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A former CrossFit employee has accused ex-CEO Greg Glassman of mistreating female staffers at the beloved fitness brand that he says was “ruled by fear.” Ex-Navy Seal Andy Stumpf detailed the allegations days after Glassman resigned amid a controversy over his inflammatory comments about the police killing of George Floyd On a podcast released Friday, …
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5 Seconds of Summer guitarist Michael Clifford is apologizing for past sexist and homophobic tweets that have recently resurfaced online. “hi. I am so f—king sorry for all the dumb s—t I did when I was younger,” Clifford, 24, tweeted on Saturday. “I am a different person now with a much better understanding of the …
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J.K. Rowling’s first husband admitted to slapping her but denied “sustained abuse” in response to the author’s recent essay where she called her first marriage “violent.” “Yes. It is true I slapped her. But I didn’t abuse her,” Jorge Arantes, 52, told The Sun on Wednesday night. Arantes, who according to the outlet is a …
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Alison Roman is lending her voice in support of Bon Appétit BIPOC staffers, weeks after making controversial comments about Chrissy Teigen and Marie Kondo. The 34-year-old food columnist, who used to work for Bon Appétit, spoke up against the company’s biases and defended her former colleagues after Adam Rapoport, the magazine’s editor-in-chief, resigned over a …
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“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling has thrown herself into the goblet of fire once again after publishing a personal essay that details — and doubles down on — her controversial views on transgender issues. The lengthy explainer posted Wednesday on her website comes just after the author was lambasted online for a series of tweets …
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Matt Lauer is angling for a “big TV interview” to be the next step in his return to the public eye. After popping back into the news with a controversial op-ed deriding Ronan Farrow’s reportage in his bombshell book “Catch and Kill” — and getting a new tattoo — Lauer is “talking about doing a …
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The Duchess of Sussex has spoken out about racism after the death of George Floyd, apologising to students of her former high school that they are having to “grow up in a world where it is still present”. Meghan described the 46-year-old’s death in Minneapolis as “absolutely devastating” in her recorded video address for their …
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Woody Allen ripped his estranged son Ronan Farrow’s “shoddy” journalism in light of a recent report calling the Pulitzer Prize-winner’s reporting into question. Allen made the comments in an interview with the UK’s Telegraph on Friday. “Up until a couple of days ago I would have said ‘Gee, this is great, he’s done some good …
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A judge Friday denied R. Kelly‘s bid to dismiss two counts of his Brooklyn federal indictment — including one that stems from allegations the R&B singer gave a woman herpes. The indictment alleges that Kelly, 53, transported one of his victims across state lines to engage in sexual activity in violation of a 1943 New …
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The Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative advocacy group, announced on Friday the launch of an ad campaign casting prominent Democrats as hypocrites for their reaction to the sexual assault allegation leveled against Joe Biden. Tara Reade, a former staffer in Biden’s Senate office, has alleged that she was assaulted by Biden in Spring 1993. The …