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Emma Portner to Justin Bieber: The Way You Degrade Women is an Abomination

Taylor Swift spoke out against a hurtful injustice, only to get accused by Justin Bieber of just wanting attention . Since then, a number of other stars have spoken out in her defense, clapping back at the Biebs for being a douche. Now Emma Portner is speaking about time she spent working for Justin, accusing him of degrading women and grossly underpaying her. 24-year-old choreographer Emma Portner, who is notably Ellen Page’s wife, has spoken out in her Instagram Stories. “Justin Bieber, I regret working under your name,” Emma Portner’s post begins. “I gave you universe my naive body, creativity, time, and effort,” she writes, adding: “Twice.” Emma did this “for content that you made millions off of. While I mad zilch. Nada. Barely anything.” She describes her pay as having been “less than minimum wage for the hours I invested.” “I couldn’t afford to eat,” Emma Portner recalls. She adds: “I was sweeping studio floors to be able to practice my craft.” “The way you degrade women is an abomination,” Emma accuses. She notes: “You continue to collaborate with overly problematic people.” That’s an understatement. Justin gets along alarmingly well with the likes of Chris Brown and (formerly) Floyd Mayweather. “You religiously go to a church that does not support the LGBTQ+ community,” Emma observes. She’s not attacking his faith, but rather where he chooses to practice it. Emma admits that she cannot help but wonder how he feels about working with lesbians like herself and other LGBTQ+ folks. “I can only hope for your enlightenment,” she expresses. “That you read a ton of books.” She even offers to buy him some helpful literature to “change the way your traumatized brain thinks.” Emma also included a post about how one can be glad that they had opportunities while still holding people accountable for mistreatment. That’s very fair. It’s no mystery at all why Emma is speaking out about this now. Over the weekend, Taylor Swift put Scooter Braun on blast for what she described as a history of cruelty and bullying. She had learned, to her horror, that he will soon own the majority of her discography. The Biebs spoke in defense of his manager, and suggested that Taylor was only saying these things to make people pity her. The thing is that other singers and professionals have come out of the woodwork since Taylor spoke out. Additionally, fans have been posting old videos that lend more weight to Taylor’s claims. Madison Beer — who rose to fame after catching Justin’s eye years ago — once shared that her entire music career was swept out from under her. In other footage, Ariana Grande is heard briefly admitting that aspects of her album’s tracklist were not under her control, but under Scooter’s. When Taylor speaks out, she doesn’t have to provide receipts — her fans will whip them out on her behalf. Other celebrities have spoken in praise of her, including Halsey. Taylor Swift knows that speaking out isn’t likely to stop Scooter Braun from assuming ownership of her life’s work. She can’t stop it — she wasn’t even given the opportunity to bid on it, and didn’t know about the sale until it had already happened. But just because you can’t change what has happened doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t tell the world what powerful men do behind closed doors. Taylor knows that. But maybe public pressure and scrutiny will encourage Scooter to offer Taylor a deal, even if it’s only to save his reputation. But that won’t happen as long as he is ardently defended by the likes of Justin Bieber. View Slideshow: Justin Bieber Spills on Sex with Hailey Baldwin: It’s a Blessing from God!

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Porsha Williams & Dennis McKinley Call It Quits

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Source: Bravo / Getty Where there’s smoke there’s fire and it looks like the rumors surrounding Porsha Williams and Dennis Mckinley’s relationship are true. The Real Housewives Of Atlanta couple officially called it quits,  E! News confirmed . Fans began to speculate the couple’s demise after both Porsha and Dennis unfollowed each other on social media in May. Dennis was accused of cheating with WAGS Atlanta star Sincerely Ward, but denied allegations in a formal statement to E!. “These false and slanderous allegations against me are made solely to damage my reputation, jeopardize my ongoing businesses, and negatively impact my family,” he said. Well Porsha and Dennis unfollowed each other again despite the new mom posting him on her Instagram for Father’s Day. View this post on Instagram Happy 1st Fathers Day Dennis! Pj @pilarjhena is blessed to have such a wonderful dad like you. It’s beautiful to witness the bond you have with our tiny angel. @mhaleyphoto A post shared by #PorshaWilliams (@porsha4real) on Jun 16, 2019 at 5:04am PDT Porsha and Dennis welcomed their baby girl PJ in March. RELATED STORIES: Porsha Williams’ Fiancé Denies Rumors He’s Been Cheating Porsha Williams Shows Off Baby PJ’s Face [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”3027307″ overlay=”true”]

