“Working with the President on a 25% FEDERAL film tax credit to bring back Hollywood,” the Hills alum, 42, wrote via Instagram on Friday, August 7. “While Gavin Newsom’s commissioner is actively outsourcing production jobs to Hungary, and his rogue AG is trying to destroy CA production companies, the adults in the room are actually trying to repatriate the most quintessential American industry.”

Pratt’s post included a photo of him and the president, 80, during their meeting at Trump’s golf club in Los Angeles.

“I’m committed to saving Hollywood, and I’m very grateful for the President’s remarkable generosity and focus on this issue,” Pratt continued. “He is very passionate about revitalizing the entertainment industry and we will not let Canada, or the UK or Budapest steal our lunch anymore.”

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Pratt added that during their meeting, he and Trump shared a meal which he described as the “best clam chowder” he has ever had.

“We discussed several other very important topics, as well. I’m humbled and grateful for all the time and discussion from the President,” Pratt recalled. “Unlike many other cynical doomers out there, he refuses to write off California.”

When Pratt entered the Los Angeles mayoral race earlier this year, Trump seemingly endorsed the former reality star. (While Pratt is a registered republican, the Los Angeles mayoral race was a nonpartisan election.)

“I’d like to see him do well. He’s a character,” Trump told reporters ahead of the primary election. “I assume he probably supports me. I heard he’s a big MAGA person.”

In May, Pratt spoke with Us about his mayoral bid and stressed his deep commitment to the endeavour. “It was always very serious, but when I announced [my run] in front of thousands of fire victims, everyone cheered so much that it kicked off a new path of being taken seriously,” he exclusively told Us, revealing his wife, Heidi Montag, showed unwavering support. “And as I go to all of these communities and meet with community leaders, they just have so much faith in me.”

Pratt ended up finishing in third in the June primary election, falling short of the runoff by less than 30,000 votes. Los Angeles voters will choose between current mayor Karen Bass and Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman this November.

Following the loss, Trump continued to advocate for Pratt.

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“Spencer Pratt…He shouldn’t go away quietly,” Trump said of Pratt’s loss during a June speech to the Faith & Freedom Coalition, before erroneously — and without any evidence — claiming the election outcome was not legitimate. “He should protest because it was, in my very strong opinion, that was a rigged election.”

Last month, Pratt paid a visit to the White House and hinted his career in politics wasn’t over yet.

“I will never stop fighting for my community,” Pratt wrote via Instagram alongside a photo of him and Trump inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Details about Pratt and Trump’s July meeting were not publicly revealed at the time.

• Lewis Hamilton shared cozy Instagram photos with girlfriend Kim Kardashian during his mandatory Formula 1 summer break, including snaps of a neighborhood walk in Calabasas, California. The Ferrari driver, who is currently ranked second in the World Championship standings after 14 rounds, captioned the post, “Resting, restoring, recharging.”

• Counting On alum Jeremiah Duggar and his wife, Hannah, secretly welcomed their fourth baby, revealing the arrival in an August 7 Instagram post without previously announcing the pregnancy. The couple, who married in March 2022, are also parents to daughters Brynley, Brielle and Emery.

• A judge ruled that Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul successfully completed her three-year probation sentence stemming from her 2023 arrest after an alleged altercation with ex Dakota Mortensen. The judge also amended Paul’s aggravated assault felony charge to a Class A misdemeanor.

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“Those were beautiful, exciting years. But I always had this sense of provisionality that it was not going to last my whole life,” the actor, 65, said in an interview with People published on Friday, August 7. “I knew that Málaga was there, my hometown. I was not supposed to be in Malibu, but in Málaga.”

Banderas moved from Spain to the United States in 1995 after falling in love with now ex-wife Melanie Griffith while on set of their rom-com Two Much. At the time, Griffith, 68, was already mom to two children: son Alexander Bauer and daughter Dakota Johnson, whom she welcomed during previous relationships. The pair wed in May 1996 after his divorce from first wife Ana Leza was finalized that same year.

While Banderas was already a doting stepfather, he and Griffith expanded their family shortly after their nuptials when they welcomed daughter Stella, 29, in September 1996.

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In June 2014, Griffith and Banderas called it quits after 18 years of marriage. Their divorce was finalized in December 2015. Banderas moved on with current girlfriend Nicole Kimpel in November 2015.

Despite their split, Banderas and Griffith have remained close over the years. Banderas has referred to Griffith as one of his “best friends.” While Banderas has his roots in Spain, he regularly visits Hollywood to spend time with his family.

“When I go to Los Angeles, we get together anyway, we got a lot of fun,” he told the outlet of reuniting with his ex. “We laugh and we just … It’s a very healthy thing, and it was very healthy for our kids.”

Earlier this year, Banderas shared that his desire to move back to Spain came after he suffered a heart attack in 2017.

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“It was like somebody put glasses on me so I could see the reality that I didn’t see before. I was just too worried about stupid things. We sometimes forget that we are going to die,” he reflected. “People live like they are not going to die. They collect things and they collect. I don’t want to collect anything … The only thing that I am interested in now is the experience of living.”

While Banderas travels to Los Angeles to see his loved ones, Stella also visits him in Spain. Last year, Stella wed husband Alex Gruszynski in her father’s hometown.

“I’m Andalusian, I’m an actor, I’m a father … and it was a storm of emotions!” Banderas told Hello! of his daughter’s big day in October 2025. “I tried to keep my composure, but it was difficult not to shed a few tears looking at Stella.”

During a Friday, August 7, court hearing, a judge ruled that the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 32, had successfully completed her three-year probation sentence, according to court documents obtained by Us. The judge also amended Paul’s aggravated assault felony charge to a Class A misdemeanor.

“This is a positive development and step in the right direction on Taylor’s healing journey,” a source close to Paul tells Us.

Us has reached out to Paul’s rep for comment.

Paul was arrested in 2023 following an alleged fight with Mortensen, 33. She pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal to dismiss other charges pertaining to child abuse. Footage from the incident was leaked in March, in which Paul was seen throwing chairs at Mortensen in front of her daughter, Indy. (Taylor shares Indy, 8, and son Ocean, 6, with ex-husband Tate Paul, as well as son Ever, 2, with Mortensen.)

