King Charles and Queen Camilla gaze at each other adoringly.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla celebrated 20 years of marriage in April 2025, so it’s safe to say they’re doing something right. That said, there’s no denying that some aspects of their union are a little unusual — like the fact that they don’t live together full time. In an exclusive interview with Nicki Swift, celebrity love coach and body language expert Nicole Moore opened up about the pros and cons of their arrangement.  

Though Charles and Camilla do live together some of the time, they also do their own thing on occasion — and not just because they’re trying to make the most of all the residences under the king’s name. As it turns out, Camilla has never given up her private, non-royal house. Jack Stooks, a former member of the king’s landscaping staff, told JeffBet, “Before Charles and Camilla got married, they agreed Camilla would keep her home. The separate space was important for them both and their families” (via Express). Among the factors that went into the decision are Camilla’s need for respite from the royal day-to-day. “It’s somewhere she can go with her family and have a laid-back weekend without prying eyes,” Stooks claimed. 

Speaking exclusively to Nicki Swift, celebrity love coach Nicole Moore admitted that Charles and Camilla’s arrangement is a little strange, particularly by royal standards. While Moore noted that separate bedrooms certainly aren’t unheard of in royal relationships, she noted that couples have typically remained under the same roof. “Living together has been established as the norm,” she said. Granted, Moore didn’t say the king and queen’s arrangement spelled trouble. However, she did note that for most couples, cohabiting is important for bonding. Moreover, she explained, “Physical distance can sometimes lead to emotional distance.”

Charles and Camilla may miss out on the little things

Charles and Camilla laughing together.

Expanding on the possible outcome of emotional distance, one potential issue of living apart that Nicole Moore stressed was the lack of “smaller moments of intimacy.” Per Moore, these are the mundane things that foster greater bonding, which include “waking up together, chatting before bed or even spending time together in the same house where there’s no communication but simply the comfort of each other’s presence.”

Of course, the reality of royal life means King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s day-to-day likely doesn’t allow for a whole lot of “normal” activities. In fact, Tina Brown’s “The Palace Papers” made mention of how much Camilla struggled with her now-husband’s routine in the lead-up to their wedding. “He never ate lunch, and breakfasted on the same birdseed and peeled fruit every morning. Punctuality had never been Camilla’s strong suit, but Charles expected her to be ready for engagements at his own regimented pace. When she asked where they were going, he would snap, ‘Haven’t you read the brief?'” Brown wrote. 

Add that to the fact that Camilla has admitted to getting fed up with anyone (Charles included) who interrupts her favorite radio show, “The Archers,” it kind of seems as though being together round-the-clock could actually do more harm to the monarch and consort than good. And, it does bear mentioning that in her exclusive conversation with Nicki Swift, Moore did point out than even though it wasn’t generally the norm, “If partners have very different sleep or work schedules, they might also really enjoy having separate residences while married.” Between work engagements and solo listening, both Charles and Camilla like to do their own thing, so we can see how a little bit of space here and there benefits them. 

Charles and Camilla’s living arrangement worked for their family

King Charles, Prince Harry and Queen Camilla.

One interesting detail Nicole Moore raised in her exclusive conversation with Nicki Swift is that in cases where a couple already has older children, living apart from one another might actually be for the best. “It may make sense to not move in together until all of the children are out of the house so as not to disturb pre-existing family dynamics,” the love coach explained. 

Of course, both Queen Camilla and King Charles III had had children by the time they became an official (read: non-sneaking-around) couple. It’s also no secret that there was a ton of familial turmoil surrounding their relationship. In fact, Katie Nicholl wrote in “Harry and William” that Prince William and Camilla’s daughter Laura Lopes fought a lot early on, with both blaming the other’s parent for the affair and the impact it had on their lives. As for Prince Harry, who lived with his father and stepmother when they first moved in together, he’s also shared that there was some tension. Granted, a lot of that came after he’d moved out. Harry shaded Camilla in “Spare,” complaining that he’d visited home to find she’d converted his bedroom into a dressing room for herself. “I tried not to care. But especially the first time I saw it, I cared,” he admitted (via Page Six). 

It’s worth noting that a detail like that would probably (and understandably) have upset the prince no matter when Camilla moved in and he moved out. Even so, something tells us the fact that Camilla wasn’t in her younger stepson’s space all the time probably helped prevent any more drama than was necessary. 

Charles is on board with Camilla keeping her own house

King Charles and Queen Camilla smile at one another.

Another drawback of not living together? As Nicole Moore exclusively told Nicki Swift, “The public might judge your relationship or automatically assume you’re having issues even when you’re not because many people associate couples living apart with the relationship failing in some way.”

Luckily, in King Charles III and Camilla’s case, it’s pretty clear that’s not the case. In fact, the king is so committed to his wife having her own house that in March 2025, the Daily Mail reported that he’d bought the house next door to hers and planned to rent it out to a “security-vetted tenant.” This, sources who spoke with the outlet explained, was because the owner who had already added an Airbnb unit to the property was selling it, and the prospective buyer had expressed interest in turning it into an events venue. Speaking of all the plans to develop the land, one insider told the Daily Mail, “Think of it — dozens of wedding guests carousing every weekend just the other side of her fence.” Another shared that learning of the prospective new owner’s plans had come as a major blow to the queen, particularly in light of how much she needed a place where she could fully unwind in the wake of Charles’ cancer diagnosis.

Another detail shared in the the outlet’s article is that Camilla’s home might just be her insurance policy. After all, many have wondered what will happen to Camilla if Charles dies first. By having her own home, Camilla won’t have to find a new place to go — she’ll simply go to the house she already knows and loves. And, thanks to her husband’s purchase of the property next door, she won’t have to worry about nosy neighbors, either. 

Jim Parsons posting in front of a blue background

“The Big Bang Theory” spent a decade as one of television’s most popular shows, the story of nerdy roommates and their pals. That core cast expanded over the years, but from the very start, it was actor Jim Parsons who was the breakout star, thanks to his hilarious performance as socially inept but endlessly irritating genius Sheldon Cooper. 

While portraying an iconic character in a hit sitcom can be financially rewarding, it can also become creatively stifling if an actor becomes typecast. “Happy Days” star Henry Winkler, for example, made a conscious effort when that show ended to play the most un-Fonzie-like roles he could, and Parsons faced a similar struggle after a decade of “The Big Bang Theory.” After the series concluded, he’s expanded his horizons considerably, and fans are understandably excited to watch him stretch out even further in the future. 

It’s been an amazing journey from Texas to Tinseltown, and it’s far from over. To find out more, read on for the transformation of “Big Bang Theory” star Jim Parsons.

His first acting role was playing a bird in a school play at age 6

Jim Parsons as a kid

Jim Parsons was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Even as a youngster, he gravitated toward the stage, landing his first role at the age of six: playing a bird in an elementary school play. “I don’t know that I was good,” Parsons told the Los Angeles Times, “But I obviously caught a bug.”

