Beyonce's sister Solange Knowles just announced that she's been diagnosed with an autonomic nerve disorder, and that her condition makes her unable to perform at Afropunk Festival in South Africa on New Year's Eve.
"The past five months I have been quietly treating, and working through an Autonomic Disorder. It been a journey that hasn’t been easy on me... Sometimes I feel cool, and other times not so cool at all. It’s a complicated diagnoses , and I’m still learning so much myself, but right now, my doctors are not clearing me for such an extended lengthy flight, and doing a rigorous show right after," she wrote on Instagram.
"I can’t put into words how saddened and sorry I am that I am unable to perform for you guys this NYE, there is simply no other place I wanted to be than there with my family to bring in 2018 with you.......but I give you my ABSOLUTE WORD I will come back with AfroPunk and deliver this performance.....as it is so extremely important to me to connect with the people who have so closely inspired me in so many ways," she continued.
"I can’t thank Afro Punk enough for their support, and to all of the other festivals this past summer/fall who have known about my health, kept it confidential, and gone out of their way to make me feel supported while doing these shows. As a part of the self care that I’ve tried to encourage this past year, it needs to start with myself, and I’m looking forward to doing a better job of this 2018. This past year has been one of the most fulfilling of my life...Performing this record and experiencing the energy exchange with you guys has been astounding, and I’m so excited about continuing to do the work I feel so absolutely humbled and appreciative to be doing next year. It gives me life," she concluded.
Posted on Wed Dec 27th, 2017 12:55pm PDT By
X17 Staff
The former stripper doesn't stand a chance against their lawyers!
Kim, Kris, and Rob's legal team has filed documents to get Blac Chyna's lawsuit against them dismissed, and they're basically saying that BC is blaming them for all her own bad decisions, TMZ reports.
Chyna claims they deliberately sabotaged her reality show Rob & Chyna, thus threatening her income, and their influence led to E! not picking it up for another season. They say the reason it was canceled was because Chyna ran to court and got a restraining order against Rob, thereby making it impossible for the former couple to film together.
As for the video vixen's defamation claims, they say everything they accused her of is true, including an instance where she left daughter Dream at home to go out and party.
Rob doesn't seem to be too worried about his ex's mission to bring him down, as he looked carefree while celebrating Christmas with Khloe and the rest of his famous fam.
Posted on Wed Dec 27th, 2017 12:10pm PDT By
X17 Staff
WTF is going on?!
Cardi B and fiance Offset appeared to be having sex on Instagram Live yesterday, but we guess our eyes were deceiving us. The "Bodak Yellow" songstress looked like she was having "doggy style" intercourse with the rapper on camera, but she says they were just joking around.
“I was fully clothes on live, I was not f–kin on live! Yaaa can’t be that slow," she wrote on her Instagram story after the outrage ensued. The only reason to put something like this on the Internet is to get people talking about you, and it's shameful!
Offset was accused of cheating on Cardi recently, when a hacked video of what appeared to be him and another naked woman got published. The clip is said to have been recorded in September, after someone accessed his iCloud account.
Posted on Wed Dec 27th, 2017 11:10am PDT By
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New couple alert!
Laura Dern is dating NBA star Baron Davis, and the two were recently photographed kissing after a cozy lunch date at the Beverly Hills hotel. Oh la la!
"They were talking, laughing and having a great time, but [Dern] was trying to remain incognito. They were kissing and touching and were all over each other," a source dished to Us Weekly about the outing.
An eyewitness said the pair looked "infatuated with each other" and "very much like a new couple in love."
The Big Little Lies star split from Ben Harper in 2013 after eight years of marriage, and Davis' wife of three years Isabella Brewster filed for divorce this past June.
The actress is 12 years older than her new man, so add her to the list of Hollywood's hottest cougars!
Posted on Wed Dec 27th, 2017 10:20am PDT By
X17 Staff
Is she getting ready to be single again?
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux reportedly had a blowout fight over the holidays, and now their marriage is hanging by a thread, Radar reports.
