Donnie Wahlberg’s a divorced man, which might be a shocking thing for some to learn about Jenny McCarthy’s beloved.

The boy band heartthrob-turned-Blue Bloods star has always been careful about keeping certain aspects of his private life away from the public eye.

As a result, even diehard fans might not be clear about the details of Donnie’s family situation.

Is Donnie Wahlberg Divorced?

These days, Donnie is married to Jenny McCarthy, and by all accounts, the relationship is a healthy and stable one.

But the road to “happily ever after” was not without its twists and turns.

In fact, both Jenny and Donnie have been divorced.

As People reports, Donnie married Kim Fey in 1999, and the couple welcomed two children together.

However, in 2008, they decided to go their separate ways, citing “irreconcilable differences.”

Following a messy legal battle in which Kim requested sole custody of the kids, the divorce was finalized in 2010.

Court files were sealed, so we still don’t know how the judge ruled.

The exact cause of the split remains unclear. But at the time, many observers speculated that Donnie’s friendship with Canadian model Michelle Tomlinson was a factor.

Donnie and Jenny’s Second Act

Whatever the case, it wasn’t long before Donnie fell for his second wife.

It happened in 2012 when Donnie and Jenny both appeared on Andy Cohen‘s Bravo talk show, Watch What Happens Live.

Donnie recalled their first meeting while participating in Instagram’s “first photo challenge” in 2020.

“This was our first meeting at @bravoandy @bravowwhl — where Andy implored me to ask Jenny out,” he captioned a throwback pic of the future couple.

“I didn’t … however, we’d meet again a year later at her talk show @vh1 @jennymccarthy. And the rest, as they say, is history.”

Jenny later told the tale of Donnie’s fateful appearance on her talk show.

“I went a year without dating anybody,” she told New York’s 95.5 PLJ radio (via E! Online).

“So I don’t know if I was really randy or really ready. But he was there, and I gave him my phone number. I’ve never given a guy my number, but I was interested.”

These days, when they’re not on either coast for work, Donnie and Jenny reside in her native Illinois with their happy blended family.

Now that Blue Bloods has come to an end, Donnie is set to star in a Boston-based spinoff.

But no matter where life takes him, he’ll have Jenny by his side.

Donnie Wahlberg Divorced: His Marriage History With Jenny McCarthy, Explained was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

As we previously reported, the Lindsay Clancy murder trial ended in a mistrial today, as the jury informed the judge that they were unable to reach a verdict.

The defense was given one hour to appeal to the state supreme court to have the one holdout juror removed, but that motion was denied.

So now prosecutors will decide if they want to retry the case — and we likely won’t know their decision for quite some time.

Both sides are due back in court on September 29 to determine how best to proceed.

Clancy has many supporters on social media, but perhaps an even greater number of observers believe that she deserves to spend the rest of her life behind bars.

So the weeks between now and the next hearing are likely to see more widespread discourse and debate.

“I’m representing a woman who is a fantastic, wonderful individual. This woman is so brave, so awesome. Every day she came in this courthouse, stood tall, no pun intended,” Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, said outside the courthouse today.

“The poor thing is in a wheelchair. As we all know for the rest of her life. And sat there through seven weeks of a trial where nobody had anything bad to say about her except for the two prosecutors and apparently Tim Cruz.”

On X (formerly Twitter) and elsewhere, many users has a different take on the situation, including far-right commentator Elijah Schaffer.

“The justice system IS BEING ABUSED because WEAK MEN are too afraid to hold women & minorities accountable for their bad behavior,” Schaffer wrote, adding:

“WE MEN HAVE TO BECOME EVEN SMARTER THE FASTER SOCIETY DECAYS.”

Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz was similarly fiery (though much less bigoted) in his remarks, describing Clancy as “cruel and calculated.”

“This case is not about the health care system or about how women are treated in it,” Cruz said outside the courthouse, adding:

“This case, however, was about Lindsay Clancy and what she did on January 24th, 2023, and the cruel and calculated killing of three innocents.”

