New York — Keke Palmer can make Jack Whitehall blush.
We’re sitting in the green room at the 92nd Street Y on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, just before Palmer is set to host a live edition of her podcast, “Baby, This Is Keke Palmer,” with Whitehall and their other co-stars from the Peacock series “The ‘Burbs,” premiering Sunday.
In the show, Palmer and Whitehall play Samira and Rob, new parents who move back to Rob’s hometown of Hinkley Hills, a beautiful suburb where Samira immediately suspects something is amiss.
Palmer has kicked off her high heels and tucked her feet under her on the couch where she sits next to Whitehall as I ask them about their chemistry read.
“He was making me — not just me, everybody — laugh,” she remembers. “It was like, yeah, I can see how you fall in love with this guy because he’s just so funny and he’s so sweet. It’s so true, Jack. Seriously.”
Whitehall’s face turns red, which I point out. He admits that’s the case through giggles. Palmer interjects, “He knows how I feel. That’s my boo.”
“The ‘Burbs” reimagines the 1989 Joe Dante movie starring Tom Hanks for a modern era. In the original, Hanks’ character is driven to madness, imagining that his neighbors in the creepy house across the street might be murderers.
Jack Whitehall as Rob and Keke Palmer as Samira in “The ‘Burbs,” a series that reimagines Joe Dante’s 1989 film.
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Developed by Celeste Hughey, this version puts Palmer’s Samira, a lawyer on maternity leave, at the center. Though initially ill at ease among the carefully manicured lawns, she develops a fast friendship with a group of gossipy wine guzzlers on her block (played by Julia Duffy, Paula Pell and Mark Proksch). When a creepy man (Justin Kirk) moves into the dilapidated Victorian mansion across the street, she starts to wonder whether it has something to do with the disappearance of a teenage girl years ago. And then she starts to ponder how Rob might be involved. Is it a case of paranoia thanks to new motherhood? Or is there something really amiss in this paradise?
Initially, Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment, which made the original, and Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door Productions had teamed up to do a new film version of “The ‘Burbs.” During the COVID-19 pandemic, MacFarlane thought that the title might make sense for the “dark, humorous, creepy vibes of our shared fear inside our own communities,” Fuzzy Door president and show executive producer Erica Huggins explains in a phone interview. After it was reconceived as a series, they reached out to Hughey.
“When I thought about it for a modern take, I really wanted to center an outsider,” Hughey says, adding, “I grew up in Boston, a very white suburb, as a mixed kid; I wanted to center it on a Black woman who has a new baby, a new husband, in a new neighborhood kind of unwillingly and seeing it through her eyes.”
Palmer was always who Hughey wanted to play Samira, and Grazer had the same idea.
Keke Palmer says she was attracted to the idea of playing a mom having experienced the realities of being a new mom herself.
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“She’s so versatile,” Grazer says, adding she could be “really funny and really pretty and she could be the average person. Like, you could live through her and that’s a big thing. What was so great about Tom Hanks is you could live through him.”
It turns out the timing was perfect. Palmer wasn’t all that familiar with the 1989 version, but she identified with Hughey’s vision, especially given that her son, Leo, was around 1 year old at the time.
“Thinking about playing a mom and now being a mom and also being able to use horror and comedy to play with the realities of what it feels like to be a new mom all felt very exciting to me,” she says.
Once Palmer signed on, Hughey and her team needed to find someone to match her infectious energy. Hughey says she imagined Rob as a “fully supportive partner” whose childhood guilt is putting a wedge in their marriage. She and her collaborators landed on Whitehall, a British stand-up comedian who has had stints in blockbusters like 2021’s “Jungle Cruise.”
Whitehall flew into Atlanta from the U.K. to meet Palmer, who was shooting the upcoming Boots Riley film “I Love Boosters.” He tells me he has had bad experiences coming to the U.S. to read with potential co-stars before, but Palmer immediately put him at ease.
“I think I’m just genuinely curious, trying to get to know him, because at the end of the day we’re going to be together every single day and we’re going to be making out and kissing and hugging,” she says. “We gotta be married. Is this my Desi? Am I his Lucy?”
Jack Whitehall, who is also a parent, says he found elements of the script relatable.
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Whitehall also understood the nuances of the part because he had a young child as well. His daughter Elsie is now 2 and a half. (Leo is about to turn 3 when we speak.)
“So many elements of the script were really relatable, with the character of Rob and the slight guilt that he has that he’s going back to work and his wife is feeling trapped and wanting to be a protector and to be helpful, but then also not not quite knowing where his place is and how he can be sort of useful and caring,” Whitehall says.
For Palmer, portraying Samira’s unease wasn’t just about highlighting the disconnect between her and Rob, it was also about portraying the specific fears of living in a postpartum state.
“You’re always kind of having this anxiety,” she says. “And I don’t want to say it’s disproportionate, but to a certain degree it is. You’re constantly filtering out, is this real danger? You are kind of constantly gaslighting yourself.”
Throughout the eight-episode season, which ends on a major cliffhanger, “The ‘Burbs” is always trying to make its audience question what is really going on. That specifically relates to Rob, who is keeping a lot of secrets that may or may not be nefarious. It’s an aspect of the character that attracted Whitehall, though he notes, “I think at one point in this series the finger is pointed at literally every single member of our cast.”
“The ‘Burbs” sets out to subvert expectations, and that also applies to the way it deals with Samira’s race.
“It was really important to me that we didn’t make it a cliché,” says Palmer, who is also an executive producer. “It’s expected that we play up the ‘Get Out’ aspect. So I think it was about not being untrue to that reality and how that plays a role in the story but to talk about the bigger thing where it’s really just about being a fish out of water.”
Samira finds a true community among the other neighborhood oddballs, which is true to Palmer’s experience of growing up in Robbins, Ill., outside of Chicago. Whitehall, meanwhile, says he grew up in the “British equivalent of Hinkley Hills” in a town called Putney, on the outskirts of London.
“It was just full of very proper people, but very judgmental, and there were secrets on the street,” he says. “There was scandal as well.”
During our interview it’s clear that Palmer and Whitehall have an easy rapport. They go on tangents about Palmer introducing Whitehall to the 1997 film “Soul Food,” which Whitehall proceeded to reference on set. Palmer grabs Whitehall in exuberance as they speak. While they have different styles of deliveries, their senses of humor are the same, according to Palmer. And they figured out how to make everything click in the show.
“I think we found our timing together and we let each other have our moments,” Palmer says. “Like very telepathic. Like, ‘Time for the bit.’ We can feel each other’s pacing. I guess we just really work well together.”
OLIVIA ATTWOOD has shared a cryptic post about the ‘price of staying where you are’ after her shock split from her husband Bradley Dack.
It was revealed two weeks ago that the husband and wife had split following a “breach of trust” on his part.
