View this post on Instagram #bodycompleterx my secret is out @bodycompleterx A post shared by Kenya Moore Daly (@thekenyamoore) on Jun 11, 2019 at 7:19am PDT Kenya Moore is not here to play with y’all. She’s been on an insane post-baby bounce back and she doesn’t seem to be stopping any time soon. Not only is her body on point she’s also keeping her inches flourishing like crazy. Kenya recently got with the rest of the RHOA crew and hit up Carnival in Toronto but she’s been giving us solo bawdy for a while now. Take a look at see her dominant summer… View this post on Instagram Thank you @kenyamoorehair #allmine #noweave #moorehaircare #24inches @sallybeauty A post shared by Kenya Moore Daly (@thekenyamoore) on Aug 6, 2019 at 11:16am PDT
Source: Unknown / Getty A typical experience with gaslighting may go something like this: You present an issue you are having to a partner, and they react by saying “you’re too sensitive!” or “you’re crazy.” Gaslighters deflect any responsibility away from your legit feelings and instead pin their behavior on you. While the example highlighted above is a light example, its roots can definitely get deeper and more insidious. Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). According to Psychology Today, “The term gaslighting originated from the 1944 film Gaslight , in which a husband systematically tormented his wife by convincing her that she’s insane, thereby robbing her objectivity and self-worth .” Sound familiar? You’re not alone. A lot of women are unknowing participants in a relationship where their significant other is chronic gaslighter and they don’t even know it. Most gaslights are liars or spin masters–they turn any narrative on its head in order to take the heat off themselves and put it on you. By definition, “the gaslighter takes the focus off of his or her significant weaknesses, flaws, and inadequacies, which the gaslighter is deeply afraid of exposing. Through constant lying and exaggerations, the gaslighter keeps his victims on the defensive and maintains social and psychological leverage.” Repeated exposure to this kind of behavior can leave you stifled, unable to express your feelings out of fear your partner will attack you emotionally. This psychological gagging is how the gaslighter stays empowered. The aggressor may even become hostile when confronted about their behaviors, thus scaring their partner into silence. On par with other emotional abusers, gaslights may begin to isolate their victims from their friends and loved ones, hoping to keep them far away from the truth. “By deploying demagoguery tactics such as “us versus them,” “divide and conquer,” “isolate and control,” “enemies are everywhere,” and “I’m your only hope,” the gaslighter places the gaslightee in a psychological straight jacket, and further establishes an authoritarian relationship,” Psychology Today explains. 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 If the scenarios outlined above sound like you, it’s important for you to seek professional help and counseling. It takes time and patience to unhinge yourself from a gaslighter’s lies and manipulation, but awareness if the first step towards healing. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”2008381″ overlay=”true”] This story was originally published on MadameNoire.com . ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Rapper Shot And Killed In Houston See Lauren London’s Moving Birthday Note To Nipsey Hussle’s Sister Baby Shower Goals: Keyshia Cole Celebrates New Baby Boy On A Yacht [PHOTOS] Follow @TheRSMS
Source: James Devaney / Getty Aaliyah Is Going To Be Honored With Her Own Wax Figure The Princess of R&B is finally getting her own wax figure. Madame Tussauds Las Vegas is going to honor Aaliyah with a figure of her in their throwback room. Starting on August 22, fans will be able to jam and reminisce with the late icon at the museum. The famous Las Vegas museum is also hosting a contest for some lucky fans to attend the VIP launch party for the unveiling of the figure. To enter, contestants must share their best Aaliyah-inspired look with the hashtag #ShowUsYourAaliyah on Instagram and the Aaliyah app. You can find out more info here . In a video announcement for the new figure, Aaliyah’s brother gives us all insight into how dedicated she was to her fans before announcing the big news. Check out the video below to hear all about the upcoming honor:
Source: Tony Rivetti / Getty Actress Afton Williamson , who played the role of Talia Bishop on ABC’s The Rookie , has quit the show amid claims of sexual harassment and assault along with racial discrimination. In an Instagram post, Williamson announced her departure while naming those who carried out the alleged acts. “I will not be returning for Season 2 of The Rookie,” Williamson wrote in the caption for the post. “I owe it to you my amazing fans to share the Truth. Throughout the filming of the pilot, I experienced Racial Discrimination/Racially Charged inappropriate comments from the hair department and bullying from Executive Producers.” She added, “During the Season, it continued along with Sexual Harassment from a recurring guest star, Demetrius Grosse, and the racist commentary & bullying from the Hair Dept. Head, Sally Ciganovich escalated into Sexual Assault at our Wrap party. The Sexual Harassment though reported directly to the