Once again, Kelly Clarkson fans are concerned about the singer’s whereabouts after missing another episode of her talk show. Andy Cohen surprised fans by hosting another episode of the show, marking Kelly’s eleventh absence of 2025. The situation has everyone asking the same question: What’s going on with The Kelly Clarkson Show?

Andy Cohen hosted The Kelly Clarkson Show in Kelly’s absence

When Kelly first went MIA, she had a slew of guest hosts filling in on the show. Andy hosted an episode. They had Brooke Shields fill in for a bit. It was truly a hodgepodge of celebs, yet somehow, everyone remained tight-lipped on why Kelly was absent from the show.

Kelly re-emerged on March 21 to celebrate her show’s 1000th episode. She delivered an emotional speech to commemorate the milestone, but still, no details about why she missed so many days of the show.

On April 21, Andy showed up on The Kelly Clarkson Show for a second time to fill in for Kelly. That prompted Kelly’s fans to assume that she was preparing to take another extended break, however, we believe this may have been a one-off.

Last month, Andy told his listeners on SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live that he filmed multiple episodes of The Kelly Clarkson Show. One of those episodes already aired, and since Kelly’s show isn’t filmed live, we can confirm that the April 21 episode has been sitting in the vault for a few weeks.

However, Kelly isn’t off the hook. Questions are still lingering about why she missed so many episodes in the first place. A report from NewsNation suggested that her absence was related to her ex-husband and former manager, Brandon Blackstock.

“Her ex-husband is sick and she took the kids to see him,” an anonymous source claimed.

Until we hear it from Kelly, we’ll take that with a grain of salt. In the meantime, we’re wishing her and Brandon the best.

The Kelly Clarkson Show airs on weekdays on over 200 stations.

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Two years ago, Bo Dietl stepped into the spotlight on The Real Housewives of New Jersey. The private investigator and friend of Luis Ruelas supposedly had dirt on everybody. Now, he’s been appointed by Donald Trump to serve on the Homeland Security Advisory Council. It’s wild, but it’s just another example of the undeniable fact that all roads lead back to Bravo.

Bo Dietl has bigger problems than RHONJ’s Luis Ruelas now

Bo isn’t just a private investigator, he’s also a retired NYPD officer and podcaster who’s been floating around the political sphere for years. For example, he ran for New York City mayor in 2017 and got around 1% of the vote.

In Season 13 of RHONJ, Bo became a central part of the drama when Luis threatened to send him after his wife’s enemies. A few months later, that dynamic duo got sued for allegedly hacking computers to get information about Luis’ ex. She accused them of “harassment and abuse.”

With that impressive resume, our former reality star president decided that Bo needed to bring his talents to the federal government. He announced the news with a congratulatory post on his social media site, Truth Social. Try not to roll your eyes too hard while reading this.

“I am proud to announce the formation of my revamped Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC), which is comprised of Top Experts in their field, who are highly respected by their peers,” Trump began.

“It is a big honor to serve on HSAC, and I know the new Members, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, Mark Levin, Bo Dietl, and Joseph Gruters, will do an incredible job,” he added.

So, what exactly will Bo be doing in this new role? According to Trump, this group will be “developing new policies and strategies” to help “secure” the borders of the United States. We’ll see how that goes.

Real Housewives of New Jersey is streaming on Peacock and Hayu in the UK and Ireland.

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We’ve all seen the video of Kyle Richards and Teddi Mellencamp caught up in an argument with a random lady walking her dogs on the street. In the video, it looked like Kyle was about three seconds away from getting squished, but we were left with so many questions. Who was this lady, and what the hell did she do to make The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star go off?

Fortunately, Teddi took to her Diamonds in the Rough podcast with Erika Jayne to fill in the blanks about what happened. Apparently, Kyle felt upset when she saw the woman mistreating her dogs. Things went downhill from there.

Teddi Mellencamp says the dog owner fighting with Kyle Richards was “inappropriate”

“We’re walking on this side of the street, and we see this woman, and it’s clear she’s mistreating her dogs,” Teddi began during the April 18 episode of Diamonds in the Rough.

Teddi continued, “Kyle — in a polite way — says, ‘Can you please treat your dogs a little nice?’ And then the woman went frickin’ rogue.”

According to Teddi, the woman in the video was being “completely inappropriate to her dogs.” She didn’t specify what exactly she did, but whatever it was, it tugged on Kyle’s heartstrings.