Needless to say, this case has inspired some very strong rhetoric on both sides.

Under Massachusetts law, a judge can only order a jury to continue deliberating twice. And all jurors must be in agreement in order for a verdict to be reached.

And so, Clancy and attorneys from both sides will be back in court at the end of this month.

The 36-year-old’s best-case scenario would likely be spending the rest of her life in a mental health facility, as she does not deny that she killed her children.

But we’re sure she would prefer that outcome to spending the rest of her life in prison and carrying the stigma of being a convicted murderer.

We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.

Lindsay Clancy Mistrial: Here’s What Comes Next As State Supreme Court Rejects … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

Rick Harrison, of Pawn Stars fame, went into the hospital for a fairly routine procedure.

In the process, doctors discovered an unexpected medical crisis unfolding in his body.

Harrison underwent major surgery in the hopes of saving his life.

Now, he’s reportedly still in the hospital, but is recovering.

Rick Harrison underwent an unexpected major surgery

TMZ reports that Rick Harrison is currently recovering in the hospital.

According to their source — the Harrison family — the Pawn Stars star went into the hospital for a fairly routine procedure.

He had intended to get a stent, in which a wire-mesh tube is placed inside a blood vessel during a minimally invasive procedure.

The function of the stent is to restore healthy blood flow by keeping a blood vessel open. It is the kind of health breakthrough that people a century ago might have declared miraculous.

Unfortunately, it cannot fix all cardiovascular issues.

According to TMZ‘s report, doctors found that Harrison had a more serious issue.

The stent would have been too little, too late, it seems.

To avert a medical catastrophe, doctors performed a bypass surgery.

We do not know the details on this major surgery, which is much more invasive, except that a bypass surgery involves grafting a blood vessel from another part of the body to create an alternative means of healthy blood flow.

However, the operation appears to have been total success.

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He is looking forward to making a full recovery

According to the report, Rick Harrison is currently resting as comfortably as one can.

He is said to be looking forward to making a full recovery.

Internet sources say that recovering from a bypass can take anywhere from 6 to 12 weeks, depending upon numerous factors.

It’s probably safe to say that he wont’ be trick-or-treating this year, but Thanksgiving should see him feeling much more like his old self.

For the time being, Harrison will need to take it easy and follow his doctors’ instructions.

According to the Harrison family’s representative, he feels grateful for the treatment that doctors and staff at the hospital are giving to him.

His (still very new) wife, Angie, and other family are by his side.

Harrison can be a controversial figure at times, from apparent family conflicts to his repeated interactions with Donald Trump and the Trump regime.

Even so, it is good to hear that he had a positive result from his surgery.

Hopefully, his recovery will go just as smoothly.

Rick Harrison Hospitalized; ‘Pawn Stars’ Star Underwent Major Life-Saving … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

We have tragic news to report from the world of reality TV today:

Amber Eggers, who starred on the 2019 season of WeTV’s Love After Lockup, has passed away.

Amber’s work ethic and sense of humor endeared her to viewers, and she seemed destined to become one of the show’s success stories.

She was engaged to a man when she was first released from prison, but she later left that relationship to date Michell “Puppy” Deaton, who was also popular with Love After Lockup fans.

“Whenever I didn’t love myself, Amber was there to love me,” Deaton previously said on the show of their relationship (via People). “I honestly don’t think I would have made it without Amber.”

Sadly, Amber’s health took a turn for the worse last year, and it seems she never fully recovered.

As her mother, Monica Eggers, explained in a lengthy Instagram tribute, Amber passed away from acute liver failure.

“There really isn’t a good way to say something like this. It doesn’t feel real, and I don’t think any words can make it feel real. Amber Eggers has lost her fight today and passed away,” Monica wrote.