His mother, Houston schoolteacher Judy Parsons, had an inkling that her son would one day become a successful thespian, even at such an early age. “He said he wanted to be an actor, movie star, from the time he was about six years old,” she explained in an interview with the Houston Chronicle, remembering his childhood ambitions. Her memory was spot on, based on what her son told the same newspaper. “I knew from a very early age that I wanted to be an actor,” the future “Big Bang Theory” sensation said. “I used to say ‘movie star’ when I was younger, but I knew what I meant.”

However, she was initially hesitant about supporting that goal, realizing the instability and uncertainty of an actor’s life. “As his mom, I wasn’t exactly sure that this was the most secure career path to follow,” she recalled, “but I came to realize that it was the only path that would even come close to satisfying the passion he had in his heart for acting.”

Another school production led him to really understand acting

Jim Parsons high school yearbook photo

While growing up, Jim Parsons’ desire to become an actor was inspired by the TV sitcoms that he and his family would watch together. “Where I am now, working on a television sitcom, is sort of coming full-circle for me as the first ‘acting’ I was really exposed to and affected by was indeed the work being done on television sitcoms,” he explained to the Houston Chronicle. “There was a kind of musicality to the actors’ timing and rhythms that I really responded to,” he told The New York Times.

The comedic sensibility he’d been exposed to via those sitcoms (among his favorites were “Three’s Company” and “The Cosby Show”) came to fruition when, as a teenager, he was cast in a school production of slapstick farce “Noises Off.” “All we had was each other, and our very basic mastery of the play, but at our first performance we pulled together and relied on each other and everything clicked,” he told the Times. “I felt totally comfortable in this warped world that was far away from the real world. And I wanted to keep doing it.”

After college he joined a repertory theater company in Texas

Jim Parsons in a production for Infernal Bridegroom Productions

After graduating high school, Jim Parsons struggled with the notion of whether he should pursue acting professionally or leave it behind and move on to something that offered a regular paycheck. “I had a couple of years, after high school, where I tried to leave it behind, largely due to my feeling that it seemed a risky career choice, but I quickly realized that I was very unhappy not acting and started majoring in theater at the University of Houston,” he told the Houston Chronicle.

For a period, Parsons flirted with the idea of meteorology as a fallback if acting didn’t pan out. “I wanted to be a weatherman for a while,” he told Newsweek, revealing that it was mandatory to take at least one science course, and he chose meteorology. That class, however, proved to be a big bust. With theater consuming his life, he put little effort into studying meteorology. “And I failed,” he said. “It was the only F I ever got.”

It was during this time that he began performing in university productions, more than two dozen of them. He and some other young actors founded an experimental theater troupe, Infernal Bridegroom Productions, and he blossomed as a performer by appearing in 17 wildly diverse productions during a three-year period, ranging from classic musical “Guys & Dolls” to German expressionist plays. “There’s no learning like the doing,” he said in a 2009 interview with the Houston Chronicle. “When you’re doing that many different types of things on that many types of stages, you don’t know the effect it has while you’re doing it.”

He contemplated a career in academia

Jim Parsons in New York City

After earning his degree from the University of Houston, Jim Parsons headed to the University of San Diego to work toward a master’s degree in cooperation with the city’s famed Old Globe Theater. The course’s director, Rick Seer, initially had doubts about accepting Parsons into the prestigious two-year program, with just seven students each year invited. “Jim is a very specific personality,” Seer told University of San Diego Magazine. “He’s thoroughly original, which is one reason he’s been so successful. But we worried, ‘Does that adapt itself to classical theater, does that adapt itself to the kind of training that we’re doing?’ But we decided that he was so talented that we would give him a try and see how it worked out.”

Parsons excelled and earned his MFA. At that point in his life, though, he faced yet another crossroads: should he take what he’d learned about acting and utilize it within an academic setting or set out to become a full-fledged actor? “I really loved school,” Parsons said during a roundtable interview for Newsweek. “If they offered a doctorate in acting, I’d still be there,” he added. “It was so safe! I went to grad school. I kept going as long as they’d have me.”

Ultimately, Parsons decided to throw caution to the wind and pursue his dreams. He moved to New York, and it didn’t take him long to land roles in Off-Broadway productions.

He landed a Quiznos commercial

Jim Parsons in a Quizno's commercial

It was in New York City that Jim Parsons’ fledgling acting career really took root. In addition to Off-Broadway stage roles, he also began getting jobs that required him to act in front of a camera. Among the first of these was a TV commercial for the Quizno’s sandwich chain, with Parsons playing a guy who’d been raised by wolves. “The first time I saw Jim on TV it was in commercials,” the actor’s mother, Judy Parsons, told the Houston Chronicle. “You don’t know when commercials are going to come on, so we would just happen to catch him in one occasionally, and when we did we would scream, ‘Jim’s on TV!’ and make everyone else come into the room.”

Before long, he began landing guest-starring roles in TV dramas, including comedy “Ed,” and a recurring role in courtroom drama “Judging Amy.” “Seeing his name across my TV was a crazy feeling,” his mom recalled. 

Around this time, he also began to land small movie roles in films, including “Garden State,” “10 Items or Less,” and “School for Scoundrels.” It would be an audition for a television sitcom, however, that was about to change his life forever. 

Being cast as Sheldon in The Big Bang Theory changed everything

Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons in a scene from The Big Bang Theory

When casting “The Big Bang Theory,” a new sitcom about nerdy geniuses, series creator Chuck Lorre was blown away when unknown actor Jim Parsons auditioned for the role of brilliant but socially awkward Sheldon Cooper. “We knew we were witnessing something astonishing,” Lorre told the Houston Chronicle of Parsons’ audition. “He’s a force of nature. He really is that good.” Interviewed by USA Today, Lorre pointed to Parsons’ precision and physicality. “I’ve never seen someone come along like this, with so much uncanny skill and intuition,” he marveled. 

If it seemed to Lorre that Parsons understood Sheldon completely, it was because the actor had already deeply connected with the character. “I felt very strongly about the structure of it and the way they laid out the character and the way he talked,” Parsons told the Houston Chronicle. “It was a one-in-a-million match.” 

For Parsons, the key to unlocking Sheldon was his tendency to say whatever popped into his mind without any regard for how it might affect whoever heard it. “He says things all the time that could hurt someone’s feelings,” Parsons told NPR. “He doesn’t check it through a filter and go, ‘Oh, they’ll be fine with this.’ He skips that barrier completely. He just says it.”

He made his Broadway debut

Jim Parsons on Broadway in Harvey

Jim Parsons got his professional start Off-Broadway, and in 2011, he made his debut on Broadway. At the height of his fame from “The Big Bang Theory,” he appeared in the play “The Normal Heart,” winning a Theatre World Award for his performance.  

Parsons enjoyed his return to the stage so much that he was back the following year to star in a Broadway production of “Harvey.” Playing Elwood P. Dowd, Parsons’ character believes that he’s accompanied by a six-foot-tall rabbit named Harvey, who can be seen by no one but him. Initially a hit back in the 1940s, the play was adapted into a 1950 feature film starring James Stewart. As Parsons told The New York Times, he prepared for the role with the same level of precision that he’d been bringing to Sheldon Cooper. “I try to master every facet of a character in order to build a safety net for myself, so I can go on to take more risks to create someone really distinct,” he said. “If I’m not making a choice with each and every line, then why are you bothering watching me?”

