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Perth Now
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Neal McDonough 'lost everything' over strict no-kiss rule
Neal McDonough says he "lost everything" after refusing to kiss on-screen. The 59-year-old actor – who has been married to Ruvé McDonough since 2003 – claims Hollywood 'completely turned' on him and he was unable to land any acting gigs, due to his no kissing rule. Speaking in a new clip from the Nothing Left Unsaid podcast, obtained by TMZ, Neal said: 'I'd always had in my contracts that I wouldn't kiss another woman onscreen. My wife didn't have a problem with it, it was me really who had a problem with it. They couldn't understand it, Hollywood just completely turned on me and they wouldn't let me be part of the show anymore. And for two years I couldn't get a job and I lost everything you could possibly imagine. 'Not just houses and material things but your swagger, your cool, who you are, your identity, everything. My identity was an actor and a really good one. And once you don't have that identity, you're kind of lost in a tailspin and I was lost in a big ugly tailspin for a couple of years.' Devout Catholic Neal finally had his first on-screen kiss in his latest movie The Last Rodeo, after convincing his wife Ruvé to play his onscreen love interest. He told Fox News Digital: 'I've been riding horses my whole life, so to jump into this saddle is different because I've never really been in this type of saddle before. I've not been the hero of the movie. I've never been in the position where I get to kiss the girl in the end because, as everyone knows, I won't kiss another woman on screen. 'I convinced my wife, Ruvé. I said, 'Honey, you have to be in the film because I have to kiss the girl in the end.' She's like, 'I don't know how to act.' I'm like, 'Well, you do now.' 'Ups and downs, the hard times I went through because of choices I've made, now are all in the rearview mirror.'
New York Post
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Prince Harry ‘desperate' to win back royal family with latest peace offering to King Charles: expert
Prince Harry is said to be 'desperate' to reconcile with his family. The Daily Mail recently reported that the Duke of Sussex quietly extended an olive branch to the royals by offering to share his official schedule of engagements. Advertisement According to the outlet, this is a bid to ease tensions between him and his father, King Charles III, who is battling an undisclosed form of cancer. Fox News Digital reached out to a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for comment. The couple's office declined to comment when reached by People magazine. 'Harry is now desperate,' British royals expert Hilary Fordwich told Fox News Digital. Advertisement 'While this self-serving gesture is notable, it won't do much to mitigate suspicion and caution on the royal side,' Fordwich claimed. 'King Charles III is now more guarded than ever, indeed somewhat traumatized by a string of betrayals.' Fordwich noted that, according to palace insiders, the king 'has expressed being 'cautious and wary' regarding fearing further unsavory leaks, [especially] private royal family gatherings being publicized yet again.' 'Also, overall doubt still prevails in Prince William's camp,' Fordwich claimed. 'He considers any reconciliation at all as a 'grave mistake.' His senior royal courtiers are understood to be just as wary and immensely protective of the future monarch. They only see [a reconciliation] as creating more bombshells, as well as instability.' 7 Prince Harry has reportedly offered to share his diary of engagements with the royal family. AP Advertisement According to the outlet, Harry's proposal will allow transparency, avoiding conflicts between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's public outings and the British royal family's engagements. This will also attempt to quash rumors the Sussexes are trying to overshadow the royal family. It's noted that Harry's recent visit to Angola honoring his late mother, Princess Diana, eclipsed stories about Queen Camilla's 78th birthday. The outlet also revealed that Harry sharing his diary would potentially spark conversations about when father and son can meet in person again. Advertisement 7 Britain's King Charles III attended a reception at Scrabster Harbour in Thurso, northern Scotland on July 28, 2025. POOL/AFP via Getty Images Harry and Charles were last together for a brief meeting in February 2024 after Buckingham Palace announced the 76-year-old's cancer diagnosis. Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams told Fox News Digital he's optimistic about Harry's latest move. 'This represents a gesture of goodwill,' he said. 'The Sussexes should always respect the royal calendar, where natural care is taken to avoid clashes whenever possible. … This is a practical move that will be appreciated. It appears the Sussexes are getting some good advice.' Follow The Post's royal family live blog for the latest pics, news, exclusive details and more 'This is a very significant departure and development for Harry as he attempts to find a peaceful way forward,' he told Fox News Digital. 