“It was scary,” Teddi continued. “I knew it was gonna set Kyle off because Kyle has a heart.”

In the viral video showing the confrontation, the dog owner locked onto Kyle. Meanwhile, the RHOBH star was bouncing around the sidewalk, hiding behind Teddi, and filming the entire thing on her phone.

We appreciate Teddi for spilling the tea on what caused the confrontation. However, we’re still hoping Kyle drops the footage she filmed on her phone. We need to see the showdown from her POV.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is streaming on Peacock and Hayu in the UK and Ireland.

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This shouldn’t be too much of a shocker, but Mia Thornton has confirmed her departure from The Real Housewives of Potomac. When she left the Season 9 reunion early and hinted at a move to Atlanta, we knew it was only a matter of time before this announcement dropped. Now, it’s official. Mia’s flute is no more.

Mia Thornton is leaving Real Housewives of Potomac (RHOP)

Mia shared the news of her RHOP exit on Instagram with a photoshoot showing her holding a newspaper. The headline on the paper read, “Mia Thornton moves to Atlanta.” The real tea came in the caption underneath the picture.

“With every new season comes a new beginning and I have some news to share. My family and I have made the decision to relocate to Atlanta, and with that, I will not be returning to The Real Housewives of Potomac next season,” Mia wrote in the caption.

Mia went on to express her gratitude to NBC and Bravo for her four-season run on RHOP. Throughout her time on the show, she candidly shared information about her complicated family history. She unpacked trauma with her bestie Jacqueline Blake and navigated a divorce from Gordon Thornton. Her relationship with the truth may have been questionable at times, but you can’t say Mia ever had a shortage of storylines.

On Instagram, Mia teased that there are “exciting opportunities” in store for her next chapter. Some fans think that means she’s going to make the jump to Real Housewives of Atlanta. We’re not sure about that, but regardless of what Mia does next, we’ll be watching and we wish her the best.

The Real Housewives of Potomac is streaming on Peacock and Hayu in the UK and Ireland.

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The kid in The Sixth Sense could see dead people, but Jax Taylor? He can smell cocaine. The Valley star recently got candid about the addiction that led him to rehab last summer, and according to him, in true Jax fashion, he had an unconventional way of reflecting on his behavior.

Jax Taylor could find cocaine anywhere “within minutes”

Last month, Jax opened up about his lengthy battle with drug addiction. He dealt with it on and off for nearly twenty years before finally admitting that he had a problem. The worst is behind him, but he recently spoke about some of his low moments during an episode of his podcast, In the Mind of Jax Taylor.

In the April 17 episode, which featured his Vanderpump Rules co-star Tom Schwartz, Jax recalled how easily he could find cocaine. It’s an admission that underscores why he needed to seek professional treatment.

“I had a sixth sense of finding it no matter where we were,” Jax joked. “What state or country we were in, I found it within minutes.”

Just like the viewers at home, Schwartz admitted that he picked up on Jax’s habit over the years. He said his castmate’s “eyes were bulging out of his skull” at some points when filming VPR. Still, Jax reflected on feeling like he “needed” the drug to fuel his shenanigans.

“It got to the point where I needed it to be social,” Jax explained. “It was a social drug for me. Like in the beginning days, in the early days, I did it of course because I like the rise, but towards the end I did it just to stay awake because I would crash around 9 or 10 o’clock.”

These days, Jax is proudly living a sober lifestyle. He told Schwartz that watching Season 2 of The Valley has helped him realize just how far he’s come in the last year.

He continued, “I know where I am at today and I’m okay to look back and be like, man, I was a bad person because I’m a pretty strong person today.”

The Valley airs on Bravo on Tuesdays at 9/8c and streams on Hayu in the UK and Ireland.

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Is the friendship between Garcelle Beauvais and Sutton Stracke on pause after the Season 14 Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion? Garcelle stormed out of the building, refusing to take a cast photo with the group and leaving Sutton without a date for dinner.

A few days after the reunion aired, eagle-eyed fans noticed that Garcelle unfollowed all of the diamond-holding Housewives, including Sutton. Now, Garcelle’s on-screen BFF has opened up about what’s going on between them.