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Olivia Attwood has shared a cryptic quote as she navigates her split from husband Bradley DackCredit: GettyThe couple split up last month following a “breach of trust” on his endCredit: Olivia Attwood / Instagram
She’s since moved out of their marital home and moved into her own apartment.
The Loose Women star took to her Instagram stories this evening to repost a cryptic message from a quotes account.
It read: “If you’re worried about the cost of going for it you should see the price of staying exactly where you are.”
She’s been sharing a lot of quotes recently as she deals with the breakdown of her marriage to the footballer.
She’d been on a high after a “blissful” trip to the City of Love in the first week of January and felt surer than ever the marriage was back on track.
A source close to Olivia said: “Olivia’s been so open about their marriage struggles and everything she said on This Morning this month, and on her podcast, is true.
“She thought things were genuinely back on track and that Paris was a perfect break, it was blissful.
“She and Brad had proper, quality time together and they laughed and enjoyed each other like before.
“So to get back and discover he had breached her trust was a bolt from the blue.”
Olivia posted about moving house in December, and fans have speculated the couple actually secretly split months ago.
They had in fact sold their home in Cheshire to relocate closer to footballer Bradley’s club Gillingham FC and Oliva’s work in London.
But now they’ll look to sell up again as Olivia prepares to tackle life alone.
The source added: “Olivia, as always, has an incredibly busy time ahead with work, with Getting Filthy Rich series four on air and the launch of her new ITV2 show The Heat coming soon.”
Olivia has unfollowed her husband on social media after news of their split was revealed by The Sun.
Olivia and Bradley weathered a rocky 2025 during which they faced constant divorce rumours.
“There are ups and downs, there are things on his side which haven’t been great, there’s a mix of things,” she said in an interview last year.
“I have f***ed up and done stuff, Brad has f***ed up.”
Olivia also recalled the past year on her podcast Olivia’s House.
She said: “At the end of the day marriage is really f***ing hard. The rumour mill was in full swing. We really weren’t getting on very well.”
The pair first met and dated prior to her Love Island stint and ended up reconnecting after her split with Chris Hughes.
They got engaged in 2019 and after having to cancel their wedding plans due to coronavirus, they finally tied the knot in a ceremony at the Bulgari Hotel in June 2023.
She’s moved out of the marital home and into her own apartmentCredit: InstagramThe pair got married in June 2023Credit: Instagram
WILMINGTON, Del. — The first husband of former First Lady Jill Biden has been charged in the killing of his wife at their Delaware home in late December, authorities announced in a news release Tuesday.
William Stevenson, 77, of Wilmington was married to Jill Biden from 1970 to 1975.
Caroline Harrison, the Delaware attorney general’s spokesperson, confirmed in a phone call that Stevenson is the former husband of Jill Biden.
Jill Biden declined to comment, according to an emailed response from a spokesperson at the former president and first lady’s office.
Stevenson remains in jail after failing to post $500,000 bail after his arrest Monday on first-degree murder charges. He is charged with killing Linda Stevenson, 64, on Dec. 28.
Police were called to the home for a reported domestic dispute after 11 p.m. and found a woman unresponsive in the living room, according to a prior news release. Lifesaving measures were unsuccessful.
She ran a bookkeeping business and was described as a family-oriented mother and grandmother and a Philadelphia Eagles fan, according to her obituary, which does not mention her husband.
Stevenson was charged in a grand jury indictment after a weekslong investigation by detectives in the Delaware Department of Justice.
It was not immediately clear if Stevenson has a lawyer. He founded a popular music venue in Newark called the Stone Balloon in the early 1970s.
Jill Biden married U.S. Sen. Joe Biden in 1977. He served as U.S. president from January 2021 to January 2025.
Lee and Alana got engaged last September – just months before he proposed to Katie Price in exactly the same wayCredit: Click News and MediaAlana has been speaking out about her experience with LeeCredit: InstagramShe has now accused him of sending her a very vile emailCredit: Instagram
Fitness enthusiast Alana has been speaking out about her experience with Lee, with her now seemingly sharing a vile email he sent her ‘wishing her dead’.
Alana, 32, took to Instagram to share the correspondence she allegedly received from Lee.
In an Instagram post, Alana said: “Also anyone who knows me will know that I went through a really tough time with someone that was not only my partner but also my best friend that sadly took his own life when we were younger.
“This impacted me so massively I was in hospital for a whole of my life and had a huge impact on my mental state and health and still does,” she explained.
Alana continued: “This is something I told Lee Andrews out of confidence about what I had been through and he sent me this email, along with many more, wishing me dead.”
In the screen grab of the email, Lee allegedly said: “Now go join Carl in the fucking ground where you both belong!”
Also on her Instagram page, Alana shared another slew of accusations.
She said: “It makes me so sad when I look at this all now and I realise how much Lee put me through and how many people I cut off and ignored when I should have listened!!”
Alana then proceeded to share an extensive list of “things I felt throughout” her relationship with Lee.
The list was long and included “financial abuse” as well as “controlling behaviour” and “constant lies to maintain dominance”.
Speaking to The Sun last week in an exclusive interview, Alana issued a stark warning to Lee’s new wife Katie.
“Once I tried to leave him, he told me had a heart condition and was living on borrowed time.
“Lee doesn’t know what’s fact and what’s fiction.
“It’s worrying because I think he believes his own lies.”
Also in the exclusive chat, Alana said Lee showered her with gifts, and she recognises the significance of Katie and Andrews’ matching 11:11 handtattoos.
She said: “I’ve never had someone basically tell me that they love me the way he does.
“That 11:11 thing with Katie, that was our thing. He’d ring me at 11:11, he even bought a horse I called 11:11. He puts 100 per cent effort into you. He bought me Cartier bangles, Cartier rings, and clothes.
“He sent a Louis Vuitton handbag to my office. He would transfer me cash — £5,000, £2,000, it was a lot.”
Katie got married to Lee last monthCredit: wesleeeandrews/InstagramHe proposed to Katie in an identical way as he did to AlanaCredit: Click News and Media
Millie Mackintosh was back in contact with her ex-husband Professor Green months before she split from Hugo TaylorCredit: Getty – ContributorThe rapper says he and ex-wife Millie bonded over their respective children and both being diagnosed with ADHD in recent yearsCredit: greatcompanypodcast/InstagramIt was reported this week that Millie and Hugo have split after seven years of marriageCredit: Refer to Caption
While it’s been a decade since their split, Professor Green – real name Stephen Manderson – admitted that the pair have recently been in contact.
Appearing on Jamie Laing’s Great Company podcast in October, he dubbed Millie “beautiful” while sharing that the pair have bonded over both being diagnosed with ADHD in recent years.
“It was really recently that we spoke actually about our mutual diagnosis and, you know, our kids,” said the music star, 42.
He added that the pair were toxic for one another at the time of their marriage, describing it as a “trauma bond”.
Back in October, a source told The Sun that Millie and her ex were on good terms, sharing: “They have started speaking again, and they are on better terms than they have been in a decade.