Porsha Williams & Dennis McKinley Call It Quits

Porsha Williams & Dennis McKinley Call It Quits

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Source: Bravo / Getty Where there’s smoke there’s fire and it looks like the rumors surrounding Porsha Williams and Dennis Mckinley’s relationship are true. The Real Housewives Of Atlanta couple officially called it quits,  E! News confirmed . Fans began to speculate the couple’s demise after both Porsha and Dennis unfollowed each other on social media in May. Dennis was accused of cheating with WAGS Atlanta star Sincerely Ward, but denied allegations in a formal statement to E!. “These false and slanderous allegations against me are made solely to damage my reputation, jeopardize my ongoing businesses, and negatively impact my family,” he said. Well Porsha and Dennis unfollowed each other again despite the new mom posting him on her Instagram for Father’s Day. View this post on Instagram Happy 1st Fathers Day Dennis! Pj @pilarjhena is blessed to have such a wonderful dad like you. It’s beautiful to witness the bond you have with our tiny angel. @mhaleyphoto A post shared by #PorshaWilliams (@porsha4real) on Jun 16, 2019 at 5:04am PDT Porsha and Dennis welcomed their baby girl PJ in March. RELATED STORIES: Porsha Williams’ Fiancé Denies Rumors He’s Been Cheating Porsha Williams Shows Off Baby PJ’s Face [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”3027307″ overlay=”true”]

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Kate Gosselin is Just an "Awful Human," Former Publicist Says

On her new reality show, Kate Plus Date , Kate Gosselin will be looking for a man this fall. According to a former TLC publicist who knows the star well, however, she really should be on the lookout for something else instead: Her humanity. For years and years, of course, Gosselin has been in the lives of television fans and celebrity gossip followers. And, for years and years, she’s been considered one of the more unpopular celebrities on the planet. Gosselin often comes across as loud and self-centered and narcissistic and dense and, at least in the recent eyes of ex-husband Jon, desperate and broke and lonely .  It’s sort of astounding that Kate has now anchored three different reality shows because, when you stop to think about it, one must wonder: Does she have a single actual fan ?  Like… even just one ? While you ponder that question, Joey Skladany is here to emphasize that he certainly is not a supporter of Kate Gosselin. Quite the opposite, in fact. Speaking to Rob Shuter of the Straight Shuter podcast, Skladany explained this week that he formerly worked for TLC and once took on the responsibility of representing Gosselin. “Everyone warned me that she was difficult – and I said, ‘No. I’ll compliment her,’” Skladany said of the reputation Gosselin had earned and how thought he could overcome it. He then shared a brief story that, in his view, summarized why Gosselin really does suck so very much. “At the Today show, I said, ‘Your hair looks gorgeous!’ She wouldn’t even look me in the darn eyes!” Skladany said of how Kate treated him back in the day. The mother of eight evidently left a lasting terrible impression on the TLC publicist. “At the end of the day, I called my boss and said, ‘She’s an awful human.’ They were like, ‘We know. Thank you for the feedback,'” he said on the podcast very simply — and hilariously. Kate and Jon have (unfortunately) both been back in the news of late because they are still fighting over custody of their kids, a decade after getting divorced. For a change, however, Jon is the one coming across as responsible, considering he has taken Collin into his care and is also spending a lot of time these days with daughter Hannah. Back in early December, Kate didn’t even show up at a hearing to determine with whom Collin would live — and insiders have since said she has had no contact at all with this child . Pretty effed up if true, right? Jon and Kate’s sextuplets, meanwhile, just turned 15 years old, an occasion Kate celebrated via a photo of Alexis, Aaden, Leah and Joel and a caption that read in part: I’m so proud of the positive qualities I’ve seen developing as they edge closer to adulthood. It hasn’t been easy for them, especially over the last year and a half, but they continue to persevere, stay positive and make lemonade out of lemons (to the point where I’m pretty sure I’m allergic to lemons, but what’s a mom to do?) but no matter what, these kids keep on keeping on. Such good, wholesome, loving, insightful, wise humans and I’m just so proud to call them mine! I love you guys to the moon and back a hundred billion times x infinity. Happy 15th birthday!

