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Chicago Tribune
2 days ago
- Chicago Tribune
Heidi Stevens: After a child leaves the nest, you get the privilege of parenting the new version of them
My friend Jason is getting ready to drop off his daughter, his firstborn child, at college. And by 'getting ready,' I mean crying himself to sleep at night and asking strangers what to do. Normal. If there's another way to do it, I certainly don't know it. 'I feel like the dad in 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding,'' he texted me the other day. 'WHY YOU WANT TO LEAVE ME?!?!?!?' Even though, of course, he wants her to leave him. Even though, of course, he wants her to want to leave him. 'It's an odd feeling when your heart is simultaneously swelling with pride,' he texted, 'and also being ripped out of your chest.' I call that feeling parenting. You meet your child for the first time and suddenly the world is absolutely beautiful and mind-blowing and magical and your heart is exploding with love and gratitude and awe. And also, at the exact same moment, your heart is breaking in half because one day, lots of days, actually, your child is going to go out and enjoy that absolutely beautiful, mind-blowing, magical world. Without you. What a terrible system. Who thought of this? 'Several people have told us, 'You're not supposed to let her see you cry. Don't cry until after you leave,'' Jason texted. Nonsense, I texted back. Cry your eyes out in front of her if you want to. It's OK to let her see that your world changed forever the day she was born and your world changed forever the day she went to kindergarten and camp and prom and that one party but all those times she came back to you. And this time she won't. At least not for a while. 'I've told her already that no matter how much of an idiot I make of myself,' Jason texted, 'she has to know how proud I am of her and how excited I am for her.' She will. She does. Last year, I wrote a column full of wisdom for launching your kid after high school, collected from readers who had already done so. Chicagoan Allison Clark offered a story about her own experience being dropped off at college: 'My parents unloaded my stuff into my dorm room and then my dad basically hugged me, said goodbye and abruptly left to head back to the car,' Clark wrote. 'My mother stayed a little bit longer and then left as well. 'Months later,' she continued, 'I told my mom that I was a little hurt that my dad left so quickly when they dropped me off. 'Oh, Allison,' my mom said. 'Your dad was about to cry, and he didn't want to cry in front of you. He was very proud about not ever being seen crying.'' Ah. 'I will forever be grateful that she shared that insight with me,' Clark wrote. 'Because it both corrected my memory of what had happened and made me feel so much more understanding of his experience as a parent. It also meant that when I dropped my own child off in that same freshman dorm 34 years later, I made sure to both linger and openly cry before I left.' Two months after I wrote that column, I dropped my daughter at college for the first time. I didn't cry when we pulled up to her dorm. I didn't cry as I unpacked her clothes and folded them into little piles to line her dorm room dresser drawers and had flashbacks of folding her onesies into little piles to line her nursery dresser drawers. I didn't cry when we went to get our nails done together one last time before the old chapter officially ended and the new chapter officially began. I didn't cry when we walked to get iced coffees and I pictured all the times she'd go to that coffee shop and place that coffee order and I wouldn't even know she was there unless she used my PayPal account, which, in the end, happened most of the time. I didn't even cry when I hugged her goodbye. I did cry when I was all alone on the drive home and Luke Combs came on my radio. Mostly because she and I spent part of the drive on the way to college (and the years leading up to that drive to college) singing his songs together at the top of our lungs. But the timing of the tears had nothing to do with hiding what I was feeling from her. The tears came — and come — when they decide to. In a few days I'll drop her at college for the second time. I don't know if it will feel harder or easier. I've heard both. And I don't have a lot of wisdom to share with Jason or any of my other friends who are doing it for the first time, except this one thing. A few weeks ago, my daughter and I stood side by side singing Luke Combs together at the top of our lungs in Grant Park, where he was performing at Lollapalooza. And that was a moment when the world felt absolutely beautiful and mind-blowing and magical and my heart was exploding with love and gratitude and awe. And also, at the exact same moment, my heart started healing in some of the cracked places. Because I realized that after they go out and enjoy that absolutely beautiful, mind-blowing, magical world without us, they come back different. Smarter, probably. Stronger, hopefully. And we get to fall in love with the new them. Over and over again.
New York Post
3 days ago
- New York Post
Jason Kelce mocks Taylor Swift for turning her back on Pennsylvania roots: ‘That's bulls–t!'
