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Sunday World
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
Dubliner decided to tackle plastic surgery ‘addiction' in new TV series
UNDER THE SKIN | Irish influencer Alan McGarry's TV show probes why they 'needed' so much cosmetic work on their face and body Dubliner Alan McGarry (37), who identifies as non-binary, is the only non-American in the NBC/Hayu series Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind. Michelle Visage, who first found fame on RuPaul's Drag Race and later featured on Ireland's Got Talent and Strictly Come Dancing, is the presenter of the show, which also features renowned plastic surgeon Dr Terry Dubrow and body image expert Dr Spirit. The series follows nine celebrities and social media influencers through a journey of self-discovery at the 'Rewind Retreat,' as they decide whether to reverse previous plastic surgeries and return to a more natural look. The participants included Aubrey O'Day, who is a singer and reality TV personality known for the girl group Danity Kane, and reality star Kim Zolciak, who was an original cast member of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Dubliner Alan McGarry 'I went on the show because I had a BBL (Brazilian Butt Lift) nearly two years ago and I just thought to myself 'why did I get it done, was it to try and fit in, was it to try to more popular?'' explains social media influencer Alan, who hails from Cherry Orchard in Dublin. 'I just don't know why I got it done. I never had any complications, thank God, they did a really great job. I had a great surgeon, but for me, I just don't know why I got it done. It was just probably because I was so influenced by people getting it done, I just thought 'why not?' 'I just got it done because I was just influenced by it and then I went in with the fillers. When I look back on it now, I went very extreme with the fillers.' Alan got their fillers done mainly for free in return for advertising the service on social media. 'Lip fillers are so expensive, nowadays they can be anything from €250 to €300. Botox could be anything from €300 to €400. Threads are quite expensive, they could be anything from €600 to €1,000. Cheek fillers and jawline fillers are always a bit dearer, so you're probably talking about a grand at least,' they explain. 'I was consistently injecting my lips every couple of months. I was getting cheek filler, I was getting jawline filler, I was getting threads, I was getting intensive facials. 'It was just an addiction. I had liposuction twice, a BBL once. Consistent lip fillers, it's endless. I was so addicted that I was going in every couple of months getting my lips and cheeks done, and when you're an influencer in the public eye, sometimes things are handed to you and I think that's why I was just doing it, I was getting it for nothing. I just thought 'why not' and it was no cost to them, except it was a cost to me, because it was my face I was injecting.' Alan confirms they were picked on when they were younger while growing up in the Ballyfermot area. Read more 'Growing up, ginger and gay and flamboyant, and now that I identify now as non-binary I know now who I am,' they reflect. 'But growing up in an area like that... [people] weren't really used to people like me. I think I wanted to be accepted. 'And being picked on for being gay and being ugly and a little bit chubby. 'Things have changed, but when I grew up I was always picked on for just being ginger, and at the time being gay, so that's probably one of the reasons why I started to alter my look.' Alan confirms they have suffered from homophobia. 'I get it all the time because of the way I look, people snigger and laugh. People nowadays, especially younger people, have no fear in them, and I would be a little bit more cautious and nervous leaving my house, because there's just no law, people are not caring what they say to people,' they say. 'I still get the homophobic abuse, I still get the sneers. I think people look at me and don't know whether I'm female or male... why do I have to tell somebody who I identify as? 'I try and say it's water off a duck's back, but I can't lie, I'm human. I suppose it does affect me.' Alan enjoyed their time on the show. 'Michelle Visage is like the mother of all mothers, she's the most genuine, nicest person you could ever meet. Of course, when you first meet her it is a little intimidating because it is Michelle Visage, but she is a very nice person, you can actually sit down and have a chat with her,' they beam. They also bonded with the other participants, especially reality TV star Kim Zolciak and her daughter Brielle. Alan, who is single, said he did not form a romantic connection on the show with social media star Sebastian Balls. 'No not my type at all, a lovely person, really nice, lives a great life in LA for sure. I was hoping that when I got a little bit of contact from a casting producer before I went into the house, 'are you looking for love?' I said I wouldn't rule it out,' they reflect. 'I was hoping it was going to be somebody dark, tall and handsome. I'm not saying he's good looking, but just not my type.' Alan, who has previously taken part in other reality TV shows such as Pulling With My Parents, Blind Date and Eating With The Enemy, is open to more options. 'I would like to settle down. I would like to have maybe a career change and maybe a country change,' they ponder. 'On the show, I went back to my natural colour. It wasn't something I thought about before I went into the house. It was the fact when I was there and I spoke about it, it made me realise that the real me, it's not about the BBL, it's about what I had been doing with my public appearance, the makeup, the hair, the tan, the fillers, the aesthetics. I think that was more what I needed to find out,' they explain. 'I needed to find out who the real me was. I think stripping the black out and going back to my natural colour, that was the real story about me, finding the real me. 'Since I've had them [fillers] all dissolved and got rid of them on the show, I think my face is so much better, and I think a lot of people said it to me. It just makes me a little bit more normal. 'I look back on some images of myself and oh my God, I looked shocking, my cheeks were really high up. At one stage a lot of my filler was going up to my temple, it was overfilled. Some of my filler was going up to the top of my lip, up to my nose. It was just an addiction that I couldn't stop. It was making my face so much wider and so much clumpier. It's something I didn't need at the time. I'm happy now that I'm going for the subtle look. 'I'm not going to say no to a bit of Botox, because I don't want any lines. But the lip fillers and all that stuff, I don't think I will be touching it for a long time.'
