Shawn Mendes and his chiropractor
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Shawn Mendes has had a rough couple of years. After spending the early part of the pandemic walking up and down his street with an empty coffee cup, he broke up with his girlfriend Camila Cabello, shaved his head, and canceled his world tour halfway through for vague health-related reasons. Now, he is possibly dating a 51-year-old chiropractor named Jocelyne Miranda.
Mendes, 24, was photographed, shirtless, on a hike with Miranda this week at Runyon Canyon. According to her website, Miranda has been working with Mendes since 2018, as well as several other celebrities including Post Malone and Justin and Hailey Bieber. In recent months, however, Mendes and Miranda have been spotted hanging out together several times outside of a medical office. They go grocery shopping together, wander around farmer’s markets together, spend time at Mendes’s mansion together, and get coffee together in the mornings. Miranda was also Mendes’s date to a Grammys after-party earlier this month.
Personally, I’ve never socialized with any of my doctors, but celebrities are not like us. Perhaps Mendes is paying Miranda to be some kind of wellness companion. Then again, they touch each other a lot?
Mendes’s fans are convinced, at this point, that Miranda is his girlfriend, but she seemed to subtly reject the idea in an Instagram post yesterday. Reflecting on her profession, she wrote, “At times, we spend more time with our Athletes and Patients than we do with our own families, a Big Personal Sacrifice! In a World that is usually Male Dominated, Few Women Stand Tall and work Really Really Hard!”
Hailey Bieber commented supportively on the post. Incidentally, Hailey briefly dated Mendes in 2018; they attended the Met Gala together just before she got back together with Justin. Hopefully everyone is happy now.
Speaking of the Biebers, they went on a double date this week with Kendall Jenner and… Bad Bunny? The foursome were photographed leaving Wally’s in Beverly Hills on Saturday night. According to DeuxMoi, Jenner and BB were also spotted making out at the members-only Bird Streets Club in West Hollywood a couple weeks ago (that’s the same place Leonardo DiCaprio likes to pick up 23-year-old models). According to People, Jenner “likes” Bad Bunny and is “having fun.” Okay!
Avril Lavigne is also having an interesting romantic life lately. Last week, she was photographed hugging Tyga outside Nobu in L.A. According to TMZ, they left together in the same car and have been “hanging out a lot.” That was apparently news to her fiance, Mod Sun. After Lavigne’s rep confirmed to Page Six that she had ended her engagement, Mod Sun’s rep said, “They were together and engaged as of three days ago when he left for tour so if anything has changed that’s news to him.” Oops.
I think Tyga is an interesting match for Lavigne, given that they have dated half-siblings. Lavigne dated Brody Jenner in 2010, and Tyga started dating Kylie Jenner a few years later. I bet they have a lot to talk about.
With all this drama, it’s comforting to know that at least one celebrity relationship is on solid ground. I’m referring, of course, to the timeless romance between Brad Pitt and his 29-or-possibly-33-year-old girlfriend Ines de Ramon. According to People, Pitt sent de Ramon a big pot of peonies for Valentine’s Day, and she was thrilled about it. The Daily Mail reports that even George Clooney has given de Ramon his stamp of approval. Most importantly, de Ramon’s estranged husband Paul Wesley officially filed for divorce last week, so that clears the way for Pitt to get even more serious about this amazing relationship.
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Finally, I’ll leave you with the news that Lent has officially been rebranded as “Mark Wahlberg’s 40-day Challenge”:
Good for him — I know he has a lot to pray about this year.
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