By Wonderwall.com Editors
2:00pm PDT, Oct 7, 2023
Legal action
Grimes is taking legal action against Elon Musk after a scuffle on his X platform in which she demanded Elon allow her to "see my son or plz speak to my lawyer." On Sept. 29, the Canadian singer filed a "petition to establish parental relationship," according to court documents viewed by the San Francisco Standard. The filing is often used to legally identify a child's parents when they are unmarried. "Most of the time, the driving force is that they need custody orders or child support, but the petition is to establish parentage of the child," family attorney Deborah Dubroff told the outlet, which reported that no requests for child support or custody rights had been filed as of Monday, Oct. 2.
Grimes, whose real name is Claire Bouchon, shares three children with the billionaire tech mogul: sons X Æ A-Xii and Tau Techno Mechanicus and daughter Exa Dark Sideræl Musk. She and Elon began dating in 2018 and reportedly split in 2021, never having married. Elon, who's been divorced three times, is also the father of eight other children. Two of those kids are twins Azure and Strider, who Elon welcomed in 2021 with Shivon Zilis. A hint that a custody issue may have been brewing between Elon and Grimes surfaced after his biographer, Walter Isaacson, shared pics on X of Elon with Shivon and their twins.
"Tell Shivon to unblock me and tell Elon to let me see my son or plz respond to my lawyer," Grimes wrote in a since-deleted comment on the post, per the SF Standard. "I have never even been allowed to see a photo of these children until this moment, despite the situation utterly ripping my family apart." After deleting her reply, the singer posted a message of her own saying she and Shivon had "finally" spoken. "This wasn't her fault, plz don't be angry at her!" Grimes wrote, in part. "We respect each other a lot and we're excited to become friends and have the kids grow up together."
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Dating debt
As the internet continues its lovefest for the new romance between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, the NFL star is pausing to give props to two sportscasters who first encouraged Taylor to date him. Speculation about Taylor and Travis dates back to comments the Kansas City Chiefs tight-end made on his "New Heights" podcast about crushing on the 12-time Grammy winner. After hearing his sweet remarks over the summer, Fox Sports commentators Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson encouraged the singer to "go on a date" with Travis on their "Calm Down" podcast in August.
Fast forward a couple of months and Taylor's now been spotted cheering for the football star at multiple games, cozying up to him at a post-game party and even hanging out with his mom. So when Charissa reposted a clip of her plea to Taylor on Travis' behalf on Instagram over the weekend, Travis naturally gave credit where it was due: "You two are something else!! I owe you big time!!" he wrote in the comments section.
"@killatrav we do what we can. This is what we're here for!" Charissa and Erin replied.
In the Aug. 3 podcast clip, Erin spoke directly to the singer, telling her: "Taylor, I don't know what you're doing in your life right now besides rocking the world … please try our friend Travis, he is fantastic! Take us up on this — go on a date with this guy. Do it for America." Message received!
Dognapping case victory
Lady Gaga is officially off the hook in a $2 million lawsuit filed by one of the people involved in kidnapping her French bulldogs in February 2021. On Monday, Oct. 2, a judge in Los Angeles decided the singer owes nothing to plaintiff Jennifer McBride, who sued Gaga over the reward she initially offered for the safe return of the pups, Entertainment Tonight reported. An accomplice to the high-profile dognapping, Jennifer previously "pleaded no contest to knowingly receiving stolen property" after she was charged as one of five co-defendants in the scheme to steal the expensive dogs, according to ET. The judge ruled Jennifer's role in the crime prevents her from claiming the $500,000 prize Gaga had offered for the safer return of Koji and Gustavo. In addition to the reward money, Jennifer's lawsuit sought $1.5 million in damages.
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Kanye clapback?
Look out, haters. Cardi B's ready to "bring this internet … to shambles," according to a post on her Instagram Stories. "I been trying not to disappoint my fans because I've been trying to be Cardi B the professional," the rapper said in a Stories clip this week (via Complex). "But Belcalis the Demon, it be really close to come out. And I don't want that because I don't want to disappoint my fans. I'ma just say this: people love Cinderella until Cinderella get a glass house," Cardi continued before directly addressing her "haters."
"Leave me the f*** alone because I come with receipts. … Years-old receipts," she said. "I literally got real receipts with dates. So leave me alone. 'Cause y'all not gonna be ready for that. Y'all not gonna be ready for nothing."
Her message came in the wake of leaked footage of Kanye West, now Ye, griping that Cardi is "a plant by the Illuminati" who "don't write her raps," among other put-downs. Ye also claimed Cardi "replaced" her onetime rival, Nicki Minaj, suggesting "the illuminati" had a hand in Cardi's success in music. According to Complex, Cardi appeared to reply on X by posting a clip of Ye praising her in a 2022 interview. That post was later deleted.
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AI deep-fakes
Tom Hanks and Gayle King are both warning fans not to trust ads they appear in, courtesy of artificial intelligence manipulation, on social media. On Monday, Oct. 2, the "CBS Mornings" anchor alerted Instagram users to a "fake video" ad for weight loss products featuring her voice and image. She said it was made with AI technology and without her knowledge. "People keep sending me this video and asking about this product and I have NOTHING to do with this company," the journalist wrote on Instagram, sharing the video in question. The clip seems to show the news star encouraging people to "follow the link" to learn about her "secret" weight loss struggle. "I've never heard of this product or used it! Please don't be fooled by these AI videos," she warned.
Two days prior, Tom Hanks shared a similar heads-up with fans on Instagram. Posting a screen shot seemingly from the ad, the actor wrote: "Beware!! There's a video out there promoting some dental plan with an AI version of me. I have nothing to do with it." A New York Times search failed to dig up the ad on social media, suggesting it's been taken down. A rep for Instagram's parent company, Meta, told the outlet it's "against our policies to run ads that use public figures in a deceptive nature in order to try to scam people out of money."
In a recent chat about the impacts of AI on Hollywood, Tom acknowledged "we saw this coming" when he utilized the technology for his 2004 film, "Polar Express." Speaking to podcast host Adam Buxton shortly before the Writer's Guild of America's 2023 strike began, in part because of AI concerns, Tom noted that "anybody can now recreate themselves at any age they are by way of A.I. or deep-fake technology." The situation presents "an artistic challenge" as well as "a legal one," he said.
Mea culpa
During The 1975's concert at the Hollywood Bowl on Monday, Oct. 2, the band's controversial frontman Matty Healy took a moment to apologize for offensive remarks he's made in the past. The singer explained that he'd "performed exaggerated versions" of himself on "other stages be in print or in one podcast… in an often misguided attempt to fulfill the kind of character role of the 21st-century rock star," Variety reported. He was likely referring to his recent appearance on "The Adam Friedland Show," where racism fueled multiple jokes, including cracks the host made at the expense of music star Ice Spice. At various points in the show, Matty could be heard laughing as Adam imitated ethnic accents while dragging Ice Spice and others.
"Because some of my actions have hurt some people, I apologize to those people, and I pledge to do better moving forward," Matty said from the stage at the Hollywood Bowl. "You see, as an artist, I want to create an environment for myself to perform where not everything that I do is taken literally." As the show came to an end, the singer reportedly said "men would rather do offensive impressions for attention than go to therapy" and read text from an ad for the online therapy company, BetterHelp.