“Both being parents has played a huge part, and they have both grown up a lot. They have also both given up booze, which was a huge issue when they were together.”
Millie shares two daughters with Hugo; Sienna and Aurelia.
According to the Daily Mail, Millie and Hugo, 39, went their separate ways after a series of discussions in the New Year.
An insider told the publication: “Millie and Hugo are currently going through a separation and have sadly decided to split.
“They have known each other for many years, and in recent weeks, have had serious conversations about their future, ultimately deciding it’s better for them both to part ways.
In October, Professor Green described Millie as ‘beautiful’, almost a decade on from their romanceCredit: greatcompanypodcast/InstagramMillie married Professor Green in 2013 but they split less than three years laterCredit: Getty
“Their main priority remains their children and family life, and separating is not something they ever hoped would happen.
“At present, they are considering what living apart might look like and how they plan to navigate co-parenting their young children.
“It’s been an incredibly difficult start to the year, and one they hope to continue managing in private.”
Millie shares two daughters with her estranged husband HugoCredit: instagram/milliemackintoshThey met as teenagers and were together for years before she met Professor Green, later rekindling thingsCredit: Getty – Contributor
TV star Olivia Attwood has opened up on the surprising Love Islander she’d date after removing her wedding ring and telling pals she’s going to divorce Bradley Dack.
The 34-year-old recently revealed who she would pursue if she was on this season of Love Island All Stars.
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Olivia and Pete discussed who they would pursue on Love Island All StarsCredit: YOUTUBEBradley Dack and Olivia Attwood, 34, recently split after what was called a ‘breach of trust’ on his partCredit: ShutterstockThe TV presenter surprisingly said she would choose to couple up with Curtis PritchardCredit: ITV
Just last week, the presenter addressed her marriage breakdown saying she cries herself to sleep and wants both her and footballer Brad to be happy.
And Pete replied: “Well you know one. Curtis. He’s a big lad, tall. I think you’d be a real power couple.”
Olivia surprisingly agreed, she said: “I would probably go for Curtis.”
Curtis found himself in the limelight after appearing on Love Island series five, but he didn’t stop there returning for Love Island games in 2023 and now this season of All Stars.
While Olivia picked the dancer, Pete was certain he would couple up with Belle Hassan.
Loose Women panellist Olivia also appeared on Love Island back in 2017 on series 3.
Olivia made her mark as she appeared on season 3 of Love IslandCredit: Rex Features
She finished in third place alongside Chris Hughes but they later split as she got back together with her long-time love Bradley Dack, 32.
The Sun previously revealed the split was down to what was called a “breach of trust” on his part.
A source close to the star told us: “Olivia is already talking about divorce because it is feeling very final and over for her.
“She’s worked too hard on her career to let it fall apart because of her relationship going south.”
Olivia was spotted last Friday on Loose Women without her £200,000 engagement ring meanwhile Bradley was snapped leaving football training still wearing his wedding band.
Carpathian/German shepherd mix Lola and rottweiler Stitch, both rescue dogs, are staying with Olivia in South London as they sort out their care.
Olivia was coupled up with Chris Hughes on the show and the pair came third but later split as she got back together with Bradley DackCredit: Rex Features
Lee showed ‘proof’ he’s not banned from leaving DubaiCredit: InstagramHe and Katie tied the knot just days after getting engagedCredit: InstagramLee has faced many shocking claims since marrying KatieCredit: Instagram
But today Lee took to Instagram to address the rumours, sharing a grab allegedly from an app which shows if someone has any travel bans in Dubai.
He said: “Oh guys, I’ve never really been one to explain myself but there’s a lot of fake news going around so I better say something.
“I’m going to share on the next story, after this one, that there is no travel ban, directly from the police UAE application.
“It’s my profile. You can check those statuses, you can check any fines you’ve got, relating to traffic, and also if you’re allowed to travel.
Just days after telling followers he would be travelling to meet his new wife, he said: “I’m waiting for Katie to come out here, love you so much Katie.”
MEL B has put on a sizzling display as she soaked up the sun in a thong bikini as her husband helped her apply sun cream.
The former Spice Girl, 50, and her husband Rory, 37, are enjoying their honeymoon at the luxury five-star Shangri-La Le Touessrok resort in Mauritius.
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Mel B has put on a sizzling display as she soaked up the sun in a thong bikini as her husband helped her apply sun creamCredit: InstagramMel showed off her incredible body as she posed on beach lounger in a tiny thongMel looked stunning in her bikini after a swim in the azure blue seaCredit: Instagram
Mel B took to Instagram with a series of hot snaps from her honeymoon and captioned them: “FINALLY!!!! We Disappeared for January and got lost In each other at a Mauritian magical heaven for our long LONG awaited honeymoon.”
In a cheeky video clip, Rory was seen smiling to the cameras as he rubbed his wife’s bottom with sun cream.
She also shared a cute selfie with her husband as they went out for dinner and dancing.
Another saw the loved up pair share a romantic kiss over dinner as they shared bubbly together.
The Spice Girl, stunned in a gown adorned with dazzling pearl detail around the collar and sleeves and a long flowing veil as she stepped out of the iconic venue in the capital.
Meanwhile Rory looked dapper in a tradition Scottish kilt as he kissed his new wife on the steps of the Cathedral.
The newlyweds then beamed as they headed down the steps and off to their reception in a horse-drawn white carriage, while their guests were transported in tradition red Route master double decker buses.
The couple shared a sweet kiss in the back of the carriage as they enjoyed their first moments as man and wife.
Ahead of the ceremony, fellow Spice Girl Emma Bunton led the star-studded arrivals, and was the only Spice Girl spotted in attendance, bar the bride herself.
Mel B was spotted liking a clip about the Spice Girls getting back together after they officially split in 2001.
Speaking on the Shouldn’t Laugh But… podcast Laura Smyth suggested the only way Victoria Beckham, 51, could escape the PR “disaster” which ensued after her son Brooklyn’s explosive statement, is to get the group back together.
The loved up pair enjoyed water sports including paddle boardingCredit: InstagramMel showed her funny side as she joked around on the gorgeous sand as her husband watched onCredit: InstagramMel looked incredible last summer as she kissed her new husband Rory at St Paul’s CathedralCredit: Splash
What’s the difference between Brett Ratner and Leni Riefenstahl? Riefenstahl, for all her many sins, was technically innovative; Ratner (unless you count an almost fetishistic fascination with first lady footwear), not so much.
But in the end, they are both political propagandists, collaborators if you will, with heads of state determined to create a narrative that is, at best, at odds with reality and, at worst, a targeted attempt to distort it.
Am I saying that “Melania” is as horrifically significant as “Triumph of the Will”? No, I am not. But it is motivated by the same base forces, and as fun as it might be to watch Jeff Bezos lose most of the $75 million Amazon paid for the purchase and then marketing of the film, it is important to remember that.
