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2 days ago
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Ilona Maher and Sisters Shut Down Taylor Swift ‘Scammy' Claims
Ilona Maher and Sisters Shut Down Taylor Swift 'Scammy' Claims originally appeared on Parade. U.S. rugby star and Olympian Ilona Maher and her sisters Olivia and Adrianna are not here for the Swiftie skepticism. On this week's episode of their podcast House of Maher, the trio dove headfirst into the cultural firestorm surrounding Taylor Swift's long-awaited victory of reclaiming ownership of her music. After a years-long public feud with Scooter Braun — who bought the rights to her first six albums in 2019 when his company acquired Big Machine Records from Scott Borchetta — Swift now owns everything. 'Very good. Happy for her,' said Ilona, 28. 'All my respect to T-Swift. All of it.' The sisters weren't just supportive. They were stunned that anyone could view Swift's move as controversial. 'I think the touch grass element of this is that people called this move 'scammy' by her,' Olivia said. 'That it was scammy for her to do, which I'm like, what are you talking about?' Added Adrianna, 'Because she had her 'Taylor's versions.' They're saying that she made so much money off of releasing 'Taylor's versions' of her stolen albums, that her buying them back is 'scammy' because other people bought those bodies of work.' To recap: When Braun's Ithaca Holdings purchased Swift's master recordings — spanning Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, and Reputation — Swift vowed to re-record the albums herself. The result was a series of 'Taylor's Versions' that not only reasserted her creative control but reshaped the music industry playbook for artists fighting to own their work. Then, on May 30, Swift announced that it was all hers. 'I've been bursting into tears of joy at random intervals ever since I found out that this is really happening. I really get to say these words: All of the music I've ever made... now belongs... to me,' Swift wrote on her website. 'And all my music videos. All the concert films. The album art and photography. The unreleased songs. The memories. The magic. The madness. Every single era. My entire life's work." For Olivia, that legacy now lives in stereo. 'Now there are two beautiful bodies of work,' she said. 'Because those versions are slightly different.' Ilona, not (yet) a full-on Swiftie, is ready to make the leap. 'I have a lot of respect for her,' she said. 'I listen to a little bit of everything. I want to get on the Taylor Swift bandwagon because people who love her, love her.' Ilona Maher and Sisters Shut Down Taylor Swift 'Scammy' Claims first appeared on Parade on Jun 10, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 10, 2025, where it first appeared.
Miami Herald
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Ilona Maher Was ‘Super Drunk' at Olympics Closing Ceremony in Paris
Ilona Maher had more than a bronze medal to celebrate at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics. During the Tuesday, April 1, episode of her new "House of Maher" podcast - which she hosts alongside her sisters, Olivia and Adrianna Maher - the 28-year-old rugby star shared the inside scoop on life in the Olympic Village and recalled celebrating her birthday during the closing ceremony last summer. "My birthday is August 12. I'm a Leo - a classic Leo, as they say," Ilona said, noting that the closing ceremony officially kicked off on August 11 but continued after midnight. The end of the Olympics was the perfect time for the athletes to cut loose. "You're not supposed to drink in the village, but we were all getting vodka somehow and bringing it in, like, water bottles," Ilona recalled. "You've just completed the Olympics, you can finally feel like you can relax and reset." Ilona remembered "chatting to everybody" as the Olympians made their way to the Stade de France, which was the same stadium where Ilona and her teammates made history by winning the first Olympic medal for the U.S. in women's rugby. "It was crazy to be back there knowing what happened and the feelings that [went] into it," she continued. "It struck midnight, so it was my birthday, and I made everybody around me sing. … It was just a really special moment. I was super drunk, but I still remember it." Ilona has been "on the go" ever since the Olympics, with her sisters pointing out that she hasn't spent much time back home in San Diego following her big win. "I had to take my ass on up to L.A. and do Dancing With the Stars," Ilona teased. Fans watched Ilona take on a new challenge with pro partner Alan Bersten on DWTS season 33, which aired last fall. The pair finished the competition in second place behind winners Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson. While the experience took Ilona out of her comfort zone, she has no regrets, largely due to the "brother-sister" relationship she formed with Bersten, 30. "It was such a special moment in time, so hopefully I will have a friend for life," Ilona gushed on the podcast before joking, "I don't even know if I can watch next season, though. I'll be so jealous. I'll be like, 'That's my partner.'" She ended with a playful warning for Bersten, teasing, "If he says that his next partner is his favorite, I'm blocking him on all socials. That's a threat." Copyright 2025 Us Weekly. All rights reserved.