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4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Boston Rob reveals why he turned down 'Survivor 50' casting: 'I have played so many times'
Boston Rob Mariano is taking full responsibility for his absence from the Survivor 50 cast list. The five-time Survivor player and one-time winner posted a lengthy statement to his Instagram on Friday revealing why he turned down a spot on the coveted milestone season's cast list. "Wow!!! I got all of your DM's and messages so so many thank you all!!" Mariano wrote. "But literally don't be mad @survivorcbs and @jeffprobst early on they called and asked… I just felt like I have played so many times and I am truly fulfilled with my Survivor Journey." The legendary player, who was the first to ever hit five seasons on the long-running CBS series, added that he hoped dropping out of season 50 would allow someone else to get another chance at the title of Sole Survivor. "I wanted my spot to go to someone else that deserved another chance!" he wrote. "I've gotten so much out of Survivor. It will always be a part of who I am! I'm eternally grateful. Like I said ..It's gonna be OK. I feel like something good is coming!!!" Survivor 50 won't air until 2026, but host and showrunner Probst already announced the full cast on Wednesday. The supersized group of 24 returning players is the series' biggest cast ever, featuring contestants going all the way back to season 1 of Survivor: Borneo (Jenna Lewis-Dougherty) as well as two yet-unnamed competitors from Survivor 49, which just filmed a few weeks ago and will air this fall on CBS. The cast also features two legends competing for the fifth time, Cirie Fields and Ozzy Lusth, tying Mariano's record as the most seasons ever played. Other notable returning players include The White Lotus creator Mike White and recent winners Dee Valladares (Survivor 45) and Kyle Fraser (Survivor 48). Mariano previously told Entertainment Weekly that he was ready to field Survivor 50 alliance requests. "I'm stirring it up on social media like I like to do," he said in 2024. "So slide into the DMs, all you former players, and we'll let you know whether or not you can get in the alliance or not. Actually, talk to my secretary, Sandra [Diaz-Twine]. She's fielding all the requests." However, he previously told EW a few months earlier that he was not open to appearing on the show the way it's currently constructed. "I mean, in what capacity?" he said. "As a contestant playing with everyone else, it just feels like we've been there and we've done that." . He added that he was still down to appear on the show either in a mentor role again (as he appeared on the Island of the Idols season) or another way in which he will not be immediately eliminated due to his massive threat level. "I've always said it would take some kind of unique format change to make me go back and compete over there," he said. "Something would have to happen, otherwise we're faced with the same situation where they gang up on me and want to get me out, or keep me around for a little bit, or whatever... I think there would have to be a pretty dynamic format shift to get me excited to get back out there." Mariano also recently competed on Peacock's The Traitors and NBC's Deal or No Deal Island, but came up short of winning either series. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
Daily Mail
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Kylie Jenner insists 'people don't know the half of anything' as she responds to criticism about herself in candid new interview
She's one of the most famous people in the world, living her life through a camera lens on her family reality show, while 393 million fans follow her every move on Instagram. But despite being in the spotlight 24/7, Kylie Jenner has insisted that 'people don't know the half of anything' as she responds to criticism about herself in a candid new interview. As part of the famous Kardashian-Jenner clan, the make-up mogul, 27, attracts her fair share of comments and criticism from followers and naysayers alike, but instead of letting things get her down, Kylie brushes off the negatively. Speaking to Dazed, the stunner remarked: 'Ninety per cent of the time, whether it's negative or positive, people just don't know the half of anything. So it's hard to take advice from people who don't know you.' The star takes a similar approach when asked if she feels she's judged too harshly, noting: 'I honestly think I'm so used to it, and I just don't really care what people say. Also, you know, other people's opinions of me have never affected my personal life, how my friends view me, how my kids view me, how my family views me, or the success of my business.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the Daily Mail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. The make-up mogul, 27, attracts her fair share of comments and criticism from followers and naysayers alike, but instead of letting things get her down, Kylie brushes off the negatively And while she claims she doesn't care about what others think of her, Kylie did admit that she sometimes could resist taking a peek at articles about herself, remarking that it's not something she can 'completely avoid'. She added that she's 'not afraid' of the headlines and has instead found 'peace with it' amid her immense fame. Indeed, while she can't help what is said about her, Kylie went on to note that she's managing to keep her private and public life 'balanced'. The mother-of two who is in a high profile relationship with actor Timothée Chalamet shared: 'I think I've found a good balance with sharing the things that I want to share. Keeping parts of my personal life private. I'm just learning as I go, I think.' Kylie's words about privacy comes after she made a surprising revelation about her and her boyfriend Timothée's sex life. This followed their PDA-filled courtside date cheering on the New York Knicks at game five of the Eastern Conference Finals on Thursday night. In an innocuous social media repost, she seemingly revealed an intimate detail about her and her beau's love life. Shortly after the game, the reality TV personality reposted a TikTok clip from Sex and the City about 'getting laid' during basketball season. while she claims she doesn't care about what others think of her, Kylie did admit that she sometimes could resist taking a peek at articles about herself, remarking that it's not something she can 'completely avoid' The hilarious snippet showed Carrie asking: 'And when did we start caring about basketball?' Then, an exasperated Samantha replies: 'Don is obsessed. I don't get laid unless the Knicks win.' Fans flooded the comments section with laughing and crying emojis as they lauded Jenner for the 'funny' repost. 'The fact that Kylie reposted this,' one TikTok user commented. Another added: 'Kylie reposting this is GOLD, she's so funny!!!!' 'Timmy has my girl Kylie stressing with this Knicks game fr,' one person commented while another wrote, 'I am LIVING for Kylie reposting this.' The hilarious snippet showed Carrie asking: 'And when did we start caring about basketball?' Then, an exasperated Samantha replies: 'Don is obsessed. I don't get laid unless the Knicks win' Fans flooded the comments section with laughing and crying emojis as they lauded Jenner for the 'funny' repost Jenner has been dating the A Complete Unknown actor, 29, for over two years. They were first romantically linked in early 2023 and confirmed their relationship with a PDA-filled appearance at Beyoncé's Renaissance show in Los Angeles later that same year. This past year, Jenner joined Chalamet on the awards circuit, supporting him at a number of ceremonies after his Oscar-nominated performance in his Bob Dylan biopic. Despite their many public appearances, The Kardashians star — who shares daughter Stormi, seven, and son Aire, three, with ex Travis Scott — and her beau only recently made their red carpet debut together at the David Di Donatello ceremony in Rome, Italy.
