#MAGFAB: Rihanna Covers ELLE’s September 2026 Issue!
Rihanna covers the September 2026 issue of ELLE photographed by Inez & Vinoodh and styled by Jahleel Weaver.
In this feature, Roxane Gay (a professed RiRi fan) pays tribute to Rihanna’s status as a beauty icon, reflecting on her groundbreaking work with Fenty Beauty and her latest chapter as the face of Dior J’adore Intense.
Gay on encountering Rihanna at an after party and understanding her charisma: This one time, I was in Rihanna’s vicinity. It was in Hollywood, at an after-party for something, I can’t even remember what.
Even in a room full of reasonably famous people, she commanded the attention of all those proud peacocks. She was…absolutely entrancing. It was one of those moments when I understood, with great clarity, what charisma looks like when someone genuinely has it. Her beauty, in person, cannot be overstated. Her eyes shine bright like a diamond. (See what I did there?) Her skin is dewy and clear. And she smells amazing. As she walked by, I didn’t even try to speak to her. I just admired her and then returned to my awkward shuffle.
Gay on Rihanna keeping fans waiting and doing things on her own terms: It has been a decade since she released her last studio album, Anti, and her legion of fans has been clamoring for new music the entire time. That fevered desire has become something of a cultural punch line.
Whenever Rihanna pops out, people on social media have “jokes” that are, really, thinly veiled entreaties in the way of a greedy public foisting its expectations on public figures, as if those public figures are only there to satisfy their fans. “Where’s the album?” people ask. And she never, ever, answers the question definitively. In a 2020 interview with Entertainment Tonight, she said, “To be continued,” when asked about the album. “I like to antagonize my fans a little bit. Well, they antagonize me, too! So they get it right back,” she added. Living her life on her own terms. Inspiration. Aspiration… only she knows when, or even if, she will make music again, and she won’t be rushed or pressured to do so on anyone’s timeline but her own.
Gay on Rihanna’s influence across fashion, beauty and inclusivity, from Fenty to her latest milestone with Dior: That Rihanna serves as the face of J’adore is no small thing, and it is a new milestone in her long-standing, groundbreaking relationship with Dior. In 2015, she became the first Black ambassador for the brand. In her ELLE cover shoot, you can practically smell Rihanna through the page, especially in the raw, undone images where her hair hangs in loose curls past her shoulders, and she stares at the camera, inviting the viewer closer, but not too close.
There are also the endeavors that carry her name. Savage X Fenty, her lingerie brand, reflects her unique style and ferocious sex appeal. And then there is Fenty Beauty—an inclusive makeup and skin care line that launched nearly a decade ago with 40 shades so all women could find the products they needed without having to beg for the dregs of representation. Women of color, specifically, were centered, not merely included. For Rihanna, inclusivity is not a marketing tool, but part of her beauty empire’s DNA.

Gay on what makes Rihanna’s confidence so compelling: She seems to live in her body unapologetically, and she does so with confidence and verve. It’s no easy feat given that women are, generally, punished for aging visibly and having any kind of curves. But instead of making herself smaller or living in her body according to the whims of a fickle and ever-changing audience, she lives in her body on her own terms. She is at home in her body whether she is very slender or in the rounded afterglow of childbirth. She allows her taste to dictate what she wears, not arbitrary ideas about bodies and how they should be clothed. And she is almost defiant in how she presents herself to the world. This confidence and attitude are incredibly alluring because, unfortunately, we live in a world where a woman has to defy a lot of expectations if she dares to live confidently in her body.
Story by: Roxane Gay
Photographed by: Inez & Vinoodh
Styled by: Jahleel Weaver
RIHANNA COVERS ELLE’S 2026 GLOBAL SEPTEMBER ISSUE | On newsstands August 25 and on ELLE.com now
Rihanna covers the September 2026 issue of ELLE photographed by Inez & Vinoodh and styled by Jahleel Weaver.
In this feature, Roxane Gay (a professed RiRi fan) pays tribute to Rihanna’s status as a beauty icon, reflecting on her groundbreaking work with Fenty Beauty and her latest chapter as the face of Dior J’adore Intense.
Gay on encountering Rihanna at an after party and understanding her charisma: This one time, I was in Rihanna’s vicinity. It was in Hollywood, at an after-party for something, I can’t even remember what.
Even in a room full of reasonably famous people, she commanded the attention of all those proud peacocks. She was…absolutely entrancing. It was one of those moments when I understood, with great clarity, what charisma looks like when someone genuinely has it. Her beauty, in person, cannot be overstated. Her eyes shine bright like a diamond. (See what I did there?) Her skin is dewy and clear. And she smells amazing. As she walked by, I didn’t even try to speak to her. I just admired her and then returned to my awkward shuffle.
Gay on Rihanna keeping fans waiting and doing things on her own terms: It has been a decade since she released her last studio album, Anti, and her legion of fans has been clamoring for new music the entire time. That fevered desire has become something of a cultural punch line.
Whenever Rihanna pops out, people on social media have “jokes” that are, really, thinly veiled entreaties in the way of a greedy public foisting its expectations on public figures, as if those public figures are only there to satisfy their fans. “Where’s the album?” people ask. And she never, ever, answers the question definitively. In a 2020 interview with Entertainment Tonight, she said, “To be continued,” when asked about the album. “I like to antagonize my fans a little bit. Well, they antagonize me, too! So they get it right back,” she added. Living her life on her own terms. Inspiration. Aspiration… only she knows when, or even if, she will make music again, and she won’t be rushed or pressured to do so on anyone’s timeline but her own.
Gay on Rihanna’s influence across fashion, beauty and inclusivity, from Fenty to her latest milestone with Dior: That Rihanna serves as the face of J’adore is no small thing, and it is a new milestone in her long-standing, groundbreaking relationship with Dior. In 2015, she became the first Black ambassador for the brand. In her ELLE cover shoot, you can practically smell Rihanna through the page, especially in the raw, undone images where her hair hangs in loose curls past her shoulders, and she stares at the camera, inviting the viewer closer, but not too close.
