With each day that’s passed since Amber Heard filed for divorce from Johnny Depp, a new, more heated story has emerged. Heard accused Depp of committing acts of domestic violence against her in their marriage, and a number of his friends and associates have rushed to his defense. In a scathing counter-allegation targeted at Heard, comedian Doug Stanhope accused the actress of trying to blackmail Depp in hopes of a juicy divorce settlement. Stanhope, a close friend of Depp’s who claimed he was with the couple on the day of the alleged abuse, paints Heard in a malignant light. “Amber was now going to leave him, threatening to lie about him publicly in any and every possible duplicitous way if he didn’t agree to her terms,” Stanhope wrote in a column for The Wrap . Heard is not taking the accusations lightly. She has now filed a defamation lawsuit against the comic, claiming everything he said in the article was false. An attorney for Heard gave a statement to E! News: “The Complaint alleges that Stanhope is a close friend of Johnny Depp and, as part of a coordinated effort, wrote a highly defamatory article about Ms. Heard, filled with completely false, highly defamatory and very hurtful statements. “Ms. Heard seeks the maximum possible jury award, and will donate 100 percent of the proceeds from the lawsuit to Chrysalis, a domestic violence shelter in Arizona, in an effort to counter the setback made to women by the defendants’ defamatory article and related wrongful acts.” ln addition, court documents state the following: “Defendants are engaged in a classic case of ‘attacking the victim,’ in an effort to discredit Heard, destroy her good name and reputation, and severely harm her hard-earned entertainment career, on top of the campaign of violence that Depp has inflicted upon her for years.” This new development is the latest in a string of he said-she said accounts in which one party accuses the other of lying. Earlier this week, leaked text messages from Heard to Depp’s assistant Stephen Deuters revealed a conversation that seemed to confirm an abusive incident from two years ago. But shortly after the leak, Deuters claimed no such texts existed and he was not aware of any abuse in the marriage. The only thing we know for sure in this case is that someone is lying, but at this juncture, it’s impossible to know who. While friends and fans are all taking sides in the matter, the fact remains that the only people who know what truly happened are Heard and Depp. View Slideshow: Johnny Depp Domestic Abuse Allegations: Stars React
Toni Braxton Brought Birdman Out During Her Atlanta Concert It’s been a topic of conversation for weeks now, but last night it got REAL in Atlanta. The R&B icon brought out her “rumored” boo, Birdman, while she was on stage. Even though we seen all sorts of “Girl, WTF are you DOING?!?!!?” on our Twitter timeline, the crowd we NUTS when Cash Money’s main man appeared. See the clip below: This has GOT to be some sort of well-orchestrated troll. What is really going on here? Toni and Birdie??? Naw. Image via WENN
It’s official. Black women are now the most educated group in the United States. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, there is a higher percentage of Black women enrolled in college — 9.7 percent, to be exact — than any other race or gender group. Asian women trail slightly behind with a whopping 8.7 percent and White women with 7.1 percent. Between 2009 and 2010, Black women earned 68 percent of the associate’s degrees, 66 percent of the bachelor’s degrees, 71 percent of the master’s degrees, and 65 percent of the doctorate degrees received by Black graduates in the United States… [ MadameNoire ] Do You Know Your Man’s Credit Score? It’s been said that financial issues are one of the leading causes of divorce, yet many couples still take the marriage plunge completely oblivious to each other’s financial situations. A recent survey conducted by Experian, revealed that an alarming 40 percent of newlyweds don’t even know their partner’s credit score. “Newlyweds were surprisingly unaware of their spouse’s financial situation before walking down the aisle,” said Rod Griffin, Director of Public Education at Experian. “One in three newlyweds reported that their spouse’s spending habits are different than what they expected.” Even worse, the majority of the 1,000 recently married participants who were surveyed said that they would spend $800 before telling their spouse and 16 percent of respondents admitted to committing financial infidelity by maintaining secret bank accounts… [ MadameNoire ] Bank Of America Swiftly Fires Atlanta Employee Who Went On Racist Facebook Rant The same way Bank Of America won’t hesitate to hit you with an overdraft fee, they are quick to fire full frontal racists. A 57-year old Atlanta woman named Christine McMullen Lindgren was relieved of her services after customers and other people complained about her very public Facebook rant. The rant did not go unnoticed and people immediately let their feelings be known by contacting Bank of America, the place she had listed as her employer…OA responded and fired McMullen Thursday afternoon. Per AJC: Andy Aldridge, a senior vice president and communications manager for the bank, confirmed that Lindgren had worked at the bank and that the comments were “reprehensible and unacceptable…” [ HipHopWired ] Mandy Moore: I Want Out Of Marriage & My House in the Woods [ TMZ ] You Guys, Toni Braxton Just Went Public With Birdman [ iHeart Radio ] These Unforgettable Images Expose The Horror Of The Tulsa Race Riots [ Huffington Post ] Friends Say They Found Crack Pipes In Lamar Odom’s Home [ Baller Alert ]