He returned to Broadway in 2015 to play the title character in “An Act of God.” “It’s like having a mild drug trip, completely sober, for an hour-and-a-half,” Parsons told Variety of portraying the Almighty onstage each night. “It’s as much fun and as much terror as I’ve ever had at one time.” 

He came out as gay in a magazine interview

Jim Parsons at the Paley Center for Media

In that 2012 interview with The New York Times to promote “Harvey,” one sentence stood out: “Mr. Parsons is gay and in a 10-year relationship.” Up to that point, Parsons had never commented on his sexuality, something he addressed a decade later. “I grew up in a time where the first thing I think of every time on this topic is when Ellen [DeGeneres] came out,” he said in a 2022 interview with Variety, explaining his hesitancy to come out. “As much as it helped ultimately, it was also f***ing scary as a gay person who wanted … a career for themselves, in the same road, in the same industry.”

Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Parsons admitted that while he wasn’t hiding his sexuality, he “was scared enough to make it my mission not to talk about it … And I was scared that it might cause trouble, quote unquote, for our big television show.” 

Ultimately, his concern was unwarranted when the news of his coming out made brief headlines before fading quickly. “It got picked up, and it was briefly a thing just as far as like there was some news to it or whatever,” he said, “but it faded away pretty damn quickly and was kind of not a big deal.”

He married Todd Spiewak in NYC

Jim Parsons with husband Todd Spiewak

The long-term partner of Jim Parsons, alluded to in that New York Times profile, was Todd Spiewak. Five years after Parsons came out, he and Spiewak took their relationship to the next level by tying the knot. The two were married in 2017, in an intimate ceremony taking place in the Rainbow Room, high above the streets of New York at the top of Rockefeller Center.

The previous year, Parsons celebrated their 14th anniversary via an Instagram post that he’s since deleted. “I met this guy (the one with the mic) 14 years ago today and it was the best thing that ever happened to me, no contest,” he wrote in the caption (via E! News), accompanying a vintage photo of the two singing karaoke.

After the nuptials, Parsons paid a visit to “The Late Show,” where host Stephen Colbert asked why it took 15 years to walk down the aisle. “Well, honest, I really didn’t think we cared about the act of it that much,” Parsons said, but added, “It was so much more meaningful in the moment to me than I predicted, and it’s been resonantly more meaningful to be afterward than I ever saw coming.”

He became television’s highest-paid actor

Jim Parsons with the cast of The Big Bang Theory at the People's Choice Awards

As the popularity of the show continued to grow, the cast of “The Big Bang Theory” experienced a dramatic transformation over the years. So, too, did the salaries of its stars. By the final season, Jim Parsons had become the highest-paid actor on television, earning $26.5 million during a 12-month period concluding in June 2018. That was a big bump from the first season a decade earlier when Parsons was only paid $60,000 per episode then. All told, he reportedly earned a staggering $177.7 million from his 10 seasons on “The Big Bang Theory.” 

A 2017 Variety report claimed that while Parsons and his co-stars — one-time “Roseanne” star Johnny Galecki, “8 Simples Rules” alum Kaley Cuoco, Kunal Nayyar, and Simon Helberg — were all earning $1 million per episode, while former “Blossom” star Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch were making considerably less, $200,000 for each episode. In order to address that disparity, Parsons and the other four actors agreed to a $100,000-per-episode pay cut for the final two seasons, with the resulting $500,000 split between Bialik and Rauch in order to bump their salaries up to about $450,000 per episode. 

While that might seem like a lot of money, it was still peanuts compared to how much money the show was making. In fact, Variety estimated at that time, with two more seasons still to go, “The Big Bang Theory” had earned $1 billion in syndication revenue. 

He took on behind-the-scenes roles for Young Sheldon and Call Me Kat

Young Sheldon star Iain Armitage and producer Jim Parsons

With “The Big Bang Theory” heading for the home stretch, CBS was eager to keep the show’s success going. Enter “Young Sheldon,” a prequel series that followed the childhood exploits of Sheldon Cooper (played by Iain Armitage, a child actor who certainly looked familiar to viewers) growing up in Texas. Jim Parsons provided grown-up Sheldon’s narration for each episode and also embraced a new role as one of the series’ executive producers (through That’s Wonderful Productions, the production company that he and husband Todd Spiewak founded in 2015).

That’s Wonderful also produced “Call Me Kat,” a Fox sitcom starring Parsons’ TV wife, Mayim Bialik. As she explained during a session at the Television Critics Association press tour (as reported by Entertainment Weekly), when she joined “The Big Bang Theory,” it was already running on all cylinders. With “Call Me Kat,” she was undertaking a whole new challenge by creating a new show from the ground up. “I’ve never had a job like this,” she gushed.

When “Young Sheldon” ended its own run in 2024 after seven successful seasons, Parsons was offered the opportunity to play Sheldon one last time in the series finale. “I felt a slight hesitancy when they first asked, just as I thought, I don’t really want to go revisit the character,” Parsons told People. “But the way that they wrote it in was I thought so beautiful that it ended up being like this little extra coda or whatever to my experience with the character.” Added Parsons, “It was this gift of a second layer of losing it out in a way that I had never seen coming, and it was a real treat.”

He took on roles in TV film and stage

Jim Parsons in Netflix miniseries Hollywood

The end of “The Big Bang Theory” provided Jim Parsons with opportunities to spread his wings, both in front of and behind the camera; for example, his production company was also behind “Special,” a Netflix comedy series about a gay man with mild cerebral palsy. 

Parsons also took on more acting roles, playing characters that were as far from Sheldon as possible. For example, he played a gay man who lost his partner to cancer in the Netflix film “Spoiler Alert.” He was also cast in “Hollywood,” a high-concept period drama by Ryan Murphy, whose numerous TV hits have included “Glee,” “American Horror Story,” “American Crime Story,” and several others. In “Hollywood,” he portrayed a predatory talent agent hiding his sexuality, engaging in Hollywood’s infamous casting couch culture. That performance won him an Emmy nomination, and he next starred in another film, a remake of “The Boys in the Band.”

In late 2024, Parsons returned to Broadway, joining co-stars Katie Holmes and Zoey Deutch for a revival of Thornton Wilder’s classic play “Our Town.”  Appearing on “Today,” Parsons admitted that signing on for one of the all-time great American plays was a no-brainer. “That was one of those opportunities that when somebody asks you to do it, I feel, as an actor, you just do it,” he said.

Lauren Sanchez posing on the red carpet.

Lauren Sanchez may be engaged to Jeff Bezos today, but even before her relationship with one of the richest men on the planet, she had a star-studded love life. Prior to becoming Mrs. Bezos-to-be, she dated Tony Gonzalez and married Patrick Whitesell. They’re also the fathers of her three children: eldest son Nikko Gonzalez and Evan and Emma Whitesell. 

We’ll start with Tony, who happens to be a Kansas City Chiefs legend and sportscaster. Not into sports? You may also recognize Tony from his countless acting credits. The former athlete has been featured in a number of productions, from “NCIS” and “NCIS: Los Angeles” to “The Neighborhood.” Between all of those gigs and an impressive real estate portfolio, Celebrity Net Worth estimates him to be worth a not-too-shabby $50 million. Hey, it’s not Bezos money, but it’ll certainly do!