There are also the endeavors that carry her name. Savage X Fenty, her lingerie brand, reflects her unique style and ferocious sex appeal. And then there is Fenty Beauty—an inclusive makeup and skin care line that launched nearly a decade ago with 40 shades so all women could find the products they needed without having to beg for the dregs of representation. Women of color, specifically, were centered, not merely included. For Rihanna, inclusivity is not a marketing tool, but part of her beauty empire’s DNA.

Gay on what makes Rihanna’s confidence so compelling: She seems to live in her body unapologetically, and she does so with confidence and verve. It’s no easy feat given that women are, generally, punished for aging visibly and having any kind of curves. But instead of making herself smaller or living in her body according to the whims of a fickle and ever-changing audience, she lives in her body on her own terms. She is at home in her body whether she is very slender or in the rounded afterglow of childbirth. She allows her taste to dictate what she wears, not arbitrary ideas about bodies and how they should be clothed. And she is almost defiant in how she presents herself to the world. This confidence and attitude are incredibly alluring because, unfortunately, we live in a world where a woman has to defy a lot of expectations if she dares to live confidently in her body.
Story by: Roxane Gay
Photographed by: Inez & Vinoodh
Styled by: Jahleel Weaver
RIHANNA COVERS ELLE’S 2026 GLOBAL SEPTEMBER ISSUE | On newsstands August 25 and on ELLE.com now
#RHOA:Shamea Morton Says a Castmate Tried to Throw Hands During Season 17
Shamea Morton claims a castmate on Real Housewives of Atlanta tried to physically fight her during the season, with the identity to be revealed at the reunion. Someone on the cast tried to fight her. She won't say who yet. Shamea Morton nominated herself to leave the show, then made a bigger claim.
Asked which cast member should be shown the door, she volunteered herself first. What she said next went further, a claim that one of her co-stars had tried to fight her during the season. Viewers will learn the name at the reunion, she says.
Shamea Morton, 44, says a co-star tried to fight her during the season. Her comments arrived weeks after she and Porsha Williams, 45, aimed shocking allegations at one another's mothers while the cast traveled in Scotland.
V-103 Atlanta's The Big Tigger Morning Show put the question to her: which of her co-stars should exit the show, Porsha, Angela Oakley, 44, Drew Sidora, 41, or K. Michelle, 44? She nominated herself instead.
"I'll go cuz I know a lot of these girls need this sh*t. So I'mma just go. I'm just gonna nominate myself to go because I don't want to see nobody lose their job. I ain't no hater like that," Shamea replied.
She then spoke about almost getting physical during the season. "Somebody on this cast actually tried to fight me, like, 'Knuck if you buck.' So when you find that out, you'll know which one I think should go," she said.
"[They] absolutely tried to 'knuck if you buck' me, and you will hear about it on the [RHOA] reunion. You will know then which one that was and why they are now so mad," she continued.
Her response to the unnamed castmate came up as well. "I don't fight. I like to turn up to 'knuck if you buck' by crying my eyes out, but I do not like to actually 'knuck if you buck.' I'mma call the cops. Imma call security on you," Shamea shared.
RHOA fans may recall a report from the end of last year, published in the wake of the Scotland group trip. It alleged that she and Porsha almost fought before Drew prevented it.
"Porsha and Shamea got into a heated nasty ole' argument, and it got to the point where the two almost put the paws on each other…but Drew Sidora stepped in the middle," The Neighborhood Talk shared with its followers at the time.
WHO DO YOU THINK CAME AFTER SHAMEA?
Shamea Morton claims a castmate on Real Housewives of Atlanta tried to physically fight her during the season, with the identity to be revealed at the reunion. Someone on the cast tried to fight her. She won't say who yet. Shamea Morton nominated herself to leave the show, then made a bigger claim.
Asked which cast member should be shown the door, she volunteered herself first. What she said next went further, a claim that one of her co-stars had tried to fight her during the season. Viewers will learn the name at the reunion, she says.
Shamea Morton, 44, says a co-star tried to fight her during the season. Her comments arrived weeks after she and Porsha Williams, 45, aimed shocking allegations at one another's mothers while the cast traveled in Scotland.
V-103 Atlanta's The Big Tigger Morning Show put the question to her: which of her co-stars should exit the show, Porsha, Angela Oakley, 44, Drew Sidora, 41, or K. Michelle, 44? She nominated herself instead.
"I'll go cuz I know a lot of these girls need this sh*t. So I'mma just go. I'm just gonna nominate myself to go because I don't want to see nobody lose their job. I ain't no hater like that," Shamea replied.
She then spoke about almost getting physical during the season. "Somebody on this cast actually tried to fight me, like, 'Knuck if you buck.' So when you find that out, you'll know which one I think should go," she said.
"[They] absolutely tried to 'knuck if you buck' me, and you will hear about it on the [RHOA] reunion. You will know then which one that was and why they are now so mad," she continued.
Her response to the unnamed castmate came up as well. "I don't fight. I like to turn up to 'knuck if you buck' by crying my eyes out, but I do not like to actually 'knuck if you buck.' I'mma call the cops. Imma call security on you," Shamea shared.
RHOA fans may recall a report from the end of last year, published in the wake of the Scotland group trip. It alleged that she and Porsha almost fought before Drew prevented it.
"Porsha and Shamea got into a heated nasty ole' argument, and it got to the point where the two almost put the paws on each other…but Drew Sidora stepped in the middle," The Neighborhood Talk shared with its followers at the time.
WHO DO YOU THINK CAME AFTER SHAMEA?