Daily Mail
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Honey Boo Boo Alana Thompson finally breaks silence on fan speculation that she's pregnant
Alana Thompson has addressed ongoing speculation that she is pregnant after being subjected to bizarre online theories for years. The 19-year-old reality star, known by her affectionate nickname Honey Boo Boo, joined for an exclusive in-studio interview on Friday, hours ahead of the season seven launch of Mama June: Family Crisis. Sitting alongside her mother, Mama June Shannon, Alana was asked whether she wanted to correct any narratives about her that are untrue. 'The one that I'm pregnant,' she immediately responded. Confirming that she is not expecting, Alana continued: 'I'm not pregnant at all.' Referring to the rumor mill, she said: 'I've literally been pregnant for two years. I'm either pregnant or I have a kid already – and I don't have either of the above!' Despite the false pregnancy speculation, Mama June, 45, revealed that the family have taken the theories in their stride. 'We joke about it,' she quipped. 'We say, "don't lie Alana! You've got twins!"' Alana stressed that the obsession with her family plans needs to stop. 'I don't have any kids,' she stated, doubling down. 'I'm not looking forward to having any kids right now. Nothing.' In a Reddit discussion only yesterday, fans questioned whether Alana might be having a baby. Many, however, have criticized the hearsay. 'Alana has spoken so many times about how she struggles with body image, especially after June had the surgery, can we stop talking about her body and accusing her of being pregnant?' one said. 'That's just rude and pointless. If she is, she'll eventually reveal it, if she's not we're just hurting her feeling for no reason.' Another penned: 'I'm not believing this because everyone is always making up weird rumors about Alana being pregnant every five seconds.' Alana is loved up with her 24-year-old boyfriend Dralin Carswell, whom she's been in a relationship since 2021. The popular reality TV star, 18, currently lives with her 21-year-old partner as she attends college in Denver for her neonatal nursing degree The pair live together in Denver, Colorado, where Alana is currently studying to become a nurse. Mama June: Family Crisis is set to return to We TV this evening with the new episodes set to follow June as she fights for custody of Kaitlyn after Anna's death. 'June also searches for a new, bigger house with Justin and works toward keeping a healthy lifestyle with new tricks up her sleeve,' the official synopsis teases. 'Away at college, Alana continues to wait for repayment from June and worries her boyfriend, Dralin, may face jail time.' 'Pumpkin's business booms with a new warehouse, a vendor event and a new employee – causing a rift with Jessica. Meanwhile, Pumpkin and Josh's marriage is in trouble, leading her to make a shocking decision.'
