Sticks and stones, ladies! On the second installment of The Real Housewives of New York City's season 8 reunion, the women got busy hurling insults at each other as they tried to make sense of issues ranging from Jules Wainstein's eating disorder recovery, to Luann de Lesseps' fiancé Tom's history with Sonja Morgan and Ramona Singer. Somewhere in between accusations of others being "liars" and "delusional," the women did stumble upon answers — thanks, in large part, to the focused questioning of host Andy Cohen.
Bethenny Accuses Jules of Going on the Show to Get Divorced
That's a new one. After watching a reel of "highlights" from her marriage to her soon-to-be ex-husband, Michael, Jules got misty-eyed. "This year on the show is not what our marriage was," she managed, "for the last 10 years." When some of her costars tried pressing for more details about the state of affairs between the former spouses, Jules simply mumbled that she "can't really talk about it."
Bethenny Frankel then jumped in to explain that "mutual friends" of theirs had told her that Jules had signed a prenup and was "going on the show to get divorced." Bethenny didn’t fully connect the dots from what Jules having (or not having) a prenup had to do with being on a reality show as her marriage crumbled, partly because Dorinda Medley didn't give Bethenny a chance to explain. "You're hurting her!" Dorinda chimed in. "She doesn't want to talk about it, Bethenny. Respect that." Bethenny did as she was told and dropped it …
Bethenny Calls Jules Out for Her Jokes About Being Jewish
But that hardly meant Bethenny was done with Jules. As the topic turned towards Jules' eating issues, Bethenny reiterated that being around her mother, who suffered a serious eating disorder, had been very traumatic for her as a young girl — and then Bethenny somehow spun the topic back to Jules' Jewish heritage (which the cast newbie did like to talk about a lot during the season, it seemed).
"I don’t think that you represented a positive side of being Jewish at all," Bethenny said before listing things Jules had done. The list included such items as bragging about hiring a woman to potty train her child for a $2,000 fee, and asking her nanny if she would wait in line at a sample sale. In fact, Bethenny took it one step further and said Jules was making fun of Jews.
"You can't say that!" Sonja snapped. "I can do whatever I want, Sonja," Bethenny replied. Dorinda then went off on a bit of a tangent, arguing Carole Radziwill was only interested in hanging out with Bethenny this season, but looped back to the situation with Jules.
"I always stick up for Jules if I feel she's being hurt," Dorinda explained, mentioning that she had been somewhat responsible for bringing Jules into the fold. "I feel like I need to protect her … and I stand by that." Bethenny shrugged, and everyone moved on to Luann and Tom.
Ramona Recounts (in Detail) Her History With Tom
Well, kinda. Asked about Tom for the bazillionth time, Lu explained that she "knew in the first week" that Tom was going to be her next husband. She added that when she marries him, she will, in fact, lose her countess title, but insisted she would "always somewhere be the countess." She smiled and said, "But Tom said to me, 'You're going to lose your title and marry a commoner,' and I said, 'There is nothing common about you.'" Bethenny couldn't help herself, smirking, "There are a couple of things in common." Luann shrugged this off as Ramona launched a detailed account of her history with Tom.
Listing the places they'd frequented together, Ramona cited the romantic restaurants Raoul's, Indochine and Il Mulino, and added that they'd played pool. Sonja noted that while this had been going on, she'd been seeing him, too. "I'm single now," Jules mused. "Maybe I'm going to get to date Tom!"
Luann just rolled her eyes as everyone else counted up the total number of times Ramona and Tom had been out, and tried to figure out why he would have lied and said it had only been once. Then Ramona showed Luann a photograph that showed Ramona's hand with a heart drawn on the palm with Tom's initials and her initials. Luann said it was childish and obviously was determined to not hear any of this.
"She doesn't know what a lie is because she lies so much!" Carole shouted as Bethenny called Luann "Lie-ann." (Get it?) "Back off!" Luann snapped before calling Sonja "delusional."
Sonja Finally Says Exactly How Many Times She Slept With Lu's Fiancé
Sonja then explained how sad she'd gotten during Luann and Tom's engagement party on the boat since she and Tom had been friends with a special arrangement for some time.
"You were friends, Sonja. There was no arrangement," Luann barked.
"We were lovers!" Sonja shouted back. Luann responded by insisting that Tom had only slept with Sonja one time, prompting Andy to ask how Luann could believe what Tom said about Sonja when he had clearly lied about how many times he'd gone out with Ramona. Luann didn't have a good answer for that (or any answer, really), and fumbled over her words until she said something about the details being "inconsequential."
Andy then asked Sonja how many times they'd knocked boots. "Enough that I've been to his house, he's been in my bed, I've been in his bed," she said (trying to evade the question). But Andy didn't let her off the hook and eventually she estimated five times.
"I don't think she remembers," Luann said. "She can't remember how she gets home!" Ramona then tried a different approach, telling Luann she saw a lot of red flags with Tom and was concerned for Luann's happiness.
"We are soul mates, and we are getting married, "Luann replied.
Sonja then said she'd recently seen Tom out and about, and he'd told her if she didn't start corroborating his story that they'd only slept together once, it was going to come between her friendship with Luann. Sonja argued Tom had basically threatened her. "He didn't threaten you, Sonja!" Luann said with a serious eye roll.
Andy then asked everyone to vote on whether Luann and Tom would really get married come New Year's Eve. Bethenny said she thought they would. Sonja said she hoped they would. Ramona said she had no idea, and Jules said she just hoped Luann was happy.
Tell Us: Do you think Tom is as shady as everyone (besides Luann) thinks?
The Real Housewives of New York City airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
A newer member of The Real Housewives of New York City, Sonja Morgan joined the cast midway through season 3. Fans of the show found her to be a breath of fresh air who steered clear of fights between the castmembers and often spoke of her active sex life.
\r\nBorn November 25, 1963, Sonja was once married to John Morgan, a great-grandson of banker J. P. Morgan. The former couple had a daughter together.
\r\nIn June 2010, Sonja was pulled over in Southhampton in Long Island on suspicion of DWI. She was later charged with a DWI and several other traffic violations.
","meta":{"title":"","description":""},"media":{"square":{"filename":"1277322371sonja-206.jpg"},"main_image":{"credits":"","filename":"1277322371_sonja-290.jpg"}},"hometown":{"ct":"New York","sc":"NY"},"birthdate":"1963-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","last_name":"Morgan","first_name":"Sonja","hide_hotornot":0},"tag_type_id":5,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":5,"name":"celebrity","data":{"slug":{"default":"/celebrities"}}}},{"id":2923,"old_id":28006,"name":"The Real Housewives of New York City","slug":"/celebrities/the-real-housewives-of-new-york-city","data":{"bio":"Local lookers: Whether you love them or love to hate them, Alex McCord, Bethenny Frankel, Jill Zaren, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Countess LuAnn de Lesseps and Ramona Singer are true locavores of real New York style.
Fashion friction: “Kelly loves herself a good ruffle or something bohemian and flowy and gladiator sandals, Birkinstocks,\" Frankel says. \"I don’t like that Little House on the Prairie look. That very much suits her and her cartwheels are free spirit. To each his own.”
Risk-taker: “Alex is one of the best, because she takes fashion risks,\" Bensimon says. \"The other Housewives tend to stick to one look. A woman needs to be a chameleon and celebrate being a woman.”
A leg up: “I like to emphasize my legs,\" Lesseps says. \"They are very long. But I think that after a certain age, one has to watch her hemlines. You don’t want to be the mother at the graduation in the micro-mimiskirt!”
Most well known as a member of Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of New York City, Ramona Singer has established herself as business saavy entrepreneur and media personality.
\r\nBorn November 18, 1956, Singer graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. She created the company RMS Fashions, Inc., which buys items from wholesalers and sells them to discount retailers. More recently, she developed Tru Renewal skin care, True Faith Jewelry, Ramona Singer Collections on Amazon and Ramona Singer Jewelry for HSN.
\r\nOn RHONYC, Singer is known as the wide-eyed, energetic woman who always says what she thinks. She has also been a long-time frenemy of castmate Jill Zarin.
\r\nShe is married to Mario, who manufactures religious articles and trophies, and the couple have one daughter, Avery.
","meta":{"title":"","description":""},"media":{"square":{"filename":"1277322217ramona-206.jpg"},"main_image":{"credits":"","filename":"1277322217_ramona-290.jpg"}},"hometown":{"ct":"New York","sc":"NY"},"birthdate":"1956-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","last_name":"Singer","first_name":"Ramona","hide_hotornot":0,"relationships":[{"id":null,"name":"Mario Singer","status":3}]},"tag_type_id":5,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":5,"name":"celebrity","data":{"slug":{"default":"/celebrities"}}}},{"id":3622,"old_id":27283,"name":"Bethenny Frankel","slug":"/celebrities/bethenny-frankel","data":{"bio":"Known for her naturally thin physique and her outspoken dialogue on The Real Housewives of New York City and its spinoff, Bethenny Getting Married?, Bethenny Frankel attended New York University and the Natural Gourmet Cooking Institute of New York, where she went on to become a Natural Foods Chef.
\r\nPrior to her role on Housewives, Frankel appeared on NBC's The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, where she came in second place. Frankel is also an accomplished author, releasing Naturally Thin and The Skinnygirl Dish: Easy Recipes for Your Naturally Thin Life.
\r\nFrankel married Jason Hoppy, whom she met at New York City nightclub Tenjune, in March 2010. Two months later, the newlyweds welcomed their first child together, Bryn. Frankel and Hoppy separated in December 2012.
","meta":{"title":"","description":""},"media":{"square":{"filename":"1256765192bethenny-206.jpg"},"main_image":{"credits":"","filename":"1256765192_bethenny-290.jpg"}},"hometown":{"ct":"New York","sc":"NY"},"birthdate":"1970-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","last_name":"Frankel","first_name":"Bethenny","hide_hotornot":0},"tag_type_id":5,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":5,"name":"celebrity","data":{"slug":{"default":"/celebrities"}}}},{"id":3762,"old_id":27135,"name":"LuAnn De Lesseps","slug":"/celebrities/luann-de-lesseps","data":{"bio":"LuAnn de Lesseps, born May 17, 1965, is known as the Countess from Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of New York City. The former Wilhelmina model received the distinction when she married ex-husband, and French count, Alexandre de Lesseps. The couple separated in March 2009 as reports surfaced that Alexandre was cheating with an Ethiopian woman. The former couple have two children together: Victoria and Noel.
\r\nAs the prim and proper member of the group of women on RHONYC, de Lesseps was often criticized by her castmates for being hypocritical and acting superior. She even wrote a book, Class with the Countess, about manners and etiquette.
\r\nThe single housewife debuted her first single, \"Money Can't Buy You Class,\" in 2010.
","meta":{"title":"","description":""},"media":{"square":{"filename":"1277322100luann-206.jpg"},"main_image":{"credits":"","filename":"1277322100_luann-290.jpg"}},"hometown":{"ct":"Berlin","sc":"CT"},"birthdate":"1965-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","last_name":"de Lesseps","first_name":"LuAnn","hide_hotornot":0},"tag_type_id":5,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":5,"name":"celebrity","data":{"slug":{"default":"/celebrities"}}}}],"editorial":[{"id":4644,"old_id":301,"name":"The Real Housewives of New York\n","slug":"/the-real-housewives-of-new-york","data":{"meta":{"title":"","description":""}},"tag_type_id":3,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":3,"name":"editorial","data":{"slug":{"default":""}}}},{"id":4648,"old_id":297,"name":"The Real Housewives\n","slug":"/the-real-housewives","data":{"meta":{"title":"","description":""}},"tag_type_id":3,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":3,"name":"editorial","data":{"slug":{"default":""}}}}]},"editTags":[{"id":4644,"old_id":301,"name":"The Real Housewives of New York\n","slug":"/the-real-housewives-of-new-york","data":{"meta":{"title":"","description":""}},"tag_type_id":3,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":3,"name":"editorial","data":{"slug":{"default":""}}}},{"id":4648,"old_id":297,"name":"The Real Housewives\n","slug":"/the-real-housewives","data":{"meta":{"title":"","description":""}},"tag_type_id":3,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":3,"name":"editorial","data":{"slug":{"default":""}}}}],"media":{"lead":{"id":"3ZMUCmkp","alt":null,"code":null,"type":"Video","credits":null,"details":null,"filename":null,"provider":"jwplayer"},"photo_1":{"align":"full","title":"Real Housewives of New York","credit":"Mathieu Young/Heidi Gutman/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank","caption":"Real Housewives of New York","filename":"real-housewives-new-york-5ad57793-4b49-4949-99d8-d6512500ed4c.jpg"},"main_image":{"alt":null,"caption":null,"credits":null,"filename":"real-housewives-new-york-effac778-ea06-4149-9ad0-ae01d70ad8a4.jpg"}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"advertorial":false,"embeds":{"html_1":{"htmlCode":"Is it still slut-shaming if you don't know what slut-shaming is? This was the question of the hour on the first installment of The Real Housewives of New York City's season 8 reunion special. During the Wednesday, August 31, episode, Bethenny Frankel and Luann de Lesseps took turns hurling insults at each other while debating who between them was the bigger whore. "Once a countess, always a countess," Luann said to host and moderator Andy Cohen. "I don't think that's true," Bethenny's bestie Carole Radziwill chimed in. Luann shot her a look but left it at that — probably because she was saving her energy for Bethany (that's how Bethenny's name is spelled in Luann's phone, apparently).
A Trio of Divorces
As they all settled in, Andy asked Bethenny, Ramona Singer and Jules Wainstein how their divorces were going. Bethenny reported she felt like hers was "almost done" (after a mere four years), while Ramona confirmed hers was completely behind her. Jules didn't get into specifics, but assured Andy she was doing well. "My kids are happy, my health is good and those are the only two things I have to worry about," she said with a solemn face.
Though Dorinda Medley couldn’t divorce John Mahdessian (since they weren't technically married), she did provide an update: She didn't see herself marrying him — but she also didn't see herself breaking up with him. Ramona then admitted that she hadn't used the best judgment when telling Dorinda about John allegedly saying he took Viagra and "banged" her for "six hours a night." This was about as self-reflective as Ramona would get.
Bethenny Accuses Dorinda and John of Using Cocaine … Kinda
After playing back some of Bethenny's more cryptic comments about (and to) John during the season, Andy said, "It sounds like you're referring to coke." Bethenny didn't miss a beat. "I am," she replied. Dorinda tried to press Bethenny to come out and say whatever it was she was implying, but Bethenny refused and told Andy to move on to the next question. "I'm not here to ruin people's lives. I'm not here to f--k with people," Bethenny said. (Luann disagreed, but no one really paid any attention to her.)
Dorinda kept insisting she never used drugs. "We all have social lives, and we party, and it happens," Bethenny shrugged. "Well, I don't!" Dorinda shouted. "Why are you insinuating that I do drugs?" At that point, Sonja Morgan helpfully chimed in, "Everybody knows you do drugs!" Luann then told Dorinda to just "drop it" because they decided they're "not going to go there." It seemed there was more to this story, but viewers weren't going to hear it.
Let the Slut-Shaming Begin
Somehow the conversation then turned to Luann's pre-engagement dating habits and the married man she hooked up with when they were on vacation. "Yes, indeed, he was a married man, and he cried on my shoulder all night!" Luann admitted. "The real hypocrite in this room is Bethenny." Luann almost smiled as she added, "You're going out with a married man!"
Bethenny didn't miss a beat, correcting Luann by explaining her boyfriend is separated.
"But she was going out with him for a while while he was still married and living at home. Everybody knows it!" Luann said. "This has been going on for a long time, so as much as you want to say he's separated, you're separated, that is not the case! That's a lie, and you're a hypocrite!" Then Luann challenged Bethenny to give the name of a man Luann had slept with who was married.
"Luann, there's not a guy in Manhattan that you haven't slept with!" Bethenny shouted back. Luann added that Bethenny's situation was even worse because Bethenny went to high school with the wife of the guy she's dating. But when Andy asked the Skinnygirl mogul if her boyfriend left his wife because of her, she definitively denied it and told a somewhat bizarre story about the two of them having a dinner "as friends" at the Polo Club and running into some of his friends from his neighborhood.
Bethenny argued that she didn't want his wife to get the wrong idea and think anything was going on, so she actually called her to tell her what happened. "You were covering your tracks," Luann barked. "I wasn't interested in him!" Bethenny shouted before explaining, "It took a while. I liked him as a friend." Bethenny said when she'd called the wife to explain that nothing had happened and they'd never been intimate, the wife shrugged it off, saying she "knew nothing would happen." (Apparently, the wife was wrong, but whatever.)
Luann continued to challenge Bethenny's story until Bethenny snapped and said, "Luann, you've never been out with a man you haven't had sex with, and everyone knows that!"
At that point, Andy intervened. "How is that not slut-shaming?" he asked. Bethenny paused and said, "Maybe it is. I don't know the exact definition of slut-shaming, but if it is calling out the fact that Luann has written books on etiquette and behaves like a complete whore when she's out, I am guilty." So … there.
Bethenny Calls Her Boyfriend's Daughter to Confirm Her Story
In an even weirder twist, Bethenny then whipped out her phone and called someone who was allegedly her boyfriend's daughter, but because she wanted to protect the identities of both the boyfriend and the girl, she didn't say any names (which meant the woman on the other end of the line could have been basically anyone). The supposed daughter did confirm that Bethenny had not been romantically linked to her father while he was still married to her mother, and Bethenny sprang from the sofa and did a sort of victory dance.
"Say it again that I was dating a married man while I was in his house!" she cheered.
"You are a liar. You are a horrible person," Luann replied. "You were born a liar, and you will die a liar!" Bethenny blasted back. Then Luann called Bethenny evil.
Tell Us: Are you Team Bethenny or Team Luann — or neither?
The Real Housewives of New York City airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
Yep, she went there. Sonja Morgan alleges that her costar Dorinda Medley does drugs in a preview for the dramatic Real Housewives of New York City season 8 reunion, which airs Wednesday, September 7.
In the nearly two-minute teaser above, Medley, 51, expresses her disappointment at being accused of having an issue with substance abuse: “Why are you insinuating that you know I do drugs? That’s a horrible thing.”
Without hesitation, the Tipsy Girl founder, 52, fires back, “Everybody knows you do drugs!”
Prior to sitting down with the ladies of RHONY, Morgan opened up to Bravo head honcho Andy Cohen backstage (as seen in the sneak peek) about feeling the urge to go in on her castmates. “I have dirt on all the girls. I just hope I don’t go there,” the reality personality — who joined the hit series in the third season, which originally aired in 2010 — explains. “But I’m starting to, after all these years, have resentment.”
Aside from Morgan and Medley’s friction, there’s plenty of other explosive moments during the ’wives get-together in the Big Apple. Longtime frenemies Bethenny Frankel and Luann de Lesseps are at it again, throwing heated insults at each other left and right.
Frankel — who memorably branded de Lesseps, 51, a “slut, liar and a hypocrite” earlier this season following an argument about the Countess’ participation in the genesis of Frankel’s Skinnygirl brand name — decides to take aim once again at the Class With the Countess author.
“You were born a liar and you will die a liar," she sneers at de Lesseps, to which the “Chic C’est la Vie” singer replies, “You’re a horrible person.”
As viewers recently witnessed, their feud came to a head when Frankel exposed de Lesseps’ fiancé Tom D’Agostino Jr.’s affair out of concern for the mom of two. However, de Lesseps decided to stick it out with her groom-to-be — a decision that has apparently done nothing for her friendship with Frankel.
Watch the video above. Part 1 of The Real Housewives of New York City season 8 reunion airs on Bravo Wednesday, September 7, at 9 p.m. ET.
","tag_ids":[3,4730,2857,3622,3762],"publish_date":"2016-08-25T19:09:00.000Z","updated_publish_date":null,"has_been_published":true,"advertorial":false,"created_at":null,"updated_at":null,"data":{"meta":{"title":"RHONY’s Sonja Morgan Accuses Dorinda Medley of Doing Drugs","keywords":"sonja morgan, dorinda medley, real housewives of new york city, real housewives, rhony, real housewives of new york city reunion, sonja morgan accuses dorinda medley fo doing drugs, dorinda medley drugs, bethenny frankel luann de lesseps feud, ","description":"Sonja Morgan accuses her costar Dorinda Medley of doing drugs in a preview for the dramatic ‘Real Housewives of New York City’ season 8 reunion — watch"},"song":{"title":null,"externalUrl":null,"orderedArtistIds":null},"album":{"label":null,"title":null,"externalUrl":null,"orderedArtistIds":null},"bitly":"http://usm.ag/2bJuOTx","label":"Sneak Peek ","media":{"lead":{"id":null,"alt":null,"code":"","type":"Video","credits":null,"details":null,"filename":null,"provider":"other"},"photo_1":{"align":"full","title":"Sonja Morgan and Dorinda Medley","credit":"","caption":"Sonja Morgan and Dorinda Medley on ‘Real Housewives of New York City’ season 8 reunion.","filename":"sonja-morgan-dorinda-medley-zoom-cee2c593-8e62-40fe-93dc-86148b95fb7f.jpg"},"photo_2":{"align":"full","title":"Bethenny Frankel and Luann de Lesseps","credit":"","caption":"Bethenny Frankel and Luann de Lesseps on ‘Real Housewives of New York City’ season 8 reunion.","filename":"bethenny-frankel-luann-de-lesseps-zoom-85620de4-253c-440a-b1f9-bd30268fe168.jpg"},"main_image":{"alt":"Sonja Morgan and Dorinda Medley","caption":"Sonja Morgan and Dorinda Medley on ‘Real Housewives of New York City’ season 8 reunion","credits":null,"filename":"sonja-morgan-dorinda-medley-zoom-2d08bba6-5149-43fa-8a3e-f0ce6f9d956c.jpg"},"programmable-story-300x350":{"alt":"","caption":"","credits":"","filename":"sonja-morgan-dorinda-medley-300-350-2b1aded7-3109-49fb-ab3b-1b30b6caa349.jpg"}},"movie":{"cast":null,"blurb":null,"title":null,"director":null,"distributor":null,"externalUrl":null},"embeds":{"html_1":{"htmlCode":"
Can't get enough of Us? Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter packed with the latest celeb news, hot pics and more!
