2023 goes out with a BANG!
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Social media has been ABLAZE with unprecedented end-of-the-year MESS centered round T.D. Jakes, Simone Biles‘ husband Jonathan Owens, Christian Keyes, Taraji P. Henson, and Married To Medication Dr. Jackie who’ve dominated headlines over the previous few weeks.
TD Jakes to his group of attorneys & PR after seeing why he’s trending pic.twitter.com/6eBzGhrChM
— Erima (@yungfelakut1) December 21, 2023
Hours after being entangled in an additional spicy rumor, Bishop T.D. Jakes denied “baseless” viral movies accusing the megachurch minister of assault and allegedly attending Diddy’s alleged “intercourse events.”
Christian Submit reviews his consultant shut down the accusations towards the 66-year-old as “unequivocally false.
Jordan A. Hora, Government Director of Public Relations and Communications for the T.D. Jakes Group, T.D. Jakes Ministries and The Potter’s Home launched an announcement to the publication:
“Latest claims circulating on pockets of social media about Bishop T.D. Jakes are unequivocally false and baseless,” Hora wrote.
“What has all the time been true, within the phrases of the late Pastor Charles H. Spurgeon, ‘If you’d like the reality to go around the world you need to rent an categorical practice to tug it; however if you’d like a deceive go around the world it can fly; it’s as mild as a feather, and a breath will carry it.’”
Jakes formally addressed the rumors (nicely, kinda) throughout his Christmas Eve Sermon that instantly went viral.
TD Jakes Speaks: It is All A Lie 🎥TSR pic.twitter.com/vyBTUVvTal
— DRERO (@eddyroy_) December 24, 2023
In one of many messiest moments of 2023, Simone Biles’ husband Jonathan Owens was dragged to the moon and again after a clip from his current interview with The Pivot podcast went viral.
When requested how he pulled Gymnastics GOAT Simone Biles, the Inexperienced Bay Packers security made the most important mistake of his life by saying he’s the catch within the marriage.
“It’s actually how she pulled me.” He emphasised that he “didn’t know who she was” after they first related, noting he “by no means actually paid consideration” to gymnastics.
Jonathan went on to say that he ultimately realized who she was within the now-infamous clip that result in a Gold Medal-level dragging of epic proportions.
nigga yo title is “Simone biles husband” the way you the catch? https://t.co/v5zzE66Bpz
— Heavy (@HeavyGame1) December 22, 2023
With all eyes on The Colour Purple press tour, Taraji P. Henson revealed simply how unhealthy the pay disparity in Hollywood is for Black ladies.
After tearing up throughout a current interview with Gayle King, the actress revealed that she nearly didn’t settle for her position in The Colour Purple as a result of simply that.
“I nearly needed to stroll away from The Colour Purple,” mentioned Henson throughout a stay interview for the SAG-AFTRA Basis, prompting gasps from the viewers.
“Sure, ma’am. … If I don’t take a stand, how am I making it simple for Fantasia [Barrino] and Danielle [Brooks] and Halle [Bailey] and Phylicia [Pearl Mpasi]?” she continued. “Why am I doing this, if it’s all only for me?”
Henson went on to say that, as a Black lady in Hollywood, she finds herself negotiating simply to match what she made on a earlier undertaking. She additionally confessed that the irritating cycle of the leisure business has made her attain a breaking level.
“I’m getting to some extent the place I simply need to be 10 toes down on an island someplace. As a result of [of] the combat as a Black lady,” Taraji admitted. “We do it with a lot grace and receives a commission half the value of what we’re price and that turns into tough.”
“And it’s a slap in my face when individuals go, ‘Oh, you’re employed on a regular basis!’ Effectively, b***h, I’ve to trigger the mathematics ain’t mathing,” she mentioned.
It’s been practically two weeks since All Of The Kings Males star Christian Keyes broke his silence about years of alleged “sexual harassment” from a robust “billionaire” in Hollywood he says tried to climb in mattress with him and supplied $100,000 to strip.
“If you happen to thought that Diddy s**t was loopy, you don’t even know…”
Pray for Christian Keyes! He comes ahead about being sexually assaulted. pic.twitter.com/LmPRx20T3B
— Episodes (@episodesent) December 16, 2023
The actor spoke his tough fact in an hour-long Instagram Dwell the place he revealed that he’s resigned to “taking the scenic route” in his profession after turning down alleged affords to take his garments off for cash or return to a non-public residence after auditioning for a task.
“I didn’t promote my soul or my a** for fulfillment,” he confessed.
Keyes hopes individuals will consider him when he names the “shady and predatory” beloved public determine. He claims to have recordings of the misconduct relationship again practically 20 years.
“At some point, it’s going to have to come back out. I saved considered one of these on me since ’05,” he mentioned, holding up a digital voice recorder pen.
“Whether or not it’s a keychain recorder or a pen as a result of most predators would test your cellphone. As soon as the sexual harassment began, I used to be like, ‘I want to guard me. I’m saying no, and I don’t need this particular person, as highly effective as they’re, to attempt to get in the way in which of my work.’ So I began recording.”
That sound you’ve been listening to is Married To Medication star/OB-GYN Dr. Jackie Walters getting DRAGGED over a resurfaced video the place she mentioned that generally Black ladies “dramatically” cry wolf about being pregnant pains to be excused from work.
The obstetrician, 65, was seen telling fellow #M2M star Dr. Heavenly Kimes, 53, that Black ladies are generally extra “dramatic” and pretend signs in order that they will name off work.
“Generally, as African American ladies, we’re a bit extra dramatic and that you simply go to the physician and also you complain, and also you complain, and also you complain, and also you’re not taken severely since you cry wolf your entire being pregnant,” mentioned Walters within the clip.
“We wanna additionally just remember to’re being critical along with your physician and never taking part in the video games so that might take you off work. As a result of then we see you 25 instances within the being pregnant, it’s laborious to consider there’s a real downside when there’s a real downside.”
The clip was shared amid individuals criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris for selecting to talk with the physician about maternal mortality charges on the newest episode of #M2M.
Naturally, after countless backlash, Dr. Jackie issued a video apology to take accountability for her phrases.
“First and most significantly to Black ladies and moms, as a result of my phrases left you harm and feeling unsupported, I need you to konw I hear you, I see you, I consider you and I apologize from the underside of my coronary heart,” mentioned the OBGYN by way of tears.
She additionally famous that she’s “pained to her core” and mentioned she “used the mistaken phrases and descriptions to convey her issues concerning maternal mortality and girls of coloration.”
1. Who touched Christian Keyes
2. Bishop TD
3. Who’s not paying Taraji
4. Simone Biles’ husband doesn’t know he’s simply the husband
Can we make it to Christmas, pls?! Please?!!? pic.twitter.com/FlaZon78un
— Papito Patrón (@GreatestAt_it) December 22, 2023
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