Another Hollywood couple bites the dust. Amber Heard filed for divorce Johnny Depp, TMZ reports, just 15 months after they tied the knot. What’s more, the actress ruthlessly ended their marriage just three days after Depp’s mother passed away. The couple didn’t have a pre-nup — amazing, considering how much Johnny is worth after all […]
Another Hollywood couple bites the dust. Amber Heard filed for divorce Johnny Depp, TMZ reports, just 15 months after they tied the knot. What’s more, the actress ruthlessly ended their marriage just three days after Depp’s mother passed away. The couple didn’t have a pre-nup — amazing, considering how much Johnny is worth after all […]
It’s not easy to picture him doing anything other than being a raging D-bag, but believe it or not, Chris Brown is a dad . Even more surprising is the fact that he seems to be a pretty involved dad. Chris has even taken Royalty on tour with him … which was probably not the best idea, especially if, as baby mama Nia Guzman claims, his constant smoking gave her asthma . The point is, Chris tries to be a good dad, but like some sort of stoned Homer Simpson, he usually messes up. Such as when he went on a public tirade after his Guzman posted this photo to Instagram: “It’s crazy to me that a parent would OK dressing our daughter like she 16,” Brown wrote on Guzman’s page. “I ain’t cool wit that. She is 2!!!!” “If anybody thinks something is wrong with a baby… mad at the world in dance class… in her TUTU… U need to go pray! #Namaste,” Guzman fired back. So, the baby is mad at the world in her tutu? We’re thinking Nia should’ve workshopped that response a little. Anyway, Brown responded in a tweet that’s since been deleted, because apparently these two aren’t familiar with the wonders of texting. It’s just like tweeting, except it allows you to have a conversation without sharing it with the entire world! “Dance class is fine even with the leotard,” Brown wrote. “The pics just looks risky in my opinion, this isn’t a debate. She is 2. I ain’t talking about it on social media any longer. I said my opinion.” We assume he meant “risque,” not risky. Frankly, we’re less concerned with what Royalty wears to dance class than with who’s working with her on her language skills, because it looks like her parents aren’t up to the task. View Slideshow: Chris Brown and Royalty: Father-Daughter Photos
It’s hard to get a read on just what’s going on between Kailyn Lowry and Javi Marroquin these days. Not so long ago it appeared that Kailyn had confirmed her divorce from Javi on Twitter. Lowry and Marroquin even stopped following one another on social media following a very public argument over Javi sending explicit photos to another woman . The severing of Twitter ties was somewhat of a big deal, as the couple had stated in the past that social media was their primary means of keeping in contact during Javi’s deployment with the U.S. Air Force. Just as it was beginning to look like Lowry and Marroquin were officially dunzo, however, their relationship began to show signs of life. Javi even spoke openly about his efforts to win Kailyn back during an online conversation with fans. Kailyn suggested that she was open to a reconciliation ans described herself as “still married” in an interview. Now, however, it looks as though the couple’s efforts to make it work never fully got off the ground. Though she hasn’t responded directly to fans’ questions about whether or not she and Javi are (as he claims) giving it another go, Kailyn posted a cryptic and telling tweet just moments ago: “Pretend is my favorite game,” the 24-year-old mom wrote. It’s not a full-blown kiss-off, but it’s certainly not encouraging. As far as we can tell, it’s Kailyn’s way of saying Javi is pretending all is well and has successfully convinced himself that his family will still intact once he returns from Qatar. Or maybe she’s subtly hinting that she’s tired of pretending all is well in her marriage. We’re not sure, but something tells us there’s some not-so-subtle sarcasm behind that tweet. Watch Teen Mom 2 online to relive all of Kailyn and Javi’s ups and downs. View Slideshow: Kailyn Lowry: Timeline of a Turbulent Teen Mom Life
Dear Bossip , I was happily dating this guy for about two years. I met him at a singles mixer and things were good and we were really feeling each other. One morning I was getting ready for work and my phone rang. Now, usually I don’t answer numbers I don’t know, but something told me to pick it up. It was a woman and the first words out of her mouth were, “How do you know my husband?” After I regained my composure I told her that I met him at a singles mixer about two years ago. She just said, “Oh, thanks for the information,” and she hung up. I was at work for a few hours when the guy called me. I couldn’t answer my phone at work, but he left a long voicemail letting me know how unhappy he was that I was honest with his wife when she called my phone. So, I’m guessing that she went in on him after talking to me. I called him back while on break just to let him know to lose my number and to never contact me again because married men aren’t my thing. He gave me that tired line about them being separated and on the verge of divorce because that’s always the excuse when a