Justin Bieber surprised fans by sharing Freedom, a gospel-inspired EP, on Easter.

The 27-year-old pop superstar’s new release popped up on streaming platforms around 6 p.m. ET on Sunday (April 4).

“Freedom on all platforms,” Bieber wrote on Instagram shortly after the new project surfaced.

Freedom‘s track list includes six songs: title track “Freedom” with Beam, “All She Wrote” (feat. Brandon Love and Chandler Moore), “We’re in This Together,” “Where You Go I Follow” (feat. Pink Sweats, Chandler Moore and Judah Smith), “Where Do I Fit In” (feat. Tori Kelly, Chandler Moore and Judah Smith) and “Afraid to Say” (feat. Lauren Walters).

The Freedom EP follows the release of Bieber’s sixth album, Justice, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The 16-track set, released through Raymond Braun/Def Jam on March 18, follows his 2020 album, Changes.

Justice was previewed by a quartet of top 40-charting hits on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart: “Holy” featuring Chance the Rapper (No. 3); “Lonely” with Benny Blanco (No. 12); “Anyone” (No. 6) and “Hold On” (No. 26).

The album’s newest single “Peaches,” featuring Giveon and Daniel Caesar, recently debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, making Bieber the first solo male artist to debut at the top of Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 simultaneously.

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Justin Bieber addresses controversy about featuring MLK Interlude on new album

Justin Bieber recently released his sixth studio album, titled ” Justice ,” and caught some backlash for including a Dr. Martin Luther King Interlude .

Bieber spoke to Bieber Nation co-founder Kristal Terrell on the app Clubhouse about being labeled as a “white savior.”

“Being Canadian… they didn’t teach us about Black history. It was just not a part of our education system,” the musician explained [via Billboard ].

Bieber admitted he made “insensitive jokes when I was a kid” and was part of the problem “because I just didn’t know better.”

“I want to keep growing and learning about just all social injustices and what it looks like for me to be better, what it looks like for my friends to be better,” the “Yummy” singer said. “And I know I have a long way to go. I love that when people are listening to my album, these conversations are coming up and they’re like, ‘Well, how is he going from Martin Luther King into a love song?'”

Bieber added, “I’m not trying to make a connection between me and Martin Luther King. That’s why I never try to talk about social injustice or I didn’t want to be the one to talk about it because I just have so much more learning to do.”

He just wanted to “amplify” the civil rights leader’s “incredibly touching speech” and get conversations started about injustice.

Bernice King, the youngest daughter of Dr. King, took to Twitter to support Bieber’s use of her father’s words in his album.

America’s diva rolled up her sleeve in NYC Saturday to get her first dose, but it wasn’t without some trepidation. The “Emotions” singer had 2 of them — excitement and nervousness, as the camera rolled for the money shot.

As the doctor sticks the needle in her arm, she belts out her signature, glass-breaking screech … 2 times, no less!!!

“Here we are, all the way from that first post washing my hands with Roc and Roe in New York, trying to encourage people to really be safe,” Carey noted. “You know, we’re still in this battle together.”

“Here we are, hoping for the best, encouraging you guys to do it when you can,” she added

Mariah was curious about the absence of blood, ending with this proclamation, “See, I’ve proven my point. I am actually a vampire.”

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Mariah Carey is known for her five-octave vocal range and melismatic singing style. She is referred to as the “Songbird Supreme” and the “Queen of Christmas”. She rose to fame in 1990 with her eponymous debut album, released under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, who married her three years later. Carey is the first artist in history to have their first five singles reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, from “Vision of Love” to “Emotions”.

She achieved worldwide success with follow-up albums Music Box (1993), Merry Christmas (1994), and Daydream (1995). These albums spawned some of Carey’s most successful singles, including “Hero”, “Without You”, “All I Want for Christmas Is You”, “Fantasy”, “Always Be My Baby”, as well as “One Sweet Day”, which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart (1990s).

