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Lil Scrappy Friend Struggling to Recover From Horrific FL Car Wreck
Monday, August 6, 2018
Demi Lovato Plans to End Her Toxic Friendships in Order to Recover
On Sunday, Demi Lovato released her first statement in the aftermath of her hospitalization for a devastating overdose.
Though we know that Demi has agreed to enter rehab, she is also taking additional steps to make sure that this doesn’t happen again.
A huge part of that is severing ties with toxic people in her life — even if they’re her own blood relatives.
According to TMZ, Demi Lovato’s team is going to help her weed out negative or toxic influences in her life that made it so easy for her to relapse after six years of sobriety.
That means that, after she leaves rehab, they’re going to help her sever ties with people — including friends of hers.
Specifically, they’re looking to exclude the real party animals and those who use drugs.
They’re also seeking to cut her off from “yes friends.”
That is, friends who will just say yes to anything because it’s in their nature or because she’s Demi. Separating celebrities from enablers can be a tricky business.
The team’s broad mandate for ending some of these perilous relationships has some people in mind in particular.
They apparently intend to cut her off from one toxic friend in particular — though we can only speculate as to which friend that might be.
(Some would say that, since Demi was partying with G-Eazy following her relapse and he’s been heavily associated with drugs, that smart money is on him)
What’s more is that Demi’s team intends to sever her relationship with a distant relative.
It sounds like they mean business.
But while Demi’s team held a meeting this week to determine who should be cut off and how, ultimately, this will all be up to Demi.
All that they can do is advise.
Sources say that the team is going to suggest to Demi that she get a new phone number and only give it out to the people whom she trusts the most.
After all, it doesn’t do much good to cut people out of her life physically if they can still reach her — or she can still reach them — at any given moment.
Addiction is an illness that is always lurking and ready for just the right opportunity. Part of recovery is avoiding the most dangerous opportunities.
As we previously reported, plans are already set up for Demi to enter a live-in rehab facility when she exits the hospital.
The plan is for her to have zero down-time to recover at home before she goes to rehab — which is probably smart.
It is not yet known where her rehab facility will be (which is totally fine — that’s her business!), though it is believed that she probably won’t do rehab in L.A. as there are too many triggers for her there.
At present, we don’t even know if she’ll be recovering in California.
What we do know is that her family’s intention is for her to be able to attend a facility that can accommodate a huge star without her standing out too much. Fortunately, there are places that specialize in just that.
Demi Lovato’s guitarist blamed her friends for her overdose, castigating anyone who was with her that night.
This was followed by Demi’s friends receiving death threats — even those of them who had not been with her.
Demi Lovato’s BFF Dani Vitale had to plead for the death threats to stop. Yes, Demi had been celebrating her birthday with her hours earlier. But no, she had not been with her for the overdose.
We hope that fans will remember that they can support Demi without harassing or threatening the lives of those who love her.
Everyone just wants Demi to be okay.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Lil Wayne Out of Hospital, Needs Two Weeks Off to Recover
Lil Wayne’s been released from the hospital, and we’re told he’s taking a break from work to get himself right … on doctor’s orders. Sources close to the rapper tell TMZ … the seizures that forced him into the hospital Sunday were due to a…
Maria Menounos Credits Inspiring "Rocky Balboa" Quote for Helping Her Recover from Brain Surgery
Maria Menounos is looking like a million bucks just a few months after brain surgery … and she thanks her fiance and Sylvester Stallone for making it happen. We got Maria out in NYC with her boo, Keven Undergaro, and she tells us she’s…
Monday, October 24, 2016
NBA TV"s Kristen Ledlow -- Cops Recover Stolen Corvette ... Hunting for Suspects
Good news for NBA TV’s Kristen Ledlow — cops have recovered the red Corvette that was stolen from her at gunpont … TMZ Sports has learned. The Atlanta PD tells us … the incident all went down Saturday around 3:15 PM — when Ledlow pulled…
Monday, July 18, 2016
Taylor Swift Hell Week: How Can the Singer Recover From 7 Days of Scandal?
Last night, Kim Kardashian offered one hell of a grand finale to what many were already describing as the worst week of Taylor Swift’s career.
Taylor’s hell week began with the bizarre revelation that the singer may have broken up with Calvin Harris over a song.
Specifically, insiders say she was pissed because Harris failed to give her her due for co-writing his hit “This Is What You Came For” (even though the couple agreed in advance that putting Swift’s name on the song would overshadow its musical merits).
Harris confirmed the rumor in a scathing Twitter rant about Swift and her calculated attempts to “bury” rival artists, such as himself and longtime rival Katy Perry.
That resulted in the “Taylor Swift is Over Party,” during which diehard members of Team Harris and Team Perry flocked to Twitter to express their joy over what they perceived to be the singer’s downfall:
Now, bizarrely, Taylor is wrapped up in another controversy over what she did or didn’t know about a hit single prior to its recording.
This time, the accusations come from Kim Kardashian, who says that despite Swift’s claims to the contrary, the singer knew all about Kanye West’s “Famous” (and its derogatory lyrics) long before the song was even recorded.
Obviously, Taylor is no stranger to feuds and mini-scandals but can her career and her reputation recover from back-to-back-to-back bludgeonings like this?
The answer: Yes, but it won’t be easy, and it may be a long time before we see the “carefree media darling #SquadGoals” Taylor that we’ve become accustomed to in the 21 months since she made the transition from crossover upstart to full-blown pop culture sensation with the release of 1989.
In the past, Taylor has thrived on turmoil in her personal life, but she seems to have put an effort to leave that image behind her with her seemingly stable (albeit oddly fast-moving) relationship with Tom Hiddleston.
But just because she’d hung up her guns, that doesn’t mean Swift can’t dust off the burn book full of Carly Simon-esque, roman a clef story-songs one last time to fire some thinly veiled shots at her new crop of rivals.
Taylor clarified her position on Kim’s bombshell on Instagram today, and you can expect that to be her last word on the matter for the time being.
(She’s already sicced her lawyers on Kanye, so she may not even be allowed to discuss things further.)
In fact, the 26-year-old may stay off social media for a while until the dust settles.
But you can be sure that sometime in the next few months, Taylor will drop a diss track that’ll make Bad Blood like Kumbaya.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Kris Jenner Reportedly A "Shadow Of Her Former Self" & Might "Never Recover" From Caitlyn Jenner"s Transition
We knew that Kris Jenner was struggling to adjust to life after Caitlyn Jenner‘s transition, but she reportedly “just hasn’t been the same” since her ex publicly came out as transgender.
Related: Caitlyn’s Ex Linda Thompson Is Also Adjusting!
Sources say the 59-year-old is a complete wreck now, explaining:
“She never smiles anymore. Before she would always be the life and soul of any gathering, bringing people out of their shells, smoothing over any arguments among her kids and adding a real sparkle to any occasion.”
We imagine it must have been difficult for her, considering how long she and the former Olympian were together. But an insider reveals that she’s fallen into what seems like a depression:
“She can barely summon up the energy to lift up her martini glass.”
Another source says that the momager used to be really concerned about certain things, but now it’s like they don’t matter anymore:
“She’d have never let her daughters Kim [Kardashian West] and Kourtney [Kardashian] sit there at the dinner table on their phones once upon a time. Now it’s like she’s given up and just couldn’t be bothered anymore.”
Additionally, a close pal feels as though Kris “just doesn’t seem to care” and has “lost interest in everything,” saying:
“Kris is deflated, defeated and getting increasingly down in the dumps. She just can’t reconcile the fact that this glamorous woman used to be her masculine Olympic-hero husband — and is now getting unfairly compared to her in every way. Poor Kris is a shadow of her former self and it seems she’ll never recover from this.”
Yikes.
We really hope the Kardashian-Jenner matriarch is okay, and that she starts to feel better soon!
[Image via Michael Wright/WENN.]
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Such Good News! Kim Zolciak Confirms She"s Home With Family, Continues To Recover From Health Scare!
Yay!!!
It’s been a crazy and scary last few days for Kim Zolciak-Biermann, but at least she’s finally returning to some normalcy, since she’s now out of the hospital and back with her family!
Related: Here’s Why The Stroke May Have Actually Saved Kim’s Life
The DWTS star confirmed with a Sunday afternoon statement through her rep, Jack Ketsoyan, that she was back with her family:
“I want to thank everyone for their love and support over the past few days. I am now home with my family, resting and taking care of my health.”
Yayyyy!!!!!
As for her spot on DWTS, well, Kim was non-committal amid rumors that she may not return to the show, only saying:
“I can’t express enough how much I love dancing and this whole experience, and I hope this will not be the end of dancing.”
We’ll see what happens with that ahead of a new episode of the show this week, but at Kim is now back, safe, and home again!
Her hubby Kroy Biermann just won a really important game with the Atlanta Falcons in Dallas this afternoon, so we know he must be excited and hurrying home to see her, too!!
[Image via RWong/WENN.]