Posted on Tue Apr 16th, 2019 8:50am PDT By
X17 Staff
After almost a week since Wendy Williams filed for divorce from husband of 22 years Kevin Hunter, her estranged hubby has broken his silence.
Accused of keeping a mistress the past few years and even fathering a child with Sharina Hudson, Hunter is telling the world his side of the story -- and it's a mea culpa:
"28 years ago I met an amazing woman: Wendy Williams. At the time, I didn’t realize that she would not only become my wife, but would also change the face of entertainment and the world. I have dedicated most of our lives to the business empire that is Wendy Williams Hunter, a person that I truly love and respect unconditionally. I am not proud of my recent actions and take full accountability and apologize to my wife, my family and her amazing fans. I am going through a time of self-reflection and am trying to right some wrongs. No matter what the outcome is or what the future holds, we are still The Hunter Family and I will continue to work with and fully support my wife in this business and through any and all obstacles she may face living her new life of sobriety, while I also work on mine. I ask that you please give me and my family privacy as we heal. Thank you.â€
Wendy filed for divorce last Wednesday, April 10. The couple share an 18-year-old son Kevin, Jr. Wendy announced on her show Monday she'll be moving out of the sober house where she's been living for more than a month. She told her fans: "I have to tell you, you know I’ve been dealing with issues with addiction, alcoholism, and I have a whole new life that I plan for myself and my son. It’s one of the best things, honestly, that could have ever happened to me. … Addressing my sobriety, my addiction, head-on, has helped me sort out every single compartment of my life. I have a commitment to me and my son to come out of here better, stronger and faster than ever."
France is determined to rebuild their beloved Notre Dame Cathedral after a devastating fire yesterday and three of the country's richest people have stepped up to offer funding for what promises to be an immense and expensive undertaking.
LVMH Group which owns luxury brands such as its namesake Louis Vuitton, Moet, Hennessy and others like Christian Dior, Givenchy, Dom Perignon, Veuve Clicquot, and Sephora and its CEO Bernard Arnault have committed 200 million Euros to the project. Arnault was just named by Bloomberg as the third-richest person in the world with a net worth of $90.4 billion -- more than that of Warren Buffett or Mark Zuckerberg.
Competing group Kering, led by CEO Francois-Henri Pinault, who is married to Salma Hayek, was the first to pledge assistance with a commitment of 100 million Euros toward the rebuilding of the famed church. Kering owns luxury heritage brands Gucci, Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, and others. Pinault said yesterday in a statement: "This tragedy is striking all the French people, and beyond that, all those attached to spiritual values. Faced with this tragedy, everyone wishes to give life back to this jewel of our heritage as soon as possible."
French oil and gas company Total has also pledged 100 million Euros. The Bettencourt Meyers family, owners of 33% of L'Oreal, have matched Arnault's pledge of 200 million Euros. L'Oreal controls brands like Maybelline, Lancome, Garnier, and Kiehl's. The head of the family, Francoise, is the richest woman in the world with a net worth of $53.5 billion, according to Bloomberg. She inherited her stake in the company from her mother Liliane Bettencourt who died in 2017. She is the granddaughter of the company's founder.
French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to rebuild the site, saying an international fundraising campaign will be launched to fund the restoration. The 850-year-old church is now vulnerable to water damage, as 2/3rds of the roof has collapsed. Even beginning the project could take time because immediate action needs to be taken to prevent further damage, after firefighters battled blazes for nine hours.
In true Kardashian style, Khloe threw an EPIC birthday party for her year-old daughter and she even put her differences with baby daddy Tristan Thompson and invited him to the big blowout. #Mature!
Khloe had her party planners decorate in a multi-colored pastel theme, like an early Easter vibe. There was bunny-rabbit cotton candy, TONS of balloons, colorful parasols, pony rides, bounce houses, and basically anything and everything you can think of that a kid would want at her party!
Khloe did a really cool thing by asking guests not to buy gifts for True but to donate presents to Children's Hospital LA, which is totally awesome.
True's cousins Stormi, North, Chicago and Saint were all there. Nori got really dressed up for the big event, wearing her mom Kim's high heels -- SO CUTE!
And perhaps the cutest detail of the day were the matching mommy-and-me baby blue dresses Khloe and True wore. They looked like beautiful little twins!
