If you've been keeping up with all the news about Jenelle Evans and David Eason this week … Well, we don't really have to say “if,” do we? There really hasn't been a way to avoid it. But just to be absolutely certain we're all on the same page, today we're going to be talking about the fact that David killed Jenelle's dog on Monday, and everything that's happened since. And how it really, really looks like she's already made the choice to take divorce off the table. 1. Poor Nugget On Monday, David beat and then shot Jenelle’s dog, Nugget. We’ve heard so reports about all that went down, but let’s start with the facts. 2. The “Proof” David said that he did it because Nugget bit Ensley, and he shared this photo as proof, but as we all can see, the dog didn’t even break the skin. 3. Also This Besides, even if the dog did bite the kid, there are many solutions that would be better than shooting it in the backyard. They could have re-homed it, they could have done some training, they could have taught their kids how to interact with animals. 4. Just Terrible In texts with a friend that Jenelle shared, she said that David hit the dog before he shot it, and that he used a shotgun, which is just insane. 5. Now for the Reports Reliable news sites have said that sources claim David viciously beat Nugget before getting the gun, and that when he came back inside he was “covered in blood.” 6. Good Jenelle seemed absolutely devastated by the whole thing, and understandably so, and she’s been making statements about how she’s considering divorce. View Slideshow
Austin Jones, a long-time YouTube star who preyed upon his enormous teenage following by coercing young girls to send him sexually explicit videos, was sentenced in a Chicago federal court yesterday to 10 years in prison. The 26-year old was arrested in 2017 two counts of production of child pornography. He later confessed to enticing six underage girls to send him X-Rated videos of themselves, according to a plea agreement made available to the public last February. The girls were as young as 14 years old. Jones amassed his large following mostly by singing a cappella covers of famous songs. Prosecutors pushed for an 11-year prison sentence on Friday, although he faced a maximum of 20 years. The lawyers who argued in court against the star said Jones “preyed on their youth, their vulnerabilities and most glaringly, their adoration of him,” per the Associated Press. A defense filing contended Jones’ life was “marred with abuse, pain, loss and death,” asserting he suffered sexual abuse as a child and trying to use that incident as a defense for his actions. Alas, this argument did not hold much weight with the judge. “Production and receipt of child pornography are extraordinarily serious offenses that threaten the safety of our children and communities,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine Neff Welsh said in the government’s sentencing memorandum, adding: “Jones’ actions took something from his victims and their families that they will never be able to get back.” According to the Department of Justice, Jones would tell young girls to submit nude videos of themselves as a way to “prove” their fandom. He also promised these young girls modeling opportunities and a chance to grow their own social media following. In June of 2015, before he was even arrester, Jones shared a 16-minute YouTube video in which he looked directly into the camera and admitted that he used to ask fans to send him twerking videos. But that’s where he drew the line, Jones said. “Nothing ever went further than twerking videos,” he said back then. “There were never any nudes, never any physical contact.” Jones had more than than 534,000 YouTube subscribers and over 41 million total video views at the time of his arrest. In one exchange documented by the government, Jones acknowledged he shouldn’t be talking to a 14-year-old due to her age. He repeatedly told her, though, that she was “so lucky” she had his attention, continuing: “If you’re lucky, maybe I’d let you suck my dick.” When the teenager said she didn’t want either of them to get in trouble over the footage she was recording, he replied: “I guess you really aren’t my biggest fan …..ok then.” In addition to giving the girls suggestions for poses and underwear choices, Jones often gave them “lines” to recite to him. One example? “At the beginning, get super close and say these lines: hey Austin, it’s (name) and this butt is (age) years old and then make it clap for 30 seconds. Got it?” It doesn’t get too much more disgusting than everything chronicled here.
