AE Pictures Inc/Getty Images CEO’s Florida Vacation Marred By Racism This is horrible. Frank Davis, who is the president and CEO of the Horizon Group experienced some pretty awful racism while staying at the Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota with his family. Davis and his son Michael left the hotel to have breakfast and go shopping and returned to the room to find the hateful note left inside a lamp next to the bed, ABC News affiliate WWSB reported. “You’re a n—-r,” the note read. “This is something in 2018 you don’t expect this kind of thing to happen,” he told WWSB. Davis reported the note to the hotel’s general manager and filed a report with local police. Art Ovation offered the Davises a free night’s stay but they opted to leave the property because they feared for their lives. “Who knows what other kind of actions that individual who clearly knew we were there was capable of,” Davis said. “Which is why we decided to relocate and find additional lodging for the remainder of our stay.” Art Ovation general manager Matthew Simone issued an apology to the Davis family and added that “allegations such as this are very concerning to us.” The hotel is investigating the incident. This is just crazy. What kind of person does something like this? Would you have changed hotels too?
AE Pictures Inc/Getty Images CEO’s Florida Vacation Marred By Racism This is horrible. Frank Davis, who is the president and CEO of the Horizon Group experienced some pretty awful racism while staying at the Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota with his family. Davis and his son Michael left the hotel to have breakfast and go shopping and returned to the room to find the hateful note left inside a lamp next to the bed, ABC News affiliate WWSB reported. “You’re a n—-r,” the note read. “This is something in 2018 you don’t expect this kind of thing to happen,” he told WWSB. Davis reported the note to the hotel’s general manager and filed a report with local police. Art Ovation offered the Davises a free night’s stay but they opted to leave the property because they feared for their lives. “Who knows what other kind of actions that individual who clearly knew we were there was capable of,” Davis said. “Which is why we decided to relocate and find additional lodging for the remainder of our stay.” Art Ovation general manager Matthew Simone issued an apology to the Davis family and added that “allegations such as this are very concerning to us.” The hotel is investigating the incident. This is just crazy. What kind of person does something like this? Would you have changed hotels too?
Source: TIMOTHY A. CLARY / Getty Michael Cohen , the former attorney for President Donald Trump and a close member of the business mogul’s inner circle, found himself at the center of a federal investigation for a number of charges. In his first interview since his home was raided by the FBI, Cohen shared that his loyalty is his family and country first, not President Trump. Back in April, Cohen’s home and office were both raided in connection to a federal investigation into wire fraud, bank fraud, and campaign finance violations. Since then, Cohen has kept himself out of the public eye while awaiting new developments. ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos sat down with the former Trump fixer for a 45-minute discussion. From ABC News : But in his first in-depth interview since the FBI raided his office and homes in April, Cohen strongly signaled his willingness to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller and federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York — even if that puts President Trump in jeopardy. “My wife, my daughter and my son have my first loyalty and always will,” Cohen told me. “I put family and country first.” We spoke for 45 minutes Saturday evening at a Manhattan hotel, where Cohen has been staying for the past several months. And during that time, the question of whether Cohen might flip on the president has been the subject of intense speculation. Cohen has retained legal counsel in his federal case and kept largely mum about his connections with the Stormy Daniels affair, choosing to defer to the fact he’s under advice from his attorney to speak carefully about what’s to come. — Photo: Getty