\n"},"inset_1":{"slug":"undefined","type":"undefined","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: Real Housewives’ Biggest Fights Ever","contentId":83293,"contentHeadline":"Real Housewives’ Biggest Fights Ever"},"inset_2":{"slug":"undefined","type":"undefined","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Real Housewives’ Kids, Then and Now","contentId":206895,"contentHeadline":"Real Housewives’ Kids, Then and Now"},"inset_3":{"slug":"undefined","type":"undefined","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Real Housewives’ Bikini Bodies","contentId":83257,"contentHeadline":"Real Housewives’ Bikini Bodies"},"related":{},"video_1":{"caption":"","credits":"","videoId":"yN806lbc","htmlCode":""}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":null,"description":"Sonja Morgan accuses her costar Dorinda Medley of doing drugs in a preview for the dramatic ‘Real Housewives of New York City’ season 8 reunion — watch","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":436158,"old_id":null,"title":"Luann de Lesseps: Tom D'Agostino and I 'Are Stronger Than Ever' After Cheating Scandal","short_title":"Luann de Lesseps Is 'Stronger Than Ever' With Fiancé After Cheating Scandal","slug":"/entertainment/news/luann-de-lesseps-is-stronger-than-ever-with-fiance-after-cheating-scandal-w436158","body":"Cue Mary J. Blige's "No More Drama." Luann de Lesseps and her fiancé, Tom D'Agostino Jr., are still very much together, despite rumors that he cheated.
The Real Housewives of New York City star, 51, addressed the status of their relationship while watching the show's season 8 finale on Wednesday, August 24.
"Finally #finale! Remember it was 6 months ago, Tom & I truly love each other. We worked it through and are stronger than ever! #LoveWins xo," she tweeted. "Thanks for all your kind words and #support #lovewins."
Earlier that day, the Bravo vet spoke about the businessman with Extra. "I want everyone to know that we’ve gotten through it and we’ve decided that we really love each other and we’ve put it behind us," she said. "I knew in my heart of hearts that Tom loves me."
In the drama-packed finale, de Lesseps' costar Bethenny Frankel showed her photos of D'Agostino with another woman. The countess got into a heated argument with the Skinnygirl mogul, 45, and told her to stay out of her business. The incident ruined their friendship.
Earlier this month, Frankel exclusively told Us Weekly how everything went down. "It wasn't like this person was in a back alley doing a drug deal. [Tom was] in the Regency Hotel Midtown on their popular night, making out at the bar for two hours the night before [Luann’s] engagement party a week and a half after her engagement," she told Us at the launch party for her new Watermelon Lime Skinnygirl Margarita in NYC on August 17. "I suck at relationships. I'm not giving her any advice. I'm saying these are the facts, and the question remains, 'Would you want to know?' … I've got the receipts to show Luann."
De Lesseps' rep confirmed to Us in February that she was engaged to the businessman after a couple of months of dating. The lovebirds, who were introduced by mutual friend and RHONY star Dorinda Medley, celebrated the engagement with a ski vacation in Vail, Colorado.
This will be the second marriage for de Lesseps. She and Count Alexandre de Lesseps were married from 1993 to 2009. The exes are parents of daughter Victoria and son Noel.
Can't get enough of Us? Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter packed with the latest celeb news, hot pics and more!
"},"inset_1":{"slug":"/celebrity-beauty/pictures/real-housewives-plastic-surgery-see-their-before-and-after-pictures-2013244","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: Real Housewives' Plastic Surgery: See Their Before and After Pictures!","contentId":82846,"contentHeadline":"Real Housewives' Plastic Surgery: See Their Before and After Pictures!"},"inset_2":{"slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/biggest-celebrity-cheating-scandals-ever-2009318","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Biggest Celebrity Cheating Scandals Ever!","contentId":84735,"contentHeadline":"Biggest Celebrity Cheating Scandals Ever!"},"inset_3":{"slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/celebrity-ceos-stars-run-business-empires-boss-2014110","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Celebrity CEOs: Stars Who Run Their Own Business Empires","contentId":82362,"contentHeadline":"Celebrity CEOs: Stars Who Run Their Own Business Empires"},"related":{"content":{"pinned":["166087","201433","434977","",""]}},"video_1":{"caption":"","credits":"","videoId":"zvJtwOPS","htmlCode":""}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":null,"description":"Luann de Lesseps and her fiancé, Tom D'Agostino Jr., are still together after her 'RHONY' costar Bethenny Frankel claimed he cheated — read what she wrote!","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":436123,"old_id":null,"title":"‘RHONY’: Twitter Weighs In on Bethenny Frankel and Luann de Lesseps’ Huge Fight","short_title":"Twitter Weighs In on Bethenny and Luann’s ‘RHONY’ Fight ","slug":"/entertainment/news/bethenny-frankel-luann-de-lesseps-rhony-fight-twitter-weighs-in-w436123","body":"Team Bethenny or Team Luann? Fans of The Real Housewives of New York City weighed in on Twitter after the reality stars’ blowout fight on the Bravo show’s season finale Wednesday, August 24.
The drama began when Bethenny Frankel showed Luann de Lesseps pictures of her fiancé, Tom D’Agostino Jr., in a clinch with another woman. And after the Countess excused Tom’s behavior, because he’d been drinking, and vowed that she wasn’t “going to let a kiss ruin” her marriage, things got even more heated as the bride-to-be demanded to know why the Skinnygirl mogul went to the trouble of digging up so much dirt on D’Agostino. She warned her frenemy to “stay out of my business” before storming out of Frankel’s apartment.
Housewives fans chimed in on both sides, with one commenter writing, “Bethenny is right. If you’re going to drop a bomb, like this, on someone you need to have all of the information.”
“Oh @CountessLuann you deserve better. Dump the Chump,” another fan tweeted.
“Love how Bethenny puts it all out there: the good, the bad & the ugly. She is the BEST at reality TV!!” a Frankel fan proclaimed, while others took aim at the newly single star.
“Bethenny tried to get Dorinda to dump John and Lu to dump Tom… she doesn’t want anyone to be happy,” a fan suggested.
Fans tweeted at Dorinda Medley for sticking up for de Lesseps.
“@DorindaMedley how can u continue to defend Tom? Don’t u care about ur friend? Real friends don’t let their friends date cheaters,” another fan asked after Medley offered her support to her friend and criticized the way Frankel broke the cheating news.
Others asked the other Housewives to save de Lesseps from making a big mistake. “@CaroleRadziwill Plz plz plz save @CountessLuann from herself. It’s painful to watch!” tweeted one fan.
And another viewer offered up congrats to Sonja Morgan, who dated D’Agostino for years before he hooked up with de Lesseps, writing, “I hope Sonja realizes she dodged a bullet.”
Tell Us: Are you Team Bethenny or Team Luann?
The Real Housewives of New York City airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
\n\n\nBethenny is right. If you're going to to drop a bomb, like this, on someone you need to have all of the information. #RHONY
— Is it just me? (@misnsomething) August 25, 2016
\n\n\nOh @CountessLuann you deserve better. Dump the Chump. #RHONY
— Ex-GOP Alissa (@SBSportsDiva) August 25, 2016
\n\n\n😏 weird #RHONY finale... LAME! .@Bravotv pic.twitter.com/wVYeOX4bZj
— Mexicandy (@Mex1_Candy) August 25, 2016
\n\n\nBethany tried to get Dorinda to dump John and Lu to dump Tom... she doesn't want anyone to be happy #rhony
— PMW18 (@PNW18) August 25, 2016
\n\n\n@DorindaMedley how can u continue to defend Tom? Don't u care about ur friend? Real friends don't let their friends date cheaters. #rhony
— ang_e_kay (@ang_e_kay) August 25, 2016
\n\n\nLove how Bethenny puts it all out there: the good, the bad & the ugly. She is the BEST at reality TV!! #RHONY #MadRespect #teamBethenny
— Tina Murphy (@Tina_Murphy) August 25, 2016
\n\n\n@CaroleRadziwill Plz plz plz save @CountessLuann from herself. It's painful to watch! #RHONY
— That Nerdy Guy (@Writer90069) August 25, 2016
\n\n\nI hope Sonja realizes she dodged a bullet. #RHONY
— Is it just me? (@misnsomething) August 25, 2016
Want stories like these delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter!
"},"inset_1":{"slug":"/entertainment/pictures/the-biggest-real-housewives-fights-ever-a-definititve-ranking-w433501","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: The Biggest ‘Real Housewives’ Fights Ever: A Definitive Ranking","contentId":433501,"contentHeadline":"The Biggest ‘Real Housewives’ Fights Ever: A Definitive Ranking"},"inset_2":{"slug":"undefined","type":"undefined","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Real Housewives’ Plastic Surgery: See Their Before and After Pictures!","contentId":82846,"description":"undefined","contentHeadline":"Real Housewives’ Plastic Surgery: See Their Before and After Pictures!"},"inset_3":{"slug":"undefined","type":"undefined","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Real Housewives’ Bikini Bodies","contentId":83257,"description":"undefined","contentHeadline":"Real Housewives’ Bikini Bodies"},"related":{}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":null,"description":"Bethenny Frankel and Luann de Lesseps had a blowout fight on the season finale of ‘The Real Housewives of New York City’ and fans weighed in on Twitter on Wednesday, August 24 — read more","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":436106,"old_id":null,"title":"'The Real Housewives of New York City' Finale Recap: Bethenny Frankel and Luann de Lesseps Face Off in Blowout Fight","short_title":"'RHONY' Finale: Bethenny and Luann Face Off in Blowout Fight!","slug":"/entertainment/news/rhony-finale-bethenny-frankel-and-luann-de-lesseps-face-off-w436106","body":"The camera doesn't lie? The season finale of The Real Housewives of New York City revolved almost exclusively around the aftermath of Bethenny Frankel revealing to Luann de Lesseps that she had photographic evidence of Lu's fiancé (of roughly 10 days) cheating on her.
"How bad is it?" Luann asked Bethenny, who was curled up in a ball under the covers of her bed, seemingly so upset by the news she had to deliver. "It's bad," the Skinnygirl mogul replied. Luann glanced at the pictures, announced she was going to throw up, and ran out of the room. Lu's current bestie, Dorinda Medley, did her best to lend support, but to the camera, she argued Bethenny could have been delivered it in a "gentler" manner.
Denial Is a River in the Upper East Side
After Dorinda encouraged Luann to get all the facts, Lu returned to Bethenny to continue their chat. Luann argued that there was no time stamp on the photos. She argued that she was with him on the night in question. She commented that Tom was "probably drunk." Basically, she tried to figure out any semi-rational way to explain the photos besides the obvious: that her fiancé had blatantly cheated on her.
For each challenge, however, Bethenny had an airtight response. (Knowing Luann, Bethenny anticipated the countess would try to explain this away, so she had done her homework in advance.) Luann sighed and said, "I'm not going to let a kiss ruin my marriage." Bethenny just stared back at her, wide-eyed, like she was the biggest idiot alive.
"Run like a thief in the night!" Bethenny shouted to the camera. "I still don't get why everyone is so surprised," Sonja Morgan (who was bedmates with Tom for a decade) shrugged before adding that now Luann was "probably moving back in" with her.
Luann Was Right About One Thing
Tom was indeed drunk! When Luann and Tom finally got on the phone (he was in Los Angeles for business, and she was in Miami celebrating their engagement … err), he claimed he couldn't remember anything that had happened with the woman in question at the bar because he was too drunk. (Carole Radziwill quickly dismissed this as the oldest excuse in the book.)
As Lu flailed around Bethenny's bathroom (Bethenny was not superjazzed to be witnessing this conversation), the countess asked, "It'll never happen again? How am I supposed to know that?" Bethenny kept her mouth shut — for now.
Luann then reported back to Sonja and Ramona Singer. Her take on things was that they loved each other, but that he "f--ked up." Bethenny helpfully handed Lu a martini glass filled to the brim with vodka, and nothing but vodka, as the ladies discussed whether Luann actually had more money than Tom did.
Even thought Lu was acting as if she hadn't made any decisions yet, Bethenny was convinced otherwise. "She is going to stay with him, and that's embarrassing," Bethenny predicted. "There is zero question about that."
Home Sweet Home
Upon returning to the city, Luann did not head to Tom's apartment nor did she move back in with Sonja. Instead, she checked into a hotel. She and Tom met the next day, and apparently they made up — and concocted a plan to smooth over the whole mistake with the other ladies … by enlisting Dorinda to help. (Thankfully, she refused.)
When Ramona showed up at Dorinda's apartment, however, Dorinda didn't waste a minute telling her about what Lu and Tom had asked of her. While details remained somewhat murky, the basic idea was that Tom and Lu were going to invite two waiters from the Regency (the scene of the crime) to Dorinda's place to discuss what happened. Then Dorinda would explain everything to the rest of the group. When Dorinda said she wasn't participating in this plan, Tom told her she would no longer be invited to their wedding and would no longer be friends with Luann.
For her part, Luann was thoroughly convinced Tom had learned his lesson. It seems they'd had a fight earlier that night, and he went to the Regency to blow off some steam, where he fell into this other woman's "clutches." The way Luann described it, it sounded like Tom was an innocent animal being hunted, rather than a man who had cheated on her in a very public place that they often go to together, but she seemed at peace with her decision to stick by his side.
Luann Makes Her Choice
Carole and her boyfriend, Adam; Jules Wainstein and her husband, Michael; Ramona and a random date; Sonja and Rocco; Dorinda and John and Luann (minus Tom) all showed up for Bethenny's fiesta party. Within a few minutes of arriving, Luann began instructing everyone to stop talking about her and stop talking about Tom. Then she brought the conversation back to the topic of their relationship, reporting that they were doing therapy together (not actual therapy with a licensed therapist, but more talking it out amongst themselves).
When Ramona questioned whether Luann wanted to be married to Tom or be married just to be married, Luann snapped back that she wanted to be married to Tom. "I just feel like you don't know him that well," Ramona shrugged. Luann then moved on to give a piece of her mind to Bethenny, who had, since their return home, become the bad guy in Lu's eyes.
Luann demanded to know why Bethenny had tracked down so many details about Tom's straying. When Bethenny explained she thought the added info would help convince Luann that the story was true, Luann blasted back, "Stay out of my life with Tom, period! Tom and I are going to make it all the way!"
Bethenny took a breath and said, "I feel sorry for you." She then vowed that even if she saw Tom "f--king someone in the street," she would never again tell Luann. "I just want to be with Tom and be in my bubble!" Luann shouted before storming out of the soiree. It seemed like she might get that wish.
On the plus side, in the midst of all the Tom drama, Bethenny's previous tension with both Jules (who resented Bethenny for implying she still had an eating disorder) and Dorinda's boyfriend, John (who Bethenny just didn't like), seemed to have been resolved. Also, Luann was too wrapped up in her own love life to care anymore that Carole was dating her niece's ex-boyfriend. So that was a plus.
Lu was gone, but the rest of the ladies were there to raise their glasses to Bethenny's toast. "We've had men die on us, cheat on us, steal from us, but we are still standing," she announced. "Girl power!"
Tell Us: Is Luann right to stay by Tom's side?
The Real Housewives of New York City airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
He's not in need of support? Steve Harvey lost his cool over the No. 1 response to a category that got a bit personal on a recent Family Feud episode.
As seen in a clip from the long-running game show's Tuesday, September 6, episode, the host was startled by a question just before he was about to intone it to the crowd.
"I need to start pre-reading these questions, man," Harvey, 59, said with a chuckle. He then gave the prompt: "Name something that you'd be absolutely shocked to hear that Steve Harvey was wearing under his dapper suit."
The first contestant buzzed in and shouted, "A G-string!" which clearly pleased the Little Big Shots star. "You better know it!" he fired back before the answer was revealed to be the No. 2 choice.
However, he wasn't nearly as happy when the other contestant guessed a bra. "A bra?" replied an incredulous Harvey, who took over for John O'Hurley as the host of Family Feud in September 2010.
He added about his pecs, "Girl, I make these things jump. You really don't know what's under here. I'm 58 — I'll make these things jump, girl. … I got two frogs under here. You don't know what you're messing with. I take my shirt off one day, I'm going to be about the business!"
As it turned out, "bra" was indeed the No. 1 choice, leading a flustered Harvey to flip the bird at the answer board.
Watch the hilarious clip in the video above. Family Feud airs weekdays in national syndication.
Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter to get breaking celebrity news, hot pics and more delivered straight to your inbox!
"},"inset_1":{"contentId":82152,"type":"gallery","slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/biggest-celebrity-scandals-2015-2015207","headline":"PHOTOS: Biggest Celebrity Scandals of 2015","promoHed":"Celebrity Scandals of 2015","description":"From Josh Duggar to Ariana Grande, these celebs saw more than their fair share of scandals in 2015 -- click through to see the stories that made headlines.","contentHeadline":"Biggest Celebrity Scandals of 2015"},"inset_2":{"contentId":82685,"type":"gallery","slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/stars----theyre-just-like-us--20131610","headline":"PHOTOS: Stars — They're Just Like Us!","promoHed":"Stars — They're Just Like Us! ","description":"They may live in the spotlight, but these stars have no problem doing every day tasks","contentHeadline":"Stars — They're Just Like Us!"},"inset_3":{"contentId":82760,"type":"gallery","slug":"/celebrity-body/pictures/celebrity-weight-fluctuations-stars-with-ever-changing-bodies-2013177","headline":"PHOTOS: Celebrity Weight Fluctuations: Stars With Ever-Changing Bodies","promoHed":"Celebrity Weight Fluctuations: Stars With Ever-Changing Bodies","description":"Some stars, like Oprah Winfrey, Kirstie Alley, Jessica Simpson, and Christina Aguilera, are as famous for their ever-changing bodies and weight ups and downs as for their talent","contentHeadline":"Celebrity Weight Fluctuations: Stars With Ever-Changing Bodies"},"related":[{"id":438564,"old_id":null,"title":"'The Real Housewives of New York City' Reunion Recap: Bethenny Frankel Questions Jules Wainstein Over Divorce Timing","short_title":"'RHONY' Reunion: Bethenny Blasts Jules Over Divorce Timing","slug":"/entertainment/news/rhony-reunion-bethenny-blasts-jules-over-divorce-timing-w438564","body":"Sticks and stones, ladies! On the second installment of The Real Housewives of New York City's season 8 reunion, the women got busy hurling insults at each other as they tried to make sense of issues ranging from Jules Wainstein's eating disorder recovery, to Luann de Lesseps' fiancé Tom's history with Sonja Morgan and Ramona Singer. Somewhere in between accusations of others being "liars" and "delusional," the women did stumble upon answers — thanks, in large part, to the focused questioning of host Andy Cohen.
Bethenny Accuses Jules of Going on the Show to Get Divorced
That's a new one. After watching a reel of "highlights" from her marriage to her soon-to-be ex-husband, Michael, Jules got misty-eyed. "This year on the show is not what our marriage was," she managed, "for the last 10 years." When some of her costars tried pressing for more details about the state of affairs between the former spouses, Jules simply mumbled that she "can't really talk about it."
Bethenny Frankel then jumped in to explain that "mutual friends" of theirs had told her that Jules had signed a prenup and was "going on the show to get divorced." Bethenny didn’t fully connect the dots from what Jules having (or not having) a prenup had to do with being on a reality show as her marriage crumbled, partly because Dorinda Medley didn't give Bethenny a chance to explain. "You're hurting her!" Dorinda chimed in. "She doesn't want to talk about it, Bethenny. Respect that." Bethenny did as she was told and dropped it …
Bethenny Calls Jules Out for Her Jokes About Being Jewish
But that hardly meant Bethenny was done with Jules. As the topic turned towards Jules' eating issues, Bethenny reiterated that being around her mother, who suffered a serious eating disorder, had been very traumatic for her as a young girl — and then Bethenny somehow spun the topic back to Jules' Jewish heritage (which the cast newbie did like to talk about a lot during the season, it seemed).
"I don’t think that you represented a positive side of being Jewish at all," Bethenny said before listing things Jules had done. The list included such items as bragging about hiring a woman to potty train her child for a $2,000 fee, and asking her nanny if she would wait in line at a sample sale. In fact, Bethenny took it one step further and said Jules was making fun of Jews.