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Authorities Say Document Saying 50 Cent Snitched Were Fabricated

Source: Gotham / Getty Once again the decade-old allegations of 50 Cent being Hip-Hop’s Big Head Rico ( Belly reference) have been shot down. Law enforcement sources told TMZ that the document circulating the internet which names 50 Cent as the dime dropper behind Jimmy Henchman’s arrest is indeed a fake. The document in question named Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as the Sprint man who pointed feds in the direction of his old nemesis, Jimmy Henchman for the 2009 murder of 50’s homie, Lodi Jackson. Having already fended off rumors that he had sic’d the feds on Irv Gotti and Murder Inc at the beginning of his multi-platinum career on Shady/Aftermath Records, the new allegation seemed more believable than not to his most staunch haters. But in a twist straight out of a Martin Scorsese movie, Fif took to social media to show paperwork which insinuated that OG Jimmy Henchman was actually a “Frank Castello” type street snitch himself ! But regardless of what 50 might’ve turned up, his reputation of running to po-9 to take down his enemies is well documented in Hip-Hop via rumors and records by rival rappers, but by the looks of things, it seems like this most recent one was a complete farce. In the doc, it says 50 called in anonymously at first to say the cops should be looking into Jimmy as a possible suspect for Lodi’s murder … and allegedly went on to tell cops that he was afraid for his own life in the aftermath. The doc says 50 told cops he’d cooperate with the investigation Thing is … we’ve been told the document is a complete fake. Law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of Lodi and Jimmy’s case tell us … the alleged report was never taken, and 50 was never recorded as having talked to officers working on the matter at the time. This probably still won’t be enough to convince his biggest skeptics that he’s never cooperated with feds to take down his enemies but if we’ve learned anything over the past few decades it’s that nothing can keep 50 from laughing and trolling his rivals all the way to the bank. — Photo: Getty

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Tristan Thompson is Just Smashing Every Groupie in Sight: Report

The basketball season may be over for Tristan Thompson. But a new report alleges that the power forward has not stopped scoring in weeks. The Cleveland Cavaliers team member averaged 10.9 points per game over the past 82 games, but Us Weekly now alleges that he may be averaging more sexual liaisons than that per week. That may be a slight exaggeration, we grant you, but the overall point remains: Thompson has allegedly been going hard to the female hole ever since he was kicked to the curb by Khloe Kardashian. “ Tristan has been continuing to go out and has been partying with friends,” a source tells this tabloid, elaborating further as follows: “He’s been hooking up with other girls, and whenever he’s out, he’s had Instagram models … around him.” This doesn’t seem to be much different than the way Thompson acted when he was still with Khloe, of course, but it still seems notable. Thompson, of course, was caught cheating on his then-pregnant girlfriend mere weeks before she gave birth to their daughter last year. He then kissed Khloe’s good friend, Jordyn Woods, on the lips late this past winter, further cementing his reputation as a serial cheater who sucks a lot. Hence why this Us Weekly insider explains that the actions described are not all that surprising when it comes to the father of two. “That’s just the lifestyle that he lives,” the source says. Khloe decided to stick with Thompson after his first round of cheating because she wanted her daughter to have a father around and because she really thought Thompson would change. She even took issue at times when social media trolls slammed her as “weak,” standing up for herself as someone who was actually strong enough to put herself out there again and risk getting hurt. Does she now regret forgiving Tristan’s initial infidelity? Maybe. But she would probably simply say that there are worse traits one can have then trying to see the best in people and trying to give one’s child the most complete family life possible. Khloe and Tristan actually hung out this month in honor of little True turning a year old. By all accounts, Thompson is not an awful father; he does want to be involved in the infant’s life. But he hasn’t offered up any excuse at all for why he kissed Woods several weeks ago , cheating on Kardashian not with some random model… but with someone she has known for years. “He just kissed me,” Woods herself said in an interview with Jada Pinkett Smith. “It was a kiss on the lips. No tongue … no making out.” The Instagram star also clarified that having sex with Thompson was “never a consideration.” Thompson initially Tweeted the lame response of “fake news” when the Woods smooch first went viral. However, he quickly deleted that message and has said nothing in public about the act since. He has tried, though, to publicize his affection for young True. “You deserve all the jewels, baby girl,” the professional athlete told his daughter in an Instagram video taken during last week’s birthday party. The guy is a very bad boyfriend. But we do hope he’s dedicated to being a strong father. View Slideshow: Karizma Ramirez: Tristan Thompson Plaything of the Week Revealed!!

