Nicki Minaj defends Jesy Nelson amid ‘real messy’ blackfishing accusations

Moving forward. Shanna Moakler is reportedly “doing okay” after her boyfriend, Matthew Rondeau, was arrested following a domestic dispute.

Machine Gun Kelly is finding wedding planning to be harder than expected. The 31-year-old «Bloody Valentine» singer popped the question to his fiancée, Megan Fox, in January, but when it comes to walking down the aisle, he's not quite ready.During a Thursday appearance on, MGK opened up about some road blocks in the couple's big day. When host Corden asked Kelly when the wedding would be, he replied, «When they can build me, like, a red river with gothic...» before cutting off and quipping, «The location is hard, trying to find a spot that's matching my artistic [vision].» Despite MGK's desire to make their big day perfect, a source recently told ET that couple is eager to tie the knot. «They have talked about wedding plans and want something very dark yet romantic, that shows off their luxe and sexy sides, with black and red colors, lace,» said the source.

NAACP Image Awards has officially been kicked off! As usual, this year's ceremony honoring people of color across television, music, literature and film is preceded by a week-long celebration, with five nights of virtual awards leading up to Saturday's live telecast.Hosted by returning emcee and seven-time NAACP Image Awards winner Anthony Anderson, the ceremony will include Issa Rae, Kerry Washington, LL Cool J, Morgan Freeman, Questlove, Tiffany Haddish, Zendaya and more presenting awards, while Samuel L. Jackson accepts the NAACP Chairman's Award and Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project, receives the Social Justice Impact Award.The preceding non-televised nights will be hosted by actor and comedian Affion Crockett, with awards presented by Cory Hardrict, Demetrius Shipp Jr., Khleo Thomas, Lori Harvey, Wendy Raquel Robinson and more.

amid the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war.The actor-turned-wrestler, 44, seemingly used the Russian invasion of Ukraine to promote his HBO Max show “Peacemaker” on Twitter and sparked a major backlash.“If I could somehow summon the powers of a real life #Peacemaker I think this would be a great time to do so,” he blatantly tweeted about the titular DC superhero amid the conflict.

she had been in her brother Francis Ford Coppola‘s shoes, she wouldn’t have hired herself for the role of Connie Corleone in “The Godfather.”Alluding to the fact that Paramount Pictures execs were mulling whether to fire director Coppola from the production she revealed, “it was really tough for Francis.”Shire, 75, added, “And I think the last thing he needed was his sister at that time … It added one more tension for him … I wouldn’t have had me on the set.”But the actress also noted that she “had to audition” for the role — and she and her big bro, now 82, eventually “enjoyed a collaborative professional relationship on that movie.”Shire, who played the challenging role of the only daughter of Don Corleone — married to ne’er do well Carlo Rizzi (Gianni Russo) — said that the harrowing scene where a clearly pregnant Connie is throwing dishes while dodging blows from her onscreen husband was difficult to shoot.“It’s a rough thing to see a pregnant woman being knocked around,” she acknowledged before explaining that legendary cinematographer Gordon Willis was “in the center of the action.”“And I had to move from place to place and I was honestly terrified because you didn’t want to do another take. Another take meant everything had to be reset and I just wanted to keep going and sometimes things wouldn’t break.

President Joe Biden plans to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia, to fill the Supreme Court seat following the retirement of Stephen Breyer, according to the Associated Press and other news outlets.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock is speaking her mind after all of the recent drama with her former Little Mix bandmate Jesy Nelson!

Leigh-Anne Pinnock is speaking her piece.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock is speaking her piece.The Little Mix singer celebrated her milestone 30th birthday with a sweet shindig surrounded by her friends and family after getting caught in public drama with former bandmate Jesy Nelson. Pinnock, who welcomed twins with fiancé Andre Gray in August, was «called out» during an Instagram Live between Nelson and Nicki Minaj.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock vowed to ‘keep using [her] voice’ as she delivered a tearful speech at her 30th birthday party following reports of a feud between her and former bandmate Jesy Nelson. The Little Mix singer celebrated her milestone birthday, which fell on October 4, on Saturday night with her loved ones, including fiance Andre Gray, sister Sairah Pinnock, and celebrities such as Sugababes star Keisha Buchanan. In footage shared on social media by her sister Sairah and other guests, Leigh-Anne is seen breaking down in tears during her speech.

the release of her song Boyz and the launch of her solo career.She has been accused of blackfishing (altering her appearance to appear Black or racially ambigious), which she denies, and she appeared on an Instagram Live with Nicki Minaj, who appeared to hit out at Little Mix, especially Leigh-Anne Pinnock, in a big way.Ignoring the drama, Little Mix shared a video using shots from the 2016 music video, and of them winning their first Brit (many of which include Jesy).A tweet from the band’s official account reads: ‘Five years of Shout Out To My Ex.‘This is such an important song for us and we have so many incredible memories from the era.

