Kimye divorce at the end of the world
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Hello and welcome to Gossip Time, a weekly guide to the stars by Allie Jones. This week: a celebrity calls Laura Wasser, a director rebounds with a pop star, and J-Lo goes to the dermatologist.
Is now a good time to get divorced? It appears that Kim Kardashian is seriously considering it. On Tuesday, Page Six dropped an exclusive report claiming that “divorce is imminent” for Kardashian and her husband Kanye West. “She’s done,” said a source, for all the reasons you’d expect.
“She is serious about taking the bar exam and becoming a lawyer, she is serious about her prison reform campaign,” said the source. “Meanwhile Kanye is talking about running for president and saying other crazy shit, and she’s just had enough of it.”
The gossip outlet noted that Kardashian has hired famed celebrity divorce attorney Laura Wasser to represent her, and that settlement talks have already begun. (Wasser repped Kardashian in her last divorce, from NBA star Kris Humphries, and also helped Khloe Kardashian, when she split from Lamar Odom.)
According to Us Weekly, Kardashian’s had Wasser on retainer since this past summer. But TMZ, which has long had a direct line to the Kar-Jenners, says the situation is still fluid. The site reported this week that no final decision about a divorce has been made, though Kardashian and West have been struggling to make it work for the last six months. As is pretty obvious to anyone paying attention, they’ve largely been living separately: West in Wyoming, Kardashian in L.A.
Of course, divorce rumors have plagued this couple since the day they got married in 2014, but these reports feel different, in that they’ve almost certainly been sanctioned by Kardashian herself. I’d expect to hear something official before the month is out. (TMZ will get the filing first, so look for that.)
And then what? Some fans want to see Kardashian move on with her friend and CNN commentator Van Jones. Sure, okay. As for West … well, I’m sure you’ve seen the rumors about YouTuber Jeffree Star, which we now know are not true. (For a full breakdown of this absolutely wild detour in the Kimye journey, tune in to #SmithSistersLive on Sirius with my friends Lauren, Rachel, and Mariah Smith. I was blessed to guest on this most recent episode and learned more about the cursed beauty guru “scene” than I ever thought possible.)
Whatever happens, I think Kardashian will be just fine. Here’s a photo from December, which she captioned “Inner Peace.”
I wish the same to all of you.
What happens after a breakup? If you’re Olivia Wilde, you start dating a member of One Direction. Here’s Wilde and one Harry Styles waltzing into a wedding this past weekend, letting the paps and everyone else know that they are 100 percent doing it:
How did this happen? I guess it’s sort of simple. Last September, Wilde started directing Styles in the highly anticipated Don’t Worry Darling in New York. (Styles replaced Shia Labeouf in the role, for good reason; the film also stars Florence Pugh and Chris Pine.) By November, the tabloids were reporting that Wilde and her longtime fiancé Jason Sudeikis had broken up. Sources were quick to say the split actually happened at the beginning of 2020; I noted at the time this probably meant that one or both of them was dating someone else and wanted to go public with it. Now we know: It was Wilde, and she wanted to go public with her new, 26-year-old pop star boyfriend. (If you’re keeping count: Sudeikis is 11 years older than Wilde, and Wilde is 10 years older than Styles. It’s fun to mix it up.)
A source told People that Wilde and Styles have been dating for “a few weeks,” but also that their relationship “quickly turned romantic” on set. So maybe more than a few weeks. In any case:
Also on the rebound is Zoe Kravitz, who filed for divorce from her husband of 18 months, Karl Glusman, a couple days before Christmas. Her rep confirmed the split on January 2, just one day before Glusman’s birthday. Eeep! There’s not much gossip yet about why the pair split up, but based on Instagram, Kravitz seems totally over it. Which is convenient, because social media gossips are already dying to see her with someone else.
Deuxmoi posted an unconfirmed blind item this week that linked Kravitz to an A-lister with a unique talent. Fans guessed … Channing Tatum? With his talent being dancing. I could see it, but sources are telling the tabloids that it’s not true. A source did reveal to People, however, that Kravitz and Tatum are working on a project together. What could that be? I think we probably haven’t heard the end of this story, so stay tuned.
Did you know I used to belong to the same gym as Kravitz and Glusman? Kravitz was always dressed in all black and would go straight for the Stair-master. Glusman would kind of tool around the free weights area and talk on the phone. I guess I’ll never see them again :(
STUFF BY HILARY DUFF: Yesterday, Hilary Duff weighed in on the news, and I think we can all agree.
And regarding perhaps the most dramatic story we missed during the break, involving another Hilary, the yoga teacher known until recently as “Hilaria” Baldwin … what’s left to say? I hope she knows she only got this far with her lies because no one cared about her enough to dig into them.
Finally, I’ll leave you with a photo that made me laugh over the holidays. Behold J-Lo, in a high-coverage, newsprint-inspired ensemble, heading to an appointment at her dermatologist’s office in Beverly Hills. You can see more angles here, but rest assured our star successfully hid her face in every shot.
This outing happened shortly after Lopez launched her first-ever skincare line last month. In an interview with Elle promoting her new products, the 51-year-old advocated for a “natural” approach to aging and claimed she’s never tried Botox. She even told a story about how a dermatologist recommended it to her when she was 23, and she declined. Except:
I love her. What kind of natural treatment do you think she had done last month that required her to wear an oversized mask and bucket hat afterwards? I’m actually curious; please let me know if you know.
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I absolutely agree that JLo has no doubt had all sorts of expensive subtle work/treatments and YET ALSO I will throw any money I have at her skincare line 😍 pour it on me literally