Quite a lot has been happening:

Mariah Carey’s Brother Sues Her for “Mental Anguish” Over Memoir

The lawsuit, filed in New York Supreme Court on March 3, alleged that specific passages written about Morgan Carey were false and defamatory. Co-author Angela Davis, Andy Cohen Books, and Macmillan Publishing Group LLC were also listed as defendants.

“Many passages about him in the Book are false and defamatory, personally invasive and painful, and have caused serious damage to his reputation and to his personal and business affairs,” the lawsuit, obtained and viewed by Insider, read.

“It took twelve cops to pull my brother and father apart,” the memoir read. “It was also the first time I witnessed the possibility that a member of my family could brutally die in front of my eyes. Or that I could die too. I wasn’t yet four years old.”

The lawsuit alleged that the “clichéd and racially charged portrayal of two Black males” fighting never happened.

Another passage alleged that Morgan was physically aggressive towards their mother and characterized him as “the Big Bad Wolf.”

“My childhood was a series of fragile, unstable houses, one after the other, where inevitably the Big Bad Wolf, my troubled brother, would huff and puff and blow it all down,” the book said. “I never felt safe.”

The lawsuit argued that Morgan has “deep affection” for their mother and that passage was false.

Morgan did not seek a specific amount of money but asked for “judicial determination” that the passages of false and defamatory. He’s also sought to undo the damage created by the alleged narrative.

The Carey family has remained estranged in recent years, with Mariah referring to her siblings as her “ex-brother” and “ex-sister.”

Ever since I first watched Selena Gomez act and sing on Disney Channel as a child, I have never been disappointed by her as an actress or musical artist.

On March 12, Gomez released her first fully Spanish-language EP titled “Revelación.” This is not the first time that Mexican American pop singer has embraced her Hispanic heritage through her music. Gomez’s fifth solo project comes almost a decade after she first recorded Spanish versions of her hit songs “A Year Without Rain” and “Who Says.”

Gomez experiments with a slew of different genres in comparison to her previous albums, with “Revelación” having a series of sultry Latin trap and reggaeton beats. In the first track “De Una Vez” (translated as “At Once” in English), the singer belts out a bittersweet melody describing a sense of healing and empowerment after a breakup, which I have to assume is about her tumultuous relationship with Justin Bieber that ended in 2012. Gomez had released this song back in January, which led it to becoming the first ever all-Spanish song sung by a female to debut as #1 on the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart.

The second track titled “Buscando Amor” “translated to “Looking for Love” in English) is about letting go and having a good time on your own with little distractions, A.K.A. men. Gomez described “Buscando Amor” on “Revelación Stories” by Spotify as a song that “every girl needs” that celebrates how beautiful women are.

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Everything You Need to Know About Selena Gomez’s Skincare Routine

To wash away the day, Gomez uses a soothing foam face cleanser. “It actually helps because I have dry skin,” she told Vogue . “But in certain areas, I have oily, which is really annoying.” A cleanser like SkinCeuticals Soothing Cleanser Foam has calming ingredients like cucumber extract, glycerin, orchis mascula extract formulated for sensitive skin.

To hydrate and plump up the skin, Gomez loves Tatcha’s Dewy Skin Cream. “It’s so thick and yummy that you don’t actually have to use that much of it,” Gomez told Vogue . “I think when I was younger, I didn’t really take care of my skin, because I didn’t really know why. I was working since I was seven and had makeup on and figuring all that out. So I would say I didn’t care until the last few years and I realized how important it was.” To apply, Gomez uses her hands to massage the product in an upwards motion.

Gomez never leaves the house without wearing a protective shield of SPF. “I like to put sunscreen on because not only is it important to keep your skin looking fresh but I have lupus, so being in the sun is difficult for me, so I like to put my sunscreen on,” she told Vogue . Her go-to is Drunk Elephant Umbra Sheer Physical Daily Defense SPF 30, which is sheer, lightweight, and fragrance-free.

