In case you missed it, the Blossom alum’s estranged wife, Samantha Cope, filed for divorce after only two years of marriage. She cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason, nothing too shocking. However, we soon learned something more scandalous possibly happened that caused the breakup! It came out that Joey allegedly had an affair with his Socked In For Christmas co-star, Melina Alves! What?!

The shocking accusation came from her estranged husband, Edward Rider, in his divorce documents filed last month! He claimed he found out about the cheating in late March.

Related: Chris Martin Reportedly Ghosted Dakota Johnson & Hooked Up With A Model!

As for Samantha? She has not publicly addressed the affair rumors. However, a source for People claimed last week that Joey “continued to date Melina even after Samantha found out about it and confronted him.” So awful! The insider then claimed the 37-year-old actress “wanted to go to counseling” afterward, but he “fooled their counselor” and got “ready for dates with Melina while Sam watched, bawling her eyes out” instead. We wouldn’t blame Samantha if this is why she left Joey! This sounds like a horrible situation! Who treats their wife so callously? Jeez!

However, a source then told the outlet on Sunday that “infidelity isn’t the cause” of their divorce “not by a long shot.” Well, it’s not exactly a denial of the allegations! But you know who is flat-out denying them now? The alleged mistress herself!

On Wednesday, Melina Alves took to Instagram to insist “there was no sexual relationship” between her and Joey while filming the holiday movie. Instead, she says they just struck up a “meaningful friendship” on set. Hmm. She wrote:

“It is with a deep sadness and heavy heart that I must address the recent allegations about the relationship between myself and Joey Lawrence, which have unfortunately become a public matter. As a private person, it is deeply distressing to see such personal and sensitive issues being discussed so openly and inaccurately. First and foremost, I want to clarify that there was no sexual relationship between Joey and myself while we were on set filming Socked in for Christmas. Our relationship was a meaningful friendship that developed naturally due to the many similarities in our personal situations. When I met Joey, I was immediately struck by his kindness, warmth and genuine character. We found common ground in our shared experiences, which led to a strong supportive friendship that has been a source of strength for both of us.”

OK, obviously the way she’s describing Joey is very… intimate. But we also can’t just drive by this wording here. She says “there was no sexual relationship between Joey and myself while we were on set filming Socked in for Christmas.” While we were on set filming. That’s a hell of a qualifier, right? She’s not saying “there is no sexual relationship” or “there has been no sexual relationship.” She’s saying specifically not at that time and place. It feels like the way a politician answers a question, right? Someone really cooked that answer for legal reasons, right??

When it comes to her own marriage, Melina claimed she and Edward have been “estranged” since January 2023 and “living in separate rooms” since then:

“Our marriage had been struggling for some time, and the separation was a necessary step for both of us. I have always valued my privacy, and it is incredibly painful to have such personal matters thrust into the public eye in a way that has caused harm not only to me but also to Joey, who has been unjustly dragged into this situation.”

Melina wrapped up the lengthy post, noting she made the “difficult and deeply personal decision” to obtain a temporary restraining order against her ex. Whoa. She doesn’t provide more explanation into her decision, other than to say Edward “has presented situations that necessitated” her to get the restraining order and “protect” herself during “a time of vulnerability.” Read the full statement (below):

Do you think Joey and Melina were really pals and nothing more? Melina’s estranged hubby doesn’t! Sources close to Edward told TMZ on Wednesday her statement about them being estranged is BS! In fact, the pair allegedly were still living together earlier this year. We mean, she did note they were “living in separate rooms” under the same roof — not living separately in different houses. So both could be true. Just saying!

However, the insiders claim she went “ballistic” when he filed to end their marriage and ran to the court to get the restraining order, which he thinks will be thrown out. We’ll see! But he clearly believes she cheated on him, no matter what she says! Despite the drama, the outlet reported Edward is solely concerned about the well being of his kid moving forward.

