for two years, beginning in 2007.</p>



<p>Romo was at the peak of his NFL career, and he and Jessica reportedly parted on contentious terms.</p>



<p>These days, Jessica is sober after having battled alcoholism for several years.</p>



<p>And according to a new report from <a href="https://radaronline.com/p/jessica-simpson-tony-romo-dui-bust-karma/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Radar Online</a>, she believes that Tony is also a problem drinker, and she hopes his arrest will serve as a wake-up call.</p>



<p>&#8220;Jessica ultimately wishes Tony no harm, and she&#8217;s thrilled that this moment &#8212; which is, no doubt, embarrassing, could lead him to finally find the same path that has worked so well for her,&#8221; a source tells the outlet.</p>



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<p>The insider went on to allege that Tony &#8220;ushered&#8221; Jessica into a world of heavy drinking while they were both in their twenties.</p>



<p>&#8220;She was out of control in those days, and Tony was like the Pied Piper of partying and ushered her into a world where alcohol often played a major role,&#8221; the source claimed, adding:</p>



<p>&#8220;Even after they split, it was too late for her to stop; the die had been cast and drinking to excess had become a rotten way of life that she couldn&#8217;t seem to quit.&#8221;</p>



<p>Now, it&#8217;s important to note that alcoholics are not vampires, and they don&#8217;t have the ability to transform other grown adults into problem drinkers. </p>



<p>So if &#8212; all these years later &#8212; Jessica is still blaming Tony for the fact that she fell into addiction, she might want to examine that impulse.</p>



<p>After all, recovery, as any addict will tell you, begins with accountability.</p>



<p>Of course, Jessica has not said any of these things publicly, and if she still thinks about Tony at all these days, we&#8217;re sure she wishes him well. After all, they broke up <em>17 years ago</em>, and Jess went on to marry a <em>different</em> football player (from whom she&#8217;s now divorced).</p>



<p>And if Simpson does believe that Romo has a problem with booze, we&#8217;re sure she has nothing but sympathy for his plight.</p>



<p>For now, it remains unclear if Tony will return to the broadcast booth at any point in the 2026 NFL season. For Week 1, J.J. Watt will take his place next to Jim Nantz.</p>



<p>We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.</p>
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		<title>Malcolm-Jamal Warner&#8217;s Mother &#038; Widow Battle Over Estate Settlement</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Delott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="169" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_malcolmjamalwarner_header-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Malcolm-Jamal Warner in 2023." style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_malcolmjamalwarner_header-300x169.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_malcolmjamalwarner_header-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_malcolmjamalwarner_header-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_malcolmjamalwarner_header-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_malcolmjamalwarner_header-728x410.jpg 728w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_malcolmjamalwarner_header-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_malcolmjamalwarner_header-1080x607.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_malcolmjamalwarner_header-1200x675.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /></div>
<p><span class="span-reading-time rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time"> 2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span>At the center of the legal dispute was a will that his widow says would have been updated, and the late actor's 9-year-old daughter.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/malcolm-jamal-warner-mom-daughter-estate-settlement/">Malcolm-Jamal Warner&#8217;s Mother &amp; Widow Battle Over Estate Settlement</a> was originally published on <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com">The Hollywood Gossip</a>.</p>
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<p>In July of 2025, <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2025/07/malcolm-jamal-warner-cause-of-death-cosby-show-star-passes-away-at-54/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Malcolm-Jamal Warner</a> was on a family vacation in Costa Rica where he <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2025/07/malcolm-jamal-warners-official-cause-of-death-revealed-tragic/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">tragically drowned</a>.</p>



<p>The beloved actor, whose career began when he was a child and spanned many decades, was only 54.</p>



<p>One year later, reports of an alarming inheritance clash between Warner&#8217;s mother and his 9-year-old daughter began to circulate.</p>



<p>Now, a settlement has been reached over the late actor&#8217;s estate.</p>


<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="682" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_malcolmjamalwarner_01-1024x682.jpg" alt="Malcolm-Jamal Warner in 2023." class="wp-image-561119" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_malcolmjamalwarner_01-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_malcolmjamalwarner_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_malcolmjamalwarner_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_malcolmjamalwarner_01-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_malcolmjamalwarner_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_malcolmjamalwarner_01-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/0814_malcolmjamalwarner_01-1200x799.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Malcolm-Jamal Warner speaks onstage during the 2023 Beloved Community Awards in 2023.<span class="image-caption-credit"> (Photo Credit: Paras Griffin/Getty Images)</span></figcaption></figure>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-malcolm-jamal-s-tragic-death-has-left-his-family-fighting-over-his-estate">Malcolm-Jamal&#8217;s tragic death has left his family fighting over his estate</h2>



<p><em><a href="https://people.com/malcolm-jamal-warner-mom-speaks-out-legal-battle-daughter-in-law-estate-12059649" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">People</a></em> has shared a statement from Pamela Warner, the later actor&#8217;s mother, regarding a court settlement.</p>



<p>“On behalf of Pamela Warner, Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s mother and lifelong business manager, we share the following to address the recent saddening public statements by Tenisha Warner,” the statement began.</p>



<p>Tenisha is the actor&#8217;s widow. You can see her recent interview with Gayle King, below.</p>



<p>“Pamela continues to grieve the sudden loss of her son, Malcolm,” Pamela expressed indirectly.</p>



<p>The statement affirmed: “She remains focused on protecting his legacy and the well-being of his daughter and family.”</p>