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Review: Selena Gomez ‘Revelación’ and Nick Jonas ‘Spaceman’

But just like the Phil Collins catalog, Spaceman runs a little too wan and quiet between the hits. These songs all flow together, zooming from track to track as if the radio station were being changed between them, but there are stretches that are more fit for sleep playlists than as a soundtrack to waking activities. There’s a fine line between music that’s calming and music that is literally sedative; Spaceman delivers a bit too much “Long Long Way to Go” when more “Sussudio” was needed.

While many have accepted cryptocurrencies, NFTs is like rap music in the 70s. Here consumers pay for virtual merchandise which has a digital signature that can be easily tracked to validate its authenticity.

The Weeknd recently announced a new, exclusive NFT collection of artwork and new music, that will be available exclusively on Nifty Gateway. The limited-time auction held on Saturday, April 3rd, the collection includes new music and limited edition art.

Speaking about the artist making waves, The Weeknd announced a boycott of all future Grammys. Before The Annual 63rd Grammy Awards aired, as per usual, there was controversy surrounding nominations . Canadian singer, songwriter and producer Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, publicly known as The Weeknd told The New York Times that “he would boycott the awards from now on.”

2020 was a year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and people becoming more aware and outspoken regarding social justice issues. There is a call to look closely at the morals of institutions people are influenced by, how some of them promote racism, The Grammys is no exception.

The Weeknd explained that, “Because of the secret committees I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys.” The Grammys are notoriously secretive about their voting process.

The world is a crazy place, and the digital world is no different.  The Weeknd’s NFT campaign begins with an open edition flash sale for three different visual artworks, each with a filtered segment of the new song. There will be an unlimited amount of these works available to purchase for a limited time.

The artwork for these pieces was developed by Strange Loop Studios in collaboration with The Weeknd.

The Weeknd said: “Blockchain is democratizing an industry that has historically been kept shut by the gatekeepers. I’ve always been looking for ways to innovate for fans and shift this archaic music biz and seeing NFT’s allowing creators to be seen and heard more than ever before on their terms is profoundly exciting. I intend to contribute to this movement and can see that very soon it will be weaved into the music industry’s mechanics.”

Many things were taking place:

The Weeknd Drops His Exclusive NFT Collection, And Only One Person Will Have Access To His

Grammy award-winning artist The Weeknd has joined a list of personalities capitalizing on the ongoing NFT craze.

What Happened: The musician has teamed up with Strange Loop Studios to create artwork, and digital art marketplace Nifty Gateway to release his new collection, which will reportedly consist of new music and limited edition art.

Excited to announce that my first NFT drop is taking place on Saturday at 2:00 pm EST on @niftygateway . The collection will feature new music and limited edition art. I developed the artwork with Strange Loop Studios pic.twitter.com/627BO4JekK

Lovato told Apple Music that Grande “started writing this song and immediately thought of me, so when she gave it to me, I was like, ‘We should just sing this together.’”

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Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande & J Balvin is about to Reap Millions in HYBE’s Deal to Buy Ithaca Holdings

As part of the $1.05 billion deal, Scooter Braun is paying more than $40 million in equity to artists & staff out of his stake. HYBE’s  deal to buy Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings will award Braun’s artists and staff with more than $40 million in equity, including shares to Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, J Balvin and Demi Lovato, according to a corporate filing from HYBE, the publicly traded company formerly known as Big Hit Entertainment.

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Ariana Grande Is Ready for Sky-High Heels Again | Vogue

Admit it, for the past year, your heels have been collecting dust in your closet. And it makes total sense: Why bother with torturous stilettos when a comfy flat will do the trick? That being said, spring is all about re-emergence, which means the return of heels. Celebrities like Katie Holmes, Dua Lipa, and Cardi B have all slipped into them again on the streets—and now Ariana Grande is, too. In fact, her towering pair is even fresh off the runway.