Damn! What a messy situation! What do you think about Melina’s statement, Perezcious readers? Do you buy what she said about her and Joey being just friends? Or do you think something happened between them? Sound OFF in the comments below!

[Image via Samantha Cope/Melina Alves/Instagram]

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Amid her feud with her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni, the 37-year-old actress has faced a ton of backlash on social media over the past few weeks. It isn’t just the IEWU promo stuff — several old interviews painting her in a pretty bad light have resurfaced. And it isn’t over yet! Fans slammed Blake for another one of her interviews, this time for a comment she made 10 years ago during a Vogue “73 Questions” video!

Related: Did Blake Lively Accidentally Get Ryan Reynolds In HUGE Trouble?!

In the footage, posted in July 2014, the interviewer asks which movie she “laughed the hardest through.” And her reply? NOT a comedy! She said with a completely straight face:

“Shawshank Redemption.”

What?! The Shawshank Redemption is not a laugh riot! We’re talking about a tearjerker about men doing everything they can to endure a hellish, unfair prison system. Fantastic movie, one of the best. But not a comedy.

In her defense, it sounds like Blake was attempting to be funny here. However, fans did not take it that way! When a social media user posted the clip on TikTok this month, people swarmed the comments section to drag Blake. Some thought she was genuinely being sociopathic, others just thought her humor was falling flat. See what fans thought of her little joke (below):

“The Shawshank Redemption? I cried watching it.”

“Even as a joke I would not have picked Shawshank Redemption. Something like The Human Centipede or Silence of the Lambs would be better suited.”

“I think she was trying to answer like Ryan Reynolds’s but missed completely lol”

“​​I don’t think blake and i saw the same shawshank redemption”

“it just gets worse and worse AND WORSE”

“Shawsank redemption literally made me cried and stressed.”

“Maybe she heard “movie you cried the hardest through” because I’m flabbergasted”

“Shawshank is one of my favorite movies but to LAUGH through it is INSANE! I cry literally every time I watch it.”

@saronthings

Replying to @Alma Dominguez no becuase admitting that the shawshank redemption is a movie you laughed all the way through is an admission that #blakelively is … problematic if im putting it nicely. #popculture #popculturenews #greenscreenvideo #greenscreen #itendswithus #colleenhoover

♬ original sound – saron

What are your thoughts on the resurfaced interview? Is everyone just piling on at this point over a silly joke? Or is this another piece of evidence to you that Blake is kind of a jerk? Sound OFF (below)!

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The music manager famously started a massive feud with the pop star by buying up her masters — forcing her to re-record all her old albums. And now he just poked fun at their rivalry!

Related: Adam Sandler Gushes About Taylor Swift To Travis Kelce

On Tuesday, Scooter took to his Instagram Story to share a poster of the Max documentary Taylor Swift vs Scooter Braun: Bad Blood, revealing:

“I finally watched it…”

But why did he even want to watch it!? It was just a recap of what he already knows, right? He was referencing this doc, BTW:

Now that he’s retired, he’s just trying to cause trouble, we guess! And it didn’t end there…

Justin Bieber‘s ex-manager followed up by sharing a TMZ post about the singer’s Rhode Island weekend festivities (below), in which she had lots of A-listers over after ending the European leg of the Eras Tour. He jokingly asked:

“How was I not invited to this?!?”

And he added the hashtag “#laughalittle.” Ugh.

He’s clearly not over this feud — and maybe looking for a little attention!! Just leave her alone, dude! You’ve done enough already!

Reactions? Sound OFF (below)!

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On Monday, The Wrap published a glowing article about the Top Gun: Maverick star, who’s slowly but surely but surely been solidifying himself as Tinseltown’s latest leading man. A Hollywood producer told the outlet:

“Glen Powell is most definitely an up-and-coming movie star in the sense that audiences now go to movies to see him.”

Related: Channing Tatum Bought A Year’s Supply Of The Same T-Shirt To Avoid Doing Laundry!

