By Wonderwall.com Editors
9:30am PDT, Jul 4, 2023
Star struck
Kelsea Ballerini is being hailed as "a real class act" for her response after she was hit in the face on stage in Boise, Idaho, by an object that appeared to have been thrown by a fan. Video posted on social media shows a bracelet being hurled at the country singer before it hits her in the eye. In the footage, Kelsea looks startled then visibly winces before turning her back to the crowd as her bandmates rush to help her. After briefly pausing the show to walk off stage, she returns with her guitar. "Can we just talk about what happened?" she asks. "All I care about is keeping everyone safe. If you ever don't feel safe, please let someone around you know. There's security everywhere tonight. If anyone's pushing too much or you just have that gut feeling or anything, always flag it," she continues. "Don't throw things, you know?"
Kelsea shared a similar message on her Instagram Story after the show. "Hi. I'm fine. Someone threw a bracelet, it hit me in the eye, and it more so just scared me than hurt me," she wrote, according to Entertainment Tonight. "We all have triggers and layers of fears way deeper than what is shown, and that's why I walked offstage to calm down and make sure myself, band and crew, and the crowd all felt safe to continue. That's all I ever want, is for shows to feel like a safe place for us all."
This is the third time in a month a female pop star's been greeted by a flying object while on stage. In early June, Bebe Rexha had to have stitches after she was hit in the face with a concertgoer's cell phone in New York City. And in London on June 25, Pink briefly stopped singing when an audience member threw a small bag of ashes at the stage. It turned out to be the person's mother's cremated remains.
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Health update
As he continues to recover from an undisclosed medical complication, Jamie Foxx "finally picked up the phone" to take a call from John Boyega, John told People at the June 27 premiere for the pair's new comedy, "They Cloned Tyrone." While John said his friend and costar is "doing well," an unnamed source later told the outlet Jamie's "still not himself" in the wake of his hospitalization. The People source also said Jamie is "getting the best care and working hard to recover," without sharing further details about the nature of his health problem. Jamie, 55, became ill in April while filming "Back in Action" with Cameron Diaz. His daughter, Corrine Fox said on social media a few weeks later that her dad was back at home, recuperating and in good spirits, but neither she nor her family members have revealed any specifics about what happened before the Oscar winner was rushed to the hospital. At Tuesday's premiere, Jamie's co-producer on "They Cloned Tyrone," Datari Turner, told People Jamie was "doing amazing" and would "be back at work very soon."
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Calling out the 'wrinkle brigade'
Christie Brinkley called out trolls on Instagram on June 29 after spotting a slew of negative comments on a selfie she'd posted the day before. "Update: Whoa Nelly ! The Wrinkle Brigade is out in full force in the comment thread!" Christie, 69, edited her initial "downtown girl" caption to read. "They are the people that scan celebrities pages, hoping to find some cellulite , wrinkles , or anything that they can point to to to critique," she continued, adding that the criticism "must be somd [sic] form of compensation for some thing they are lacking." She went on to praise supporters whose "kind and valuable" messages always seem to appear to balance things out. "Those are the comments that restore my faith and make my heart sing! Thank you sweet souls," she added.
Among the "sweet souls" who shared positive words in the comments was a user who wrote, "One of the reasons Christie has been & always will be one of the world's most iconic beauties is bc she leads with kindness." Others were less generous. "Yikes what happened to aging gracefully? You're not at all the beauty that I grew up admiring! Lay off the fillers," one person wrote. "Is this a photoshop cartoon or really [Christie]?" asked another. As the comment scroll gained more traction over the course of the day, though, the model seemed to have more and more folks on her side, like a user who called out Christie's critics, telling them, "This beautiful lady is not your punching bag. She is an amazing 66 year old woman who has paved the way for so many in the fashion industry … SHAME ON YOU."