Daily Mail
13 hours ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
The Only Way Is Essex viewers are in for a treat as 'ITV plans a huge schedule shake-up' following the closing of ITVBe
The Only Way Is Essex (TOWIE) viewers will be in for a treat as ITV has planned a huge schedule shake up after the closing of ITVBe. The long-running show, which first launched in 2010, will be returning to ITV2 after it was first moved in 2010. It will make the move in autumn 2025 and fans will be treated to two episodes each week after they make the move, according to the Sun. TOWIE will air as usual on Sunday but it will also be added to a new midweek slot. The updated schedule is similar to its original screening pattern before its air time was slashed in 2018. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. A source told the publication: 'ITV want to make a big splash with the show returning to its original home on ITV2 with the closure of ITVBe. A source said: 'It's one of their flagship shows and it's still one of ITVX's most streamed shows with 66 million streams in the last 12 months alone. 'Bosses think it's high time the show was reinstated to airing twice a week, just like it did in its original heyday.' And the move has also said to have pleased the cast as they are said to be 'thrilled' about the switch up. It was announced that ITV is set to shut down a major channel after 11 years of broadcasting and reality shows will face a huge schedule shake-up earlier this year. The Real Housewives of Cheshire and Real Housewives franchises will also be moving from ITVBe which first launched in 2014. Instead they will air on ITV2, which is set to become the new home of reality TV, following ITVBe's closure in June 2025. Amongst ITV2's 'supercharged' offering of programmes are Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection, Family Guy and G'Wed. While Love Island will return to the channel in the summer and Big Brother in the autumn, according to ITV. TOWIE's move falls at the same time as the show's 15th anniversary and it originally aired on the channel for its first 12 series. It comes as ITV2 secured its place as the 'UK's most watched digital channel for 16-34 year olds' so far this year, the broadcaster claimed. Love Island and spin offs have attracted 2.2 billion streams, while all the versions of Big Brother have been streamed more than 100million times since 2023. New shows are also set to join the channel, including Sam & Billie: Sister Act featuring siblings Sam Faiers and Billie Shepherd. The retirement of ITVBe will see the channel transformed into ITV Quiz instead. Celebrity Big Brother's launch night on ITV1 earlier this month pulled in the highest 16-34 audience of the night, more than all four competitor channels combined. However, it did attract the lowest launch show ratings in the show's history Overnight figures showed that the series pulled in a peak of 2.1 million viewers, with an overall average of 1.8 million. This was down on last year's peak of 3.2 million viewers, when the series returned for its first celebrity incarnation since 2018. The iconic reality show kicked off its new series on on April 7, with Hollywood stars Mickey Rourke and Jojo Siwa joining names including Trisha Goddard and Chesney Hawkes in the famous house. While this number was down on the previous year, fans have taken to X to note one key issue with the figures. They noted that Celebrity Big Brother typically has a younger audience, and many of them likely watched the launch on ITVX. This year, the CBB launch was also streamed live on YouTube, and neither of these viewing figures would have been included in the overnight ratings.
CTV News
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Pardoned reality TV star Todd Chrisley says prison opened his eyes to injustices in the system
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Pardoned reality TV star Todd Chrisley said Friday that the experience of being in prison has changed him, vowing to not forget the men he met and befriended there and to work to make their lives better. 'You can't go through what we've been through and walk away from it,' he said at a news conference in a Nashville, Tennessee, hotel two days after his release. 'As bad as this experience has been, there's also been a lot of blessings to come from it. I have met some wonderful men. I have listened to some horrific stories about things that have gone on in our system.' Convicted on fraud and tax charges, the 'Chrisley Knows Best' star maintained his innocence, saying he and his wife Julie were victims of a corrupt prosecution. He said they will detail the proof of the wrongful conviction in an upcoming television show. 'We're blessed to have our family back, and we're blessed to be coming back to television because we have a much bigger story to tell now than we ever have,' he said. Addressing whether his family's fame and connections helped him and his wife get a pardon from U.S. President Donald Trump, Chrisley said, 'It's not something you can look at and say that had nothing to do with it. I don't know if it did or it didn't.' His daughter Savannah Chrisley, also speaking at the news conference, was adamant that it was her hard work that won the day. She has been a staunch Trump supporter and endorsed his candidacy while also speaking about her parents in a speech at the Republican National Convention last summer. Todd Chrisley described the experience of watching his daughter's work from a distance as being 'consumed with pride while at the same time knowing that this is a longshot, because so many people are told, 'No.'' He said he recognized that the conditions at the minimum-security prison camp in Pensacola, Florida, where he was held were relatively good, and that even there the privileges were not evenly distributed. 'It's important to understand that I was at a camp,' he said. He was able to work out every day, walk a track, email his wife and talk to his children. 'Being in the prison system, anyone that says that it's a fair shake — it's not. Because I dealt with young African American males in the prison that I was in that were not treated the same. They were denied programing. They were denied access to certain things. I was not denied that. But we know why I was not denied that,' he said. Chrisley said his time in prison deepened his 'walk with Christ' in addition to opening his eyes to many problems in the prison system. 'God has said when you know better you do better,' he said. 'And it's our job at this point to expose all of that and to try to make those men and women's lives better if we can.' 'Chrisley Knows Best' ran from 2014 to 2023, chronicling the extravagant exploits of the boisterous, tightly knit family of the couple and their five children, from high-end cars to luxury vacations and stunning mansions. It was recorded in the Atlanta area at first and then in Nashville. In 2019, the show spawned the spinoff 'Growing Up Chrisley,' which featured the couple's children Chase and Savannah living in Los Angeles. The Chrisleys were indicted in 2019 under a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney and found guilty by an Atlanta jury in 2022. A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld their convictions last year. Until this Wednesday, they still had years left on their sentences: Julie Chrisley was expected to be released in 2028, and Todd Chrisley in 2032. In addition to their prison sentences, the couple had been ordered to pay US$14 million in restitution that they will no longer owe, attorney Alex Little told reporters Friday. He said the government had seized some money from the Chrisleys but he believes it was less than $100,000 and that it was unclear whether any of that would be returned. Article by Travis Loller.
