Mama June didn't seem to be anywhere near reconciling and reuniting with her family for Thanksgiving -- but a silver lining might be that she is somewhat nearby ... and has money.
The troubled reality star -- who's been on a downward spiral since linking up with her BF, Geno -- was spotted out this week in McDonough, Georgia ... pulling out cash at an ATM just days before the holiday. She didn't look all too great though ... head low and disheveled.
It's interesting ... we're told June rolled up to a convenience store there in the city in a black SUV, in which she was riding passenger with Geno, we're told, riding in the back.
An eyewitness says June got out of the car, popped into the store to pull out cash ... and was back in her vehicle within minutes. Two things to note ... Mama June had somebody driving her and Geno around, but maybe more important ... they seem to have funds on hand.
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Either way, there's no sign of June's family getting back in the picture yet -- at least not permanently. As we've told you ... she's barely in touch with them these days, including with her own daughter, Honey Boo Boo ... this despite the fam's best efforts to reconnect.
We've been hearing that June's been bouncing around from hotel to hotel with Geno since unloading her Hampton, GA home earlier this year. So, if there's any good news to glean from this sighting, it's that she's still in the area and hasn't gone completely off the radar.
While we'd like to imagine a scenario where June went home for Thanksgiving, but something tells us it just didn't happen.
She often puts her family life in the public eye on social media.
But Chrissy Teigen didn't hold back after a troll tried to shame her for having hired domestic workers.
The 34-year-old model shared a photo on Friday featuring her chef, nanny and assistant, along with her two children, Luna, three, and Miles, one.
Standing up for herself: Chrissy Teigen, 34, didn't hold back after a troll tried to shame her for having hired domestic workers on Friday; shown November 9
The photo featured the group gathered together under a canopy with picturesque hills in the distance.
'Grateful for people that make our dysfunctional house functional ❤️,' she gushed in the caption.
But one commenter was offended by her hiring domestic staff.
'AKA "thankful for my household staff of chefs and nannies,"' they replied.
The 34-year-old model shared a photo on Friday featuring her nanny, assistant and chef, along with her children, Luna, three, and Miles, one
Chrissy seemed unfazed as she responded: 'Literally just said that but you sure got me.'
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue star has been open before about how important having professional help has been to raising her family.
In September, she was asked on Twitter how she worked on her comedy reality show Bring The Funny while still raising two young children.
'@chrissyteigen Can you please talk about working while pregnant, shortly post-pregnancy and away from your babies?' asked writer and radio producer Rebecca Caroll in September.
Rude response: 'Grateful for people that make our dysfunctional house functional ❤️,' she gushed in the caption, before a troll replied, 'AKA "thankful for my household staff of chefs and nannies"'; shown November 9 with John Legend
Holding her own: Chrissy seemed unfazed as she responded: 'Literally just said that but you sure got me.' Earlier this week she shared a photo of her friends in pajamas decked out with her husband John Legend's Sexiest Man Alive cover
'I'm watching you on #BringTheFunny and you're so pro and engaged and focused, and I know your babies were/are small and wanting of you.'
The Lip Sync Battle host was open about what it took to have a high-profile career.
'I girl I have HELP and a half. That’s it,' she tweeted. 'There is no way I could have done it without it. I’m so lucky to have it and I don’t know how anyone else does it. I have so much respect for all of you. (also our amazing set provided an amazing daycare room).'
Chrissy shared another photo also featuring Bronwyn Reed and chef Paul Barbosa Jr.
She joined them in wearing a pair of custom-made pajamas adorned with her husband John Legend's Sexiest Man Alive cover from People magazine.
Can't do it alone: Chrissy has been open about needing help raising her family in order to maintain a busy career
In October, John and Chrissy revealed that she often worries about how much she features her children in her social media posts while speaking with Vanity Fair.
'She’s already thinking about what a hater might say,' he revealed.
'I know a lot of people who make the conscious decision to blur out their kids' faces,' Chrissy added. 'I worry, "What must they think of me?" They must think I’m insane.'
The social media star speculated her own reserved upbringing was the reason she loved to share online.