“Amber was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday Sept 1st with liver failure. The doctors did everything they could, but in the end, her body just couldn’t keep fighting.

“And if you knew Amber, you know she is a fighter,” she continued, adding:

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Monica went on to explain that Amber had endured numerous health issues in recent years.

“She had already survived so much. In the spring of 2025, pneumonia turned into sepsis and multiple organ failure, and she ended up on life support. She came back from that. She got to go home,” she wrote, adding:

“More recently, she suffered a mini-stroke and was home recovering. She has kept fighting through all of it, but this time her body lost the fight.

“She will be missed more than we can probably put into words. Love After Lockup viewers and cast alike love Amber very much. We laughed with her, worried about her, and cheered her on through everything she faced.

“Thank you for being you, Amber. You are going to be missed.”

Sadly, Amber is one of several Love After Lockup stars who have passed away in recent years.

Our thoughts go out to Amber’s loved ones during this enormously difficult time.

Amber Eggers Cause of Death: ‘Love After Lockup’ Star Was 41 was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

After over 12 years, longtime anchor Maria Bartiromo is out at Fox Business.

She aired a relatively normal episode Thursday morning. By that afternoon, she was gone.

Bartiromo was a longtime ally of Donald Trump and one of the most recognizable faces at the channel.

Understandably, a lot of folks are wondering what’s going on.

Maria Bartiromo, signing off (abruptly)

On Thursday morning, Maria Bartiromo appeared on her regularly scheduled episode of Mornings with Maria on Fox Business.

At the time, no one — not viewers, and seemingly not Bartiromo herself, knew that it would be her last.

On Thursday afternoon, Fox announced her departure without explanation or fanfare.

“We thank Maria for her work over the last 12 ½ years and wish her all the best on her next chapter,” the company announced in a statement.

And that’s it. But why?

Fox Business did not choose to explain Bartiromo’s abrupt departure from the network.

Instead of answering questions, the network simply pointed to the updated schedule.

Mornings with Maria‘s 6 AM to 9 AM time slot will instead belong to Mornings with FOX Business, starting on Friday, September 4.

(One can only imagine the behind-the-scenes chaos of putting together a three-hour show in less than 24 hours, right before a holiday weekend.)

And, again, saying that they’ve slapped together a generic show with rotating anchors does not really explain anything. At all.

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All of her Fox Business roles are getting new anchors

Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street, a Friday evening series that runs for a half hour, will become FBN’s Wall Street.

Cheryl Casone hosts this week. After this, rotating anchors will take the gig.

Sunday Morning Futures — you’ll never guess which day this 10 AM hour-long program airs — will have Jason Chaffetz as its host this weekend, but another host will come in the future.

It is possible that these rotating anchors will be quietly auditioning to permanently take these spots.

However, it is also possible that the network will avoid letting anchors gain too much brand recognition for themselves, and keep the focus on the show and the network. Only time will tell.

Bartiromo was a long-time ally of Donald Trump. Some suggest that this may have played a role in her firing.

“I can’t believe Maria Bartiromo is no longer going to have her great show(s) on FoxNews/Business,” Trump complained on Truth Social.

“Three different shows, always number one. Maria is a total professional, and a true warrior,” he praised. “Her fans, of which there are many, will not be happy. God bless you, Maria!”

Status has reported that Bartiromo allegedly leaked a Fox directive — one warning employees against voicing or repeating Trump’s baseless 2020 election conspiracy theories — to Trump, which may have resulted in her immediate firing.

We cannot confirm that. Some speculate that Bartiromo could replace Karoline Leavitt as White House spokesperson for the Trump regime, but if that is anyone’s plan, it was not immediately public.

Maria Bartiromo Abruptly OUT at Fox Business, Donald Trump Praises Host as ‘True … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

We have shocking news out of Massachusetts today, as Judge William F. Sullivan has declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case.

After five days of deliberations, jurors informed the judge this morning that they are unable to reach a unanimous decision (via TMZ).

