EVENING NIGHTCAP: Bad News For Justin. Rihanna Channels Carol Brady. Diddy's Homes Raided By Federal Agents. Blake Eats Humble Pie.

 

 

► Are the wheels are falling off Justin Timberlake's upcoming tour to support his new album, "Everything I Thought I Was"? The album is experiencing lackluster sales which is never good if you are launching a world tour.  Critics and fans seem to be turning their backs on Justin like a cat who buried a turd in the litter box. Comments for the album have ranged from "exhaustive" to "a real slog". To add to his misery, concert dates for his UK tour are struggling to sell tickets with arenas showing lots of empty seats. Ouch!  Below are some of the album reviews from critics which had me laughing my ass off. Read More

"About as sexy as a soiled mattress’ and ‘a real slog, bogged down with bloated R&B slow jams".
-  Helen Brown, The Independent

"Middling...is a sprawling, exhaustive musical hodgepodge that feels like a callback to his earlier work". - Stephen J. Horowitz, Variety

"If the album were 10 tracks rather than 18 – many of which could in turn lose two minutes from their runtime – Timberlake’s musical redemption might be more of a home run". - Laura Snapes, The Guardian

Comment:  I'll let this gif express my feelings about Justin.

► Rihanna debuted a new haircut and the best thing I can say about it is that Carol Brady (from the Brady Bunch) wants her look back.  I'd like to find Rihanna and the hairstylist who thought it was a good idea to indulge whatever whim she was on and ask them...WTF were you thinking?  Read More

Rihanna debuts new haircut, March 24. Photo: Backgrid / The Mirror. com

Comment: The only way to excuse this haircut is if Rihanna's hair got caught in a ceiling fan and it had to be chopped off. It's awful! While I'm at it: that new haircolor - bleech! Do you call it Dirty dishwater? Sawdust? Anemic egg yolk? Whatever it is...it's not doing her any favors.

► Now that Princess Kate has revealed her cancer diagnosis to squash all the shitty rumors that were circulating about her planned absence due to abdominal surgery, the apology tour of the aholes who jumped on the bandwagon to mock her has started.  First up is Blake Lively. Blake took to social media a couple of weeks ago to join other celebs like Kim Kardtrashkan, Andy Cohen, Stephen Colbert and many others to mock Princess Kate about her whereabouts and/or her photo shop debacle. Now that the world knows the truth about her health situation, Blake has been eating a giant plate of crow. On IG, she wrote:  Read More

“I made a silly post around the ‘photoshop fails’ frenzy, and oh man, that post has me mortified today. I’m sorry. Sending love and well wishes to all, always. ❤️”

Besides Blake, the only other celebs who have publicly apologized to Princess Kate have been Kerry Katona and Owen Jones. Everyone else has remained silent and are probably having second helpings of crow, shame, and embarrassment. Stephen Colbert was slapped with a legal notice from Rose Hanbury for spreading the rumor on his show about her and Prince William as a factor for Kate's absence. Read More

Blake Lively and Princess Catherine of Wales. Photo: Buckingham Palace / Variety.com

Comment: It's good that Blake stepped up and apologized. IMO her apology was lame but at least she tried.  I've been "meh" and indifferent about Princess Kate and the RF. That being said, the way she has been treated by the media and conspiracy theorists nut jobs has been horrible. The palace was very clear about her planned absence. Yet, people didn't want to hear it or respect it.  Sadly, the oversharing culture we now live in demands that every spec of a person's life be on full display...or else risk the wrath of conspiracy spreaders.  I hope the media and the public have learned a lesson.   

 ► Sean Combs aka Diddy, Puff Daddy can now add BIG TROUBLE to his litany of names.  His houses in California and Florida were raided today by US Homeland Security federal agents as part of an undisclosed government investigation.  As previously reported, Diddy has been slapped with multiple lawsuits and accusations of sexual abuse. During the raids, multiple agencies joined Homeland Security agents in the collection of evidence.  According to NBC report: Read More

"Three women and a man have been interviewed by federal officials in Manhattan in relation to allegations of sex trafficking, sexual assault, and the solicitation and distribution of illegal narcotics and firearms, the source familiar with the investigation said. Interviews with three other subjects are also scheduled." 

Sean Combs, 2022. Photo: Jordan Strauss / Invision/AP file/NBC News.com

Comment:  For US Homeland Security federal agents to raid ALL of his houses, it has to be some really bad stuff they're looking for.  It's about time that Diddy is investigated given the all the claims of shitty behavior from numerous victims. It's unknown what they were looking for. Stay tune as I'm sure over the next few days we will hear more about this.