Source: Prince Williams / Getty There are new updates in the child abuse case of Love & Hip Hop star Tommie Lee . Apparently, her legal team is petitioning the court to allow her to enroll in a mental health program. “According to legal docs, obtained by TMZ, an attorney for the former ‘Love & Hip Hop’ star is petitioning the court in her child abuse case to allow Tommie to get treatment for a serious mental illness. She says she was diagnosed before or around the same time as she was charged with child abuse, and her condition is a significant part of her case,” TMZ reports. “Tommie says she’s willing to meet a long list of requirements to enter the program, such as staying sober, submitting to random drug testing and attending self-help meetings,” she continued. “It’s the first step in a month-long process … applications are considered by a committee, which includes a prosecutor, and it will take about 30 days to decide Tommie’s fate. While Tommie doesn’t reveal her specific diagnosis in the docs … when she sat down with our Raquel Harper for a 2016 episode of “Raq Rants,” Tommie said she was bipolar.” Tommie Lee’s extensive rap sheet is well-documented , so we’re hoping this is the break she needs to finally get herself together, stay out of jail, and do right by her family. We’ll continue to keep you updated on the reality star’s child abuse case as new information surfaces. Photo: Getty
Source: Disney / Disney Disney just dropped the official trailer for its live-action version of The Lion King and it’s official with a whistle. As for the details: Director Jon Favreau’s all-new “The Lion King” journeys to the African savanna where a future king is born. Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub’s arrival. Scar, Mufasa’s brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba’s exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his. The all-star cast includes Donald Glover as Simba, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter as Nala, James Earl Jones as Mufasa, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar, Seth Rogen as Pumbaa and Billy Eichner as Timon. Utilizing pioneering filmmaking techniques to bring treasured characters to life in a whole new way, Disney’s “The Lion King” roars into theaters on July 19, 2019. We’re sold. The Lion King will be in theaters on July 19. Watch the trailer below. — Photo: Disney
Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). Source: Isaac Brekken/BET / Getty While visiting Watch What Happens Live on Sunday night, Tamar Braxton was asked by a fan calling in if she’d reached out “to your friend Wendy Williams at all during everything that she’s been going through.” Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit In case you missed it, all “that she’s been going through” includes revealing that she has been staying in a sober living house while trying to keep her addictions in check. It also involves husband Kevin Hunter’s alleged longtime mistress giving birth to a baby girl last month. It’s been an especially difficult time for the 54-year-old, and while some former friends, including Charlamagne Tha God, haven’t been shy about speaking on her situation, Braxton, who has a more positive relationship with the talk show host, has been mum in support — publicly and privately. She admitted she hasn’t reached out because she feels like Williams needs her space to figure things out. “I haven’t. And let me just tell you why, and I thought about it,” she said on Sunday’s episode. “I haven’t reached out to her because sometimes people need their space when they’re really, really going through things.” SEE ALSO: Tamar Braxton Wins ‘Celebrity Big Brother,’ Becomes Show’s First Black Winner “This is the public — her whole life is in the public eye, and you don’t know what’s really the truth, and what’s not the truth, and so you just, kind of, wait and let people come to you,” she added. “You might send a message like, ‘I’m here for you,’ but sometimes you don’t even want to hear that. You just, kind of, got to go through it and then reach out to people.” For those who might question whether or not the two are actually friends, there is evidence that they are. Braxton has been on her show a number of times. She’s even used the platform to reveal private things, including that she had been molested growing up and that she was also seeing someone new (her current boyfriend, whom she refers to as T’Challa). Williams was also invited to the studio to listen to new tracks from Braxton’s Bluebird of Happiness album before it was released in 2017. Williams was so overwhelmed by the song “Blind” that she broke down in tears. It is a very touchy situation, but maybe having to explain why she hasn’t called her girl will motivate Braxton to do so sooner than later. Williams could definitely use some love from those who care about her. Check out Braxton’s comments at the 3:10 mark. Source: MadameNoire.com ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Lauren London Breaks Silence On Nipsey’s Death Someone Leaked A Photo Of Jay Z and Beyonce’s Kids! Twins Or Nah? 11 Celebrity Kids Who Look Exactly Like Their Parents [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1835687″ overlay=”true”] Follow @TheRSMS
In case you missed the Vitamin Of The Day on the Quick Silva Show…The Vitamin was “Listen to your body.” When it comes to our phones, we make sure that they’re charged. When we know our car battery is about to go out we get our car jumped or we replace the battery. So why is it that we don’t have that came energy when our bodies are crying out for something? We’ve got to be proactive to our bodies the way we are to mere items in our lives. Make time for yourself! If you want to see the full message, watch the vitamin of the day.
In case you missed the Vitamin Of The Day on the Quick Silva Show…The Vitamin was “Listen to your body.” When it comes to our phones, we make sure that they’re charged. When we know our car battery is about to go out we get our car jumped or we replace the battery. So why is it that we don’t have that came energy when our bodies are crying out for something? We’ve got to be proactive to our bodies the way we are to mere items in our lives. Make time for yourself! If you want to see the full message, watch the vitamin of the day.