Then, in a cheap shot at Ryan, the producer boasted about how Glen’s appeal is far broader than that of The Fall Guy star:

“Unlike an actor like Ryan Gosling whose appeal is mostly limited to female audiences, Glen appeals to both females and males.”

Dayum!

X (Twitter) account @OneTakeNews posted the quote the same day. There, Glen not only saw it, but he responded to the dig at Ryan with some major praise! Referring to the 43-year-old’s role as Ken in 2023’s Barbie and his famous tagline “I’m just Ken,” Glen wrote:

“Gosling is a legend. I’m just Glen.”

HA! How perfect is that?! See (below):

Gosling is a legend.
I’m just Glen. https://t.co/Mhj0G2jyfU

— Glen Powell (@glenpowell) August 27, 2024

Well you know what that means, Perezcious readers?? These two need to make a movie together!

Would you be down for it?! Let us know in the comments!

[Images via Max & Paramount Pictures/YouTube]

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While chatting with Michelle Yeoh for Interview magazine about her new film The Substance, the pair opened up about the Hollywood beauty standards. The 61-year-old actress praised the Everything Everywhere All at Once for her acceptance speech at the Academy Awards, saying it reminded her that “we can define where we want it to go and who we are.” She continued:

“We don’t have to fight against that, we just have to believe that something else is possible. To me, what’s exciting is, in the film, I’m representing a past ideal and not what my present is.”

Related: Kate Winslet Was Told To Hide Her ‘Belly Rolls’ While Filming Bikini Scene In New Movie!

Looking back, Demi noted she specifically struggled with her place in the business after working on the Charlie’s Angels 2003 sequel — all because of the chatter about her appearance. She called out one scene in particular, in which she meets Cameron Diaz’s character at a beach during a stakeout while wearing a black bikini. Watch (below):

The scene was instantly iconic as Demi showed everyone she still looked AMAZING! Unfortunately the reaction was the opposite of what it should have been. Instead of realizing older women could still be taking on bombshell or femme fatale roles, folks in Hollywood got confused about what to do with her!

Demi, who was 40 during filming, felt “there didn’t seem to be a place for” her in Hollywood after the “talk about” her looks. She told Michelle:

“What’s interesting is I felt it more when I hit my forties. I had done Charlie’s Angels, and there was a lot of conversation around this scene in a bikini, and it was all very heightened, a lot of talk about how I looked. And then I found that there didn’t seem to be a place for me. I didn’t feel like I didn’t belong. It’s more like I felt that feeling of, I’m not 20, I’m not 30, but I wasn’t yet what they perceived as a mother.”

At that time, Demi really started to question where she “fit in”:

“It was a time that felt, not dead, but flat.”

Like so many actresses, Michelle sadly understood the Ghost star’s experience. Unfortunately, there are still too many men — both on the fan side AND producers — who are incredibly harsh when it comes to a woman’s aging looks. And as she pointed out, the business is so “cruel” to women as they age, saying:

“Hollywood is cruel to women of that age, where you don’t find the scripts or the characters that resonate with you anymore. It’s either, you are the mother or you’re old enough not to be sexy in their eyes. It’s like, why can’t a 45-year-old, a 50-year-old, or 60-year-old, be sexy?”

Exactly!

Thoughts, Perezcious readers? Sound off in the comments below.

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As we’ve been following, Blake was proud to tell everyone about how the Deadpool and Wolverine star contributed to It Ends with Us in a major behind-the-scenes way: he rewrote the famous rooftop scene!

Related: Jana Kramer Drags Blake Lively’s Ignorant It Ends With Us Domestic Violence Comments!

During the film’s New York premiere earlier this month, Blake gushed to E! News:

“We help each other, we work together so much. The iconic rooftop scene in this movie, my husband actually wrote it. Nobody knows that but you now. But he wrote it, he works on everything I do, I work on everything he does so his wins, his celebrations are mine, and mine are his. He’s all over this film.”