'In my opinion, this should be construed as a way forward and one which the royal family should accept and move forward to a peaceful conclusion for the future.' The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped back as senior royals in 2020, citing unbearable intrusions of the British media and a lack of support from the palace. They moved to California that same year. Advertisement 7 Prince Harry visited a minefield in southeastern Angola on July 16, 2025. via REUTERS 7 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attended the wheelchair basketball match between the USA vs. Nigeria during day one of the 2025 Invictus Games. WireImage After their royal exit, the couple aired their grievances in interviews and documentaries. Harry's 2023 memoir, 'Spare,' which detailed embarrassing revelations about the House of Windsor, only worsened tensions with his family. In televised interviews to promote the book, Harry accused his stepmother, Queen Camilla, of leaking private conversations to the media in an attempt to gain favorable tabloid coverage. Advertisement He singled out Camilla's efforts to rehabilitate her image with the public after her longtime affair with his father. Sources close to Harry previously told People magazine the king wouldn't respond to his letters or phone calls. Several royal experts told Fox News Digital William and Harry aren't on speaking terms. 7 'King Charles III is now more guarded than ever,' according to British royals expert Hilary Fordwich. TOLGA AKMEN/EPA/Shutterstock In May, Harry told the BBC he wanted to reconcile with his family, but his father wouldn't speak to him. Advertisement 'I would love reconciliation with my family,' he said. 'There's no point in continuing to fight anymore. I don't know how much longer my father has.' The Daily Mail reported that Harry's aides had a private meeting July 9 with the king's communications secretary in London. Start your day with all you need to know Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more. Thanks for signing up! Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Never miss a story. Check out more newsletters Fox News Digital learned that Meredith Maines, the Duke of Sussex's chief of staff and communications director, had traveled across the pond to meet with the U.K.-based communications team, media, stakeholders and senior figures connected to the prince's patronages. Advertisement The visit was entirely routine and part of ongoing planning and engagement. Representatives for Buckingham Palace and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment at the time. Still, an insider told People magazine 'it was a good first step.' 7 The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved to California in 2020. Archewell Foundation via Getty Images 'It is always better to be talking,' the source said. 'It's a positive step. There's optimism that it can be taken forever.' William and wife Kate Middleton were reportedly unaware of the meeting. People magazine noted that the strain between the brothers continues. 'It's no coincidence that William and Catherine did not have a representative [at the meeting],' a friend told the Daily Mail. 'They were not asked to send anyone and will be treating the talks with extreme caution. The fact that it ended up in the newspapers tells you all you need to know.' 7 Prince Harry told the BBC in May that his cancer-stricken father wouldn't speak to him. via REUTERS Fordwich said it would take a lot more work for Harry to win back his family's trust again. 'If there is to be any proper reconciliation, the royal family has absolutely no need to move at anything other than a glacial pace,' she explained. 'As for the calendar gesture, it's not important to the royal family. They share their calendars with the British government and other foreign governments. … It's up to Harry to plan properly around the royals, not the other way around.' 'This is … a desperate move on Harry's part,' Fordwich claimed. 'This supposed willingness to now coordinate schedules doesn't equate to true contrition nor a genuine commitment to royal values. 'The only way for Harry to ever have any chance of repairing this ghastly rift is by his actions,' Fordwich insisted. 'Harry would have to show discretion for many years to demonstrate any respect at all for protocol, privacy, as well as the family institution.' The Duke and Duchess of Sussex live in the wealthy, coastal city of Montecito with their son, Prince Archie, and daughter, Princess Lilibet. Fox News Digital's Christina Dugan Ramirez and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Fox News
9 hours ago
- Health
- Fox News
Ex-Planned Parenthood director celebrates closure of Houston facilities: 'Not shocking'