Garcelle Beauvais and Sutton Stracke are on a friendship break after the RHOBH reunion

As rumors continue to swirl about Garcelle’s RHOBH exit, Sutton spoke to Page Six about their relationship, the unfollowing, and what happens next. This could have been a moment for Sutton to take a swipe, but she kept her comments classy and kind.

“Garcelle has chosen to unfollow all of the Housewives,” Sutton confirmed. “I can only imagine that she needs a clean break right now. I love her and am giving her the space she needs.”

When Garcelle announced she was leaving the show, she said she wanted to focus on her family and new projects. Eventually, it became pretty clear that Garcelle decided to quit the show before they even finished filming the reunion. The look on her face said it all.

Some insiders previously claimed that Garcelle became frustrated with Sutton during the Season 14 reunion. That might be true, but Sutton suggested that she and Garcelle were still on good terms. Specifically, she called out the fact that Garcelle still follows the Instagram accounts for The Sutton Concept and Sutton Brands. That said, the streets are currently saying Garcelle has unfollowed the businesses as well.

The only RHOBH cast members to survive Garcelle’s unfollowing spree were Jennifer Tilly and Kathy Hilton. That might be another hint that there’s nothing serious that happened and Garcelle was just trying to reset her Instagram algorithm. Either way, Sutton had nothing but warm wishes for her former costar.

“I know that she is going to move through this next chapter with grace and success,” Sutton said.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is streaming on Peacock and Hayu in the UK and Ireland.

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It’s hard to believe that Karen Huger is sitting in a jail cell right now, but actions have consequences. Earlier this year, the former grande dame of The Real Housewives of Potomac was sentenced to 12 months behind bars for her role in a drunk driving accident.

According to new court records, Karen recently applied for a work-release program. If approved, she would have been removed from the Montgomery County Jail and transferred to a much nicer rehabilitation center. Unfortunately for Karen, a judge just denied her request.

RHOP star Karen Huger has been denied a work release

The Washington Post reported on all of the details regarding Karen’s failed attempt at a work release. Their legal experts explained that inmates become eligible for work release within 12 months of their release. Since Karen’s sentence is relatively short, she basically filed for a work release as soon as she got into her orange jumpsuit.

Of course, the idea of a “work release” for Karen makes it sound like she’s trying to get back in front of the Bravo cameras. However, that’s not the case. She wasn’t trying to make a bid for RHOP Season 10.

This work release program requires inmates to kick off each day by applying for jobs. Those roles have to meet specific criteria. The jobs have to be within walking distance or accessible via public transportation. Plus, they have to be in an alcohol-free environment and not involve being filmed. Obviously, that would completely rule out working on Housewives.

Per the court documents, Karen was hoping to spend the time in the work-release center focusing on her treatment and engaging in an outpatient rehabilitation program. Upon reviewing the request, Judge Terrence McGann denied the request, which means Karen will stay behind bars in a traditional jail environment.

Although this wasn’t the news Karen and her lawyer hoped for, it’s not all bad news for Karen. She has supposedly been on her best behavior since her sentence, they predict she’ll be released in November 2025, just a few months earlier than anticipated.

The Real Housewives of Potomac is streaming on Peacock and Hayu in the UK and Ireland.

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While most folks were celebrating Easter, 4/20, or a combination of the two, we were busy watching Kenya Moore’s new YouTube video. She promised to spill more tea on Brit Eady and everything we didn’t see on Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 16, so we clocked in and watched the entire 30-minute video.

During the video, which she’s calling “Moore Confessionals,” Kenya continued her narrative that Bravo didn’t take Brit’s pistol comments as seriously as they should have. Plus, she claimed that some of Brit’s most egregious threats were edited out of the show. The plot thickens.

Did Brit Eady directly threaten Kenya Moore on RHOA?

On RHOA Season 16 Episode 5, we all clearly heard Brit make references to pistols and whips following a petty argument with Kenya. After the episode aired, Brit claimed she never had any weapons on her. Additionally, Andy Cohen said that Bravo investigated the threat and found that she didn’t violate any of the network’s policies. Of course, Kenya shared a very different take in her YouTube video.

Kenya recalled, “She was yelling and screaming, and it was then when that I heard her say the following words, ‘That’s why I keep a pistol for bitches like you.’”

“You didn’t hear it. I heard it,” Kenya continued. “It didn’t make the edit.”