As for Tony’s relationship with Sanchez, not a whole lot is known about how long they were together. A little surprising, given that both of them were public figures at the time they became parents. Either way, it’s pretty clear they’ve remained friendly. In fact, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Sanchez has even gushed over how close she has remained not just with Tony, but with his wife, October Gonzalez, as well. “Tony and his wife Tobie are my best friends,” she said. Granted, she did admit that there was some awkwardness right at first, and that for the first five years of Tony and October’s relationship, they were more polite than anything. However, by 2022, she and October were hanging out beneath the Eiffel Tower and were spending Thanksgiving together. We stan a modern family!

Lauren seems to be friendly with Patrick Whitesell, too

Patrick Whitesell and Lauren Sanchez pose together in 2011.

Given all the drama surrounding the start of her courtship with Jeff Bezos, it’s certainly plausible to think that Lauren Sanchez’s relationship with the father of her two younger children, Patrick Whitesell, might not be quite as amicable as her dynamic with Tony Gonzalez. However, it seems that’s not the case. 

According to sources who spoke with the Daily Mail, Patrick and Sanchez get on great and are committed to raising their kids as best they can. Patrick has also since remarried Australian model Pia Miller — now Pia Whitesell — and the same insider claimed that she and Sanchez enjoy each other’s company as well. Granted, they don’t have quite as public a love fest. In fact, it doesn’t seem like they follow each other on Instagram either. Of course, Pia and Patrick only wed in 2021, and if Sanchez has admitted to a little tension with October Gonzalez when she and Tony Gonzalez first became an item, it’s possible they’ll warm to each other more in the years to come. 

Back to Patrick, on the off chance you’re not familiar with the name, he’s a pretty big deal in showbiz. In fact, Celebrity Net Worth has the talent agency chairman at an eye-watering $450 million. And, while he’s not a public figure in nearly the same way as his ex and her new partner, on the occasions he has been papped, he’s been stepping off private planes and hanging out on yachts. Hey, if at some point the Whitesells are as close to Bezos and Sanchez as the Gonzalezes are, maybe, at some point, we’ll catch a glimpse of a full-on flotilla. 

Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump smiling

It’s no secret that Tiger Woods has become Donald Trump’s unlikely BFF (much to Elon Musk’s dismay, probably), but no one could have predicted that he would be romantically involved with a Trump — or at least a former one. In case you haven’t heard, he and Vanessa Trump, Donald Trump Jr.’s ex-wife, are apparently head over heels in love, and while MAGA land might be cheering, the rest of us are side-eyeing and wondering if this is really going to last.

Rumors of Woods and Vanessa dating circulated in March 2025, roughly a month before they hinted that they were a couple. At the time, the Daily Mail revealed that the two had actually been seeing each other since late 2024. “Tiger and Vanessa have been seeing each other since just before Thanksgiving. She comes to his place on Jupiter Island. They’re not living together,” a source dished. “They just love hanging out, having dinner and schmoozing together. They’re sticking close to home, have decided not to make it a thing and go out in public. Not just yet anyway.” But the secret didn’t stay secret for long, with Woods finding himself hard-launching their romance online. “Love is in the air and life is better with you by my side!” he wrote on Instagram, along with pictures of them canoodling. “We look forward to our journey through life together.”

Sweet? Absolutely, although it’s kind of a left-field move — even for the lover boy who is Woods. And while we’re not here to rain on anyone’s parade, let’s not pretend that their newfound romance is a sure thing just yet. Even some experts seem to think so. After all, Woods’ romantic history is peppered with one too many red flags, and Vanessa’s past is not exactly scandal-free, either.

Tiger’s friends apparently don’t like Vanessa

Tiger Woods playing at the Palm Beach Gardens

You technically don’t need your friends’ blessing to date someone you fancy — especially if you’re someone like Tiger Woods. But that doesn’t mean their opinions don’t matter, particularly when they’re reportedly questioning your latest flame. Rumor has it that Woods’ inner circle isn’t exactly thrilled about his budding romance with Vanessa Trump, and they’re already bracing themselves for what they think is an inevitable messy implosion.

According to Radar, Woods’ buddies are concerned he’s jumping into something he’s not ready for — emotionally and physically. “Tiger is in a very vulnerable state right now,” an insider dished to the outlet. “The last few years have been incredibly tough. And Vanessa’s a real dynamo. She lives a very fast-paced lifestyle and there are concerns he won’t be able to keep up with her.”

But the red flags don’t stop there. The source said that there’s also concern about the athlete’s health, considering that he’s been dealing with a string of injuries since 2021. And while Vanessa is apparently happy tending to him now, his friends are questioning whether that’s just new-relationship energy taking over. “Tiger’s not some old man who just sits around moping all day, but he does have a fairly low-key life. And Vanessa’s known to be a real jet-setter,” the insider added. “She’s not someone who’s going to stick around if she’s not finding things exciting. Everyone’s wondering how long it will be before she drops him like a hot rock.”

According to an expert, Tiger’s history of cheating can pose a problem

Elin Nordegren and Tiger Woods at the Madison Square Garden

Tiger Woods may have a legendary golf career, but his dating history has been packed with scandals. While married to Elin Nordegren, he famously admitted to cheating on her with multiple women — and even went as far as entering rehab for sex addiction. In an exclusive interview with Nicki Swift, Susan Trombetti, matchmaker and CEO of Exclusive Matchmaking, dished that while Woods’ intentions with Vanessa Trump appear to be clean, his cheating past may eventually haunt their relationship.

“While I don’t always subscribe to the saying ‘once a cheater, always a cheater,’ I do think in this case, sadly, it will always be the backdrop,” she explained. “There are one-time cheaters, and then there are players. While Tiger Woods isn’t exactly a player, he is not a one-time cheater. Whatever his issue is, it is so pervasive that I don’t think he would ever entirely quit cheating.” In fact, Trombetti even labeled Woods as “one of the five types of guys you should run from because this is a fatal flaw.”

To be fair, his subsequent romances with Lindsey Vonn and Erica Herman didn’t blow up over cheating — or at least not that we know of. “He can use them as examples of relationships without issues involving betrayal of trust and cheating which can help build trust that he is a changed man,” Trombetti added. “But it can be a lingering problem. I can’t imagine that not always being in the back of their mind holding a woman back in a relationship at times.” Still, per the Daily Mail, Vanessa is “unworried” about Woods’ past, so whether his history will affect their relationship remains to be seen.

And so is their relationship being under the spotlight

Vanessa Trump at the 140th annual Easter Egg Roll

Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump knew what they were getting into. Both have long been public figures and part of high-profile romances, so they likely knew that stepping into another one would never be a quiet affair. But while they’re used to the attention, Susan Trombetti notes that it will still likely affect their relationship dynamic.