#MusicNews: Donell Jones and And Joe is doing a VERZUS on August 20

If Donell Jones has his information right, R&B fans might want to clear their schedules for August 20.
The Chicago R&B veteran revealed over the weekend that he is preparing to go catalog for catalog with Joe in an upcoming VERZUZ, setting up a matchup between two of the smoothest and most consistent voices to emerge from the golden era of ’90s R&B.
Jones apparently let the cat out of the bag backstage at the Wine & Slow Jams Festival in Maryland on Saturday, August 8. While discussing new music, the “Where I Wanna Be” singer revealed that he and Joe are expected to face each other on August 20.
“For me, it’s not really a Verzuz. It’s a celebration,” Jones said. “We not going to do what the other guys did where its beefing back and forth.”
Jones made it clear that fans shouldn’t expect manufactured drama between the two veteran singers.
“We grown ass men,” he continued. “We both have two great catalogs. We’re going to treat it as such.”
That last part might be an understatement.
Jones has more than three decades of R&B ammunition to choose from. After debuting with My Heart in 1996, he broke through commercially with 1999’s Where I Wanna Be, which produced “U Know What’s Up,” “Shorty (Got Her Eyes on Me)” and the title track, records that helped make him one of the defining male R&B voices of the era. His résumé also includes “You Know That I Love You,” “Do U Wanna” and songwriting work for other artists.
Joe certainly isn’t showing up empty-handed either. The Grammy-nominated singer’s catalog includes “I Wanna Know,” “All the Things (Your Man Won’t Do),” “Don’t Wanna Be a Player,” “Stutter” and “More & More,” along with major collaborations such as Mariah Carey’s “Thank God I Found You” and Big Pun’s classic “Still Not a Player.”
In other words, this could turn into one of those VERZUZ nights where picking a winner becomes secondary to realizing just how many records both artists have accumulated.
The potential matchup also feels tailor-made for the original spirit of VERZUZ. Created by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland during the pandemic, the platform eventually grew beyond its Instagram Live beginnings into a cultural celebration where legendary artists could revisit their catalogs, tell the stories behind the records and receive their flowers in real time.
Some of the platform’s most memorable nights have come from R&B, including Babyface and Teddy Riley, Jill Scott and Erykah Badu, Brandy and Monica, and Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight.
Jones versus Joe would fit comfortably in that lineage.
There is one catch: Jones may have announced this one before everybody else was ready.
Although he says August 20 is the date, VERZUZ has yet to formally announce the battle, and no official venue or streaming information has been released. Complex, which has been involved with recent VERZUZ events, even responded to reports of Jones’ announcement by asking, “y’all know something we don’t???”
Whether Jones jumped the gun or simply gave R&B heads an early heads-up remains to be seen. But if August 20 is indeed locked in, this isn’t a battle that needs manufactured tension or Internet theatrics.
Donell Jones and Joe can simply press play.
With those two catalogs, that’s more than enough.

If Donell Jones has his information right, R&B fans might want to clear their schedules for August 20.
The Chicago R&B veteran revealed over the weekend that he is preparing to go catalog for catalog with Joe in an upcoming VERZUZ, setting up a matchup between two of the smoothest and most consistent voices to emerge from the golden era of ’90s R&B.
Jones apparently let the cat out of the bag backstage at the Wine & Slow Jams Festival in Maryland on Saturday, August 8. While discussing new music, the “Where I Wanna Be” singer revealed that he and Joe are expected to face each other on August 20.
“For me, it’s not really a Verzuz. It’s a celebration,” Jones said. “We not going to do what the other guys did where its beefing back and forth.”
Jones made it clear that fans shouldn’t expect manufactured drama between the two veteran singers.
“We grown ass men,” he continued. “We both have two great catalogs. We’re going to treat it as such.”
That last part might be an understatement.
Jones has more than three decades of R&B ammunition to choose from. After debuting with My Heart in 1996, he broke through commercially with 1999’s Where I Wanna Be, which produced “U Know What’s Up,” “Shorty (Got Her Eyes on Me)” and the title track, records that helped make him one of the defining male R&B voices of the era. His résumé also includes “You Know That I Love You,” “Do U Wanna” and songwriting work for other artists.
Joe certainly isn’t showing up empty-handed either. The Grammy-nominated singer’s catalog includes “I Wanna Know,” “All the Things (Your Man Won’t Do),” “Don’t Wanna Be a Player,” “Stutter” and “More & More,” along with major collaborations such as Mariah Carey’s “Thank God I Found You” and Big Pun’s classic “Still Not a Player.”
In other words, this could turn into one of those VERZUZ nights where picking a winner becomes secondary to realizing just how many records both artists have accumulated.
The potential matchup also feels tailor-made for the original spirit of VERZUZ. Created by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland during the pandemic, the platform eventually grew beyond its Instagram Live beginnings into a cultural celebration where legendary artists could revisit their catalogs, tell the stories behind the records and receive their flowers in real time.
Some of the platform’s most memorable nights have come from R&B, including Babyface and Teddy Riley, Jill Scott and Erykah Badu, Brandy and Monica, and Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight.
Jones versus Joe would fit comfortably in that lineage.
There is one catch: Jones may have announced this one before everybody else was ready.
Although he says August 20 is the date, VERZUZ has yet to formally announce the battle, and no official venue or streaming information has been released. Complex, which has been involved with recent VERZUZ events, even responded to reports of Jones’ announcement by asking, “y’all know something we don’t???”
Whether Jones jumped the gun or simply gave R&B heads an early heads-up remains to be seen. But if August 20 is indeed locked in, this isn’t a battle that needs manufactured tension or Internet theatrics.
Donell Jones and Joe can simply press play.
With those two catalogs, that’s more than enough.
#HipHopNews: Tyga's $TARFACE Album Gets Rare 0/10 Pitchfork Rating For Using A.I.