According to Kenya, she immediately went to the showrunner to express concerns about her safety. She said she felt like Brit was threatening to “unalive” her. She also contacted the production company the next day to report the incident. However, she felt like the subsequent investigation was a sham.

Mocking the investigation, Kenya said, “Hey, did you have a gun that night? No? Okay, case closed.”

At the time of the pistol comment, Brit had only been filming for three weeks. With over a decade of history with Bravo, Kenya felt like the network should have prioritized her. Kenya theorized that if Brit had said something like this in a different Housewives city, the result would have been dramatically different.

Kenya asked, “If that happened on [Real Housewives of] Beverly Hills, do you think she would be in jail, or punished, or out of a job? Do you think if she had said that to Kyle [Richards] or Teresa Giudice or any other Housewife on any other show, do you think she would still have a job?”

The Real Housewives of Atlanta continues on Bravo every Sunday at 8/7c and streams on Hayu in the UK and Ireland.

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The Real Housewives of Atlanta are in turmoil. Two of them are in nasty court battles with their estranged husbands. Another just got exposed via a poster board at the Kenya Moore Hair Spa. Let’s not even talk about the fact that one of the Housewives got kicked off the show two episodes ago.

There have been six episodes of nonstop discord, so in the grand tradition of the Bravo universe, it’s time to take a cast trip. Surely, that will help ease the tension. Right? On The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 16 Episode 7 “Nashville Hold Em’,” the ladies headed to Nashville to try to figure it out.

What happened in The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 16 Episode 7?

Although Kelli’s Peace Brunch ended in a big fight, the ladies continued to try to move forward with Season 16, regardless of its rocky start. This week, Porsha planned a birthday trip to Nashville with a hand-picked guest list. Meanwhile, the cameras followed Drew and Ralph to the courthouse, as the two continued to duke it out in their contentious divorce. Keep on reading for the full tea on Episode 7.

Brit is still bouncing back

In Episode 7, Brit is in much better spirits than the last few times we’ve seen her. She’s had a rough start, but her husband tried to make up for it by taking her shopping for a Ferrari. Whether or not anything actually made it off the lot that day is still up for debate.

Either way. Brit said that we “can’t hold a bad bitch down for long,” so she felt ready to move forward from the drama with Kenya. Instead, she’s shifting gears and starting a feud with Angela. She’s still holding onto her story about her insurance license being in jeopardy, and she’s mad that Angela questioned the accuracy of that claim.

According to Brit, the fact that Angela dared to question the story about her insurance license was a sign that Angela lacks empathy. To hit back at her, she proceeded to drop a major accusation about her NBA legend hubby, Charles Oakley.

“Well, there has been some whispers that Charles had a baby on her,” Brit claimed. “For you to have so much to say about what’s been going on with me, it seems like you need to be more worried about what’s going on with your man because these rumors don’t just fall out of the sky, sweetie.”

Porsha’s invite-only Nashville trip

While Brit was Ferrari shopping and dropping bombshell allegations about Angela’s husband, Porsha met up with Kelli, Shamea, and Cynthia to get all of the tea on the Peace Brunch since she called in sick that day. More importantly, she had to tee up the upcoming cast trip for her birthday.

Porsha told the ladies that she planned a trip to Nashville in the spirit of Cowboy Carter. She said she was inviting her sister, Monyetta Shaw, and a handful of other random people vying for a few seconds of RHOA screentime. Porsha said she wanted this to be an intimate event, so the entire new RHOA cast got invited except for Drew. According to the birthday girl, she was open to moving forward with Drew, just not on this trip.

That’s totally fair, but Angela had other plans. Privately, she encouraged Drew to come along on the trip as her plus one. It’s the level of audacity we need in this group to keep things spicy. Give Angela her props for being messy in a good way.

Detective Drew is on Brit’s case

When everything went down at the grand opening of the hair spa, Drew was the only Housewife to stand by Kenya’s side. With that in mind, Brit invited her out for drinks to try to get Drew to detach herself from Team Twirl.

Drew agreed to meet up with the RHOA newbie, but she went into full-blown detective mode once they sat down. It only took one sip of her cocktail, and Drew jumped into a line of questions for Brit. She was like, “I want real answers about your past. Did you ever sell the cat? Did you ever do porn?”

