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Travis Hunter Staunchly Defends His Fiancée After Going Viral For Controversial Behavior At Fan Event

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Despite winning the Heisman Trophy over the weekend, things are not all sunshine and rainbows for Travis Hunter. The Colorado Buffalo wideout and cornerback took home the coveted hardware after being in a competitive two-horse race with Boise State Bronco running back, Ashton Jeanty. It was a controversial decision, but Travis definitely made a strong case with playing on both sides of the ball at a high level. But he’s not having a bad time right now because of that. Instead, it has to do with his fiancée, Leanna Lenee, and her controversial behavior over these last couple of days.

Fans of the future NFL draft pick are trying to warn him about her intentions and the red flags that continue to pop up. In terms of this weekend, it started at the Heisman ceremony on Saturday. When Travis Hunter was announced the winner, his head coach, Deion Sanders, and his other loved ones stood up immediately to congratulate him. However, as you can see below, Sanders sort of forces her to get out of her seat. She puts on a smile, but fans are highly skeptical. Then, it kind of gets uglier from there.

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Fans Think Travis Hunter Is “Blind” To What’s Going On

 
 
 
 
 
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Fans Are Trying To Reach The Heisman Winner

While at a scheduled fan meet and greet like event, Lenee is seen sitting on the couch while Travis takes pictures with the kids. But once again, it’s how she’s putting herself on display in public that has everyone upset for the athlete. In the clip, you can hear Lenee say with some attitude, “What do you want me to do… I just sit here then.” But Travis Hunter is standing by his girl’s side during this unrelenting barrage of hate. She claims to have been drinking and crying because of it and he’s not trying to hear it from the media one bit. You can see his heated response in the repost from The Neighborhood Talk above.

Even though he’s trying to put a stop to this, fans feel they are just trying to help. If you go on Twitter right now you will see tons of them pointing to past comments, Lenee’s body language, and all of the above. Comedian Godfrey is even trying to have a heart-to-heart with Travis Hunter and making him aware of her questionable actions and words. He’s been one of many to point out how Lenee said in an older Q&A video with Travis that “he wasn’t my type.” She did try to debunk that skepticism around it by commenting on how he was in high school when he tried to shoot his shot. All in all, Travis’ response tells us that he’s committed to Leanna after getting engaged to her earlier this year and we sincerely wish them nothing but the best!

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Usher Reflects On Fan Backlash to Tameka Foster Relationship

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Usher has opened up about the impact that fan reaction to his relationship with Tameka Foster had on him. “It was a bit unconventional in a time when I felt like my female fans were judgmental of the woman that I chose. She was a dark-skinned woman, and maybe they didn’t want to love her in a way because of maybe some reason that had to do with themselves. I don’t know. Or maybe she was not the best reference because of how she handled herself,” Usher told PEOPLE.

Usher and Foster were married for two years between 2007 and 2009. At the time, many fans expressed a dislike of Foster due to the eight-year age gap between the couple as well as what they saw as “controlling behavior” towards Usher. Following their divorce, the two became locked in a vicious and well-publicized custody battle. Usher was married again between 2015 and 2018. He married his third wife last week, hours before he performed at the Super Bowl.

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Usher Didn’t Invite Chris Brown To Super Bowl

Meanwhile, Usher also recently revealed that he never intended to bring out Chris Brown at the Super Bowl. “No, I did not reach out to Chris Brown. I’m not gon’ tell you everybody I reached out to. I reached out to some hitters. I was curating what would be one of the greatest Super Bowls of all time and it actually turned into that because of who I reached out to,” Usher said.

It’s the second big event Brown has missed out on this week. Brown claimed that he was uninvited from the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game. “I was asked by the NBA to play in the All-Star Game this year! Only for them to call later and say I couldn’t do it because of their sponsors like Ruffles. At this point, I’m sick of bothering me and I’m tired of living in the f-cking past,” Brown wrote on Instagram. Furthermore, Brown claimed that after uninviting him, the NBA still asked him to sit courtside at the game. While Brown posted an initial invitation from the league to appear at the game, he did not provide evidence of the league uninviting him.

