Hello and welcome to Gossip Time, a weekly guide to the stars by Allie Jones. This week: a pop star and a model ignore the rumors, an actress ignores the cameras, and Kim Kardashian ignores her publicist.
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On Tuesday morning, the bots trained on Justin Bieber’s Instagram follow list noticed some unusual behavior: Bieber unfollowed his wife, Hailey Bieber, right in the middle of their ski trip to Aspen. Or, well, someone unfollowed Hailey. It wasn’t Justin. A few hours after this unsettling event, @justinbieber refollowed @haileybieber and posted the following statement: “SOMEONE WENT ON MY ACCOUNT AND UNFOLLOWED MY WIFE. SHIT IS GETTING SUSS OUT HERE.”
Suss, indeed. Unfortunately, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was too busy looking like a big loser in DC to investigate the issue. And anyway, Justin and Hailey are totally fine. There is nothing amiss in their marriage. Our prayers worked.
“They’re in love and doing great,” a source told Page Six. “They ignore the headlines and rumors about their relationship as much as they can and instead focus on what’s the most [sic] important to them — their family, their careers, their friends and God.”
Another source told People that Justin and Hailey “are fine.”
“Anyone who spends a lot of time with them can tell how in love they are and also how super focused they are on their marriage,” the source continued. “They are both very mature for their age and so in it together. It’s a very special marriage.”
You know what I always say: You can tell a marriage is going well when the involved parties are SUPER FOCUSED on it.
Also happy and in love and not stressed: Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper. The 29-year-old model and 50-year-old cheesesteak peddler were photographed in a VIP suite at the Philadelphia Eagles playoff game on Sunday. Lucky for both of them, the Birds won.
People has since provided us with an exclusive update on their relationship. “Neither are looking to rush anything, but that’s not to say they’re not very happy together,” a source told the tabloid, adding that they’re “serious about each other, but an engagement would be a big step.”
The source also took care to note that their daughters hang out together. “It’s very sweet,” said the source. (Hadid shares Khai Malik, 4, with her ex-boyfriend Zayn Malik, and Cooper shares Lea de Seine Shayk Cooper, with his ex-girlfriend Irina Shayk.)
I previously predicted that Hadid and Cooper will get engaged this year, and I still think that’s possible, but now I’m wondering if they’ll just skip all that and have a baby. I guess we’ll see what happens at the NFC championship game this weekend.
Here’s something kinda interesting: Olivia Wilde has a new boyfriend. She has laid really low since breaking up with Harry Styles and settling her custody battle with Jason Sudeikis, but look, here she is with a new guy at the Lakers game yesterday:
His name is Dane DiLiegro, and he’s an actor best known for playing the monster in Prey. Not kidding.
He’s also 6’8”. And he played pro basketball overseas before getting into the entertainment industry. (Okay, all of these facts are coming from People.)
According to E! News, Wilde, 40, and DiLiegro, 36, are not getting married tomorrow or anything.
“She’s dating and having fun,” a source told the gossip outlet. “She’s busy with work so not looking for anything serious.”
Good! Somebody out there should be having fun!!!
STUFF BY HILARY DUFF: Hilary Duff got papped this week walking into a benefit concert for victims of the LA wildfires.
Finally, I must leave you with Kim Kardashian’s Instagram story from Inauguration Day:
To quote Melania Trump’s own infamous post: What is she thinking? I guess this has been a long time coming, but it’s still…hmm. Annoying, I guess. As was her weird Tesla robot photoshoot right after the election.
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"50-year-old cheesesteak peddler" hahahahahahaha
What on EARTH is that Tesla photo shoot?! Oh, my god, my EYES.