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In light of the video’s release, Taylor temporarily lost custody of Ever. Taylor and Mortensen previously attended an April 30 court hearing in Utah, initially intended to establish a custody arrangement for Ever. Instead, a judge declined to rule on custody at the time amid the domestic violence allegations from and aimed at both parties. In lieu of an official ruling, the judge issued mutual protective orders, requiring the exes to stay 100 feet away from each other at all times.

“This has been a very toxic relationship. It’s beyond the pale in a lot of ways, the toxicity,” the judge said during the hearing. “What I’ve seen from the evidence even post [the] last hearing, there seems to be a continuing attraction that they have for each other. … You guys have to figure out a lot here. You have to figure out how to function as coparents.”

The judge then explained his hesitancy to definitively rule on custody of Ever at the time.

“I’m hoping that you’re not people who just thrive on the drama and the conflict. You’ve got to put your child first and shield the child from this conflict,” the judge continued. “I’m going to leave the current order in place. I need to think a little bit more about this lifting of supervision. I have mixed feelings about it.”

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The judge reminded Taylor and Dakota that they are “linked together for the remainder of [their] lives” because they share a child.

As for Taylor’s supervised visitation with Ever — put in place after she temporarily lost custody due to new domestic violence allegations made by Dakota — the judge added, “If I’m continuing to supervise Taylor’s parent time, I’m wary that Dakota may actually try to use that as a way to manipulate and control her.”

After the hearing, Taylor’s attorney, Eric M. Swinyard, addressed the judge’s ruling.

“Today’s hearing was a significant step forward as the court entered protective orders requiring that Taylor’s ex-partner stays far away from her,” Swinyard said in a statement to Us. “Taylor was incredibly candid with the court that she is not perfect and owned her faults, which is in direct contrast to how the other party presented their argument, despite evidence and input from law enforcement that showed otherwise.”

Swinyard continued, “Taylor feels solidarity with the many survivors who have endured similar hardships behind closed doors and shared only part of their stories, and she remains grateful for the outpouring of support she continues to receive. She looks forward to continuing to cooperate with the court to make progress in the custody case.”

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Amid the ongoing custody battle, Salt Lake City prosecutors investigated and ultimately declined to file charges against Taylor for an alleged February domestic dispute with Dakota. After the news broke in April, Taylor wrote via her Instagram Story, “Cried when I got the call 🙏 THANK YOU to those that have stood with me.”

Days later, Dakota reacted to the development in his own Instagram post.

“Over the past several weeks, I’ve taken a step back and had time away from the chaos. That space has been a breath of fresh air and has given me clarity,” he wrote in April. “My focus now is where it should have been all along — on my son and creating a stable, healthy environment for him moving forward.”

He added, “I regret not stepping away from the difficult cycle sooner. I’m not perfect, and I take accountability for my part. I’m sincerely sorry to those I’ve hurt. At the same time, I don’t agree with how this situation has been portrayed publicly. It does not reflect the full context of what occurred or the impact it has had on me and my son.”

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential support.

Sports Illustrated model Clarissa Bowers kicked off the New Year by announcing her engagement to Jackson Morgan by showing off her ring via social media on January 4.

Allison Holker joined the list on February 12 when she shared the news of her plans to wed Adam Edmunds after he popped the question.

Kicking off May, Love Island USA season 5 alum Carsten “Bergie” Bergersen popped the question to Taylor Smith after nearly three years together.

July saw Bachelor Nation’s Jason Tartick propose to girlfriend Kathryn Hurley after around eight months of dating.

In August, The Bachelorette alum Michael Allio got down on one knee and proposed to Jadé Marie Chapman, while Olympian Gus Kenworthy proposed to Andrew Rigby. High School Musical: The Musical: The Series costars Joe Serafini and Frankie Rodriguez announced their engagement on August 7.

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“This story will take many forms and be in many parts, but here’s a start. Thanks for listening & being respectful,” Leon, 31, captioned a TikTok video on Monday, August 3.

In the video, Leon walked viewers through their unorthodox childhood in Utah and Wyoming with their “family of four parents — three moms and a dad.” (Leon’s biological parents are family patriarch Kody Brown and his ex-wife Meri Brown. Kody, 57, is currently married to Robyn Brown and was previously with Janelle Brown and Christine Brown as well. Leon came out as transgender in 2022 and uses they/them pronouns.)

“I was really shy and really fearful as a child, so I didn’t really know people outside of the cult,” Leon told viewers. “We were homeschooled until we moved to Utah when I was 10. Then, we started going to the same church, a cult church, in Utah. At that point, it got a little bit more all-encompassing.”

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Leon looked back on their daily routine as a child, explaining that they went to “church school” on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, followed by attending “primary” education on Thursdays. While they described these “primary” sessions as “religious indoctrination for children,” Leon remembered excelling in the program.

“I loved primary,” they remembered. “I loved learning about Jesus. I loved learning about church history. I think there’s some religious scrupulosity there. It was rewarding, and I was rewarded for it. So I’m not actually sure if I like it or not. Who’s to say?”

Leon promised to share more about their upbringing in future videos, though they confessed it was “weird” discussing the topic.

“I don’t talk about this a lot,” they explained.

Leon’s reflections come a year after Kody’s ex-wife Christine, 54, admitted in her memoir that she was “in a cult” and had raised her six children in one.

“Our leader was the only one who knew the rule of God,” Christine explained. “I was required to follow, without question, a strict list of rules. I grew up afraid of the outside world in a sheltered community. We judged and even ostracized those who left the church.”

She added, “I believe I grew up in a cult. I believe I raised my children in a cult.”

Leon has been estranged from dad Kody for several years. In November 2025, Leon publicly denied Kody’s claims that he’d tried to make amends with all of his children after starting therapy.

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“Taking a break from my social media hiatus to say one thing,” Leon wrote via their Instagram Story at the time. “There’s a ridiculous video of my father circulating where he says he reaches out to his children.”

Leon alleged that they’d not heard from Kody since their brother Robert “Garrison” Brown died at age 25 in March 2024.