Clancy was accused of killing her three young children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and eight-month-old Callan — at the family’s Duxbury home in January 2023.

There was never much dispute over whether Clancy was responsible for the children’s deaths (except among conspiracy theorists who believe Clancy was framed). The central question throughout the trial was whether she should be held criminally responsible for her actions.

And that proved to be a massive sticking point for the jury.

Clancy’s defense argued that she was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis when she killed her children and subsequently attempted to take her own life.

Her attorneys maintained that the condition left her detached from reality and unable to understand the consequences of what she was doing.

Prosecutors, however, painted a very different picture.

They acknowledged that Clancy had experienced serious mental-health problems but argued that she nevertheless understood what she was doing and that the killings were intentional.

After five weeks of testimony from more than 80 witnesses and the presentation of hundreds of exhibits, the jury began deliberating, only to become increasingly divided.

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Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, claimed that one juror was refusing to properly follow the judge’s instructions concerning reasonable doubt. At one point, Reddington argued that the jury appeared to be split 11-1 and asked the court to address the alleged holdout.

Judge Sullivan declined to remove the juror and instead instructed the panel to continue deliberating.

But apparently, there was no changing their minds.

The jury ultimately remained deadlocked, bringing the trial to a close without answering the question that has consumed true crime obsessives for years: Was Lindsay Clancy criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children?

Unfortunately for everyone involved, that question remains unanswered.

A mistrial does not mean Clancy has been acquitted. Prosecutors now face a major decision over whether to put the case on trial again.

For Clancy, who was left paralyzed after her suicide attempt, the legal battle that began more than three years ago may therefore be far from over.

And after weeks of deeply emotional testimony, the families involved are once again left waiting for an ending that did not come today.

We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.

Lindsay Clancy Judge Declares Mistrial as Jury Fails to Reach a Verdict was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

Last month, Jelly Roll hosted Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show, and he took the opportunity to crack some lighthearted jokes about Donald Trump’s weight.

And according to fellow country singer John Rich, the move might have cost him a whole lot of fans.

It’s true that the backlash was swift, particularly from some members of the country music community who weren’t prepared to discover that the singer’s political views weren’t quite what they had assumed.

But Rich believes Jelly Roll knew exactly what he was getting himself into.

During an appearance on “The Benny Show” podcast, Rich argued that Jelly Roll understands his audience — and therefore had to know that publicly expressing his views could alienate a significant portion of it.

“He knows how this works. OK? He knows who the audience is,” Rich said (via Page Six). “And so I have to think he really believes every single word he said, or he wouldn’t have said it.”

Rich went even further, suggesting Jelly Roll’s comments could cost him half or more of his country music audience.

“When you make statements that are that hardcore and to a large extent counteractive to the presentation you’ve been making, you do understand in country music that half or more of your audience may disown you,” he said.

“They may turn their back on you. They may stop listening to you. They may turn you off. But you make the statement anyway.”

Rich knows a thing or two about political backlash himself. He said his own decision to speak openly about his conservative views cost him country radio support, a record deal, and invitations to award shows.

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Still, he doesn’t appear to think Jelly Roll should have kept his mouth shut.

In fact, Rich believes the controversy is less about what Jelly Roll believes and more about the fact that fans weren’t expecting him to believe it.

“What you’re seeing from the backlash is people didn’t know that’s who he really is and that’s how he really thinks,” Rich said.

Jelly Roll attempted to clear up the confusion during his Kimmel appearance, explaining that he isn’t neatly aligned with either major political party.

“It is funny that, before this week, everybody thought I was MAGA. And now they think I’m some sort of liberal snowflake,” he said, adding:

“Hosting Jimmy Kimmel’s show doesn’t mean I have all of Jimmy Kimmel’s politics. Sure, I lean left on some things, but like most folks, I’m pretty down the middle.”