"You can't say that!" Sonja snapped. "I can do whatever I want, Sonja," Bethenny replied. Dorinda then went off on a bit of a tangent, arguing Carole Radziwill was only interested in hanging out with Bethenny this season, but looped back to the situation with Jules.
"I always stick up for Jules if I feel she's being hurt," Dorinda explained, mentioning that she had been somewhat responsible for bringing Jules into the fold. "I feel like I need to protect her … and I stand by that." Bethenny shrugged, and everyone moved on to Luann and Tom.
Ramona Recounts (in Detail) Her History With Tom
Well, kinda. Asked about Tom for the bazillionth time, Lu explained that she "knew in the first week" that Tom was going to be her next husband. She added that when she marries him, she will, in fact, lose her countess title, but insisted she would "always somewhere be the countess." She smiled and said, "But Tom said to me, 'You're going to lose your title and marry a commoner,' and I said, 'There is nothing common about you.'" Bethenny couldn't help herself, smirking, "There are a couple of things in common." Luann shrugged this off as Ramona launched a detailed account of her history with Tom.
Listing the places they'd frequented together, Ramona cited the romantic restaurants Raoul's, Indochine and Il Mulino, and added that they'd played pool. Sonja noted that while this had been going on, she'd been seeing him, too. "I'm single now," Jules mused. "Maybe I'm going to get to date Tom!"
Luann just rolled her eyes as everyone else counted up the total number of times Ramona and Tom had been out, and tried to figure out why he would have lied and said it had only been once. Then Ramona showed Luann a photograph that showed Ramona's hand with a heart drawn on the palm with Tom's initials and her initials. Luann said it was childish and obviously was determined to not hear any of this.
"She doesn't know what a lie is because she lies so much!" Carole shouted as Bethenny called Luann "Lie-ann." (Get it?) "Back off!" Luann snapped before calling Sonja "delusional."
Sonja Finally Says Exactly How Many Times She Slept With Lu's Fiancé
Sonja then explained how sad she'd gotten during Luann and Tom's engagement party on the boat since she and Tom had been friends with a special arrangement for some time.
"You were friends, Sonja. There was no arrangement," Luann barked.
"We were lovers!" Sonja shouted back. Luann responded by insisting that Tom had only slept with Sonja one time, prompting Andy to ask how Luann could believe what Tom said about Sonja when he had clearly lied about how many times he'd gone out with Ramona. Luann didn't have a good answer for that (or any answer, really), and fumbled over her words until she said something about the details being "inconsequential."
Andy then asked Sonja how many times they'd knocked boots. "Enough that I've been to his house, he's been in my bed, I've been in his bed," she said (trying to evade the question). But Andy didn't let her off the hook and eventually she estimated five times.
"I don't think she remembers," Luann said. "She can't remember how she gets home!" Ramona then tried a different approach, telling Luann she saw a lot of red flags with Tom and was concerned for Luann's happiness.
"We are soul mates, and we are getting married, "Luann replied.
Sonja then said she'd recently seen Tom out and about, and he'd told her if she didn't start corroborating his story that they'd only slept together once, it was going to come between her friendship with Luann. Sonja argued Tom had basically threatened her. "He didn't threaten you, Sonja!" Luann said with a serious eye roll.
Andy then asked everyone to vote on whether Luann and Tom would really get married come New Year's Eve. Bethenny said she thought they would. Sonja said she hoped they would. Ramona said she had no idea, and Jules said she just hoped Luann was happy.
Tell Us: Do you think Tom is as shady as everyone (besides Luann) thinks?
The Real Housewives of New York City airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
Kellan Lutz dished on everything from his dream role to his favorite memory from Twilight when he chatted with Us Weekly Video on Wednesday, September 7, in the video above.
The hunk, 31, told Us that he’s dying to play comic-book and ‘80s cartoon character He-Man in the upcoming movie remake of 1987’s Masters of the Universe. The original film starred Dolph Lundgren as the buff hero of Eternia.
“DeVon Franklin, he's a producer over at Sony, he’s an amazing man and he let me know that they’re creating The Masters of the Universe a couple years ago and I was thinking that would really top off every dream I’ve had in the industry,” the Hercules actor told Us of his dream role. “I met with McG, who is the director of it, [and] they’re working on the script and I’m just kind of playing with it. … So hopefully when they finish the script I have a chance to audition for it.”
Lutz has been campaigning for the role for awhile now. In June, the actor tweeted about his meeting with McG, teasing fans about the film and his potential role.
The star, who played buff vampire Emmett Cullen alongside stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in the hit Twilight franchise, also reminisced with Us about his favorite memory from the film series.
“My favorite memory is … [when] we didn’t know what we were a part of,” Lutz said. “It was just very organic, very authentic for us as a cast.”
The supernatural romance series — which consisted of five films — also starred Taylor Lautner, Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Anna Kendrick and more, and launched the actors to fame.
Watch the video above for more from Kellan and to hear how he’s teaming up with Procter & Gamble to find the next Mr. Clean!
Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter to get breaking celebrity news, hot pics, and more delivered straight to your inbox!
","tag_ids":[1,4481,3739],"publish_date":"2016-09-08T02:15:00.000Z","updated_publish_date":null,"has_been_published":true,"advertorial":false,"created_at":null,"updated_at":null,"data":{"meta":{"title":"Kellan Lutz Reveals His Favorite ‘Twilight’ Memory","keywords":"kellan lutz, kellan lutz he-man, kellan lutz mr clean, kellan lutz he man, kellan lutz twilight","description":"Kellan Lutz is dying to portray comic-book and cartoon character He-Man — plus, he tells Us Weekly Video his favorite ‘Twilight’ memory "},"song":{"title":null,"externalUrl":null,"orderedArtistIds":null},"album":{"label":null,"title":null,"externalUrl":null,"orderedArtistIds":null},"bitly":"http://usm.ag/2bZBo7O","label":null,"media":{"lead":{"id":"aOykJwH1","alt":null,"code":null,"type":"Video","credits":null,"details":null,"filename":null,"provider":"jwplayer"},"photo_1":{"align":"full","title":"Kellan Lutz","credit":"","caption":"Kellan Lutz","filename":"kellen-lutz-fdd7a272-cf78-46d0-9a79-90b5a45b2f7e.jpg"},"main_image":{"alt":null,"caption":null,"credits":null,"filename":"kellen-lutz-d498a7b1-bedf-443f-8289-e1bfb124cf0f.jpg"}},"movie":{"cast":null,"blurb":null,"title":null,"director":null,"distributor":null,"externalUrl":null},"embeds":{"inset_1":{"slug":"/entertainment/pictures/stars-as-super-heroes-201123","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: Stars As Superheroes","contentId":83977,"description":"To the rescue! Some of Hollywood's biggest stars have donned tights and capes to save the day as beloved superheroes -- see celebs including Ben Affleck, Chris Evans, and Gwyneth Paltrow as superheroes! ","contentHeadline":"Stars As Superheroes"},"inset_2":{"slug":"/entertainment/pictures/vampires-through-the-years-20091111","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: TV & Movie Vampires Through the Years","contentId":84581,"description":"See unforgettable film and TV bloodsuckers","contentHeadline":"TV & Movie Vampires Through the Years"},"inset_3":{"slug":"/celebrity-body/pictures/kellan-lutzs-top-10-shirtless-moments-2011411","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Kellan Lutz's Top 10 Shirtless Moments","contentId":83594,"description":"To celebrate The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, check out the sexy star's hot bod","contentHeadline":"Kellan Lutz's Top 10 Shirtless Moments"},"related":{"content":{"pinned":["438567","438504","438518","",""]}},"video_1":{"caption":"","credits":"","videoId":"yhwlGnS6","htmlCode":""}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":1,"description":"Kellan Lutz is dying to portray comic-book and cartoon character He-Man — plus, he tells Us Weekly Video his favorite ‘Twilight’ memory ","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":437778,"old_id":null,"title":"Five Breast-Feeding Problems Solved!","short_title":"5 Breast-Feeding Problems Solved!","slug":"/celebrity-moms/news/5-breast-feeding-problems-solved-w437778","body":"As any new mom knows, nursing is hard. Here, Diane Spatz, a registered nurse and professor of perinatal nursing at University of Pennsylvania, weighs in on five common breast-feeding pitfalls and how to combat them.
PROBLEM: You have low milk production.
SOLUTION: The most important thing is to establish your milk supply early, Spatz tells Us Weekly. “The first hour and the first two weeks are so important,” she says. “If you have a healthy, full-term baby, all you should do is eat, sleep and breast-feed those first few weeks. And if your baby isn’t healthy or full-term, all you should do is eat, sleep, pump and visit your baby.” Your milk supply should reach full volume within the first two weeks after giving birth, and it should stay consistent for six months, until you start introducing solids into your baby’s diet. Though Spatz points out, some women experience a dip in their supply after going back to work or when their baby starts sleeping longer through the night. In those cases, pumping and breast-feeding every few hours is crucial “You can’t magically make your supply go up,” she says. “Only regularly emptying your breasts will boost milk, so pumping or breast-feeding at night is critical, even when it is challenging.” As for foods or supplements, such as beer and oatmeal, that are rumored to boost supply, Spatz says only fenugreek might have some benefits, noting that four small studies have shown this.
PROBLEM: It hurts when your baby latches.
SOLUTION: Warning: There will be some discomfort when you start nursing. “You have to work through the first weeks of nursing until your breast tissue gets conditioned to the pressure of a sucking baby,” Spatz says. But you should not feel so much pain that you cry or can’t speak. Visit a lactation consultant if that is the case. Common issues include a baby who is an extra strong sucker, is only sucking on the nipple (aka has a “lazy latch”) or has a tongue tie. “Between 2 and 13 percent of babies have tongue ties,” says Spatz. “And 44 percent of those cases are due to a short frenulum, which a doctor can assess and fix.”
PROBLEM: You get a clogged duct.
SOLUTION: A clogged duct doesn’t sound like a big deal, but they hurt—and can lead to mastitis (more on that below). According to Spatz, there are a few reasons you can get a clogged duct. One is because of milk statis, which occurs you aren’t emptying your breasts enough. Other reasons include a bra that is too tight or has underwire, both of which can restrict milk flow, or pumping shields that are too small. If you do have a clogged duct, “The most important thing is early management,” says Spatz. “Put a hot pack on the tender spot and massage it while nursing or pumping to work out the clog.”
PROBLEM: You develop mastitis.
SOLUTION: Mastitis is when a clogged duct gets so inflamed it becomes infected, resulting in a fever, chills and sore breasts. “A lot of moms say it makes them feel like they were run over by a truck,” says Spatz. To treat mastitis, take ibuprofen, drink lots of fluids and express milk as often as you can. The worst-case scenario includes antibiotics or a visit to the hospital.
PROBLEM: You or your baby get thrush.
SOLUTION: Thrush is an infection of the mouth that is caused by yeast. Moms and babies can get it if mom or baby is on antibiotics and breast-feeding. You have to be careful to watch for the symptoms, which include baby having a thick white residue on his or her tongue and mom experiencing a burning sensation on her nipples. “Mom and baby can be the culprit, and they can pass it back and forth to each other,” says Spatz, “so being treated at the same time is critical.” Along with making sure all bottles and pump parts are sterilized, your doctor can prescribe an antifungal mouthwash or ointment, such as Nystatin or Lotramin.
","tag_ids":[4,22518,5890],"publish_date":"2016-09-08T02:00:00.000Z","updated_publish_date":null,"has_been_published":true,"advertorial":false,"created_at":null,"updated_at":null,"data":{"meta":{"title":"5 Breast-Feeding Problems Solved! ","keywords":"breast feeding problems, breastfeeding problems, it hurts when the baby latches, i have mastitis, symptoms of mastitis, i have low milk production, how to boost milk supply, what are signs of a clogged duct, what are signs of thrush","description":"Breast-Feeding expert Diane Spatz, weighs in on five common nursing pitfalls and how to solve them — find out what she told Us Weekly"},"song":{"title":null,"externalUrl":null,"orderedArtistIds":null},"album":{"label":null,"title":null,"externalUrl":null,"orderedArtistIds":null},"bitly":"http://usm.ag/2cBVBC1","label":null,"media":{"lead":{"id":null,"alt":null,"code":"\r\n","type":"Instagram","credits":null,"details":null,"filename":null,"provider":"jwplayer"},"main_image":{"alt":"Gisele Bundchen","caption":null,"credits":null,"filename":"gisele-bundchen-8ac59f32-899a-4247-a7a1-6d015602f444.jpg"}},"movie":{"cast":null,"blurb":null,"title":null,"director":null,"distributor":null,"externalUrl":null},"embeds":{"html_1":{"htmlCode":"
\n"},"inset_1":{"slug":"/celebrity-moms/pictures/celeb-moms-share-breastfeeding-pictures-201458","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: Celeb Moms Share Breastfeeding Pictures","contentId":82420,"contentHeadline":"Celeb Moms Share Breastfeeding Pictures"},"inset_2":{"slug":"/celebrity-moms/pictures/celebrity-babies-2016-w207619","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Celebrity Babies 2016","contentId":207619,"contentHeadline":"Celebrity Babies 2016"},"inset_3":{"slug":"/celebrity-moms/pictures/cutest-celebrity-baby-announcements-2014247","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Cutest Celebrity Baby Announcements","contentId":82427,"contentHeadline":"Cutest Celebrity Baby Announcements "}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":null,"description":"Breast-Feeding expert Diane Spatz, weighs in on five common nursing pitfalls and how to solve them — find out what she told Us Weekly","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":438579,"old_id":null,"title":"Simone Biles, Michael Phelps Nominated for Team USA Awards — Vote Now!","short_title":"Simone Biles, Michael Phelps Nominated for Team USA Awards","slug":"/celebrity-news/news/simone-biles-michael-phelps-nominated-for-team-usa-awards-w438579","body":"Sunday morning snuggles with my baby girl. So grateful for this precious gift.
A photo posted by Liv Tyler (@misslivalittle) on
The Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro had many historic moments — Michael Phelps smashing his own record for most decorated Olympian by bringing his medal total to 28, Simone Biles winning four gold medals in gymnastics, and the women’s 4 x 100 track relay coming back from near disqualification to win gold.
Now these celebrated athletes have the opportunity to win even more accolades, when the Team USA Best of the Games award winners are announced later this month. The Team USA awards include three Olympic categories — best female athlete, male athlete and best team.
The nominees for best female athlete include Biles, the first American gymnast to win four gold medals in a single Olympic Games. The other nominated women include triathlete Gwen Jorgensen, who took home the first ever gold in the event for the U.S.; swimmer Katie Ledecky, who set two world records and won four golds and a silver; wrestler Helen Maroulis, who became the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport; and boxer Claressa Shields, who successfully defended her 2012 gold, making her the only American boxer to ever win back-to-back gold medals.
The nominees for best male athlete include Phelps, who won his 23rd gold medal in Rio; gold medal basketball player Carmelo Anthony; Kyle Snyder, who is the youngest U.S. wrestler to win at the Olympics; Connor Fields, who became the first-ever U.S. champion in BMX just four months after breaking his wrist; and runner Matt Centrowitz, who took home the first gold for the U.S. in the 1500-meter since 1908.
For best team, the nominees are all women’s teams. The water polo team is up for the honors after defending their Olympic title; the women’s 4 x 100 relay, which includes Allyson Felix, who is currently tied for the title of most decorated female in the sport; the Final Five, who squashed the competition on the way to defending their all-around team title; women’s rowing eight, who won their third straight gold; and the women’s basketball team, who won their sixth straight Olympic title.
Fans can vote for the winners at TeamUSA.org/Awards. Fan voting will account for 50 percent of the final tally, while the other half comes from the Olympic and Paralympic governing bodies and journalists. Voting closes Friday, September 9, and the awards will be presented on September 28 in Washington, D.C.
Want stories like these delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter!
"},"inset_1":{"slug":"/entertainment/pictures/olympic-athletes-where-are-they-now-2013104","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: Olympic Athletes: Where Are They Now?","contentId":82866,"contentHeadline":"Olympic Athletes: Where Are They Now?"},"inset_2":{"slug":"/entertainment/news/olympic-athletes-who-have-starred-in-tv-and-movies-2012237","type":"article","align":"","headline":"Olympic Athletes Who Have Made TV and Movie Cameos","contentId":43003,"contentHeadline":"Olympic Athletes Who Have Made TV and Movie Cameos"},"inset_3":{"slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/im-dating-an-athlete-20092610","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Celebrities Dating Athletes","contentId":84594,"contentHeadline":"Celebrities Dating Athletes"},"related":{"content":{"pinned":["437729","437919","432845","",""]}}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":null,"description":"Simone Biles and Michael Phelps are among the athletes nominated for Team USA’s Best of the Games Awards — find out who else got nods","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":438571,"old_id":null,"title":"25 Things You Don’t Know About Paralympic Swimmer Brad Snyder (‘I Secretly Yearn to Be Named the Next Bachelor’)","short_title":"25 Things You Don’t Know About Paralympic Swimmer Brad Snyder","slug":"/celebrity-news/news/25-things-you-dont-know-about-paralympic-swimmer-brad-snyder-w438571","body":"Five years after losing his eyesight in Afghanistan (the naval lieutenant stepped on an explosive device while trying to help bomb-blast victims), swimmer Brad Snyder is set to add even more Paralympic medals to his collection. Before the three-time medalist hit the pool in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he shared 25 interesting facts about himself exclusively with Us Weekly.
1. When I’m alone I sometimes talk in funny cartoon voices to my dog or sometimes just to myself. The problem is that I’m not always good at telling whether or not I’m alone, so that has made for a few embarrassing instances when my roommates catch me making my funny voices.
2. I am fiercely independent, so much so that I ran away from home twice when I was 6 years old just to prove that I could live on my own. … I couldn’t.
3. I hate strawberries. I also hate anything that is strawberry flavored. If something has touched a strawberry, I probably won’t like it either.
4. I started playing guitar when I was 11. I’m no Jimi Hendrix, but I hope to one day play a live gig somewhere.
5. I am right-handed. I do everything that way, though from time to time I give my left hand a pep talk so it doesn’t feel left out.
6. I won third place in a toothpick bridge building contest in high school, and afterword I decided that I wanted to become an architect.
7. Also in high school, I submitted artwork to be displayed in the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. My submission made it to the finals, but it wasn’t picked. My mom likes it, though!
8 .The US Naval Academy was the only Division I swimming program that recruited me, so I went there.
9. They didn’t have an architecture major at the Naval Academy, so I settled on Naval Architecture figuring it was basically the same thing. It is not.
10. I won exactly one race my entire collegiate career, which was my first race against the Army. If I had to pick just one race to win, I would have picked that one!
11. I received demerits and served “restriction” at the Naval Academy for skipping class, twice.
12. Despite my shenanigans, I was one of 15 midshipmen in my graduating class of nearly a thousand to be selected to join the Explosive Ordnance Disposal community in the Navy, which is a fancy way of saying the “bomb squad.”
13. For my first inspection in the navy as a commissioned officer, I was wearing two left shoes. It’s a long story, but I will tell you that I passed the inspection!
14. In 2007, I completed the Great Floridian Triathlon, which is an Ironman distance race conducted near Orlando, Florida, every year.
15. In 2009, my team and I were featured on a Discovery Channel show called “Surviving the Cut.”
16. I attended Military Free Fall School and learned how to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. Over the next two years, I would jump over 50 times. It’s a bucket list item for me to complete a solo sky dive while blind.
17. I am not afraid of many things, but I am very much afraid of cats. … I don’t understand them. … What is their mission?
18. I have always been a dog guy. My dog, Gizzy, is a beautiful long-haired German shepherd.
19. In 2012, Eone Timepieces, a startup based in D.C., named their flagship product, a tactile wristwatch, after me! The Bradley timepiece is a unique watch that uses two rotating ball bearings that you can touch to tell the time instead of the traditional hands of an analog clock.
20. After the injury I sustained in 2011 that resulted in the loss of my vision, I received two prosthetic eyes. They are painted to look exactly like my sister’s eyes!
21. If you catch me in a bad mood, it’s probably because I just had a great idea only to find out that it’s already a thing. That happens to me way too much.
22. I have two food weaknesses: Coca-Cola and spaghetti. I could drink Coke with every meal, and I would be perfectly content to eat spaghetti for every meal.
23. I secretly yearn to be named the next Bachelor. Don’t tell anyone. Unless, of course, you know Chris Harrison.
24. I was the flag bearer during the conclusion of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. I then had the distinct honor and privilege to present that same flag to President Obama when we returned to the U.S.!
25. I recently wrote a book called Fire in My Eyes: An American Warrior’s Journey from Being Blinded on the Battlefield to Gold Medal Victory.
To learn more about all the Paralympic athletes, visit TeamUSA.org. The Paralympics begin on September 7.