These are the questions we’ve all been wondering, and to Brit’s credit, she answered them pretty candidly. She said that she never worked as an escort, but admitted to being a retired cam girl. She said her cam girl career only lasted for a week, but she and a friend supposedly made really good money doing it. No shame in the game, but the bottom line from Brit was that she never filmed pornography. With that, Drew’s case is now closed

Ralph and Drew go another round in the courtroom

Poor Drew was busy as hell in this episode. They had her running all around Atlanta. Not only did she have to meet up with Brit to talk about her past as a cam girl, but then she had to turn around and face off with Ralph in a major divorce court battle.

On one side of the ring, you had Drew and her layer. They had three goals for the court date: get Ralph out of the basement, obtain his financial records, and seal the documents of the divorce. Her attorney seemed confident they could get all of that achieved.

In the other corner, Ralph sat with his new lawyer, the third one to take on his case. The cameras showed her gassing Ralph up ahead of the trial, insisting that they would take down Drew. She was like, “This is a money grab!”

Fast forward a couple of hours, and things couldn’t have gone worse for Drew. The divorce file? It’s unsealed. Ralph’s financial records? Those are on lock. The basement? Ralph is still in it. Drew said the outcome of the case felt like a nightmare scenario.

“Was there ever love, was there ever a friendship? I just feel ike we were better than this,” she lamented in a confessional.

Atlanta takes over Nashville

Cowboy Carter is fab, but the back half of this episode was all about Cowgirl Williams. The ladies embarked on their trip to Nashville, and it felt like the classic Housewives. There wasn’t a single reference to a pistol.

The ladies pulled up to their beautiful home and were greeted with cocktails, only to find out that this palatial estate, somehow, wouldn’t have enough bedrooms for all of them. We’ve seen this before, and we love it every time.

Meanwhile, Angela missed her flight and showed up at the house separately from the rest of the group. Approximately five seconds after her arrival, she sat down and dropped the news about her plus-one.

“I’d like for Drew to come,” Angela told the group, more so telling them than asking them.

Porsha simply could not wrap her head around the concept of Angela wanting Drew, of all people, on a birthday trip where she was specifically not invited. However, Angela spent the rest of the episode standing firm in her decision to extend that invitation. Otherwise. Drew would have spent her entire weekend at Dennis’ hookah bar, so in some ways, maybe Angela was doing Porsha a favor.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta continues on Sundays at 8/7c on Bravo.

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Is Andy Cohen in hot water for bringing Rhyheim Shabazz on Watch What Happens Live as a bartender? Supposedly, Bravo execs are clutching their pearls that the adult film star appeared on the late-night program.

If true, this would be pretty salacious and another example of Andy getting in trouble behind the scenes. The only issue is that the story is coming from unnamed (and probably unreliable) sources.

Sources have things to say about Andy Cohen’s latest WWHL booking

Andy had Rhyheim behind the bar on March 13. He was bartending while Anitta and Uzo Aduba appeared as the guests. There have been hundreds and hundreds of guest bartenders across WWHL’s 15-year run. They only get about 15 seconds of screentime, but “insiders” told Radar Online that the higher-ups felt like including Rhyheim was a bad move.

“They’re livid,” the source claimed. “This is not the direction we want the show moving in – it’s reckless.”

“The show is supposed to be cheeky and fun, not full-blown NSFW,” the insider continued, adding that Andy may have “gone too far.”

Another source, whom the outlet claimed was an “executive,” dismissed claims that Andy could be facing backlash for booking Rhyheim. Consequently, they chopped it up to the fact that Andy can get away with whatever he wants.

“He’s the golden goose. He books who he wants – and he knows Bravo wouldn’t dare stop him,” the insider allegedly said.

These accusations also come right as the “reality reckoning” has started getting renewed attention. Additionally, there’s a former Housewives producer who became an adult film star running around on podcasts, accusing the network of icing him out over his side hustle.

Plus, there’s also the former RHONY star suing Bravo and calling them out for creating a troublesome work environment. With all of that in mind, these “insiders” will probably keep saying whatever they can to piggyback off the trend of bashing Andy and Bravo.

Watch What Happens Live airs Sunday-Thursday on Bravo. It can be streamed on Hayu in the UK and Ireland.

TELL US – DO YOU BELIEVE THE RUMORS ABOUT ANDY FACING BACKLASH FOR HAVING A PORN STAR AS A BARTENDER? OR DO YOU THINK THE “SOURCES” ARE MAKING THINGS UP?

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