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On Thursday, model and influencer Jordyn Woods gave fans a big shock when she posted a photo of herself wearing a huge ring on that finger on Instagram. The 23-year-old was on set, wearing a casual, comfy fit and a stunning full face of makeup, smiling for the camera and leading her followers to believe she could be engaged. Of course, her comment section was immediately flooded with questions, with one fan asking, “Is that a ring with diamonds or a diamond ring?” 

Jordyn’s boyfriend, Minnesota Timberwolves player Karl-Anthony Towns, jokingly commented on the photo of Jordyn in front of a massive Air Jordan shoe, writing, “Knew I was missing a shoe….” This isn’t the first time the two have sparked engagement rumors, especially when Towns essentially confirmed he’d be putting a ring on the model’s finger on Twitter. “Same haters we got now are gonna be the same ones we have when I put that ring on her finger,” he wrote on March 18th. 

 

Elizabeth Woods, Jordyn’s mom and manager, confirmed that the two were not engaged, however, and the ring was just a piece of flashy jewelry that Jordyn was asked to wear for a photoshoot. Perhaps a proper engagement will come soon, though, considering Towns definitely thinks Jordyn is “the one.” Let us know your thoughts about this celeb couple in the comments. 

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On Monday, Rosie O’Donnell joined Jess Rothschild on her podcast, “Hot Takes and Deep Dives.” The comedian discussed a number of topics during the interview, from her Emmy Award-winning show, to the late David Bowie. 

Among the topics, Rothschild asked about the backstory of one of the most infamous moments of The Rosie O’Donnell Show, when Whitney Houston “no-showed” after she was scheduled to do a promo for her 1997 Cinderella adaptation.

O’Donnell explained that the no-show happened because Houston was in a “downward spiral with drugs.”

“It was obvious to anyone watching her. There was a horrible, horrible performance on the AMA’s or something. Do you remember that? She was so skinny, she looked so much like an addict,” Rosie said. “And Robyn, who was her partner for a while, she had written me and told me that was a very big day for them, the crew around her, to think that they had to make inroads to try to help her, and sadly, they didn’t. Couldn’t.”

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After revisiting the story, the conversation switched to Robyn Crawford, who admitted to having a relationship with Whitney Houston. O’Donnell mentioned they weren’t close friends, but they knew each other. She also spoke about knowing about Crawford’s relationship with Houston, and how it affected Houston.

“Whitney was troubled by, I think, the gay part of her life and didn’t want it exposed. It’s hard in black culture to accept gayness. It’s culturally more difficult, I think,” Rosie said.

Along with the fear of not being accepted in the black community, Rosie added she also believed Whitney hid her sexuality because of growing up in a church. “The Baptist church… weighed heavily on her, growing up in the church in gospel and singing, I think that there was a lot of conflict about that.”

Some social media users thought Rosie was wrong for bringing up the relationship.

“I really, really, REALLY want you all to let Whitney Houston Rest In Peace. Rosie O’ Donnell, we don’t need you speaking about her. Bye!” one Twitter user said.

 

Another user asked Rosie to leave the story alone.

 

Do you think it was wrong of Rosie to speak about Whitney’s relationship? Let us know what you think in the comments. 

In recent weeks, Asian Doll has come under major fire for making some controversial public comments. On March 22nd, Asian was slammed for defending Kylie Jenner after the billionaire beauty mogul donated $5K to a friend’s surgery. Many called it a bad take, considering Kylie could make the entirety of the money required for the surgery back in less than a day, although Kylie later defended herself, explaining how the situation had been misconstrued.

 

On Thursday, as reported by The Neighborhood Talk, Asian Doll completely dismissed the sexual assault allegations of Raz-B’s ex-girlfriend Kallee Brookes, who claims he held her down and impregnated her against her will. “She could’ve simply took a plan B afterwards,” Asian wrote in a comment, which many found distasteful and disrespectful. 