","tag_ids":[1,4504,3790,5824],"publish_date":"2016-09-08T01:20:00.000Z","updated_publish_date":null,"has_been_published":true,"advertorial":false,"created_at":null,"updated_at":null,"data":{"meta":{"title":"25 Things You Don’t Know About Paralympic Swimmer Brad Snyder","keywords":"Brad Snyder, Paralympic veterans, Blind swimmers, Swimming in Paralympics, Rio 2016, Gizzy the Dog","description":"Paralympic swimmer Brad Snyder shares 25 fun facts with Us Weekly about himself, including his ‘Bachelor’ aspirations — read more"},"song":{"title":null,"externalUrl":null,"orderedArtistIds":null},"album":{"label":null,"title":null,"externalUrl":null,"orderedArtistIds":null},"bitly":"http://usm.ag/2bZweZv","label":"25 Things","media":{"lead":{"id":null,"alt":null,"code":null,"type":"Large Vertical Image","credits":null,"details":null,"filename":null,"provider":"jwplayer"},"main_image":{"alt":"Brad Snyder","caption":"Brad Snyder","credits":"Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images","filename":"brad-snyder-e4d1ad55-1049-41a5-95c3-aef2fddabbc2.jpg"}},"movie":{"cast":null,"blurb":null,"title":null,"director":null,"distributor":null,"externalUrl":null},"embeds":{"inset_1":{"slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/im-dating-an-athlete-20092610","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: Celebrities Dating Athletes","contentId":84594,"contentHeadline":"Celebrities Dating Athletes"},"inset_2":{"slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/olympians-darkest-secrets-2012317","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Olympians' Darkest Secrets","contentId":83193,"contentHeadline":"Olympians' Darkest Secrets"},"inset_3":{"slug":"/entertainment/pictures/olympic-athletes-where-are-they-now-2013104","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Olympic Athletes: Where Are They Now?","contentId":82866,"contentHeadline":"Olympic Athletes: Where Are They Now?"},"related":{"content":{"pinned":["206826","200686","162747","",""]}}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":1,"description":"Paralympic swimmer Brad Snyder shares 25 fun facts with Us Weekly about himself, including his ‘Bachelor’ aspirations — read more","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}}]},"contentType":"article","embed":null,"instantCanonical":"http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/steve-harvey-flips-off-family-feud-board-after-sexy-answer-w438580","disableComments":false},"adSettings":{"path":"/4236/us/content/moviestv/article","keywords":[],"topics":["Entertainment","Ryan Gajewski","Steve Harvey"],"authors":["Ryan Gajewski"],"cons":[],"celebs":["Steve Harvey"],"trigger":{"mobile":"inview","tablet":"inview","desktop":"inview"}},"ads":{"templateName":"_ad","content":"article","pageType":"content","channel":"moviestv","tags":"[]","topics":"[\"Entertainment\",\"Ryan Gajewski\",\"Steve Harvey\"]","authors":"[\"Ryan Gajewski\"]","cons":"[]","celebs":"[\"Steve Harvey\"]"},"components":[{"templateName":"_ad","content":"article","pageType":"content","channel":"moviestv","tags":"[]","topics":"[\"Entertainment\",\"Ryan Gajewski\",\"Steve Harvey\"]","authors":"[\"Ryan Gajewski\"]","cons":"[]","celebs":"[\"Steve Harvey\"]"}],"legacy":false,"sponsor":{},"customTemplate":{"active":null},"autoPlay":false},{"contentData":{"id":438572,"slug":"/celebrity-news/news/kellan-lutz-reveals-his-favorite-twilight-memory-w438572","bitly":"http://usm.ag/2bZBo7O","title":"Kellan Lutz Dreams of Playing He-Man, Reveals His Favorite ‘Twilight’ Memory","metaTitle":"Kellan Lutz Reveals His Favorite ‘Twilight’ Memory","shortTitle":"Kellan Lutz Reveals His Favorite ‘Twilight’ Memory","labelData":"Exclusive","publish_date":"2016-09-08T02:15:00.000Z","updated_publish_date":"","description":"Kellan Lutz is dying to portray comic-book and cartoon character He-Man — plus, he tells Us Weekly Video his favorite ‘Twilight’ memory ","author":[{"id":4481,"old_id":80,"name":"Sierra Marquina","slug":"/contributor/sierra-marquina","data":{"meta":{"title":"","description":""},"last_name":"Marquina","first_name":"Sierra","google_url":"102824468181868500867"},"tag_type_id":4,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":4,"name":"contributor","data":{"slug":{"default":"/contributor"}}}}],"reviewArtists":"","body":"
Kellan Lutz dished on everything from his dream role to his favorite memory from Twilight when he chatted with Us Weekly Video on Wednesday, September 7, in the video above.
The hunk, 31, told Us that he’s dying to play comic-book and ‘80s cartoon character He-Man in the upcoming movie remake of 1987’s Masters of the Universe. The original film starred Dolph Lundgren as the buff hero of Eternia.
“DeVon Franklin, he's a producer over at Sony, he’s an amazing man and he let me know that they’re creating The Masters of the Universe a couple years ago and I was thinking that would really top off every dream I’ve had in the industry,” the Hercules actor told Us of his dream role. “I met with McG, who is the director of it, [and] they’re working on the script and I’m just kind of playing with it. … So hopefully when they finish the script I have a chance to audition for it.”
Lutz has been campaigning for the role for awhile now. In June, the actor tweeted about his meeting with McG, teasing fans about the film and his potential role.
The star, who played buff vampire Emmett Cullen alongside stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in the hit Twilight franchise, also reminisced with Us about his favorite memory from the film series.
“My favorite memory is … [when] we didn’t know what we were a part of,” Lutz said. “It was just very organic, very authentic for us as a cast.”
The supernatural romance series — which consisted of five films — also starred Taylor Lautner, Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Anna Kendrick and more, and launched the actors to fame.
Watch the video above for more from Kellan and to hear how he’s teaming up with Procter & Gamble to find the next Mr. Clean!
Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter to get breaking celebrity news, hot pics, and more delivered straight to your inbox!
","tags":{"channel":[{"id":1,"old_id":1,"name":"Celebrity News","slug":"/celebrity-news","data":{"ads":{"all":{"path":"news"}},"meta":{"title":"Celebrity News: Latest Celeb News & Pictures - Us Weekly","description":"Get your daily dose of celebrity news with exclusive stories, photos, and videos from Us Weekly. "}},"tag_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":1,"name":"channel","data":{"slug":{"default":""}}}}],"contributor":[{"id":4481,"old_id":80,"name":"Sierra Marquina","slug":"/contributor/sierra-marquina","data":{"meta":{"title":"","description":""},"last_name":"Marquina","first_name":"Sierra","google_url":"102824468181868500867"},"tag_type_id":4,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":4,"name":"contributor","data":{"slug":{"default":"/contributor"}}}}],"celebrity":[{"id":3739,"old_id":27160,"name":"Kellan Lutz","slug":"/celebrities/kellan-lutz","data":{"bio":"Kellan Lutz is best known for his role as beefy vampire Emmett Cullen in the film adaptation of the book Twilight.
\r\nLutz was born in Dickinson, North Dakota as a middle child to a large family. After graduating high school, he moved to California to attend college but later decided to pursue an acting career.
\r\nBefore assuming the role of a Twilight vampire, Lutz acted on a number of television shows, and had recurring roles on Model Citizens, The Comebacks and appeared as George Evans in the 90210 spinoff on the CW.
","meta":{"title":"","description":""},"media":{"square":{"filename":"1256765555kellan-206.jpg"},"main_image":{"credits":"","filename":"1256765555_kellan-290.jpg"}},"hometown":{"ct":"Dickinson","sc":"ND"},"birthdate":"1985-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","last_name":"Lutz","first_name":"Kellan","hide_hotornot":0,"relationships":[{"id":null,"name":"Sharni Vinson","status":2}]},"tag_type_id":5,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":5,"name":"celebrity","data":{"slug":{"default":"/celebrities"}}}}]},"editTags":[],"media":{"lead":{"id":"aOykJwH1","alt":null,"code":null,"type":"Video","credits":null,"details":null,"filename":null,"provider":"jwplayer"},"photo_1":{"align":"full","title":"Kellan Lutz","credit":"","caption":"Kellan Lutz","filename":"kellen-lutz-fdd7a272-cf78-46d0-9a79-90b5a45b2f7e.jpg"},"main_image":{"alt":null,"caption":null,"credits":null,"filename":"kellen-lutz-d498a7b1-bedf-443f-8289-e1bfb124cf0f.jpg"}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"advertorial":false,"embeds":{"inset_1":{"contentId":83977,"type":"gallery","slug":"/entertainment/pictures/stars-as-super-heroes-201123","headline":"PHOTOS: Stars As Superheroes","promoHed":"Stars As Superheroes","description":"To the rescue! Some of Hollywood's biggest stars have donned tights and capes to save the day as beloved superheroes -- see celebs including Ben Affleck, Chris Evans, and Gwyneth Paltrow as superheroes! ","contentHeadline":"Stars As Superheroes"},"inset_2":{"contentId":84581,"type":"gallery","slug":"/entertainment/pictures/vampires-through-the-years-20091111","headline":"PHOTOS: TV & Movie Vampires Through the Years","promoHed":"Hottest TV and Movie Vampires","description":"See unforgettable film and TV bloodsuckers","contentHeadline":"TV & Movie Vampires Through the Years"},"inset_3":{"contentId":83594,"type":"gallery","slug":"/celebrity-body/pictures/kellan-lutzs-top-10-shirtless-moments-2011411","headline":"PHOTOS: Kellan Lutz's Top 10 Shirtless Moments","promoHed":"Kellan Lutz's Best Shirtless Shots","description":"To celebrate The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, check out the sexy star's hot bod","contentHeadline":"Kellan Lutz's Top 10 Shirtless Moments"},"related":[{"id":438567,"old_id":null,"title":"Models Struggle With Their Heels During Yeezy Season 4 — Watch Them Wobble, Ditch Their Shoes","short_title":"Watch Yeezy Season 4 Models Struggle In Their Heels","slug":"/stylish/news/models-struggle-with-heels-during-yeezy-season-4-show-w438567","body":"Never has the struggle been more real. At least two models struggled with their heels during Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 4 show at Roosevelt Island on Wednesday, September 7, and their attempt to carry on the show was medal-worthy.
The show, which started more than an hour and a half late, featured a bevy of models clothed in tan and black ensembles strutting their stuff down a white catwalk through the park.
At one point during the production, a model clothed in a black hooded jacket and thigh-high boots almost lost control while attempting to wobble along in her broken heel.
“Something is wrong #YeezySeason 4,” one person tweeted, along with video of the model struggling to take each step. Bruce Pask, the men's fashion director of Bergdorf Goodman, eventually came to her rescue, and helped escort her down the runway.
Model Amina Blue also struggled in her shoes. The blonde attempted to walk for a bit in her heels before she gave up and took them off.
“When you find out you not getting paid for #Yeezyseason4,” a jokester tweeted along with a clip of Blue taking off her shoes midshow, while another added: “The moment Amina Blue gave up #Yeezy.”
The internet's reaction to the wobbling models on Wednesday caused even West’s sister-in-law Kylie Jenner to chime in. “Her heel broke. It's not her fault,” the 19-year-old makeup maven, who attended the event in booty shorts, responded to a viewer on Twitter about the model in the black boots.
For the record, Blue, who also starred in Tyga’s “1 of 1” music video, finished the show, but she came back out in a pair of wobble-free Yeezy sandals.
Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter to get breaking celebrity news, hot pics, and more delivered straight to your inbox!
\n"},"html_2":{"htmlCode":"Idk what is going on #YeezySeason4 pic.twitter.com/fQxkxNVdfb
— Alien (@AdamHenrion) September 7, 2016
\n"},"html_3":{"htmlCode":"something is wrong #YeezySeason4 pic.twitter.com/7p5HMJFmjA
— emo hailey 🌹 (@riseupkordei) September 7, 2016
\n"},"html_4":{"htmlCode":"Model loses it in heels, Bruce Pask comes to rescue. True gentleman. #YeezySeason4 pic.twitter.com/NWfjaGao04
— @Booth (@Booth) September 7, 2016
\n"},"html_5":{"htmlCode":"When you find out you not getting paid for #Yeezyseason4 pic.twitter.com/FEanm9FpDB
— Young Durant (@A_Geechi) September 7, 2016
\n"},"inset_1":{"slug":"/stylish/pictures/new-york-fashion-week-2016-front-row-runway-party-pics-w438518","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: See the Stars at New York Fashion Week 2016","contentId":438518,"contentHeadline":"See the Stars at New York Fashion Week 2016"},"inset_2":{"slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/kanye-wests-most-outrageous-moments-201366","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Kanye West's Most Outrageous Moments","contentId":82797,"contentHeadline":"Kanye West's Most Outrageous Moments"},"inset_3":{"slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/kim-kardashian-and-kanye-west-the-perfect-match-2012194","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West: The Perfect Match","contentId":83339,"contentHeadline":"Kim Kardashian and Kanye West: The Perfect Match"},"related":{"content":{"pinned":["438552","438513","438538","",""]}}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":null,"description":"At least two models struggled with their heels during Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 4 show on Wednesday, September 7 — watch them try to persevere","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":438504,"old_id":null,"title":"Bachelor in Paradise's Josh Murray Gets Sweaty During Proposal, Nick Viall Isn't in Love: Best Twitter Reactions","short_title":"BIP's Josh Sweats Over Proposal, Nick Is Out: Twitter Reacts!","slug":"/entertainment/news/bachelor-in-paradise-finales-proposals-twitter-reacts-w438504","body":"Whoever made the prototypes for the Yeezy Season 4 heels ...... pic.twitter.com/5Whnlq3PEd
— Cash (@WhoIsMissCash) September 7, 2016
Three proposals, one awkward split — and so many online reactions! Bachelor in Paradise's season 3 finale aired on Tuesday, September 6, and featured Josh Murray making another televised proposal, along with Nick Viall setting his sights on show No. 4, and Twitter had plenty to say about it all.
Among the memorable moments in the ABC dating series' episode were Evan Bass' endearing proposal to Carly Waddell ("Will you freaking marry me?"), Grant Kemp surprising Lace Morris with a ring after their previous friction and Murray popping the question to Amanda Stanton.
Twitter users were particularly smitten by Bass and Waddell's special moment, while some tweets poked fun at Murray's surprisingly sweaty shirt during his big speech.
Also garnering plenty of responses was Viall ending things with Jen Saviano after spending the night in the fantasy suite with her. Viewers had a pretty good idea that things would not end happily ever after for the pair, as Viall was announced on Tuesday, August 30, as the season 21 Bachelor.
Viall himself tweeted his praise of Saviano after the show aired: "It's not easy saying goodbye to someone as incredible as @jensav11. One of the most beautiful, graceful and intelligent women I’ve ever met. So lucky to have had her in my life. She deserves the world. #bachelorinparadise."
Among those reacting to the pivotal episode were Bachelor Nation mainstays Catherine Giudici, Jade Roper and Ashley Spivey, along with such famous fanatics of the franchise as Donnie Wahlberg.
Check out 10 of our favorite reactions below. The Bachelor returns to ABC in early 2017.
\n"},"html_2":{"htmlCode":"“I would die for you.” “Will you freaking marry me.” This is the oddest and best Bach proposal ever. #BachelorInParadise
— Ashley S. (@AshleySpivey) September 7, 2016
\n"},"html_3":{"htmlCode":"Jen is reminding Nick what he is missing. Damn girl. 🔥🔥🔥 #BachelorInParadise
— Jade Tolbert (@jadelizroper) September 7, 2016
\n"},"html_4":{"htmlCode":"Nick- "I just feel like there's something else out there for me..."
— Donnie Wahlberg (@DonnieWahlberg) September 7, 2016
"...Oh wait, I'm the new #Bachelor, that's it".#BachelorInParadise
\n"},"html_5":{"htmlCode":"We were trying to be Josh eating his pizza (shoes) and this is what happened.… https://t.co/Id6LLK12S8
— CatherineGiudiciLowe (@clmgiudici) September 7, 2016
\n"},"html_6":{"htmlCode":"Declaring a state of emergency for the flood of sweat flowing from Josh's pores #BachelorinParadise pic.twitter.com/CRyyzotfqQ
— Kailee Davis (@kaileedavis) September 7, 2016
\n"},"html_7":{"htmlCode":"Josh's sweat will have its own Twitter account by the end of this. #BachelorInParadise
— Holly Julian (@HollyDurst) September 7, 2016
\n"},"html_8":{"htmlCode":"I expected Josh and Amanda's montage to end with Amanda's tell all Book will hit stores next winter. #BachelorInParadise
— ChrisHarrisonsMimosa (@charrisonmimosa) September 7, 2016
\n"},"html_9":{"htmlCode":"Too often in life & on reality TV people use “being passionate” as an excuse for being jerks. #AfterParadise @BachParadise
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) September 7, 2016
\n"},"html_10":{"htmlCode":"Love your story@carlywaddell & @ebassclinics ! Congratulations you frickin lovebirds! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
— Trista Sutter (@tristasutter) September 7, 2016
\n"},"html_11":{"htmlCode":"The real question is…will Jen go on Nick’s season of the Bachelor? #BachelorInParadise
— Ashley S. (@AshleySpivey) September 7, 2016
Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter to get breaking celebrity news, hot pics and more delivered straight to your inbox!
"},"inset_1":{"slug":"/celebrity-style/pictures/bachelor-and-bachelorette-engagement-rings-through-the-years-w201894","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: 'Bachelor' and 'Bachelorette' Engagement Rings Through the Years","contentId":201894,"description":"See all the engagement and promise rings ever given on the 'Bachelor' and 'Bachelorette' TV shows!","contentHeadline":"'Bachelor' and 'Bachelorette' Engagement Rings Through the Years"},"inset_2":{"slug":"/entertainment/pictures/bachelorette-proposals-2014287","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: The Bachelorette After the Final Rose: Broken Engagements, Weddings, Babies, and More!","contentId":82425,"description":"Did the final suitors turn out to be frog princes -- or total toads? Find out what happened -- after the final rose -- between former Bachelorettes like Trista Rehn, Jillian Harris, Emily Maynard, and DeAnna Pappas, and their last men standing. ","contentHeadline":"The Bachelorette After the Final Rose: Broken Engagements, Weddings, Babies, and More!"},"inset_3":{"slug":"/celebrity-style/pictures/better-without-makeup-201041","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Stars Without Makeup!","contentId":84512,"description":"See the shocking before-and-after shots!","contentHeadline":"Stars Without Makeup!"}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":null,"description":"Bachelor in Paradise's season 3 finale on Tuesday, September 6, featured big moves for Josh Murray and Nick Viall — read the funniest Twitter reactions!","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":438518,"old_id":null,"title":"See the Stars at New York Fashion Week 2016","short_title":"See the Stars at New York Fashion Week 2016!","slug":"/stylish/pictures/new-york-fashion-week-2016-front-row-runway-party-pics-w438518","body":"Fashionistas in formation! New York Fashion Week 2016 began on Wednesday, September 7, and all the stars came out to see Spring 2017's hottest styles. Click through to see Kendall Jenner, Kim Kardashian and more celebs in the front row at the hottest shows and inside the parties!
","tag_ids":[22571,4476,2515,4130,4610,5876],"publish_date":"2016-09-07T21:00:00.000Z","updated_publish_date":null,"has_been_published":true,"advertorial":false,"created_at":null,"updated_at":null,"data":{"meta":{"title":"New York Fashion Week 2016: Front Row, Runway, Party Pics","keywords":"new york fashion week 2016, stars at new york fashion week, front row at new york fashion week, spring 2017 fashion week, kendall jenner, celebrities at fashion week","description":"Kendall Jenner, Rashida Jones, Kim Kardashian and more celebs have descended upon New York Fashion Week 2016 — see them at all the hottest shows, front rows and parties here!"},"bitly":"http://usm.ag/2bZ69d2","label":"NYFW 2016","media":{"lead":{"id":null,"alt":null,"code":null,"type":"image","credits":null,"details":null,"filename":null,"provider":"jwplayer"},"main_image":{"alt":"Kendall Jenner ","caption":null,"credits":"Neilson Barnard/WireImage ","filename":"kendall-e46d6493-df85-4412-bfb4-ab3dab11a595.jpg"}},"embeds":{},"layout":"full-width","sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"template":"gallery","exclusive":null,"description":"Kendall Jenner, Rashida Jones, Kim Kardashian and more celebs have descended upon New York Fashion Week 2016 — see them at all the hottest shows, front rows and parties here!","output_order":null,"reverse_order":null,"overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null,"colors":{"hero":{"type":null,"background":null},"slide":{"one":{"type":null,"heading":null,"background":null,"subheading":null},"two":{"type":null,"heading":null,"background":null,"subheading":null}},"header":{"color":null}}},"is_editors_pick":null,"use_intro_slide":1,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null},"content_type_id":2,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":2,"name":"gallery","data":{"slug":{"default":""},"label":{"default":""},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}}],"video_1":{"caption":"","credits":"","videoId":"yhwlGnS6","htmlCode":""}},"contentType":"article","embed":null,"instantCanonical":"http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kellan-lutz-reveals-his-favorite-twilight-memory-w438572","disableComments":false},"adSettings":{"path":"/4236/us/content/news/article","keywords":[],"topics":["Celebrity News","Sierra Marquina","Kellan Lutz"],"authors":["Sierra Marquina"],"cons":[],"celebs":["Kellan Lutz"],"trigger":{"mobile":"inview","tablet":"inview","desktop":"inview"}},"ads":{"templateName":"_ad","content":"article","pageType":"content","channel":"news","tags":"[]","topics":"[\"Celebrity News\",\"Sierra Marquina\",\"Kellan Lutz\"]","authors":"[\"Sierra Marquina\"]","cons":"[]","celebs":"[\"Kellan Lutz\"]"},"components":[{"templateName":"_ad","content":"article","pageType":"content","channel":"news","tags":"[]","topics":"[\"Celebrity News\",\"Sierra Marquina\",\"Kellan Lutz\"]","authors":"[\"Sierra Marquina\"]","cons":"[]","celebs":"[\"Kellan Lutz\"]"}],"legacy":false,"sponsor":{},"customTemplate":{"active":null},"autoPlay":false},{"contentData":{"id":437778,"slug":"/celebrity-moms/news/5-breast-feeding-problems-solved-w437778","bitly":"http://usm.ag/2cBVBC1","title":"Five Breast-Feeding Problems Solved!","metaTitle":"5 Breast-Feeding Problems Solved! ","shortTitle":"5 Breast-Feeding Problems Solved!","labelData":"Moms","publish_date":"2016-09-08T02:00:00.000Z","updated_publish_date":"","description":"Breast-Feeding expert Diane Spatz, weighs in on five common nursing pitfalls and how to solve them — find out what she told Us Weekly","author":[{"id":22518,"old_id":null,"name":"Erin Quinn-Kong","slug":"/contributor/erin-quinn-kong","data":{"ads":{"mobile":{"trigger":null,"overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":null}},"tablet":{"trigger":null,"overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":null}},"desktop":{"trigger":null,"overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":null}}},"meta":{"title":null,"description":null},"last_name":null,"first_name":null,"google_url":null},"tag_type_id":4,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":4,"name":"contributor","data":{"slug":{"default":"/contributor"}}}}],"reviewArtists":"","body":"As any new mom knows, nursing is hard. Here, Diane Spatz, a registered nurse and professor of perinatal nursing at University of Pennsylvania, weighs in on five common breast-feeding pitfalls and how to combat them.