married man gets caught up. But, I wasn’t having any of that and he just won’t accept that it’s over. Since I blocked him he is harassing my friends and family. He even had the nerve to send flowers up to my job for me. I am trying my best to get rid of the drama, but this man is holding on and keeps telling me he will prove his love by leaving his wife. I have blocked him and told the people at my job to not let him up to my office if he shows up. I am at my wits end and don’t know what else to do. – Can’t Make A Clean Break Dear Ms. Can’t Make A Clean Break , Call his wife and tell her about her husband and what he is doing. Tell his wife that he won’t leave you alone. Every time he leaves a voice message, sends a text, flowers, gifts, or is harassing your family, forward it all to his wife. Let her know that you don’t want anything to do with him, and that your meeting him at a singles mixer led you to believe that he was single, and that he had no wife or family. He lied to you, and led you to believe that he was a single man and that you and he were in a monogamous relationship. Let her know that you are not interested in dealing with married men, and he refuses to get the answer, the hint, or the obvious – you want nothing to do with him. Next, get a restraining order. The man is crazy, a stalker, and obviously controlling. He’s attempting to control this situation, and you. His insistence on showing up at your job, harassing your family and friends is a man who is out of control, yet, wants to control the situation and you. He will stop at nothing to get your attention, to get you back, and eventually back into his drama. This man is unstable, and getting a restraining order will hopefully help him to get the hint that you want nothing to do with him. If these do not work, then get together with his wife. Invite him out and tell him to meet you in a public place and space. Then, have his wife show up and let him face the both of you. You and his wife confront him together. You demand that he leave you alone, and to stop harassing you, and your family and friends. You tell him that you want nothing to do with him, and to go on with his life, and work on his marriage. Let his wife deal with everything else. And, if you have some brothers, male cousins, or male friends, then have them show up and tell him to leave you alone as well. It’s obvious this man is not going to get the message until he is confronted, and you lay it all out for him. Don’t relent and give in to him. Don’t let him attempt to explain himself out of this mess, and this drama. He is dangerous. He is a liar. And, he is a master manipulator. He managed to maintain a two-year relationship with you…..wait, hold up….how the hell did you maintain a relationship with a man for two years and had never gone to his house, met his friends, or family members? At some point in the two years you were together you would have met some of his friends, and his family members. And, what about the holidays? You never spent any of the holidays together – Thanksgiving or Christmas? What about New Year’s Eve or Day? And, what about Valentine’s Day? This man was able to hide and keep his marriage a secret from you for two long ass years, and all these holidays in between, and not once did anything cross your mind or make you think something is not right? How did he explain his living situation? Why had you not met anyone in his family for two years? Hell, a friend? Girl, I’m starting to question you now! Major side eye. See, you should have done some investigations and gotten some answers instead of believing everything he told you. How the hell do you end up in a two year relationship with someone and not once go to their home or meet anyone significant in their life? There are so many other questions and obvious things to look at with this situation, such as, Did you notice he wasn’t texting or calling you at night, considering he was home with his wife? And, why had you never gone to his job? Yes, he is controlling because he controlled the entire relationship. He met your family and friends, and it’s obvious he knows where you work and has been to your job before. He put all the focus on you, and getting involved with your world, and life. However, you know nothing about him. You were not integral or part of his world or life. Girl, you made a big ass mistake, and now you have to learn the lesson. I guess you’ll ask better questions, and really get to know a man before you jump into a serious relationship with him. Like, how the hell can you be involved with someone for two years and never meet anyone in their family, or their friends? That boggles my mind. – Terrance Dean ***(Attention all media/news outlets, if you use this story and letter, or any parts of this content for your outlets you must give credit to this site, the columnist, and his advice)*** Hey Bossip Fam, what do you think? S hare your opinions and thoughts below! Also, e-mail all your questions Terrance Dean: loveandrelationships@bossip.com Follow Terrance Dean on Twitter: @ terrancedean and “LIKE” Terrance Dean on Facebook, click HERE ! Make sure to order my books Mogul: A Novel (Atria Books – June 2011; $15); Hiding In Hip Hop (Atria Books – June 2008); and Straight From Your Gay Best Friend – The Straight Up Truth About Relationships, Love, And Having A Fabulous Life (Agate/Bolden Books – November 2010; $15). They are available in bookstores everywhere, and on Amazon, click HERE!