“I am a Christian. I am a country music singer. I’m a farmer. I’m a bow hunter. And most of the things I eat, I prefer to get with a stick and a string,” he added. “That’s the truth.”

But Rich thinks Jelly Roll’s biggest mistake was waiting until now to reveal that side of himself.

“He should have been talking that way from the very beginning, and he probably wouldn’t have this problem,” Rich said.

So Jelly Roll hasn’t changed, but his fans might now be finding out who he really is. And that affect his career in major way.

Jelly Roll Lost ‘Half His Fans’ Over Political Views, John Rich Claims was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

What went down between Alix Earle and Alex Cooper?

After about a year and a half of wondering, we’re getting new insights — albeit from only one side.

Earle has a new show, and she’s using it to blast Cooper as “sick and twisted.”

Accusing the podcast host of having taken “advantage of” her, she’s not pulling any punches.

Alix Earle is not mincing words about Alex Cooper

It’s not clear if Alix Earle actually sent the text message calling Alex Cooper both “toxic” and “sick and twisted.”

But she read the text aloud, regardless, on Earle Meets World, her new Netflix series.

“I don’t like you,” Earle announced, reading the text.

“I’m not gonna fall for your bait,” she continued, “getting into a back and forth online.”

With a threatening air, Earle added: “And I don’t think you want that, either.”

“You are manipulative and toxic,” Earle accused during the text.

“Go ahead and say ‘it’s just business’ all you want,” she continued, “but the way you approach business is disgusting.”

Earle blasted: “You chose money over morals. You took advantage of me at a young age in a new industry I knew nothing about. You are full of false promises and Unwell [Network] was a continuation of that.”

She added: “We had a call where you threatened me to not go to war with you, because you know how sick and twisted you are.”

Daring Cooper to use the message against her, Earle vowed: “You will no longer scare or trap me… I may be petty, but I’m not malicious. If there’s one thing I learned from doing business with you, it’s to never do business with anyone like you.”

It’s pretty safe to say that they do not like each other

From 2023 to 2025, Alix Earle worked for Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network.

During that time, the two were friendly — perhaps even friends.

The pair even shared an interview on Cooper’s claim to fame, the Call Her Daddy podcast, which went over pretty well.

It was not until the start of last year that rumors circulated that Earle and Cooper were not getting along.

When Unwell dropped Earle’s Hot Mess podcast that February, many took it as confirmation of bad blood.

In truth, it doesn’t look like Earle is fully explaining herself.

She does explain that she disliked that she was drunk on Cooper’s podcast in early 2025.

(Cooper then asked her sexual questions and sensitive ones, and allegedly ignored Earle’s requests to edit out some segments.)

Additionally, we have to emphasize that we have not heard Cooper’s side of the story.

Is there more to this? If so, would it change anyone’s opinion? We’ll have to wait to hear what Cooper has to say.

Alix Earle Lays Into ‘Sick And Twisted’ Alex Cooper, Finally Opening Up About … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

Both Jinger Duggar and Joy-Anna Duggar are struggling to find happiness in this dark time for their family.

Josh is in prison where he belongs after receiving and possessing child sex-abuse material (CSAM).

Joseph has been arrested and is awaiting trial for allegedly molesting a 9-year-old girl.

The sisters never expected to see these family scandals be so dark and twisted.

‘Just sickening, horrible things’

On the Wednesday, September 2 episode of The Jinger & Jeremy Podcast, Jinger and Joy-Anna Duggar spoke about dark times in their family.

“Family stuff has probably been the other thing,” Joy said of the hardest periods of her life.

The first thing, she said, was losing her pregnancy 20 weeks in back in 2019. Joy is currently pregnant with Baby #4.

“Like, we’ve had wave after wave of just sickening, horrible things happening,” Joy acknowledged.

In addition to family ties to their disgraced brothers, Joy was also particularly close with Kendra Caldwell, Joseph’s wife.