Showrunner/EP remained undocumented and was not reported to HR as promised. Ciganovich was fired ONLY after the sexual assault and NOT for an entire year of outward racism/racially charged language and bullying behavior in and out of the Hair and Makeup trailer. HR protocol was never adhered to following the above reports given by me to my Showrunner/EP and an investigation was never issued for any of my claims.” In the following post, Williamson thanked her fans and supporters after making her announcement. “I am so beyond overwhelmed by the outpouring of love, kind words, scriptures, strength filled quotes and devout support that has come my way. One Instagram post is just like those 2 fish and 5 loaves of Bread,” Willamson wrote. “The rippling effect it has had in just a few hours shows how much this world is aching with victims of racism, discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual abuse all of it. I am no stranger to all of the above even before this experience. But it is through this experience and my platform that God pushed me to use the power within me.” View the posts below. View this post on Instagram I will not be returning for Season 2 of The Rookie. I owe it to you my amazing fans to share the Truth. Throughout the filming of the pilot, I experienced Racial Discrimination/Racially Charged inappropriate comments from the hair department and bullying from Executive Producers. During the Season, it continued along with Sexual Harassment from a recurring guest star,Demetrius Grosse,and the racist commentary & bullying from the Hair Dept.Head, Sally Ciganovich escalated into Sexual Assault at our Wrap party.The Sexual Harassment though reported directly to the Showrunner/EP remained undocumented and was not reported to HR as promised.Ciganovich was fired ONLY after the sexual assault and NOT for an entire year of outward racism/racially charged language and bullying behavior in and out of the Hair and Makeup trailer. HR protocol was never adhered to following the above reports given by me to my Showrunner/EP and an investigation was never issued for any of my claims. The only time I was asked to participate in an investigation was after a meeting I called in June following our Season 2 announcement. This meeting included the Showrunner and two other producers as well as my agent and SAG-AFTRA Union Rep. It was clear to all present in the meeting that the Showrunner had not shared my reports with the any of the producers. After my initial report of sexual harassment, I was assured that Grosse would be fired. I was also asked to film with him the very next day as a courtesy to the script, even though we had not begun filming the episode yet. Grosse reappeared on our call sheet at the end of the season, I was even written in scenes with him. I asked the Showrunner about this and he admitted to me that the Grosse had not been fired nor had he gotten HR involved. I was asked to return this season, and promised that “everything was handled.” The investigation hadn’t even begun and Season 2 had already started filming. I turned it down and I walked. Now is the best time in the world to be a woman and I have a platform so it’s time to use my Voice. Strength comes from within. It comes from Above. “Greater is He that is within Me than he that is in the world” A post shared by Afton Williamson (@therealaftonw) on Aug 4, 2019 at 1:12am PDT View this post on Instagram To my Fans, my Friends, my Supporters: I want to Thank EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. I am so beyond overwhelmed by the outpouring of love, kind words, scriptures, strength filled quotes and devout support that has come my way. One Instagram post is just like those 2 fish and 5 loaves of Bread. The rippling effect it has had in just a few hours shows how much this world is aching with victims of racism, discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual abuse all of it. I am no stranger to all of the above even before this experience. But it is through this experience and my platform that God pushed me to use the power within me. It just takes a VOICE. I never imagined so many of us have experienced these horrible circumstances and that can NO LONGER GO UNHEARD. We have a voice. ALL OF US. It is our DUTY to use it. I used to fear the word Victim. I scoffed at it because all I was told when these injustices happened to me, was to Survive. Survivor I am. Victim I am also. A victim of injustice. A victim of assault. A victim of abuse and harassment. If you have experienced any of the above, you are too and I for one stand with you and I’m no longer afraid to be vocal about it. We Can Stand Together. Let’s Change This Sickness. That Change starts with US. This season on The Rookie, I was sexually harassed by fellow actor Demetrius Grosse. I was Racially Bullied and Discriminated against and Sexually Assaulted by Hair Department Head Sally Nicole Ciganovich. Let’s BE the CHANGE we WANT to SEE A post shared by Afton Williamson (@therealaftonw) on Aug 5, 2019 at 5:06pm PDT — Photo: Getty