Tyga's having a rough rollout for his latest album ... because Pitchfork just gave it an impressively awful 0/10 rating ... and it sounds like robots did him no favors.
Reviewer Drew Miller deemed the record "slop pop," calling it "smug and complacent and depressing."
He continued by delivering a lethal blow ... "Its very existence has made the world a worse place."
Miller slammed the musician for admittingly using A.I. on the project, saying ... "I'm not saying the record is A.I.-generated; all I'm saying is that I was personally able to generate a song that sounded exactly like '$TARFACE,' assuming it had included a song about a critic trying to write a review of a Tyga album."
In Vibe interview from earlier this month, Tyga copped to using A.I. as a tool, saying ... "And I know people are going to be mad about me saying this, but it's where technology is going. It's no different than when Auto-Tune came out."
This was a bit of a pivot from his People interview published a week before the Vibe piece, where he claimed ... "Everything that we used was stuff that they used in the '80s."
He continued ... "Now everybody uses the plug-ins and everything in Pro Tools. But we used a lot of the original hardware, and it just really gave it that warm sound."
Miller goes in on the artist, dissecting Tyga's lack of "human breath" and similarities to Fenix Flexin's song "Rubberz," which people speculate was also made using A.I. elements.
He called out the music industry as a whole for encouraging A.I.-generated music to get out of paying songwriters and session musicians for their time and art.
According to Miller, the result in Tyga's case is an album he says is "smug and complacent, an amalgam of '80s synth-pop and disco slapped together by someone who's seemingly never cared to listen to one synth-pop or disco record in his life."
But hey, at least Tyga can say he accomplished something only a select few artists have ever done ... scoring a zilch from Pitchfork.
Tyga's having a rough rollout for his latest album ... because Pitchfork just gave it an impressively awful 0/10 rating ... and it sounds like robots did him no favors.
Reviewer Drew Miller deemed the record "slop pop," calling it "smug and complacent and depressing."
He continued by delivering a lethal blow ... "Its very existence has made the world a worse place."
Miller slammed the musician for admittingly using A.I. on the project, saying ... "I'm not saying the record is A.I.-generated; all I'm saying is that I was personally able to generate a song that sounded exactly like '$TARFACE,' assuming it had included a song about a critic trying to write a review of a Tyga album."
In Vibe interview from earlier this month, Tyga copped to using A.I. as a tool, saying ... "And I know people are going to be mad about me saying this, but it's where technology is going. It's no different than when Auto-Tune came out."
This was a bit of a pivot from his People interview published a week before the Vibe piece, where he claimed ... "Everything that we used was stuff that they used in the '80s."
He continued ... "Now everybody uses the plug-ins and everything in Pro Tools. But we used a lot of the original hardware, and it just really gave it that warm sound."
Miller goes in on the artist, dissecting Tyga's lack of "human breath" and similarities to Fenix Flexin's song "Rubberz," which people speculate was also made using A.I. elements.
He called out the music industry as a whole for encouraging A.I.-generated music to get out of paying songwriters and session musicians for their time and art.
According to Miller, the result in Tyga's case is an album he says is "smug and complacent, an amalgam of '80s synth-pop and disco slapped together by someone who's seemingly never cared to listen to one synth-pop or disco record in his life."
But hey, at least Tyga can say he accomplished something only a select few artists have ever done ... scoring a zilch from Pitchfork.
Janet Jackson turns a landmark album Control into a cinematic event

Four decades after the album that rewrote her story, the pop icon books a Florida arena, a camera crew, and a career-spanning setlist for Control 40.
The year was 1986, and a 19-year-old walked out from behind her family’s enormous shadow and told the world, in four defiant syllables, that she would be running things from here on out. Forty years later, Janet Jackson isn’t just marking the anniversary of the album that made that declaration stick. She’s putting it on film for good.
Jackson has scheduled a single, cinematic performance built to celebrate four decades of Control, the record that turned her from “Michael’s little sister” into a generation-defining force. Titled Janet Jackson: Control 40 The Airtab Music Movie, the event will be captured Dec. 12 at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida, then packaged for a global theatrical rollout before landing on streaming.
Anyone expecting a straight track-by-track re-creation of a 1986 tracklist should recalibrate. The concert reaches across her entire body of work: the snarling swagger of “Nasty” on one end, the sleek millennium shimmer of “All for You” on the other, and a long string of chart-conquering singles filling the space between. In other words, this is less a birthday party for one album than a coronation of a catalog.
The production leans into that ambition. Directed by Leslie Small, a filmmaker with deep roots in shooting live performance, the movie promises a multi-camera concert presentation stitched together with exclusive behind-the-scenes access, the kind of intimacy that turns a show into a document. The people behind it are betting the result will stand as the definitive filmed record of an artist who has spent a career being underestimated and then proving everyone wrong.
To understand why this particular anniversary earns a movie, you have to rewind to what Control actually did. It arrived in February 1986 as Jackson’s third studio album, but it functioned like a debut the first time audiences met the real her.
She had just walked away from a young marriage and, more consequentially, from the family machinery that had steered her early career. In its place, she found two Minneapolis architects of sound, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and together they built something the radio had never quite heard: a hybrid of R&B, funk, disco, hip-hop cadence, and cold, gleaming electronics. The beats hit like machinery. The lyrics hit like a woman done asking permission.
The results were seismic. Control became her first album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the opening act of five consecutive chart-toppers. Its singles didn’t trickle out; they detonated. “What Have You Done for Me Lately,” “Nasty,” “When I Think of You,” “Let’s Wait Awhile,” and the title cut each stormed into the top five of the Billboard Hot 100, a feat that made Jackson the first woman to send five songs from a single album that high. “When I Think of You” delivered her first No. 1. The album has since moved more than 10 million copies around the world.