As Melania Trump said herself at the film’s premiere: “Some have called this a documentary. It is not. It is a creative experience that offers perspectives, insights and moments.”
A “creative experience” for which the first lady, who serves as narrator and executive producer, reportedly received about $28 million.
Money she very much does not earn.
Anyone who goes into “Melania” hoping to see even a glimpse of what it is like to be first lady, or indeed Melania Trump, will find instead a super-long version of “we followed [fill in the blank] as they got ready for the Oscars.”
Only in this case, it’s Donald Trump’s second inauguration, which Ratner (given his first big job since being accused by six women of sexual misconduct) frames as the Second Coming, from the lingering shots of the sleek lines of the motorcade to the use of “His truth is marching on” from “Battle Hymn of the Republic” as the first couple takes the stage at one of the inaugural balls.
(And in case you think that’s not obsequious enough, at the end of the inaugural festivities, Ratner, off camera, says, “sweet dreams, Mr. President,” which honestly could have been the title of this film.)
Most of the “action” involves the first lady making entrances: off private jets, out of big black cars and into well-appointed rooms. There, Trump and her designers wax rhapsodic over a gown designed to disguise any seams, admire an inaugural dinner menu that begins with caviar in a big golden egg and discuss the furnishings that will be moved in as soon as the Bidens move out.
These mind-numbing glories are interrupted just long enough for Tham Kannalikham, an interior designer in charge of the White House transition, to talk about how her family immigrated to America from Laos when she was 2 — the opportunity to work in the White House is, for her, the ultimate American dream. Beside her, Trump, also an immigrant, remains silent.
Other things happen. Trump has a video conference with French First Lady Brigitte Macron to discuss initiatives to end cyberbullying, meets with Queen Rania of Jordan to discuss helping foster children and comforts former Hamas hostage Aviva Siegel. Siegel, whose husband, at the time of filming, is still a hostage, provides the film’s one real emotional moment, despite having been clearly included as an opportunity for Trump to reveal a bit of personal kindness (and some political messaging).
We follow Trump as she and her husband attend Jimmy Carter’s funeral, during which her narration describes the pain of her mother’s death the year before, and as she “sneaks” the cameras into a room where her husband is rehearsing his inaugural speech.
There she suggests, with a completely straight face, that he add the word “unifier” to “peacemaker” in his description of what he hopes to be his legacy, a term he then uses in his speech the next day.
Throughout it all, the first lady remains relentlessly poised and personally inaccessible, lending new and literal meaning to the term “statuesque.”
Given the nature of the film’s subject, and the fact that she is the one literally calling the shots, no one with half a brain could expect to see any interesting or authentic “behind-the-scenes” moments (Melania wearing sweats or counting her breakfast almonds or, I don’t know, sneezing). A brief scene in which the remarkably tone-deaf Ratner attempts to get her to sing along to her favorite song, Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean,” elicits (finally!) a genuine laugh from her, and while his decision to repeatedly zoom in on her admittedly well-shod feet becomes increasingly creepy, it at least offers drinking-game potential.
Even so, “Melania” is as cynical a piece of filmmaking as exists since the art form began.
Listening to her describe the seriousness with which she takes her duties; her love, as an immigrant, for this great nation; and her dedication to making life better for all Americans — especially children and families — I was reminded of the climactic scene in “A Wrinkle in Time,” when young Charles Wallace has been ensnared by the soothing rhetoric of the evil brain-washing IT.
The superficial blandness of “Melania” isn’t boring; it’s calculated, infuriating and horrifying.
The first lady is describing an alternative universe of peace, love and unity while her husband has unleashed armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to terrorize and detain children and adults (many of whom are citizens or here in this country legally) and, in at least two cases, kill American citizens who protest their actions. She wants to help children and families while her husband slashes federal assistance programs and holds school funding hostage. She would have us believe she is battling cyberbullies while her husband, the president of these United States, regularly engages in lies, direct threats and character assassination on social media.
President Trump is many things but he is not a unifier — he believes, as he has assured us time and again, in winning, and, as he has also said and shown, he will choose retribution over reconciliation every time.
Melania Trump is, of course, not her husband. But this film is little more than a 90-minute campaign ad. Which, given the fact that Trump cannot legally run for president again, should be cause for much concern.
Many criticized the decision to release “Melania” mere days after federal agents killed Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis, and excoriated those notables, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, who chose to attend an early celebratory screening that included “let them eat” cookies with “Melania” scrawled in the icing.
For the kind of person who makes, and buys and distributes, a film that purports to be a “documentary” and is really just old-fashioned, through-the-looking-glass propaganda, however, it’s actually the perfect time.
Why worry about the federal government killing its own citizens when we can all ooh and aah over the fact that the first lady’s inaugural gown is constructed so that none of the seams show? Especially if it makes her husband happy.
I was just getting settled in my seat for the first showing of “Melania” at the Grove cineplex when Melania Trump walked in.
OK, it wasn’t the Melania Trump, as in the first lady. But it was a reasonable facsimile.
The impersonator, followed by a man filming with his phone, strode in like a model, flinging her hair back and smiling as she addressed the six people — many of them critics from various press outlets — in the auditorium who were among the first in Los Angeles to see “Melania,” the controversial documentary that features the first lady as star and producer.
“Hi, everybody. I want to welcome you all to my movie,” the impersonator said in a Slovenian accent. She wore a stylish dark pantsuit and high heels, a frequent motif in the film which chronicles the real Melania Trump in the 20 days leading up to the second presidential inauguration of her husband, Donald Trump.
After a few more words of greeting, the impostor Melania flashed another smile as she exited.
I was stunned and extremely frustrated that I didn’t have time to capture the moment. It’s rare to find yourself in the presence of a first lady —even a fake one.
During the film, my fellow viewers were mostly silent, although there were a few murmurs of laughter as Melania Trump outlined the burdens of coordinating the correct outfit and decor for her re-entry to the White House.
“My creative vision is always clear, and it’s my responsibility to share my ideas with my team so they can bring it to life,” she says at one point.
Later in the film, when Donald Trump was formally introduced at the inauguration as the 47th president, one older woman sitting near the front of the theater applauded. And I could see her smiling as, onscreen, the first couple made their way through the White House following the ceremony.
“Being hand in hand with my husband at this moment is very emotional,” she says. “Nobody has endured what he has over the past few years. People tried to murder him, incarcerate him, slander him. But here he is. I’m so very proud.”
I hoped that Melania would be around in the lobby as we left the theater to ask us how we liked the film. But I was disappointed. Melania had left the building.
FORMER glamour model Katie Price’s new husband has challenged her cage fighter ex to a mixed martial arts match for criticising her whirlwind wedding.
Lee Andrews, 41, wants to take on Alex Reid, 50, in a one-on-one because he called her latest marriage irresponsible.