“Being in the public eye is a stressor. If they want to put it behind them, it won’t be possible. The public never forgets and they will always be scrutinizing him and any relationship. He will never live this down,” she exclusively told Nicki Swift, although she noted Vanessa may handle the chaos better than Woods. “I don’t think outside scrutiny is going to have much of an impact on his relationship with Vanessa Trump. She is used to dealing with the press and the public, the same way Lindsey Vonn was used to it. I think they should keep their heads down, enjoy the relationship, ignore the chatter, and just say it’s in the past even though the rest of us remember.” And if they intend on staying together for the long haul, Trombetti suggests that they ignore what the tabloids say as early as now and trust no one but each other.

As for the reason why he went public in the first place? A former staff member told the Daily Mail that he just wanted to get it over with. “I know that Tiger didn’t want to share the news. But now that he has, there has to be some relief. Now he can just go and live his life,” they said. At least he knows how to get ahead of controversy now!

Their supposed insistence on keeping things ‘casual’ is suspicious, too

Tiger Woods at the 2024 PGA Championship

While Tiger Woods already used the L-word in his hard launch with Vanessa Trump, sources say that the true nature of their relationship is anything but — at least as of this writing. Shortly before they became public, insiders told People that their relationship is “very casual” and that Vanessa is not exactly the type to go all in right off the bat.

“Vanessa has always gone for guys who are either well known or have something big going for them,” the source shared, adding that she is also not the type to publicize a relationship if she can help it. After all, aside from her marriage with Donald Jr., she was also reportedly involved with the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio. “She is comfortable with that, but she’s not a woman who wants to be in the limelight. She is not a shrinking violet but is discreet and smart and a good mother,” the source added. “That has come first in her life.”

Will they make it past all these red flags? That’s TBD for now, but at least there are a lot of people in their corner, with Donald Trump surprisingly being one of their top fanboys. Who would have thought? “I love Tiger and I love Vanessa,” he told reporters at the White House, adding that Woods even delivered the news to him personally. “He told me about it, and I said, ‘Tiger, that’s good, that’s good.’ I’m very happy for both. Just let them both be happy,” the president dished. “Let them both be happy. They’re both great.”

Karoline Leavitt speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House to discuss tariffs (2025)

Before becoming the youngest ever White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt made sure to pack in a full life. Now that Leavitt is holding daily press briefings, going on the offensive for President Donald Trump and his second administration, it seems she’s pivoted her style to reflect such a major career change. Leavitt, a Gen Zer, has become known for wearing outfits that skew into a higher age bracket. Often covering up the entirety of her tiny frame, Leavitt seems to prefer a matching cardigan set over a sleek, sophisticated pantsuit. While it’s well within her right to dress however she wants, this new sense of style is a departure from the days where Leavitt loved to put her legs on display.

Before entering the White House, while she was helping Trump with his presidential campaign, Leavitt often opted to wear outfits that showed off just a bit more skin than her current American Girl Doll looks. It could be that now she’s a wife and mother, Leavitt feels the need to leave her beach bikini days behind her. Or maybe the chilly winter and spring climate of Washington, D.C. has seeped into her bones. Whatever the case may be, there are still plenty of moments before Leavitt underwent her transformation to become press secretary where she felt comfortable showing off her killer legs.

Karoline Leavitt worked hard for her vacation legs

Karoline Leavitt poses in skimpy workout gear in Nantucket, MA (2023)

Seen here in a July 16, 2023 Instagram post, Karoline Leavitt felt the need to show off the labor of some surely grueling workouts. With the quaint caption of, “Nantucket, you’re cute,” Leavitt seems to be wanting to be told that she, also, is cute. Smirking in her dark workout onesie, Leavitt looks ready for anything from the gym to the sea. The spandex of it all makes the fit hug her body nicely, and her pose really does show off her gorgeous gams. It’s safe to say that this is not one of Leavitt’s outfits that have missed the mark.

Leavitt’s stop in Nantucket, Massachusetts was just one of many luxurious vacations the pintsized powerhouse goes on. During the span of 2018 to when this photo was taken in 2023, Leavitt had been to Rome, the Swiss Alps, Amsterdam, England, Greece, and managed to vacation in gorgeous parts of the United States. It seems Leavitt was trying to pack in as much adventurous youth as she could before settling down with her much, much older husband. Luckily those adventures also included getting to show off her legs before seemingly putting them away for a while.

Karoline Leavitt showed off her beach legs

Karoline Leavitt in a bikini on a beach tossing a toddler in the air (2023)

Continuing to soak in the sun and sea in Salisbury, Massachusetts, in July 2023, Karoline Leavitt posted to Instagram that she was enjoying a “Beach day with my beach bum.” The corresponding photo shows Leavitt tossing a child in the air (most likely a nephew as Leavitt wouldn’t welcome her son for two more years). What is clear from this photo, though, is just how happy Leavitt is to be on the beach, as well as boasting incredibly tanned legs to match.

Sure, there are some flaws to this outfit — even a simple bikini at the beach can have downfalls. The floppy hat does feel a bit over the top, just because it’s recommended to wear sunscreen and protect your skin from the sun while at the beach doesn’t mean you have to wear something embarrassing. And the bikini choice of Leavitt is also just a bit bland, and the color brown feels off for her skin tone, especially when she’s this tan. Luckily the legs save the day, carrying the weight of some poor fashion choices (and being strong enough to help her toss a child in the air).

Karoline Leavitt kept her legs Tahoe blue

Karoline Leavitt poses in workout gear in front of Lake Tahoe (2023)

Before dressing in all pink to try and be White House Barbie, Karoline Leavitt tried out a blue phase. Posing for an Instagram post, Leavitt is seen in a sports bra and matching cobalt leggings. Standing in front of Lake Tahoe, Leavitt’s caption says, “If Heaven were a place on Earth… it would be here.” While these leggings appear to cover up more of Leavitt’s legs than some of the other outfits on this list, they still manage to show off her toned features in a casual way.

The laid back and low key hair she’s rocking here is a nice break from Leavitt’s nursing home-inspired White House looks. In fact, this whole outfit is a reminder that Leavitt used to at least want to act and appear her age. As someone in their late 20s, the style Leavitt is bringing to her position within President Donald Trump’s second administration is one full of frump and fillers (well, potential fillers, anyway). To see her living a life where getting a tan and strolling on the beach was a big priority comes as such a shock now. Hopefully she can find time to take a break from spewing questionable answers from the press podium to reconnect with this version of herself. 

Karoline Leavitt kept it short at Mar-A-Lago

Karoline Leavitt and Brian Glenn warm up an awaiting crowd in Mar-A-Lago (2024)

While serving as national press secretary for Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, Karoline Leavitt hit the road to promote Trump any way she could. A photo published to her Instagram on March 5, 2024, shows a behind the scenes glimpse at what some of that job description entailed. Seen smiling in a bright pink blazer and plain black dress, Leavitt’s caption simply states, “Warming up the crowd for 47.” Sitting across from her is Brian Glenn, boyfriend of controversial republican Marjory Taylor Green. While it’s clear the intent of the photo is to show how Leavitt fulfilled her role while on the road, what takes center stage is actually how short her dress accidentally is here.