Numbers only tell half of it. Control handed the pop playbook a rewrite that artists are still running plays from today. It fused choreography and identity so tightly that the videos became inseparable from the songs, helping pull MTV toward a broader, Blacker, more danceable future. It gave Black women a template for crossover stardom on their own terms: the sound of an artist seizing authorship of her image, her label negotiations, her narrative, all at once.
That through-line is exactly what makes a filmed celebration feel earned rather than sentimental. The story of Control was never really about nine songs. It was about a young woman deciding that the person telling her story would be her. Four decades on, she’s still the one holding the camera’s gaze and now, quite literally, the camera itself.
For now, the essentials are set: one night, one arena, one performance engineered from the ground up to translate to screen. The global theatrical release will come first, with a streaming home to follow, ensuring that fans who can’t make it to South Florida in December will eventually get their own front-row seat.
There’s a poetry to the timing. An album about taking ownership becomes, at 40, a film Jackson controls from stage to final cut. The teenager who once had to fight to be heard now gets to decide precisely how the world remembers the fight framed, lit, and preserved on her terms.
In 1986, she declared that she was in charge. Control 40 is simply the proof, printed in light, that she never once let go.
Brandy Norwood Returning for Lifetime’s ‘Christmas Everyday Again’
*Brandy Norwood is returning to Lifetime this holiday season for a sequel to last year’s “Christmas Everyday.”
The Grammy-winning singer and actress will star in and executive produce “Christmas Everyday Again,” currently a working title. Production recently wrapped on the film, which will debut as part of Lifetime’s annual “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” holiday lineup.
Norwood reprises her role as Chicago fashion designer Francine “Fancy” Ballantine, a performance that earned her an NAACP Award nomination. Her real-life daughter, Sy’rai Smith, is also returning as Fancy’s younger sister, Belle, per the news release.
“I’m so excited to step back into Fancy’s world,” Norwood said. “Making Christmas Everyday was such a special experience, and I’m thrilled that audiences will get to continue this journey with these characters.”
The sequel finds Fancy juggling two major milestones: protecting the future of her successful boutique and preparing to marry her fiancé, Jaylen.
Robert C. Riley returns as Jaylen, while Debbi Morgan reprises her role as Fancy and Belle’s mother, Evelyn. Fancy initially appears to have her family, career and wedding plans under control. However, growing pressure at work and the unexpected return of a reformed ex begin creating problems.
Rather than relying on those closest to her, Fancy attempts to handle everything herself and begins pushing Jaylen away. With Christmas approaching, she must confront her past before it threatens the future she is building.
Kajuana S. Marie, Journey Carter, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman and Lamman Rucker also return as Deena, Tia, Germaine and Richard, respectively. Gregory Alan Williams joins the sequel as Earl.
Roger Bobb returns to direct from a script by returning writer Meg DeLoatch.
“Christmas Everyday Again” is produced for Lifetime by FOX Entertainment Studios, Relevé Entertainment and Motion Entertainment. Norwood is among the film’s executive producers, alongside Dr. Holly Carter, Ryan Ramsey, Stella Bulochnikov and others.
Lifetime has not yet announced a premiere date for the sequel.
*Brandy Norwood is returning to Lifetime this holiday season for a sequel to last year’s “Christmas Everyday.”
The Grammy-winning singer and actress will star in and executive produce “Christmas Everyday Again,” currently a working title. Production recently wrapped on the film, which will debut as part of Lifetime’s annual “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” holiday lineup.
Norwood reprises her role as Chicago fashion designer Francine “Fancy” Ballantine, a performance that earned her an NAACP Award nomination. Her real-life daughter, Sy’rai Smith, is also returning as Fancy’s younger sister, Belle, per the news release.
“I’m so excited to step back into Fancy’s world,” Norwood said. “Making Christmas Everyday was such a special experience, and I’m thrilled that audiences will get to continue this journey with these characters.”
The sequel finds Fancy juggling two major milestones: protecting the future of her successful boutique and preparing to marry her fiancé, Jaylen.
Robert C. Riley returns as Jaylen, while Debbi Morgan reprises her role as Fancy and Belle’s mother, Evelyn. Fancy initially appears to have her family, career and wedding plans under control. However, growing pressure at work and the unexpected return of a reformed ex begin creating problems.
Rather than relying on those closest to her, Fancy attempts to handle everything herself and begins pushing Jaylen away. With Christmas approaching, she must confront her past before it threatens the future she is building.
Kajuana S. Marie, Journey Carter, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman and Lamman Rucker also return as Deena, Tia, Germaine and Richard, respectively. Gregory Alan Williams joins the sequel as Earl.
Roger Bobb returns to direct from a script by returning writer Meg DeLoatch.
“Christmas Everyday Again” is produced for Lifetime by FOX Entertainment Studios, Relevé Entertainment and Motion Entertainment. Norwood is among the film’s executive producers, alongside Dr. Holly Carter, Ryan Ramsey, Stella Bulochnikov and others.
Lifetime has not yet announced a premiere date for the sequel.
Tiffany Haddish’s DUI case ends in Georgia, Here's the details

Nearly five years after her first brush with the law on a Georgia road, Tiffany Haddish has closed one of the most drawn-out legal chapters of her career. The actress and comedian appeared in court virtually and entered a guilty plea, bringing a case that once threatened to overshadow her professional life to a quiet but consequential close.
It was January 2022 when Haddish was first taken into custody in Georgia after she was allegedly found asleep behind the wheel. The arrest made headlines almost instantly, and what followed was years of legal back-and-forth that kept her name attached to the story long after the initial shock wore off.
Her legal team eventually pushed to have the case dismissed entirely, arguing that the prolonged delays had taken a measurable toll on both her career and personal well-being. A judge reviewed the petition and denied it, leaving Haddish with little choice but to see the case through.
Under the terms of the agreement, Haddish pleaded guilty to DUI driving less safe and will serve no jail time. Instead, she was sentenced to 12 months of probation, during which she will check in periodically by phone. Probation officials are expected to reassess that requirement after the first six months.