“[Kody] is a liar. He is a joke of a father. That’s all,” Leon wrote.

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar share 19 children: sons Joshua, John-David, Joseph, Josiah, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, Justin and Jackson, and daughters Jana, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joy-Anna, Johannah, Jennifer, Jordyn-Grace and Josie.

The family’s first reality series, 19 Kids and Counting, quickly became one of the most popular shows on TLC from 2008 to 2015. They later returned for a spinoff, Counting On, which ran for 11 seasons before the network canceled it in June 2021.

Due to their conservative Christian background, the family enforces a number of strict rules when it comes to courting. Kissing, hand-holding and other physical markers of affection aren’t allowed until a couple’s wedding day. Early in the courtship process, partners must have a chaperone present on their dates. For many of the Duggar daughters, their brothers have been by their sides when getting to know their suitors.

“Having that accountability really keeps things from going in the wrong direction,” Jim Bob told Today in 2014.

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“Those two little bodies came out of my belly,” Britney, 44, wrote via X on Friday, August 7, alongside a throwback photo of sons Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden James, 19, running on a beach in swimsuits. “Yes, they are mine … Unfortunately it wasn’t until 5 years ago that I saw they were secretly taken to the beach by my mom and dad … The whole summer.”

Britney then recalled her dad Jamie, 74, allegedly forbidding her from going “to a diner ever again to eat a hamburger with a new extremely cool friend I had found cuz all the attention I got from the paps after being held in my home for four months offended him.”

“I was never allowed to see my friend again or go out to old-fashioned hamburger diners … If you know me I love food,” she continued. “The pictures I saw of my mom and dad in secret on the beach the whole summer with my children every weekend ….. I wondered why I wasn’t a part of their cool secret outings … I felt demoralized to live in a country where it was accepted for people like my mom and dad to live secret lives with my children … It was demoralizing.”

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Britney — who spent 13 years in a conservatorship that gave control of her money and personal life, including decisions about her children, to her now-estranged father — recalled crying for “months” over the situation.

“Society doesn’t understand the real effects to this very day of the rights and freedoms anyone should be able to have,” the singer added. “I never got to be me, the real Spears … I used to be unbelievably intelligent and 100 percent I was brainwashed into an ignorant system where every goddamn person took advantage of me … I firmly believe I am an angel, and it hurts. Time is in a different realm when you’re an angel … I miss the excitement in my eyes, being alive when I was younger, always so eager to please and hungry for life.”

Britney noted that she was once “unbelievably passionate about everything” and that as she gets older, she finds herself questioning, “How the hell would a government allow that?”

Touching on her faith, Britney continued, “I’m not a nun, but I do live in prayer and yoga every day of my f***ing life … I’ve cried so much. I’m extremely weak, but through weakness they say you will find the most strength, cuz you surrender and give it to God. My son told me last week it was all science, he didn’t personally believe in God … In that moment, I believed I had failed as a mother because I know there is a Holy Spirit that sits high in the kingdom of heaven.”

Britney then apologized for “mistakes” in her past and reflected on her career.

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“It’s not like it was when I was younger … My intention and mindset were in a completely different place when I used to perform,” she wrote. “Not one time in those 15 years was it ever me, and the way I used to think … I was shamed, embarrassed, and forced to do all of it. My head meditated on almost fighting through it versus when I was younger, and I dreamed and felt unbelievably lighter, and the connection was different with the fans … I was simply being sassy and doing my thing but never ever allowed to do anything wrong. My image was to be too good.”

Britney questioned why being herself was a “threat to the country and my own family.”

“I will never get those years back, and I’m proud of bringing it up because it’s honestly unbelievably sad. I dance by myself, but what if fame is an illusion? What if none of it is real? As people, we all want a hero or someone to look up to, but we’re simply just people at the end of the day,” she noted, adding that she would rather not be famous.

She concluded, “I’m simply here to give perspective openly because I feel I’ve been misunderstood in my life … I want to get closer to God and get my heart in its most beautiful, spiritual way and have dreams again like I did when I used to go to Mexico!!!”

Britney’s conservatorship ended in November 2021 after the “Toxic” singer spent months arguing that the arrangement was abusive and unfair.

“Freedom to do what I want to do has given me back my womanhood,” she wrote in her October 2023 memoir, The Woman in Me. “In my forties, I’m trying things for what feels like the first time. I feel like the woman in me was pushed down for so long. Now, finally, I’m roaring back to life.”

As fans shipped Cline and costar Chase Stokes on screen as Sarah Cameron and John B, respectively, they were getting cozy in real life. Cline and Stokes hard-launched their relationship in June 2020 with an Instagram post. As time went on, the stars shared how they went from coworkers to something more.

“It was just always work-oriented — really until the day we wrapped,” Stokes exclusively told Us in February 2021. “It wasn’t until after that, until we started to kind of get into the lockdown where we were like, ‘Is there something here or am I crazy?’ That’s sort of where it bloomed from there.”

After more than one year together, Us confirmed in November 2021 that Stokes and Cline had split.

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Immediately after their breakup went public, fans started to speculate that Cline had moved on with Ross Butler. However, he confirmed they were “just friends” while chatting with TMZ at the time. She has since been romantically linked to a few other high-profile names.

Us confirmed in August 2026 that Cline “started seeing” Michael Reyes “shortly after” her split from ex Henry Smith that June.

Keep scrolling to see the actress’ full dating history so far:

Chase Stokes

After filming Outer Banks season 1, Cline and Stokes started dating. They went public in 2020 and were together for more than a year. Us confirmed their split in November 2021.

After their breakup, Cline and Stokes kept it professional, continuing to work amicably on the Netflix show’s set.

“We always said that the job remains untouched. Nothing else, personal or negative, will touch the job,” Cline told Cosmopolitan in February 2023. “And while that’s not always easy, our job is to leave the show better than we found it, to leave the season better than we found it. And I’m really appreciative of that.”

Zack Bia

Cline was first linked to Bia in December 2021 after they were spotted leaving a restaurant in L.A.. At the time, a source told Us that they were “spending a lot of time together.” However, Bia was quick to publicly clarify their relationship.