Crossing her legs at the ankle like a true demure professional, Leavitt does a great job of downplaying how much skin she’s showing. Whether on purpose or by accident, the simple little black dress Leavitt chose to wear for the event got even smaller when she took the seat across from Glenn. Strangely, this is one of her more coordinated outfits. It’s a classic look — a large blazer over a tiny dress is always an easy way to elevate what could be a boring outfit. What makes this piece so shocking is how far she’s moved away from this type of style, especially now that Leavitt is opting to wear frumpier dresses.

Karoline Leavitt prepped her legs for debate night

Karoline Leavitt poses inside ABC News studio (2024)

On September 10, 2024, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris verbally sparred in the only debate between the two presidential candidates. Even though Trump refused to return to share the stage with Harris after the event, Karoline Leavitt still took to Instagram to claim victory. Posting a snap of herself in front of a presidential debate-themed step and repeat, Leavitt wrote the caption, “Debate Night W,” indicating that she thought Trump had won the exchange. The outfit Leavitt chose to wear to celebrate taps into the nostalgia of the movie “Clueless,” which is full of matching patterned blazers and mini skirts.

This type of tailored blazer has a fun and effortless feel, as opposed to the stiff and boxy “Little House On The Prairie” sweaters Leavitt has been wearing more recently. The pattern is a fantastic refreshed classic, and her matching pink shirt makes the whole thing work. Plus, the short skirt allows Leavitt to show off her legs in a way that still fits with the vibes of the outfit. If anything, this is a great example of what a 20-something staffer in the White House could be wearing to remind everyone she’s still young and fun. Instead, Leavitt has continued to choose more covered-up and dowdy fashions as press secretary. Which is well within her right, but still a bit concerning that a mother who isn’t even 30 yet wants to dress like a grandma.

Karoline Leavitt speaking

Karoline Leavitt has clearly had quite the White House makeover since she joined Donald Trump’s administration as press secretary. The 27-year-old became the youngest person to take on the role of White House press secretary in the country’s history. And, she has done so with some interesting fashion choices in tow.

With bleach-blonde locks and a penchant for pink, it seems that Barbie may one of Leavitt’s biggest style inspirations. Barbie-inspired fashion took over the world when the “Barbie” movie hit theaters in 2023. Of course, this trend has since died down, but it’s clear that as far as Leavitt is concerned, the world’s most famous doll never goes out of style. Yet, now that she’s working as an important part of the administration, we think Leavitt’s apparent desire to be the White House Barbie doesn’t quite work. From the looks of it, her new role isn’t stopping her from looking pretty over-the-top in pink. We’ve got some of Leavitt’s looks that made us say “crank that Barbie doll dial down a few notches” most of all. 

Her hot pink minidress that had Kimberly Guilfoyle energy

Karoline Leavitt scowling

In 2023, Karoline Leavitt took to Instagram to show off one of her most Barbiecore outfits to date: a hot pink dress with a bow detail around the neck. She captioned the photo, “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life” with a fitting pink heart emoji. This caption, of course, invited comments like, “Spreading BS is doing what you love?” Yet, as far as we’re concerned, it seems that what Leavitt loves to do most is turning Barbie-inspired ensembles into fashion fails. 

Body-hugging minidresses with bows combine a few of the fashion mistakes we’ve been begging Kimberly Guilfoyle to ditch. And, rather than using the newly-appointed ambassador to Greece as a style cautionary tale, Leavitt seems to be drawing inspiration from her fellow tacky fashion-loving Donald Trump crony. This look certainly isn’t the worst thing we’ve seen Leavitt rocking, but from the fit to the color and those pin straight blonde locks, it’s hard to see this look and think of anything but Barbie.

When she looked like store-brand Elle Woods

Karoline Leavitt smiling

In February 2024, Karoline Leavitt attended CPAC in 50 shades of pink. Rather than the bold rosy shades she frequently opts for, Leavitt went with pastels for the occasion. She wore a pale pink top layered underneath an even lighter pink blazer. She paired this ensemble with super straight locks and a bubblegum pink lipstick to match her ensemble. The matchy-matchy nature of the whole look felt outdated, and we couldn’t help but be reminded of a much less stylish version of something plucked from the set of “Legally Blonde.” 

While Leavitt’s overly coordinated pink look felt like it involved a bit too much matching for our taste, this look was made even worse thanks to something that didn’t match well enough: her foundation. Leavitt’s glaring tan fail was a tell-tale sign of rookie makeup mistake. And, when she posted a photo of her look on Instagram, the makeup mishap even caught the attention of folks in the comment section “Face doesn’t match. Get a better MU[A],” one Instagram user advised. Whether she does get a new makeup artist or not, she may want to consider splurging for a new stylist while she’s at it.

Her social media thirst trap that gave off wannabe Malibu Barbie vibes

Karoline Leavitt posing

In May 2023, Karoline Leavitt showed off her summer-ready energy on Instagram with a photo of her in a hot pink midi dress. The first photo in her carousel showed Leavitt posing on a balcony facing away from the camera. With the way she was posing, it seemed clear that this was intended to be a thirst trap of sorts. And, while that may be atypical for most White House press secretaries in history, she didn’t know she’d be getting that gig at this point. Sure — it’s clear that this was a vacation outfit, but with the dress’ silhouette, the shoes, the pose, and of course, that color, this is just a bit too Barbie-coded as far as we’re concerned.

Barbies have been around since the late 1950s, and while the dolls are still being made today, when we think about a quintessential Barbie look, we often think of something that’s a little antiquated. And, that’s a bit of what’s wrong with this particular look. The color and cut of this dress just look outdated and over-the-top, with the halter neckline especially screaming ’70s.

Her berry-colored press conference suit

Karoline Leavitt speaking at podium

When Karoline Leavitt held her first-ever press conference, she did so in head-to-toe magenta. Sure — this certainly wasn’t classic Barbie pink, but it did look like something we could easily see a business-minded Barbie sporting. She took the bold fuchsia Zara suit to new Barbie-inspired heights by pairing it with bedazzled Jimmy Choo shoes. Despite opting for an affordable suit, that nearly $750 footwear and likely her jewelry still allowed this look to qualify as one of her wildly expensive outfits. 

Leavitt’s blown-out blonde lob never helps any outfit to beat the Barbie allegations, and this one is certainly no different. It’s clear that Leavitt wants to draw attention to herself by sporting bright, bold colors and flaunting her particular style. And, while this look wasn’t one of her flashiest, it certainly still sent a message. We can just imagine Leavitt looking exactly like this standing in a Mattel box. 

Her blazer and minidress combo that looked like a bad Barbie mashup

Karoline Leavitt laughing

In one Instagram post from March 2024, Karoline Leavitt showed off an outfit she was sporting in a private jet. And, this look was one pulled straight from the MAGA lady playbook — seemingly attempting to dress up a skintight minidress by tossing on a blazer over it. It’s unclear where Leavitt was headed in this photo or whether she was on the job. Still, this look is right up there with some of Lauren Boebert’s biggest blazer fashion fails. Can a blazer be a way to add a touch of professionalism to your ‘fit? Of course! Does that mean it works layered over club wear? Of course not!