Hear her talk more about it (below):

We mostly had been thinking of Ryan’s little rewrite as it pertained to the It Ends With Us drama. You know, how she and Ryan allegedly took over the movie from director Justin Baldoni? But we apparently missed the bigger scandal!

IEWU began filming in May 2023 — just three days prior to the Writers Guild of America strike. You know, the one which barred guild members — like Ryan — from writing for Hollywood productions until the strike ended in late September??

If Ryan truly rewrote the scene during filming, as she said, he did so against strike rules! That’s right! Her so-called superhero was actually being a SCAB! Heck, it’s possible she went to her hubby because the film’s actual writer wasn’t allowed to touch up the scene! If that’s true, Ryan could get in big trouble! All because Blake wanted to brag about how cool and funny her husband was? Oof.

The WGA hasn’t officially commented on the matter, but a source told Variety he put in his writing efforts for the film in April 2023. Oh, well isn’t that convenient? We guess it would be tricky to prove when he put pen to paper. But damn. That’s messed up if true!

[Image via MEGA/WENN.]

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The model shared her first social media post since welcoming her son Jack Blues with her husband Justin Bieber, and it seems like she’s truly enjoying her new role!

Taking to her Instagram Story on Monday — just a few days after JB announced the birth of the baby boy — the 27-year-old posted a video of herself watching the 1988 film The Land Before Time. And on the screen was a scene that really hinted at how she’s feeling! It featured a baby dinosaur hatching out of an egg with a big smile. Just like her little baby boy just hatched! Aww!!

Related: Hailey & Justin Bieber’s Families React To Couple Welcoming Baby Jack Blues!

Ch-ch-check it out:

Seems like this was her super nostalgic way of doubly confirming the arrival of the little one!

Fans also guessed on X (Twitter) that she and her hubby may have been snuggled up with their newborn while watching the animated movie. Cute!! We bet there will be a lot of family movie nights in their future! Reactions, Perezcious readers? Let us know in the comments (below)!

[Image via Hailey Bieber/Justin Bieber/Instagram]

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As Perezcious readers know, J.Lo filed for divorce earlier this month. But per TMZ insiders, the couple shockingly didn’t sign a prenup before getting married. That means that anything they acquired in their 2-year marriage is now community property — meaning they’ll have to equally divide their assets. The performers were booked and busy these last few years, but that’s not the only reason this split is getting messy and very complicated, according to insiders!

Related: Ben Affleck Has ‘A Darkness To Him’ That Jennifer Lopez Could Never Fix

Just four months after Bennifer tied the knot, the Good Will Hunting lead formed his production company Artists Equity with Matt Damon in November 2022. Via TMZ, Ben’s stake in the company is now community property. And it is one of the biggest assets at play in the divorce. OMG!!

This means that Jenny from the Block is financially entitled to share profits from the company’s recent hits, such as Air, the upcoming Unstoppable which she stars in, The Instigators, Small Things Like These, and The Accountant 2. Because of this, Matt could get dragged into the divorce, too, since he is a major stakeholder in the company. It’s currently unclear exactly what may play out. But if things are as messy as they sound, and if Ben really didn’t do anything to safeguard his business from his marriage, then who knows?! Maybe J.Lo would fight him to retain some of his stake in the company for good? That would be wild!

Now, Ben will also have a financial interest in some of the projects she was involved in, too, like Shotgun Wedding, Atlas, and This Is Me… Now. But while it may be annoying for to split her income, it’s not quite the same as having his company on the line!

According to the outlet, issues like this are why the ongoing divorce talks have gotten increasingly tense — causing the duo to stop speaking to each other. Hopefully, they can reach some kind of agreement before things get too heated! Reactions?!? Sound OFF (below)!