Source: Apega/WENN.com / WENN Serena Williams Covers ESSENCE Serena Williams is covering ESSENCE’s September global fashion issue. In it, the tennis great/greatest athlete rocks face paint by artist Laolu and later rocks designers duds by Carolina Herrera, Giuseppe Zanotti, Talbot Runhof, Issey Miyake and more. The photos were taken by photographer Kwaku Alston and styled by ESSENCE Fashion Director Marielle Bobo. The multi-hyphenate wife/mom/entrepreneur also told ESSENCE’s Entertainment Director Cori Murray all about her S By Serena New York Fashion Week moment, what she looks for in fashion, the importance of speaking up and freedom. View this post on Instagram September is coming!! Thank you @Essence for this opportunity to be seen and heard on the cover of the September issue. Photographer: @kwakualston Visual Art: @laolunyc Makeup: @natashagrossmakeupartist Styling: @mariellebobo Hair: @vernonfrancois A post shared by Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) on Aug 6, 2019 at 6:09am PDT ON WHAT SHE LOOKS FOR IN FASHION: “Wow. I love fashion, obviously. It has to connect to me, first of all. I like things that are unusual, but also a little classic. It depends: It could be a crazy pop of color, and it’ll totally get me excited. Or it could be something fresh I haven’t seen before. Honestly, I can go in any direction. Just depends on how I feel…” ON HER “S BY SERENA” NYFW MOMENT: “Everything that’s on the runway will be ready for sale for 24 hours on September 10th. As far as the clothing, we really wanted to have fun and be confident. It’s kind of like all the aspects of my life. But not just my life, most women’s lives. We have a job, or we have somewhere to go for an event, or we have something more serious that we wanted to dress down for, or we might want to go out with our friends and relax, or we may just be walking around the house as a mom. So when we were designing the collection, we wanted to speak to every aspect of that woman…” ON BODY POSITIVITY IN FASHION: “We want to be inclusive. We have an extended size, and we call it great because I don’t like the word “plus.” So we call it S Great because every woman is great. Hopefully, the word “great” will catch on and people will get rid of the word “plus.” ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SPEAKING UP AND FREEDOM: “Freedom means standing up and not being afraid to say, ‘I’m here’ or ‘Hear my voice’ or ‘This isn’t what I agreed to’ or ‘This isn’t fair and that isn’t right.’ I’ve done it my whole career. It’s knowing where I’ve come from, knowing my history, in particular, the sport that I’m in. When I first started, there weren’t a lot of people who looked like me. So it was really important to always help other people feel as if this is something they could also be a part of…” View this post on Instagram “When you invest in yourself, it helps your confidence, and you’ll know forever that whether you make it or not, you stepped up to the plate.”- @serenawilliams Tap the in bio for more on our Global Fashion Issue. ( : @kwakualston) A post shared by ESSENCE (@essence) on Aug 6, 2019 at 6:34am PDT Take another look at Serena for ESSENCE on the flip.
Source: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Billy Ray Cyrus Was Forced To Change One Of His Lines On “Old Town Road” Billy Ray Cyrus is known for being a legend in the world of country music–but more recently, he’s been making headlines for everything surrounding his contributions to Lil Nas X’s smash hit, “Old Town Road.” Last week, the legendary musician did an interview with Taste Of Country , where he talked about how he discovered Lil Nas X, what he thought of “Old Town Road” the first time he heard it, why he decided to jump on the song, and more. Beside the usual discussion surrounding the record breaking song, Billy Ray Cyrus also revealed some brand new information about his process when making his contribution. According to the Kentucky native, the writing process for his verse took only about “eight to ten minutes” for him to do in its entirety. Once he was finished putting pen to paper, the record label was mostly happy with it, except for one line. “For some reason I thought it would be funny to say, ‘Baby’s got a habit: diamond rings and marijuana,’” the country singer revealed to Taste Of Country . “See? I thought it was funny. That song could’ve DONE something,” he continued as the hosts laughed. The label ended up coming back to Billy with some simple notes about his verse: “everything but the marijuana.” In the end, after establishing that putting a line about weed in the song probably wouldn’t be their best move, somebody suggested that Billy say “Fendi sports bras” instead of “marijuana.” “And I thought, well, it’s probably good, because I don’t know what that is,” Cyrus explained to the hosts. Here’s how that section of Cyrus’ verse sounds today: “Hat down, cross town, livin’ like a rockstar/ Spent a lot of money on my brand new guitar/ Baby’s got a habit: diamond rings and Fendi sports bras/ Ridin’ down Rodeo in my Maserati sports car” And that’s how we ended up with the “Old Town Road” verse we know and love today. As we all already know by now, Lil Nas X’s single has been breaking non-stop records, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for the 18th week in a row, beating out “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee , featuring Justin Bieber , and “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men , which ruled for 16 weeks each, in 2017 and 1995-96, respectively. Would the song still be just as successful if Billy kept that line about marijuana in there? Who knows. But right now, it’s unstoppable.
