Jock Smut Serena Williams talks weight loss and stigma The US Open starts on Sunday, and tennis GOAT Serena Williams is making headlines, but not for her sport. She told PEOPLE magazine that she used a GLP-1 drug to lose 31 pounds, and she is teaming up with telehealth company Ro to promote the weight loss drugs. I’ve By Sarah • Aug 22, 2025 04:09 pm
Style The Night Before the Met It is an annual tradition – Anna Wintour’s exclusive dinner party hosted at her place in Greenwich Village for Met Gala co-chairs and a few other select guests. One of those select guests this year was Serena Williams who arrived in a white gown that looked like it was partly By Lainey • May 05, 2025 10:50 am
Jock Smut Intro for April 17, 2025 Dear Gossips, From the very beginning of her career, when she was just a teenager, Serena Williams has been underestimated, misunderstood, disrespected – by tennis insiders, tennis commentators, tennis players, tennis fans, the media. As an athlete, she’s a lot smarter and more strategic than they ever gave her credit By Lainey • Apr 17, 2025 09:35 am
Amazingness Kendrick Lamar: A Halftime of Hate Before we get into Kendrick Lamar’s set at the Super Bowl last night, a word on Jay-Z and his involvement in the halftime show. The initial partnership between him and the NFL was for five years, valued at $25 million. That deal was renewed back in October but when By Lainey • Feb 10, 2025 01:19 pm
Equality Issues Leave Serena Alone, part 1000 Serena Williams is yet again having to defend herself against trolls online. This time, she’s being accused of bleaching her skin after a recent video of her in stage makeup went viral. In the video, she appears beside her husband, Alexis, who is visibly dressed up in what appears By Stephanie • Dec 03, 2024 02:12 pm
Jock Smut It's not just about Serena and a restaurant Serena Williams put a Parisian hotel on blast on Monday for turning her and her family away when they tried to gain access to the rooftop restaurant atop the hotel. Yikes @peninsulaparis I’ve been denied access to rooftop to eat in a empty restaurant of nicer places 🫠 but never By Stephanie • Aug 06, 2024 12:43 pm
Jock Smut The chaotic pre-Olympics party I’m trying to remember if the Olympics have ever been such an A-list celebrity parade before, or if it’s happening this year because the Games are in Paris, a major world fashion and culture capital, which is drawing a contingent of celebrities who might otherwise not be at By Sarah • Jul 26, 2024 10:04 am
Style Serena and the Sussexes at the ESPYs Serena Williams hosted the ESPYs last night in a total of 16 outfits. I didn’t watch the show, but I did just watch her opening monologue and that’s what she said at one point. A woman doesn’t play about the number of looks, so I believe her. By Lainey • Jul 12, 2024 11:22 am
Style Couples: Classic, Seasonal, Potential We spend a lot of time shipping couples – and TNT has taken up a lot of our shipping energy these last nine months – but there is a couple we do not spend enough time appreciating, collectively: Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon. Maybe that’s because TikTok doesn’t know who By Lainey • Jun 25, 2024 01:15 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Serena embraces her scars Serena Williams recently shared a video of herself receiving radio frequency treatment on her stomach in a Parisian spa. In the caption, she discussed struggling with taking time for herself, and says that only recently has she been able to start doing things for herself, despite feeling guilty for leaving By Stephanie • Jun 19, 2024 11:10 am
Jock Smut Intro for June 14, 2024 Dear Gossips, Serena Williams was at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of her upcoming new ESPN docuseries, In The Arena: Serena Williams, yesterday. The eight-part series drops July 10 and I’m trying to find out where we can watch in Canada, because there is nothing I love more than By Lainey • Jun 14, 2024 10:17 am
Met Gala 2024 Shiny happy people I owe Lainey an apology. We were discussing the Met Gala theme—“Garden of time” to go with the “Sleep Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” exhibit in the museum—and she was down on it, predicting a boring event. I, however, defended it, hopeful that a broad, accessible theme might lead more By Sarah • May 07, 2024 07:31 am
Royals America Riviera Orchard X Polo Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced last week that they’re working on two new Netflix non-fiction series – one sounds like a lifestyle show in which Meghan will plant herbs and use them to roast chicken, and the other is about the polo life and the experiences of the athletes By Lainey • Apr 15, 2024 02:29 pm
Style Serena, Latto, Halle, and Willow: The Return of Off-White Off-White was rebranded in 2012 by fashion maverick Virgil Abloh and, as we saw, quickly became one of the most popular labels in the industry. Both Off-White and Louis Vuitton menswear flourished under Abloh’s leadership – his leadership and his vision disrupted the fashion industry from the runway to the By Lainey • Feb 29, 2024 01:21 pm
Jock Smut Intro for November 7, 2023 Dear Gossips, The CFDA Fashion Awards were last night in New York. We’ll post some of the notable outfits throughout the day on the site. In this space though, let’s celebrate this year’s CFDA Fashion Icon, the Greatest Of All Time, Serena Williams. She is the first By Lainey • Nov 07, 2023 09:02 am
Met Gala 2023 Met Gala Violins and Strands of Pearls It’s a fashion scandal…and a mystery! Olivia Wilde was at the Met Gala with Gabriela Hearst, creative director of Chloé, which of course is a fashion house that also has ties to Karl Lagerfeld. Both Olivia and Gabriela were wearing pieces inspired by Karl’s 1983 Chloé collection. By Lainey • May 02, 2023 12:06 pm