While we can’t see the entirety of this ensemble from the photo Leavitt posted, it looks like what might happen if you borrowed one piece of clothing from a 1995 “Working Girl” Barbie and another from a 2010 “Night on the Town” Barbie. The result? A fashion fail of Barbie-cal proportions.

Tracy Anderson may not actually be the positive person she parades around as!

The renowned celebrity trainer, who has worked with the likes of Kim KardashianGwyneth PaltrowMadonna, and Jennifer Lopez, just to name a few, is in the hot seat after a former employee dropped some NASTY accusations about her.

In an interview with DailyMail.com published on Tuesday, a woman who used the alias Emily to protect her true identity, opened up about working with Tracy for nearly a decade beginning in 2015. And for the entire time, she claims the trainer subjected her to “bullying” and “emotional distress.” She told the outlet:

“Tracy made comments about my body that were unprofessional and very triggering for me as someone who has body image issues. I feel like the toxic work culture started from the top. She’s just a toxic, narcissistic, psychotic person. When she’s teaching a class she acts like she’s a star. She barks at people to do this, do that. It’s very diva.”

DAMN! Clearly she’s no longer a fan of the fitness guru!

Emily specifically recalled one time when the 50-year-old told her she “looked pregnant” in an Instagram video:

“One time, we filmed a few clips for social media and the social media woman posted it but then they took it off a few minutes after posting it. Tracy told me the next day, she was like, ‘Oh my God I had to have them take that video down of you because you looked pregnant.’ She’ll say things like that. She treats people like they’re scum and like they owe her everything.”

That’s f**ked up… But she’s not the only one Tracy would allegedly belittle. Emily further claimed Tracy would “talk crap about” other trainers to her AND mock her famous clients’ bodies! WTF! She explained:

“She would talk crap about the New York trainers in front of us. And most of us were so incredibly uncomfortable. I felt like I was in a movie, the way she was acting was so inappropriate and childish. I’ve been around her while she was talking smack about her own clients, talking about their bodies. It was just awful.”

This actually isn’t unheard of! Back in 2013, Tracy criticized Gwyneth for having a “long butt” after giving birth to her son. She didn’t think she was being cruel — she didn’t even try to hide that one! And 10 years later in 2023, several former employees spoke out against the difficult working conditions they were subjected to — which Emily expanded on.

Tracy’s workout plan centers around dance-based exercise in rooms heated to 95 degrees with 75 percent humidity. Though according to Emily, the temperature would often be cranked up even higher — and trainers were forced to do “multiple”classes in the “unsafe” environments:

“Sometimes the temperature [would get really high]. When I walked into that room I got a heat rash immediately and I started to feel really nauseous. There were a lot of moments like that. Letting the heat get that high is super, super dangerous. I said something to management several times. At times it would get very scary with the heat in there.”

Emily was eventually fired after clients allegedly told Tracy she was complaining about working for her — something she disputes. (Though she’s certainly badmouthing Tracy now!) The real reason she believes she was canned was due to her age:

“I’ve seen Tracy get rid of people when she thinks they’re ‘washed up and old.’ I just turned 34, in her world that’s old. I was trying to do less physical work and I wanted more opportunity in the company to do other work so I could still make money and support myself and not kill my body every day.”

That’s insane! Especially considering Tracy is 50!

Michelle Obama got candid about why keeping her and husband Barack Obama’s daughters Malia Obama and Sasha Obama out of tabloids during his presidency was especially hard when they were teenagers. 

Michelle Obama had to take extra care when her kids were becoming adults. 

The former first lady of the United States revealed that keeping her and husband Barack Obama‘s daughters Malia Obama, 26, and Sasha Obama, 23, out of the tabloids during his presidency became especially challenging when they entered their teenage years. 

“That was a lot of work,” Michelle told Kelly Ripa during an April 29 appearance on SiriusXM’s Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa, “and it got harder as they got older.”

For the 61-year-old, it was normal for Malia and Sasha—who were 10 and 7, respectively, when Barack took office in 2008—to dive into new experiences as they grew up, but she knew the public might not see it that way. 

“They had to drive and they had to go to prom and they were on teams and they traveled to other schools and they had to do college searches, and they went to parties and they had drinks, and they tried out smoking and they did all the things,” Michelle recalled, “and every weekend was a nightmare, because we had to work to make sure that them being regular teenagers didn’t wind up on Page Six.”

Emphasizing that keeping their experimentation out of the spotlight was “a lot of work,” she noted that the period required “a lot of intentionality.” 

“When your kids are under the security of the Secret Service, you almost have to work twice as hard to make their life normal,” Michelle continued. “Imagine setting up the first play date or the first time the kids get invited to a play date. The process of having my children at your house meant that an advanced team had to come and question and search your house and ask if you had drugs and guns.”

Malia Obama, Sasha Obama, Michelle Obama

But now that they’re independent adults, Michelle has a new mission when it comes to raising her daughters: making sure they can handle the pressure that comes with their dad being a former president.

“We call that the Obama tax for them,” she quipped. “You’ll have it the rest of your life, but you also have a lot of benefits.”

Michelle continued, “I’m trying to make this feel normal to them, because you don’t want them to start thinking, number one, they’re full of themselves, that any of this is about them and that their job is to go about their lives.”

She added of the mindset she wants them to have, “This world is not about you. This is just your dad’s job.”

For more times Michelle shared her sage wisdom, keep reading. 

Michelle Obama

On Not Being Afraid to Fail


“Do not be afraid to fail because that often times is the thing that keeps us as women and girls back,” Michelle Obama said while speaking with students on International Day of the Girl in 2016. “Because we think we have to be right. We think we have to be perfect. We think that we can’t stumble. And the only way you succeed in life, the only way you learn, is by failing. It’s not the failure; it’s what you do after you fail.”

Michelle Obama

On Embracing New Experiences

Asked by Meghan Markle the advice she gives daughters Malia Obama and Sasha Obama, the former first lady explained, “Don’t just check the boxes you think you’re supposed to check…I tell them that I hope they’ll keep trying on new experiences until they find what feels right.”

“And what felt right yesterday might not necessarily feel right today,” she continued in their conversation for British Vogue. “That’s OK—it’s good, even. When I was in college, I thought I wanted to be a lawyer because it sounded like a job for good, respectable people. It took me a few years to listen to my intuition and find a path that fit better for who I was, inside and out.”

Michelle Obama

On Finding Your Passion

Job titles shouldn’t matter. “What I learned was none of that has to do necessarily with who I am,” Obama said in a 2018 panel with Penguins Books U.K., “not what I want to be.”

Instead, Obama encourages you to think big: What do you care about, how do you want to invest your time, what brings your joy and what makes your sad?

“We don’t teach that in school,” she continued, “but I learned to try and find that for me and turn that passion into my career.” 

Once she did that, her life changed for the best. Why? “Because I started asking myself that one simple question: Not what did I want to be, but who did I want to be?” she said, later adding,”If you’re starting to think, what kind of work will bring you joy? Because if you find that, you’re going to do well at it and everything else will fall into place. And it did for me.”

