Tag: Influencers

The year 2020 started off with the death of Kobe Bryant and will end with the deaths of over 250,000 people from the coronavirus.

In between, the world's most famous game show host (Alex Trebek) passed away, as did the very best James Bond of all-time (Sean Connery).

2020 can eat it, basically.

This awful year did bring back The Hills, however, which means MTV viewers were introduced once again to Spencer Pratt, the D-lister after whom we've named our annual Turkey rundown since 2012.

Why?

Not because Pratt is an especially awful person.

He's just pretty lame and pathetic and easy to mock and possesses many qualities that we associate with a turkey.

With that in mind, The Hollywood Gossip is now proud to once again ring in Thanksgiving -- and prepare to say goodbye to 2020 -- by counting down the 10 biggest turkeys of the year.

We all know who has to be #1, right?

10. June Shannon: This is someone known for the following things...

• Raising a child to compete in kids' beauty pageants.
• Gaining a ton of weight.
• Falling prey to a hardcore drug problem, getting arrested for it, sticking with an abusive boyfriend and choosing him over her children.
• Gettiing plastic surgery.

Why, it must be asked, do we keep giving her a television platform?

9. Jon and Kate Gosselin: We'll stick to the world of reality TV here.

These two got divorced all the way back in 2009... and yet this continue to make news by trashing each other in public.

Yes, Jon got accused of assaulting his own son in September, which is a huge deal and which was worthy of all the coverage it received.

But can these ex-spouses just shut the heck up at some point and consider what's best for their many kids?

8. Kelly Dodd: She refused to wear a mask. She didn't take Covid-19 seriously. She slammed the Black Lives Matter movement.

This Real Housewife was already rich and spoiled, but, in 2020, she became rich, spoiled and perhaps more obnoxious than any celebrity in Hollywood.

7. Lori Loughlin: She pleaded guilty to her role in a college admissions scandal that centered on this actress using her extreme wealth to manipulate the system; to lie; to cheat; and to get her kids into the University of Southern California despite a lack of legitimate qualifications.

Do we want her to get Covid? No. But we're glad she's scared of it in prison.

6. Joe Exotic: We can't believe an entire nation was at one time captivated by someone convicted of attempted murder, just because he looked kind of funny and interacted a lot with tigers.

Just another reason to hate this pandemic.

5. Rudy Giuliani: We mean, just... HOLY TOTAL AND COMPLETE INSANITY.

4. Ellen DeGeneres: The Queen of Nice was exposed as The Queen of Mean in 2020.

Numerous former employees have accused this talk show host of anchoring a program that didn't merely feature producers belittling the staff members... but committing actual acts of racism and sexism.

We're ashamed to say ever danced along with Ellen.

Many things this year took us by surprise, but the figurative cancelation of DeGeneres ranks high on that list.

3. The Royal Family: Your antiquated, inflexible and controlling ways drove Meghan Markle and Prince Harry out of the country.

Also, The Crown Season 3 sort of sucked.

2. Kanye West: The rapper tried to help Donald Trump win re-election. He spilled a million family secrets in public, including his long-ago wish to abort North West... and when was the last time he released a solid album?

The artist suffers from a mental health disorder and we hope he gets the assistance he needs.

Until then, however, we also hope he stops pretending he cares about anyone other than himself.

1. Donald Trump: An obvious selection, we know. But also a well-earned distinction!

The 45th President's final act in office has been to subvert democracy, encourage violence and mislead millions of Americans one ridiculous Tweet at a time.

He's a literal sociopath and it will take the country decades to recover from this man's dangerous incompetence, malfeasance and general dickishness.

Good. F-ckin. Riddance.

Two very different rumors about Dale Moss and Clare Crawley are floating around the Internet right now.

The first would give Crawley a reason to celebrate.

The second would give her a reason to simply fall apart.

According to some astute observers on Reddit, Crawley and Moss didn't just meet on The Bachelorette... fall in love within days... and then leave the show together this season after getting engaged.

According to these astute observers, they are already married!

Such speculation doesn't come from anything either of the reality stars have said.

But rather from the following photograph, which is making the rounds on social media and which does seem to depict Moss with a wedding ring on his finger, doesn't it?

While this marital news would be exciting to Clare and Dale supporters, we caution them not to get overly excited.

Why?

Because there's now also some chatter that Moss is cheating on Crawley.

It pains us to even write those words.

Just weeks after his engagement on The Bachelorette, though, the 32-year old was seen in the SoHo district of New York City with "three woman," OK! Weekly reports.

The alleged sighting took place on Saturday, November 14.

“He went to an event at Hugo Boss and was seen leaving with three model types,” an insider tells this tabloid, adding that Moss appeared to have had been inebriated.

“He was later joined by a fourth who seemed to be his friend.

"Then, he was spotted drinking outside in SoHo, where he was kissing one woman, but like pecks.”

Wow, huh?

Mere pecks on the cheek and a simple night out with a few members of the opposite sex does not mean Dale was being unfaithful, of course.

The troubling thing is, some critics out there believe Moss went on The Bachelorette for all the wrong reasons and is simply using Crawley to enhance his business profile.

The hunk is on record as saying he wants to build a brand.

"Currently, I am a model with Wilhelmina International and a sports and entertainment host,” the former professional football player told Midco Sports Network, adding in June;

“That’s always been one of my focuses.

"I think how Ryan Seacrest has built a brand and really an empire is amazing, and I would love to model my career after him.”

Could Dale want to be the next Ryan Seacrest AND have hung out with some female friends AND still be in love and loyal to Crawley?

Absolutely.

On last Tuesday's episode of The Bachelorette, Clare and Dale made an appearance in order to gush over each other and in order to emphasize their true feelings for each other.

"Everything he was looking for was everything I was looking for,” the 39-year old explained on air.

“He doesn’t even realize he does this for me, but last night, I was having the worst anxiety ever, and you showed up when I was pacing around the pool with anxiety.

"He just grabbed my hand and paced with me around the pool."

"That’s all I’ve ever wanted is a man to show up for me -- not only when it’s easy, not only when it’s good and fun and pretty in ball gowns and all that," continued Crawley.

"But, like, show up when I’m in my yoga pants and no makeup, and my hair’s in a greasy knot. Like, show up for me.

"He’s done that every single time."

Clare also told People Magazine that babies are "on the agenda."

For her sake, we really hope this cheating rumor is false.

She's already aware of all the haters out there who question her relationship.

“I think I’d be lying if I said it didn’t hurt me because here is something that I finally found that makes me so incredibly happy, like, to my core," she told Chris Harrison of these nay-sayers.

"To finally feel this type of love that I have been craving and wanting, I just wish people could be happy for us.”

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