'I think I’m such an open person now because everyone in my family has always been so hush-hush,' she said. 'I love attention and affection. I want to be direct with everyone.'
Kid Rock has given the public a bit of insight into his recent tirade against Oprah Winfrey, claiming a potential appearance on her former talk show soured his view of the media mogul.
“My people tried to get me to do The Oprah Winfrey show years ago and her people wanted me to write down 5 reasons why I loved her and her show,” Rock, 48, tweeted. “I said f—k that and her. End of story.”
Rock was escorted off stage in Nashville after going on a lewd rant against Winfrey, 68, at his own Honky Tonk Bar.
“Oprah Winfrey is like, ‘Hey, I just want women to believe in this s–t,’” he said in the video. “F–k her, she can suck d–k sideways.”
The “All Summer Long” musician went on to say that he knows many will label him “racist” for attacking Winfrey, to which he claims he would respond, “OK fine, f–k off!”
Frozen II, starring Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad,topped the Black Friday box office with a whopping $34.031 million (-18% from Thursday), continuing to show that folks were indeed very excited for the animated sequel but (comparatively speaking) were willing to see it with the kids “at some point” over what was essentially a ten-day opening holiday frame. We saw that with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (a $7.5 million opening day and a $195 million 14-day holiday sprint)in December of 2017, and with Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace in May of 1999 (a $105 million Wed-Sun debut and then a $66 million Fri-Mon Memorial Day weekend frame), and we may see something similar with Cats and The Rise of Skywalker next month.
The film now earned $236.354 million in North America, soon to best the unadjusted domestic earnings of every non-Pixar Disney toon save for Zootopia ($341 million in 2016), Frozen ($400 million in 2013/2014), The Lion King ($422 million, counting the 2011 reissue) and The Lion King ($543 million in 2019). Presuming the 36.3/63.7 domestic/overseas split from last weekend (when it opened with $130 million domestic and $228 million overseas) has held, Frozen II has earned around $651 million worldwide. So, yeah, it’ll probably pass $269 million domestic and $740 million worldwide by tonight. With a possible/likely $88.44 million Fri-Sun weekend (-32%) and $128.17 million, besting Catching Fire’s $73 million/$109 million Thanksgiving weekend haul, Frozen II will have around $292 million domestic (and around $800 million worldwide) by tomorrow night.
That will give it the 15th-biggest, sans inflation, ten-day total ever, above Finding Dory ($286 million toward a $486 million cume) and below Beauty and the Beast ($319 million/$504 million) and Incredibles 2 ($349 million/$608 million). As noted yesterday, it’s already Walt Disney Animation’s biggest-grossing theatrical sequel, ahead of Ralph Breaks the Internet ($529 million in 2018) and, uh, The Jungle Book 2 ($186 million in 2003), Peter Pan 2: Return to Neverland ($115 million in 2002), Fantasia 2000 ($90 million in 2000/2001) and Rescuers Down Under ($27 million). Unlike Pixar, Illumination or DreamWorks, Walt Disney Animation almost never makes theatrical sequels to their theatrical toons. Frozen II is a very rare thing by virtue of its existence, which only made it more unique within the marketplace.
They have, starting with The Return of Jafar in 1994, made plenty of direct-to-VHS or direct-to-DVD sequels to their animated theatricals. Both Jungle Book 2 and Return to Neverland originally began life as direct-to-DVD titles. For that matter, so too did, once upon a time, Pixar’s Toy Story 2 which was initially a home video release before they overhauled the film and made something worthy of wide theatrical release. You could say that decision was a game changer but, let’s be honest, it’s not like DreamWorks wasn’t going to make Shrek 2 after Shrek earned $484 million in the summer of 2001. And, yes, Frozen is one of the few recent Walt Disney Animation flicks that was huge/popular enough that it merited a theatrical sequel.
