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This week, Naomi Osaka was one of many famous women to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue, but her inclusion came at a price. The sports star is one of the best tennis players in the world, but the champion has opted to sit out both the French Open and Wimbledon after revealing that her mental health struggles, especially as they are tied to answering questions from the press in post-game interviews, are difficult for her to manage in those environments.

Osaka widely received support from the public but there have been certain people, like Piers Morgan and former Fox News host Megyn Kelly, who have chided her vocalizing her personal struggles. Kelly was particularly callous after Osaka’s SI cover was revealed, taking to Twitter to poke fun at Osaka while suggesting that the tennis star can’t be struggling too much if she continues to pose for magazine features.

Osaka issued a clap back, stating that her photoshoot for SI was months before she came forward to talk about her mental health, and after blocking Kelly on Twitter, the reporter continued to harass Osaka. Kelly quickly caught backlash from a global audience on social media but she returned to defend her comments.

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit editor MJ Day has come forward to condemn Kelly’s remarks. “It broke my heart… It’s such bullying and it’s so unnecessary, and this woman did nothing wrong,” Day said while visiting the People Every Day podcast. “First of all, we did that shoot back in December of 2020.”

Day added that Osaka is “living her life for the betterment of others, while also trying to pursue her own passion, which is tennis and fashion,” adding, “Let her live, let her make decisions for herself that protect her own well-being … it’s at no cost to anyone. And also it’s just facts, we did this shoot back in December.”

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There are fans, superfans, and Stans, and while we’re not exactly sure where Sean “Suga” O’Malley falls on that spectrum, it’s clear that he admires Tekashi 6ix9ine. Controversy seems to follow the New York rapper everywhere he goes, and since testifying against his former associates in the Nine Trey gang, 6ix9ine has been labeled as a snitch. This hasn’t severely impacted his career, however, as upon his release from prison, 6ix9ine jumped back into the Rap game with a collaboration alongside Nicki Minaj.

As he holds tight to the title as one of Rap’s biggest trolls, 6ix9ine continues to perform live shows and move freely, despite threats and run-ins with angry strangers on the street. 

Recently, MMA fighter “Suga” Sean O’Malley shared a photo showing that he was posted up with 6ix9ine in matching ‘fits, and it looks as if he went the extra mile to show just how much of a fan he is. Tatu Panda posted a video that showed 6ix9ine played the part of a tattooist as he helped ink the art himself.

6ix9ine isn’t the only music artist who makes an appearance on O’Malley’s social media, as the sports star posted photos of himself with the likes of Jack Harlow, Justin Bieber, and Diplo, as well. Check out the tattoo, as well as a few posts, below.

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We’re not quite sure what this scandal is called—Chickengate, we’re sure—but the food-flying argument that allegedly occurred between the former members of 3LW continues to be a hot topic of conversation. Currently, BET’s show The Encore is in the thick of its first season where they placed several hitmaking R&B veterans in a house with the hopes of forming a mega-girl group. Kiely Williams from 3LW has been at odds with ex-groupmate Naturi Naughton for years, with the latter accusing Williams of throwing a plate of chicken in her face before kicking her out of a vehicle.

What really happened during this years-old fight will forever remain a mystery, but the altercation was brought up once again on The Encore. “I didn’t throw chicken at anybody,” Kiely said on the show. “The chicken was in my hand but if you call my mother a b*tch, I’m throwing whatever.”

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“My entire life has been turned into…” Kiely began to say before someone added, “A friend chicken meme.” After the clip was shared on Twitter, Williams retweeted it with an additional message. “Throwing hands, and whatever is in them over my mother. She is a saint,” the singer wrote. “If my phone was in my hand and not my dinner she would’ve gotten that. And none of you would’ve done any different. #betpresentstheencore.”

We previously reported on Naughton sharing her side of the story during an interview, and Williams seemed to address those comments, as well. “I saw a clip of an interview a while ago with an ex-group member talking about ‘profanities were exchanged‘ and I think the question is: what profanities were ‘exchanged’ before I popped off? Was it ‘b*tch’ and my mother in the same sentence?”

It is unknown if Naughton will respond to these latest gibes, but you can check out Williams’s posts below.

It’s not the $2 million per month that she was seeking, but Nicole Young is inching closer to finalizing her ongoing case with ex-husband Dr. Dre. Technically, the former couple was officially divorced last month, however, the ongoing dispute regarding spousal support rages on. We previously reported on Nicole seeking $2 million per month in spousal support and it is a number that gives many spectators pause.

The Blast reported today (July 21) that an agreement seems to have been reached and according to court documents, Dre has been ordered to pay his ex-wife just under $300K per month following a hearing this week.

“[Dre] is ordered to pay to the [Nicole] spousal support in the sum of $293,306.00 per month, payable on the first of each month, commencing August 1, 2021,” the court order reported stated. That means the Aftermath mogul will dish out approximately $3.5 million per year to his ex, but this won’t go on forever.

The order will reportedly stay in place “until the party receiving support remarries or enters into a new domestic partnership, death of either party.” Basically, until one of them dies or Nicole remarries, she’ll continue to receive her check on the first of the month. Dr. Dre is reportedly also responsible for paying Nicole’s health insurance and other fees, including “the expenses for the Malibu, and Pacific Palisades homes.”

According to The Blast, even this order could be temporary as the former couple, who was married for two and a half decades, continue financial negotiations. There are still alleged talks of Nicole receiving a lump sum, and if so, she could see those $300K monthly checks come to a screeching halt in the future.

Following his brain aneurysm earlier this year, Dre reportedly gave his wife $2 million. There have been rumors, and photos, to suggest that the megaproducer has moved on and is allegedly dating Love & Hip Hop star Apryl Jones.

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Months ago, Halsey took to Instagram to share her pronouns: she/they. The singer reportedly later explained the decision. “For those asking RE: my updated Instagram bio, I am happy with either pronouns,” she said at the time. “The inclusion of ‘they,’ in addition to ‘she,’ feels most authentic to me. If you know me at all you know what it means to me to express this outwardly. Thanks for being the best.”

While both “she” and “they” are acceptable to Halsey, an issue regarding pronouns arose following Allure‘s recent cover feature interview with the Popstar. After it was released, Halsey took to Twitter to call out the magazine for only using “she/her” pronouns throughout.

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“Hey @Allure_magazine. First your writer made a focal point in my cover story my pronouns and you guys deliberately disrespected them by not using them in the article,” Halsey wrote in a since-deleted tweet. During their interview, the singer also spoke about being a “White passing” biracial person. 

“A lot of people try to write off a lot of my experiences because I present white,” Halsey told Allure. “No matter how many tears I’ve shed because I’m not connecting with my family or my culture in a way that I would like too, or because the waitress thinks I’m the babysitter when I go out with my family, none of that would compare to the tears that I would shed for presenting phenotypically Black and the disadvantages and the violence that I would face because of that.”

However, Halsey didn’t appreciate how her comments about her background were presented in the article or on social media. “Then your admin bastardized a quote where I discuss the privilege of being the white child of a black parent,” they said. “[And] Intentionally used a portion that was the antithesis of the point I was trying to make. All of this ironically on the tails of an article where I give your author the intimate admission that I hate doing press because I get exploited and misquoted. Do f*cking better…?”

Later, Halsey tweeted that they would no longer do press because of this latest experience. Check it out below.

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