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Jussie Smollett Shunned by Empire Cast Members Who Want Him Fired

Last month, Empire star Jussie Smollett reported to police that he had been the victim of a brutal hate crime. Now, Jussie has been arrested after police say that he concocted the whole thing and paid off two brothers to help stage the attack. His castmates are pissed — and some of them don’t ever want to work with him again. TMZ  reports that several of Jussie Smollett’s castmates on Empire want him written off the show. Not eventually — right now. According to  TMZ ‘s sources, a number of members of the cast feel that he betrayed everyone’s trust. They are also concerned that he may have done irreparable harm to the reputation of the show. Sources say that the stars are “f–king furious” and that if Jussie isn’t fired, he should quit in disgrace. Everyone had his back after the reports that he suffered a horrific hate crime. In the aftermath of police saying that Jussie staged it all, people are understandably angry and embarrassed. (If what police say is true, Jussie didn’t even bother to cover his tracks very well — paying his assailants by check, of all things) Even so,  TMZ  is sure to note that not everyone is on the same page. Some on the show simply cannot fathom Jussie staging such a heinous crime, or understand what his motive might be. They believe his claim that he is innocent. Disagreements over how to handle this very complicated, very emotionally charged situation. Even if the scandal doesn’t cause the show to take a hit in ratings, it sounds like the culture on the set is tense. TMZ  also reports that, on Thursday, Jussie arrived on set and apologized to everyone. At the same time, however, he has doubled down on his insistence that he is innocent. “I’m sorry I’ve put you all through this and not answered any calls,” Jussie told his castmates. “I wanted to say I’m sorry and, you know me, I would never do this to any of you,” he insisted. “You are my family,” he affirmed. “I swear to God, I did not do this.” Jussie was surrounded by family at the time of that statement on the set. He had to leave the set because he had obviously been crying, but returned to resume filming. It is also reported that he changed his phone number because he was receiving so many furious messages from cast members. The only coworkers who have it now are the people who believe and support him. We guess that Jussie doesn’t need to keep his old number. At his bail hearing, Jussie was instructed to have no contact with the Osundairo brothers. We have to ask: How does one lower the reputation of a TV series that stars accused domestic abuser Terrence Howard? (For the record, he admitted to at least one incident during a 2015 interview) Does the bar get any lower than that for a TV series? That’s a complicated moral question. But the recent news about Jussie has made things complicated for many people. Hate crimes against LGBTQ+ Americans happen all too often — they’re just usually not inflicted upon celebrities. People of color make up over 60% of the victims of these attacks. If Jussie faked his own attack, that hoax will be used by political opportunists as a weapon against real survivors of real hate crimes. This week’s actual hate crime news was about a member of the Coast Guard. The man was an avowed white nationalist. He was trained in combat and was stockpiling weapons. He had made a hit list for journalists and Democratic politicians whom he intended to kill in a massive attack that he was planning. That man was an existential threat to America. Instead, the news cycle has been dominated in part by Jussie Smollett. How much harder will it be for future victims to get a fair shake when filing reports, let alone sharing their story with the world? View Slideshow: Jussie Smollett: This is How He Staged His Assault