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Katie Price’s new husband Lee Andrews has challenged her cage fighter ex Alex Reid to an MMA bout after he criticised her whirlwind weddingIt comes after Reid, Katie’s second husband, slammed her fourth wedding, saying it was ‘irresponsible’ to marry someone she barely knowsCredit: PA:Press AssociationLee and Katie got married in Dubai at the weekend in a whirlwind wedding just days after meeting each otherCredit: BackGrid
The businessman goaded Reid as he told The Sun he wanted to fight him “anytime, anywhere” in Britain, Dubai or Abu Dhabi.
He also said he had spoken with Katie about the challenge only briefly, but insisted: “We do support each other.”
Lee — dubbed a “Walter Mitty” over his long list of outlandish or untrue claims including that he is Director of Philanthropy at The Prince’s Trust — confidently claimed he had his own experience in sparring, partial boxing and “elite fitness”.
He said he wanted it to be on an Ultimate Fighting Championship five-round match setting and said proceeds would go towards supporting mum-of-five Katie and charity.
It comes after Reid, who was Katie’s second husband, made his feelings plain over her fourth wedding.
He said: “It’s irresponsible on your family and the children to marry someone you don’t know.” Reid added: “I genuinely wish the man good luck marrying her.
“I hope the marriage lasts longer than the court-ordered debts that she still owes me and to many others, demonstrating accountability and responsibility.
“It’s not really her strong point. Maybe, he could be the best thing in the world to happen to her.
“He could help her pay her debts and be accountable with money.”
Her family are understood to be concerned about her, while an ex of Lee warned: “Run for the hills.”
Katie flew back to Britain by herself on Monday.
Lee claimed two days later that she went home early because of her children and insisted he had to “wrap a few things up” and would fly back the next day to join her.
But he appeared to U-turn when he posted an Instagram story yesterday seemingly still in Dubai.
He wrote: “Waiting for Katie.” And he said in the video: “I’m waiting for Katie to come out here, love you so much Katie.”
Reid, who divorced Katie in 2012 after a two-year marriage, was a professional in mixed martial arts from 2000Credit: Rex
CATHERINE O’Hara has died unexpectedly on Friday, months after her final appearance alongside her husband Bo Welch.
Fans are reeling following the announcement, which did not reveal the Schitt’s Creek star’s cause of death.
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Catherine O’Hara, seen at the Primetime Emmy Awards in September 2025, has died at age 71Credit: FilmMagicThe Home Alone star made her final public appearance with husband Bo Welch at the Primetime Emmys in September 2025Credit: Getty
Catherine, 71 when she died, made her final appearance alongside her husband Bo back in September.
Photos show the couple dressed to the nines.
The Home Alone actress is wearing a black gown while her hubby sports a chic suit.
Her shoulder-length blonde hair was down with a slight curl in the ends.
She wore subtle makeup, including a nude lipstick color.
Catherine appeared in good spirits during the evening out.
She and Bo posed for photos together.
At times, he stood behind her with his hands on her hips.
OUT OF SIGHT
Months later, Catherine was nominated for a Golden Globe award.
She was schedule to appear at the January 11 awards show, where she was nominated for Best Supporting Performance from a Female Actor for her role in the Apple TV series, The Studio.
Unfortunately, she did not attend.
RIP
TMZ broke the news of Catherine’s death on Friday afternoon.
Sources with direct knowledge confirmed the iconic actress’ passing to the outlet.
A cause of death was not immediately available for the star.
Catherine O’Hara dead at 71
Iconic Home Alone actress Catherine O’Hara died on January 30, 2026. O’Hara was 71.
Biography:
Catherine O’Hara, who was born in Toronto, Canada, began her acting career in comedy in 1974 after joining the cast of The Second City, which was televised in both Canada and the United States.
O’Hara expanded her career in television in the mid-1970s, appearing in small roles on the CBC series Wayne and Shuster, the film The Rimshots, and the children’s series Coming up Rosie.
She gained prominence in Hollywood in the 1980s, after she was cast in the classic horror-comedy film Beetlejuice.
Starring alongside Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, and Winona Ryder, among others, O’Hara portrayed Delia Deetz.
In 1990, O’Hara starred alongside child actor Macaulay Culkin in the holiday blockbuster Home Alone.
She reprised her role as Kate McCallister, the mother of the young troublemaker Kevin McCallister, portrayed by Culkin, in the film’s 1992 sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
Both installments of Home Alone were massive hits at the box office and to this date remain among the most successful Christmas movies of all time.
After the success of Home Alone, O’Hara continued to appear in several films throughout the 1990s, including the comedy-drama The Paper, Waiting for Guffman, and the Western film Wyatt Earp.
O’Hara also had several voice artist appearances, including The Nightmare Before Christmas, Chicken Little, and Monster House, among others.
She had a career resurgence in 2015 when she appeared as Moira Rose in the Canadian sitcom Schitt’s Creek.
In 2025, O’Hara had a main role in the Apple TV+ comedy series The Studio.
Throughout her career, O’Hara received various awards, including two PrimeTime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
She had two children with her husband, Bo Welch, whom she met on the set of Beetlejuice.
While the exact cause of death has not been revealed, Page Six reported that she was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital in “serious” condition.
Paramedics were called the the actress’ home home at 4:48 a.m. on Friday morning, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson confirmed to the outlet.
She was in “serious condition” when she was transported to the hospital.
PAYING TRIBUTE
Tributes to the actress flooded social media almost immediately after her death was announced.
“RIP Catherine O’ Hara. I know John Candy greeted her with open arms.”, one fan wrote.
Another posted on X: “Catherine O’Hara was an absolute genius for the entirety of her career.
“She will be terribly missed.”
A third posted: “Catherine O’Hara will be remembered most as the mom in the first two Home Alone movies
“But I’ll always remember her as Delia Deetz in BeetleJuice. RIP to a legend.”
ICONIC ROLES
Throughout her long career in Hollywood, Catherine appeared in many iconic films and TV shows.
She was an actress for more than 50 years.
Catherine got her star in the sketch series Second City Television in the 1970s.
She’s known for starring in Home Alone, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Home Alone 2, Schitt’s Creek and more.
Davina McCall married her long-term partner during an ‘absolutely beautiful’ ceremony recently, just months after the couple announced their engagement following a trip to Ibiza
Davina McCall became emotional as husband Michael Douglas paid tribute to her openness(Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Davina McCall broke down in tears during an emotional discussion with husband Michael Douglas. Davina and Michael tied the knot recently in an “absolutely beautiful” ceremony in front of their friends and family.
It came just three months after Davina, 58, announced that she and celebrity hairstylist Michael got engaged during a trip to Ibiza. The couple first started dating in 2018, having met originally on the set of Big Brother in 2000.
Now on the Making the Cut podcast, Davina’s husband Michael praised the television presenter for using her fame to speak candidly about her health battles and “help a lot of people”.