Dear Bossip , Me and my boyfriend are both in our 20s, and have been together for almost 3 years. We recently just had a child together (his fourth and my first). We have been discussing marriage for almost 2 of the 3 years we’ve been together, but we haven’t actually did it yet. We are both college students and are working on our future. Being raised a Christian I have recently decided to strengthen my relationship with the Lord and want to stop having pre-marital sex. He doesn’t agree since we have already been having sex and he’s used to it. We have compromised on giving up sex for 6 months to strengthen our relationship. He says that he wants to attend graduate school and be more stable before getting married, which is another year from now. But, I don’t see the need to wait since we have already been playing house. He also thinks I need to mature more before fully committing, which I don’t disagree with. Our main problem is that he wants me to do things I feel a wife only does for her husband (like to follow his lead, and to be more submissive, including other things). Some of the other things I don’t mind doing, like cooking and cleaning, since I would be doing them if he wasn’t there anyhow. I just don’t want to completely give myself to him without marriage and then we never get married and I’ve given all my youthful years to him along with husband perks for nothing. We have been working on our differences and we really want to work things out if for nothing else then for the sake of our child. But, I don’t want to wait forever. So, my question is should I give him a sample of what I can be as a wife and then just wait until he’s ready to get married? He said that he wouldn’t mind setting a date and getting rings, but I’m just not sure if we are moving in that direction. – Playing House Dear Ms. Playing House , This is a huge problem, and unfortunately you’ve already committed yourself to playing house and acting like a married couple, yet, now you want to do it officially. This is really ass backwards. But, my first concern is having a child with a man who already has three children. Though, you didn’t state if the other three children were with one woman or multiple women, I am still concerned that you had a child with a man in his 20s, and he’s producing multiple children with different women. That is a problem. Is he paying child support for his other children? Is he actively involved in their lives? How is relationship with his children’s mother/s? What arrangements does he have in regards to custody of his children? Are you involved in their lives as well? Marrying him means you inherit his children and you become a blended family. His children have a brother/sister, and do they know one another, and how are you going to move forward in building a relationship with multiple children? You didn’t discuss this as a concern in your letter, but that is something very serious to think about. I am not sure if you and he are ready for marriage. You are clearly putting the cart before the horse, especially by living together, playing house, and he wants you to cook, clean, and you follow him and he is the lead, including being submissive to him. Huh? So, he wants you to start acting like a wife and then he will marry you. But, how is he going to gauge this assessment of your behavior and what is the barometer of measurement in knowing if you’re doing things right or wrong? Who is keeping tabs? How long will this go on before he decides it is “okay,” or he approves of the changes and will move forward with marriage? And, I don’t understand that you and this man have been dating for 3 years, have produced a child, and now that you have a renewed sense of your Christian faith you want to stop engaging in pre-marital sex because of what? Sweetie, all you’re doing is withholding sex from him. That’s what you’re really doing. You’ve had a change of heart and mind regarding your situation, and relationship, and you’re re-evaluating where it’s going. You’re having second thoughts, and doubting if it really is going to turn into a marriage, and you don’t want to invest all this time and energy into something and don’t want to feel as if you won’t get anything for your investment. Technically, all you want to do is to stop what you’ve already started. Well, ma’am, all of this should have been done in the beginning when you first started dating. You shouldn’t have been engaging in pre-marital sex, and living together, and giving him the cow and the milk. Now, you’re trying to reverse what you should have already begun three years ago. Sorry, but, he’s won. He’s giving you ultimatums to your ultimatum. In order for him to change and consider marriage he wants you to change and make some adjustments and then he will consider marriage. He wants you to start acting more like a wife because in effect you’re withholding sex in order to get what you want. And, for him to get what he wants, he told you that you are not ready, and not mature enough, and you have to wait another year because he wants to attend graduate school and become more stable in his life. Hmmm, was he all of these things before he decided to help procreate four children? He’s laying with women and having unprotected sex, and producing children, then, is he financially capable and able to be taking care of his four children? Is he actively involved