Jesy Nelson’s solo career has got off to a promising start in the charts as her debut single Boyz reached number four on the charts – despite an ongoing ‘blackfishing’ controversy and feud with her former Little Mix bandmates.The track, which features Nicki Minaj and samples Diddy’s 2001 hit Bad Boys For Life – with the video including a cameo from the rapper – was released on October 8.Despite promising initial reviews, the release of Boyz was soon overshadowed by criticism towards Jesy which escalated into major drama involving Nicki Minaj, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and the rest of Little Mix- with Westlife’s Shane Filan even getting involved.Jesy was accused of making herself appear racially ambiguous and appropriating Black culture in the

Westlife star Shane Filan has offered some sound advice to Jesy Nelson and Little Mix following their epic fallout. Tensions have mounted between Jesy and her former girl group since she released her debut solo single, Boyz, last week and was accused of blackfishing in the music video. Blackfishing is a term that refers to someone who changes their appearance to appear Black or racially ambiguous. An influencer then leaked DMs allegedly sent by Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock addressing the blackfishing scandal, and reportedly calling Jesy ‘horrible’ and claiming she ‘cut off’ the rest of the group after she quit last year. It then escalated when Nicki Minaj, who features on Boyz, hosted an Instagram live with Jesy and defended the star,

Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall in person. A source told the Daily Mail: ‘Jesy created this scenario. She left the band without telling the girls or management directly and they heard about it through her lawyers.‘Those around her have been supporting her for ten years and protected her and are devastated over all this.’It comes after a social media star exposed DMs Leigh-Anne had allegedly sent him, jokingly suggesting he do a video about Jesy ‘blackfishing’ in her new video for Boyz, as well as telling him: ‘She blocked us.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock’s mum has spoken out in support of her daughter after Nicki Minaj called her a clown in a recent live stream with former Little Mix member Jesy Nelson. Leigh-Anne became the target of Nicki’s fury during an Instagram Live the rapper did with Jesy off the back of their collaboration Boyz.

Jesy Nelson has reportedly been left "devastated" by the online furore and backlash directed to her and Nicki Minaj's live stream on Monday evening.The former Little Mix star has been at the centre of controversy after being accused of "blackfishing" in the music video for her debut single Boyz. And while discussing the matter on social media, her US collaborator Nicki doubled down on her former bandmate Leigh-Anne Pinnock who reportedly sent messages to TikTok user NoHun, in which she allegedly calls Jesy a "horrible person".

social media star exposed messages claiming to be from Leigh-Anne, 30, asking him to create a video about it. Things reached an even greater head when Nicki Minaj, 38, joined Jesy on an Instagram Live video to call Leigh-Anne out for her behaviour, which caused backlash from some fans after Jesy was seen laughing at Nicki’s comments.PR expert Hayley Knight, of Boxed Out PR believes the drama has overshadowed the focus on Jesy’s solo debut, telling Metro.co.uk: ‘Jesy’s solo career launch wasn’t what she was hoping for, especially with the blackfishing backlash. ‘There has been huge anticipation for her first solo single, but sadly, it seems to have only gathered momentum within the realms of Little Mix fans, and unfortunately, the drama

Little Mix star has been accused of blackfishing, due to her deep tan, curly hair and styling in the video, which is a remake of the original 2001 video. Amidst allegations of blackfishing on Twitter, Instagram influencer @NoHun_ shared unverified DMs allegedly from Leigh-Anne Pinnock, in which the star seemingly called Jesy ‘horrible’ and accused her of blackfishing and cutting her bandmates off. The drama hit fever pitch on the Instagram live, as Nicki, 38, took aim at Leigh-Anne, 30, and the alleged messages, as well as defending Jesy, 30, against the claims of blackfishing.The Instagram live was an hour long and involved games of ‘f***, marry, kill’ and discussions of whether Jesy or Nicki would date a woman in between all of the beef,

Nicki, 38, called out DMs allegedly sent by Jesy’s former Little Mix bandmate Leigh-Anne, 30.In DMs shared by Little Mix fan @NoHun_, Leigh-Anne allegedly called Jesy, also 30, ‘horrible’, and accused her of blackfishing and cutting off her and her bandmates. These messages have not been verified. Nicki continued her rant on Twitter, accusing Leigh-Anne of calling things out for a ‘personal vendetta’.She tweeted: ‘Don’t call things out when they benefit your personal vendetta to ppl. Call them out immediately once you see it chile.

the stream descended into major drama as Nicki, 38, referenced unverified DMs purported to be sent by Leigh-Anne Pinnock to an influencer which called Jesy ‘horrible’, and accused her of blackfishing and cutting off her bandmates.At some points during Nicki’s rant, in which she called Leigh-Anne, 30, ‘jealous’ and a ‘f***ing clown’, Jesy, also 30, was seen laughing.PR Simon Jones, who counts Little Mix among his clients, seemingly addressed the controversy on his Instagram stories.He wrote: ‘What a backfire’, before sharing a screengrab of Leigh-Anne’s BBC Three documentary Race, Pop & Power, in which she confronted her experiences of racism while in Little Mix.Jones added: ‘Anyway.

Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and Jade Thirlwall appear to have unfollowed their former bandmate Jesy Nelson on Instagram.Jesy, who’s just released her debut solo single BOYZ, is no longer listed in the trio’s ‘following’ tab on the social media site.However, the 30-year-old is still followed by the official Little Mix account.