“We are not dating. We hang out all the time,” the DJ shared on Barstool Sports’ “BFFs” podcast in January 2022. “It is one of those things where we really enjoy hanging out and enjoy going to dinner. But we never officially started dating and probably will never officially stop because we are just hanging out. We are enjoying it and not even thinking about what it is.”

While it’s unclear exactly what went down between them, things eventually fizzled out.

Jackson Guthy

Cline and Guthy — a musician known for dating Olivia Jade Giannulli in the height of the college admissions scandal drama — had their first public outing in June 2022, sparking romance rumors. While they kept things low-key throughout their time together, Cline mentioned the house “she shares with her boyfriend and dogs” during a December 2022 interview with The Cut.

While they shared glimpses of their love on social media, Cline seemingly confirmed their split in July 2023 when eagle-eyed fans noticed that she had unfollowed Guthy on Instagram.

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Pete Davidson

Us broke the news of Cline and Davidson’s romance in September 2023.

“Pete and Madelyn are dating. They spent the night together at the Beverly Hills Hotel and then had breakfast together there the next morning,” a source told Us. “They were really low-key and kept things casual, wearing baseball hats.”

Cline confirmed in September 2024 that she and Davidson had split earlier that year. At the time, she was asked by Nylon what it was like to be with someone whose dating life is under a microscope.

“The jokes write themselves,” she said.

Prince Constantine Alexios

Cline was spotted packing on the PDA with Prince William’s godson in September 2025. Details about their romance were few and far between, but they were seen holding hands and kissing in New York City on multiple occasions.

Lukas Gage

Rumors surfaced in February 2026 that Cline was dating her longtime BFF after DeuxMoi posted pictures of them together.

“From friends to flames: Lukas Gage and Madelyn Cline turn romance real,” the outlet wrote across the images, adding in the caption, “🚨NEW COUPLE ALERT!”

Cline shut down the speculation, replying in the comments section, “Omfg.” In a separate comment she poked fun at the rumor, adding, “Loml but also I feel like there are better pictures of me.”

Henry Smith

Us confirmed in April 2026 that Cline was dating the TikTok star after a video of them celebrating Easter together went viral. Just a few months later, however, news broke of their split.

“I’ve never been a believer in holding resentment towards people or dwelling or sulking. I just don’t think it’s helpful or productive or fosters happiness in life,” Smith said in a July 2026 TikTok video addressing the breakup. “But I do believe in moving forward.”

Michael Reyes

“It’s new but she moved on very quickly,” a source told Us in August 2026 about her budding romance with Reyes after the actress was spotted kissing and holding hands with the L.A. real estate agent earlier that month.

The insider noted that Reyes met Cline “through mutual friends” out in L.A. and “they are having fun.”

The Outer Banks star, 28, “ended things with Henry at the end of June,” a source exclusively tells Us, noting that Cline “started seeing Michael shortly after.”

“It’s new but she moved on very quickly,” the insider says.

Smith, 29, who was first linked to Cline in April, was “heartbroken by the split,” per the source, who adds that “it felt sudden and abrupt to him.” (Us exclusively confirmed on April 7 that Smith and Cline were “dating” after the actress joined Smith’s family for Easter days prior and appeared in his TikTok recap.)

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Cline, however, has seemingly bounced back after her breakup, going public with Reyes earlier this month.

The new couple were spotted grabbing dinner at El Cava in Studio City, California, this week, according to photos published by Deuxmoi on Thursday, August 6.

Cline and Reyes were photographed kissing, holding hands across the table and smiling at one another while enjoying mussels and white wine.

The source tells Us that Reyes works in real estate in Los Angeles and met Cline “through mutual friends” out in the city.

“They are having fun,” the insider adds of the budding romance.

Us has reached out to Cline’s rep for comment.

Cline is no stranger to having her love life make headlines. After she made her debut as Sarah Cameron on Netflix’s Outer Banks in April 2020, fans began to ship Cline and costar Chase Stokes, who plays her love interest John B on the series.

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Two months later, Cline and Stokes, 33, hard-launched their relationship. The pair dated for more than one year before Us confirmed in November 2021 that the actors called it quits.

As Cline continued to work closely with Stokes on the hit series, her dating life continued to attract fans.

The I Know What You Did Last Summer actress later dated musician Jackson Guthy from June 2022 to July 2023. Us broke the news in September 2023 that Cline moved on with Pete Davidson, but by the following September they were broken up.

In September 2025, Cline caused a stir when she was spotted packing on the PDA with Prince William’s godson Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece. Amid their whirlwind romance, the pair were seen making out and holding hands in New York City on multiple occasions.

However, in February rumors swirled that Cline was romancing her longtime friend Lukas Gage.

After DeuxMoi posted a photo of Cline and Gage, 31, together via Instagram with the caption, “From friends to flames: Lukas Gage and Madelyn Cline turn romance real. 🚨NEW COUPLE ALERT!” Cline shut down the speculation.

“Omfg,” she replied in the comments section, seemingly making fun of the rumor. In a separate comment, Cline added, “Loml but also I feel like there are better pictures of me.”

Cline went public with Smith two months later before their brief romance ended in June.

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Reyes, meanwhile, appears to have many famous friends — outside of his romantic connection with Cline.

For starters, he attended the Flaunt & Jaeger-LeCoultre Celebrate Flaunt‘s 200th Issue at Sunset Tower Hotel in November 2025 with Rob Lowe’s son John Owen Lowe.

Reyes has also received support from A-listers like Patrick Schwarzenegger and Maude Apatow via Instagram for his accomplishments as a real estate agent.

Gage and Cline’s The Map That Leads to You costar KJ Apa have also celebrated Reyes’ career via his social media comments.

“Resting, restoring, recharging 🔋🔋🔋,” Hamilton, 41, wrote via Instagram on Friday, August 7, giving fans a glimpse at his life off the track.

In addition to sharing pictures with his friends as well as an adorable cat and golden retriever puppy, Hamilton posted several snaps with Kardashian, 45, whom he’s been dating since January.

Kardashian and Hamilton enjoyed what appeared to be a neighborhood walk in Calabasas, California, in one picture.

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In a separate image, the Kardashians star stared down a dog inside someone’s home, looking both chic and casual in her attire.