Source: Bertrand Rindoff Petroff / Getty Virgil Abloh Blasted Online For Lack Of Diversity On Staff Virgil Abloh’s brand Off-White staff has been criticized for having a staff that’s way too white. Not gonna lie I thought @virgilabloh would have some black people working with him but I’m not surprised pic.twitter.com/TLqb0CEbLb — lil shorty bulgogi (@wsupden) April 30, 2019 He received a ton of backlash this week after he posted photos from a recent Off-White event he attended with his employees. The pictures posted included some shots of the brand’s graphic team and art director and Abloh’s followers were quick to point out the lack of diversity among the staff, which led to people accusing him of not supporting other black creatives. Upset about being called out, Virgil responded to the criticism on Friday afternoon, posting photos of all the POC creatives he has worked with. The list features Kid Cudi, Playboi Carti, Serena Williams, Heron Preston, Tremaine Emory, Andre Walker, and Fabien Montique. After posting some other responses to the criticism, Abloh concluded his series of Instagram stories with these words: “Follow my whole design team. Support their creative ideas. Buy their clothes. Attend their events. Like their photos. Be global. Travel. Eat different food. Listen to techno. Walk don’t Uber. Love your neighbor.” Soon after responding on his own social media pages, Virgil also provided a statement to Hypebeast about the rumors spreading online. He said: “My design team is diverse as the world is big. The video shown was an Off-White dinner at the headquarters in the city of Milan, Italy. This party was to celebrate the hard work of the local Italian team.” Off-White also sent out a statement on the matter, which you can read below: “When questioned about diversity, Virgil Abloh takes pride in being African and American. His design team is diverse, and his practice has been built on making the art and design industry an inclusive community. Fellow designers like Samuel Ross, Heron Preston, No Vacancy Inn – by Tremaine Emory and Acyde Odunlami, Everard Best, Photographer Fabien Montique, amongst many others have been given a platform via Off-White . These are just a few of the many global voices and people sitting at the table and helping evolve the brand. Off-White is a black founded and owned business.” “He wishes to use this moment of being questioned to be a moment of reflection within the industry to showcase the talents behind their design entities and push to have a design community that represents the outside world.”
Source: Leon Bennett / Getty Dear Mama: Monica Performs ‘Angel Of Mine’ May means it’s time to take a step back and recognize the mothers who put in work. VH1’s upcoming special ‘ Dear Mama ‘ plans to do just that. In this sneak peek from the celebration,, Monica performs a melody for all the mothers in the audience, including her huge hit ‘Angel Of Mine.’ You can tune in #DearMamaVH1 on Monday at 10/9c on VH1…but here’s a sneak peek:
Source: VH1 / VH1 50 Cent Asks For More Money After Teairra Mari Allegedly Lied About Funeral It looks like all of the seemingly humorous jabs Teairra Mari and 50 Cent are taking at each other online might come back to bite her in the butt. The singer, who still owes 50 Cent $30K after losing her revenge porn suit is fumbling on paying. 50 cent is using evidence for Mari’s IG account to prove she lied about missing a financial evaluation, blaming it on her grandfather’s funeral. Apparently, she was shooting a music video the same day. He’s also showing the judge her “I ain’t got it” merch to prove she isn’t taking the debt she owes seriously. TT might be in trouble, because on top of the $30K she owes, 50 was an additional $25,000 for getting the runaround. The Blast reports : 50 Cent is accusing Marí of constantly trying to avoid paying him, and he wants an additional $25,000 for the anguish of having to chase the reality star down. Marí failed to appear at a financial examination last month, after she had been ordered to appear over owing 50 Cent $30,000 in attorney fees. She was hit with the judgment after the rapper prevailed in her revenge porn lawsuit. In his newly filed documents, 50 says Marí deliberately failed to appear and says she has made “blatant efforts” to avoid paying him. He accuses the reality star of publicly mocking the court’s authority and using the judgment to generate publicity for herself, and has been “celebrating her flouting of the Court’s judgment.” Earlier this week, Teairra recorded herself sending off 50 cent to 50 Cent at a check cashing place. View this post on Instagram News Flash Shit You Caught me Red Handed Curt …$29999.50 #Iaintgotit #WesternUnion #checkcashing #NEWMUSIC #Outnow #linkinHISbio #LINKINMYBIO A post shared by Teairra Mari (@misstmari) on Apr 29, 2019 at 8:01pm PDT Sigh, do YOU think she will ever pay 50 his money?
Source: Gina Wetzler / Getty YG “Go Loko” Video Featuring Tyga And Jon Z Yesterday we brought you the song, today, we bring you the music video. YG, Tyga, and a Puerto Rican artist named Jon Z take their talents to a DJ Mustard beat and talk all about the brazy life they live in California and beyond. Press play on it below. What do you think? Will YG catch any heat for “appropriating” Mexican culture?