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<p>“Recent claims that Pamela sought to prevent her granddaughter from receiving financial support are untrue,” the statement alleged.</p>



<p>“Malcolm was thoughtful and deliberate in his estate planning to include all his loved ones,&#8221; Pamela shared.</p>



<p>&#8220;While the trust at issue is in favor of Pamela, his father, and his sister,&#8221; the statement acknowledged, &#8220;Malcolm provided for his wife and daughter separate and apart from that trust to the tune of millions of dollars.”</p>



<p>The statement shared: “Following Malcolm’s passing, Pamela attempted to resolve these matters privately.&#8221; That is often the case.</p>



<p>&#8220;When litigation was initiated,&#8221; Pamela&#8217;s statement continued, &#8220;courts in Georgia and California appointed guardians ad litem to represent Malcolm’s daughter.”</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-a-judge-will-need-to-sign-off-on-the-settlement">A judge will need to sign off on the settlement</h2>



<p>The family has since reached a settlement, the statement explains. However, it is still pending approval from the court.</p>



<p>“The agreement provides for Malcolm’s daughter to receive the majority remainder of the Trust and Estate,” Pamela&#8217;s statement shares.</p>



<p>Continuing, the statement added: “The Settlement also memorializes that it is in the best interest of Malcolm’s daughter to have a relationship with her grandmother, Pamela.” That sounds <em>complicated</em>.</p>



<p>“Pamela remains hopeful that all parties will support the resolution and that her granddaughter will receive the full benefit of Malcolm’s legacy without further delay,&#8221; Pamela aspired.</p>



<p>If Tenisha Warner has anything to publicly say in response, she did not immediately share it.</p>



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<p>At this point, it seems unlikely that Pamela and Tenisha Warner will ever see eye to eye on <em>anything</em>.</p>



<p>Clashes between in laws can happen.</p>



<p>But, this time, Malcolm-Jamal was not there to smooth things over between his wife and mother.</p>



<p>(Additionally, he was not there to update his will to include his wife and young daughter without the need of a court battle or settlement. No healthy man in his early 50s believes that he&#8217;ll die on vacation.)</p>



<p>We hope that the settlement is as fair as it sounds from this statement. Thus far, we have only heard from one side on this matter.</p>
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		<title>Jessica Bang Cause of Death: Golf Prodigy Passes Away at 18</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span class="span-reading-time rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time"> 2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span>The golf world is in mourning today.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/08/jessica-bang-cause-of-death-golf-prodigy-passes-away-at-18/">Jessica Bang Cause of Death: Golf Prodigy Passes Away at 18</a> was originally published on <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com">The Hollywood Gossip</a>.</p>
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<p>We have tragic news to report from the <a href="https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2026/07/jayden-adams-cause-of-death-soccer-star-25-passes-just-weeks-after-world-cup-win/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">world of sports</a>.</p>



<p>Jessica Bang, an 18-year-old Australian golfer who was preparing to compete in a tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, has died after suffering a brain hemorrhage.</p>



<p>Bang suddenly collapsed on August 1 while preparing for the tournament. </p>



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<p>She was rushed to Synphaet Ramintra Hospital, where she underwent emergency brain surgery and was placed on life support in intensive care.</p>



<p>According to a GoFundMe page posted by Bang&#8217;s cousins, Summer and Amelia, she died at the hospital on Thursday, August 13, at 7:20 a.m. local time.</p>



<p>The news was confirmed in a statement shared through the fundraiser.</p>



<p>“We are truly heartbroken by this news,” Bang&#8217;s cousins wrote. “However, we would like to continue to remember Jessica and celebrate her achievements, passion, and dedication to golf.”</p>



<p>They went on to remember the teenager for her personality as much as her accomplishments.</p>



<p>“Her sense of humour, together with her cheerful and vibrant personality, will always be remembered and treasured by our family,” they wrote.</p>


<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-97022431-1024x683.jpg" alt="A general view at Oakley's &quot;Learn To Ride&quot; Golf at Silverleaf on February 23, 2010 in Scottsdale, Arizona." class="wp-image-561105" srcset="https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-97022431-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-97022431-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-97022431-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-97022431-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-97022431-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-97022431-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-97022431-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A general view at Oakley&#8217;s &#8220;Learn To Ride&#8221; Golf at Silverleaf on February 23, 2010 in Scottsdale, Arizona. <span class="image-caption-credit"> (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Oakley)</span></figcaption></figure>



<p>Bang had already accomplished a great deal in her young career.</p>



<p>The aspiring professional had recently qualified for the Women&#8217;s Professional Golfers&#8217; Association (WPGA) and Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA), putting her on the verge of beginning her rookie season.</p>



<p>In February, Bang won the Ford Women&#8217;s NSW Open Regional Qualifying Event at Moss Vale near Sydney.</p>



<p>It was only her fifth professional start.</p>



<p>The WPGA Tour of Australasia described Bang as having enjoyed an “outstanding amateur career.” She had earned her place on the WPGA Tour after competing in qualifying school at the end of 2025.</p>



<p>Now, a promising career has been cut tragically short.</p>



<p>Bang&#8217;s family is asking others to remember her not simply for the devastating circumstances surrounding her death, but for the passion and determination she brought to the sport she loved.</p>



<p>At just 18 years old, Jessica Bang had already made her mark on the golf world.</p>



<p>She was only getting started.</p>



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