Since Frozen was not created as a franchise-starter, it has an advantage over many of the disappointing sequels we’ve seen of late. It only exists because of consumer demand, not because the studio wants to milk a once-successful IP or because certain filmmakers want to roll the dice again with their favorite franchise. The core appeal of Frozen was the character chemistry of Kristen Bell’s Anna and Idina Menzel’s Elsa, and the buzzy songs, so the film merely had to deliver that to please the fans and the crowds. While, I may take issues with the story/plot, the sequel works on a character-driven/emotional level, which is arguably more important if you must triage. In this sense, Frozen II = The Force Awakens (which I just rewatched two nights ago).
After Wonder Woman 1984 and No Time to Die vacated for early 2020, Disney moved Frozen II to November 22. That was the launching pad for three (out of eight) Harry Potter films (Chamber of Secrets opened two weeks before Thanksgiving), all three Hunger Games sequels, four out of five Twilight movies and (thus far) the first two Fantastic Beasts flicks. We’d usually have the big fantasy launching on the pre-Thanksgiving frame and then a big (usually Disney) toon debuting over Thanksgiving. Frozen II became the big YA fantasy/adventure blockbuster AND the seasonal animated biggie of the moment, essentially canceling out its own competition. That Terminator: Dark Fate and Charlie’s Angels bombedalso made Frozen II the only game in town for big-scale, female-led action/fantasy blockbuster thrills.
Frozen II is this year’s Hunger Games/Twilight/Harry Potter, the family-friendly Grinch (from 2000) and the court-appointed Disney toon (Moana, Coco, etc.) all wrapped up into one appealing package. It’s not unlike how Joker ended up playing the role in October/November of the big horror movie, the big adult-skewing prestige flick and the big franchise/comic book movie all in one. Canny scheduling and good fortune left Frozen II as the event film of the movie for nearly all demographics. So, it took a week, but I would argue that Frozen II is indeed a “breakout sequel,” with a ten-day wide release cume far surpassing the first Frozen’s $134 million “end of second weekend of wide release (Frozen opened at the El Capitan one weekend before it went wide) total.
Frozen’s second wide release weekend was in early December, but that was part of Disney’s diabolical plan. And even if it drops dead after Sunday, think The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I ($281 million total after a $220 million ten-day cume), well, we’re still talking about a toon that’ll earn well over $373 million domestic and (unless it crashes even harder overseas) over $1 billion worldwide. If the Twilight Saga sequels are the doom-n-gloom scenario, then The Grinch (1.87x its $137 million ten-day cume for a $260 million total) is the pie-in-the-sky scenario, one that would give Frozen II a $554 million domestic finish. Even post-Thanksgiving legs between Justice League (1.33x) and the first Twilight (1.6x) still gets Frozen II between $388 million and $469 million domestic.
Frozen II snagged the third-biggest animated opening of all time and will snag the biggest non-opening weekend ever for a toon, ahead of Incredibles 2’s $80 million second-weekend gross (from a $183 million debut). Frozen has the record for the biggest Thanksgiving debut ($67 million Fri-Sun/$93 million Wed-Sun), but now, as of tomorrow, Frozen II will best Catching Fire’s second weekend gross to snag the biggest Thanksgiving Fri-Sun and Wed-Sun gross ever. Even if it drops dead after Thanksgiving, and it might not since it’s the only “big” game in town until Jumanji: The Next Level on December 13, it’ll near $400 million domestic and probably cross $1 billion worldwide. Frozen II is a breakout sequel, even if it (to paraphrase the Dixie Chicks) took the long way around.
While sources initially made it seem as if her departure was merely another panel rotation, insiders have since claimed that Union was ousted from the show after speaking out about the work environment at AGT.
The news prompted a barrage of emotional reactions online, including one from Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo. In a series of tweets, Pompeo said what many people have been thinking about all of this.
(L-R) Ellen Pompeo and Gabrielle Union | Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images North America; Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
Inside Gabrielle Union’s departure from ‘America’s Got Talent’
On Nov. 22, news broke that Union, as well as Julianne Hough, would not return for the show’s 15th season. Both women had only been on the show for the 14th season, which ran from May to September 2019.
A day later, on Nov. 23, blog Love B Scott shared a report that offered more insight into Union’s exit. Sources told the website that Union’s departure came after she spoke out about “problematic” situations on the show.