It’s no surprise, then, that many clowned on Asian Doll when she revealed how much she charges people for a verse and a music video. “Friend or not I’m charging you n***** 15k for a verse & 25k for the song & video,” she wrote on Twitter. Fans and foes alike immediately began to say that she shouldn’t be charging nearly that much, saying that’s why they didn’t see her featured on anything. 

 

Asian Doll stood her ground, however, and didn’t respond to any of the haters. Do you think Asian’s price is worth it? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. 

As anticipated, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s divorce is playing out on reality television as the cameras have captured Kim’s side of the story for the final season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. If you’ve kept up-to-date on all the drama, you’re already aware of the messy tweets that Kanye sent out last year, specifically the ones about his marriage to Kim Kardashian and how he considered filing for divorce after her meeting with Meek Mill.

The posts were uncalled for and likely should have been discussed privately before they were sent out. The new season of Keeping Up has officially commenced and on the latest episode, we see a glimpse of Kim’s reaction to the tweets, obviously concerned about the state of her marriage and how Kanye’s social media moves were affecting them as a couple.

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“It’s no secret that everyone sees things in the media about my life with Kanye, but I’ve always been really respectful in not talking about issues that Kanye and I have,” said Kim during a confessional on Thursday’s episode. “I mean, you guys clearly see them on Twitter, but I’m going to choose to not really talk about it on here.”

In a later scene, Kim spoke about the tweets that Kanye was sending from Wyoming, complaining about them with her family. “[He’s been] posting a lot of things on social media, so that’s been a little bit frustrating,” she said. 

 
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The episode ended with her deciding to take a trip to Wyoming to reunite with her husband, telling her sisters, “My life with Kanye, I got this, I’m dealing with it on my own and it’s going to be okay.”

Needless to say, next week’s episode is going to be pretty interesting if they continue on this path.

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It seems as though lately, things between Lil Uzi Vert and City Girl JT are only getting more and more serious. Uzi has gone off about JT’s “WAP” on his Instagram live, taken her on shopping sprees, and even bought her a new G-Wagon — all in the name of love.

Late Thursday night, Uzi took to his Twitter to tell fans just how expensive it is to be with JT, and that no one else could handle it but him. “Y’all n***** would go broke fucking with my girl,” he writes. “She too much for y’all lil boys.” Uzi also hinted that there could be new music on the way thanks to JT, tweeting, “She got me making bangers.”

Uzi also had to get real about just how much he loved JT, saying that she’s the best feeling he’s ever felt in his life. “I love JT so much that I will do anything for her,” he says. “She is the best feeling I ever had in my life thank you thank you thank you.” 

 

It looks like JT is corroborating how in love the duo are. She expressed her feelings around the same time Uzi was Tweeting on Thursday night, writing, “I be having so much mutha fuckin fun!!!!” JT also responded to a Twitter user who claimed she’d stolen his phone when Uzi was tweeting about her, simply writing “Okay.” 

 

 

It’s always fun to see JT and Uzi’s Twitter banter, and it seems like they’ll be keeping us entertained with their antics for the foreseeable future. 

For the past couple of days, Ari Lennox has been trending on Twitter after she posted some stunning photos in the lead up to her 30th birthday, which happens to be today.

On Thursday, the “BMO” singer posted a series of party photos where she was all dolled up in a full face of makeup and sleek hairstyle, wearing a silky bra and shorts set with some dazzling pink heart hoop earrings. Fans certainly thought that the photos were sultry, but perhaps not quite so much as the photos that Ari posted even later on Thursday night, just a few hours before she officially turned 30. 

In a photo set captioned “Stella,” Ari wears a Boohoo high-waisted bikini printed with some tropical botanical features. She sits by the pool and gets into the water in the pictures, which show off her immaculate body that she clearly worked hard for. 

Many Twitter users wanted to make it clear that if this was the first time people were noticing Ari’s natural beauty, they were seriously behind. 

 

 

 

 

Others noted that it was strange how people seemingly have only noticed Ari’s beauty once she began wearing wigs and losing weight. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some complained that Ari should be getting back to making music rather than becoming an IG model. 

 

 

Most, however, just wanted to celebrate the artist and her amazing music. Happy 30th Ari!