Source: WENN.com / WENN Via Madamenoire : Fans and supporters of Solange Knowles heading to Coachella will unfortunately not get to see Solo grace the stage this year. According to the music festival’s official Twitter account, the singer will have to forgo her scheduled performances on April 13 and April 20 at the festival in Indio, California. Due to major production delays, Solange will unfortunately no longer be performing at this year's festival. She sends her sincerest apologies, and looks forward to performing at Coachella in the future. — Coachella (@coachella) April 8, 2019 Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). “Due to major production delays, Solange will unfortunately no longer be performing at this year’s festival,” the Tweet read. “She sends her sincerest apologies, and looks forward to performing at Coachella in the future.” Solange was set to perform along with other A-listers at the festival including, Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, YG and Kanye West, to name a few. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit Her appearance would have marked the third time Solange graced the Coachella stage, following last year’s surprise dance off during her sister Beyoncé’s groundbreaking set, and a 2014 performance where Beyoncé graced the stage with Solange for a short, cute dance duo routine. SEE ALSO: WATCH: Solange Releases Visual for ‘Almeda’ The enigmatic singer and artist is known for her elaborate emphasis on production details, including set design, music arrangement and choreography. Many of her fans were looking forward to seeing what Solange would produce as the first performance following the release of her fourth studio album, When I Get Home, released in March. The album is based in jazz-fusion, soul and funk, and serves as a stream of consciousness work that encapsulates her love for the culture and Black life she observed while growing up in Houston, Texas. While Solange will not be appearing at Coachella, her European fans can expect a series of performances during the summer. After Solange’s name was announced as a performer in January, fans speculated new music was on the way, after she teased her album would drop in the fall during an interview in the New York Times Style Magazine. Her latest release was packaged in an elaborate social media push, first using Black Planet as the launching pad for buzz around the album. The singer later released a feature film to accompany the album, complete with visuals for all 19 songs. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1922666″ overlay=”true”] ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Nipsey Hussle Shot To Death At Age 33 Omari Hardwick Under Fire After Kissing Beyonce At NAACP Image Awards Singer Tweet Speaks Out About Why She Won’t Attend Church Anymore, Compares Her Struggle To Le’Andria Johnson’s [VIDEO] Follow @TheRSMS
Source: WENN.com / WENN Via Madamenoire : Fans and supporters of Solange Knowles heading to Coachella will unfortunately not get to see Solo grace the stage this year. According to the music festival’s official Twitter account, the singer will have to forgo her scheduled performances on April 13 and April 20 at the festival in Indio, California. Due to major production delays, Solange will unfortunately no longer be performing at this year's festival. She sends her sincerest apologies, and looks forward to performing at Coachella in the future. — Coachella (@coachella) April 8, 2019 Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). “Due to major production delays, Solange will unfortunately no longer be performing at this year’s festival,” the Tweet read. “She sends her sincerest apologies, and looks forward to performing at Coachella in the future.” Solange was set to perform along with other A-listers at the festival including, Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, YG and Kanye West, to name a few. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit Her appearance would have marked the third time Solange graced the Coachella stage, following last year’s surprise dance off during her sister Beyoncé’s groundbreaking set, and a 2014 performance where Beyoncé graced the stage with Solange for a short, cute dance duo routine. SEE ALSO: WATCH: Solange Releases Visual for ‘Almeda’ The enigmatic singer and artist is known for her elaborate emphasis on production details, including set design, music arrangement and choreography. Many of her fans were looking forward to seeing what Solange would produce as the first performance following the release of her fourth studio album, When I Get Home, released in March. The album is based in jazz-fusion, soul and funk, and serves as a stream of consciousness work that encapsulates her love for the culture and Black life she observed while growing up in Houston, Texas. While Solange will not be appearing at Coachella, her European fans can expect a series of performances during the summer. After Solange’s name was announced as a performer in January, fans speculated new music was on the way, after she teased her album would drop in the fall during an interview in the New York Times Style Magazine. Her latest release was packaged in an elaborate social media push, first using Black Planet as the launching pad for buzz around the album. The singer later released a feature film to accompany the album, complete with visuals for all 19 songs. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1922666″ overlay=”true”] ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Nipsey Hussle Shot To Death At Age 33 Omari Hardwick Under Fire After Kissing Beyonce At NAACP Image Awards Singer Tweet Speaks Out About Why She Won’t Attend Church Anymore, Compares Her Struggle To Le’Andria Johnson’s [VIDEO] Follow @TheRSMS
