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Bishop TD Jakes Seemingly Suffers Medical Emergency During Sunday Sermon

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TD Jakes, the bishop and pastor that rose to prominence for his alleged connection to Diddy, seemingly suffered a medical emergency during a sermon on Sunday morning (November 24). He was addressing the church congregators and the folks at home who were watching him via livestream, quietly wiping sweat off his face, telling his audience he loves them, and speaking on visiting someone at the hospital who motivated their visitor. At one point, Jakes stopped his speech, his arms fell to the side, and he began to shake, which prompted many people to run over and try to help him. The livestream ended shortly after. Hopefully the Potter’s House megachurch senior pastor recovers well and quickly.

Previously, T.D. Jakes made headlines for his remarks after the footage of Diddy assaulting Cassie in a hotel hallway emerged online. “Then, a woman said to me, ‘Would you please pray for women who are living in danger in their own house?’” he said. “And there was something about the way she said it… It was a cry for help. The atrocious, degrading, demeaning, debauchery — I know who it was, but I saw my daughters. As a man, I saw my daughters, and it made me angry… And I thought if it affected me like that as a man, how much more is that image a trigger for women who have been through that, who are currently going through that… And feel trapped in situations where you are being physically and emotionally and verbally abused?”

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TD Jakes Seems To Face Medical Emergency

Even though T.D. Jakes completely denied any malicious involvement with Diddy, the Bad Boy mogul continues to find inspiration in his perspective. Both of them are in pretty tough situations right now for wholly different reasons, but we don’t know the extent of their disconnection these days.

“I will not use this sacred day and this sacred pulpit to address a lie when I have the chance to preach the truth,” T.D. Jakes said during his Christmas Eve sermon. These rumors shot Jakes up into the stratosphere of media attention thanks to the Diddy scandal. But sadly, now he has larger issues to deal with that we hope he can recover from.

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Ne-Yo Explains Decision To Embrace Polyamorous Lifestyle

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On November 14, The Lemon Drop Show released a new episode featuring an exclusive sitdown with Ne-Yo to their YouTube channel. About two-thirds of the way through the episode, Ne-Yo explained why he embraced polyamory. The choice stemmed from a realization that he was not living his “truth” for a “very, very long time.”

“…And I realized that everything is not for everybody,” Ne-Yo said. “Society tells you that you’re supposed to be with one person. You get married, and y’all supposed to be together forever… I am not sh***ing on marriage. I’m not sh***ing on anyone who has figured out how to make that thing work for them. Again, everything’s not for everybody. Monogamy is for you. It’s not for me.” He added that his realization is like a “weight lifted off” his shoulders.

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Ne-Yo Discusses Polyamorous Lifestyle In New Interview

“I realized I spent so much time lying and trying to be somebody I wasn’t for the sake of somebody else,” he continued. “It was complete and utter time wasted when I could’ve just been exactly who I am, said exactly what I want, exactly how I’m rocking, exactly how I’m not, and then waited for those people to gravitate to me because that’s my reality now […] As long as my happy ain’t messing with anybody else’s happy, I’m in the right place,” he said. “I’ll be damned if I ever go back to that person that needed to lie for the appeasement of somebody else. I’m not that no more.”

Ne-Yo also shared that living in his truth has allowed all the relationships in his life to become better. That includes his relationship with his ex-wife Crystal Renay. “We’re actually at the place where we can call each other ‘friend’ again because now it’s, ‘This is who I am. Love it or leave it alone.’” he said. Ne-Yo is dating multiple women at the time of this writing. The identity of two of them was revealed earlier this year.

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Kai Cenat Bombarded With Homophobia Allegations After Tense Livestream Moment

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Kai Cenat is under fire once again, this time due to comments he made toward his friends RaKai and Ray during a livestream. In a clip making its rounds on X, the internet personality and several others are seen in the back of a vehicle. Eventually, Cenat noticed that Ray was sitting in RaKai’s lap, and immediately made it clear that he wasn’t comfortable with it. He told them to “chill” repeatedly while his friends defended themselves.

The clip has earned mixed reactions from social media users. Many are accusing him of being homophobic and slamming him for acting that way in front of his young audience. “Kai being homophobic is so disheartening,” one user writes. “It’s so cr*zy that he won’t get backlash that makes a difference, nobody will really call him out and he will still have the biggest platform on Twitch with big sponsors… tons of young kids are listening to what he says and agreeing just cause he says it. It’s gross,” someone else says.