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Tyrese Faces Backlash For Saying He Wishes He Was “Born Latino”

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Tyrese Gibson has sparked outrage amongst his fans after saying he wished he was “born Latino”. Gibson argued that the “Latin community is grounded in family, loyal, enterupenuers, businessmen, and women literally represent the dream. The grind and hustle, doing whatever it takes to stick together despite the odds.” Furthermore, it feels as those Tyrese is once again lamented about the breakdown of his marriage last year.

As mentioned, fans were not having this. “It’s Black History Month. 😒Use your black lips and do us all a favor and shut up. Thanks,” one person wrote. “Sometimes I wish Black folks actually went to see the hardworking Black people and families all over the country. So many of us are not in LA or Hollywood or highlighted on social media,” added another.

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Samantha Lee’s Joe Budden Interview Has Tyrese Demanding She Change Her Name & Claiming He’s Losing Out On Sex

As mentioned, Tyrese has been struggling to overcome the breakdown of his marriage last year. He explosively responded to the interview his ex-wife gave to Joe Budden in November. She wants to be famous, she wants the clout. She had a whole baby and faked a whole marriage to get the BAG. 3 law firms later. Just hear her out guys. Please. Zelie and I are over here decorating this tree and trying to take advantage of these cyber Monday sales to come. Swipe left and just know whoever this person is. She hates my guts and yet her drivers license still says Gibson. Can you please run me my last name back? Soraya can keep it that our angel. Your trash ass birth name is Samantha Schwalenberg,” Tyrese ranted as he reposted a clip from the interview.

Furthermore, Tyrese claimed that the interview has affected his relationship with his current partner. “The Joe Budden podcast is now causing havoc in my house. My girl is mad at me about the podcast and after five months, she pulled out the vibrator and used it last night,” Tyrese claimed in a separate post. However, this one was met with a fair amount of backlash. Even Tyrese’s fans weren’t happy that he would put his partner on blast like that for nothing but clout.

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Tyler Perry’s “Ruthless” Leaves Viewers Shocked Following Inclusion Of Graphic Sexual Assault Scene

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A graphic scene explicitly showing gang rape in the latest episode of Tyler Perry’s Ruthless has left fans stunned. The scene appeared in Season 4, Episode 13 of the long-running drama about a woman seeking escape from a sexually exploitative religious cult. While the show has often dealt with heavy topics. However, this moment appeared to go beyond the pale for many viewers.

“Tyler Perry is going to hell. He genuinely hates black women. He despises black women. I have no doubt that he spends his time trying to figure out how he can depict harm coming to black women. There is ZERO reason to show that type of violence happening to black women,” one fan on X wrote. Meanwhile, others called or an immediate boycott of Perry’s work. Furthermore, another line of thinking was to link Tyler Perry to Vince McMahon, who was recently accused of sexual assault.

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Ruthless Scene Derails Promotion For Other Tyler Perry Projects

However, the ripples have gone far beyond the pond as the response to the scene in Ruthless spreads. Fans also took aim at Perry for co-opting the stories of women (while explicitly showing harm to them as well). This manifested in the response to the first released images of Six Triple Eight. The Kerry Washington-led film, directed by Perry, tells the story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-Black, all-women overseas battalion during World War Two.

The Six Triple Eight is a deeply overlooked piece of military history, serving as the only predominantly all-Black Women’s Army Corps battalion during the Second World War. However, especially in the wake of the latest episode of Ruthless, many have questioned by Perry is the one directing the project. The irony of a man directing the story about an overlooked part of women’s history has not been lost on many commenters.

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Aubrey O’Day OnlyFans Promotion Using Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes Raises Eyebrows

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Following Cassie’s bombshell lawsuit against Diddy this past fall, former Danity Kane member Aubrey O’Day had an awful lot to say about her time working with the music mogul. She primarily alleged that the sales her musical group made went straight into Sean Combs’ bank account, also noting that other victims were likely to come forward with harrowing stories of their own. The Bad Boy head and his legal team continue to deny any wrongdoing, meanwhile, O’Day is back to business as usual.

On Monday (January 16), the blonde singer’s Instagram feed lit up with a new post promoting her OnlyFans and paying tribute to the late Martin Luther King Jr. Combining her NSFW content sales with the memory of a civil rights activist is definitely raising eyebrows online. Social media hasn’t been afraid to put O’Day on blast. “‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter,’” she wrote in her upload’s caption, kicking things off with a series of sultry snapshots showcasing her curves in a beige fit.