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Clarifying 'falsehoods'
Jada Pinkett Smith says her forthcoming memoir "Worthy" will cover "everything" about her "controversial life" — including, it seems, a clarification of narratives related to her marriage to Will Smith. "I think people have made a lot of assumptions. And you know what? Rightfully so," the actress recently told People in an interview about the book. "I have to take ownership of that, in regards to the narrative that I've participated in, the falsehoods about myself. In the book, I really explain all of that extensively as part of my reclamation journey." Asked if Jada would cover "everything," confirmed she would. "It just so happens that there's some moments that a lot of people are aware of that I'll be able to break down," she said.
One such moment could presumably be Will's infamous Oscars slap, when he hit Chris Rock for making a joke about Jada's shaved head during an award presentation. (Jada suffers from alopecia, which can cause severe hair loss as well as shame, as she explained on a subsequent edition of her show, "Red Table Talk.") Another moment that seems likely to appear in the book is the revelation that Jada and Will have given each other the freedom to pursue extramarital sexual relationships, which Will discussed extensively while promoting his own memoir in 2021. "Worthy" hits shelves Oct. 17.
William's salary revealed
It pays to be the Duke of Cornwall — about $7.5 million, to be exact. That's the private income Prince William received in 2023 courtesy of his new Duke of Cornwall title, which he inherited when his dad became King Charles III after Queen Elizabeth II's death, according to the Duchy of Cornwall's 2023 annual report, published June 29. William, who is also now the Prince of Wales, is reportedly entitled to receive the duchy's surplus profits, but he only got a portion of the approximately $30 million profits in 2023 because the duchy requested extra funds to manage the dukedom's changeover from Charles to William, according to the Independent. Despite that fact, William's already facing criticism from those who were expecting a detailed report of his expenditures related to Cornwall, as Charles always published when the title was his. A rep for Kensington Palace said there would be no such report at this time in part because William and Duchess Kate "have been working through with their Duchy and household team their plans and priorities for the Duchy and the household in the years to come, and how these support their work and charitable priorities."
Cameo condition
Before she agreed to reprise her "Sex and the City" role as Samantha Jones in Max's "And Just Like That," Kim Cattrall gave the network one condition — and it was fashion-related. "It's very interesting to get a call from the head of HBO saying, 'What can we do?' I went, 'Hmmm… Let me get creative,'" Kim said with a giggle on "The View" on June 28, recalling the demands she made for returning after having said she'd never play Samantha again. "One of those things [was] … 'to get Pat Field back," she revealed, referencing the stylist for "Sex and the City," whose over-the-top looks spawned style trends galore during the show's long run. Patricia was not available to work on "And Just Like That," but she found a way to squeeze Kim's single-scene, Season 2 cameo into her schedule. "I just thought, you know, 'If I'm gonna come back, I've got to come back with that kind of Samantha style. I've got to push it.' And we did," she explained.
Kim also discussed enlisting Patricia's help in finding "a great fr**** outfit" for the scene with the hosts of "Today" during an interview for the June 30 edition of the show. Describing her shopping trip to Bergdorf Goodman with the renowned stylist, Kim said, "It felt like dipping my toe back in time and having a wonderful afternoon, and then a great martini."
'On the mend'
Madonna's longtime friend Debi Mazar shared an update on the singer's health after her manager confirmed she recently spent multiple days in the intensive care unit due to a serious bacterial infection. "To all of her fans-Madonna is on the mend & home resting!" Debi wrote on Instagram on Thursday, June 29, adding the hashtags "lioness" and "warrior." Debi's update comes one day after Page Six reported Madonna, 64, was rushed to a New York City hospital and intubated over the weekend after being found unresponsive. The outlet also reported she'd been working "12-hour days" in preparation for her upcoming tour. While her manager, Guy Oseary, has not confirmed those details of Thusday, he released a statement on Wednesday saying she'd been hospitalized but was expected to make "a full recovery." He also said her Celebration Tour will have to be put on hold for now.
Other celebrities who've weighed in with support for the star include her friend Rosie O'Donnell, who posted on Instagram that Madonna is "feeling good." Comedian Kathy Griffin, meanwhile, shared a TikTok video in which she called out social media trolls for "making fun of [Madonna] being obviously quite ill," comments she attributed to "ageism and misogyny." Read more about the latest information on Madonna's recovery here.