Taking to Instagram to flex a glamorous Monday look for no occasion at all, the singer wore a glitzy gold Versace mini dress from the Italian label’s recent fall 2021 collection . On the second slide of her slideshow, Grande also showed a closer look at her shoes: staggering, chunky platform heels with a squared toe from the same show.

Now, a platform has a little more comfort than a single-sole heel—but Grande’s shoes are still quite extreme . But let’s not forget that Grande is a diehard heel lover, best known for her impressive collection of thigh-high boots. She’s clearly testing out a new look for spring here, and the square-toe shape happens to be a huge trend this season, so bonus! Does this mean you, too, have to start wearing skyscraper footwear? Of course not, but Grande is proving that a huge heel does bring your fit to epic new heights—it’s worth considering again.

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Ariana Grande is at the top of her game. Why is she joining ‘The Voice’?

The Voice is one of many TV singing competitions, but it stands out from its competitors because of the tryout portion of the show, dubbed the “blind auditions.” While a person tries out, the judges are in chairs facing the audience, so they don’t see what the singer looks like until they confirm they want the singer on their team by pressing a button that turns their chair around. For the upcoming 21st season, singers tried out in front of four judges: Ariana Grande, John Legend, Blake Shelton and Kelly Clarkson.

Ariana Grande has made music for close to a decade, yet it still feels too early in her career for her to join a show like this — her thank u, next album charted at number one on the Billboard 200 and she’s cast in the upcoming 2021 star-studded Netflix film Don’t Look Up . There’s still so much left for her to give before it makes sense for her to take this career pivot. Grande hasn’t even reached anywhere near her “flop era” or her “ post-flop era” comeback yet.

Teen rapper Bhad Bhabie has captured the crown as queen of OnlyFans — claiming that she racked up sales in just six hours after her debut on the not-safe-for-work site.

“Crazier than u think DM me,” the rapper says in her OnlyFans bio. “I am on here every night responding.”

A spokesman for OnlyFans confirmed to Variety that the rapper did earn the title.

The previous OnlyFans recordholder was Bella Thorne , who garnered more than $1 million in her first 24 hours on the platform in August 2020. However, the actor-model-influencer was met with a backlash among sex workers who rely on income from OnlyFans, because the site had reduced the maximum limit creators can charge for exclusive content from $200 to $50 (after Thorne had charged $200 for a three-pack of non-explicit photos). Thorne has apologized to the sex-worker community and said she was working with OnlyFans to remedy the situation.

In 2017, Bhad Bhabie became the youngest female rapper ever to hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart with her debut single “These Heaux.” The artist, who is signed with Atlantic Records, also was the youngest artist in the last decade to go platinum with her 2018 hit “Gucci Flip Flops” (feat. Lil Yachty). Her 2017 single “Hi Bich” also has been certified platinum.

Other celebs and influencers who have launched OnlyFans pages include Cardi B, Jordyn Woods, Blac Chyna, Trey Songz, Amber Rose and Tana Mongeau.

Bhad Bhabie , real name Danielle Bregoli, is opening up about where her relationship with Billie Eilish stands today.

However, in a new interview with ET this week, Bhabie says her bond will Eilish is a little more complicated these days.

"People always want to act like we have problems or we have beef. No," Bhabie responded, when ET's Katie Krause brought up how fans are always asking if they're still friends. "I just feel like either someone got into her ear about me and made her think that I was a bad person or she was getting too big to where she didn't want to associate herself with my brand. And that's perfectly fine, I understand that, but it sucks to have a friend and they just disappear. But I'm not mad at her, she's not mad at me. It is what it is."

Bhabie -- who first rose to fame with her viral " Catch me outside, how about that? " phrase -- admitted, however, that she totally "gets it."

"If there was a kid in school that I thought was crazy, I wouldn't want my kid hanging out with them either!" she exclaimed.