Fox News
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Diddy juror points to where defense ‘poked holes' in prosecution's case to get racketeering acquittal
A jury of his peers found rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs not guilty of the most serious charges he had been facing on July 2. On that day, the jury told the courtroom the government had not proven the disgraced music mogul participated in a racketeering conspiracy or sex trafficking. However, Diddy was found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. An alternate juror, who presented his badge to Fox News Digital for confirmation, explained where Diddy's defense had "poked holes" in the prosecution's case. "I mean, there were always moments where there was, you know, when the defense really was able to get in," the juror told Fox News Digital. "I mean one that really stood out for me… I even wrote it in my notes, was the cross-examination of Dawn Richard. But Miss Westmoreland, you know, her cross-examination of her, and even Bana. I mean… she definitely poked holes. I think that's why they had her do that, but just to see how she did it, it really was something just to behold." Former Danity Kane singer Dawn Richard testified that she told Diddy's ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, to leave the rapper after witnessing him physically assault the musician. Diddy and Richard were in the recording studio when he allegedly said that what was witnessed the day before was "passion" and what people in relationships do. He claimed Cassie was OK and that it was best if they didn't say anything. The rapper allegedly said that where he's from, people go missing. Richard heard his words to mean that people end up dead. Diddy's attorney, Nicole Westmoreland, brought up inconsistencies in Richard's multiple interviews with prosecutors. The defense attorney also highlighted the fact that the singer hadn't disclosed Diddy's alleged threat against her life until a week before the trial. "It was a death threat that you didn't recall on seven different occasions?" Westmoreland questioned. Diddy's defense also intensely cross-examined Bryana Bongolan, a friend of Cassie. Bongolan, who sometimes went by the nickname "Bana," testified that Diddy dangled her off the ledge of a 17-story balcony. During cross-examination, Westmoreland was able to get Bana to admit she couldn't remember details of the alleged incident. WATCH: DIDDY'S DEFENSE 'POKED HOLES' IN PROSECUTION'S WITNESS TESTIMONY, ALTERNATE JUROR SAYS The alternate juror, who listened to seven weeks of testimony but did not participate directly in deliberations, did note that he would have "reached the same conclusion that the jurors had made" on the racketeering charge. He also praised both sides for being "at the top of their game" in the Southern District of New York, describing the SDNY as the "top district" and "the place for trials." "It was really like a movie," the juror said. "Just as a witness who's never been, you know, who's never been really in the court, never been a juror… never followed the courts or never done any of this stuff, just to be there and watch that and how they conducted themselves was very memorable." WATCH: DIDDY 'DODGED A BULLET' BEATING RICO CHARGE IN SEX TRAFFICKING TRIAL, EXPERT SAYS Diddy was "always very engaged" throughout the trial, according to the juror. "You could tell that he was fighting the whole time. He was always writing notes whenever there was a cross-examination. He was taking notes, giving them to the lawyer. So, I found that to just be all very interesting." The rapper's presence never "intimidated" the alternate juror, who said he'd never seen Diddy or followed his music. "So, just to see him in person every day with his white hair was completely different than anything I ever saw," he told Fox News Digital. "So it was definitely memorable in that way. But I never felt intimidated or looked at him as a celebrity in any way to impact impartiality. I was just sitting and just listening to all the evidence that was presented." Judge Arun Subramanian set Diddy's sentencing hearing for Oct. 3. He could face up to 20 years behind bars, 10 years for each count of transportation to engage in prostitution. The alternate juror explained he just hopes Diddy gets the help he needs. "I do think that when they had the opening arguments, they basically presented Diddy as a very flawed individual — a drug addict, a sex addict, a person that has many flaws," the juror recalled. "So I think whatever sentence he's given… I hope that he just gets the help that he needs. If he's in prison, I hope he can get the help that he needs." He added: "I just hope that he takes that time to just reflect and get the help that he needs." According to Diddy's defense lawyer, the disgraced music mogul will reenter a program for domestic batterers after he is freed. He had begun the program shortly before his arrest in September 2024. "He's doing OK," Marc Agnifilo told The Associated Press. He claimed Diddy genuinely desires improvement and "realizes he has flaws like everyone else that he never worked on." "He burns hot in all matters. I think what he has come to see is that he has these flaws and there's no amount of fame and no amount of fortune that can erase them," he said. "You can't cover them up."
Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
50 Cent, Kesha, Aubrey O'Day and More Stars React to 'Diddy' Verdict: 'The Cultural Weight of This Decision Is Immeasurable'
Hollywood stars are reacting to the news of the verdict in the Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking and racketeering case that found him guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution but acquitted of the more serious sex trafficking and racketeering charges. Over the past six weeks, federal prosecutors have called numerous witnesses and presented evidence that ultimately did not convince the jury that the former hip-hop mogul was guilty of using his company as a criminal enterprise and conspiring with his associates and employees to traffic and abuse women. The prosecution's star witness was Casandra 'Cassie' Ventura, Combs' longtime ex-girlfriend, who testified about years of alleged abuse, including coercion into nonconsensual sex acts, physical violence and control through threats. More from The Hollywood Reporter Foo Fighters Are Back With First Song Since 2023 to Celebrate 30th Anniversary What the Hell Happened With the Sean "Diddy" Combs Verdict? Sean "Diddy" Combs Denied Release on Bail After Mogul Was Acquitted of Most Serious Charges After the verdict was revealed Wednesday, entertainment industry figures took to social media to share their thoughts on the news. Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, a longtime rival of Diddy's, took to Instagram to share his thoughts. 'Diddy beat the Rico, that boy a bad man !' he wrote, adding, 'he like the Gay John Gotti.' Aubrey O'Day, who worked with the Bad Boy Records founder on his Making the Band 3 reality show centered on his label's group Danity Kane, shared a video on her Instagram Stories reacting to the verdict. 'Oh my God, not guilty on Cassie, not guilty on Rico, no way that Jane is gonna be guilty,' she said while filming a video of CNN reporters sharing the verdict. 'This makes me physically ill…. Cassie probably feels so horrible. Ugh, I'm gonna vomit.' O'Day posted a separate statement to her Instagram Stories: 'The cultural weight of this decision is immeasurable. It is heartbreaking to witness how many lives have been impacted by their experiences with Sean Combs — only for those stories to fall short in the eyes of a jury. I can only hope these jurors never have to watch someone they love endure what so many survivors have described.' Over the years, O'Day has been vocal in her distaste toward Combs. After joining Danity Kane, she was kicked out of the musical group in 2008, alleging on an episode of Call Her Daddy that the mogul removed her because she 'wasn't willing to do what was expected of me, not talent-wise, but in other areas.' She shared support for Ventura in her statement, adding, 'My heart is with Cassie. A woman who could've had a life and career free of fear and control. A woman who told her truth in a courtroom, only to have the world dissect her credibility instead of her courage.' 'Women, Nor men, Nor ANY ARTIST — are the property of those with the most wealth, fame & power. We are not disposable. 12 people on a jury will not be deciding that for us,' she concluded the post. Shortly after the verdict was announced, the singer appeared on Inside Edition where she said her reaction to hearing the news was 'a gut punch.' 'I'm floored by the jury's verdict,' O'Day added. 'The evidence is there. For me, it's all the way there.' Grammy-nominated singer Kesha, too, posted on X (formerly Twitter) in solidarity with Ventura. There, she wrote, 'Cassie, I believe you. I love you. Your strength is a beacon for every survivor.' Kesha announced last year that she was changing the lyric in her 2010 hit 'TiK ToK' to 'fuck P. Diddy' from the original 'feeling like P. Diddy' after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct were leveled against Combs. Rosie O'Donnell shared her take on the verdict on Instagram, writing, 'i guess a jury just never wants to believe that a woman stays because of power and coercion – wow – they just think women stay because what? money – fame – 'they love the abuse' – what a fucking joke – this decision got me angry #cassie.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter From 'Party in the U.S.A.' to 'Born in the U.S.A.': 20 of America's Most Patriotic (and Un-Patriotic) Musical Offerings Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025: Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and More Hollywood's Most Notable Deaths of 2025
IOL News
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- IOL News
Diddy trial verdict sparks outrage: 50 Cent, Kesha and others speak out