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Aubrey O’Day Celebrates MLK in an Unusual Way

“When I look at these pics, Martin Luther King’s moving speeches from 1964 are exactly what I think of,” one troll roasted the 39-year-old in her comments. “This is NOT it sis. Show some respect,” another user chimed in, putting O’Day in her place. The controversial starlet has yet to respond to the hate, though the video clips at the end of her post make it clear that she’s not phased by those with unflattering opinions about her OF.

While Aubrey O’Day seems to think that MLK Jr. would be in support of her salacious content selling, Boosie Badazz has some opinions of his own about the late civil rights activist. This past summer, the Louisana native asserted that King and Malcolm X would be “outcasts” in our modern society. Read more about that at the link below, and check back later for more hip-hop/pop culture news updates.

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Simone Biles’ Husband Roasted For Claiming He’s The “Catch” In Their Marriage

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Jonathan Owens, the husband of Simone Bills, has faced significant backlash for comments he made about their marriage on a recent podcast appearance. Appearing on The Pivot, Owens claimed he didn’t know who Biles was when they first met and that he believes that “men are always the catch in a relationship”. When the couple met on a dating app in March 2020, Owens was a practice squad player for the Texans who had never played an NFL game. Meanwhile, Biles was a five-time Olympic medalist.

Unsurprisingly, people have taken significant issue with Owens’ comments. “Mind you he went undrafted, was waived by two teams, hasn’t won a single championship and is all around a below average player so what in his mind would make him think HE is the catch?!” one of Biles’ fans wrote on X. Following the backlash, Owens reposted an image from his wedding to Biles with the caption “Unbothered 😂❤ Just know we locked in over here 🤞🏽.”

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Simone Biles Has Dominant Return To Gymnastics

Meanwhile, it’s been a huge year for Simone Biles herself. Biles pushed her international medal tally to 37 earlier this year after an electric appearance at the World Gymnastics Championships in Belgium. Biles finished the event with four golds and a silver out of six events contested. After entering the Championships tied for Olympic & World Championship medals with retired Belarusian gymnast Vitaly Scherbo, Biles finished the event in sole possession of that title. Furthermore, Biles set herself up for a strong showing at next year’s Olympics.

However, Biles’ gold sweep was halted by finishing off the podium in the uneven bars and her silver medal in the vault. Biles fell 0.201 points short of winning gold on her signature equipment of vault. An over-rotation on her signature Yurchenko double pike caused her to fall backward on the landing. Biles bounced back with an excellent Cheng in her final vault. However, 2022 all-around champion Rebeca Andrade was able to keep Biles off the top of her podium with a near-perfect outing.

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DMX AI Tracks Earn Fan Backlash

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Fans have protested after news broke alleging that DMX’s record label, Cleopatra Records, released a number of songs using AI to recreate the late rapper’s vocals. “Silent Night”, “Halloween From Miami To LA”, and “Long Live X” were all released in September and October. All three tracks appear to include heavily edited or AI-enhanced vocals of the rapper who died in 2021. “DMX’s label is releasing new DMX songs made with AI on Spotify… bro this is so disrespectful, especially when the artist isnt even alive anymore. Its Not even good AI. you can tell its not DMX,” one fan wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Cleopatra Records had previously released Exodus as a posthumous album a month after DMX’s death. Furthermore, Swizz Beatz had alluded to the possibility of a second posthumous release, given the sheer amount of unreleased content DMX left behind. However, that second release has yet to come and now the record label is scrambling to retain fans after their adventure in AI. However, at this time, Cleopatra Records has not yet issued a statement about the releases and whether they do in fact use AI.

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AI Music Still Proving Controversial

It’s been a big year for AI music, with the technology recently being used to release the “last-ever new Beatles song”. However, it’s use remains heavily debated and highly controversial. Mike Tyson called an AI 2Pac and Biggie track “f-cked up”. Meanwhile, Khalid told TMZ earlier this year that he saw the potential benefits of AI but was afraid of what it meant for human performers.

However, the technology does have its advocates. Speaking with TMZ, JoJo called AI music technology “interesting” and argued that it could be used for “harmonies and backgrounds”. Additionally, she said that the use of the technology was inevitable and the music industry shouldn’t wait too long to embrace it. As mentioned, the debate is not going to end anytime soon.

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