While a collab with Eilish may never happen, Bhabie's fans can  look forward to some solo projects. The Boynton Beach, Florida, native's new song, "Do It Like Me," is out now, along with the official music video, which has been viewed over 1.7 million times.

"I've been here since I was, like, 13, my songs have been doing crazy. I'm kind of used to it at this point," Bhabie joked. "But it still feels good. A lot of people are realizing that I'm not the same little badass kid I was, like, five years ago. So a lot of people are like, 'I actually like her now, there's really nothing wrong with her.'"

"I feel like everyone expected me to just be around for, like, five minutes and disappear," the outspoken rapper continued. "I feel like they're kind of like, 'We can't push her out? OK, we might as well just accept and she actually isn't that bad.'"

Bhabie added that while she didn't feel like she "necessarily had to" prove herself in the industry over the years, she's glad that people are starting to see a different side of her now -- one that's much different from when we first saw her on Dr. Phil in 2016.

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Demi Lovato depicted scenes before and after her near-fatal overdose in July 2018 in a new music for her single,”Dancing with the Devil.”

The video comes after amid the release of her YouTube documentary of the same name.

At the very start of the 5-minute long video, a message to viewers reads: “This video contains content depicting addiction, drug use, trauma, and sexual abuse which may be triggering for some.”

What is California sober? Demi Lovato’s recovery plan explained

Now in recovery, she was asked by CBS Sunday Morning whether she was trying moderation — still drinking and “smoking a little bit of weed” — and Lovato agreed that was the case.

“Telling myself I can never have a drink or smoke marijuana is setting myself up for failure because I am such a black-and-white thinker,” she said . “I had it drilled into my head for so many years that one drink was equivalent to a crack pipe.”

Continued use of alcohol and marijuana is “nowhere near sober,” Seeley warned, adding he was worried people could potentially overdose and die thinking that they’re California sober.

Marier didn’t have any opinions or judgment about anyone’s recovery journey, agreeing there’s not a one-size-fits-all approach. But she was concerned about the potential for problems.

“There’s a term I’ve used when counseling somebody: It’s like switching seats on the Titanic — it’s not going to save you; you’re still going down.”

For most of his patients, that means full abstinence, but “it is possible to be in remission from a substance use disorder and not fully abstain from all intoxicants,” he said.

Each person has to determine that themselves, Marier said. Hurley agreed, noting that sobriety isn’t a medical term, so people have all kinds of understandings about what it means for them. That’s why he uses the term remission rather than sobriety.

The American Society of Addiction Medicine doesn’t “demand some threshold for abstinence” in order for somebody to count as a sober, Hurley noted.

“I think that people can get better with treatment even if they don’t necessarily stop using all substances.”

From Publisher: TODAY.com

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People with alcohol use disorder and homelessness were able to cut back on drinking through a harm reduction approach. “We found participants didn’t have to stop drinking to start recovery,” said lead author Susan Collins, PhD, of Washington State University, in a statement. ( The Lancet Psychiatry )

Brief behavioral therapy of eight to 12 weekly 45-minute sessions delivered in pediatric clinics by master’s-level therapists was a cost-effective option for treating youth with anxiety and depression . ( JAMA Network Open )

People with schizophrenia might find help quitting smoking with the aid of high-strength electronic cigarettes , a new study found. ( Nicotine & Tobacco Research )

Kristen Monaco is a staff writer, focusing on endocrinology, psychiatry, and dermatology news. Based out of the New York City office, she’s worked at the company for nearly five years.

Iggy Azalea twerked in a G-string and got a lap dance from a stripper in the X-rated music video for new single Sip It – which is so raunchy it rivals WAP. Daily Mail (UK) said in the video clip, the 30-year-old twerks in a convenience store while wearing a sheer, multi-coloured bodysuit and G-string.

The Australian rapper showed off her new neon green hair style, and she says the new look is for her upcoming single “Sip It,” featuring Tyga, released with another new song “Brazil.” Azalea and Tyga previously teamed up on “Kream” from her 2018 EP Survive the Summer.