Beyond the check-ins, the terms are notably strict. Haddish must complete a DUI education course and log 40 hours of community service. She is also required to stay away from drugs and alcohol, with the exception of any medication that has been prescribed to her, and will be subject to random testing throughout the probation period.
Her driving privileges in Georgia have been suspended as part of the sentencing as well.
This was not Haddish’s only encounter with DUI allegations in recent years. In November 2023, she faced a separate DUI charge in Beverly Hills. That case was resolved months later when she pleaded to a reduced reckless driving charge, sparing her a second DUI conviction on her record.
The back-to-back legal situations painted a difficult picture during what should have been a period of career momentum for the actress, who had built significant goodwill following her breakout performance in Girls Trip and a string of high-profile roles and hosting gigs that followed.
With the Georgia matter now settled, Haddish has the cleaner slate she has needed. The road ahead still comes with conditions, from the community service hours to the sobriety requirements, but the legal uncertainty that has followed her since 2022 is finally off the table.
Her team has not issued a public statement since the plea was entered, and Haddish herself has not spoken publicly about the resolution. What is clear, however, is that the comedian who once seemed to be everywhere has spent a significant portion of the past few years navigating legal turbulence rather than simply building on her momentum.
Whether this moment marks a genuine turning point or simply a legal formality will likely become clearer in the months ahead. For now, the case is closed.
Oprah Winfrey, Stedman Graham Step Out for First Joint Appearance in Nearly 7 Years
Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham made their first joint appearance in nearly seven years for The Oprah Winfrey Show’s 40th anniversary in Chicago. Oprah Winfrey may love bread, but she’s even more smitten with Stedman Graham.
And that’s why the former daytime TV host recently stepped out with her longtime partner for the 40th anniversary celebration of The Oprah Winfrey Show, marking the couple’s first appearance in nearly a decade.
During the event at Navy Pier in Chicago, Winfrey and Graham, enjoying their first public outing in almost seven years, spent quality time with friends, family and food by Chef Art Smith’s restaurant Reunion.
As Winfrey said in a video shared to the restaurant’s Instagram account while Smith and Graham held up a massive plate piled high with chicken wings, “Hey, Art’s fried chicken!”
For the occasion, Winfrey, 72, wore a pinstriped matching set and white sneakers, topping off her casual look with sunglasses. Meanwhile, Graham, 75, looked dapper as ever in a black suit and dress shoes, which he paired with a white button-down shirt underneath.
And while the couple keep a low profile when it comes to their romance, with their last public event being at Tyler Perry Studios Grand Opening Gala in 2019, Stedman wouldn’t have missed Winfrey’s special milestone for the world.
“Our Reunion team was filled with gratitude this weekend as we had the honor of hosting Oprah Winfrey and the Harpo Studios crew for a very special anniversary celebration of The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Smith wrote on Instagram Aug. 10. “A true Chicago legend, Oprah has touched countless lives throughout the years.”
The caption concluded, “Here’s to lasting friendships, unforgettable memories, and the people who make Chicago such a special place.”
Winfrey and Graham first met at a charity event in 1986—the same year The Oprah Winfrey Show premiered—and have been inseparable ever since.
Though they’re notoriously private about their connection, Winfrey previously shared why the pair opted not to marry even after Graham proposed in 1993.
“The moment after I said yes to his proposal, I had doubts,” she wrote for Oprah Daily in 2020. “I realized I didn’t actually want a marriage. I wanted to be asked. I wanted to know he felt I was worthy of being his missus, but I didn’t want the sacrifices, the compromises, the day-in-day-out commitment required to make a marriage work. My life with the show was my priority, and we both knew it.”
And supporting each other’s dreams is how Winfrey and Graham’s relationship has stood the test of time.
“The thing about our relationship is I want the best for her,” Graham told Ellen DeGeneres during a rare 2019 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “So, you know, I’m dedicated to her happiness.”
Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham made their first joint appearance in nearly seven years for The Oprah Winfrey Show’s 40th anniversary in Chicago. Oprah Winfrey may love bread, but she’s even more smitten with Stedman Graham.
And that’s why the former daytime TV host recently stepped out with her longtime partner for the 40th anniversary celebration of The Oprah Winfrey Show, marking the couple’s first appearance in nearly a decade.
During the event at Navy Pier in Chicago, Winfrey and Graham, enjoying their first public outing in almost seven years, spent quality time with friends, family and food by Chef Art Smith’s restaurant Reunion.
As Winfrey said in a video shared to the restaurant’s Instagram account while Smith and Graham held up a massive plate piled high with chicken wings, “Hey, Art’s fried chicken!”
For the occasion, Winfrey, 72, wore a pinstriped matching set and white sneakers, topping off her casual look with sunglasses. Meanwhile, Graham, 75, looked dapper as ever in a black suit and dress shoes, which he paired with a white button-down shirt underneath.
And while the couple keep a low profile when it comes to their romance, with their last public event being at Tyler Perry Studios Grand Opening Gala in 2019, Stedman wouldn’t have missed Winfrey’s special milestone for the world.
“Our Reunion team was filled with gratitude this weekend as we had the honor of hosting Oprah Winfrey and the Harpo Studios crew for a very special anniversary celebration of The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Smith wrote on Instagram Aug. 10. “A true Chicago legend, Oprah has touched countless lives throughout the years.”
The caption concluded, “Here’s to lasting friendships, unforgettable memories, and the people who make Chicago such a special place.”
Winfrey and Graham first met at a charity event in 1986—the same year The Oprah Winfrey Show premiered—and have been inseparable ever since.
Though they’re notoriously private about their connection, Winfrey previously shared why the pair opted not to marry even after Graham proposed in 1993.
