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Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Justin Bieber proclaims he's ‘not among' Sean ‘Diddy' Combs' victims as rap mogul faces sex-trafficking trial
Justin Bieber said he was never a victim of accused sex abuser Sean 'Diddy' Combs, who helped the young singer break into the music industry when he was just 15 years old — ending his silence on the rumor amid the disgraced mogul's bombshell sex trafficking trial. 'Although Justin is not among Sean Combs' victims, there are individuals who were genuinely harmed by him. Shifting focus away from this reality detracts from the justice these victims rightfully deserve,' reps for Bieber, 31, told TMZ in a statement Thursday night. Multiple sources close to the 'Never Say Never' singer told the outlet that Combs, 61, never sexually or otherwise abused Bieber in any capacity — tamping down online speculation in light of Combs' sex trafficking trial this week. As Combs' trial in Manhattan federal court continues, celebrity watchers online turned back to several videos of the 'Bump, Bump, Bump' rapper and the then-teenage Bieber. In one of the videos, Combs makes a series of awkwardly phrased comments as the baby-faced Bieber stands awkwardly and increasingly flushed while looking at the camera. 'Right now [Bieber's] having 48 hours with his boy,' Combs said in a direct address to the camera. 'Where we're hanging out and what we're doing cannot really be disclosed,' he said, adding, 'For the next 48 hours, he's with me and we're gonna go buck full crazy.' In recent months, concern from fans has grown over the 'Yummy' singer's increasingly ramshackle appearance, flagrant drug use, and close to incoherent social media posts A video from last year showed a pre-arrest Combs briefly meeting with Bieber and exhibiting some odd body language that some online speculators believed was actually a pat-down for hidden wires. A resurfaced joint interview on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' has also raised eyebrows. 'He knows better than to be talking about the things that he does with big brother Puff on national television,' Combs said. 'Everything ain't for everybody.' The former producer for slain rapper Notorious B.I.G. is currently on trial in Manhattan federal court, where prosecutors with the Southern District of New York alleged he engaged in sex trafficking as part of his voracious need for 'freak offs.' In court Thursday, lawyers for the disgraced mogul claimed that the allegedly highly orchestrated 'freak offs' featuring Combs' then-girlfriend, pop-star Cassie Ventura, were merely part of the couple's 'swingers lifestyle.' Ventura has claimed that she was drugged, physically abused, raped, and forced to participate in the wild, baby oil-fueled sex romps at the command of Combs.
Perth Now
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Charlie Cox jokes Jamie Dornan was 'too good looking' to make it as an actor
Charlie Cox thought Jamie Dornan he was "too good looking" to make it in Hollywood. The 'Daredevil: Born Again' star has recalled his pre-fame friendship group - which also included Andrew Garfield, Robert Pattinson and Eddie Redmayne - and their early struggles in Los Angeles. Speaking to 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!', he said: "My memory back then was that Andrew… he was dangerous. We were worried about him. "And then the joke — oh, he'll probably kill me for saying this — the joke was Jamie went through a very dry patch at one point, and we genuinely thought it was because he was too good looking. "I would say, 'It's just not — you're not believable! It's not believable. You can't get cast in anything!' ' Jamie would later have his huge breakthrough role in the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' franchise, and has appeared in the likes of 'The Tourist' and 'Belfast'. However, fame and success didn't necessarily come easy for the entire group, and they were convinced it was a "stupid dream" early in their careers. Charlie added: "I have an amazing photo on my computer of us on the beach at Venice, all unemployed, all broke, waiting for the next audition. 'Basically waiting for someone to tell us we were talentless so we could just go home and let go of this stupid dream.' And they would often find themselves auditioning for the same parts. He said: "We'd all put each other on tape, and help each other, and then be like, 'Did you hear anything? I didn't hear anything. Did you hear anything?' ' Meanwhile, Eddie is amazed by what the group of friends have managed to achieve in Hollywood. Speaking to The Independent newspaper, he said: "We were just a group of dreamers trying to become actors. "And we'd all been told that it was an impossible trade - and it is an impossible trade, just as the amount of unemployment is so extreme - so we're all quite astonished that we're still here and working. "It's a weird one, though, because in the early days it was profoundly intense, because we were all competing against each other for everything. "So these were friendships that were certainly wrestled through, but always with great love and respect."