In a third photo, Kardashian blew a kiss at the camera and threw up a peace sign as Hamilton smiled in the background with a woman who appeared to be Kardashian’s All’s Fair costar Glenn Close.

The F1 racer, who has already competed in 14 rounds of races this season, is currently ranked second in the World Championship standings as he heads into the back half of the season.

Hamilton will continue to represent Scuderia Ferrari when the series picks up on August 21 at the Dutch Grand Prix. He will remain busy with the Italian Grand Prix, Spanish Grand Prix and Azerbaijan Grand Prix all in September.

The professional athlete won’t be back in America for competition until October 23 to begin the United States Grand Prix. Hamilton’s season ends in early December with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

While it is unknown which of his upcoming races Kardashian will attend, the reality star supported Hamilton earlier this summer at the Monaco Grand Prix in France in June.

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“It’s amazing to have her come this weekend and have the support,” Hamilton told reporters on June 7. “But, you know, with my friends, incredible turnout, just overall, the people. It’s amazing to have good people around you and good people supporting you, and she does that for me every day.”

Later that month, a source exclusively told Us that Hamilton also has the seal of approval from Kardashian’s four children, whom he’d “spent time” with amid their relationship. (Kardashian shares North, 13, Saint, 10, Chicago, 8, and Psalm, 7, with ex-husband Kanye West.)

“Lewis loves kids so it’s been fun for him,” the insider said. “The kids think Lewis is really cool, especially Chicago and Saint, who are completely fascinated by the fact that he drives race cars for a living.”

The following month, Hamilton and Kardashian vacationed together with her kids at the lake.

“Summers at the lake with my favorite people ✨🦋,” the Skims founder captioned a series of Instagram photos from the getaway.

Hamilton, for his part, attributed his “happier” demeanor to Kardashian being in his life.

“You’ve been a happier man recently, why’s that? Could that be a girlfriend?” one fan asked Hamilton during a July 2 press conference in support of the British Grand Prix via the Daily Mail.

After detailing his recent racing highs and lows, Hamilton confirmed that his girlfriend has been the source of his joy as of late. “Of course it’s Kim,” he said with a smile.

“A petition to cancel a show no one has seen, on the grounds of false accusations intended to shame and vilify a wronged woman into silence, is not an argument against ‘Cartwheel,’” Knox, 39, wrote via Instagram on Thursday, August 6. “It’s a fairly precise description of what ‘Cartwheel’ is about and why it deserves to exist.”

Knox debuts at the famed Edinburgh Festival Fringe on Friday, August 7, in a solo stage show about “juggling motherhood and finally getting around to being furious about the whole wrongful-imprisonment thing,” according to the festival.

A promotional synopsis of “Cartwheel” teases that the crux of the show revolves around how Knox plans to tell her 4-year-old daughter Eureka Muse about what happened when “mama [went] to Italy.”

Amanda Knox Reveals If She Could Move Forward With Meredith Kercher's Family

Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were charged with murder and sexual assault in Italy in November 2007 in connection with her roommate Kercher’s death. The former couple were found guilty following a controversial trial in Italy in 2009, only for an appeal to overturn the verdict two years later.

Knox returned to the U.S. once her conviction was vacated. In 2013, the Italian Supreme Court ruled to overturn the appeal and ordered a new trial where Knox and Sollecito were convicted for a second time.

Sollecito appealed his second conviction, leading to the Italian Supreme Court overturning the convictions once again in 2015. Italy’s high court ruled at that time that Sollecito and Knox could never again be tried for Kercher’s death.

A third individual, Rudy Guede, was convicted of sexual assault and Kercher’s murder in 2008 and initially ordered to serve 30 years in prison. Guede — who has always maintained his innocence — secured an early release from custody in November 2021.

A Change.org petition calling on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to cancel “Cartwheel” has gained more than 9,500 signatures after being organized by a Kercher family friend. The petition argues that the one-woman show “not only disrespects Meredith’s memory” but also “risks normalizing violence against women by making light of such a harrowing event.”

Meredith’s sister, Stephanie Kercher, publicly encouraged Knox to scrap the show during an appearance on BBC Breakfast on Thursday.

“What I would say [to Knox] is to think about the family here, think about her friends and to turn the tables if it was your sister that this had happened to, because I know you have a sister as well,” Stephanie, 42, argued.

Stephanie was asked to respond to Knox saying in recent interviews that Meredith may have found “Cartwheel” funny.

“Meredith absolutely wouldn’t find these topics of any comedy value,” Stephanie insisted. “Our family’s pain is immense. I can’t explain to you how much pain our family have been through, and also we’re talking two decades later now, this pain.”

As backlash mounted over ‘Cartwheel,” Knox penned a lengthy Instagram statement to explain why she refused to back down.

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“‘Cartwheel’ is a show about motherhood, raising a daughter in a world that is unfair and dangerous for women, and what it costs to be the kind of mother who tells her the truth about that,” Knox wrote. “Neither the author of this petition nor anyone who signed it has seen ‘Cartwheel.’ The petition contains many false assumptions and completely mischaracterizes the show. ‘Cartwheel’ honors Meredith Kercher’s memory and calls out the violence that was done to her and to me.”

Knox suggested that the Edinburgh Festival Fringe was “the perfect place for a show like this” despite its controversial nature.

“Many of the Fringe’s most celebrated comedy shows tackle difficult subjects including grief, trauma, mental health, addiction, illness, identity, and politics,” she noted. “Comics rarely treat these experiences lightly or make them the butt of the joke. Instead, they use comedy as a way to explore them, creating space for audiences to engage with complex ideas, connect through shared experience, and find moments of relief, perspective and hope in subjects that might otherwise feel overwhelming.”

“Cartwheel” is expected to run through August 17 as part of an 11-day engagement at the Gilded Balloon Teviot.

Matt and Amy Roloff were married from 1987 to 2015. They share twins Zach and Jeremy, as well as son Jacob and daughter Molly. Following their divorce, Amy sold her share of Roloff Farms to Matt. The 109-acre property in Hillsboro, Oregon, has since been at the center of years of family tension. Matt first listed 16 acres — including the original family home and red barn — for $4 million in May 2022 and later dropped the asking price.