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Kai Cenat Calls Out RaKai & Ray For How They’re Sitting During Livestream

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Fortunately for Cenat, there are some fans coming to his defense. According to multiple users on X, it’s possible that the streamer could have actually been outraged over his two friends’ age difference. Reportedly, RaKai is 16 years old while Ray is 19. Others suspect that the entire thing was staged and that everybody involved was in on it, though this is unconfirmed. This is far from the first time a moment from Cenat’s stream got critics talking, however.

Earlier this month, he got a massage during a stream, which ended abruptly due to trolls in his chat. They continuously made inappropriate remarks about the masseuse, who ultimately decided that she was no longer willing to put up with it. She left despite Cenat apologizing profusely, though she seemed to recognize that the rude messages were out of his control.

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Grace Jabbari Drops Lawsuit Against Jonathan Majors Following Meagan Good Engagement

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Jonathan Majors will seemingly close a very huge and turbulent chapter of his life, as his ex girlfriend Grace Jabbari dropped the federal defamation and assault lawsuit against him on Thursday (November 21), according to AllHipHop. For those unaware, she sued him three months after a New York court found him guilty of assaulting and harassing her in March of 2023. The actor received a domestic violence counseling sentence a month after his former partner filed another lawsuit alleging defamation. She specifically accused him of portraying her as an outright liar and not a survivor, characterizing his claims of innocence after the guilty verdict as purely defamatory.

Furthermore, Grace Jabbari accused Jonathan Majors of defamation given that he “participated in an exclusive interview with ABC News wherein he doubled down on his public attack of Grace, claiming that she is lying about the entire pattern of abuse she has described, as he has ‘never laid [his] hands on a woman,’” per legal documents. Now, however, attorneys on both sides filed a joint notice in the court this past Thursday to announce that they “dismissed” the legal battle “with prejudice.”

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Jonathan Majors At The EBONY Power 100 Gala

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 17: Jonathan Majors attends the 2024 Ebony Power 100 List at Nya Studios on November 17, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/WireImage/Getty Images)

This is another piece of good news for Jonathan Majors, as he and Meagan Good also recently announced their engagement. The two proved to be quite the controversial couple not just because of his legal scandal, but also because there were frequent rumors about trouble in paradise. Of course, you can say the same about plenty of celebrity relationships, but this one particularly threw fans for a loop. Nevertheless, it seems like they are happier than ever these days, and we’re sure that this dropped lawsuit should also cause plenty of celebration.

Meanwhile, Jonathan Majors is also looking for other revenue and income streams after this legal controversy, including selling autographs at conventions. We don’t know if that’s just for the love of the game or if he’s really in a financial bind, so let’s not speculate too much. Regardless, things seem to be looking up, so we’ll see what else happens in the future and whether this legal saga has another chapter to it.

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Keke Palmer Sends Shannon Sharpe Into Hysteria By Bringing Up Sex Tape Mishap

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Keke Palmer was Shannon Sharpe’s most recent guest on his Club Shay Shay podcast, hopping on the platform in an interview published Wednesday (November 20). Of course, they talked about their careers and their experiences a lot, as she mentioned a film she worked on in which she played a younger female character involved with an older man. “You like them older, huh?” Sharpe joked, which led to cackles from them both before Keke hit him with the ultimate clap-back: “That’s what Michelle said!” The interviewer and his colleagues started going ballistic, and she seemed quite proud of herself for the quip.

For those unaware, Keke Palmer referred to Shannon Sharpe’s viral and now infamous sex tape scandal that happened on Instagram Live. There are a few different possible interpretations of this, but basically, he accidentally went Live on the social media platform while he was having intimate relations with a woman he referred to as Michelle. They didn’t actually show up on the screen, but you could hear them in the livestream. Some thought it was fake, others thought he was being honest, but pretty much everyone found the Internet discussion that it provoked at least a little funny.

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Elsewhere during her interview with Shannon Sharpe, Keke Palmer also discussed how hard her family had to work for her success and even providing for them at an early age. It was a pretty heartening discussion, especially considering how things look right now. During a recent People interview, she spoke on her relationship with Darius Jackson and how things got out of control with social media gossip and allegations in court. Fortunately, they seem like they’re at least in a better place right now, especially regarding their son.

You can check out the full Keke Palmer interview on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay YouTube channel. He might have a lot more content on the way very soon, including a seemingly teased part two to his explosive Katt Williams interview. That conversation kicked 2024 off with a bang, and we wonder if a sequel would cause even more hysteria or never live up to the original. Either way, we’re sure folks would tune in.