PROBLEM: You have low milk production.
SOLUTION: The most important thing is to establish your milk supply early, Spatz tells Us Weekly. “The first hour and the first two weeks are so important,” she says. “If you have a healthy, full-term baby, all you should do is eat, sleep and breast-feed those first few weeks. And if your baby isn’t healthy or full-term, all you should do is eat, sleep, pump and visit your baby.” Your milk supply should reach full volume within the first two weeks after giving birth, and it should stay consistent for six months, until you start introducing solids into your baby’s diet. Though Spatz points out, some women experience a dip in their supply after going back to work or when their baby starts sleeping longer through the night. In those cases, pumping and breast-feeding every few hours is crucial “You can’t magically make your supply go up,” she says. “Only regularly emptying your breasts will boost milk, so pumping or breast-feeding at night is critical, even when it is challenging.” As for foods or supplements, such as beer and oatmeal, that are rumored to boost supply, Spatz says only fenugreek might have some benefits, noting that four small studies have shown this.
PROBLEM: It hurts when your baby latches.
SOLUTION: Warning: There will be some discomfort when you start nursing. “You have to work through the first weeks of nursing until your breast tissue gets conditioned to the pressure of a sucking baby,” Spatz says. But you should not feel so much pain that you cry or can’t speak. Visit a lactation consultant if that is the case. Common issues include a baby who is an extra strong sucker, is only sucking on the nipple (aka has a “lazy latch”) or has a tongue tie. “Between 2 and 13 percent of babies have tongue ties,” says Spatz. “And 44 percent of those cases are due to a short frenulum, which a doctor can assess and fix.”
PROBLEM: You get a clogged duct.
SOLUTION: A clogged duct doesn’t sound like a big deal, but they hurt—and can lead to mastitis (more on that below). According to Spatz, there are a few reasons you can get a clogged duct. One is because of milk statis, which occurs you aren’t emptying your breasts enough. Other reasons include a bra that is too tight or has underwire, both of which can restrict milk flow, or pumping shields that are too small. If you do have a clogged duct, “The most important thing is early management,” says Spatz. “Put a hot pack on the tender spot and massage it while nursing or pumping to work out the clog.”
PROBLEM: You develop mastitis.
SOLUTION: Mastitis is when a clogged duct gets so inflamed it becomes infected, resulting in a fever, chills and sore breasts. “A lot of moms say it makes them feel like they were run over by a truck,” says Spatz. To treat mastitis, take ibuprofen, drink lots of fluids and express milk as often as you can. The worst-case scenario includes antibiotics or a visit to the hospital.
PROBLEM: You or your baby get thrush.
SOLUTION: Thrush is an infection of the mouth that is caused by yeast. Moms and babies can get it if mom or baby is on antibiotics and breast-feeding. You have to be careful to watch for the symptoms, which include baby having a thick white residue on his or her tongue and mom experiencing a burning sensation on her nipples. “Mom and baby can be the culprit, and they can pass it back and forth to each other,” says Spatz, “so being treated at the same time is critical.” Along with making sure all bottles and pump parts are sterilized, your doctor can prescribe an antifungal mouthwash or ointment, such as Nystatin or Lotramin.
","tags":{"channel":[{"id":4,"old_id":4,"name":"Celebrity Moms","slug":"/celebrity-moms","data":{"ads":{"all":{"path":"moms"}},"meta":{"title":"Celebrity Moms: Baby Shower Ideas, Nurseries & More Videos - Us Weekly","description":"Find out how your favorite celebs manage motherhood, balance relationships, plan birthday parties, and more with Us Weekly's celeb mom videos!"}},"tag_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":1,"name":"channel","data":{"slug":{"default":""}}}}],"contributor":[{"id":22518,"old_id":null,"name":"Erin Quinn-Kong","slug":"/contributor/erin-quinn-kong","data":{"ads":{"mobile":{"trigger":null,"overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":null}},"tablet":{"trigger":null,"overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":null}},"desktop":{"trigger":null,"overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":null}}},"meta":{"title":null,"description":null},"last_name":null,"first_name":null,"google_url":null},"tag_type_id":4,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":4,"name":"contributor","data":{"slug":{"default":"/contributor"}}}}],"editorial":[{"id":5890,"old_id":null,"name":"Mom Approved","slug":"/mom-approved","data":{"ads":{"mobile":{"trigger":null,"overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":null}},"tablet":{"trigger":null,"overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":null}},"desktop":{"trigger":null,"overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":null}}},"cta":null,"meta":{"title":null,"description":null},"promo":"true","theme":"theme-celebrity-news-1","sponsor":{"url":null,"name":"Orajel","label":"Sponsored by","check":true},"filename":"us-momapproved-hub-header-v3-9791e58a-4bad-47b3-ae2c-4558fb0bf7d1.jpg"},"tag_type_id":3,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":3,"name":"editorial","data":{"slug":{"default":""}}}}]},"editTags":[{"id":5890,"old_id":null,"name":"Mom Approved","slug":"/mom-approved","data":{"ads":{"mobile":{"trigger":null,"overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":null}},"tablet":{"trigger":null,"overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":null}},"desktop":{"trigger":null,"overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":null}}},"cta":null,"meta":{"title":null,"description":null},"promo":"true","theme":"theme-celebrity-news-1","sponsor":{"url":null,"name":"Orajel","label":"Sponsored by"},"filename":"us-momapproved-hub-header-v3-9791e58a-4bad-47b3-ae2c-4558fb0bf7d1.jpg"},"tag_type_id":3,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":3,"name":"editorial","data":{"slug":{"default":""}}}}],"media":{"lead":{"id":null,"alt":null,"code":"\r\n","type":"Instagram","credits":null,"details":null,"filename":null,"provider":"jwplayer"},"main_image":{"alt":"Gisele Bundchen","caption":null,"credits":null,"filename":"gisele-bundchen-8ac59f32-899a-4247-a7a1-6d015602f444.jpg"}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"advertorial":false,"embeds":{"html_1":{"htmlCode":"
\n"},"inset_1":{"contentId":82420,"type":"gallery","slug":"/celebrity-moms/pictures/celeb-moms-share-breastfeeding-pictures-201458","headline":"PHOTOS: Celeb Moms Share Breastfeeding Pictures","promoHed":"Celeb Moms Share Breastfeeding Pictures","description":"Mom power! Check out these A-list mothers who proudly show off their breastfeeding skills -- and their adorable babies, too","contentHeadline":"Celeb Moms Share Breastfeeding Pictures"},"inset_2":{"contentId":207619,"type":"gallery","slug":"/celebrity-moms/pictures/celebrity-babies-2016-w207619","headline":"PHOTOS: Celebrity Babies 2016","promoHed":"Celebrity Babies 2016","description":"Chrissy Teigen, Kelly Clarkson, James Van Der Beek, Allison Holker and more stars welcomed adorable babies into the world in 2016. See who else was blessed with a bundle of joy!\r\n","contentHeadline":"Celebrity Babies 2016"},"inset_3":{"contentId":82427,"type":"gallery","slug":"/celebrity-moms/pictures/cutest-celebrity-baby-announcements-2014247","headline":"PHOTOS: Cutest Celebrity Baby Announcements","promoHed":"Cutest Celebrity Baby Announcements ","description":"Oh, baby! Before the adorable birth announcements and baby bumps, there are the memorable pregnancy announcements! Browse through some of the cutest ways celebrities — including Katherine Heigl, Anne Hathaway and Blac Chyna — revealed they were expecting a little one\r\n\r\n","contentHeadline":"Cutest Celebrity Baby Announcements "},"related":[{"id":438488,"old_id":null,"title":"North Carolina Parents Under Fire for Infant Water-Skiing Video","short_title":"North Carolina Parents Under Fire for Infant Water-Skiing Video","slug":"/celebrity-moms/news/north-carolina-parents-under-fire-for-infant-water-skiing-video-w438488","body":"Sunday morning snuggles with my baby girl. So grateful for this precious gift.
A photo posted by Liv Tyler (@misslivalittle) on
Forget crawling. At 6 months old, Auburn Absher is water-skiing! The infant soared to internet stardom after his dad, Robert Absher, posted a video to YouTube on Sunday, September 4.
In the clip, little Auburn is seen showing off his skills on Falls Lake in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Strapped into a Coast Guard–approved life jacket, the tot travels 150 feet while holding onto a special railing that his father built from PVC piping. Running alongside him the entire time: his mother, Heather.
Robert says that his son, who was 6 months and 10 days old on Sunday, is the youngest water-skier in the world, beating out Zyla St. Onge, who was 6 months and 27 days old. But not everyone is impressed. “Parents should be charged with child endangerment,” tweeted one person, while another warned, “Good way to break your kids neck.”
But Robert, a competitive wakeboarder, tells Us Weekly that people shouldn’t be so quick to judge. “We practiced before taking him out on the water,” the 34-year-old tells Us. “We put him on the ski for the first time in the living room. We just let him stand there … and then I started moving him around real slow.”
As for the critics who pointed out that Auburn is not wearing a helmet, Robert says it wasn’t necessary. “The vest he was wearing has head protection on the back,” Robert explains. “And with me pulling him at the speed we were going, he never would have been able to fall forward.”
\n"},"html_2":{"htmlCode":"
Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter to get breaking celebrity news, hot pics and more delivered straight to your inbox!
\n\n"},"inset_1":{"slug":"/celebrity-moms/pictures/celebrity-babies-2016-w207619","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: Celebrity Babies 2016","contentId":207619,"contentHeadline":"Celebrity Babies 2016"},"inset_2":{"slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/viral-stars-of-2016-internet-celebrities-w200515","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Viral Stars: 2016's Biggest Internet Celebrities","contentId":200515,"contentHeadline":"Viral Stars: 2016's Biggest Internet Celebrities "}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":1,"description":"Robert and Heather Absher are under fire for posting a video of their 6-month-old son water-skiing on September 4 — find out what the infant’s dad told Us Weekly","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":437442,"old_id":null,"title":"Tia Mowry and Her Son Cree Teach Us How To Make Fall Leaf Greeting Cards","short_title":"Watch Tia Mowry And Her Son Cree Teach Us How To Make Leaf Cards","slug":"/celebrity-moms/news/tia-mowry-and-her-son-teach-us-how-to-make-fall-leaf-cards-w437442","body":"When summer starts to turn into fall, Tia Mowry's son, Cree, 5, "loves playing in the leaves!" the Food Network Star Kids host tells Us Weekly. With the little boy's favorite autumn activity in mind, Mowry, 38, picked a project to embrace the kindergartner's playful nature.
Watch the mother-and-son duo, who selected and pressed a few fallen leaves from the backyard, fashion the leaves into stingrays and fish on homemade greeting cards in the fun video above!
The former Sister, Sister actress mused that she and husband Cory Hardrict may have a future marine biologist on their hands. "We've gone to the aquarium and he's very much into fish and stingrays," she explains to Us. "I think it's really great to have him use his imagination in this way!"
It's not the first time Cree has channeled his love of sea life into his artwork. Earlier this month, his mom helped him create a shark backpack. Cree "loved making the teeth" and pretending to be eaten, Mowry shared with Us.
After signing his name, Cree popped one greeting card in the mail for his beloved Pop-Pop, who encourages him to go outside and play.
"He's really good at spelling and writing his name," Mowry says of her son. "That's rewarding!"
The star praises the craft project "because you can use it, not just hang it up."
And, as an added bonus, the former child actress says: "It's cheap, it's easy,” and it helps her family “stay connected.”
Watch the video above for Mowry's tips on how to make your own creative, adorable and affordable fall greeting cards to share with friends and loved ones.
Want stories like these delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter!
"},"inset_1":{"slug":"/celebrity-moms/pictures/celebrities-and-their-lookalike-kids-201315","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: Celebrities and Their Look-Alike Kids","contentId":82836,"contentHeadline":"Celebrities and Their Look-Alike Kids"},"related":{}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":1,"description":"Tia Mowry and her son, Cree, show Us Weekly how to make fall greeting cards — get the details","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":438343,"old_id":null,"title":"Faith Hill and Daughter Maggie Rock Out to Taylor Swift During College Road Trip","short_title":"Faith Hill, Daughter Rock Out to Taylor Swift En Route to College","slug":"/celebrity-moms/news/faith-hill-daughter-maggie-sing-along-to-taylor-swift-w438343","body":"Hitting the road! Faith Hill shared an adorable Instagram video of her singing along to Taylor Swift in the car with her daughter Maggie on Tuesday, September 6. The mother-daughter duo are en route to drop Maggie off at college.
“Day 1: #BadBlood singalong w/ Maggie on the way to college! @taylorswift,” the country superstar, 48, captioned the sweet video. In the clip, all of Maggie’s belongings can be seen in the back of their SUV as they sing the lyrics to Swift’s hit “Bad Blood.”
Hill and her husband, Tim McGraw, have yet to disclose where their 18-year-old daughter is going to study. During a recent interview with Country Countdown USA, McGraw, 49, said that Maggie will be studying marine biology.
“She’s always been interested in the ocean,” the “Humble and Kind” singer explained of his daughter’s plans for her education.
Maggie’s older sister, Gracie, 19, is a sophomore in college, and their parents were emotional when they first said goodbye to their eldest child. In September 2015, McGraw shared a sweet YouTube video of him performing “My Little Girl” in honor of her.
“All right, this is for Gracie,” McGraw tells the camera before singing the track. “We dropped you off at college this weekend. I just want you to go kick ass.”
Hill and McGraw are also parents of daughter Audrey, 14.
Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter to get breaking celebrity news, hot pics and more delivered straight to your inbox!
","tag_ids":[4,4481,3792],"publish_date":"2016-09-07T01:07:00.000Z","updated_publish_date":null,"has_been_published":true,"advertorial":false,"created_at":null,"updated_at":null,"data":{"meta":{"title":"Faith Hill, Daughter Maggie Sing Along to Taylor Swift ","keywords":"faith hill daughter taylor swift, faith hill taylor swift, faith hill daughter maggie, tim mcgraw daughters, faith hill maggie college","description":"Faith Hill and her daughter Maggie sang along to Taylor Swift during a college road trip on Tuesday, September 6 — watch the cute video"},"song":{"title":null,"externalUrl":null,"orderedArtistIds":null},"album":{"label":null,"title":null,"externalUrl":null,"orderedArtistIds":null},"bitly":"http://usm.ag/2c5JngM","label":null,"media":{"lead":{"id":null,"alt":null,"code":"\r\n","type":"Instagram","credits":null,"details":null,"filename":null,"provider":"jwplayer"},"photo_1":{"align":"full","title":"Maggie and Faith Hill","credit":"","caption":"Maggie McGraw (left) and Faith Hill","filename":"faith-hill-daughter-29cf8a7e-0e25-430d-9f76-0f42b47697f9.jpg"},"main_image":{"alt":null,"caption":null,"credits":null,"filename":"maggie-faith-hill-2ac4f862-8c0a-4cc0-947e-fb4937431328.jpg"}},"movie":{"cast":null,"blurb":null,"title":null,"director":null,"distributor":null,"externalUrl":null},"embeds":{"inset_1":{"slug":"/celebrity-style/pictures/taylor-swifts-red-carpet-style-evolution-2009912","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: Taylor Swift's Red Carpet Style Evolution","contentId":84539,"contentHeadline":"Taylor Swift's Red Carpet Style Evolution"},"inset_2":{"slug":"/entertainment/pictures/stars-gone-country-20102112","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Stars Gone Country!","contentId":84057,"contentHeadline":"Stars Gone Country!"},"inset_3":{"slug":"/celebrity-moms/pictures/famous-star-families-2010182","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Famous Celebrity Families","contentId":84438,"contentHeadline":"Famous Celebrity Families"},"related":{"content":{"pinned":["434036","438007","438337","",""]}}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":null,"description":"Faith Hill and her daughter Maggie sang along to Taylor Swift during a college road trip on Tuesday, September 6 — watch the cute video","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":438028,"old_id":null,"title":"Kim Kardashian and Son Saint West Play With Snapchat Filters as He Turns 9 Months Old","short_title":"Saint West Giggles With Mom Kim K on His 9-Month Birthday ","slug":"/celebrity-moms/news/saint-west-giggles-with-kim-kardashian-on-his-9-month-birthday-w438028","body":"Day 1: #BadBlood singalong w/ Maggie on the way to college! @taylorswift
A video posted by Faith Hill (@faithhill) on
It doesn't get cuter than this. Saint West giggled with his mom, Kim Kardashian, as they played with Snapchat filters in a series of cute videos the reality star posted on Monday, September 5.
"You're 9 months old today," the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star said as she showed her youngest child with glasses and a grey mustache. "What an old man you are." The cutie, whose dad is Kanye West, smiled and giggled in delight.
The Selfish author then used the deer filter on her baby boy. "Are you the cutest little deer I ever saw?" she said, before posting a video of both of them with the same filter.
Kardashian, 35, often shares sweet videos with the couple's daughter, North, but the 3-year-old initially told her mom she was "scared" of Snapchat. She has warmed up to the social media app since then, and last week was spotted laughing as her mom face-swapped with her rapper spouse and superimposed West's face onto her body as she told her daughter to go to bed. Instead of freaking out at the sight of the scary hybrid, North rolled around on the bed laughing.
Since welcoming Saint in December 2015, Kardashian has mostly kept her baby out of the public eye.
"I wasn't posting about my son because I want him to go to the park like every normal human being," she explained back in August. "But some people thought I had a full fake baby because I wasn’t posting. … I'm protective of my life with my kids. You might see them on the show a bit, but not real stories."
\n\nA video posted by Kim Kardashian Snapchats (@kimksnapchats) on
"},"html_2":{"htmlCode":"A video posted by Kim Kardashian Snapchats (@kimksnapchats) on
Want stories like these delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter!
"},"inset_1":{"slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/kim-kardashian-and-kanye-wests-sweetest-pda-moments-201266","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's Sweetest PDA Moments","contentId":83269,"contentHeadline":"Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's Sweetest PDA Moments"},"inset_2":{"slug":"/entertainment/pictures/kardashian-family-album-2010271","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Kardashian Family Album","contentId":84469,"contentHeadline":"Kardashian Family Album"},"inset_3":{"slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/north-wests-fabulous-life-kim-kardashian-kanye-wests-daughter-201421","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: North West's Fabulous Life: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's Daughter","contentId":82633,"contentHeadline":"North West's Fabulous Life: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's Daughter"},"related":{},"video_1":{"caption":"","credits":"","videoId":"uYRbvAtT","htmlCode":""}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":null,"description":"Saint West giggled with mom Kim Kardashian as they played with Snapchat filters on Monday, September 5, as he turned 9 months old — see the cute videos","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":437960,"old_id":null,"title":"Scott Disick and Kourtney Kardashian’s Kids Are ‘Still Too Young’ to Watch ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’","short_title":"Scott Disick: My Kids Are 'Too Young' to Watch 'KUWTK'","slug":"/celebrity-moms/news/scott-disick-my-kids-are-still-too-young-to-watch-kuwtk-w437960","body":"Not age appropriate! Scott Disick thinks his three young kids might not be ready to watch Keeping Up With the Kardashians just yet.
“I think they are still too young,” he told Us Weekly at 1 Oak nightclub in Las Vegas on Friday, September 2. “But I am sure that conversation is going to come up at some point and I will explain to them how it all happened."
"It wasn’t like anyone was 100 percent asking for it. It just kind of all happened. So it’s definitely a conversation I have thought about," he said of his three kids — son Mason, 6, daughter Penelope, 4, and son Reign, 20 months — with ex Kourtney Kardashian.