Despite everything that the entire world knows about Josh, it sounds like Joy felt surprised by the arrests of both brothers — but especially Joseph.

“And it really just sends me into a spiral,” she admitted.

“Those have been really hard seasons,” Joy expressed.

As we have previously explained, fringe evangelical and especially fundamentalist communities in America sometimes use “seasons” to refer to experiences or chapters of their lives. This is in-group language designed to set them apart from the rest of humanity.

“And I feel like I’m coming out of that finally with this last run we went through of family stuff,” Joy assessed.

Joy-Anna and Jinger Duggar never imagined this growing up

“It just feels like, you know, sin is so dark and so heavy,” Joy-Anna explained to her sister, Jinger Duggar.

Christianity holds a belief in sin, a concept of spiritual wrongdoing that distances adherents from their god.

Sin can cover a wide range of activities, including events with no victim — though not in the case of Josh’s crimes or the charges against Joseph.

“It’s hard to find true joy… it’s like, happiness is circumstantial,” Joy lamented.

She added: “It is really hard to find joy in those hard, hard moments.”

Something that we should all keep in mind as Joy and Jinger process this is that they were raised to believe that they were set apart and special.

Crimes — particularly depraved acts of sexual predation — were the result of spiritual corruption, and something that happened in the outside world and not within their cult.

That was obviously never true. In fact, the founder of IBLP resigned in disgrace for … exactly the reasons that you’d guess.

But when you grow up believing that your life of isolation in an abusive cult somehow protects you from wrongdoing only to find out that it often does the opposite, that can be hard to process.

And anyone would struggle if not one but two of their brothers were (alleged) monsters who prey upon little girls. That’s true no matter how many brothers one has.

Joy-Anna & Jinger Duggar Break Silence on ‘Sickening, Horrible’ Family … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

The ugly divorce battle between Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright just managed to get even uglier.

In court documents obtained by TMZ, Jax claims Brittany has repeatedly said cruel and humiliating things to him, including allegedly telling him that their young son doesn’t want him around.

Taylor claims that he has been sober for nearly two years and believes Brittany’s alleged comments are designed to push him toward a relapse.

Brittany has previously made serious allegations of her own against Jax and was granted a temporary restraining order against him in August.

She has accused her estranged husband of a longstanding pattern of emotional, psychological, and physical abuse.

Jax is now offering his own version of events.

In his filing, Jax claims Brittany “continues to say many insulting things and offensive things to humiliate, intimidate, and scare me,” adding that he believes she does so “as if she wants to shake me to my core and make me relapse.”

Jax also claims Brittany previously told him: “You’re never ever going to work again, nobody wants a disgusting abuser drug addict like you, you need to literally go away and never return.”

According to Jax, she continued by telling him to “Move away.”

And then came the claim that is arguably the most painful for any parent to hear.

“Your son doesn’t want you. We don’t need you in our lives,” Jax alleges Brittany told him.

He claims she added, “Everyone is on my side, nobody likes you. You have no friends. The producers have told me they will never work with you again, you’re finished.”

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Jax insists he has relied on lessons from rehab to keep those alleged comments from derailing his sobriety.

“I love my son with all my heart,” he said in his filing, while also insisting that he has no interest in hurting Brittany.

Instead, Jax says he simply wants the conflict to end.

“I just want the truth to prevail and for her to stop abusing me and let me live my life in peace,” he stated.

Of course, “peace” appears to be in extremely short supply.

Jax and Brittany have each sought restraining orders against the other as their divorce and custody battle continues. Brittany’s temporary order currently requires Jax to stay away from her, her property, and their son’s school, ahead of a hearing scheduled for September 17.

So much for these two quietly going their separate ways.

After years of reality-TV drama, Jax and Brittany’s relationship has officially entered the phase where even their divorce filings are delivering more plot twists than an entire season of a Bravo reality show.

We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.

Jax Taylor Says Brittany Cartwright Wants Him to Relapse was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.