Michelle Obama

On Working Hard for Your Dreams

Barack [Obama] and I were raised with so many of the same values: like, you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond; that you do what you say you’re going to do; that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don’t know them and even if you don’t agree with them,” she said at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. “And Barack and I set out to build lives guided by these values and to pass them on to the next generation. Because we want our children—and all children in this nation—to know that the only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them.”

ESC: Michelle Obama

On Confidence

In her 2018 memoir Becoming, Obama wrote about a call-and-response she’d learned in high school. “Confidence, I’d learned then, sometimes needs to be called from within,” she noted. “I’ve repeated the same words to myself many times now, through many climbs: ‘Am I good enough? Yes I am.'”

ESC: Michelle Obama

On Rising Above Negativity

“When someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you don’t stoop to their level,” Obama said during her speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. “No, our motto is when they go low, we go high.”

Michelle Obama

On Expectations

While giving her 2015 Tuskegee University commencement address, she said, “I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values—and follow my own moral compass—then the only expectations I need to live up to are my own.”

First Lady Michelle Obama Inaugural Ball Gown

On Using Your Voice

“There’s power in allowing yourself to be known and heard in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice,” she wrote at the end of Becoming. “And there’s grace in being willing to know and hear others. This, for me, is how we become.”

On Staying True to Yourself

“One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals,” Obama said during a 2008 interview with Marie Claire. “And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.”

Michelle Obama

On Driving Change

“You may not always have a comfortable life. And you will not always be able to solve all the world’s problems all at once,” Obama said during her 2011 keynote address at the Young African Women Leaders Forum. “But don’t ever underestimate the impact you can have, because history has shown us that courage can be contagious, and hope can take on a life of its own.”

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are still going strong despite socializing with different friend groups recently.

“They’re still so in love and enjoying spending time with their friends and each other during the offseason,” a source tells Page Six exclusively. “There’s no trouble at all.”

Some fans speculated about the power couple’s relationship status after Kelce, 35, was spotted out without Swift, also 35, multiple times in recent weeks, including at a guys’ night out with his brother, Jason Kelce, and Justin Timberlake in Las Vegas last week.

They also wondered whether the Kansas City Chiefs tight end unfollowing Ryan Reynolds on Instagram — which Page Six exclusively confirmed was intentional — also meant that he was distancing himself from Swift’s friends, given the “Deadpool” star, 48, is married to Blake Lively.

Taylor Swift hugging Travis Kelce.

There’s “no trouble at all” in Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.

“They’re still so in love and enjoying spending time with their friends and each other,” the source adds.

One social media user wrote, “taylor and travis break up proof: *havent been together in over a month *travis spends all his free time in Miami or Vegas *taylor entire family flew to her in NYC for easter *travis unfollowed ryan, one of Taylor’s closest friends.”

Another added, “Last sighting of Taylor Swift Travis kelce together was March its end of April Travis has Been in Florida and now vegas partying crazy if you think they are still together Travis unfollowing Ryan Reynolds too like come on.”

Another source tells us Swift secretly got her fix of quality girl time — across the country from where her NFL star beau was — at Gigi Hadid’s 30th birthday party in New York City over the weekend.

Travis Kelce.

Some fans were concerned about whether Kelce and Swift broke up after he was seen in Las Vegas without her.

Travis Kelce, Jason Kelce and Justin Timberlake.

The NFL star recently partied with his brother, Jason Kelce, and Justin Timberlake.

Travis Kelce golfing.

He was also seen attending a golfing event.

The “Lover” singer was not seen in any paparazzi shots from the outing, but the second source says she went into Le Chalet via the garage. An eyewitness also spotted her bodyguard there.

Reps for Swift and Travis could not be immediately reached for comment.

The separate outings come after the couple spent several weeks together “reconnecting” on a romantic vacation at an undisclosed location.

In March, the Grammy winner and the Super Bowl champ also spent quality time on a secret snowy getaway in Montana, where they enjoyed “taking a break from the public eye.”

Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid holding hands in NYC.

Meanwhile, a second source tells us Swift secretly attended Gigi Hadid’s birthday in New York City.

Taylor Swift.

We’re told the pop superstar was able to lay low because she went into the venue via the garage.

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift holding hands.

Travis and Swift, who have been dating since 2023, are still going strong.

“There were many times I wondered if I’d ever recover,” the supermodel, 71, writes in her new memoir ‘Uptown Girl’ of the scandalous split from her fourth husband

“It was the most tortured relationship I’ve ever had,” writes Christie Brinkley of her fourth marriage to architect Peter Cook. 

For years, the 71-year-old supermodel has said very little about what happened after she learned Cook was having an affair in 2006, leading to their scandalous split after eight years of marriage. The divorce and drawn-out custody battle over their daughter, Sailor, and Jack (her son whom he’d adopted) created endless headlines. But in her powerful new memoir, Uptown Girl, out today, Brinkley reveals much more, including how she first learned of his affair. 

It was 2006 and she was giving a graduation speech at a local high school in the Hamptons, when Brinkley was approached by a man she’d never seen before. 

“Excuse me,” he said softly. “I need to tell you that arrogant husband of yours has been having an affair with my teenage daughter.”

Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook

“I was so stunned that I froze,” she writes. She looked into the audience where Cook was sitting with Jack  “As soon as I saw him,” she continues, “Peter’s eyes were already trained on my face, as he began shaking his head, ‘No.’”

“When your whole world falls apart and you realize in a heartbeat you’ve suddenly become the cliche middle-aged woman whose husband is having an affair with a much (much) younger woman, what do you do?” she writes.

Christie Brinkley leaving court on July 7, 2008

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She began by finding strength in her female friends, two of whom later urged Brinkley to search their family computer for more information. One night, they came over to help — a scene, which she describes as something out of Charlie’s Angels

There, she found a “labyrinth” of files. “A panoply of incriminating photos and porn accounts populated the screen like fireworks, and before I knew it, my printer was shooting [beaver shots] out into the room,” she writes. “It was so insane that it was almost funny and soon enough, the three of us were doubled over in laughter, as printouts of girls in X-rated poses began piling up on the floor faster than trash outside a greasy takeaway.”

Brinkley and Cook’s ensuing split ended up in a six-year court battle. “I kept saying I don’t understand what good was a prenup?” she says, looking back. “It was exhausting and scary because I always lived in fear of them taking my kids because that was the constant threat and a terrifying thing to live with. I got a prenup so I didn’t have to go through all this but still did. It was mind boggling and it was hard to write about.” 

For years, she says, “I didn’t say anything to anybody. But one day when I came out of the courtroom I said, ‘Google a narcissist.’ The letters started pouring in and I had so many women saying ‘Thank you. I realize other women are going through it. I’m not alone.’”

Christie Brinkley in Jan. 2025

And today, she looks back with gratitude for what the experience brought her. Namely, her three children. “There were many times when I wondered if I would ever recover,” she writes in her book. “Whenever I felt this, I stopped, looked inward and counted my blessings, which was a long list that always started with Alexa Ray, Jack, and Sailor.”

Now grown, Alexa Ray, 39, Jack, 29, and Sailor, 26, have supported her newfound candor. Reflects Brinkley, “They said it’s your story to tell, so tell it.“ 

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