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Jana Kramer is sharing her opinion on Blake Lively amid the It Ends With Us drama. And on this point she knows of what she speaks…

Thre’s been tons of criticism over how Blake has promoted the movie — especially compared to how her co-star Justin Baldoni is handling the press. Critics say the actress has been dismissive of the more serious aspects of the Colleen Hoover adaptation — which is all about domestic abuse and cycles of violence. Instead shes treating the movie like a fun rom com you should take all the girls to go see. The more it works — the movie is now Blake’s biggest hit ever — the more it has upset actual DV victims. And now, on Monday’s episode of her Whine Down podcast, Jana is weighing in.

Related: Blake Fears This Is ‘The End Of Her Career’ After Intense Backlash

Important to remember first, the singer/actress is a survivor of domestic violence. Her first husband Michael Gambino was convicted of attempted murder after he strangled the singer into unconsciousness. She’s been very open about her horrifying experiences, and she’s used her platform to raise awareness and help others who may be in similar situations — so it’s only natural she’s going to have an opinion on something so close to her heart.

On Monday, the 40-year-old admitted she hasn’t seen the movie yet because of the subject matter:

“I haven’t seen the movie. I have a tough time watching movies that deal with domestic violence given my history with it.”

She said she started to pay more attention to the film, though, as Blake’s controversy heated up:

“Then I started hearing stuff about the interviews, and for me, I was just, like, it made me sad because I just want the messaging to be about domestic violence and how to help people and how to get help.”

It was especially upsetting to Jana when the Gossip Girl alum seemed to explain her take on the movie, saying in a BBC interview that her character was “not just a survivor and she’s not just a victim” — because being a victim of violence shouldn’t  define you. Blake explained at the time:

“While those are huge things to be, they are not her identity. She’s not defined by something that someone else did to her or an event that happened to her, even if it’s multiple events. She defines herself and I think that that’s deeply empowering to remind people that no one else can define you. No experience can define you. You define you. We really feel like we delivered a story that’s emotional and it’s fun, and it’s funny, and it’s painful, and it’s scary, and it’s tragic and it’s inspiring and that’s what life is.”

That’s a take alright. But Jana disagrees — and makes it clear she figures Blake is only arriving at her hypothesis because she hasn’t ever experienced anything like what she’s talking about:

“It’s hard for people to talk about domestic violence when they haven’t, themselves, been, in real life, had the hands of domestic violence on them. So, for people to say it doesn’t define you, it does define you.”

Jana explained:

It has made me who I am. And though people can say, ‘It doesn’t define you,’ it is one of the biggest pieces of me, is domestic violence, and has been the biggest thread in my life.”

So sad… but so very true for many survivors of domestic violence. We’re happy for Blake if she’s never experienced this kind of thing. But if that is indeed the case maybe she should be listening to the experts here?

What do YOU think of Jana’s take, Perezcious readers? Do you agree Blake doesn’t know what she’s talking about? Let us know (below).

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, help is available. Consider calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233, or text START to 88788, or go to https://www.thehotline.org/.

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On Sunday, the Teen Witch icon took to Instagram to celebrate Blake’s 37th birthday. Alongside a series of selfies with her baby sister, she sweetly wrote:

“That’s my bday queen right there! I love this girl, my sister, my best friend, my little piggy back buddy! You are one of the best humans I know. HAPPY birthday sissy britches!”

Scroll through the cute pics (below):

Obviously “one of the best humans I know” is a pretty clear statement. But it was in the comments that she acknowledged the controversy.

Related: Blake Seen Packing On The PDA With Ryan Reynolds At Taylor Swift’s House Amid IEWU Drama!

A fan brought up all the “negative voices” Blake has been navigating amid her controversial IEWU promo and fallout from co-star/director Justin Baldoni. They wrote:

“Blake is a lovely human being!! I hope she knows that the multitudes of people who love her is so much greater than the negative voices ”

And Robyn not only saw, she responded! She simply wrote:

“ thank you for this “

Clearly she’s happy to see that not ALL fans have turned against her little sis!

Reactions, Perezcious readers??

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