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Katt Williams Allegedly Lied About Going To Marine Boot Camp

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Katt Williams has told many tales this year regarding the “exposure” of celebrity culture and whole lot of other antics and hot topics. But folks understand that he might embellish the truth here and there, especially when it comes to his own experiences and stories. For example, the comedian has referenced his alleged stint in a U.S. Marines boot camp when he was underage, claiming that they kicked him out when they realized he was too young. However, now the Marines reportedly told CBS News that they have absolutely no record of this. Ironically enough, though, if he was underage, then maybe that’s why they didn’t have any record of it, so this doesn’t kill his allegations completely.

Elsewhere, Katt Williams is explaining some other of his comments, such as his bashes of Diddy on Club Shay Shay. “Because P. Diddy be wanting to party, and you got to tell him no!” he told GQ. “I did. […] So when I was a young man, Tupac was my favorite artist. I loved Tupac. And I felt like we were kindred spirits. So if I hear you responsible for knocking my n***a off — I don’t give a f**k what job I end up being in, I don’t care how things go, if I can get a way to get you, that’s what I’m all about.”

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Katt Williams Accused Of Lying About Attending Marine Boot Camp

In addition, Katt Williams explained how he didn’t like to see Diddy “walking around scot-free” amid his allegations. “‘Cause you a demon, and I know demons are powerful, but I know why they’re powerful. It’s cold spiritual warfare going on out here in the real world. And part of my job is to not lose focus on that.”

So with all this in mind, Katt Williams going (or not going) to a Marine boot camp when he was young isn’t the main point of attack here. People are obviously more interested in what he has to say about other superstars, and what he might tell Shannon Sharpe next. So we’ll see what other wild conspiracies or salacious celebrity gossip cuts through, and what else these scandals and antics will bring to light.

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Azealia Banks Expresses Pity Over Kim Kardashian’s Intimate Photoshoot With A Tesla Robot

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Azealia Banks often rants without end on social media platforms, but sometimes her reactions and responses can be shockingly simple and short. For example, she recently commented on Kim Kardashian’s recent bizarre and viral photoshoot, in which she posted up with a Tesla robot in a car and even held its hand in one snapshots. “I don’t know what’s going on. It seems really sad :(,” the rapper quote-tweeted some of these new pictures, which are definitely odd. We don’t know why it seems to sad to her, but maybe romanticizing an intimate bond with a hunk of machinery is just a little too dystopian for her to think otherwise.

Of course, this is just one more social media narrative that Kim Kardashian has to deal with, and Azealia Banks is definitely not the only one who’s commenting on it. Still, it’s much better to deal with that than with other examples that are actually more abhorrent, such as those involving ex husband Kanye West. An alleged former employee claimed that he often went on antisemitic rants about Kim and how Jewish people took control of her and her family.

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Azealia Banks Comments On Kim Kardashian’s New Photos

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As for Azealia Banks, Kim Kardashian got it easy this time around, a fate that other people online were not lucky enough to receive when it comes to her rants. “This n***a diddy is REALLY trying to get out on bail .. now that kamala has lost im f***ing scared that might actually happen,” she theorized recently on Twitter. “Lol the lawyer said he got NEW EVIDENCE that the prosecutors case is thin…. mad vague and ominous. No the birthday at central bookings jail birthday breakfast menu had me CRYINGGG.”

But maybe Azealia Banks’ words will not affect Kim Kardashian or make her explain this Tesla robot photo shoot. After all, she often causes a lot of discussion around the simplest declaration, so she doesn’t have to elaborate to keep a conversation going. Maybe it’s all a bunch of casual, irrelevant reactions to a casual, irrelevant social media photo dump. But where’s the fun in that? We think there’s something more consequential on the way…

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Katt Williams Clarifies Shocking Diddy Claims He Made On “Club Shay Shay”

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Earlier this week, GQ published an exclusive interview with Katt Williams, which appears in their Men of The Year issue. In the interview, the controversial comedian discussed his viral appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s podcast Club Shay Shay, which has racked up a staggering 83 million views since its January release. At the time, he went after several of his celebrity peers including Steve Harvey, Kevin Hart, Cedric The Entertainer, and more. He even made some shocking claims about Diddy, who is currently behind bars facing disturbing allegations.

“Because P. Diddy be wanting to party, and you got to tell him no!” he alleged, “I did.” Williams told GQ how Diddy “ended up on his list,” and his answer was fairly simple. According to him, it all started with his love for 2Pac. “So when I was a young man, Tupac was my favorite artist. I loved Tupac. And I felt like we were kindred spirits,” he recalled. “So if I hear you responsible for knocking my n***a off — I don’t give a f**k what job I end up being in, I don’t care how things go, if I can get a way to get you, that’s what I’m all about.”