"It was a stupid argument - the kind of disagreement most couples have. But this time things spiraled out of control, and Jen flipped out. She came at Justin really hard. It was a tongue lashing of epic proportions! It was best for both of them that Justin removed himself from the situation before it became physical," a source dished to the outlet.
The Leftovers actor allegedly retreated to the Beverly Hills hotel for a couple of days, but the distance didn't do much to calm the tensions, and now pals say a divorce is "inevitable."
"Justin's told people that Jen went too far and he's not going back. It's been one tense disagreement after another. The word is they called off their annual tree-trimming party because they can't show the united front they've shown in the past. Right now there's more friction than trust between Justin and Jen. It'll end badly if they don't solve their problems quickly," the source added.
Not true, says Us Weekly! Despite not being under the same roof as they have filmed different projects over the past couple months, there is no trouble in paradise for the pair.
"She prefers L.A. He has a fondness for New York, but they knew that about each other from the beginning and decided it wasn’t an issue. It doesn’t mean they’re splitting up. They are both independent people and don’t spend every minute together. But there is a ton of love and laughter between them. They don’t let all speculation get to them," another source told the mag.
Can you imagine if it worked out that Jen got back together with Brad Pitt?! The world would freak out!
Posted on Wed Dec 27th, 2017 9:40am PDT By
X17 Staff
We're surprised there wasn't a brawl!
Kourtney Kardashian's ex Scott Disick and her current boy toy Younes Bendjima both attended Kris Jenner's annual blowout Christmas bash, and shockingly there wasn't any drama that ensued... that we heard of, anyway.
Apparently, the K sisters felt that the The Lord had a right to be there as they still consider him part of the family, but Kourt also wanted her model beau by her side, so they just threw caution to the wind and put them both on the list.
One person that didn't score an invite? LD's girlfriend Sofia Richie!
"Sofia was hurt and bothered that Kourtney [Kardashian] told Scott he couldn’t invite her to the family’s Christmas Eve party. She really felt ostracized and dissed by the entire family," a source dished to Hollywood Life.
"He definitely thinks Kourtney was being a hypocrite by bringing Younes and slighting Sofia in the process and wants the same human respect that he gave to Younes to be reciprocated to Sofia,†the source added.
Kourt and the Algerian model didn't seem too worried about the big run-in with her baby daddy when we caught them grabbing lunch in Malibu the day before the festivities. Maybe she really has moved on?
Rihanna took to Instagram yesterday to mourn the loss of her cousin, who was shot and killed in her native Barbados just one day after they celebrated Christmas together.
"RIP cousin... can't believe it was just last night that I held you in my arms! never thought that would be the last time I felt the warmth in your body!!! Love you always man! 😢ðŸ™ðŸ¿â¤ #endgunviolence," she captioned a series of photos of the two of them together.
Riri's relative Tavon Alleyne was just 21-years-old, and was shot several times by an unidentified man while walking through the St. Michael area of the island. Cops still haven't apprehended the shooter, and a motive for the murder is still unclear.
Posted on Wed Dec 27th, 2017 8:10am PDT By
X17 Staff
So she was there!
A lot of people assumed that Kylie Jenner skipped mom Kris Jenner's big annual Christmas party, but Khloe provided proof that she attended by posting a photo booth pic of the two of them to her Snapchat account. Of course, she cropped it so that neither of their baby bumps were showing, but we're slightly surprised that a party guest didn't snap a pic and sell it to a media outlet for huge cash!
The Life of Kylie star's loyal following were outraged that she didn't reveal her pregnancy on the family Christmas card, but it appears she's sticking to her plan to stay out of the spotlight until well after she gives birth. We wonder why all the secrecy? We think it either means that she's insecure with her changing body, or that things are on the rocks with baby daddy Travis Scott and she'd rather stay off the radar.
She is trying to engage with her fans where she can, though, and posted her new cover of Love magazine, which was shot by sister Kendall and the accompanying interview done by her momager, to Instagram.
This all seems so excessive. She's acting like a royal, and even the royals don't do this!