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker mocks his weight, tells TV host Jimmy Kimmel he's undecided on third term
CHICAGO — Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said Thursday night he has not made up his mind on seeking a third term and demurred on a 2028 presidential run in a light-hearted interview with TV host Jimmy Kimmel that featured the governor offering self-deprecating nicknames about his weight for Republican President Donald Trump to use. 'JB Pizza. JB Back Ribs. Jay Biggie. JB the Hut. J Pritzed His Pants. Pritz Crackers. Governor Big Shorts and JB 'The Refrigerator' Pritzker,' the governor recited of names offered by Kimmel's staff. Pritzker added a few of his own, including what he said was his favorite, 'J. Beefy,' though Kimmel said a vote likely would make 'JB Back Ribs' the winner. 'He loves to make fun of people in any way he can. Frankly, that's how you know he's afraid of you,' Pritzker said after Kimmel played a clip from a March 2024 rally of Trump attacking the Illinois governor, saying, 'He's too busy eating. He wants to eat all the time.' Trump, Pritzker said, 'has convinced himself that he is way better looking and thinner than he really is.' Pritzker has repeatedly referenced his weight in political campaigning, using the banner of 'Think Big' for campaigns and political funds. His appearance on ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' was the latest in a string of appearances before Democratic audiences and in media interviews that have served to elevate his national political stature and increase speculation about his interest in the party's presidential nomination in 2028. 'I have not even decided if I'm running for reelection as governor yet. So there's, there's a lot of time between now and where you're suggesting,' he said in response to a question from Kimmel about his presidential aspirations. Asked if he was deciding between a third term as governor or opting out to seek a presidential bid, Pritzker said, 'No, none of that has anything to do with that.' 'I love the job that I have. It's just a question of, you know, it's a hard job, right? I mean, I've been doing it for six and a half years now. And the question is, you know, another, add another well, one-and-a-half plus four, right?' Pritzker said of a reelection bid. 'That's 12 years total, right? That's an awful long time. But we have a lot to accomplish. We've done an awful lot in Illinois, and so those things weigh on me.' People close to Pritzker say they expect the 60-year-old billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune to seek a third term after the Illinois General Assembly's spring session ends, which is scheduled for May 31. But some top Democratic strategists have said Pritzker should opt out of a third term, particularly due to potential issues that could develop as the state copes with federal funding cuts being pushed by Trump and Republicans who control Congress. Pritzker said he was 'a little surprised' by the reaction from Democrats and Republicans, including the Trump White House, to a fiery weekend speech he made to New Hampshire Democrats in which he declared Republicans 'cannot know a moment of peace' and called for 'mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption' in telling Democrats they 'must castigate them on the soapbox and then punish them at the ballot box.' 'I think everybody understands that at this point, we've got an authoritarian in office. He's essentially tearing apart the things that really matter to working families across the United States, and nobody's stopping him, that Congress is under the control of his party. They're all paying homage to him at all times,' Pritzker said. 'The only thing in my view that we really can do on a national level is let them know about our displeasure,' he said of Democrats taking on Republicans in Congress. 'They know they're up for reelection in 2026 and if they don't know how much resistance there is out there in their own districts, then they're just going to keep following Donald Trump and doing whatever he wants.' ____
The Hill
02-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Pritzker on Trump: Everyone understands ‘we've got an authoritarian in office'
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) heavily criticized President Trump during a late-night TV interview Thursday, calling him an unchecked 'authoritarian.' 'I think everybody understands that at this point, we've got an authoritarian in office,' Pritzker said during an appearance on ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'. 'He's essentially tearing apart the things that really matter to working families across the United States, and nobody's stopping him.' 'Congress is under the control of his party, and they're all paying homage to him at all times — no one's willing to break with him,' he added. Pritzker drew national attention by calling for mass protests of Trump's administration and allies during a speech at the New Hampshire Democratic Party's McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner on Sunday. 'These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace,' he told the gathering. 'They have to understand that we will fight their cruelty with every megaphone and microphone that we have.' 'We must castigate them on the soapbox and then punish them at the ballot box,' the Illinois Democrat added. The White House responded to the call to action, accusing Pritzker of encouraging violent attacks. 'His comments, if nothing else, could be construed as inciting violence,' Stephen Miller, a top Trump aide, told reporters at the White House on Monday, recalling the two major thwarted assassination attempts against the president during his time on the campaign trail. 'People are engaging in rhetoric and behavior that puts the lives of public servants in danger, puts the lives of conservative Americans in danger.' But Prizker reiterated his protest call during his discussion with Kimmel. 'The only thing, in my view, that we really can do on a national level is let them know about our displeasure,' the governor said. 'If (members of Congress) don't know how much resistance there is out there in their own districts, then they're just going to keep following Donald Trump and doing whatever he wants, so we've got to be out there — loud, proud, you know, stand up, speak out.' Trump has relentlessly attacked Pritzker for his discernible weight. During a campaign rally in Ohio last year, he accused the governor leader of being 'too busy eating' to lead the state and riffed on how many hamburgers he would order. 'He wants to eat all the time,' the president said to laughs from the crowd. Pritzker, a billionaire whose family owns the Hyatt hotel chain, said he is unbothered by Trump's taunting. 'Frankly, that's how you know he's afraid of you,' he told Kimmel on Thursday. The Illinois leader first met Trump in late 2018, during Trump's first term, when the president invited a group of incoming governors to the White House. Pritzker had just won the Illinois gubernatorial election with nearly 55 percent of the vote, campaigning heavily on attacking Trump. 'I have to say, I contemplated whether to go or not,' he recalled in the late-night interview. 'I had run an entire campaign where every chance I got, in fact, I started a lot of my speeches by saying 'Everything we care about is under siege by racist, misogynist, homophobic, xenophobic president in the United States.'' He added that the meeting, however, was cordial. 'Oddly, he spent a lot of time talking to me, you know, seemingly interested in being my friend, which was very odd,' Pritzker said.