It came after Michael recently read Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography. In the book, the Boss spoke candidly about his music and his life, something Michael said he found to be a “therapeutic experience”.
Michael said: “I realised the important role that famous people can have in regular people’s lives. Bruce putting his life in the paper or out there has helped me.
“I realised what it means to be married to someone like you who also does that and what it’s like to be around someone who puts themselves out in a way that is to benefit and help other people and I want to say, well done you.
“I realise what you stand for for a lot of people and I see them stop you in the street and say how grateful they are for what you decided to do with your fame and your time. In a way that Springsteen helped me, I realised you helped a lot of people.”
The touching words from her husband made The Masked Singer panellist Davina audibly tear up. Davina will return to screens with Long Lost Families tonight (January 29) from 9pm on ITV One.
The series sees Davina and co-host Nicky Campbell reuniting people with their loved ones. Tonight the series will visit Mandy whose parents had a baby girl they placed for adoption, she is now attempting to find her long-lost big sister.
Elsewhere Jane thought she was an only child until her mother revealed she had a baby boy 11 months before her. Jane now wants help finding her long lost brother who was put up for adoption.
Davina has previously spoken about the emotions she feels when reunited siblings, especially because she lost her sister to cancer in 2012. Caroline, 50, was diagnosed with lung cancer after being rushed to hospital after suffering a suspected stroke.
Speaking to Love TV, she said: “Sometimes with siblings, it’s quite hard and painful, because one sibling might have grown up with their birth family, while the other was placed for adoption. There’s a lot to unpack there, you know?”
Davina says the show’s genealogists occasionally track people down who weren’t even aware they had a sibling. “Imagine being gifted a sibling out of the blue, it would be absolutely mad,” she added.
Katie Price’s new husband Lee Andrews’ ex Alana Percival has begged the star to ‘run’Credit: Click News & MediaAlana issued an urgent warning about Lee as she branded him a ‘liar’Credit: Instagram/@wesleeeandrewsThe fitness enthusiast hit out at Lee for his behaviour during their brief relationshipCredit: Click News & Media
The mother-of-five got hitched for a fourth time in a quiet ceremony in Dubai with no loved ones present.
It came just hours after Katie revealed they had got engaged, calling it a “wedding at first sight”.
Incredibly, Alana, who works in property, said she got engaged to him there last September in the same way.
And two weeks before that, Crystal believed Andrews was going to ask her to marry him there too.
The family nurse practitioner from Texas said: “I was supposed to meet Lee at the Burj Khalifa two weeks before he proposed to Alana.
Incredibly, Alana, who works in property, said she got engaged to him there last September in the same way.
And two weeks before that, Crystal believed Andrews was going to ask her to marry him there too.
The family nurse practitioner from Texas said: “I was supposed to meet Lee at the Burj Khalifa two weeks before he proposed to Alana.
“We’d looked at rings, he told me he wanted to marry me.
“Luckily I had to cancel the trip because I was too busy with work.
“He would have proposed to both of us. Who does that?”
Mum-of-five Katie, who flew back from Dubai to her home in Horsham, West Sussex, on Monday, is understood to be standing by her new husband despite a string of disturbing allegations.
Actor Quinton Aaron, who shared the screen with Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side,” is reportedly showing signs of improvement after he was hospitalized for a blood infection last week.
Margarita Aaron, the actor’s wife, told Fox News and TMZ on Monday that her husband is “making significant progress” in his recovery, making minor body movements including opening his eyes and giving a thumbs-up. Though the actor is partially breathing on his own, Margarita Aaron said her husband remains on breathing assistance and antibiotics, according to Fox News.
A representative for Aaron did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday
“He’s a fighter; he’s a very strong fighter, and you know, he is making progress day by day,” she told Fox News, “and I believe God’s got him, and he believes God’s got him.”
The 41-year-old actor was hospitalized last week in Atlanta after he collapsed while walking up the stairs in his apartment, TMZ reported. He reportedly experienced pain in his neck and back days before his collapse and lost feeling in his legs before he fell. Aaron’s wife said she called 911 and her husband was slipping in and out of consciousness en route to the hospital, where he has since undergone several tests, according to TMZ. The outlet reported on Tuesday that doctors found a “rare cyst” on the actor’s spine.
Nonprofit organization Veterans Aid Network organized a GoFundMe page in support of Aaron, who the organization described as “part of a veteran family himself.” The organization said it has a “longstanding relationship” with the actor and seeks to raise $35,000 to help his loved ones pay for medical expenses and other recovery-related costs. Donors have raised more than $40,000 as of Tuesday afternoon.
“Quinton has spent his life inspiring others, reminding us that compassion and humanity still matter in this world,” reads the GoFundMe description. “Now, as he faces one of the hardest battles of his life, let’s surround him and his loved ones with that same compassion, strength, and care.”
In an update shared to the fundraiser on Monday, Veterans Aid Network said that Aaron “opened his eyes and has some feeling in his foot!” The update also said he remains on life support and will need a wheelchair upon his release.
Aaron has acted in scores of films, according to his IMDb page, but is best known for his turn in “The Blind Side.” The 2009 drama was based on Michael Lewis’ 2006 book of the same name, which tracked the story of football star Michael Oher, who was plucked from homelessness and poverty when taken in by wealthy couple Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy. The family is credited with Oher’s football success. Oher was an All-American player at Mississippi and a first-round draft pick for the Baltimore Ravens in 2009.
Aaron starred as Oher and Bullock as Leigh Anne Tuohy. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards and earned Bullock a prize in the actress in a leading role category.
“The Blind Side” was in the news again in 2023 when Oher sued his self-proclaimed adoptive parents, alleging the pair never officially adopted him and tricked him in 2004 into signing a legal document that deemed them his conservators. The pair denied the allegations and said the athlete’s lawsuit was a “shakedown.”
Melissa Gilbert has returned to social media to some extent amid an “extraordinarily difficult time” stemming from the child sex abuse case involving her husband Timothy Busfield.
The “Little House on the Prairie” alumna, 61, spoke out on Monday, issuing a statement of gratitude and reflection to the Instagram page of her lifestyle brand, Modern Prairie. She made her Instagram comeback after seemingly deactivating her personal account earlier this month, when allegations against her husband became public.
“This season has reminded me, very clearly, how important it is to slow down, prioritize what truly matters, and allow ourselves moments of rest,” she captioned a photo of herself sitting pensively on a couch. “Stepping back from the noise, the news, and even our daily responsibilities from time to time gives us space to recharge, reflect and find our center again.”
Earlier this month, a New Mexico judge issued a warrant for Emmy winner Busfield, 68, on two felony counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor and a single count of child abuse. An affidavit accuses Busfield of inappropriately touching two child actors, who are brothers, during his time as an actor, director and producer on the Fox drama “The Cleaning Lady.”