The self-proclaimed Lord, 33, added that even he doesn’t really watch the show anymore because he doesn’t enjoy watching himself on TV.
“I used to,” he said when asked if he watches the hit E! reality series. “Like, years and years ago. We used to all watch on Sundays, the new episode and stuff, and it was kind of annoying then to watch myself, so I quit a long time ago.”
In a new interview with Cosmpolitan, Kardashian expressed similar sentiments: "They've seen some of it, but no," the proud mom said of whether she has allowed her kids to watch the show. "I was in the shower, he [Mason] woke up, and it happened to be on. He was like, 'Who is Blac Chyna? And Kiki [Kim] showed Larsa [Pippen] her vagina!' I was like, this is why they don't watch the show. Some of the content is just not appropriate."
Disick and Kardashian instead like spending time with their kids (“The only fun is really with my kids, I’d say,” the reality star told Us of how he spends his off time). Earlier this summer, the family of five vacationed in Nantucket, Massachusetts, a trip that Kardashian, 37, documented on her site.
“[We ate], slept, relaxed, swam, drove around, saw the sights,” Disick told Us in July. “[We] checked out different restaurants. Went to some candy stores for the kids. Overall, it was very, very relaxing.”
“So nice to be away from everything else,” he added. “Nobody was bothering anybody there. I would recommend it to anybody if they’re able to go and I could definitely see [myself] going back there again.”
On Friday, Disick hinted that he might be over doing nightclub appearances, telling Us that he wants to "try to make more money during the day and not at night."
Can't get enough of Us? Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter packed with the latest celeb news, hot pics and more!
\n"},"inset_1":{"slug":"/celebrity-moms/pictures/dads-on-duty-20091811","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: Dads On Duty!","contentId":84569,"contentHeadline":"Dads On Duty!"},"inset_2":{"slug":"/entertainment/pictures/kardashian-family-album-2010271","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Kardashian Family Album","contentId":84469,"contentHeadline":"Kardashian Family Album"},"inset_3":{"slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/kardashian-family-vacation-album-201264","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Kardashian Family Vacation Album!","contentId":83354,"contentHeadline":"Kardashian Family Vacation Album!"},"related":{},"video_1":{"caption":"","credits":"","videoId":"wOA6VFL3","htmlCode":""}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":null,"description":"Scott Disick told Us Weekly at 1 Oak nightclub in Las Vegas on Friday, September 2, that he thinks his three young kids are ‘still too young’ to watch ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ — read more","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}}]},"contentType":"article","embed":null,"instantCanonical":"http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/5-breast-feeding-problems-solved-w437778","disableComments":false},"adSettings":{"path":"/4236/us/content/moms/article","keywords":[],"topics":["Celebrity Moms","Mom Approved","Erin Quinn-Kong"],"authors":["Erin Quinn-Kong"],"cons":[],"celebs":[],"trigger":{"mobile":"inview","tablet":"inview","desktop":"inview"}},"ads":{"templateName":"_ad","content":"article","pageType":"content","channel":"moms","tags":"[]","topics":"[\"Celebrity Moms\",\"Mom Approved\",\"Erin Quinn-Kong\"]","authors":"[\"Erin Quinn-Kong\"]","cons":"[]","celebs":"[]"},"components":[{"templateName":"_ad","content":"article","pageType":"content","channel":"moms","tags":"[]","topics":"[\"Celebrity Moms\",\"Mom Approved\",\"Erin Quinn-Kong\"]","authors":"[\"Erin Quinn-Kong\"]","cons":"[]","celebs":"[]"}],"legacy":false,"tagPromo":{"templateName":"_tagPromo","data":[{"type":"editorial","id":5890,"media":"us-momapproved-hub-header-v3-9791e58a-4bad-47b3-ae2c-4558fb0bf7d1.jpg","title":"Mom Approved","slug":"/mom-approved","cta":null,"theme":"theme-celebrity-news-1"}]},"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":"Orajel","label":"Sponsored by","check":true},"customTemplate":{"active":null},"autoPlay":false},{"contentData":{"id":438579,"slug":"/celebrity-news/news/simone-biles-michael-phelps-nominated-for-team-usa-awards-w438579","bitly":"http://usm.ag/2clRbP7","title":"Simone Biles, Michael Phelps Nominated for Team USA Awards — Vote Now!","metaTitle":"Simone Biles, Michael Phelps Nominated for Team USA Awards","shortTitle":"Simone Biles, Michael Phelps Nominated for Team USA Awards","labelData":"Olympics 2016","publish_date":"2016-09-08T01:55:00.000Z","updated_publish_date":"","description":"Simone Biles and Michael Phelps are among the athletes nominated for Team USA’s Best of the Games Awards — find out who else got nods","author":[{"id":4504,"old_id":57,"name":"Cara Sprunk","slug":"/contributor/cara-sprunk","data":{"meta":{"title":"","description":""},"last_name":"Sprunk","first_name":"Cara","google_url":"112683426754155464299"},"tag_type_id":4,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":4,"name":"contributor","data":{"slug":{"default":"/contributor"}}}}],"reviewArtists":"","body":"The Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro had many historic moments — Michael Phelps smashing his own record for most decorated Olympian by bringing his medal total to 28, Simone Biles winning four gold medals in gymnastics, and the women’s 4 x 100 track relay coming back from near disqualification to win gold.
Now these celebrated athletes have the opportunity to win even more accolades, when the Team USA Best of the Games award winners are announced later this month. The Team USA awards include three Olympic categories — best female athlete, male athlete and best team.
The nominees for best female athlete include Biles, the first American gymnast to win four gold medals in a single Olympic Games. The other nominated women include triathlete Gwen Jorgensen, who took home the first ever gold in the event for the U.S.; swimmer Katie Ledecky, who set two world records and won four golds and a silver; wrestler Helen Maroulis, who became the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport; and boxer Claressa Shields, who successfully defended her 2012 gold, making her the only American boxer to ever win back-to-back gold medals.
The nominees for best male athlete include Phelps, who won his 23rd gold medal in Rio; gold medal basketball player Carmelo Anthony; Kyle Snyder, who is the youngest U.S. wrestler to win at the Olympics; Connor Fields, who became the first-ever U.S. champion in BMX just four months after breaking his wrist; and runner Matt Centrowitz, who took home the first gold for the U.S. in the 1500-meter since 1908.
For best team, the nominees are all women’s teams. The water polo team is up for the honors after defending their Olympic title; the women’s 4 x 100 relay, which includes Allyson Felix, who is currently tied for the title of most decorated female in the sport; the Final Five, who squashed the competition on the way to defending their all-around team title; women’s rowing eight, who won their third straight gold; and the women’s basketball team, who won their sixth straight Olympic title.
Fans can vote for the winners at TeamUSA.org/Awards. Fan voting will account for 50 percent of the final tally, while the other half comes from the Olympic and Paralympic governing bodies and journalists. Voting closes Friday, September 9, and the awards will be presented on September 28 in Washington, D.C.
Want stories like these delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter!
"},"inset_1":{"contentId":82866,"type":"gallery","slug":"/entertainment/pictures/olympic-athletes-where-are-they-now-2013104","headline":"PHOTOS: Olympic Athletes: Where Are They Now?","promoHed":"Olympic Athletes: Where Are They Now?","description":"See what your favorite sports stars have been up to since their Games","contentHeadline":"Olympic Athletes: Where Are They Now?"},"inset_2":{"contentId":43003,"type":"article","slug":"/entertainment/news/olympic-athletes-who-have-starred-in-tv-and-movies-2012237","headline":"Olympic Athletes Who Have Made TV and Movie Cameos","promoHed":"Olympic Athletes Who Have Made TV and Movie Cameos","description":"From reality TV to Dancing with the Stars stints, see which Olympians have gotten their post-Games success on the small screen","contentHeadline":"Olympic Athletes Who Have Made TV and Movie Cameos"},"inset_3":{"contentId":84594,"type":"gallery","slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/im-dating-an-athlete-20092610","headline":"PHOTOS: Celebrities Dating Athletes","promoHed":"Celebs Dating Athletes","description":"They sure like their players! Stars like Victoria Beckham, Olivia Munn, and Kaley Cuoco prefer their men athletic. Check out which big-name stars are linked to hunky athletes here! \r\n","contentHeadline":"Celebrities Dating Athletes"},"related":[{"id":437729,"old_id":null,"title":"Simone Biles Is Begging for the Final Five to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’: ‘Please!’","short_title":"‘Please!’ Simone Biles Begs to Have Final Five Host ‘SNL’","slug":"/entertainment/news/simone-biles-wants-final-five-to-host-snl-w437729","body":"Gold medals are great and all, but it’s not hosting Saturday Night Live! Simone Biles made her dream to host NBC’s long-running sketch-comedy show with her Final Five teammates known to all her followers on Wednesday, August 31.
The four-time gold medalist at the Rio Summer Games was quick to respond when the network asked fans Wednesday who they thought should host the upcoming season 42. “#FinalFive PLEASE! We have been dying to do it,” the 19-year-old replied, practically begging for the opportunity.
(NBC has not yet announced any hosts for the upcoming season.)
The gymnast isn’t the only one on her team who’s interested in the gig. When her fellow Final Five gals — Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez, Gabby Douglas and Madison Kocian — sat down with Us Weekly last month for a round of rapid-fire questions, 22-year-old Raisman said she would also like to helm the late-night show.
“We wanna host Saturday Night Live!” she told Us at the time.
Perhaps they can do it a little later in the TV season? The Final Five will be a bit busy — even though they’ve returned from the Olympics with nine medals and have earned some well-deserved rest, the young women will be doing anything but.
The Final Five will be participating in Kellogg’s nationwide Tour of Gymnastics Champions, which kicks off September 15. In addition, 16-year-old Hernandez is participating in season 23 of Dancing With the Stars and is paired with pro-hoofer Valentin Chmerkovskiy.
The young gymnast already looks to be putting plenty of hours in at the dance studio. In an Instagram video Chmerkovskiy, 30, shared Wednesday, Hernandez is nailing her moves.
“Still need a lot of work on the frame. But eyyyy we already got a handshake,” the ballroom pro captioned the clip. “So excited for the season. Helping this incredible girl reach her ballroom dreams. She’s a real gem.”
We’d love to see her — and her Final Five teammates — sparkle on the SNL stage too!
Dancing With the Stars season 23 premieres on ABC Monday, September 12, at 8 p.m. ET.
Can't get enough of Us? Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter packed with the latest celeb news, hot pics and more!
"},"inset_1":{"slug":"/entertainment/news/olympic-athletes-who-have-starred-in-tv-and-movies-2012237","type":"article","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"Olympic Athletes Who Have Made TV and Movie Cameos","contentId":43003,"contentHeadline":"Olympic Athletes Who Have Made TV and Movie Cameos"},"inset_2":{"slug":"/celebrity-style/pictures/olympic-womens-gymnastics-leotards-uniforms-through-the-years-w433892","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Team USA's Olympic Gymnastics Uniforms Through the Years","contentId":433892,"contentHeadline":"Team USA's Olympic Gymnastics Uniforms Through the Years"},"inset_3":{"slug":"/entertainment/pictures/dwts-season-23-cast-see-the-celebs-in-costume-w437301","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 23 Cast: See the Celebs and Their Partners in Costume!","contentId":437301,"contentHeadline":"‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 23 Cast: See the Celebs and Their Partners in Costume!"},"related":{},"video_1":{"caption":"","credits":"","videoId":"9Ll7pJsW","htmlCode":""}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":null,"description":"Olympian Simone Biles wants the Final Five gymnasts to host ‘Saturday Night Live,’ and she’s not afraid to beg — see her tweet!","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":437919,"old_id":null,"title":"Boomer Phelps Indulges in Dad Michael’s ‘#RetiredLife’ in Cutest Instagram Video — Watch Him Lounge in a Pool","short_title":"Boomer Phelps Indulges in ‘#RetiredLife’ in Adorable Video","slug":"/celebrity-news/news/boomer-phelps-indulges-in-dad-michaels-retiredlife-video-w437919","body":"We need to get on Boomer Phelps’ level. The adorable 3-month-old starred in his own “#RetiredLife” video on Instagram on Friday, September 2.
In the clip, the tiny little man — whose dad is famed Olympian Michael Phelps— lies on a floatie in a pool with shades on, and floats to the tune of Drake’s “One Dance.”
"Nothing like @boomerrphelps first video shoot!! Splashing around in the pool and having fun!! Love ya buddy!! #retiredlife,” the celebrated 28-time Olympic medalist captioned the Instagram video of his son, who she shares with fiancée Nicole Johnson.
Boomer, er, Michael, also posted the sweet video to Boomer’s own (très popular!) Instagram account. (During an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, September 1, Phelps confirmed he runs Boomer’s Instagram.)
“Thanks @taylorchien for making me look so good in my play day at the pool!!" the baby’s caption read, giving drone videographer Taylor Chien a shout-out.
Boomer made headlines while rooting on his dad — who just so happens to be the most decorated Olympian ever — during the 2016 Rio Olympics last month. After securing his 23rd gold medal, Phelps, 31, declared he’s officially retiring (again).
The swimmer spent his first day of retirement with Boomer in their pool. “There’s nothing like being back home!! Great way to spend my first day in retirement!!” Phelps captioned an Instagram snap with his wife-to-be and their baby boy on August 17.
Watch the cute video above. Happy Labor Day weekend!
Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter to get breaking celebrity news, hot pics and more delivered straight to your inbox!
","tag_ids":[1,4481,3269],"publish_date":"2016-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","updated_publish_date":null,"has_been_published":true,"advertorial":false,"created_at":null,"updated_at":null,"data":{"meta":{"title":"Boomer Phelps Indulges in Dad Michael’s ‘#RetiredLife’ Video","keywords":"michael phelps baby, boomer phelps, boomer phelps video, michael phelps son boomer, boomer instagram, boomer phelps instagram","description":"Michael Phelps’ son, Boomer, stars in an adorable Instagram video about ‘#RetiredLife’ — watch\r\n"},"song":{"title":null,"externalUrl":null,"orderedArtistIds":null},"album":{"label":null,"title":null,"externalUrl":null,"orderedArtistIds":null},"bitly":"http://usm.ag/2cgBQN4","label":"Babies ","media":{"lead":{"id":null,"alt":null,"code":"\r\n","type":"Instagram","credits":null,"details":null,"filename":null,"provider":"jwplayer"},"photo_1":{"align":"full","title":"Michael Phelps, Boomer Phelps and Nicole Johnson","credit":"Courtesy of Michael Phelps/Instagram","caption":"Michael Phelps, Boomer Phelps and Nicole Johnson","filename":"phelps-family-d8ed635d-a00c-4df7-b811-99502c4519ee.jpg"},"main_image":{"alt":null,"caption":null,"credits":null,"filename":"phelps-family-b28ababa-64de-49a1-8223-3a170ea7984a.jpg"}},"movie":{"cast":null,"blurb":null,"title":null,"director":null,"distributor":null,"externalUrl":null},"embeds":{"inset_1":{"slug":"/celebrity-news/news/10-best-biggest-moments-from-the-2016-rio-olympics-w435540","type":"article","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"10 Best, Biggest Moments From the 2016 Rio Olympics","contentId":435540,"contentHeadline":"10 Best, Biggest Moments From the 2016 Rio Olympics"},"inset_2":{"slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/celebrities-biggest-social-media-fails-w210254","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Celebrities’ Biggest Social Media Fails","contentId":210254,"contentHeadline":"Celebrities’ Biggest Social Media Fails "},"inset_3":{"slug":"/celebrity-moms/pictures/mom-social-media-brags-201425","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Celebrity Moms Brag About Their Cute Kids on Social Media: Pictures","contentId":82509,"contentHeadline":"Celebrity Moms Brag About Their Cute Kids on Social Media: Pictures"},"related":{"content":{"pinned":["437897","437920","437917","",""]}},"video_1":{"caption":"","credits":"","videoId":"3I12LgS0","htmlCode":""}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":null,"description":"Michael Phelps’ son, Boomer, stars in an adorable Instagram video about ‘#RetiredLife’ — watch\r\n","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":432845,"old_id":null,"title":"Team USA Athletes Allyson Felix, Jordan Burroughs and More Share 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me","short_title":"25 Things You Don’t Know About Team USA","slug":"/celebrity-news/news/25-things-you-dont-know-about-team-usa-w432845","body":"Thanks @taylorchien for making me look so good in my play day at the pool!!
A video posted by boomer phelps (@boomerrphelps) on
Team USA athletes often bring home the gold, but they are more than just their sport. Us Weekly chatted with a number of athletes — wrestler Jordan Burroughs, sprinter Allyson Felix, water polo player Tony Azevedo, paratriathlete Melissa Stockwell, golfer Lexi Thompson and marathoner Meb Keflezighi — to find out what we don’t know about them.
Felix, a Bounty-sponsored athlete, shared her secret talent with Us: “I do have some hula-hooping skills,” she says in the video above. “It’s kind of like a little hidden talent.”
Burroughs, a Hershey’s athlete who will defend his 2012 wrestling gold this month, admitted he likes to sing in the shower (and even demonstrated it for Us!). But no athlete could beat Azevedo’s secret talent: doing the worm, which he demonstrated for Us.
Keflezighi, who works with KT Tape, shared his celebrity crush: Brandy. “In high school I had a crush on Brandy the singer,” says the 41-year-old. “I thought she was hot!”
Thompson laughed as she shared her crush.
“Probably Channing Tatum,” says the Red Bull–sponsored athlete. “Magic Mike, that’s definitely a good one!”
The athletes also shared their guilty-pleasure foods. Stockwell, who is sponsored by Chobani and is heading into her second Paralympics, shared her love of candy.
“Some sort of Gummis — Gummi bears, Gummi worms — anything chocolate,” the mom of son Dallas, 21 months, said.
To find out which athlete suffers from road rage, who decorates everything in their house with American flags and who gets pumped up listening to Justin Bieber, check out the video above!
Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter to get breaking celebrity news, hot pics and more delivered straight to your inbox!
"},"inset_1":{"slug":"undefined","type":"undefined","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Here’s What Rio Olympic Athletes Will Wear","contentId":206289,"contentHeadline":"Here’s What Rio Olympic Athletes Will Wear"},"inset_2":{"slug":"/entertainment/news/olympic-athletes-who-have-starred-in-tv-and-movies-2012237","type":"article","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"Olympic Athletes Who Have Made TV and Movie Cameos","contentId":43003,"contentHeadline":"Olympic Athletes Who Have Made TV and Movie Cameos"},"inset_3":{"slug":"/entertainment/pictures/olympic-athletes-where-are-they-now-2013104","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Olympic Athletes: Where Are They Now?","contentId":82866,"contentHeadline":"Olympic Athletes: Where Are They Now?"},"related":{"content":{"pinned":["432824","212121","430892","",""]}}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":1,"description":"Learn more about Team USA members, including Jordan Burroughs and Allyson Felix, in this exclusive video from Us Weekly — watch","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}}]},"contentType":"article","embed":null,"instantCanonical":"http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/simone-biles-michael-phelps-nominated-for-team-usa-awards-w438579","disableComments":false},"adSettings":{"path":"/4236/us/content/news/article","keywords":[],"topics":["Celebrity News","Olympics","Cara Sprunk","Simone Biles","Michael Phelps","Allyson Felix","Carmelo Anthony"],"authors":["Cara Sprunk"],"cons":[],"celebs":["Simone Biles","Michael Phelps","Allyson Felix","Carmelo Anthony"],"trigger":{"mobile":"inview","tablet":"inview","desktop":"inview"}},"ads":{"templateName":"_ad","content":"article","pageType":"content","channel":"news","tags":"[]","topics":"[\"Celebrity News\",\"Olympics\",\"Cara Sprunk\",\"Simone Biles\",\"Michael Phelps\",\"Allyson Felix\",\"Carmelo Anthony\"]","authors":"[\"Cara Sprunk\"]","cons":"[]","celebs":"[\"Simone Biles\",\"Michael Phelps\",\"Allyson Felix\",\"Carmelo Anthony\"]"},"components":[{"templateName":"_ad","content":"article","pageType":"content","channel":"news","tags":"[]","topics":"[\"Celebrity News\",\"Olympics\",\"Cara Sprunk\",\"Simone Biles\",\"Michael Phelps\",\"Allyson Felix\",\"Carmelo Anthony\"]","authors":"[\"Cara Sprunk\"]","cons":"[]","celebs":"[\"Simone Biles\",\"Michael Phelps\",\"Allyson Felix\",\"Carmelo Anthony\"]"}],"legacy":false,"tagPromo":{"templateName":"_tagPromo","data":[{"type":"editorial","id":5824,"media":"us-olympics-hubheader-5aa6fd57-eab0-40d2-999c-2a996fd77579.jpg","title":"Olympics","slug":"/olympics","cta":null,"theme":"theme-olympics-1"}]},"sponsor":{},"customTemplate":{"active":null},"autoPlay":false},{"contentData":{"id":438571,"slug":"/celebrity-news/news/25-things-you-dont-know-about-paralympic-swimmer-brad-snyder-w438571","bitly":"http://usm.ag/2bZweZv","title":"25 Things You Don’t Know About Paralympic Swimmer Brad Snyder (‘I Secretly Yearn to Be Named the Next Bachelor’)","metaTitle":"25 Things You Don’t Know About Paralympic Swimmer Brad Snyder","shortTitle":"25 Things You Don’t Know About Paralympic Swimmer Brad Snyder","labelData":"Exclusive","publish_date":"2016-09-08T01:20:00.000Z","updated_publish_date":"","description":"Paralympic swimmer Brad Snyder shares 25 fun facts with Us Weekly about himself, including his ‘Bachelor’ aspirations — read more","author":[{"id":4504,"old_id":57,"name":"Cara Sprunk","slug":"/contributor/cara-sprunk","data":{"meta":{"title":"","description":""},"last_name":"Sprunk","first_name":"Cara","google_url":"112683426754155464299"},"tag_type_id":4,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":4,"name":"contributor","data":{"slug":{"default":"/contributor"}}}}],"reviewArtists":"","body":"Five years after losing his eyesight in Afghanistan (the naval lieutenant stepped on an explosive device while trying to help bomb-blast victims), swimmer Brad Snyder is set to add even more Paralympic medals to his collection. Before the three-time medalist hit the pool in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he shared 25 interesting facts about himself exclusively with Us Weekly.