The 30-year-old rapper – who announced the arrival of her son Onyx with ex-boyfriend Playboi Carti last June – admitted she feared she would need a lot of cosmetic work to regain her figure.

Speaking on the E! network’s ‘Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump’, Iggy said: “I thought I’d have to get lots of plastic surgery, but then I didn’t have to get any. I didn’t get a stomach that I’d need to hide, and then with COVID, I was just like, ‘I’ll just keep it a secret. I don’t have to go outside’.”

She said: “I knew straight away. He was a planned baby. I just wondered if I would want to have more than one child, so I thought that maybe I should figure that out before I’m as old as dust.”

And she joked about the baby looking like her, explaining he couldn’t possibly have her nose as she “had to switch her out”.

Iggy said: “Everybody kept telling me, ‘He’s a handsome one!’ and I was like, ‘Is he really, though?’, He has no eyebrows.

“Sometimes people say, ‘Oh, he has your nose,’ and I’m like, ‘No, he doesn’t. I had to switch her out. It’s cute that you think mine looks like his’.”

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Iggy Azalea Feared Bald In Juicy Bikini

Going pillow-lipped and with matte makeup matching her bronzed body, Iggy threw out the famous figure and her tattoos, then name-dropping Kardashian-adored sweatpants brand Juicy Couture, writing: “Juicy Foreverrrr.”

Over 500,000 likes were left, alongside what looked like a prevalent theme in the comments section. “Thought you went [bald emoji] for a second lol,” one fan wrote. “THE WAY I THOUGHT YOU SHAVED YOUR HEAD,” another added, with a third fan saying: “Thought u was bald for a sec.” See the second photo below.

The comments just kept on coming. “Don’t play wimme like that I thought you was bald wife,” one user said. “OH I THOUGHT YOU WAS GIVING BALD IGGY” also came in. Azalea has not responded to the remarks, but she has been joking about her snap-back figure on Twitter, this week writing : “Had a baby bounced back like I’m 23.”

Iggy welcomed her son following a secret pregnancy. She shares her son with 24-year-old rapper Playboi Carti, from whom she split in late 2020 . See more photos after her baby!

Iggy has been big-time trashing her baby daddy on Twitter, alleging cheating and that Carti abandoned his own son at Christmas. “Imagine not flying out your family on Christmas but you have the girl you cheated on my my entire pregnancy at your album party and magically me and my son can’t come for Christmas any more? TRASH,” she wrote.

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Thanks to entrepreneur Kanye West, Park County officials may have finally found a solution to all of the trash blowing out of the Cody landfill.

But first, did you hear Kanye West is acquiring Spotify?

Forbes had declared Kanye West-Kardashian, née Kanye West, a billionaire around this time last year, evaluating his worth at $1.3 billion. West disagreed and said the estimate was about $2 billion off. And he just proved to us all that he wasn’t lying. It’s official: As of today, the fashion and music mogul has just acquired the ever-popular audio streaming platform, Spotify.

Something big like this isn’t unpredictable for West, but people are curious about his intentions for buying out Spotify. Some are saying it’s just another outcome of the rivalry with long-time collaborator Jay-Z, who once held a majority stake in Tidal.

Back to the Cody landfill, For months, landfill managers and county commissioners have fretted about the plastic bags and other debris that escape the windy site and litter the surrounding area.

However, during a special meeting held today, April 1, West presented county commissioners with an apparent “win-win” solution: Under the plan, exclusively obtained by the Tribune, West’s workers would collect all of the bags scattered around the Cody landfill. The wind-blown plastics would then become a base material for a new line of shoes, called “Yeezy Breezys.”

The exact financial terms of the potential deal were not disclosed, but it would involve West and his companies paying millions of dollars to the county each year.