According to the complaint, one child actor said Busfield first touched his “private areas” multiple times on set when he was 7 years old. The actor said that, when he was 8 years old, Busfield touched him inappropriately again several times, according to the affidavit. The complaint also detailed a police interview with Busfield in which he suggested that the boys’ mother might have sought “revenge” on the director for “not bringing her kids back for the final season.”
Amid the allegations against Busfield, Gilbert’s Modern Prairie issued a statement on Instagram distancing itself from the disturbing claims. “Modern Prairie unequivocally condemns abuse in all forms and remains committed to values of safety, integrity, and respect.” the statement said.
Busfield turned himself in to law enforcement on Jan. 13, denying the “horrible” allegations and asserting: “I did not do anything to those little boys.” A publicist for Gilbert at the time said the actor would not comment on her husband’s case, denounced “any purported statements” and said that she was focused on caring for her and Busfield’s family. Busfield has three adult children from two previous marriages and is the stepfather to Gilbert’s two adult sons from her two previous marriages.
Busfield, known for his roles on “The West Wing” and “Thirtysomething,” was jailed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque but was granted release on his own recognizance on Jan. 20. At the hearing, to determine whether Busfield would be released pending trial, Gilbert could be seen crying and saying, “Thank you, God” upon the judge’s decision.
Gilbert thanked her Modern Prairie community for their patience and “for helping me feel safer, more grounded, and deeply held,” amid the scrutiny surrounding her family.
“I’ll be easing back into things thoughtfully and with care — moving forward one step at a time,” she said. “More to come and so much gratitude always.”
Katie Price surprised fans when she tied the knot for the fourth time last weekendCredit: GettyKatie wed new husband Lee Andrews in a small Dubai ceremonyCredit: Instagram/@wesleeeandrewsCelebrant Darryl Rees who officiated the nuptials has since confirmed the ceremony was not legally-bindingCredit: Instagram/djdarrylrees
The nuptials – which took place at the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai – were officiated by part-time DJ and celebrant Darryl Rees, who has since broken his silence on his involvement that day.
“What I do is a symbolic wedding,” he told the Daily Mail. “I’m like the showman, and then they get married in the courts with all the paperwork.”
Darryl, who has been operating as a celebrant in Dubai for over five years explained that couples who opt for these style of nuptials have to then have the legalities carried out in a Dubai court or UK registry office either pre or post-ceremony.
Darryl added that the newlyweds “mentioned that they were going to get the wedding legalised the day after on the Monday.”
It’s currently not known if Katie and Lee have filed to make their marriage official in a court of law.
“From my point of view, they seemed like a lovely couple,” he said of his experience of their wedding.
“They appeared very much smitten by each other. When I was speaking to Lee initially, he was clearly head over heels for Katie and very excited to marry the girl.
“And Katie seemed very taken with him as well. They were both looking into each other’s eyes the whole time when I was doing the reading, never looked away, just transfixed like any couple would be, madly in love.
Darryl revealed that Lee reached out to him on Saturday enquiring into his services, one day after the couple announced their engagement on Instagram.
“When Lee messaged me on the Saturday, he said ‘I want to do a wedding with my fiancée’.
Darryl only performs ‘symbolic ceremonies’ – with Katie and Lee’s recent wedding nuptials needing to be legalised by a court of lawCredit: Instagram/djdarrylrees
“Then he gave me the names as Lee Andrews and Katie Price, and I was a bit taken aback, so I wasn’t that surprised when I saw it was indeed her the following day.”
Following their big day, Katie and Lee have been sharing several loved-up selfies on social media.
“The happiest Mr and Mrs” read one photo caption, with another photo showing the pair cuddled up together in white dressing gowns.
Now back in the UK – and seemingly apart – Katie took to Instagram to reaffirm her love for Lee amid concern from her family.
“Despite all the noise going on, I miss you Lee,” she said in a video posted on her Stories.
“I love you unconditionally,” she concluded, kissing her huge diamond engagement ring.
The Sun understands Katie’s family, including her children, Princess and Junior Andre, had no idea she was getting married for a fourth time.
“They’re planning on sitting down with her for a serious talk today,” the insider said.
“Everyone is worried she’s spinning out of control.
“They haven’t even met this man and if she’s only known him a week, he could be anyone.
“Nobody is planning to hold back.”
Lee proposed to Katie last Friday and the two wed over the weekend in DubaiCredit: Instagram/wesleeeandrewsKatie has been married three times previously to Peter Andre, Alex Reid and Kieran HaylerCredit: Getty
Katie’s new husband Lee claims to be a billionaireCredit: UnknownA resurfaced clip shows him acting in a US short filmCredit: UnknownThe couple tied the knot on Sunday just two days after announcing their engagementCredit: Unknown
Now a YouTube video has resurfaced showing Lee starring in a US short film titled Altum Ratio, in which he plays a man grieving the loss of his wife.
During the clip Lee is heard using an unconvincing American accent while giving his best performance.
Failed actor is just another title to add to Lee’s questionable CV, after he claimed to have once worked as the Director of Philanthropy at The Prince’s Trust (now The King’s Trust).
Lee also shared images – since proven to be AI – of him working with Elon Musk and Kim Kardashian.
It’s been revealed shameless Lee told former girlfriends that he had studied at Cambridge University, and has a PhD in biotechnology science.
But The Sun has seen a response from the university explaining it could not find a record of Lee being registered as a student with a date of birth they had provided.
His LinkedIn profile says Lee has been a Member of the Board of Advisors to the Labour Party since 2015.
But a Labour source said: “We don’t have a board of advisors and he doesn’t work with us.”
The King’s Trust also confirmed Lee does not hold the role of Director of Philanthropy, and it has no record of him as a volunteer, or under the moniker Weslee Andrews, which he uses online.
Some have also accused Lee of giving Katie the same engagement ring that he gave to his ex-wife Dina Sari Taji.
Katie Price’s relationship history
We take a look back at the highs and lows of Katie Price’s relationship history.
1996-1998: Katie got engaged to Gladiators star Warren Furman – aka Ace – with a £3,000 ring. But their relationship didn’t make it as far as ‘I do’.
1998-2000: Katie described Dane Bowers as ‘the love of her life’ but she broke up with the singer after he allegedly cheated on her.
2001: Footballer Dwight Yorke is the father of Katie’s eldest child Harvey. He has had very little to do with his son throughout his life.
2002: Rebounding from Dwight, Katie famously had one night of passion with Pop Idol star Gareth Gates, allegedly taking his virginity.
2002-2004: Katie was dating Scott Sullivan when she entered the jungle for I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!. He threatened to “punch Peter’s lights out” when chemistry blossomed between her and Peter Andre.
2004-2009: The jungle romance resulted in Katie marrying Aussie pop star Peter. They had two kids, Junior and Princess, before their bitter split in 2009.
2010-2011: Fresh from her break-up with Peter, Katie enjoyed a whirlwind relationship and marriage with cage fighter Alex Reid. They split 20 months after their Las Vegas wedding.