Matt initially hoped to keep the property in the family, later claiming in 2022 that “Roloff Farm cannot be legally divided into multiple parcels,” alleging Zach and Jeremy “decided not to consider working together toward a possible joint sale.” He now rents the main house as a short-term rental.

In August 2026, Jacob’s wife, Isabel Roloff, revealed her stance about the family farm after a fan asked how she felt about Jeremy’s wife, Audrey Roloff, posting about wanting to buy the property.

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Here’s where the branches of the Roloff family tree stands amid the real estate drama:

Zach Roloff and Tori Roloff Move Away

Zach and his wife, Tori Roloff, have relocated from Portland to Battle Ground, Washington, with their three kids: Jackson, Lilah and Josiah.

In March 2026, Tori made it clear the couple had no interest in taking over the family land.

“Because this is our backyard and we are very content with our little slice of heaven,” she wrote via her Instagram Stories during a Q&A session.

As for Zach, his relationship with his father already hit a low point in 2024 over the farm drama.

“When it comes to my dad, I don’t know … that ship all sailed,” Zach said during  the season 25 finale of LPBW. “There’s not much of a relationship, just doing our own thing. Time might even it out, everything will be healed, it’ll just be different.”

Matt, meanwhile, told Entertainment Tonight that month there was a chance of reconciliation, stating, “Time heals all wounds.”

Jeremy Roloff and Audrey Roloff Are Reconsidering the Offer

Zach’s twin, Jeremy, and wife Audrey tried to buy the farm in 2020 before the negotiations fell through. Audrey later revealed in a March 2026 Instagram post that Matt had, again, told his children he planned to list the property — and this time, they were tempted.

“Obviously, a lot of healing and moving on has happened since then,” Audrey wrote. “We have been busy building our own dream on the property we bought a couple years after the farm fell through, but after having Bode’s birthday in the barn last month, we sort of had this ‘what if’ moment.”

She added, “If we wanted to sell our house and buy the farm now, we could. It feels like God is giving us the opportunity to choose it again if we want. We do feel conflicted.”

Months later in August 2026, Audrey claimed via Instagram that the couple “had the opportunity to revisit purchasing the farm.” She said that they “ultimately decided not to” buy the property.

Jacob Roloff and Isabel Roloff Live on the Land

The youngest Roloff son, Jacob, and his wife, Isabel, currently live on the property with their son Mateo. Isabel has been quick to correct fans who assume Jacob inherited the farm.

“He didn’t [get the farm]! We live on the property along with Matt, who owns it still,” Isabel shared in a November 2025 TikTok video. “We rent our house and Jacob works here full time. I care for the animals.”

In a separate TikTok upload, Isabel acknowledged the couple’s financial reality, “We can’t afford to fully buy it from Matt. We do love living here while we can and Jacob takes good care of it.”

The next year, Isabel slammed sister-in-law Audrey’s comments about trying to buy the land.

“It feels incredibly disappointing,” Isabel wrote via social media in August 2026. “They have never talked to us about it. We don’t have the money to ‘save’ it but we are here, every day, showing up, working it. We tend to the plants and animals and the land of this place. … At the end of the day? You just need money.”

Amy Roloff Watches From the Sidelines

Amy Roloff, who married Chris Marek in August 2021, has been open about her sadness over the family’s rift and the fate of the home where she raised her kids.

“Well, you know, it was hard for me to watch,” Amy exclusively told Us in 2022. “I don’t know a lot of the details of the negotiation that went on between Matt and Zach [but] I’ve heard little bits here and there. I’m just sad that it’s come to this. Parts of me [are] not exactly [surprised] because I’ve dealt with Matt over the years and he can be tough, he can be grinding, but I also think whatever the expectations were from both of them, they went out the window [and] they obviously did not sync up.”

She added, “I’ve said it in the episodes before, Matt is still the father, he is still ‘the adult.’ I don’t care how old your kids are. Sometimes there are things that they may need to learn, but … as a father, you may have to take the higher road.”

The Roloff Family Reunited for the Holidays

Despite lingering tension, the Roloffs gathered for both Thanksgiving and Christmas in 2025.

“A lot to be Thankful for…. counting my many blessings,” Matt wrote via Instagram in November 2025. “We missed Zach and [his son] Jackson who are traveling for an international LP sporting event.”

Isabel, for her part, shared TikTok videos from Christmas showing Matt, Zach, Jeremy, Jacob and Chris in matching striped sweaters, along with all eight grandchildren. When one fan credited her with helping bring the family together, Isabel replied, “Maybe a little. Thank you for noticing.”

This story was compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. 

“Letting love back into your life is a journey and sometimes it takes a long time and sometimes people find it right away,” Kloots, 44, exclusively told Us while promoting her “Good Grief with Amanda Kloots” podcast. “I would say the best advice I can give anybody is if you have a friend in my situation, just love and support them.”

Kloots, who was married to late husband Nick Cordero from September 2017 until his death six years ago, continued, “Because when you start dating again after loss, you have to understand you’re not dating again because you want to. This is not like an exciting thing, you don’t want to be in this position, but you do have a heart, and you have a life that you want to live.”

From Kloots’ perspective, her heart “can hold so much love.” The mom of one — who welcomed son Elvis with Cordero in 2019 — explained that her adoration for him will “always be there” but she does have “space in [her] heart to love again.”

“I want to love again and I know Nick would want me to love again,” she said. “It’s like having five children. You don’t love them less when you have more. There’s more parts in your heart. So I think it’s a journey. I think what I can tell you is that in dating again after loss, I’ve learned so much about myself.”

Kloots shared that she looks at dating after his death as a “jigsaw puzzle.” (Cordero died in July 2020 at age 41 after facing complications from COVID.)

“Everyone that I’ve dated, even if it’s just one date, it’s a piece of the puzzle that I’m slowly putting myself back together,” she told Us. “I haven’t found that center piece yet, but I hope I do because I know it’s what I want and I hope and I dream for. But it’s been a beautiful puzzle and I’ve really enjoyed learning what I need now because what I need now is very different from what I needed when I met Nick, and very different from what I needed when he passed away.”