It’s been a week of ups, downs, insults and compliments for Derick Dillard. First, the homophobic ex-reality star was blasted by social media users on Father’s Day , considering he supports a President who advocates for tearing kids away from their parents at the border. While wife Jill Duggar praised the dad of her two sons for being a staunch Christian, many Internet users pointed out the hypocrisy of someone who claims to hold these types of religions values… … yet is also for the sort of cruel immigration policy espoused by Donald Trump. Think of ALL the children being held in a detention center, separated from their parents. Is that loving? Is it Godly? NOPE!” screamed on critic online. But we’re not here right now to wade into these kinds of controversial political waters. We’re here to point out that Dillard is at the center of another special occasion today: It’s the four-year anniversary of his wedding to Jill, who wed on June 21, 2014 in Springdale, Arkansas. In honor of the milestone, Jill shared a rare photo from the day she and Derick exchanged vows (and first kissed, per Duggar courtship rules ) and wrote a caption that reads as follows: This man is my favorite! @derickdillard I’m blessed beyond measure to have you as my hubby! #4yearanniversary Ihope God gives us many more years here together! I wanna #growoldtogether. She wasn’t done with the annoying hashtags, either, adding: #besthubbyever, #bestpapaever, #manofmydreams, #imspoiled and #sograteful. Of course, not everyone out there feels this way about Dillard. He was slammed by his very own cousin recently for failing to hold up Christian values , following Derick’s ongoing tirade against the LGBT community. If you’ll recall, Dillard was fired by TLC for constantly bashing transgender reality star Jazz Jennings last year. We could spend a long time reciting the list of mean and close-minded things Dillard has said. But we’d mostly just be repeating ourselves from past articles about him. So, instead, on his anniversary, we’ll go back in time a bit and recite details from his wedding instead. Based on a People Magazine article at the time, over 600 cupcakes, 3,000 chocolate-chip cookies and 3,000 root-beer floats were served at the reception for guests to enjoy. More than 100 immediate family members were in attendance, as were guests from more than 30 states, Jim Bob Duggar told the publication back then. Josh Duggar acted as emcee of the reception, pointing people to long folding tables filled with chocolate and vanilla cakes, as well as the tables with the wedding cake This was before it came out that he’s a messed up individual who molested two of his sisters . As for the first-ever spit-swap shared between the husband and wife on their big day? “It was worth the wait,” Jill told the magazine. How very sweet. Too bad we can’t say the same about her bigoted husband. View Slideshow: Duggar Family: Their Secret to Raking in Millions on the Side Revealed
Source: GUILLERMO ARIAS / Getty On Wednesday Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms signed an executive order which will prohibit city jails from accepting new detainees of the U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency. The move comes after President Trump order children be separated from their parents after being caught trying to cross the US-Mexico boarder. People around the country have been outraged by the presidents decision and Mayor’s have been taking action to push back, including Mayor Bottoms. Source: Paras Griffin / Getty “The city must not be complicit in U. S. President Donald Trump’s policies that have separated children from their families at the Mexican border,” Bottoms said. There are over 2,300 immigrant children who still do no know where they’re parents are. CLICK TO READ MORE
Cardi B pulls A Jerry on Jerry Seinfeld . If you remember a few years back Jerry infamously ignored Kesha’s request for a hug during an interview. Well on the latest episode of Between Two Ferns with Zack Galifianakis , Jerry stops by the show only to be replaced for a better guest, Cardi B. Two thirds through the interview the Bodak Yellow singer comes out and Zack makes Jerry sit on a milk crate to have some delightful banter with Cardi B event giving her a gift for her new baby. After some small talk they end the interview, Cardi gives Zack a hug, as Jerry waits with his arm out, but Cardi walks right by him without so much as a glance in Jerry’s direction. With perfect comedic timing Jerry says, “That was the opposite of what happened with Kesha,” Seinfeld said, referring to the time the singer asked him for a hug on the red carpet but he declined. Great stuff.
Source: VALERIE MACON / Getty John Legend and Chrissy Teigen are two of the most charitable celebrities in the game, and they demonstrated that perfectly yet again today. Today marks Donald Trump ‘s 72nd birthday, and most of us have no plans to celebrate other than streaming YG ‘s “FDT” a little more than usual. But as per usual, the Legend clan always knows the right thing to do, and they are doing their part in order to turn Trump’s birthday into a day of charity, love, and compassion. In honor of the President’s 72nd birthday, Teigen, John, and their two children Luna and Miles each donated $72,000 to the ACLU, a non-profit organization committed to defending the rights of immigrants, criminal justice reform, and holding the Trump administration accountable. Take a look at Chrissy’s Instagram post below: Beautiful. If you want to donate to the ACLU to, as Chrissy puts it, Make Trump’s Birthday Great Again, visit www.aclu.org/72 .