Source: Paul Bruinooge / Getty Via Madamenoire : One of rap group’s leading pioneers have parted ways, and by the looks of things it doesn’t look amicable. DJ Spinderella, one-third of the legendary Salt-N-Pepa took to Instagram on Thursday to clear up a misconception that she felt needed to be settled once and for all. The trio was advertised as part of the highly anticipated New Kids On The Block Tour, which jumped off on Thursday night in Cincinnati, Ohio. Salt-N-Pepa are scheduled as acts along with singers Tiffany and Debbie Gibson and rap group Naughty By Nature, according to NKOTB’s website . Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). As her former group members, Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Papa” Denton tour to promote their BET reality show, Ladies First with fellow R&B pioneers SWV, Spinderella, whose real name is Deidra Muriel Roper, said she was terminated in January during a lengthy post. DJ Spinderella shares that she was terminated from the group SaltNPepa pic.twitter.com/iwaEtgvtOK — BallerAlert (@balleralert) May 3, 2019 And while she does appear in the reality series, it may mark the last time we see the trio together from the looks of things. “I’m deeply saddened to share with all the #SaltnPepa and #Spinderella fans that I will not be performing on the #NKOTB Mixtape Tour. Despite my participation in promoting the tour and being highly publicized as one of the acts, In January 2019 I received a ‘termination’ email from #SaltnPepa excluding me from performances with the group. It was my expectation, after making that decision, that they would also take responsibility for sharing the news with the public and other affected parties,” she wrote. 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 “It has been months now with no mention. Out of love for my fans and a commitment to upholding a standard of professionalism, I’ve taken it upon myself to let everyone know. I refuse to participate in misleading fans, ticketholders, and others who — based on all the advertising — were anticipating seeing the iconic #SaltnPepa and #Spinderella trio. So, I’m making it clear now. Please know that you will the opportunity to see me this summer in many other places and activities I’ll be participating in and I look forward to seeing you all then, Thank you, Spinderella,” she continued. Spinderella joined the group in 1987 at the height of their popularity, when she was just 16-years-old. However, this isn’t the first time the ladies developed friction. In 2002 the group parted ways, only to reunite again in 2007. SEE ALSO: Salt-N-Pepa Discuss “Ladies Night” Reality Show, How They’ve Maintained Longevity [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW] Hopefully this is a rough patch that can be worked out. We’d truly hate to see one of the most iconic rap groups in history, not make it to a happy ending. Especially during a time when women in hip-hop still struggle for equality and visibility in a male dominated industry. But a lot of fans are angry and/or hurt due to the recent announcement and shared their feelings on social media. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1796072″ overlay=”true”] ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : K. Michelle’s Surrogate Confirms She’s Carrying Twins [VIDEO] John Singleton Passes Away At 51 Oprah Winfrey Drops $10,000 On A Wedding Dress For One Of Her Former Students Follow @TheRSMS
Source: Jason LaVeris / Getty Via Madamenoire : The legal drama between Jesse Williams and his estranged wife, Aryn Drake-Lee, continues to escalate as the two dispute the cost of legal bills. According to The Blast , Williams recently asked a judge to deny Drake-Lee’s motion which asked Williams to pay $200,000, split between the cost of legal fees and the cost to hire a forensic accountant in preparation for their upcoming divorce hearing. In the filing, Williams claims that he has already paid Lee $270,000 to cover her attorney’s fees and plans on offering no more financial support. Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). Williams argues that his ex is capable of work and should be able to support herself based on the monthly support allotted from his paycheck. “Aryn has been able to avoid seeking meaningful employment, preferring instead to comfortably live off her substantial support…and save money while insisting that only Jesse should pay for the litigation fees for BOTH parties in this case,” Williams’ filing reads. 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 “This court should send Aryn a message that she too is responsible to pay for the attorneys’ fees and that this is not a free ride whereby she can continue to drive up the fees in the case and expect Jesse to foot the bill. Accordingly, if the Court orders and additional contribution to Aryn’s fees, the contribution should come from the $75,000 blocked account subject to relocation at trial,” the filing continues. SEE ALSO: Jesse Williams & Taylour Page Confirm Relationship In Cute Post [PHOTO] During the custody battle over the former couple’s two children, it was revealed that the Grey’s Anatomy actor pays $100,000 in support, which includes $50K for their two children and $50K for spousal support. Williams and Drake-Lee are also embroiled in a battle over the support fee as the actor has asked a judge to lower the payments. The total was based on Williams’ monthly income which amounts to $521,000 a month. Drake-Lee is also expected to combat the lowered payments in the ongoing divorce proceedings. She feels she is owed $1M in retroactive support. The couple split in 2017 after they were married in 2012. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1775848″ overlay=”true”] ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : K. Michelle’s Surrogate Confirms She’s Carrying Twins [VIDEO] RHOA Star Eva Marcille Is Pregnant With Baby No. 3! Oprah Winfrey Drops $10,000 On A Wedding Dress For One Of Her Former Students Follow @TheRSMS