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She continued, “I’m a different person. It’s been six years as a single mom and very independent. So it’s a different world. I would just say, anyone in my shoes, allow yourself grace and time. Don’t rush it, and understand that your heart can hold multitudes of love. I’m really kind of just focused on myself and my son and work and I really need to love Amanda again, give her attention.”

Through loving herself again, Kloots launched the “Good Grief With Amanda Kloots” podcast with Dear Media on Wednesday, August 5. The podcast aims to feature honest and uplifting conversations about life after significant change. Some of the guests include Harry Jowsey, Zach Braff and Kelly Rizzo.

“You know what’s so crazy is I was just on the phone with a friend, and she said to me, ‘Amanda, I listened to the podcast … I have not gone through the immense amount of grief that you and your guest went through … But listening to this, I feel like now I have a better understanding of how I can help people,’” Kloots recalled of their conversation. “I want [the podcast] to help people that are grieving, but I also want to extend that out to everyone because this is an emotion we’re all gonna go through at some point in our lives.”

She continued, “All types of grief are so different. I’m learning so much about that in all these interviews. So I just want to build this community where people feel safe to ask questions, safe to laugh, and feel like there’s some forward moving and finding the light at the end of the tunnel.”

“Hi, my name is Lorrana. I am going through a very difficult and unexpected transition in my life,” Lorrana, 29, wrote via GoFundMe in a newly launched campaign seeking funds to acquire for legal representation. “I am working hard to rebuild stability and move forward, but I am currently facing challenges that I cannot handle alone.”

She continued, “I am seeking support to help me access the resources and assistance I need during this challenging time. Because this is a sensitive family matter, I need to protect my privacy and cannot share many personal details. I am grateful for every message, prayer, and contribution. Any support means more than I can express and will help me take important steps toward rebuilding my life.”

Lorrana and Garrick, 43, welcomed daughter Sarah Mae in July 2025, one year after getting legally married. (Garrick divorced first wife Dannielle Merrifield, with whom he shares three kids, in 2020 in order to tie the knot again. Garrick and Dannielle, 38, remain in a relationship.)

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It is not known whether Lorrana’s “transition” pertains to her marriage to Garrick.

“I want to share a small clarification with you because many people have been asking about my situation and the reason why I am asking for support,” Lorrana wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, August 5. “I want to be honest with you while also respecting the limits of what I can share. There are personal matters that I need to handle privately, especially to protect my daughter’s privacy.”

Lorrana further alleged that she doesn’t have “regular financial support” to cover her daily expenses and “responsibilities.”

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“I am actively looking for a job, but this process has been more difficult than I expected. In the meantime, I am doing everything I can to rebuild my life, care for my daughter and create stability,” she claimed. “I am also facing significant expenses related to my current situation, including the need for legal representation, which is one of the reasons I created my fundraiser and accepted [donations] from those who want to help me during this time.”

Lorrana stated that she is “not asking anyone to fix [her] life,” instead merely seeking any amount of support to foster a “better future” for her 12-month-old child.

“I am working hard to find employment, become independent and build a better future for myself and my daughter,” she continued in her social media statement. “I am deeply grateful to everyone who has shown kindness, sent messages, shared my story, prayed for us or contributed in any way. Every bit of support has meant so much to us.”

Lorrana has not addressed her status with Garrick and Dannielle, neither of whom have publicly commented on the apparent situation.

“Perfection doesn’t exist,” Lateysha, 33, said during an episode of the U.K. documentary Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection, detailing her surgeries over the years after her reality TV fame. “It’s actually so sad that I’ve had to put my body through that because of reckless decisions I made when I was younger,” she continued.

Looking back, Lateysha — who appeared on MTV UK’s The Valleys in 2012 and Big Brother U.K. in 2016 — said that she wishes she could tell her 18-year-old self that she was “perfect” the way she was. “Just stay as you are.”

Lateysha previously opened up about receiving “vile comments” on her appearance that negatively impacted her self-confidence.

“Lately, I’ve had horrible comments online about my body, and sometimes they do really get to me,” Lateysha said via Instagram in October 2025. “Social media can be such a toxic place. It just shocks me how men who know nothing about me can openly tear down a mom’s body.”

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Lateysha shared that her body has changed after welcoming her three girls, Wynter, 10, whom she shares with her ex-boyfriend Ben Charles, and Layke, 4, and Navy, 18 months, whom she shares with her fiancé. (Lateysha has chosen to keep her partner’s identity private from the public.)

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Despite the criticism she sees online, Lateysha said that she tunes out the negativity and sees her body in a beautiful light. “A body that’s grown life, carried a baby, and gone through postpartum,” she said. “The lack of compassion is just disgusting. I won’t pretend it doesn’t hurt because it does. I’ve learned to take that negativity and turn it into fuel.”

Lateysha was also previously candid about her BBL results, sharing via Instagram earlier this year that she wants to reverse the procedure.

“It’s something I’ve wanted for a long time. I was told by doctors before that it couldn’t be done, but I’ve finally found an amazing clinic in London that can help me,” she explained.

She added, “I won’t lie, going down this route again is hard, especially after trying everything to slim down naturally and seeing my hips just not budge. It’s really been getting me down.”

“The day before [my mom died], my dad and my daughter [Stella] and I came to her room and we were going through photographs,” Jennifer, 66, recalled on the Friday, August 7, episode of the “Waking Up With Ryan” podcast. “[There were] all of these family photographs that we had never seen or some of us had [not] seen since the ‘60s or whatever, and it was a treasure trove of … chapter upon chapter of life … of us being a tight, good family and them being really good parents.”

Wilder was married to Joel, 94, from 1958 to 1982, during which they welcomed the Dirty Dancing actress and son James Katz. Nearly two decades after their divorce, Wilder died last month just one week after being diagnosed with lung cancer. She was 94.

A County of Los Angeles department of public health death certificate obtained exclusively by Us on July 14 noted that Wilder was cremated on July 10 and was scattered at sea. The funeral establishment that handled her burial was Lifesource.