“Apparently, one man’s trash is truly another man’s treasure,” marveled Commission Vice Chairman Flossie Undermeadow, who threw her support behind the idea.

While it’s too early to say what the deal could mean for other landfill customers, Assistant Park County Engineer Ron McDonald said it’s reasonable to think that, instead of having to pay a tipping fee, residents may start getting a check for their trash at the landfill gate.

That could be what the county needs to finally entice City of Powell leaders to bring their garbage to the Cody landfill; Powell’s refuse is currently hauled to Billings, because its rates are cheaper, but the new partnership with West would change the math.

Powell Mayor Jon Pretzel said in an April 1 interview that he’d be “very interested” in discussing a switch.

From Publisher: Powell Tribune

Not to change the topic exactly:

Kim Kardashian Wants to Avoid Talking About Kanye West on ‘KUWTK’

Kim Kardashian hasn’t shied away from sharing her most vulnerable moments with Keeping Up With the Kardashians fans through the years — but there’s one topic that she refuses to touch.

During the Thursday, March 25, episode of the reality series, the 40-year-old Skims founder refused to open up about her ups and downs with Kanye West . When pal Malika Haqq asked whether Kardashian would step up as first lady if the 43-year-old Yeezy designer had a successful presidential campaign, the makeup mogul admitted she was “not sure” about what was next.

“They’re so talented, and I definitely don’t do them justice,” Addison Rae, the social media star said of the TikTokers whose dances she performed on The Tonight Show

Addison Rae is addressing backlash she received after failing to credit the mostly Black creators of the TikTok dances she performed last week on The Tonight Show .

When asked about the incident, Rae (whose real name is Addison Easterling) told TMZ that leaving the creator’s names out of the sketch was unintentional, saying the original choreographers “definitely deserves all the credit.”

“I think they were all credited in the original YouTube posting , but it’s kinda hard to credit during the show,” she said. “But they all know that I love them so much and I mean, I support all of them so much. And hopefully one day we can all meet up and dance together.”

She also said she and the show’s team were discussing the incident “behind the scenes” and added, “But it was so much fun. I had so much fun, and I’m very grateful and thankful. It was a great time.”

During the broadcast, Rae performed eight dances that have gone viral on TikTok (including “Blinding Lights,” “Up,” “Savage Love” and “Laffy Taffy”), while host Jimmy Fallon held up cards bearing the titles of the trends.

“Ever since the beginning, I’ve been talking to most of them and definitely want to collab with a lot of them,” she told TMZ.

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Addison Rae Used a Glass Shield a Face Mask While Out in NYC

Juliet and Amanda discuss Addison Rae’s ascension to mainstream celebrity, Chrissy Teigen leaving Twitter, and the latest on J.Lo and A-Rod

Juliet and Amanda discuss Addison Rae’s appearance on The Tonight Show and her ascension to mainstream celebrity (01:00). Later, they touch on Chrissy Teigen leaving Twitter (21:00) and look back into Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez’s relationship status (35:00).

From the girls to the warm weather, Danyel lays out why California is the best state and what makes it so special

Bill and Jacoby break down what we thought would be the first episode of the finale but turned out to be another mid-season episode

In the words of Devin, ‘Big Brother’ sucks! But they are controlling ‘Double Agents,’ leaving the rest of the competitors to fight for scraps

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Addison Rae Responds to Criticism That “The Tonight Show” Didn’t Credit Dance

“This is what white privilege looks like—Black creators innovate dances and do them amazingly but Addison Rae gets invited on Fallon to perform them in a ho-hum way,” one Twitter user said. “She’s not racist, Fallon’s not racist, but somehow the Black dancers are erased. Even though they dance better.”

“It’s kind of hard to credit during the show,” she continued. “They all know that I love them so much and I support all of them so much and hopefully one day we can all meet up and dance together.”

Addison also said that she is speaking to Jimmy about the situation privately. It’s unclear if they have any plans to credit the creators further.

From Publisher: Seventeen