2011: Katie briefly dated model Danny Cipriani… but it ended as quickly as it begun.
2011-2012: They didn’t speak the same language, but Katie got engaged to Argentinian model Leandro Penna in 2011. He later fled home to South America.
2012-2018: Wedding bells rang once more after Katie met Kieran Hayler in 2013. They eventually called it quits after a rocky marriage.
2018-2019: Katie moved on quickly with Kris Boyson. They had an on-off romance for one year and even got engaged. They split for good in 2019.
2019: Katie was linked to Charles Drury during her on-off relationship with Kris. Charles, who also dated Lauren Goodger, has always denied being in “official relationship” with her.
2020-2023: Car salesman Carl Woods took a shine to Katie in 2020. Their relationship was up and down for three years. They broke up for a final time last year.
2024-2026: After weeks of rumours, Katie confirmed her relationship with Married At First Sight star JJ Slater in February 2024. The pair split in January 2026 after two years together.
2026: Katie shocked fans when she revealed she had married Dubai-based businessman Lee Andrews after a 48-hour engagement and only knowing him a week.
Lee has deleted AI images of Kim Kardashian appearing to attend one of his eventsIt seems the fantasist life of the ‘Dubai-based businessman’ is slowly unravellingCredit: Instagram
KATIE Price’s new husband sent X-rated messages to an influencer just weeks before their wedding.
Businessman Lee Andrews called ex-bodybuilding champ Tina Prodromou, 48, a “sexy little beast” last month – and also joked about marrying her months earlier.
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Katie Price’s husband Lee Andrews sexted a glam influencer weeks before he tied the knotCredit: instagram/@wesleeeandrewsTina Prodromou’s Instagram pictures caught Lee’s eyeCredit: InstagramTina, 48, told us Lee could be ‘very sexual’Credit: Instagram
Single mum-of-two Tina began chatting to Lee, thought to be 41, online in December 2024.
Katie’s new relationship timeline is muddied by the fact she appeared to have Lee’s name tattooed on her hand on January 12.
She told The Sun the tattoo and the purchase of their wedding rings came days after they first hit it off.
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“How I met Lee was esoteric; we connected [by] both checking each others’ socials and quickly realised, ‘wow, this is for me’,” she said.
“In the old-fashioned way, first by words which captured us both.
“That evolved deeper as we connected further within days [getting] matching tattoos, and then both deciding to buy rings for the other.
“All this without even meeting, we let fate, but you could say destiny, decide.”
Lee then wed Katie in a quiet Dubai ceremony on Sunday – with none of their loved ones present – after they connected online.
It came just two days after Katie stunned friends and fans by revealing on Instagram that she had got engaged for a ninth time.
Ex bodybuilder Tina has a ripped physiqueCredit: InstagramLee showered Tina with compliments in her DMsThe pair swapped flirty messages but never met in person
Tina, from Enfield, North London, said: “We had good banter and he always came across warm and respectful with me – that’s why the timeline has shocked me.
“To be speaking to me like that at the end of December – he was affectionate, explicit – then a month later he’s married… it just doesn’t make sense to me.
“I’m not trying to paint him as a bad person, because I was genuinely drawn to him as a person.
“I just know it didn’t align with the person he presented himself as to me. “I was genuinely shocked and, if I’m honest, a bit disappointed – because I’m someone who values integrity. It simply didn’t sit well with me.”
Tina, who ended a previous relationship last May, added: “After my break-up, I did play along more than before – but I still kept it to that same boundary, so there were no blurred lines.
“I told him that if we don’t find someone in the future, we will just marry each other.
“It was just flirty banter.”
British-Greek Tina has 19,000 Instagram followers on her account, @greeksuperwoman_official – where she frequently posts pictures flaunting her chiselled body.
In one exchange, on September 12, Lee responded to a picture Tina posted on her Instagram Story showing her toned abs, saying: “Gorgeous one!
“Absolutely looking amazing!!!!!!
“The things I’d do to you!!!
“When we are married.”
DOUBLE TROUBLE
Yesterday, we told how Lee had proposed to Katie in exactly the same way he did to his ex-girlfriend, Alana Percival, four months ago.
He gave her a chunky diamond ring and popped the question at Dubai’s swanky Burj Al Arab hotel by using rose petals to spell out the words: “Will you marry me?”
Brit real estate worker Alana, who is understood to have invested in one of Lee’s companies, got into a relationship with him after they met on a beach in the United Arab Emirates city last May.
But she called off their romance after becoming suspicious of his intentions.
Twice-married Lee was also today accused of proposing to Katie with the same ring he had given to his ex-wife, Dina Sari Taji, whom he reportedly was with from 2020 to 2024.
Lee is Katie’s fourth husband – following singer Peter Andre, ex-cage fighter Alex Reid, and personal trainer Kieran Hayler.
She only split from her Married At First Sight star ex JJ Slater, 32, earlier this month after nearly two years together.
The Sun revealed how Katie had married Lee on Sunday, two days after he proposed.
Our exclusive photographs showed former glamour model Katie, who has been married three times before, saying her vows with Lee in a top-secret location in Dubai.
Tina said Lee was ‘warm and respectful’ in their exchangesCredit: InstagramKatie shows off her sparkling ringCredit: InstagramSmitten Katie called Lee her own ‘Richard Gere’Credit: FacebookKatie split from ex JJ Slater earlier this monthCredit: Getty
Insiders said none of Katie’s family or friends knew she was getting married and found out on The Sun’s website.
A source added: “Everyone was gobsmacked.
“No one knew about the engagement, nor the wedding.
“The first time those close to her found out was on social media or in the news.
“Everyone is still in shock.”
Katie is set to speak about the whirlwind romance in full for the first time on her podcast with her sister, Sophie, later this week.
Katie, who has got matching tattoos with her new fella, told The Sun: “How I met Lee was esoteric.
“We connected by checking each other’s socials and quickly realised, ‘Wow this is for me’.”
Lee and Katie were approached for comment yesterday.
Katie Price has mysteriously deleted her online tribute to new husband Lee Andrews onlineCredit: GettyKatie wed Lee in a surprise Dubai ceremony over the weekendCredit: instagram/@wesleeeandrewsThe former glamour model updated her Instagram bio after tying the knotCredit: InstagramBut 48 hours later, Katie has since removed any mention of her new husbandCredit: Instagram
Following the nuptials, the loved-up newlywed took to her social media to update her new relationship status, proudly writing in her Instagram bio: “married @wesleeeandrews”.
However, 48 hours on, Katie has now ditched the tribute to her new hubby, reverting back to her former bio and deleting any mention of Lee.
While Lee no longer features in her bio, Katie has continued to repost photos of her with her new groom online.
Katie reposted a selfie on her Instagram stories of her and Lee posing in front of a mirror during their stay at the Burj Al Arab in Dubai – the same place they married.