Pop star Taylor Swift is set to make her debut on boyfriend Travis Kelce's hit podcast, 'New Heights,' tonight—but if fans thought the NFL star and his brother, Jason, were going to go easy on the chart-topper, it seems they were sorely mistaken. The Kelce brothers, who launched their podcast in September 2022, first teased Taylor's appearance on the show earlier this week, with a preview clip later revealing that the 'Bad Blood' singer will use the episode to discuss her upcoming album, 'The Life of a Showgirl.' Advertisement Since sharing the big reveal online—sending Taylor's fans into a spiral in the process—Travis and Jason have continued to air short clips from the episode ahead of its release, with the latest sneak peek suggesting that the songstress had to endure her fair share of mockery while chatting with the duo. In a video shared to the 'New Heights' Instagram account, Jason can be seen introducing Taylor with much aplomb; however, that praise very quickly turns into some hilarious teasing over the hit maker's very strong ties to Nashville, TN, where she launched her music career. 'Our guest today is a singer, songwriter, and producer—and director—from Nashville, Tennessee … That's bulls— !' Jason says, while Travis and Taylor are seen grinning at each other. 'She is from Reading, Pennsylvania!' The truth bomb leaves both Travis and Taylor in fits of laughter before Jason continues by listing the singer's many accolades, earning a fist bump from his brother. Advertisement 4 Pop star Taylor Swift made her debut on boyfriend Travis Kelce's hit podcast, 'New Heights.' New Heights Podcast 'Making her podcasting debut, the most impressive guest in the history of shows, Taylor Swift!' Jason roars at the camera, prompting Taylor to remark, 'That intro, Jason. Oh my god. 'No, look, his soul has left his body,' she goes on, as Jason jokes: 'I'm cramping.' Follow Taylor Swift live updates from Page Six for the latest news, photos, fan theories and more Advertisement 'That was so good, thank you for screaming for like 47 seconds for me,' Taylor continues. 'That was so nice, that was so sweet.' Much like Jason's rundown of the pop star's many awards, his note about her hailing from Pennsylvania is very much true, despite the fact that many of her fans most closely associate her with the country music scene in Nashville, where her singing career took off. 4 The Kelce brothers, who launched their podcast in September 2022, first teased Taylor's appearance on the show earlier this week. New Heights Podcast Taylor was, in fact, born on a picturesque Christmas tree farm—a property that she famously honored in her hit 2019 song, 'Christmas Tree Farm.' Advertisement Her father, Scott, purchased the 11-acre farm from a client and spent time tending to the grounds when not working his full-time job at Merrill Lynch, with the family residing there for several years after Taylor was born in 1988. Then, in the late 1990s, the Swift family moved to a new dwelling nearby, which they purchased for $280,000, according to records. That property, which last hit the market in 2022, when it sold for $800,000, would end up being the last abode that the family would own in Pennsylvania before upping sticks to (you guessed it) Nashville in a bid to help their daughter with her dream of becoming a singer. In 2003, they moved into a Hendersonville, TN, home that was located about 30 minutes outside of Nashville, having purchased it that same year for $790,000. According to reports, the Swifts still own the home today — although Taylor has since gone on to amass an enormous portfolio of properties that is worth around $100 million and includes multiple residences in the Tennessee city that turned her into a star. Her first property purchase in the city came in 2009, when she was just 21 years old, in the form of a $2 million four-bedroom condo that was located in Nashville's iconic Music Row neighborhood. According to reports, she also scooped up the smaller one-bedroom apartment below hers that same year for $387,000 — both of which she still owns to this day. Advertisement However, she laid down more roots in Nashville in 2011, when she snapped up a Greek Revival mansion in a gated community, paying $2.5 million for the stunning abode, which she bought primarily for her parents. And while Swift continues to maintain a very close connection to Nashville, she has since expanded her real estate elsewhere, picking up homes in Los Angeles, Rhode Island, and New York City, all of which she continues to use to this day. In fact, her Beverly Hills abode, which she bought for a staggering $25 million in 2015, recently found itself at the center of the news agenda when Taylor's close friend Zoe Kravitz revealed that she had 'destroyed' part of the property while staying there during the California wildfires. 