Variety later reported that one of those situations involved a racial joke that Jay Leno allegedly made while guest-hosting the show. The remarks were ultimately edited out of the episode, which aired on Aug. 6.
Sources also told Variety that Union and Hough received “excessive notes” about their physical appearance during their time on the show. Executives allegedly told Union on multiple occasions that her hairstyles were “too black” for viewers.
In response to the report, NBC shared a statement that read:
“‘America’s Got Talent’ has a long history of inclusivity and diversity in both our talent and the acts championed by the show. The judging and host line-up has been regularly refreshed over the years and that is one of the reasons for AGT’s enduring popularity. NBC and the producers take any issues on set seriously.”
Twitter reacts to Gabrielle Union’s exit from ‘America’s Got Talent’
The news has sparked many conversations online about race, power, and influence. Pompeo is one of many who took to Twitter to react to Union’s exit, writing in a series of messages on Nov. 28:
“It’s unfortunate that @nbc the same network that protected disgusting men like Matt Lauer and punished women for speaking out or not putting up with it…has not changed their practices or culture. I support @itsgabrielleu commitment to speaking up to injustice. It takes courage” Pompeo started, referencing former Today show anchor Matt Lauer’s firing over sexual misconduct allegations.
In a follow-up tweet, Pompeo wrote that her message was specifically targeted at “white girls,” whom she asked to “stand with your sisters on the front lines.”
“This is a teaching moment..It’s important..white girls I’m talking to you..whether you truly understand what racial injustice is or not..that you stand with your sisters on the front lines. Don’t cut side deals & don’t not get involved because it isn’t your issue..because it is,” she continued.
“Workplace cultures will continue to be toxic until there is unity and solidarity among all women,” Pompeo added. “If you go for self in these moments you undermine the work we are out here trying to do. Obviously this network feels like they can operate like this and it’s okay.”
Gabrielle Union will be OK
Union has seen the outpouring of love and made it clear that she’ll bounce back from this.
“To all the friends and family that have my back and all the friends and family I’ve never met who show love and support when everyone is looking and when no one is looking…All praise, gratitude, and thankfulness,” she captioned a Nov. 28 photo of her husband, Dwyane Wade, and their blended family.
Though her days on AGT have ended, Union still has her acting career, a beautiful family, and thousands of supporters who have her back.
The mega-popular reality TV family has faced issues in the past with stalkers and robbers, so now they travel everywhere with private security, according to Caitlyn Jenner.
During an episode of the British reality TV show, "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" the Olympian who was married to matriarch Kris Jenner admitted that her youngest daughter, Kylie Jenner, spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on bodyguards.
"The first was the kids. I started with Brandon, my son, and he said to me: 'Dad, I’ve always been so proud to be your son but I’ve never been more proud of you than right now'," Jenner explained.
"I went through every kid and Khloe for some reason was p***ed off about something through this whole process, it’s been five or six years and I really haven’t talked to her since."
Bekah Martinez, former contestant on the "Bachelor," is pregnant with her second baby.
The 24-year-old, who appeared on Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s season of the show, announced that she is pregnant again on Instagram over the holiday weekend. The post was simple: A family-style photo. She posed with boyfriend, Grayston Leonard and their daughter, Ruth. Martinez held up a sonogram.
She kept the caption short and sweet: "Thankful," she wrote beside an orange heart.
Martinez and Leonard had welcomed Ruth into the world on February 2. She revealed that she and Leonard would be having their first baby months earlier in September 2018. At the time, the couple had been together for several months.
In a video posted at the time of her first pregnancy she revealed that motherhood was something she'd always dreamed of.
"I've wanted to be a mom my whole life," she said in the video. "This is what I've always wanted."
She hinted at the pregnancy a few weeks earlier in a different Instagram post that focused on her relationship with Leonard.
"#tbt we may have only been together less than two years but we’ve gone through so much together. i’m so proud of us and so in love with you @pipyopi ✨♥️ #babynumbertwo?" she wrote in the caption.
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Contributing: Grace Palmieri, Arizona Republic, Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY
