By Wonderwall.com Editors
2:03pm PDT, Nov 3, 2023
Troll take-down
Kate Beckinsale is in no mood to be trolled this week — dental surgery will do that to the best of us. Alas, this didn't stop Instagram trolls from going into attack mode when the actress, 50, shared a post-op photo of herself in a wheelchair with an ice pack wrapped around her head, a gauze-stuffed mouth and what looks like leftover makeup from a Halloween party the night before.
"Just for balance and to answer a question I am sometimes asked 'do you ever take a bad picture' may I direct you to the absolute D*** MAGNET that left the dentist surgery this morning," Kate captioned the shot on Nov. 1. Some users responded by praising her fashion choices for the surgery (including a sweatshirt that read, "F***") or pointing out that she still looks amazing in the pic. Others, however, accused her of having had plastic surgery.
"You don't need work done to your face. This is a bad example to young girls growing up saying you can't age gracefully," one person commented. "Was she getting work [done?] You don't need it," asked another. A third called her a "princess" for using a wheelchair.
At first, Kate tried to be nice in her replies, telling the "princess" hater that wheelchairs are "mandatory" after general anesthesia and asking, "Have you ever seen someone after they've had a wisdom tooth pulled? It looks quite different from a facelift."
But the nasty comments continued to pour in and she soon changed course — with hilarious results.
"PSA to all young women, do not get your wisdom teeth removed because this b***end doesn't like it," she replied. "I'm sorry for setting a bad example and not just letting myself get an infection, not treat it, get sepsis and die. Because that's what a good example setting women would do. You utter t***."
As Kate's pal, Selma Blair, wrote in the comments… "Still got it."
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Opioid cycles
"Friends" creator Marta Kauffman recalls Matthew Perry being "happy and chipper" when they spoke just two weeks before he was found dead in his home on Oct. 28 at 54. But as she shared in a Nov. 1 "Today" interview, she was also worried about him at times in recent years. Matthew's long struggle with addiction was no secret, nor was the toll his substance abuse took on his body. In his memoir and in interviews, the actor opened up about having undergone more than a dozen gastrointestinal surgeries to address issues caused by his use of opiates. As Marta pointed out, recovering from surgery caused by opioid abuse sent more painkillers his way.
"I was concerned about him," she said of the period when they were shooting 2021's "Friends Reunion." "Knowing that he'd been through everything he'd been through, and every time he had surgery they're giving him opioids for pain, and the cycle starts over again. So, yes, I was concerned about what point in the cycle he was in that moment."
Two weeks before his death, though, she said he seemed happy and healthy. "He didn't seem weighed down by anything," Marta recalled. "He was in a really good place, which is why this seems so unfair."
The "Friends" star's cause of death has not been confirmed as of Nov. 2, but authorities have said there were no signs of foul play.
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Pre-show ER visit
At 52, Missy Elliott's music career is already awash in historic moments and major hip-hop milestones. But success doesn't always prevent anxiety — and Missy has the hospital records to prove it. In a Nov. 2 interview on "Good Morning America," the four-time Grammy winner revealed she was hospitalized right before she joined Katy Perry onstage for the 2015 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
"I didn't know how huge, how many people watched the Super Bowl. When I did it, I ended up in the emergency room. My anxiety kicked in," Missy said, as reported by ET. Having long avoided discussing her sexuality publicly, the rapper said she was nervous because of rumors about her sexuality, which she's long avoided discussing in public.
"Because it was a secret and then, the day before, people started whispering, 'I think Missy is coming out [during] Katy Perry's set.' I started freaking out. So in the wee hours of the morning before the Super Bowl, before I performed, I was at the emergency room," she continued. "It feels good to be in a time now where you can talk about it. Because you realize, there's a lot of people who suffer from anxiety."
Missy's anxiety revelation came as she prepared to become the first woman rapper to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Nov. 3.
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'Unbearable' loss
For Priscilla Presley, losing her only child, Lisa Marie Presley, in January 2023 was nothing short of "unbearable." The ex-wife of Elvis Presley reflected on Lisa Marie's death on the British show, "TalkTV," telling Piers Morgan how she was still mourning the recent deaths of her grandson, Benjamin Keough, and mother, Anna, when Lisa Marie died suddenly of a bowel obstruction at age 54.
Lisa Marie's son Benjamin, 27, died by suicide in 2020. Priscilla's mother passed away the following year at 95. "It's like a large part of your life is taken away," she said. Elsewhere in the interview, she recalled the last moments she spent with Lisa Marie. The pair had attended the Golden Globes together and were having a post-show drink when Lisa Marie said her "stomach really hurts." They shared what Priscilla noted was "the last hug I gave her," and called it a night. Lisa Marie died two days later.
Priscilla also addressed her battle with granddaughter, actress Riley Keough, over Lisa Marie's estate. On Oct. 30, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge finalized a settlement the family agreed to earlier this year. Among other details, Riley remains the sole trustee and Priscilla gets a $1 million payment. She's also now allowed to be laid to rest beside Elvis at Graceland, where she'll serve as a paid "special adviser" to the estate, according to People.
Asked about Riley, Priscilla said, in part, "I love her … Riley and I have always been close. I think Riley will be great, she has asked me a few things about what to do. I want to help her with Graceland." She added, "I trust her."
Settlement finalized
In addition to sharing new details about the death of her daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, with Piers Morgan in a new interview for "TalkTV," Priscilla Presley addressed her battle with granddaughter, actress Riley Keough, over Lisa Marie's estate.
Lisa Marie had removed her mother from her will in 2016. Circumstances including the recent death of her son, Benjamin Keough, left the star's daughter, Riley Keough, as sole trustee. Priscilla initially disputed this in court, but eventually agreed to a settlement with her granddaughter. On Oct. 30, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge finalized that settlement, which keeps Riley on as the sole trustee but grants Priscilla a $1 million payment and permission to be laid to rest beside her ex, Elvis Presley, at Graceland, where she'll serve as a paid "special adviser" to the estate, according to People.
Asked about the dispute and her relationship with Riley, Priscilla said, in part, "I love her … Riley and I have always been close. I think Riley will be great, she has asked me a few things about what to do. I want to help her with Graceland. She has a good head on her shoulders," she added. "I trust her."
Cryptic post
Armie Hammer has returned to social media after a long silence that followed disturbing sexual abuse allegations. The jury's still out on the meaning of his cryptic post, though. On Nov. 1, the actor shared a clip from the classic 1968 Burt Lancaster film, "The Swimmer," which he appeared to be watching on a laptop while aboard a train. The scene shows Burt's character, Ned, clad only in swim trunks as he races a galloping horse along a fence in a field. Armie didn't caption the post, though he apparently scrubbed the rest of his Instagram to make way for the clip, now the only item on his page.
In "The Swimmer," Ned declares one late summer day that he'll "swim his way home" by jumping in the pools of every neighbor on his route. Soon after announcing his plans, he stops to challenge a horse to a race, which he loses. His pool journey soon shows he's alternately loved and despised by people he considered friends. According to Roger Ebert's review, "We learn something about this man's life at every poolside, until finally we are able to piece together a story of his disgrace and failure."
Armie stepped back from public life after multiple women accused him of sexual abuse, in some cases including violent fetishes, in 2021. The scandal triggered a loss of acting work for Armie and a divorce from his wife, Elizabeth Chambers.
Though he was never charged with a crime and has said the relationships were consensual, he admitted in a February 2023 interview that he'd emotionally abused women. He also revealed he was sexually abused as a teenager.