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Doggy Style: These Stars Are Obsessed With Their Pets

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Bye Kendu!!! Mary J. Blige Says She’s Done Taking Care Of Broke Boys, Wants A Wealthy Man

Source: Adriana M. Barraza/WENN.com / WENN Mary J. Blige Says She’s Done Taking Care Of Men MJB is taking a stand against men who aren’t monetarily on her level—Kendu Issacs, is that you??? Mary J. Blige recently chatted with DJ Ace on BBC Radio 1 Xtra about a number of topics including her dating life—-or lack thereof. The Queen of Soul wasn’t forthcoming on info about her post-divorce life but she did perk up when Ace asked her what it would take for a man to have a chance with her. According to Mary, at least one thing is absolutely necessary, money, so that she won’t have to “take care” of him. “Well he has to have more money than me, that’s for sure,” she said. “Because I’m not taking care of any more men. I’m not jaded but I’m very careful right now,” she said. “I love my freedom. I love being single right now. I’m in a great place. I’m not in a rush!” BLOOOOOP! Mind you Mary makes a good point. Mary indeed had to take care of her ex-husband Kendu Isaacs after their split. She paid him $30,000 every month in temporary spousal support which he claimed was insufficient to fund his lifestyle considering that her “divorce songs” ruined his reputation. He then asked for $65K and was shut down by a judge. Do YOU think it’s fair that MJB doesn’t want to “take care” of a man?

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Laura DeMasie: Did Jana Duggar’s Rumored Girlfriend Move Away Because of Jim Bob?

If you’re a longtime fan of the Duggar clan, then you’re probably familiar with the name Laura DeMasie. Laura is Jana Duggar’s best friend , and some believe her to be much more than that. Yes, there have been persistent rumors that Jana and Laura are in love . That may seem absurd in the context of such a strict evangelical family as the Duggars, but in Jana’s case, a secretive same-sex affair would explain a lot. For starters, Jana is still single at the age of 29. That may not seem like a big deal, but it’s virtually unheard of for the Duggars — a family that teaches their daughters that procreation is their primary reason for being. Obviously, that doesn’t mean Jana is “single” because she’s not permitted to publicly pursue a relationship with Laura. However, it’s worth noting that these two spend a lot of time together — pretty much every waking moment. Laura assists Jana with her many household tasks, including homeschooling her younger siblings, and the two regularly appear on one another’s social media pages. At one point, 33-year-old Laura  lived with the Duggars in order to assist in educating Jana’s younger siblings full-time. That’s all about to change, however, as Radar Online reports that Laura will be moving to Georgia to pursue her goal of becoming an interior decorator. Laura has reportedly accepted a position with a company called Accent Decor, Inc. She excitedly announced the news on her Facebook page this week, revealing that she believes design to her true calling in life. “We were CREATED TO CREATE! Go create something beautiful!” DeMasie wrote. Many fans noted that while the wording of the post made it sound as though Laura is planning to move in the near future, DeMasie’s other social media activity makes it seem as though she’s already left Arkansas.  The abrupt nature of Laura’s departure — and the fact that Jana has yet to make any mention of it — has led some fans to the conclusion that DeMasie was “strongly encouraged” to relocate by Jana’s famously strict father, Jim Bob. That may sound like a reach, but considering how much of the Duggar media empire is based on ultra-conservative values, an openly gay daughter would be devastating to the brand. News of Laura’s departure comes on the heels of another Jana-related scandal. An alleged former suitor of Jana’s named Caleb Williams was arrested for rape  last month after allegedly having sex with an underage girl. So if Jana was ever romantically involved with either Caleb or Laura, we guess the past few weeks have cemented her reputation as being extremely unlucky in love. View Slideshow: Jana Duggar Joins Instagram: Is She FINALLY In a Courtship?! [UPDATED]

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