The marriage of Stevie J and Faith Evans didn’t just take us by surprise … their loved ones and close friends were blindsided as well, and they’re not happy about it. Family sources on both sides tell TMZ … they were never given a heads-up…
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Thursday, July 5, 2018
Janoris Jenkins Breaks Silence On Murder at His Home, "Hurts My Heart"
NY Giants star Janoris Jenkins says the man who was killed at his New Jersey home was a “good friend” — and it “hurts my heart to know that he’s passed.” TMZ Sports broke the story … officials found a dead body in Jenkins’ basement on June 26.…
Thursday, April 26, 2018
John Cena Says "Heart Hurts" After Split with Nikki Bella
John Cena says he’s emotionally devastated after his breakup with fiancee Nikki Bella … saying, “I love Nicole with all my heart and the split’s tough.” The WWE superstar says he was expecting reporters to ask him questions about the split while…
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Sen. Cory Booker Says GOP Tax Bill Hurts Now, But It"s Gonna Get Worse
Senator Cory Booker’s not hiding his disdain for the GOP tax bill, which he says just pulled a Tonya Harding on America, and especially his home state. We got the distinguished gentleman from NJ on Capitol Hill shortly after the House gave…
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Ami Brown Speaks on Battle with Cancer: "Everything Hurts"
For the past several weeks, Alaskan Bush People viewers have been concerned and curious about the status of Ami Brown.
We know she has lung cancer.
But is it Stage 4? Is the tumor inoperable? Is she confined to a wheelchair? Just how much time does she have left?
Lying in a hospital bed in Southern California, where she was transported this summer in order to receive the best care possible, Brown recently opened up to People Magazine after her illness.
It’s clear she’s in very poor shape.
“It hurts. Everything hurts,” Brown tells the publication.
The long-time reality star’s throat is raw from the radiation, and she’s dropped from 128 pounds to 89.4 pounds.
Based on the aggressiveness of the cancer, Billy Brown says doctors have told the family that survival statistics for someone in Brown’s situation are as low as three percent.
But Ami remains as optimistic as one can be given her circumstances.
“I realized early into this that it’s very easy to want to give up and just die. And on the pessimist side, it could be my last days,” she says. “But I have the will to fight.”
Ami’s health struggles have been at the center of Alaskan Bush People Season 7, which wraps up this week on the Discovery Channel.
It sounds as if an eighth season is on tap, but the Browns will not be residing in Browntown if/when it airs.
In this exclusive Q&A with People, Brown says she first felt pain in her back last fall. She thought it was just arthritis… until a scan was taken in December.
As you can tell by some of her quotes here, Ami is handling the diagnosis in courageous fashion. Her kids, however?
“They have to strengthen their wings a little,” she says to People, adding:
“There are good days and bad days – for them and for me. But they handle their emotions pretty good. There are days that they have to talk about it and then talk about it again.
“I have faith that they will remain strong.”
Brown says she wanted to do the People interview in order to help others with cancer.
“I was nervous as a cat the first time I went in for radiation. I hope if people watch the show and see what I’m going through and it will take away a lot of their fear.”
What an admirable reason for speaking out.
Does she ever think about dying? Does she ever concern herself with what happens next?
How can she not, right? On occasion, at least, right?
This is what Ami says about the prospect of passing away:
Worrying about it only makes it worse. There is hope and that hope is having faith in God. You can’t give up. I tell people be happy. Just be happy. It’s a choice.
Things can be hard and you just want to curl up but you have to shine.
We continue to send our thoughts and prayers to Ami Brown and her family.
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Floyd Mayweather: I Will Beat McGregor, Even If He Hurts Me
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
United Airlines Victim: EVERYthing Hurts!
David Dao, the 69-year old doctor from Kentucky who was dragged off a United Airlines flight against his will on Sunday night, has finally spoken out.
Talking to Louisville affiliate WLKY, Dao said he’s recovering from his injuries in a Chicago hospital and that “everything” hurts at the moment.
Added attorney Stephen Golan, whose name will likely surface often in the weeks ahead when Dao undoubtedly sues United for a kajillion dollars:
“The family of Dr. Dao wants the world to know that they are very appreciative of the outpouring of prayers, concern and support they have received.
“Currently, they are focused only on Dr. Dao’s medical care and treatment.”
By now, of course, you are likely familiar with Dao’s story:
He was violently removed from an aircraft at O’Hare International Airport after he refused to volunteer to give up his seat on an overbooked flight.
United had offered up to $ 1,000 to any individual who was willing to take a later flight to Kentucky and then randomly selected a quartet of passengers after no volunteers emerged.
After Dao refused to leave the plane, employees contacted members of the Chicago Police Department, who dragged Dao away, opening up a wound on his lip at the very least.
“He was bleeding,” said passenger Jayse Anspach, one of several witnesses who filmed the ugly incident. “He hit his face when they initially dragged him off.”
Shortly after footage of the physical, one-sided confrontation (below) went viral, United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz made things worse.
He Tweeted a lame apology that referred to Dao’s removal from the plane as an example of how the company must sometimes “re-accommodate” passengers.
“Our team is moving with the sense of urgency to work with the authorities and conduct our own detailed review of what happened,” Munoz added at first.
“We are also reaching out to this passenger to talk directly to him and further address and resolve the situation.”
This message was not received very well by the public.
Munoz also wrote an email to employees that went viral, actually complimenting how they handled the awkward situation.
In this email, Munoz describes Dao as acting “disruptive and belligerent” while telling his staff the following:
“I emphatically stand behind all of you, and I want to commend you for continuing to go above and beyond to ensure we fly right.
“As you will read, this situation was unfortunately compounded when one of the passengers we politely asked to deplane refused and it become necessary to contact Chicago Aviation Security Officers to help.”
You can read the full email below:
Also lambasted on social media for this note to employees, Munoz tried to make amends once again on Tuesday.
He vowed that the company will “do better” when it comes to overbooking flights, adding in the first statement that made him sound like an actual human being:
The truly horrific event that occurred on this flight has elicited many responses from all of us: outrage, anger, disappointment.
I share all of those sentiments, and above all: my deepest apologies for what happened.
Continued to CEO:
Like you, I continue to be disturbed by what happened on this flight and I deeply apologize to the customer forcibly removed and to all the customers aboard.
No one should ever be mistreated this way.
Thank you! Would that really have been so hard to come out and say right after this happened?
In other news semi-related to this heinous occurrence, TMZ has learned that Dao had his medical license suspended for many years after being convicted of drug trafficking.
He also admitted to accepting sexual favors from a colleague in exchange for forgiving a debt she owed him.
Not very cool at all of the doctor, but not relevant to this situation in any real way.
Dao’s sordid history doesn’t mean United treated him fairly; it’s not as though the company was even aware of his past, or that professional mistakes from a decade prior should be considered in regard to what transpired on Sunday.
Oh, and United is also the airline that banned a 10-year old girl from boarding a flight because she was wearing leggings at the gate.
Really, this happened:
Come fly the friendly skies, huh, United?
We assume you were going for irony with this motto.
Monday, November 21, 2016
The Game -- $7 Million Excuse ... My Tooth Hurts, Ask My Dentist (DOCUMENT)
The Game tried to delay his sexual assault trial at the 11th hour but the judge shot down his request … and now the rapper’s pointing to a couple bad infections as the reason for his last-ditch effort. Sources close to the rapper tell…