Source: Francine Orr / Getty Via Madamenoire : Since it has been announced that Chris Darden is defending Nipsey Hussle’s alleged killer, Eric Holder , his daughter Jenee Harden said she has been getting harassed via social media. Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). She addressed the hostility coming her way via social media and said she found out her father is defending Holder on social media with the rest of the world. “I was not prepared for this backlash that has triggered bad memories from the O.J Simpson Trial,” she wrote. ” My father is a grown man and has been a defense attorney for some time. I have no say in the cases he takes on.” Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit Harden went on to say that she understands the outrage and pain surrounding Nipsey Hussle’s murder but it doesn’t justify the “vile comments” that have been thrown her way. “Instead of attacking me and others who have nothing to do with this case, channel that energy toward continuing Nipsey’s legacy in strengthening our communities and lifting up each other.” SEE ALSO: Black Twitter Goes Off On Chris Darden For Defending Nipsey Hussle’s Accused Murderer Holder was charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon and has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Holder is accused of shooting Hussle six times outside of his The Marathon clothing store on March 31st. Holder, 29, was arrested on April 2nd. Chris Darden’s daughter speak on the backlash she’s receiving after her dad announced that he will be representing Eric Holder in the murder of Nipsey Hussle pic.twitter.com/hNBhHMr9gi — BallerAlert (@balleralert) April 7, 2019 [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1988760″ overlay=”true”] ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Nipsey Hussle Shot To Death At Age 33 Omari Hardwick Under Fire After Kissing Beyonce At NAACP Image Awards Singer Tweet Speaks Out About Why She Won’t Attend Church Anymore, Compares Her Struggle To Le’Andria Johnson’s [VIDEO] Follow @TheRSMS
Source: Francine Orr / Getty Via Madamenoire : Since it has been announced that Chris Darden is defending Nipsey Hussle’s alleged killer, Eric Holder , his daughter Jenee Harden said she has been getting harassed via social media. Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). She addressed the hostility coming her way via social media and said she found out her father is defending Holder on social media with the rest of the world. “I was not prepared for this backlash that has triggered bad memories from the O.J Simpson Trial,” she wrote. ” My father is a grown man and has been a defense attorney for some time. I have no say in the cases he takes on.” Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit Harden went on to say that she understands the outrage and pain surrounding Nipsey Hussle’s murder but it doesn’t justify the “vile comments” that have been thrown her way. “Instead of attacking me and others who have nothing to do with this case, channel that energy toward continuing Nipsey’s legacy in strengthening our communities and lifting up each other.” SEE ALSO: Black Twitter Goes Off On Chris Darden For Defending Nipsey Hussle’s Accused Murderer Holder was charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon and has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Holder is accused of shooting Hussle six times outside of his The Marathon clothing store on March 31st. Holder, 29, was arrested on April 2nd. Chris Darden’s daughter speak on the backlash she’s receiving after her dad announced that he will be representing Eric Holder in the murder of Nipsey Hussle pic.twitter.com/hNBhHMr9gi — BallerAlert (@balleralert) April 7, 2019 [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1988760″ overlay=”true”] ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Nipsey Hussle Shot To Death At Age 33 Omari Hardwick Under Fire After Kissing Beyonce At NAACP Image Awards Singer Tweet Speaks Out About Why She Won’t Attend Church Anymore, Compares Her Struggle To Le’Andria Johnson’s [VIDEO] Follow @TheRSMS
Source: Paul Archuleta / Getty We’re certainly living in a time where the last thing you should do is judge a book by it’s cover. Social media has definitely changed the way we view people and what societal label we should place on them— especially when it comes to women. Since the dawn of time, women have been told that they have to act, dress, look, speak and behave in a certain way to be accepted by the rest of society. But one thing that the rise of the Internet has afforded us is the freedom to be who tf we want, how tf we want, when tf we want. Cardi B was also a huge talisman of the movement by changing the stigma the use to come along with being a stripper. At one point in time, exotic dancers were exiled in the community and treated as if they were less than human. “People say, ‘Why do you always got to say that you used to be a stripper?’ We get it. Because y’all don’t respect me because of it, and y’all going to respect these strippers from now on… Just because somebody was a stripper don’t mean they don’t have no brain. Everybody gets bothered about everything. Everybody got a f—ing opinion about you. If I change myself, then I’m going to lose myself, and I won’t be who makes me happy.” – Cardi B Bardi is one of many women who’ve used their platform to breath new life into the way our society views women. Comedians like B. Simone are rising stars who can inspire young women to worry less about fitting into glass slippers and more about shattering glass ceilings. In a world where people think that beautiful women can’t be funny, B. Simone is proof that funny is actually the new fine. View this post on Instagram Omg its lil Fizz we love you B2K ! #millenniumtour ITS MY BIRTHDAY Brought back so many memories #BSimoneBday A post shared by B. SIMONE (@thebsimone2) on Apr 4, 2019 at 9:52pm PDT The actress/singer never shies away from thanking social media for helping her get to the bag while expressing all the sides she has to offer. In a 2018 intro with AFRO.com, Simone shared: “So I encourage young Black women to use [social media] to your advantage. I don’t care if you’re a doctor, and you need more people in your doctor’s office, or if you’re an actress… That platform is needed for whatever occupation you’re in.” With all the beauty she possesses, it’s easy for B. Simone to get on the ‘gram and just post of how on fleek she is — but it takes courage to get on a Wild N’ Out stage and be just as funny (if not, funnier) than half of the men around. So for that, we applaud the birthday girl for being authentically hersel, and making funny the new fine. Hit the flip to check out some of the comedians fine and funny moments.