Earlier this week, Kim Kardashian did a good deed. And it didn’t have anything to do with gratuitous nudity, believe it or not. Nope, while Kim usually brightens the world with selfies or fashion or mindless reality television trash, she used her powers for good by going to the White House to meet with Donald Trump about a woman named Alice Johnson. You probably know the details on this already — the story and the photo of Kim meeting Trump were pretty widely mocked. But just in case you missed it, Alice Johnson is a 63-year-old grandma who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for non-violent drug charges — her first arrest, even — all the way back in 1996. Kim took an interest in Alice, who was obviously unbelievably failed by the justice system, and she used her voice to help take the issue directly to the president. It worked: Trump granted Alice clemency, and she was released from prison on Wednesday . After hearing the good news, Kim tweeted that she was “grateful” to Trump, Jared Kushner, and to everyone who helped achieve the goal, because “her commutation is inspirational and gives hope to so many others who are also deserving of a second chance.” “I hope to continue this important work by working together with organizations who have been fighting this fight for much longer than I have and deserve the recognition,” she added. So that’s really nice, right? It was weird to see Kim at the White House with Donald Trump who is somehow still the president , of course, but it’s an undeniably good thing that Alice Johnson was able to be released. But still, lots and lots of people have been mocking Kim for what happened, and she acknowledges that in a new interview she did with Van Jones. For one, she admitted she was starstruck — not by Trump, but by the White House itself. “I never get starstruck,” she said. “I was starstruck over the Oval Office … It really felt powerful, and felt like, you can just feel the history in there.” “I just took a second to take it all in, and then we talked about it.” As for Trump, she explained that he told her that the situation with Alice “just isn’t fair,” and that “he knew that this is the right thing to do, and he said that from the start after he had heard her whole story and situation and he knew it was the right thing to do.” When it was mentioned to her that many other celebrities have been avoiding the White House these days, she said that “Kanye’s already given him legitimacy … you know, in that way.” Yeah, he has . Kim didn’t think she would be “used” in any kind of weird way for her celebrity, but “at the end of the day, he heard me out. We got the job done.” “I juat have to stay focused, and I have to know that if he is the only person in the world that could have done this for her, why wouldn’t I go talk to that person, if I had the opportunity to?” she asked. “Forget about my fears. Forget about my life. That was the right thing to do.” That’s actually pretty admirable, right? View Slideshow: Kim Kardashian Meets with Donald Trump (And Twitter Can’t Handle It) She’s been open about her dislike of Trump and his platforms and his ideals and pretty much everything he stands for, and we’ve heard several times that she struggles with how much Kanye likes him . So after all that, she still met with Trump, despite knowing how hard she’d be mocked and ridiculed, because Trump was the person who could help Alice, and she knew that was more important than her own image. We’re proud of you, Kimmie!
Rest in peace? More like… peace out, you no good/horrible/terrible/irresponsible mother! This is the basic message that has been sent by the children of Kathleen Dehmlow on the occasion of her death, as they sent an obituary to the Redwood Falls Gazette that is unlike any other obituary you have read. (Okay, maybe it’s a little bit like this obituary .) The obituary opens by stating a few simple facts: Kathleen was born on March 19, 1938 and resided in Springfield, Minnesota. She married Dennis Dehmlow in 1957 and had two kids with him, Gina and Jay. So far, so normal, right? But then the tone quickly changes… In 1962 she became pregnant by her husband’s brother Lyle Dehmlow and moved to California. She abandoned her children, Gina and Jay who were raised by her parents in Clements, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schunk. Oh… well, ouch. Okay then! This is how the pieces concludes: She passed away on May 31, 2018, in Springfield and will now face judgment. She will not be missed by Gina and Jay, and they understand that this world is a better place without her The newspaper removed the obituary from its pages/archives amidst reader outcry that it was in poor taste, which actually raises an interesting question: Was it in poor taste? Why must we honor the dead if the dead inflicted such pain on those close to them when they were alive? Kathleen’s son, Jay Dehmalo, actually spoke to The Daily Mail and explained why he and his sibling wanted to out their late mother in this sort of fashion: “We wanted to finally get the last word,” he said. “You could write it all down in a book or turn it into a movie and people wouldn’t believe what we went through.” Jay Dehmalo, pictured here, has written the mother of all obituaries. Do you think it should have been removed from the newspaper? Does he have any regrets about doing so? Nope. “We knew there would be backlash but it really has helped us to finally get the last word,” Jay told The Daily Mail of himself and his sister, Gina.
