Tom Brady may be acting like a Very Divorced Man online but on Mother’s Day, this is how you do it. If you are going to make a post, include all the women you co-parent with, otherwise it’s glaring. (More on that below.)
Typically, a post-scandal series about a pop culture event doesn’t involve the subject but a lot of side characters and talking heads. The new FX series on the fall of Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz involves him and his wife Laura and includes new details about affairs. Now, a pastor having an affair is hardly breaking news (it’s practically a cliché at this point) but what set Carl apart from the pack was his relationships with celebrities and his role as the most famous face of the Pastor Posse (which included Judah Smith, Chad Veach and Rich Wilkerson Jr.). Carl’s ability to capture an audience with a story is part of what set him apart from other pastors so I think he will come on strong in this series. Being able to speak and have others listen is crucial to his career. And then there’s the question of public forgiveness, which will go hand-in-hand with whether or not his famous followers will forgive him. Who will take the heat and be seen in public with him first?
Chris Pratt is a box office champ who gets his feelings hurt on social media. Chris, my brother in Christ, this post is exactly why!!!!! Like how do you not understand that including everyone except Anna Farris is off-putting? I know Hollywood has set an unrealistic standard for most divorced couples but I find it very hard to believe that he (or his wife) would not have an inkling that this would be the reaction.
Same with Orlando Bloom, who seemingly does have a good relationship with Miranda Kerr (or at least Katy Perry does) – why do this?
For some, Mother’s Day can be complicated and sad and Madonna (who has 6 children!) is someone who has explored the long tail of grief in her work. Her relationship to her mother and the push and pull of being a caretaker and a fulfilled artist still feel urgent and that’s why no matter what the haters say, I still care about Madonna.
Are Tom Cruise and Janet Jackson friends??? They are definitely friendly as Tom doesn’t let just anyone put him on the main grid and Janet is a legend who doesn’t put just anyone on her main grid. This excites me and it’s interesting because Katie Holmes also attended her concert (not the same one as Tom, obviously – he would have been airlifted out of the arena).
Last week I wrote about the sudden divorce between Jeremy Allen White and his wife Addison Timlin. Even more surprising than the divorce is this post in which she talks about being a single mother for the past 9 months (which puts the split some time around September?) and then of course people (me, I’m people) look back at how they have attended events together and posted about each other in that timeframe. Her wording is interesting as she refers to herself as a single mom, which instantly starts a debate. Is she a single mom or a mom who is single? Does this make Jeremy a single dad (or a dad who is single)? Is there a difference between single parent and solo parent? There are a lot of heated opinions about this and I have no answers but I will say, from a gossip perspective, this is something she wanted people to know. And it’s interesting that she took time to post because frankly it implies he is uninvolved to a certain degree. She wrote this but hasn’t taken two seconds to remove his last name from her profile.