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Katt Williams Says He Didn’t Like Seeing Diddy “Walking Around Scot-Free”

Williams continued, admitting he didn’t like seeing Diddy “walking around scot-free” considering all of the heinous things he’s allegedly done. “‘Cause you a demon, and I know demons are powerful, but I know why they’re powerful,” he explained. “It’s cold spiritual warfare going on out here in the real world. And part of my job is to not lose focus on that.”

Williams’ first appearance on Club Shay Shay may not be his last, as earlier this week, Sharpe seemingly teased a second bombshell interview. “There’s a possibility that you might hear the haymakers very very soon,” he said on Nightcap recently. At the time of writing, the potential interview has no official release date.

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Jussie Smollett Cleared By Illinois Supreme Court In Overturned Hoax Case Conviction

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The Illinois Supreme Court officially overturned Jussie Smollett’s conviction in his hate crime hoax case on Thursday (November 21), according to TMZ. Moreover, they spoke with Jussie’s attorney Nenye Uche about the news. “Obviously, we’re ecstatic, we’re happy,” he remarked. “But really, my position is, it shouldn’t have gone this far. This prosecution was not a prosecution, it was a persecution. […] One thing I want to really emphasize here is this was not a divided court. This was a unanimous decision. […] [Smollett] was very pleasantly surprised.” For those unaware, he received a 150-day jail sentence back in 2022 for staging a hate crime against himself.

Since then, Jussie Smollett went through a few different processes of appeal, seeing doors shut in his face before the Illinois Supreme Court heard him out. As such, this new ruling means that he will not have to fulfill his original sentence and cannot face another trial. State’s Attorney Kim Foxx reached a plea deal with the actor that made him forfeit his $10,000 bond and fulfill 15 hours of community service. Per the court, since he fulfilled these hours and more, he shouldn’t have faced a second prosecution, which is when he went to jail before entering appeal.

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Jussie Smollett Conviction Overturned

Previously, Jussie Smollett had received a 30-month probation sentence as part of this 150-day prison sentence. “Today we resolve a question about the State’s responsibility to honor the agreements it makes with defendants. The State is bound by the agreement,” the Illinois Supreme Court wrote of this latest update. They actually did not focus on the details of the case and allegations themselves, but rather on the deal that the prosecution and the defense originally struck.

Sadly, though, this good news for Jussie Smollett comes amid less heartening material, such as his mother almost falling victim to burglary. Two men reportedly attempted to break into her home, but they quickly left the Los Angeles property when she realized what was going on and confronted them. Regardless, this must alleviate that stress at least a little bit, as he’s been dealing with this for a long time. We’ll see what else Smollett and his family have to say about all this.

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Jay Leno’s Gruesome Injuries Have Social Media Users Speculating He Owes Someone Money

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Recently, Jay Leno popped out with some gruesome-looking injuries, leaving social media users suspicious. The comedian is currently sporting an eye patch, a badly bruised face, a broken wrist, and more. According to him, he fell down a 60-foot hill near a Hampton Inn in Pennsylvania after underestimating how steep it was. Obviously, things took a turn for the worse, and the 74-year-old went barreling to the ground.

“To get to it (the restaurant), I didn’t have a car, so you had to walk about a mile and a half around,” he told TMZ of the incident. “I said, ‘Well, the hill doesn’t look that steep. … Let me see if I can go down the hill’ […] I fell down. Boom, boom, boom. rolled down the hill, hit my head on a rock, knocked me in the eye.” Leno proceeded to downplay his injuries, calling them “not that big a deal.”

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Jay Leno Says He Fell Down A 60-Foot Hill

“The great thing about this age, you don’t learn by your mistakes. You just keep doing the same stupid thing,” he also joked. While Leno’s supporters are hoping he has a speedy recovery, not all of them are buying his story about falling down a hill. In fact, several social media users speculate that he allegedly owes someone money, and got roughed up because of it.

Obviously, this is just a theory that’s in no way confirmed. Fans are looking back at some of the other injuries he’s sustained over the past few years regardless, however, arguing that those are looking all the more suspicious.

Social Media Users Speculate About Jay Leno’s Latest Injuries

“Yea. Jay Leno getting extorted for some sh*t he either did, or gambling problems. Lol. This his 3rd time being f*cked up bad. Da f*ck u walking to a show over a mile away, staying at the Hampton inn for ? CUT THE SH*T AND GO TO THE POLICE JAY LENO,” one X user writes. “No way that was a fall. Was he going to speak out about something ?” another wonders. Check out some social media users’ reactions to Jay Leno’s injuries down below.

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