Chicago Tribune
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Chicago Tribune
Gov. JB Pritzker mocks his weight, tells TV host Jimmy Kimmel he's undecided on third term
Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said Thursday night he has not made up his mind on seeking a third term and demurred on a 2028 presidential run in a light-hearted interview with TV host Jimmy Kimmel that featured the governor offering self-deprecating nicknames about his weight for Republican President Donald Trump to use. 'JB Pizza. JB Back Ribs. Jay Biggie. JB the Hut. J Pritzed His Pants. Pritz Crackers. Governor Big Shorts and JB 'The Refrigerator' Pritzker,' the governor recited of names offered by Kimmel's staff. Pritzker added a few of his own, including what he said was his favorite, 'J. Beefy,' though Kimmel said a vote likely would make 'JB Back Ribs' the winner. 'He loves to make fun of people in any way he can. Frankly, that's how you know he's afraid of you,' Pritzker said after Kimmel played a clip from a March 2024 rally of Trump attacking the Illinois governor, saying, 'He's too busy eating. He wants to eat all the time.' Trump, Pritzker said, 'has convinced himself that he is way better looking and thinner than he really is.' Pritzker has repeatedly referenced his weight in political campaigning, using the banner of 'Think Big' for campaigns and political funds. His appearance on ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' was the latest in a string of appearances before Democratic audiences and in media interviews that have served to elevate his national political stature and increase speculation about his interest in the party's presidential nomination in 2028. 'I have not even decided if I'm running for reelection as governor yet. So there's, there's a lot of time between now and where you're suggesting,' he said in response to a question from Kimmel about his presidential aspirations. Asked if he was deciding between a third term as governor or opting out to seek a presidential bid, Pritzker said, 'No, none of that has anything to do with that.' 'I love the job that I have. It's just a question of, you know, it's a hard job, right? I mean, I've been doing it for six and a half years now. And the question is, you know, another, add another well, one-and-a-half plus four, right?' Pritzker said of a reelection bid. 'That's 12 years total, right? That's an awful long time. But we have a lot to accomplish. We've done an awful lot in Illinois, and so those things weigh on me.' People close to Pritzker say they expect the 60-year-old billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune to seek a third term after the Illinois General Assembly's spring session ends, which is scheduled for May 31. But some top Democratic strategists have said Pritzker should opt out of a third term, particularly due to potential issues that could develop as the state copes with federal funding cuts being pushed by Trump and Republicans who control Congress. Pritzker said he was 'a little surprised' by the reaction from Democrats and Republicans, including the Trump White House, to a fiery weekend speech he made to New Hampshire Democrats in which he declared Republicans 'cannot know a moment of peace' and called for 'mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption' in telling Democrats they 'must castigate them on the soapbox and then punish them at the ballot box.' 'I think everybody understands that at this point, we've got an authoritarian in office. He's essentially tearing apart the things that really matter to working families across the United States, and nobody's stopping him, that Congress is under the control of his party. They're all paying homage to him at all times,' Pritzker said. 'The only thing in my view that we really can do on a national level is let them know about our displeasure,' he said of Democrats taking on Republicans in Congress. 'They know they're up for reelection in 2026 and if they don't know how much resistance there is out there in their own districts, then they're just going to keep following Donald Trump and doing whatever he wants.' Originally Published: May 2, 2025 at 8:43 AM CDT