With all the talk of the current president’s rampant sexism , it’s easy to forget that 45 is plenty of company when it comes to abusive, misogynistic commanders-in-chief. We’ve had a handful of sex-scandal-free administrations, but if you’re well-versed in White House history, then you’re well aware that a sizable percentage of US presidents cheated on their wives (including 50 percent of all Roosevelts!) or otherwise behaved boorishly toward women. Bill Clinton, of course, is one of the most famous examples of this phenomenon. Clinton famously tried to hook up with anything with a pair of X chromosomes over the course of his political career. In today’s political environment, it’s tough to imagine Bill would’ve been able to secure the Democratic nomination much less be elected to the White House, but for some reason, whenever he turned on the Slick Willy charm and busted out a smooth sax solo, the 1992 public just melted. One would think that Clinton would keep a relatively low profile in the wake of the #MeToo movement as conduct that was frowned upon then is looked at much more dimly now. But Bill possesses the hubris of a character in Greek mythology whose fatal flaw is a tragic level of horniness. Because he apparently feels that the shelves of our nation’s airport bookstores are tragically under-stocked, Clinton recently released a political thriller with the help of James Patterson, king of the raised-lettering paperback cover. The novel is called The President Is Missing — a title that no doubt has many Americans wishing it was a work of non-fiction — but based on Clinton’s tone-deaf promotional tour, a more apt name might be The Ex-President Has Lost His Effing Mind . In one appalling interview, Clinton insisted that he does not owe Monica Lewinsky an apology. He then attempted to play the sympathy card, whining that he racked up millions in legal defense fees as a result of his sexual escapades. Not surprisingly, several of the women that Clinton had questionable relations with have taken issue with his claims of innocence. One such victim is Gennifer Flowers , a former actress and television reporter who came forward during Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign to claim that she had carried on a 12-year affair with the then-Arkansas governor. Last night, Flowers sat for an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham and revealed that Clinton savagely harassed her prior to the start of their relationship: “Well, it’s very interesting because back in 1977 when I met Bill, we didn’t have the laws to protect us,” Flowers told Ingraham. “When I first met Bill Clinton, it was when I was sent out on my first story by myself after my training with my cameraman. He came out on to me that night. ” Flowers said she initially rebuffed Clinton’s advances, but he refused to let her be: “I told him to knock it off. He proceeded to continue to come onto me for three months before I decided that I wanted to have a relationship with him, which at that point was consensual,” she stated. “But in today’s standards, and in hindsight, it was definitely sexual harassment. I was a little bit ashamed to admit that because in a way, I mean, I felt guilty because I was a willing participant, at a point. “So I felt guilty about saying that I was sexually harassed in the beginning. But it definitely was, absolutely.” Flowers burst into laughter when told that Clinton considers himself a supporter of the #MeToo movement: “He would say that of course, what would he say but he’s in support of it? He’s a huge abuser of the Me Too movement,” she said before listing several other women with whom Clinton had extramarital affairs: “And I would like for the Me Too movement to be so kind and recognize myself and Paula (Jones) and Juanita and Kathleen (Willey) and many, many other women starting many years ago that have come out with claims of sexual harassment from Bill Clinton. “They haven’t given us any respect as far as I’m concerned. We are the ‘Me Not’ movement is what we are.” Harsh words. Ones that you can expect the Clintons to never, ever address. View Slideshow: Hollywood Sex Scandal: Who’s Been Caught? Accused? Fired?