1. When I’m alone I sometimes talk in funny cartoon voices to my dog or sometimes just to myself. The problem is that I’m not always good at telling whether or not I’m alone, so that has made for a few embarrassing instances when my roommates catch me making my funny voices.
2. I am fiercely independent, so much so that I ran away from home twice when I was 6 years old just to prove that I could live on my own. … I couldn’t.
3. I hate strawberries. I also hate anything that is strawberry flavored. If something has touched a strawberry, I probably won’t like it either.
4. I started playing guitar when I was 11. I’m no Jimi Hendrix, but I hope to one day play a live gig somewhere.
5. I am right-handed. I do everything that way, though from time to time I give my left hand a pep talk so it doesn’t feel left out.
6. I won third place in a toothpick bridge building contest in high school, and afterword I decided that I wanted to become an architect.
7. Also in high school, I submitted artwork to be displayed in the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. My submission made it to the finals, but it wasn’t picked. My mom likes it, though!
8 .The US Naval Academy was the only Division I swimming program that recruited me, so I went there.
9. They didn’t have an architecture major at the Naval Academy, so I settled on Naval Architecture figuring it was basically the same thing. It is not.
10. I won exactly one race my entire collegiate career, which was my first race against the Army. If I had to pick just one race to win, I would have picked that one!
11. I received demerits and served “restriction” at the Naval Academy for skipping class, twice.
12. Despite my shenanigans, I was one of 15 midshipmen in my graduating class of nearly a thousand to be selected to join the Explosive Ordnance Disposal community in the Navy, which is a fancy way of saying the “bomb squad.”
13. For my first inspection in the navy as a commissioned officer, I was wearing two left shoes. It’s a long story, but I will tell you that I passed the inspection!
14. In 2007, I completed the Great Floridian Triathlon, which is an Ironman distance race conducted near Orlando, Florida, every year.
15. In 2009, my team and I were featured on a Discovery Channel show called “Surviving the Cut.”
16. I attended Military Free Fall School and learned how to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. Over the next two years, I would jump over 50 times. It’s a bucket list item for me to complete a solo sky dive while blind.
17. I am not afraid of many things, but I am very much afraid of cats. … I don’t understand them. … What is their mission?
18. I have always been a dog guy. My dog, Gizzy, is a beautiful long-haired German shepherd.
19. In 2012, Eone Timepieces, a startup based in D.C., named their flagship product, a tactile wristwatch, after me! The Bradley timepiece is a unique watch that uses two rotating ball bearings that you can touch to tell the time instead of the traditional hands of an analog clock.
20. After the injury I sustained in 2011 that resulted in the loss of my vision, I received two prosthetic eyes. They are painted to look exactly like my sister’s eyes!
21. If you catch me in a bad mood, it’s probably because I just had a great idea only to find out that it’s already a thing. That happens to me way too much.
22. I have two food weaknesses: Coca-Cola and spaghetti. I could drink Coke with every meal, and I would be perfectly content to eat spaghetti for every meal.
23. I secretly yearn to be named the next Bachelor. Don’t tell anyone. Unless, of course, you know Chris Harrison.
24. I was the flag bearer during the conclusion of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. I then had the distinct honor and privilege to present that same flag to President Obama when we returned to the U.S.!
25. I recently wrote a book called Fire in My Eyes: An American Warrior’s Journey from Being Blinded on the Battlefield to Gold Medal Victory.
To learn more about all the Paralympic athletes, visit TeamUSA.org. The Paralympics begin on September 7.
","tags":{"channel":[{"id":1,"old_id":1,"name":"Celebrity News","slug":"/celebrity-news","data":{"ads":{"all":{"path":"news"}},"meta":{"title":"Celebrity News: Latest Celeb News & Pictures - Us Weekly","description":"Get your daily dose of celebrity news with exclusive stories, photos, and videos from Us Weekly. "}},"tag_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":1,"name":"channel","data":{"slug":{"default":""}}}}],"contributor":[{"id":4504,"old_id":57,"name":"Cara Sprunk","slug":"/contributor/cara-sprunk","data":{"meta":{"title":"","description":""},"last_name":"Sprunk","first_name":"Cara","google_url":"112683426754155464299"},"tag_type_id":4,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":4,"name":"contributor","data":{"slug":{"default":"/contributor"}}}}],"celebrity":[{"id":3790,"old_id":27107,"name":"Chris Harrison","slug":"/celebrities/chris-harrison","data":{"bio":"
Born July 26, 1971, in Dallas, Texas, Chris Harrison is best known as the host of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. The former sportscaster got his hosting start with Mall Masters in 2000 before landing his role on the hit dating show two years later.
\r\nHarrison -- who married his college sweetheart, Gwen, in 1993 and divorced in 2012 -- has two children. In addition to his hosting duties on The Bachelor, he is also a co-host on TV Guide's Hollywood 411, where he interviews celebrities and reports live from the red carpet.
\r\nAfter grilling booted Bachelor contestant Rozlyn Papa in Feb. 2010 during the Women Tell All special, she accused Harrison of hitting on ex-producer Ryan Callahan's wife (a claim he denied). Despite their public feud, Harrison remains friends with many previous contestants from the show.
","meta":{"title":"","description":""},"media":{"square":{"filename":"1268081559chris206.jpg"},"main_image":{"credits":"Michael Buckner/WireImage.com","filename":"1268081559_chris402.jpg"}},"hometown":{"ct":"Dallas","sc":"TX"},"birthdate":"1971-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","last_name":"Harrison","first_name":"Chris","hide_hotornot":0,"relationships":[{"id":null,"name":null,"status":1}]},"tag_type_id":5,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":5,"name":"celebrity","data":{"slug":{"default":"/celebrities"}}}}],"editorial":[{"id":5824,"old_id":null,"name":"Olympics","slug":"/olympics","data":{"ads":{"mobile":{"trigger":"inview","overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":"inview"}},"tablet":{"trigger":"inview","overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":"inview"}},"desktop":{"trigger":"inview","overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":"inview"}}},"cta":null,"meta":{"title":null,"description":null},"promo":"true","theme":"theme-olympics-1","sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"label":null},"filename":"us-olympics-hubheader-5aa6fd57-eab0-40d2-999c-2a996fd77579.jpg"},"tag_type_id":3,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":3,"name":"editorial","data":{"slug":{"default":""}}}}]},"editTags":[{"id":5824,"old_id":null,"name":"Olympics","slug":"/olympics","data":{"ads":{"mobile":{"trigger":"inview","overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":"inview"}},"tablet":{"trigger":"inview","overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":"inview"}},"desktop":{"trigger":"inview","overwrite":{"date":{"end":null,"start":null},"active":0,"trigger":"inview"}}},"cta":null,"meta":{"title":null,"description":null},"promo":"true","theme":"theme-olympics-1","sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"label":null},"filename":"us-olympics-hubheader-5aa6fd57-eab0-40d2-999c-2a996fd77579.jpg"},"tag_type_id":3,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":3,"name":"editorial","data":{"slug":{"default":""}}}}],"media":{"lead":{"id":null,"alt":null,"code":null,"type":"Large Vertical Image","credits":null,"details":null,"filename":null,"provider":"jwplayer"},"main_image":{"alt":"Brad Snyder","caption":"Brad Snyder","credits":"Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images","filename":"brad-snyder-e4d1ad55-1049-41a5-95c3-aef2fddabbc2.jpg"}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"advertorial":false,"embeds":{"inset_1":{"contentId":84594,"type":"gallery","slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/im-dating-an-athlete-20092610","headline":"PHOTOS: Celebrities Dating Athletes","promoHed":"Celebs Dating Athletes","description":"They sure like their players! Stars like Victoria Beckham, Olivia Munn, and Kaley Cuoco prefer their men athletic. Check out which big-name stars are linked to hunky athletes here! \r\n","contentHeadline":"Celebrities Dating Athletes"},"inset_2":{"contentId":83193,"type":"gallery","slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/olympians-darkest-secrets-2012317","headline":"PHOTOS: Olympians' Darkest Secrets","promoHed":"Olympians' Darkest Secrets","description":"From sex in the Olympic Village to 27-year-old virgins, check out Team USA's biggest secrets","contentHeadline":"Olympians' Darkest Secrets"},"inset_3":{"contentId":82866,"type":"gallery","slug":"/entertainment/pictures/olympic-athletes-where-are-they-now-2013104","headline":"PHOTOS: Olympic Athletes: Where Are They Now?","promoHed":"Olympic Athletes: Where Are They Now?","description":"See what your favorite sports stars have been up to since their Games","contentHeadline":"Olympic Athletes: Where Are They Now?"},"related":[{"id":206826,"old_id":null,"title":"Paralympic Swimmer Brad Snyder Talks 2012 Gold Medal, Goals for 2016 Paralympics","short_title":"Paralympic Swimmer Brad Snyder Talks Goals for Rio","slug":"/celebrity-news/news/paralympic-swimmer-brad-snyder-talks-goals-for-2016-olympics-w206826","body":"A lot can change in a year, as Paralympic swimmer Brad Snyder knows. He was a lieutenant in the Navy, serving in Afghanistan in September 2011, when he lost both of his eyes after stepping on an explosive device while trying to help victims of another bomb blast.
“It was so frustrating because I used to be this really capable guy. I was in Afghanistan, I could shoot things, I could make things blow up, I could jump out of airplanes. And to be taken down to such a basic level was so frustrating,” Snyder, who used to be the former U.S. Naval Academy swim captain, tells Us Weekly of learning to survive without his vision.
“The pool was the first place that I felt free. I could swim back and forth, all day long. I didn’t need help, I didn’t need a talking phone, I didn’t need a guide dog, I didn’t need a cane — I didn’t need anything other than just me and the water.… It was just so liberating. To succeed at that allowed me to kind of rebuild this shattered image of myself.”
The 32-year-old, who says he thought of himself as a badass before his accident, quickly started succeeding at his old sport of swimming. On the first anniversary of his accident, Snyder won a gold medal, one of three medals he took home from the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.
“It’s so surreal because it feels like a dream,” Synder says. “All my memories from London seem like dream sequences. Everything is so big, everything is so crazy — the crowds are so large, there’s opening ceremonies and there is this giant cafeteria and this arena of 18,000 people watching swimming. And I was new enough to being blind that it was hard for me; I was still learning to perceive the world.”
Snyder had wanted to be an Olympian as a child, but had long given up on the dream.
“I had every dream and hope and aspiration to be an Olympian one day, and at some point or another you kind of reach a plateau and realize, ‘I’m going to be a good swimmer, I’m not going to be a great one.’ To have that dream come back to life really quickly … it was just so crazy and, honestly, it took a while. It took into the ensuing year, maybe two years, to really fully grasp and understand the transformation that occurred in that time period.”
As for Rio, the freestyle swimmer has big goals now that he’s adjusted to being blind.
“This time I know what I’m getting into. I have so much more training and I’m much better adjusted now, I’m not newly blind,” Snyder tells Us. “ Now, now I can go and know that it’s not a dream, it’s real.… I won two races in London, I’d love to win another — three potentially — I’m probably going to swim four, so maybe I could win four races.”
To learn more about all the Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls, visit TeamUSA.org. The Paralympics begin on September 7 and will be streamed live on NBCOlympics.com and NBC Sports Live Extra.
","tag_ids":[1,4504,5824],"publish_date":"2016-05-21T00:46:00.000Z","updated_publish_date":null,"has_been_published":true,"advertorial":false,"created_at":null,"updated_at":null,"data":{"meta":{"title":"Paralympic Swimmer Brad Snyder Talks Goals for 2016 Paralympics","keywords":"Paralympics, Rio 2016, Olympics, Brad Snyder, Navy, veterans, blind, swimming","description":"After winning three medals at the 2012 Paralympic games one year after losing his eyesight, swimmer Brad Snyder is planning to do even better in Rio"},"bitly":"http://usm.ag/1WHcjjM","label":"Olympics 2016","media":{"lead":{"id":null,"alt":null,"code":null,"type":"Large Vertical Image","credits":null,"details":null,"filename":null,"provider":"jwplayer"},"photo_1":{"align":"full","title":"Brad Snyder","credit":"Mitchell Haaseth/NBC","caption":"Brad Snyder","filename":"brad-snyder-inline-zoom-4e09c697-967f-473e-a64c-5c168ae95d42.jpg"},"photo_2":{"align":"full","title":"Brad Snyder","credit":"Mitchell Haaseth/NBC","caption":"Brad Snyder","filename":"brad-snyder-3-zoom-fd314291-55c0-43b1-9cc6-c8a3c51a38fd.jpg"},"main_image":{"alt":"Brad Snyder and guide dog Gizzy","caption":"Snyder","credits":"Mitchell Haaseth/NBC","filename":"brad-snyder-zoom-03449096-a244-4ab9-9deb-b28a8518cc32.jpg"}},"embeds":{"inset_1":{"slug":"/entertainment/pictures/olympic-athletes-where-are-they-now-2013104","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: Olympic Athletes: Where Are They Now?","contentId":82866,"contentHeadline":"Olympic Athletes: Where Are They Now?"},"inset_2":{"slug":"/entertainment/pictures/olympic-athletes-turned-tv-and-movie-stars-2012207","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Olympic Athletes Turned TV and Movie Stars","contentId":83207,"contentHeadline":"Olympic Athletes Turned TV and Movie Stars"},"inset_3":{"slug":"/entertainment/pictures/sochi-winter-olympics-2014-team-usa-hottest-athletes-pictures-us-weekly-201462","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Sochi Winter Olympics 2014: Team USA's Hottest Athletes","contentId":82599,"contentHeadline":"Sochi Winter Olympics 2014: Team USA's Hottest Athletes "},"related":{}},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":1,"description":"After winning three medals at the 2012 Paralympic games one year after losing his eyesight, swimmer Brad Snyder is planning to do even better in Rio","overwrite_slug":null,"google_standout":1,"is_editors_pick":1,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":200686,"old_id":null,"title":"Paralympian Melissa Stockwell Explains Her Road to Rio, Challenges With Paratriathalon","short_title":"Paralympian Melissa Stockwell Explains Challenges of the Paratriathlon","slug":"/celebrity-news/news/paralympian-melissa-stockwell-explains-the-paratriathlon-w200686","body":"Prepare to be inspired. In 2004, Melissa Stockwell was a second lieutenant in the United States Army. A month after the then-23-year-old deployed to Baghdad, Iraq, she was in a vehicle that was struck by a roadside bomb. The accident took Stockwell’s left leg from above the knee and also made her the first American female soldier to lose a limb in the war.
Stockwell committed herself to rehab, through swimming, and fell in love with it.
“I learned about the Paralympics probably four months after I was injured,” Stockwell tells Us Weekly. “I never knew about them before, which is crazy because it’s such a big part of my life now. So I heard about it and I heard it was for someone with a disability and here I was with a new disability. I had dreamed of going to the Olympics as a gymnast when I was younger, so it was kind of like I had a second chance. As soon as I heard about it, it was immediate – somehow I needed to become a Paralympian. Swimming just kind of seemed like the right fit, so I decided to give it a shot.”
Stockwell competed in Beijing for swimming in 2008, and left disappointed with her results.
“I came out of my biggest athletic event with like a participation medal. It’s not really what I had hoped for, but it’s what happened. It’s part of the story,” the 35-year-old explains. “Then, in 2009, I did my first triathlon and I loved the challenge of it. I crossed the finish line of my first triathlon and just became passionate about it really early on.”
The mom of 16-month-old son Dallas found a new sport to love — but explains it comes with a unique set of challenges associated with the different prosthetics.
“There’s a biking-specific one, and a sports-specific running leg – so part of the race is switching them on and off – and nothing for swimming. Part of the race is how quickly you can get them on and off. So if I don’t get my leg off or on quick enough, then I could not place as well,” she says. “You’ve definitely got to practice that. I have it down to under a minute!”
Her prosthetics are one of many things in life that display her incredible patriotism.
“My prosthetic is red, white and blue. Everything is red, white and blue,” she says, laughing. Her most unique display of patriotism of all, though, is on her hand. “My engagement ring is a diamond and the red and the blue were my wedding rings.”
To learn more about all the Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls, visit TeamUSA.org. The Olympics begin on August 5, 2016, on NBC’s networks. The Paralympics begin on September 7, 2016.
Want stories like these delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter!
"},"inset_1":{"slug":"/entertainment/pictures/olympic-athletes-where-are-they-now-2013104","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: Olympic Athletes: Where Are They Now?","contentId":82866,"contentHeadline":"Olympic Athletes: Where Are They Now?"},"inset_2":{"slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/biggest-olympics-scandals-ever-201452","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: Biggest Olympics Scandals Ever","contentId":82600,"contentHeadline":"Biggest Olympics Scandals Ever"},"inset_3":{"slug":"/entertainment/pictures/olympic-athletes-turned-tv-and-movie-stars-2012207","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Olympic Athletes Turned TV and Movie Stars","contentId":83207,"contentHeadline":"Olympic Athletes Turned TV and Movie Stars"}},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":null,"description":"Paralympian Melissa Stockwell has never let anything — even losing her leg in the Iraqi War — slow her down","overwrite_slug":null,"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":162747,"old_id":null,"title":"Paralympian Jarryd Wallace Planned an Epic Proposal for Fiancee Lea Babcock: Get the Details!","short_title":"Paralympian Jarryd Wallace Has One Incredible Proposal Story","slug":"/celebrity-news/news/paralympian-jarryd-wallace-opens-up-about-his-sweet-proposal-w162747","body":"Get the tissues out for this one. U.S. Paralympic track star Jarryd Wallace has his hands full training for the Paralympics in September, but he wasn’t too busy to plan and execute a gorgeous proposal for his love, Lea Babcock.
“On our second date, I asked her, ‘What’s one thing you wish you had as a child that you never got to have?' And she said a treehouse,” the four-time world record holder tells Us Weekly.
So when he was ready to propose — just shy of two years into their relationship — he knew exactly what to do.
“In Athens, Georgia where she went to school and where I’m from, I found a family that had a beautiful treehouse in their yard, and I went and knocked on their door and asked if I could clean up their tree house and decorate it and propose to my fiancée in it,” Wallace explains.
After decorating the treehouse and setting up GoPro cameras to capture the big moment, Wallace proposed and then serenaded Babcock with a song he had written for her.
And if that wasn’t epic enough, he also surprised her with an immediate engagement party with 90 of her friends from all over the country!
The couple has already set a date — October 8, 2016 — shortly after the Paralympics, which for the first time ever are getting 66 hours of live coverage in the U.S. on NBC.
“That’s probably actually the biggest event of next year,” the single amputee, who lost his leg in 2010, admits of the wedding. “It’s interesting, we’ve got the Paralympics, but for me that’s a moment in life, and marriage is forever. So that’s the bigger moment for me this year.”
To learn more about all the Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls, visit TeamUsa.org. The Olympics begin on August 5, 2016, on NBC’s networks. The Paralympics begin on September 7, 2016.