“The moment after I said yes to his proposal, I had doubts,” she wrote for Oprah Daily in 2020. “I realized I didn’t actually want a marriage. I wanted to be asked. I wanted to know he felt I was worthy of being his missus, but I didn’t want the sacrifices, the compromises, the day-in-day-out commitment required to make a marriage work. My life with the show was my priority, and we both knew it.”
And supporting each other’s dreams is how Winfrey and Graham’s relationship has stood the test of time.
“The thing about our relationship is I want the best for her,” Graham told Ellen DeGeneres during a rare 2019 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “So, you know, I’m dedicated to her happiness.”
Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s Widow Gets $150K GoFundMe Campaign As She Fights Over His Estate In Court

Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s widow and their 9-year-old daughter are receiving public support as a fight over the actor’s estate continues.
Destiny Rael, Tenisha Warner’s closest friend of 19 years, launched a GoFundMe Tuesday with a $150,000 goal. Rael said Tenisha has “stretched every resource she has” while grieving, homeschooling her daughter and handling unexpected flooding at the family’s home.
“I know she would never ask for this kind of support herself, so I am asking on her behalf,” Rael wrote.
Malcolm d*ed at 54 in an accidental drowning during a Costa Rica family vacation in July 2025. Tenisha says he planned to replace his 1996 estate plan and provide for her and their daughter, but d*ed before signing updated documents.
The widow is now pursuing claims involving his mother, Pamela Warner, who serves as successor trustee of the Warner Family Trust. Tenisha alleges Malcolm also agreed to obtain a $1 million life insurance policy naming her as beneficiary but never secured it.
Rael stressed that the fundraiser is not asking supporters to choose sides. Instead, donations will help Tenisha maintain stability while she navigates single parenthood, grief and unresolved estate proceedings.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s widow and their 9-year-old daughter are receiving public support as a fight over the actor’s estate continues.
Destiny Rael, Tenisha Warner’s closest friend of 19 years, launched a GoFundMe Tuesday with a $150,000 goal. Rael said Tenisha has “stretched every resource she has” while grieving, homeschooling her daughter and handling unexpected flooding at the family’s home.
“I know she would never ask for this kind of support herself, so I am asking on her behalf,” Rael wrote.
Malcolm d*ed at 54 in an accidental drowning during a Costa Rica family vacation in July 2025. Tenisha says he planned to replace his 1996 estate plan and provide for her and their daughter, but d*ed before signing updated documents.
The widow is now pursuing claims involving his mother, Pamela Warner, who serves as successor trustee of the Warner Family Trust. Tenisha alleges Malcolm also agreed to obtain a $1 million life insurance policy naming her as beneficiary but never secured it.
Rael stressed that the fundraiser is not asking supporters to choose sides. Instead, donations will help Tenisha maintain stability while she navigates single parenthood, grief and unresolved estate proceedings.
Sidney Starr Asks Judge For Bond After Remaining Jailed Since Arrest
A new court filing finds Sidney Starr arguing that she is not a flight risk and should be released on affordable bond.
The immediate legal fight in Sidney Starr’s criminal case has shifted to whether she should remain behind bars while the charges against her move through court. In a new filing, the transgender reality TV personality is asking a Georgia judge to grant her bond, arguing that there is no reason to treat her as a flight risk or a danger to the community.
Starr has remained in custody since her August 2 arrest. According to documents obtained by TMZ, she points to her lack of a criminal history and says she has lived in Chicago her entire life. She also identifies her work in television as another indication that she has established ties outside Georgia and would have reason to appear for future court proceedings.
Money is also part of the request. Starr describes herself as “indigent” in the filing and says she cannot afford anything beyond a “nominal bond.” She is asking the court to set an amount she can reasonably pay rather than leave her jailed because of her financial circumstances.
The request comes as Starr faces serious allegations stemming from an encounter at an Embassy Suites in Hapeville. Authorities arrested her after police were called to the hotel over an alleged sexual encounter involving a minor. Court records previously cited by PEOPLE list charges that include aggravated child molestation and sexual battery against a child under 16. She is also charged with sodomy.
The police account reported by TMZ states Starr told officers that the person she met at the hotel had represented himself as 18. Police later spoke with his parents, who said their son was younger than 16. Starr has denied the allegations against her and indicated that she intends to fight the case through the legal process.
TMZ’s report did not indicate that the judge had ruled on Starr’s latest request. For now, she remains focused on getting out of jail as the criminal case continues.
A new court filing finds Sidney Starr arguing that she is not a flight risk and should be released on affordable bond.
The immediate legal fight in Sidney Starr’s criminal case has shifted to whether she should remain behind bars while the charges against her move through court. In a new filing, the transgender reality TV personality is asking a Georgia judge to grant her bond, arguing that there is no reason to treat her as a flight risk or a danger to the community.
Starr has remained in custody since her August 2 arrest. According to documents obtained by TMZ, she points to her lack of a criminal history and says she has lived in Chicago her entire life. She also identifies her work in television as another indication that she has established ties outside Georgia and would have reason to appear for future court proceedings.
Money is also part of the request. Starr describes herself as “indigent” in the filing and says she cannot afford anything beyond a “nominal bond.” She is asking the court to set an amount she can reasonably pay rather than leave her jailed because of her financial circumstances.
The request comes as Starr faces serious allegations stemming from an encounter at an Embassy Suites in Hapeville. Authorities arrested her after police were called to the hotel over an alleged sexual encounter involving a minor. Court records previously cited by PEOPLE list charges that include aggravated child molestation and sexual battery against a child under 16. She is also charged with sodomy.
The police account reported by TMZ states Starr told officers that the person she met at the hotel had represented himself as 18. Police later spoke with his parents, who said their son was younger than 16. Starr has denied the allegations against her and indicated that she intends to fight the case through the legal process.
TMZ’s report did not indicate that the judge had ruled on Starr’s latest request. For now, she remains focused on getting out of jail as the criminal case continues.