with all his children, or just your child? He’s talking about maturity, but his immaturity in creating children and I am assuming he’s not taking care of all them shows that he isn’t father of the year. How mature can he be that in his 20s he already has four children, and we can deduce that he has at least two baby mommas. And, if you’re living together, and you’re both in school, then is he working? Did he move in with you? Is his name on the lease? What bills is he paying in the home? Do you split the rent, or are you covering the rent? He wants you to cook and clean, but how is he contributing to the household? And, what if things don’t work out between you and him, and he dates another woman, and they produce children before marriage? Ma’am, my point is that he’s not mature either. You and he have not discussed pre-marital counseling. Yes, before you get married you should seek counsel from your pastor, or a counselor. And, since you’ve had a change of heart and want to reconnect with your Christian values, then, is he attending church with you? Is he making changes and recommitting himself to his Christian values, or he never had any? What good is it if you’re recommitting yourself, and he is not? If you’re going to start fresh and anew with your Christian faith, and he is not, yet, he wants you to submit yourself to him, and follow his lead, then who and what is he following? You’ll be a fool to follow a man with no spiritual or religious guidance. He’s already led you astray and have you playing house, telling you that he is not going to marry you until at least he has a graduate degree and is stable in his life, and he doesn’t see why you’re withholding sex because you’ve already been spreading it wide for him so why stop now. He can’t keep his d**k in his pants and already has four children, but he wants you to follow him and be submissive to him. Uhm, no! If you’re going to really recommit yourself to your renewed faith and make these adjustments before marriage, then consult a spiritual advisor, or your pastor. Seek pre-marital counsel and see if you and he are on the same page, and if this is someone you really want to commit yourself to. You’re making all these changes to your life to prove your marriage and wife material, but what changes is he making in his life to prove he is marriage and husband material? – Terrance Dean ***(Attention all media/news outlets, if you use this story and letter, or any parts of this content for your outlets you must give credit to this site, the columnist, and his advice)*** Hey Bossip Fam, what do you think? S hare your opinions and thoughts below! Also, e-mail all your questions Terrance Dean: loveandrelationships@bossip.com Follow Terrance Dean on Twitter: @ terrancedean and “LIKE” Terrance Dean on Facebook, click HERE ! 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Woody Allen Brags About 20-Year Marriage And Ignoring Criticism Woody Allen is still just as creepy as ever. As you probably know, the director helped raise his current wife from the age of 10. He was in a relationship with her mother, Mia Farrow, for 10 years, and Mia only left him after finding nude photos of her child that Woody had taken. That’s actually not even the ONLY daughter of Mia’s that Woody reportedly molested …but we digress. In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter , Woody confirmed that he doesn’t give a damn what anyone has to say about him on any front, from his work to his pervy personal life, because he has made it a point to avoid anything with his name on it for decades. He doesn’t even ever watch his own films again once they’re completed. And he certainly never paid attention to people calling him out for smashing a child… In the early 1990s, when you were criticized for starting your relationship with Soon-Yi, were you immune to all that? Were you unaware of it? I was immune, yes I was. You can see I worked right through that, undiminished. Made films all through those years and at the same rate I was making them. I’m good that way. I am very disciplined and very monomaniacal and compartmentalized. So you weren’t traumatized by the scandal? Oh, no. Not in the slightest. But when it comes to the super-creepy (and likely criminal) love affair he had with his ex-wife’s adopted daughter from her teen years on into marrying her in adulthood, Woody basically feels like his obvious molestation did nothing but benefit her… How has your wife, Soon-Yi, changed you? Oh, well, one of the great experiences of my life has been my wife. She had a very, very difficult upbringing in Korea: She was an orphan on the streets, living out of trash cans and starving as a 6-year-old. And she was picked up and put in an orphanage. And so I’ve been able to really make her life better. I provided her with enormous opportunities, and she has sparked to them. She’s educated herself and has tons of friends and children and got a college degree and went to graduate school, and she has traveled all over with me now. She’s very sophisticated and has been to all the great capitals of Europe. She has just become a different person. So the contributions I’ve made to her life have given me more pleasure than all my films. Wow…so even after 20 years of marriage, their entire dynamic is still about the pleasure he brings to her. Yeah, we’re sure that’s perfectly healthy… Splash