","tag_ids":[1,4504,5824],"publish_date":"2016-01-28T02:25:00.000Z","updated_publish_date":null,"has_been_published":true,"advertorial":false,"created_at":null,"updated_at":null,"data":{"meta":{"title":"Paralympian Jarryd Wallace Opens Up About His Sweet Proposal","keywords":"Paralympics, Jarryd Wallace, Lea Babcock, amputee, paralympian, Rio, Olympics","description":"Paralympic runner Jarryd Wallace shares details of his touching proposal with Us Weekly —find out how he popped the question to love Lea Babcock!"},"bitly":"http://usm.ag/1PG0Sq3","label":"Olympics","media":{"lead":{"id":null,"alt":null,"code":null,"type":"Medium Vertical Image","credits":null,"details":null,"filename":null,"provider":"jwplayer"},"photo_1":{"align":"full","title":"Jarryd Wallace and Lea Babcock","credit":"Courtesy of Jarryd Wallace","caption":"Tree house Jarryd Wallace proposed to Lea Babcock in","filename":"tree-house-zoom-4f73a155-1d3b-4de0-8fd2-e294441ca239.jpg"},"main_image":{"alt":"Jarryd Wallace and Lea Babcock","caption":"Jarryd Wallace and Lea Babcock","credits":"Courtesy of Kelsey Cherry","filename":"jarryd-wallace-zoom-5df1dfab-97f5-47aa-a235-bc87f3120100.jpg"}},"embeds":{"inset_1":{"slug":"/entertainment/pictures/sochi-winter-olympics-2014-team-usa-hottest-athletes-pictures-us-weekly-201462","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: Sochi Winter Olympics 2014: Team USA's Hottest Athletes","contentId":82599,"contentHeadline":"Sochi Winter Olympics 2014: Team USA's Hottest Athletes "},"inset_2":{"slug":"/celebrity-style/pictures/best-celebrity-engagement-rings-of-all-time-2012132","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Best Celebrity Engagement Rings of All Time","contentId":83411,"contentHeadline":"Best Celebrity Engagement Rings of All Time"}},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":null,"description":"Paralympic runner Jarryd Wallace shares details of his touching proposal with Us Weekly —find out how he popped the question to love Lea Babcock!","overwrite_slug":null,"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}}]},"contentType":"article","embed":null,"instantCanonical":"http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/25-things-you-dont-know-about-paralympic-swimmer-brad-snyder-w438571","disableComments":false},"adSettings":{"path":"/4236/us/content/news/article","keywords":[],"topics":["Celebrity News","Olympics","Cara Sprunk","Chris Harrison"],"authors":["Cara Sprunk"],"cons":[],"celebs":["Chris Harrison"],"trigger":{"mobile":"inview","tablet":"inview","desktop":"inview"}},"ads":{"templateName":"_ad","content":"article","pageType":"content","channel":"news","tags":"[]","topics":"[\"Celebrity News\",\"Olympics\",\"Cara Sprunk\",\"Chris Harrison\"]","authors":"[\"Cara Sprunk\"]","cons":"[]","celebs":"[\"Chris Harrison\"]"},"components":[{"templateName":"_ad","content":"article","pageType":"content","channel":"news","tags":"[]","topics":"[\"Celebrity News\",\"Olympics\",\"Cara Sprunk\",\"Chris Harrison\"]","authors":"[\"Cara Sprunk\"]","cons":"[]","celebs":"[\"Chris Harrison\"]"}],"legacy":false,"tagPromo":{"templateName":"_tagPromo","data":[{"type":"editorial","id":5824,"media":"us-olympics-hubheader-5aa6fd57-eab0-40d2-999c-2a996fd77579.jpg","title":"Olympics","slug":"/olympics","cta":null,"theme":"theme-olympics-1"}]},"sponsor":{},"customTemplate":{"active":null},"autoPlay":false},{"contentData":{"id":438567,"slug":"/stylish/news/models-struggle-with-heels-during-yeezy-season-4-show-w438567","bitly":"http://usm.ag/2c9UK7B","title":"Models Struggle With Their Heels During Yeezy Season 4 — Watch Them Wobble, Ditch Their Shoes","metaTitle":"Models Struggle With Heels During Yeezy Season 4 Show","shortTitle":"Watch Yeezy Season 4 Models Struggle In Their Heels","labelData":"NYFW 2016","publish_date":"2016-09-08T00:54:00.000Z","updated_publish_date":"","description":"At least two models struggled with their heels during Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 4 show on Wednesday, September 7 — watch them try to persevere","author":[{"id":4481,"old_id":80,"name":"Sierra Marquina","slug":"/contributor/sierra-marquina","data":{"meta":{"title":"","description":""},"last_name":"Marquina","first_name":"Sierra","google_url":"102824468181868500867"},"tag_type_id":4,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":4,"name":"contributor","data":{"slug":{"default":"/contributor"}}}}],"reviewArtists":"","body":"Never has the struggle been more real. At least two models struggled with their heels during Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 4 show at Roosevelt Island on Wednesday, September 7, and their attempt to carry on the show was medal-worthy.
The show, which started more than an hour and a half late, featured a bevy of models clothed in tan and black ensembles strutting their stuff down a white catwalk through the park.
At one point during the production, a model clothed in a black hooded jacket and thigh-high boots almost lost control while attempting to wobble along in her broken heel.
“Something is wrong #YeezySeason 4,” one person tweeted, along with video of the model struggling to take each step. Bruce Pask, the men's fashion director of Bergdorf Goodman, eventually came to her rescue, and helped escort her down the runway.
Model Amina Blue also struggled in her shoes. The blonde attempted to walk for a bit in her heels before she gave up and took them off.
“When you find out you not getting paid for #Yeezyseason4,” a jokester tweeted along with a clip of Blue taking off her shoes midshow, while another added: “The moment Amina Blue gave up #Yeezy.”
The internet's reaction to the wobbling models on Wednesday caused even West’s sister-in-law Kylie Jenner to chime in. “Her heel broke. It's not her fault,” the 19-year-old makeup maven, who attended the event in booty shorts, responded to a viewer on Twitter about the model in the black boots.
For the record, Blue, who also starred in Tyga’s “1 of 1” music video, finished the show, but she came back out in a pair of wobble-free Yeezy sandals.
Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter to get breaking celebrity news, hot pics, and more delivered straight to your inbox!
Born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Ga., Kanye West and his mother, Donda West, relocated to Chicago, Ill., when he was three, following his parents' divorce. West got his music career start as a producer.
\r\nIn 2004, his debut album The College Dropout, was a turning point for West and he began to be more recognized by the industry as an artist. West has released two more albums since 2004, both of which kept him in the limelight. He is also notorious for his outlandish temper tantrums against the industry.
\r\nWest keeps very mum on his personal life, but ended his engagement to long-time designer girlfriend, Alexis Phifer, in April 2008. Currently engaged to Kim Kardashian, West welcomed a daughter, North West, on June 15, 2013.
","meta":{"title":"","description":""},"media":{"square":{"filename":"1251227849kanye_west_290x206.jpg"},"main_image":{"credits":"","filename":"1251227849_kanye_west_290x402.jpg"}},"hometown":{"ct":"Chicago","sc":"IL"},"birthdate":"1977-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","last_name":"West","first_name":"Kanye","hide_hotornot":0,"relationships":[{"id":18677,"name":null,"status":4}]},"tag_type_id":5,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":5,"name":"celebrity","data":{"slug":{"default":"/celebrities"}}}}],"editorial":[{"id":4610,"old_id":365,"name":"Fashion Week","slug":"/fashion-week","data":{"meta":{"title":"","description":""}},"tag_type_id":3,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":3,"name":"editorial","data":{"slug":{"default":""}}}}]},"editTags":[{"id":4610,"old_id":365,"name":"Fashion Week","slug":"/fashion-week","data":{"meta":{"title":"","description":""}},"tag_type_id":3,"site_id":2,"TagType":{"id":3,"name":"editorial","data":{"slug":{"default":""}}}}],"media":{"lead":{"id":"7qr4gqnq","alt":null,"code":null,"type":"Video","credits":null,"details":null,"filename":null,"provider":"jwplayer"},"photo_1":{"align":"full","title":"","credit":"","caption":"","filename":"yeezy-season-4-0b0592e4-c3c1-4afb-a94d-d3f74f0a28a8.jpg"},"main_image":{"alt":null,"caption":null,"credits":null,"filename":"yeezy-season-4-a529b782-9c6f-4db7-9762-93e17eb54162.jpg"}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"advertorial":false,"embeds":{"html_1":{"htmlCode":"\n"},"html_2":{"htmlCode":"Idk what is going on #YeezySeason4 pic.twitter.com/fQxkxNVdfb
— Alien (@AdamHenrion) September 7, 2016
\n"},"html_3":{"htmlCode":"something is wrong #YeezySeason4 pic.twitter.com/7p5HMJFmjA
— emo hailey 🌹 (@riseupkordei) September 7, 2016
\n"},"html_4":{"htmlCode":"Model loses it in heels, Bruce Pask comes to rescue. True gentleman. #YeezySeason4 pic.twitter.com/NWfjaGao04
— @Booth (@Booth) September 7, 2016
\n"},"html_5":{"htmlCode":"When you find out you not getting paid for #Yeezyseason4 pic.twitter.com/FEanm9FpDB
— Young Durant (@A_Geechi) September 7, 2016
\n"},"inset_1":{"contentId":438518,"type":"gallery","slug":"/stylish/pictures/new-york-fashion-week-2016-front-row-runway-party-pics-w438518","headline":"PHOTOS: See the Stars at New York Fashion Week 2016","promoHed":"See the Stars at New York Fashion Week 2016!","description":"Kendall Jenner, Rashida Jones, Kim Kardashian and more celebs have descended upon New York Fashion Week 2016 — see them at all the hottest shows, front rows and parties here!","contentHeadline":"See the Stars at New York Fashion Week 2016"},"inset_2":{"contentId":82797,"type":"gallery","slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/kanye-wests-most-outrageous-moments-201366","headline":"PHOTOS: Kanye West's Most Outrageous Moments","promoHed":"Kanye West's Most Outrageous Moments","description":"Kanye West isn't one to shy away from controversy, and you can bet he's prone to saying exactly what's on his mind. Here, we relive West's biggest OMG moments!","contentHeadline":"Kanye West's Most Outrageous Moments"},"inset_3":{"contentId":83339,"type":"gallery","slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/kim-kardashian-and-kanye-west-the-perfect-match-2012194","headline":"PHOTOS: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West: The Perfect Match","promoHed":"Kim and Kanye: The Perfect Match","description":"From their love of fur to their expensive tastes in cars, \"Kimye\" have a lot in common","contentHeadline":"Kim Kardashian and Kanye West: The Perfect Match"},"related":[{"id":438552,"old_id":null,"title":"‘Eat Pray Love’ Author Elizabeth Gilbert Is in Love With Her Female Best Friend After Splitting From Husband ","short_title":"‘Eat Pray Love’ Author Announces She’s Dating a Woman After Divorce","slug":"/celebrity-news/news/eat-pray-love-author-elizabeth-gilbert-in-love-with-a-woman-w438552","body":"Whoever made the prototypes for the Yeezy Season 4 heels ...... pic.twitter.com/5Whnlq3PEd
— Cash (@WhoIsMissCash) September 7, 2016
Elizabeth Gilbert ended her almost decade-long marriage in July to be with her best friend, Rayya Elias, the Eat Pray Love author revealed in an emotional Facebook post on Wednesday, September 7.
“There is something I wish to tell you today — something which I hope and trust you will receive with grace,” the best-selling author, 47, started her post, in which she reveals she’s dating a woman, and that her partner is dying from cancer. “This spring, I received news that would change my life forever. My best friend Rayya Elias was diagnosed with pancreatic and liver cancer — a disease for which there is no cure.”
Gilbert, who has traveled and appeared on stage with Elias throughout her career, explained that Elias’ diagnosis contributed to her divorce.
“Something happened to my heart and mind in the days and weeks following Rayya's diagnosis. Death — or the prospect of death — has a way of clearing away everything that is not real, and in that space of stark and utter realness, I was faced with this truth: I do not merely love Rayya; I am in love with Rayya,” she wrote. “For those of you who are doing the math here, and who are wondering if this situation is why my marriage came to an end this spring, the simple answer is yes.”
The award-winning writer announced via Facebook in July that she was ending her nearly 10-year long marriage to husband, José Nunes. Gilbert, who detailed their love story in Eat Pray Love, explained at the time that she and Nunes were splitting because of “very personal” reasons and that it was "amicable."
“Here is where we stand now: Rayya and I are together,” she continued in her post on Wednesday. “I love her, and she loves me. I'm walking through this cancer journey with her, not only as her friend, but as her partner. I am exactly where I need to be — the only place I can be.”
The Big Magic author explained that they hadn’t spoken publicly about their relationship out of privacy for their families, but she felt the need to announce their relationship as she is “someone who lives her life in the public eye.”
“For reasons of my own integrity and sanity, I need to be able to walk into any room in the world with Rayya on my arm, feeling relaxed enough to stand comfortably in simple openness about who we actually are to each other,” she concluded. “If I can't be my true self (whether at home in privacy, or out there in the world in public) then things will very quickly get messy and weird and stupid in my life. Sure, I could pretend that Rayya is still just my best friend, but that would be … you know ... pretending. … So that is why Rayya and I have decided together to speak up publicly now — both about her cancer and about our love for each other. It's for the sake of our own integrity, but it's also intended to make our lives simpler.”
Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter to get breaking celebrity news, hot pics, and more delivered straight to your inbox!
","tag_ids":[1,4481],"publish_date":"2016-09-07T22:24:00.000Z","updated_publish_date":null,"has_been_published":true,"advertorial":false,"created_at":null,"updated_at":null,"data":{"meta":{"title":"‘Eat Pray Love’ Author Elizabeth Gilbert in Love With a Woman","keywords":"elizabeth gilbert in love with woman, elizabeth gilbert in love with best friend, elizabeth gilbert gay, elizabeth gilbert rayya, elizabeth gilbert divorce","description":"Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of ‘Eat Pray Love,’ revealed on Facebook that she’s in love with her best friend Rayya, who is dying of cancer, just two months after announcing her split from her husband — read her post "},"song":{"title":null,"externalUrl":null,"orderedArtistIds":null},"album":{"label":null,"title":null,"externalUrl":null,"orderedArtistIds":null},"bitly":"http://usm.ag/2bZeXT4","label":"Love Lives","media":{"lead":{"id":"68cHiToC","alt":null,"code":null,"type":"Video","credits":null,"details":null,"filename":null,"provider":"jwplayer"},"photo_1":{"align":"full","title":"Elizabeth Gilbert","credit":"Peter Kramer/NBC/NBC NewsWire via Getty Images","caption":"Elizabeth Gilbert","filename":"elizabeth-gilbert-c69a5ab6-4eee-4a66-96c7-c709a4548cb6.jpg"},"main_image":{"alt":null,"caption":null,"credits":null,"filename":"elizabeth-gilbert-f13265e7-2a00-49c6-b547-fa09677c9f16.jpg"}},"movie":{"cast":null,"blurb":null,"title":null,"director":null,"distributor":null,"externalUrl":null},"embeds":{"html_1":{"htmlCode":"\n"},"inset_1":{"slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/gay-celebrities-coming-out-stories-2014106","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Gay Celebrities' Coming Out Stories","contentId":82468,"contentHeadline":"Gay Celebrities' Coming Out Stories "},"inset_2":{"slug":"/celebrity-body/pictures/stars-who-beat-cancer-20101110","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Stars Who Beat Cancer","contentId":84160,"contentHeadline":"Stars Who Beat Cancer"},"inset_3":{"slug":"/celebrity-body/pictures/unlikely-celebrity-couples-2010111","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: Unlikely Celebrity Couples","contentId":84125,"contentHeadline":"Unlikely Celebrity Couples"},"related":{"content":{"pinned":["438501","438459","438534","",""]}}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":null,"description":"Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of ‘Eat Pray Love,’ revealed on Facebook that she’s in love with her best friend Rayya, who is dying of cancer, just two months after announcing her split from her husband — read her post ","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":438513,"old_id":null,"title":"Drake’s Tour Bus Burgled, $3 Million in Jewelry Stolen","short_title":"$3 Million in Jewelry Stolen From Drake’s Tour Bus","slug":"/celebrity-news/news/drakes-tour-bus-burgled-3-million-in-jewelry-stolen-w438513","body":"Thank you for the love, everyone. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/rkCZVyIDwg
— Elizabeth Gilbert (@GilbertLiz) September 7, 2016
Update 8:54 p.m. ET: The Associated Press reports that Phoenix police have recovered the jewelry. Sgt. Vince Lewis said that suspect Travion King was identified through surveillance video, and law enforcement then learned he was already in jail. King was arrested earlier in the day by Arizona State University's campus police, the AP reports.
Update 8:14 p.m. ET: According to TMZ, a man named Travion King was arrested at Arizona State University on Wednesday, September 7. King was reportedly caught with the briefcase in hand and has been booked for felony burglary.
Original story continues below
A briefcase containing $3 million worth of jewelry was stolen off of Drake and Future’s Summer Sixteen tour bus on Tuesday, September 6, Phoenix police spokesman Sergeant Vince Lewis has confirmed.
According to the Associated Press, the briefcase was taken from the bus between 10 and 10:15 p.m. while the vehicle was parked at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, where the rappers were performing.
In footage obtained by TMZ, Drake is visibly upset upon learning about the theft. According to Sgt. Lewis, the briefcase did not belong to Drake.
Authorities told TMZ that the property reportedly belonged to Drake’s DJ, Future the Prince, not Future the rapper.
An investigation is ongoing. Updates to come.
Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter to get breaking celebrity news, hot pics, and more delivered straight to your inbox!
","tag_ids":[1,4481,1859],"publish_date":"2016-09-07T19:43:00.000Z","updated_publish_date":"2016-09-08T00:54:00.000Z","has_been_published":true,"advertorial":false,"created_at":null,"updated_at":null,"data":{"meta":{"title":"Drake’s Tour Bus Burgled, $3 Million in Jewelry Stolen","keywords":"drake $3 million stolen, drake bulgred, drake robbed, future robbed, future the prince","description":"A briefcase containing $3 million worth of jewelry was stolen off of Drake’s ‘Drake and Future’ tour bus on Tuesday, September 6, police say — details "},"song":{"title":null,"externalUrl":null,"orderedArtistIds":null},"album":{"label":null,"title":null,"externalUrl":null,"orderedArtistIds":null},"bitly":"http://usm.ag/2bYNsGo","label":null,"media":{"lead":{"id":null,"alt":null,"code":null,"type":"Large Vertical Image","credits":null,"details":null,"filename":null,"provider":"jwplayer"},"photo_1":{"align":"full","title":"Future the Prince and Drake","credit":"Johnny Nunez/WireImage","caption":"Future the Prince and Drake","filename":"181653270_future-the-prince-drake-zoom-b311ac63-2fda-4056-be53-4ef0d72e9cd6.jpg"},"main_image":{"alt":"Drake","caption":"Drake performs at the Summer 16 Tour.","credits":"Prince Williams/FilmMagic","filename":"595915586_drake-zoom-a1bbd9ee-6716-4ccb-9974-2215b80d7909.jpg"}},"movie":{"cast":null,"blurb":null,"title":null,"director":null,"distributor":null,"externalUrl":null},"embeds":{"inset_1":{"slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/celebrity-mugshots-2013294","type":"gallery","align":"fullnoimage","headline":"PHOTOS: Celebrity Mugshots","contentId":82841,"contentHeadline":"Celebrity Mugshots"},"inset_2":{"slug":"/celebrity-news/pictures/stars-at-court-200929","type":"gallery","align":"","headline":"PHOTOS: Stars at Court","contentId":84689,"contentHeadline":"Stars at Court"},"related":{"content":{"pinned":["438207","438485","438384","",""]}}},"rating":{"score":null,"maximum":null},"poll_id":null,"sponsor":{"url":null,"name":null,"check":null,"label":null},"breaking":null,"exclusive":null,"description":"A briefcase containing $3 million worth of jewelry was stolen off of Drake’s ‘Drake and Future’ tour bus on Tuesday, September 6, police say — details ","overwrite_slug":null,"custom_template":{"active":null},"google_standout":null,"is_editors_pick":null,"disable_comments":null,"not_included_in_rss":null,"third_party_standout":null},"content_type_id":1,"site_id":2,"status_id":2,"Status":{"id":2,"name":"published"},"ContentType":{"id":1,"name":"article","data":{"slug":{"3":"articles","4":"","default":"news"},"label":{"default":"Article"},"show_issue_field":{"4":true,"default":false},"homepage_horizontal_crop":{"4":true,"default":false}}}},{"id":438538,"old_id":null,"title":"Jessica Alba Reveals How She Slims Down: ‘Diet Is Much More Important’ Than Working Out","short_title":"Jessica Alba’s Slim Tip: Diet Is More Important Than Working Out","slug":"/celebrity-body/news/jessica-alba-reveals-how-she-slims-down-w438538","body":"Jessica Alba is letting fans in on her slim-down secrets. The Honest Company CEO, who stuns on the cover of Shape’s October 2016 issue, revealed to the magazine that when she wants to trim down her physique, it’s not about working up a sweat.
“With exercise, I get a little more toned and I definitely feel stronger, but my diet is much more important if I’m trying to slim down,” the Sin City star, 35, revealed. “In that case, I usually don’t eat gluten, dairy, fried foods or processed foods. I try to stick to a diet that’s low in sugar and carbs and high in lean protein and vegetables.”
That said, she still finds time to hit the gym — but she doesn’t stress about getting her workouts in.
"If I work out four times, I consider it a successful week,” continued Alba, who is the mom of daughters Honor, 8, and Haven, 5, with husband Cash Warren. “But it's typically more like two to three days a week because that's what I have time for. I take Spin or hot yoga classes in the morning, and I sacrifice sleep to fit them in. For me, the benefits of exercise are more mental than physical. Working out takes away that little edge so that I feel happier and more productive and my brain can get kick started."
Alba, who regularly updates fans on her workouts at Hot 8 Yoga and Cycle House via Snapchat, makes a point to appreciate all that her body is capable of.
“I love my shape because it does what I want it to,” she concluded. “If I want to go on a hike or a bike ride or go for a swim, I know my body will do everything I tell it to. I also appreciate that I can push myself through when I’m feeling tired. There’s always a little extra something to get me past the tired moments.”
Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter to get breaking celebrity news, hot pics and more delivered straight to your inbox!