Whoever made this to 50 Rap artists of all time list and put Joe Budden as number 3 deserves to get smacked!! pic.twitter.com/gEuYHebkgC — 50/50innertainment (@5050RecordLabel) August 5, 2019 Rap is all about debating. It’s one of the most prevailing aspects of the genre. Who has classics? Who is the GOAT? Etc., etc. That aspect of music went into overdrive when two bugged out rap lists hit the internet. One above had a list of the 50 best rappers of all time and it was full of weird a$$ selections. Joe Budden at NUMBER THREE?! It’s crack, right? That’s what it is, huh? That caused Ebro to chime in for some damn reason. He had his own list that wasn’t much better. If ya list ain’t handwritten it don’t count… #TheRealTop50 (*) could be ranked higher pic.twitter.com/bEmQNVDOgR — El Viejo Ebro (@oldmanebro) August 6, 2019 Hey kids, remember that he basically runs a radio station? Okay. Anyway, his list got dragged just as bad as the first one. Also, a lot of these rappers caught a ton of stray bullets simply for being where they were on the lists. Damn, cold world. Take a look at the chaos. 1. Jay Z 2. Nas 3. Joe Budden ………………….. 37. Lil Wayne pic.twitter.com/fcKK5GjUhE — DJ First Class (@1DJFirstClass) August 5, 2019
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty It’s already hard to make rank anything from best to worst — but when it comes to rappers, it’s damn near impossible to come up with a list that everyone agrees on. On Monday, The Brew Podcast posted a list of who they think the 50 Greatest Rapper of All Time are, and were bold enough to put them in order. They had Jay-Z at number one (rightfully so), Nas at number two (no complaints there), but ish got real shakey when they got to number three. Let's argue pic.twitter.com/u80dkZ4Max — The Brew Podcast (@TheBrewPodcast1) August 5, 2019 That’s right. The Internet’s own Joe Budden was ranked number three on the list of the 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time. We love Joe. But does he really rap better than Biggie, Rakim and Ghostface? No way. Folks are so shocked by the trolling list that some have a theory that Joe himself is actually the one who created it. Joe budden made this list, He think he slick, As number 3? Yeah… aight No Kanye? Yeah… aight… https://t.co/7c1FJY8Xxb — luka fallback sabbat (@whoisluka) August 5, 2019 1. Jay Z 2. Nas 3. Joe Budden ………………….. 37. Lil Wayne pic.twitter.com/fcKK5GjUhE — DJ First Class (@1DJFirstClass) August 5, 2019 Joe Budden running into the Top 3 rappers of all time like pic.twitter.com/VxFbeeB1LA — Joe Budden Fits (@JoeBuddenFit) August 6, 2019 At least Joe has a sense of humor about all the shade he’s been getting. But let’s be real, he loves this Internet troll ish more than any young clout chaser out here. I ain’t make that list but i ain’t arguing against it lol — Joe Budden (@JoeBudden) August 5, 2019 & y’all gonna stop disrespecting the greatness of Pump It Up — Joe Budden (@JoeBudden) August 5, 2019 The internet only unifies at my expense lol — Joe Budden (@JoeBudden) August 5, 2019 But seriously, if you were making a list of the 50 Greatest Rapper Of All Time, where would Joe rank on yours? @EddieToThe: In regards to that list, @JoeBudden is no doubt in my top five, possibly even top three. It all depends what you look for in an mc. With me, it’s always connecting as a human being. Joe Budden does that far better than most. Hot 97 Morning Show host Ebro Darden chimed in with his two cents, and even dropped a list of his own. Joe Budden being someone’s #3 should be allowed. … It is a phenomenal troll & also a great convo — El Viejo Ebro (@oldmanebro) August 5, 2019 View this post on Instagram #TheRealTop50 …. My handwritten list. (*) means could be higher … A post shared by Ebro Darden (@oldmanebro) on Aug 6, 2019 at 6:36am PDT A whoooole lot of great emcees, including Andre 3000, are missing from this list. So we’re just gonna take it with a grain of salt, and let Joe have his moment.
The Real Housewives is the worst show in the franchise. There's no getting away from that. With stale storylines to convoluted drama, it's been circling the drain for several years now. Will The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 10 manage to turn the series around? The first information is encouraging, but with no casting changes season-to-season, it's a little concerning. Have a look at all the information we know below. Missed an episode? You can watch The Real Housewives of New Jersey online . 1. Teresa Giudice Will Be Back Could you imagine The Real Housewives of New Jersey without its resident table flipper? Neither could Bravo. She’ll be back. Producers will likely be bolting tables to the floor in preparation. 2. Melissa Gorga Will Be Back Teresa’s one-time arch-nemesis and sister-in-law will be back as a housewife. 3. Dolores Catania Will Be Back Dolores may not have much of a storyline, but the producers seem to think she will bring the drama during Season 10. 4. Margaret Josephs Will Be Back Margaret found herself falling out with a bunch of cast members during Season 9. That probably explains why she’ll be back for Season 10. 5. Jennifer Aydin Will Be Back Aydin will be back to flaunt her wealth. God, we’re still having nightmares about the number of times she tried to make the others jealous last season. 6. Jackie Goldschneider Will Be Back Jackie locked horns with Teresa on several occasions. Anyone willing to go to war with that table flipper deserves to return. View Slideshow
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