Posted on Mon Apr 15th, 2019 11:12am PDT By
X17 Staff
Our hearts are breaking ...
Notre Dame Cathedral is burning. By-standers are screaming and crying, holding their heads in disbelief. It is perhaps the world's favorite monument -- the most-visited historic building in Paris. But beyond that, it is a world treasure -- not just a French monument -- but a relic for the entire world to enjoy and to share in the celebration of engineering, culture, art, religion. And it may be all but gone within the next few hours.
No cause has been released yet but the 12th-century cathedral was undergoing extensive renovations and was covered in scaffolding. Firefighters are battling now, but cinders are raining down on the street and the flames are far from under control.
Stay tuned for updates on this tragic story ...
Notre Dame cathedral in Paris is engulfed in flames. Built in the 1100s it has withstood everything except Renovation pic.twitter.com/oGYXcADiJC
Posted on Mon Apr 15th, 2019 11:00am PDT By
X17 Staff
Awkward! Kendall Jenner and Jordyn Woods had an uncomfortable run-in at Coachella this weekend, according to a report. Both were invited to the Bootsy Bellows party presented by McDonald’s & PacSun on Saturday and the stare-down was real, y'all.
Kendall was hanging with pal Hailey Baldwin at a pool cabana right next to Jordyn and her mom Elizabeth and family BFF Jaden Smith.
"Hailey and Kendall saw Jordyn and both gave her a stare. Jordyn was visibly uncomfortable by their reaction. As Jordyn was sitting, her and her mom were in a bit of an argument and she told her mom, ‘I don’t want to discuss this right now,'" a source told Us Weekly.
Apparently that threw Jordyn off so she high-tailed it outta there, telling people just that she was "ready to leave."
Woods previously jumped up on stage during Smith's performance, so she's clearly getting back in the saddle and regaining her confidence following the cheating scandal with Khloe Kardashian's baby daddy Tristan Thompson that estranged her from BFF Kylie Jenner and the entire Kar-Jenner clan.
The source tells Us once Jordyn left the party, Kendall and Hailey were "a lot more social." Gee, the mood seems to lighten once the pariah's out of the picture! Party on, ladies!
Posted on Mon Apr 15th, 2019 9:44am PDT By
X17 Staff
She's got high-priced lawyers as part of her super-power legal team so Lori Loughlin MUST know what she's doing pleading not guilty to various charges against her in the headline-making college admissions scandal that alleges Lori's guilty of paying half a million dollars to get her daughters into USC.
Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli both pleaded not guilty to fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges in court papers filed today and they requested to waive their right to appear when their attorneys enter please for the new money laundering charges that were brought against them April 9.
Loughlin, 54, and Gianulli, 55, both face up to 20 years in prison for paying off a college "advisor" to fudge their daughters' test scores and put them on the recruit list for the USC crew team. Daughter Olivia Jade, 19, a well-known YouTuber, has lost all of her sponsorships and has left school, as has her sister Bella, 20, since the scandal broke.
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Do you think Lori Loughlin will avoid jail time for the college admissions fraud charges?
No way -- she's goin' to the clink!
Of course! Her high-priced lawyers will get her off.
Posted on Mon Apr 15th, 2019 9:14am PDT By
X17 Staff
While Justin and Hailey were partying at Coachella, we snapped these exclusive pix of an intruder being arrested at the couple's new Beverly Hills mansion!
Mr. and Mrs. Bieber attended the Bootsy Bellows Pool Party Presented by McDonald’s & PacSun, taking in a night-time concert with friends like Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner, Jaden Smith, and Wiz Khalifa.
But back to Beverly Hills ... around noon on Sunday, we spotted a young woman snooping around outside Bieber's house and immediately after our photographer spotted her, police rolled up and arrested her. She was wearing pajama-like clothes and appeared to have two hospital bracelets around her left wrist. She was calm and went willingly with police. Yikes!
Posted on Mon Apr 15th, 2019 6:44am PDT By
X17 Staff
It was a loooooong weekend at Coachella and the music festival was HOT, as always!
We spotted plenty of A-list concert-goers out in the desert like YouTubers Jake and Logan Paul, supermodels Kaia Gerber and Winnie Harlow, One D'er Liam Payne, and of course Wiz Khalifa with a huge bag 'o weed!
Check out our massive gallery below and these videos to see what all y'all are missing out on at the world's best music festival in Coachella Valley!