4 'Our guest today is a singer, songwriter, and producer—and director—from Nashville, Tennessee … That's bulls— !' Jason says, while Travis and Taylor are seen grinning at each other. New Heights Podcast Advertisement Kravitz, 36, shared the dramatic events that unfolded during an appearance on 'Late Night With Seth Meyers,' leaving host Seth Meyers open-mouthed in shock as she revealed the twisted tale. The saga began, the actress revealed, after Swift generously offered up her empty home to Kravitz and her mother, Lisa Bonet, who had been evacuated from their own homes amid the deadly wildfires that began tearing through Los Angeles in January. At the time, Taylor was not residing in the home — instead spending her time after the conclusion of the Eras Tour in New York, while also traveling to her boyfriend's NFL games, leaving her property available for friends to use. While staying in the home, Kravitz confessed that her mom lost sight of her pet snake, Orpheus, who managed to sneak through a hole in the bathroom, leaving the mother-daughter duo forced to enlist the help of Taylor's house manager in recovering the reptile, which had slithered behind a built-in banquette. Advertisement 'He starts having to tear apart this banquette, we're ripping up the tiles, we're scratching the walls,' she said. 'We completely destroyed Taylor's bathroom. And there was just this moment where I was like, 'Either we destroy her bathroom, or I have to tell her there's a snake somewhere in her house.'' Eventually, after wreaking havoc in the bathroom, the actress and her mom were able to get the snake out of the hole—and Kravitz said she promised the house manager that she would get everything fixed before Swift returned, admitting that she begged him not to tell the pop star what had transpired until she could complete the repairs. 'I remember calling her and saying, 'Hey,' also in a very high voice, 'I just wanted to talk to you about something,'' Kravitz revealed. 'And she was like, 'Is it the fact that you almost lost a snake in my house and destroyed my bathroom?'' Advertisement Thankfully, Taylor has been spending the vast majority of her time at her New York City apartment in recent months—while also traveling to her boyfriend's Kansas abode to record her podcast interview. Travis, who began preseason training with the Chiefs at the end of July, bought his expansive property in 2023 for $6 million and not long after began working on a sprawling 'man cave' that was being installed underneath the mansion. Plans for the underground area reveal that builders were going to begin work by digging up the existing basement floor and lowering it by 2 feet to add more space to the final product. 4 'She is from Reading, Pennsylvania!,' Jason continued. New Heights Podcast In October, an employee at the Leawood Public Works Department confirmed to that a 'permit for [Kelce's home] was filed two weeks ago for a remodel on an existing basement, two new drainage interiors and forming concrete walls.' Beyond the man cave, the house also features six bedrooms, six bathrooms, a chef's kitchen, a formal dining room, a media lounge, a wine cellar, and a full bar. A beautiful pool sits outside alongside manicured lawns. Nearby, there's an outdoor kitchen, tennis and pickleball courts, a waterfall, a hot tub, and a miniature golf course. Located inside a gated community, the grand estate sits on nearly 3.5 acres at the end of a cul-de-sac. The mansion is far more secluded than his other home in Kansas City, a 4,200-square-foot mansion in the Briarcliff West neighborhood that he purchased for $995,000 in 2019.
Cosmopolitan
3 days ago
- Cosmopolitan
Rachel Brosnahan's Husband Goes Viral for Shady Instagram Comment
Be careful what you do on social media—someone is always watching. Take Jason Ralph, Rachel Brosnahan's husband, who liked a shady comment about David Corenswet on Instagram and is now the subject of a heated online debate: Is he a trash husband, or is he a troll? One look at Instagram, and it's easy to see that Jason is not a super online guy. His last Instagram post is from June, and before that, he hadn't posted since December of 2024. So fans noticed when he liked a comment left on one of his posts that accused Rachel of having an affair with her Superman co-star David. The comment: 'It's genuinely sad to see your career being tucked out to be remembered as a cuckold because your wife couldn't handle herself with her co-actor. Like bro.. let's have some self love and stand up for yourself man, leave her to be with him if she wants that much at the end of the day.' Fans screenshotted proof that Jason (or whoever is running his account) liked the message, but the comments on his Instagram have since been removed and turned off entirely. Now fans online are criticizing him, accusing the Magicians star of being insecure and jealous of his wife's success, which would make he liked the comment seriously. However, I have my doubts. IMO, here are the most plausible possible explanations: Whatever his motivation, something tells me Jason will never like an Instagram comment ever again.