Sean 'Diddy' Combs stands trial for shocking allegations of running a sex trafficking ring. Image: Bang Showbiz Disgraced music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been found guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution while being acquitted of more severe charges, including racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. The verdict in the high-profile trial, delivered on Wednesday, July 2, has prompted a flurry of responses from Hollywood stars, each weighing in on the implications of the case. Among the loud voices expressing their thoughts was rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, a long-time rival of Combs, who took to Instagram to post: "Diddy beat the Rico, that boy a bad man! 👏👏👏, he like the Gay John Gotti." Aubrey O'Day, the former member of the girl group Danity Kane, which was formed under Combs's Bad Boy Records, shared: "I'm still unpacking the magnitude of it all. The cultural weight of this decision is immeasurable." She expressed sympathy for Cassie Ventura, Combs's ex-girlfriend and the victim in one of the charges he was convicted of, stating: "My heart is with Cassie. A woman who could've had a life and career free of fear and control." Rosie O'Donnell also voiced her outrage, noting on Instagram: "Guess a jury just never wants to believe that a woman stays because of power and coercion - wow - they just think women stay because what? money - fame - 'they love the abuse'. "What a f*****g joke. This decision got me angry." Aubrey O'Day, the former member of the girl group Danity Kane took to her social media to share her disappointment in the verdict. Image: Sceengrab/ Instagram Stories
Daily Mail
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
50 Cent makes quip about Diddy verdict while Aubrey O'Day says she feels ‘sick' at bombshell ruling
Hollywood was left reeling after the bombshell verdict dropped on Wednesday in the federal trial of Sean 'Diddy' Combs as he was acquitted of racketeering conspiracy and two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. The rapper, 55, was found not guilty despite harrowing testimony about alleged sexual abuse, forced drug binges, and so-called Freak Offs, but was convicted on two counts of transporting individuals to engage in prostitution after the jury deliberated for three days. Each count carries up to 10 years behind bars, and federal prosecutors have already confirmed they'll push for the full 20-year sentence. But as stars reacted to the news, Combs's rival 50 Cent was among the first to speak out, as he shared a photo of himself smiling, with the words: 'Diddy beat the Feds that boy a bad man beat the Rico....' SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Reaction: 50 Cent wrote 'Diddy beat the Feds that boy a bad man beat the Rico....' 50 Cent has long made it clear how he feels about his rap nemesis, and he's never missed a chance to troll Diddy online. But lately, he's taken things to a whole new level, unleashing a wave of wild, AI-generated images mocking the rap mogul and the explosive allegations tied to his trial. Meanwhile, Diddy's former protegee Aubrey O'Day came forward with her own explosive reaction. In a video posted to her Instagram, the Danity Kane singer is seen watching the news unfold on TV, visibly shaken. 'This makes me physically ill,' she says in the clip. Danity Kane was a multi-platinum girl group formed by Diddy on MTV's Making the Band, originally consisting of Aubrey, Dawn Richard, Shannon Bex, Aundrea Fimbres, and D Woods. Aubrey then remarked: 'Oh my god, not guilty on Cassie!' Cassie Ventura, Diddy's ex girlfriend and the prosecution's star witness, went through weeks of gut-wrenching testimony as she alleged that she was coerced into marathon 'freak off' sexual performances during her relationship with Combs. In her testimony, Ventura - who was heavily pregnant as she took the stand - claimed that Combs often beat and abused her during their 11-year relationship. During cross-examination Diddy's defense attorneys brought up text messages from their relationship where Ventura wrote that she 'loved' the Freak Offs. Group: Danity Kane was a girl group formed by Diddy for MTV's Making The Band, and included Aubrey O'Day, Dawn Richard, Shannon Bex, Aundrea Fimbres, and D Woods But a jury on Wednesday was not swayed by her testimony, and rejected the prosecution's top charges and only convicted Combs of transportation to engage in prostitution of Ventura and another woman. Cassie has since given birth with her husband Alex Fine. She was not in attendance when the jury delivered the verdict on Wednesday, but her attorney was. Following the verdict on Wednesday, Ventura's attorney praised her for 'paving the way' for the bombshell trial against one of the music industry's most powerful men. 'This entire criminal process started when our client Cassie Ventura had the courage to file her civil complaint in November 2023,' they said. 'Although the jury did not find Combs guilty of sex trafficking Cassie beyond a reasonable doubt, she paved the way for a jury to find him guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution.' Rosie O'Donnell also weighed in on the Diddy verdict. Taking to Instagram with a photo of the rapper, she wrote:' I guess a jury just never wants to believe that a woman stays because of power and coercion - wow - they just think women stay because what? Money - fame - 'they love the abuse' - what a f***ing joke - this decision got me angry #cassie.'