Print Close By Landon Mion Published July 30, 2025 EXCLUSIVE: Former Planned Parenthood clinic director turned pro-life activist Abby Johnson said the organization's announcement that two of its facilities in Houston, Texas, will be shutting down this fall represents a "symbolic victory" for the pro-life movement. Johnson, who resigned in 2009, told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that she believes the pro-life movement secured a key win with the facility closures, which includes a 78,000-square-foot clinic that was once the largest abortion facility in the Western Hemisphere before Texas' abortion ban. "I think it's a victory, I think more than anything it's certainly taking ground for the pro-life movement," Johnson said. "As far as being a victory in saving babies, it's more of a symbolic victory in that way, because women aren't walking into that building to get abortions anymore. Abortions in the state of Texas are happening online." Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast — which runs six clinics in the Houston area and two in Louisiana — will close its Prevention Park and Southwest centers on Sept. 30, while the other Houston facilities will be acquired by the organization's largest Texas affiliate. PRO-LIFE GROUP 'ELATED' AFTER PLANNED PARENTHOOD SHUTTERS HOUSTON FACILITIES: 'TREMENDOUS VICTORY' Facilities in GOP-led states with abortion restrictions, including Texas , have been forced to cease procedures following the 2022 Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe V. Wade and returned power to make laws regarding abortion back to the states. Johnson, who worked for eight years at a clinic in Bryan, Texas, that was run by Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, recalled the celebration among her former colleagues when plans for the Houston mega-facility were unveiled, although she resigned from the organization before it was opened in 2010. "I was in the room on the day that they unveiled the plans. I was in the room on the day that they unveiled the model of that building. Everyone was so excited that we were going to have this 78,000-square-foot abortion facility," Johnson said. "I remember the capacity that they were going to be able to see, the capacity of patients, the excitement of being able to perform 75 abortions every day, six days a week." "So the fact that this facility is no longer even going to be an option, even if surgical abortion was reinstated here in the state of Texas, that facility is no longer going to be operational," she continued. "It's no longer going to be able to be used as an abortion facility. That in itself is a victory." The company cited rising costs, staffing shortages and low reimbursement rates as the reasons for closing the two Houston facilities. State GOP officials in recent years have made repeated attempts to shut down Planned Parenthood even after nearly all abortions were banned under Texas law. The closings in Houston come amid several closures of Planned Parenthood facilities in various states, including New York, where the organization is selling its only Manhattan health center building for $39 million. Johnson, who now runs a pro-life ministry, said mergers were already happening when she worked for Planned Parenthood, including with the facility she worked for, and she expects mergers to continue as more facilities close across the country. "When I first began working for Planned Parenthood, there were almost 100 affiliates. That number has more than halved since I left Planned Parenthood. Affiliates are merging, clinics are closing and they are losing staff. They're having to lay off staff because of clinic closures and mergers," she said, adding that "morale is low" and the work environment is not happy. She said Planned Parenthood wanted to be the "big guy" and essentially close down independent abortion providers to create a monopoly, which she said seems like it will not end up happening. "Many of the independent providers are closing as well. Planned Parenthood facilities are also closing at a very rapid rate," she said. Johnson also said she believes the shuttering of the facility is "incredibly demoralizing" and likely "humiliating" for Planned Parenthood and the pro-choice lobby. "That was a trophy for Planned Parenthood to operate the largest Planned Parenthood in the country," she said. "And for the largest Planned Parenthood to have to close, I think it's incredibly demoralizing and probably humiliating for them as well." Addressing Planned Parenthood's claim that abortions make up only 3% of its services, Johnson said that has been proven false given that facilities in states with abortion bans have had to close. "Now we're being proven right because all of these facilities that don't provide abortions are being forced to shut down," Johnson said. "Because abortion is an overwhelming part of what they do, so all of these clinics that do not do abortions are being forced to close." She said she was not shocked to see that the mega-facility was closing since it can no longer bring in money from performing abortions and can now only offer its other services. "You've got a seven-story, 78,000-square-foot building that's only doing birth control and STD testing. It's not shocking that it closed down because you don't have any significant revenue coming into the facility. There are no abortions going on. That's their primary source of revenue," she said. Large facilities in some Democrat-led states are not experiencing the same setbacks because they are able to continue performing abortions and have money flowing in because of it, Johnson said. FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROM DEFUNDING SOME PLANNED PARENTHOOD FACILITIES CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "I think Texas, Louisiana, the southern states, we could have a unique opportunity here because we don't have abortion," she said. "We don't have legal abortion here in the state and we don't have state and federal money pouring into these facilities." She also noted that places, like California, allowing access to surgical abortion are completely overrun with patients who travel for the procedure since it is banned in GOP-led states. Johnson emphasized that despite the victory in Houston, the pro-life movement still has a lot of work to do, pointing to data showing that abortion numbers in Texas have remained about the same since the state banned surgical abortions. "Even though abortion is technically illegal in the state of Texas, women are having abortions at the same exact rate as it was when it was legal," she said. "These women are going online, they're getting abortions from online abortion providers." Abortion pills are "very easy to obtain," she highlighted. Print Close URL
Fox News
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Charlie Kirk embraces 'South Park' parody of him in upcoming episode as a 'badge of honor'
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk may have cemented himself as a pop culture figure as he appears to have been parodied by "South Park." In a teaser released Tuesday for its upcoming episode, Kirk's likeness was adopted by iconic "South Park" character Eric Cartman, who is seen with a hairstyle similar to the conservative firebrand and is in a heated spat with a classmate, mirroring Kirk's exchanges with students on college campuses. "You can just shut up, Bebe, because you hate America and you love abortion," Cartman shouts at fellow student Bebe Stevens. Kirk quickly embraced the parody, changing his X profile picture to a screenshot of Cartman and posting to his over 5 million followers, "I'm so watching this." Speaking with Fox News Digital, Kirk said he laughed when he first saw the teaser, saying multiple people sent him the clip. He initially thought it was "some sort of AI troll." "I think it's kind of funny and it kind of goes to show the cultural impact and the resonance that our movement has been able to achieve," Kirk told Fox News Digital. "So I look at this as a badge of honor." Kirk said he hasn't seen as much of "South Park" in recent years as he did in high school, but appreciated the long-running animated series being an "equal opportunity offender." While it's unclear what Cartman's Kirk-like persona does in the episode, which will air August 6, last week's season premiere may give a clue. In the previous episode, Cartman is demoralized after it is declared that "woke is dead," causing the foul-mouthed, offensive fourth-grader to have an identity crisis as everyone else in South Park sheds their cultural sensitivities. Meanwhile, controversy erupted in his hometown when South Park Elementary began injecting Christianity into school, even going so far as having Jesus Christ looming in the hallways. "I'm excited to watch it because, look, we as conservatives need to be able to take a joke, right? We shouldn't take ourselves so seriously," Kirk said. "That's something that the left has always done to great detriment to themselves and their movement." "They're professional comedians. They're probably gonna roast me, and I think that's fine. And that's what it's all about, being in public life and, you know, making a difference. And I'm gonna have a good spirit about it. I'll watch it. I'm going to laugh at it," Kirk continued. "From a religious standpoint, we're all sinners. We all fall short of the glory of God. Like from a more practical life standpoint, we're all broken people. Stop taking yourself so seriously. That's probably one of the problems that we've had in our politics is that people can't take a joke." "South Park," which airs on Comedy Central, held no punches against President Donald Trump after the network's parent company Paramount reached a major settlement with him earlier this month to resolve his "60 Minutes" lawsuit. In the 27th season premiere, Trump was repeatedly compared to the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (who "South Park" had previously satirized during the Iraq War), depicted him as literally being in bed with Satan, and was lampooned for leveling lawsuit threats. The episode quickly went viral for showing a life-like graphic depiction of the president and his genitalia. "This show hasn't been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention," White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers told Fox News Digital. "President Trump has delivered on more promises in just six months than any other president in our country's history – and no fourth-rate show can derail President Trump's hot streak." Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of "South Park," recently reached a whopping $1.5 billion streaming deal with Paramount.
Fox News
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Charlie Kirk reacts to 'South Park' parody of him in upcoming episode
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk spoke with Fox News Digital about his thoughts of "South Park" parodying him in an upcoming episode, calling it a "badge of honor."