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“You know when people say when they die they see, like, a movie of their life? It was like we were looking at a physical kind of catalog of our life with her and her life before us, and her childhood and all of that,” Jennifer noted on Friday of her final moments with Wilder. “It was very moving because the story we started to tell ourselves about what our childhood was, what their marriage was, in retrospect, how we rewrite the whole thing and in this, kind of, jaded way like, ‘Oh, now I see what the truth really was,’ and then you go, ‘No, this happened, this was real, this was love, and my parents loved each other.’”

In revisiting her parents’ memories, Jennifer realized that Wilder and Joel’s marriage was “really good” for 24 years before they went their separate ways.

“It made me so sad because the truth was they were really good for twenty four years, and then you have an awakening when you realize this isn’t what I want to continue doing,” Jennifer said. “It doesn’t negate what happened and how real it was.”

Jennifer and her 24-year-old daughter, whom she shares with ex-husband Clark Gregg, sat by Wilder’s bedside as Joel also shared a touching message to his former spouse.

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“He said, ‘The day you said ‘I do,’ was the first time I felt whole in my entire life, and I couldn’t believe how lucky that I was getting to marry this most incredible, beautiful woman,’” Jennifer recalled on Friday’s podcast episode. “We were all just crying our heads off, and it was just pure love of him remembering that moment, and it was like it was happening. It wasn’t like someone talking about something in the past, it felt like I was there.”

Jennifer also heard Joel make a simple yet “off-the-cuff” remark about their divorce, adding, “We went through … some bumps.”

“[My mom replied], ‘All is forgiven,’” Jennifer said. “I feel so much closer to her since then because what I was witnessing [in her illness] was hell, and all of a sudden, I’m going through all the things in her apartment and I’m seeing her life, [which] was so major and so beautiful and so fun, and so many chapters I didn’t know. All of a sudden, she feels like a whole person, and what that was just a blip.”

“Love you two ♥️♥️,” the Pretty Woman actress, 58, commented on Emma’s Thursday, August 6, Instagram post, which featured several photos from her and John’s July 25 nuptials.

Emma, 35, and John, 36, tied the knot in an intimate outdoor ceremony at a private family estate in Sun Valley, Idaho. The couple was surrounded by their closest friends and family members, including Julia and her husband, Danny Moder.

Emma is actress Kelly Cunningham’s daughter with ex Eric Roberts, Julia’s brother. Eric, 70, was spotted in Los Angeles at the time his daughter exchanged her vows.

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“I love my daughter, always have, always will,” the Dark Knight actor told Page Six in a statement on July 27. “It is perfectly wonderful for her to celebrate however she wants, with whomever she wants.”

It’s unknown whether Julia’s other sister, Lisa Roberts Gillian, attended the wedding.

Emma and Julia have famously forged a loving aunt-niece bond throughout their time in Hollywood. During the American Horror Story star’s early days of acting, she appeared alongside Julia in 2001’s America’s Sweethearts, 2002’s Grand Champion and 2010’s Valentine’s Day.

Despite their shared filmography, Emma told Us in 2011 that she was “doing [her] own thing.”

“I don’t really compare it to what my aunt does, but I do admire her and love all her movies,” she shared at the time.

Emma has also gotten candid about the downsides of fame after seeing the attention that Julia has received throughout her career.

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“I saw very up close what that really looks like with my aunt Julia,” Emma told Bruce Bozzi in 2024. “It’s fun and it’s great, but there is a part of it that’s really scary.”

“Fame has never been the goal, because fame at a certain level is kind of scary,” she added.

Julia and Emma’s close relationship hasn’t gone unnoticed by the Scream Queens alum’s dad, either.

“They look so much alike that I love the pictures of them when they’re side-by-side,” he gushed to Us in 2020. “They’re both such Robertses. You know? It’s really cool to look at them. I love seeing them together.”

Eric’s wife, Eliza Roberts, added that Julia has always been “incredibly supportive” of her entire extended family, noting that the Oscar winner was “instrumental” in getting her son, Keaton, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2013. Julia also regularly orders food from Eliza’s daughter Morgan’s catering business.

“That’s a really big deal. That’s really, really special,” Eliza told Us. “Because there’s people who don’t do that. They don’t act on the things that they’re passionate about, but she does. I love her for that so much.”

“If not my best friend, [Melanie is] one of my best friends,” Banderas, 65, told People about his ex-wife, 68, in an interview published Thursday, August 6. “When I go to Los Angeles, we get together anyway; we [have] a lot of fun. We laugh and … it’s a very healthy thing, and it was very healthy for our kids.”

Banderas and Griffith were married from 1996 to 2014. They share daughter Stella, 29. (Griffith is also mom of sons Jesse, 43, and Alexander, 40, as well as daughter Dakota, 36, from previous relationships.)

Even as a divorced couple, Banderas and Griffith always worked to remain amicable for their blended family’s sake.

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“But the thing is that, when we were as [a] couple [or] when we separated, we were always very sincere,” the Tony actor told the outlet. “We came out of our relationship in a nice way that was very important for [the kids] and for us.”

According to Banderas, Griffith is “an unbelievable mother” and their brood is “blossoming and becoming good people” into adulthood.

Both before and after his divorce, Banderas has been especially close to Dakota, Griffith’s daughter with actor Don Johnson.

“I grew up in a family that was so big, and I just believe in the saying ‘Blood is thicker than water,’” Dakota told Bustle in a 2024 profile. “The actual saying is ‘The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb,’ which means that the connections with people you choose are more solid than the connections to the people you’re actually born to. Equally as important, if not more.”

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She continued at the time, “I have four brothers and two sisters, and my two sisters are not blood-related to each other, but they are sisters and they call each other sisters and they are always together. And my two older brothers are not blood-related to each other, and they are brothers.”

Dakota further stressed that their unit will always “be a family” to her siblings regardless of divorce.

“It’s really real, and most of us are artists. Even in my adult life and my new family, most of us are artists. Even the kids, they’re extraordinarily talented people,” she stated. “You just are dealing with complex people. You grow and you embrace and you say, ‘F*** you and f*** off,’ and then, ‘I love you, come back.’ I think because I grew up in it, it’s come more naturally, but I wouldn’t have it any other way really. I really wouldn’t. I love it.”