Sonic The Hedgehog is a beloved property with a tremendous amount of nostalgia appeal. But when a film based upon that video game series released its trailer this week, it was roasted in every direction. Now, the director is promising to fix it all before the November release date. Will it be enough? The Sonic The Hedgehog movie trailer dropped on Tuesday, April 30. And it was … absolutely bonkers. Jim Carrey plays Dr. Robotnik. James Marsden, who deserves so much better than this, plays a police officer who apparently starts talking with Sonic. At one point, Sonic refers to “your planet,” implying that he is from outer space, which is a hell of a deviation from his '90s origin story. “Gangsta's Paradise,” a song by Coolio that was popular among my much cooler classmates when I was a young child, plays for unfathomable reasons. But more than any of that, people are fixated on Sonic's physical appearance in the film. He is CGI, which means that the world dodged the nightmare bullet of someone trying to play a live-action Sonic, at least. But beyond that, fans were loudly and vocally unhappy. Some were fixated on his human teeth (though, to be clear, hedgehog teeth would be much more upsetting). Others didn't like his leg length, and believed that his humanoid proportions make them feel like he should be wearing pants of some kind. Personally, I thought that his eyes were a little weird, and I created and tweeted this image on Tuesday to offer a joking “correction.” Now, studios are accustomed to a degree of divisiveness when images of familiar media are unveiled. Some people were weirded out by seeing Henry Cavill in a platinum wig for Netflix's The Witcher series, but that show looks like it'll be great. Others were disturbed by seeing such a realistic looking pikachu in the Detective Pikachu trailer, but … literally what did they expect? (I, at least, am a very literal person and I prefer to see things depicted as realistically as possible so long as it still looks good) But the pushback on Sonic's appearance in this trailer elicited a powerful response from the studio. The film's director, Jeff Fowler, saw the backlash and promised that they would take some sort of corrective action. “Thank you for the support,” he tweeted. “And the criticism.” “The message is loud and clear…” Fowler wrote. “You aren't happy with the design & you want changes.” “It's going to happen,” he vowed. “Everyone at Paramount & Sega are fully committed to making this character the BEST he can be,” he concludes. Translation? An issue with the film that animators have likely been bringing up for months, only to be ignored, has finally reached execs. Now, those same animators are probably having to call off family vacations and hundreds of hours ofsleep over the next few months. They'll be scrambling — as various industries call it, “crunch” — to work long hours to correct a mistake that should have been fixed earlier on. And odds are pretty good that the results won't please everyone, either. Sonic got his start as just a handful of pixels, so cover art and imagination had to do most of the work. Some people skipped imagination and just pictured him with the literal proportions seen on posters. No design is going to meet everyone's expectations, but the hope is that they can tweak his design to be a little less … upsetting. In general, the people who complain the loudest are just a vocal minority, but when it comes to this trailer, they may have a point. However … there's more wrong here than Sonic's design. Some actual feedback on this movie that has nothing to do with nitpicking Sonic's design? It's already kind of doomed. The reason that Detective Pikachu is expected to work is a combination of many factors, but part of that is that the human element makes sense. Humans are an intrinsic part of the world of Pokemon. In the games, you play as a human. On the show, most of the main characters are humans. Sonic media is very different. (And if you want an exhaustive look at Sonic's lore, look no further than Polygon's Unraveled series ) Sonic is a blue speedster hedgehog. His friends include Knuckles (the echidna) and Tails (the fox). (Also, one Sonic game many years ago gave Sonic an eerily humanoid girlfriend and they kisses, but let's not talk about that) Most of the games are basically just Mario-style platforming adventures. There have been successfully told Sonic narratives outside of video games, but none of them have featured him alongside humans. So there was no need for any live action elements of this story, but there's another, very specific, glaring flaw. The actual worst part of the trailer has nothing to do with Sonic's teeth or eyes or how humanoid he is. The real worst part of the trailer was Jim Carrey. I'm not hating on Jim Carrey, but … the most painful part of the trailer is an extended scene of Dr. Robotnik bullying someone in the military. It's weird and it feels like a terrible 1995 comedy movie that no one ever asked for. Also? Sonic just doesn't look right in every scene. Did they not have an adequate stand-in? Because it doesn't look like they did.