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
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Ilona Maher and Her Sisters Reveal Their Dream Celebrity Guests on New Podcast: 'Get Them Over Here' (Exclusive)
Ilona Maher and her sisters, Adrianna and Olivia, speak exclusively with PEOPLE about their new podcast . The siblings reveal the celebrity guest they hope to have on their podcast. They opened up about getting candid online and further sharing their lives with the world. Sisterhood strong! Ilona Maher and her sisters, Adrianna and Olivia, are putting their fun chemistry on display with the release of their brand-new podcast House of Maher. In the podcast, the sisters, who were born and raised in Burlington, Vt., discuss everything from the Team USA rugby player's life, plus some broader topics in the realm of athletics and pop culture. Related: All About Ilona Maher's 2 Sisters, Olivia and Adrianna (and How One Went Viral Before the Rugby Star!) Since launching House of Maher on March 25 in partnership with Wave Sports & Entertainment, the sisters teased that they've already filmed a few episodes with special guests, so listeners should be sure to tune in every Tuesday when new segments drop. "We've been fortunate to sit down with two very special guests so far that will be coming out that we've already been so excited about," Olivia shares with PEOPLE. "When we have people on, we want to be so passionate and excited about them." She adds, "We've been fortunate enough to do that so far." While they've already tapped some fun celebrity guests, including Maher's former Dancing with the Stars partner Alan Bersten, they told PEOPLE there is one — actually three — celebrity guests they're holding out for. "There's three of us, there's three of Haim. So let's get them over here," Olivia tells PEOPLE exclusively of the rock band featuring sisters Este, Danielle and Alana Haim. "Anyone with sisters, you're in!" she jokes. Related: Ilona Maher and Her Sisters Are Spilling All on Their New Podcast — and It's Going to Be 'Chaotic' (Exclusive) Being that the three sisters are all so uniquely themselves with their own jobs and passions, the range of guests they'd like to have on the show — and perhaps, even collaborate on an episode with in the future — is diverse. "It's very interesting because I think we all have our own niches of who we'd love to talk to," Adrianna tells PEOPLE when considering guests on the show. "I know Ilona has a lot of sports people. Olivia has a lot of cooking," she explains. Adrianna, herself, invests her time in nonprofit work. "I am in the non-profit humanitarian space," she says. "I don't maybe have a lot of guests from that space, but I also have a lot of music interests and I would love to have some musical artists." Adrianna adds, "I think there's a really good variety of people we'd love to have on and talk to." Ilona, meanwhile, didn't have one specific special guest in mind for the podcast. However, she's very content with the company of her sisters as they embark on this new venture together. "It literally just feels like an extension of what we do already," she says of the solid connection she has with her sisters that she now gets to share with listeners outside of her own family. The only difference is the "studio," the "cameras watching" and the "mics in [their] face." Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "For years I've been sharing little things," the Olympian says of her transparency on social media. "I've cried online, I've been angry online, I've been annoyed. I think the reason though I can do that is because I feel so safe with my sisters being myself." She adds, "And that's having people around me to give me that space and think it's really good to be myself. That is, again, another space here where we're all just feel like we can be ourselves, share our opinions, and share it for others too." House of Maher airs new episodes every Tuesday, anywhere you listen to podcasts. Read the original article on People