Travis Kelce Breaks His Silence on Taylor Swift Wedding Weeks After Tying the Knot

Travis Kelce broke his silence on August 12 about his wedding to Taylor Swift last month.
He briefly discussed their star-studded Madison Square Garden nuptials during a Kansas City Chiefs press conference.
“Wedding was the best night of my life,” Kelce shared.
Weeks after exchanging vows with Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce is finally discussing the couple’s New York City nuptials. Speaking at a press conference during training camp for his upcoming season with the Kansas City Chiefs, Kelce remained relatively tight-lipped while discussing the star-studded event.
“Wedding was the best night of my life,” the athlete, 36, told reporters in a clip posted on X. “I appreciate everyone who came out and celebrated and had fun with us. That’s about all I really got from that night.”
“It was a crazy night,” he continued. “It was full of a lot of celebration.”
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards.
Kelce and Swift tied the knot at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan on July 3. Approximately 1,000 guests—including Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, and Ciara—were in attendance as the couple married after three years of dating.
Swift has yet to comment on the headline-making affair, which reportedly included “a forest” of real trees for decor. Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks performed during the reception, while Adam Sandler officiated the ceremony.
One of the couple’s famous guests recently detailed Kelce’s touching reaction as Swift walked down the aisle. Appearing on a July 25 episode of the “Starkville” podcast, sports commentator Joe Buck revealed that Kelce shed a few tears after seeing his bride for the first time.
“Travis was a puddle watching his nieces come down the little ramp that they built,” Buck said, referring to Jason Kelce’s four daughters, who served as flower girls. “And then, you know, when [Swift] walked out, he was a puddle.”
Buck also elaborated on the couple’s vows, which reportedly lasted “20 minutes each.”
“Their vows were long,” Buck confirmed. “They were really well written. They were funny. They were sweet. They were emotional.”

Travis Kelce broke his silence on August 12 about his wedding to Taylor Swift last month.
He briefly discussed their star-studded Madison Square Garden nuptials during a Kansas City Chiefs press conference.
“Wedding was the best night of my life,” Kelce shared.
Weeks after exchanging vows with Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce is finally discussing the couple’s New York City nuptials. Speaking at a press conference during training camp for his upcoming season with the Kansas City Chiefs, Kelce remained relatively tight-lipped while discussing the star-studded event.
“Wedding was the best night of my life,” the athlete, 36, told reporters in a clip posted on X. “I appreciate everyone who came out and celebrated and had fun with us. That’s about all I really got from that night.”
“It was a crazy night,” he continued. “It was full of a lot of celebration.”
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards.
Kelce and Swift tied the knot at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan on July 3. Approximately 1,000 guests—including Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, and Ciara—were in attendance as the couple married after three years of dating.
Swift has yet to comment on the headline-making affair, which reportedly included “a forest” of real trees for decor. Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks performed during the reception, while Adam Sandler officiated the ceremony.
One of the couple’s famous guests recently detailed Kelce’s touching reaction as Swift walked down the aisle. Appearing on a July 25 episode of the “Starkville” podcast, sports commentator Joe Buck revealed that Kelce shed a few tears after seeing his bride for the first time.
“Travis was a puddle watching his nieces come down the little ramp that they built,” Buck said, referring to Jason Kelce’s four daughters, who served as flower girls. “And then, you know, when [Swift] walked out, he was a puddle.”
Buck also elaborated on the couple’s vows, which reportedly lasted “20 minutes each.”
“Their vows were long,” Buck confirmed. “They were really well written. They were funny. They were sweet. They were emotional.”
Rosie O'Donnell Recalls Feeling 'Doomed' as a Lesbian After 'Intense' Breakup

Rosie O'Donnell says she felt forced to grieve one of her earliest relationships in private before she came out as a lesbian.
The comedian and former talk show host was a guest on the Tuesday (Aug. 11) episode of podcast Good Hang with Amy Poehler, where she empathized with those who haven’t yet come out by recalling an emotional breakup.
Around the 24-minute mark of the interview below, O’Donnell shared that the breakup was with a woman named Corby, who was roughly 10 to 12 years older than the entertainer, and has since died. The couple dated for seven years and was one of O’Donnell’s first relationships.
"The pain of it was so intense," O'Donnell explained. "And I couldn't even tell my family. My family didn't want to hear about it."
Her family had been aware she was living with Corby and noticed when that changed, yet no one raised the subject or checked on her.
"Even though they knew I was living with her and they knew that now I wasn't. No one brought it up. Nobody said, 'Are you OK?' And that is very, very isolating and lonely," she said.
O’Donnell added, "It makes you feel that you're sort of doomed by being gay," before comparing it to being “left-handed or having blue eyes.”
“Like you people don't choose it. Who would choose it? It's not an easy life, but it's a true life if you know that that's who you are, you know?" she concluded.
O’Donnell publicly came out in 2002 during a stand-up engagement and joked in a 2020 episode of Red Table Talk: The Estefans that she decided to because of the Sept. 11 attacks the year prior.
The entertainer has been married twice: first to Kelli Carpenter before their marriage was annulled the same year, and also to Michelle Rounds, whom she divorced in 2015 after three years of marriage.

Rosie O'Donnell says she felt forced to grieve one of her earliest relationships in private before she came out as a lesbian.
The comedian and former talk show host was a guest on the Tuesday (Aug. 11) episode of podcast Good Hang with Amy Poehler, where she empathized with those who haven’t yet come out by recalling an emotional breakup.
Around the 24-minute mark of the interview below, O’Donnell shared that the breakup was with a woman named Corby, who was roughly 10 to 12 years older than the entertainer, and has since died. The couple dated for seven years and was one of O’Donnell’s first relationships.
"The pain of it was so intense," O'Donnell explained. "And I couldn't even tell my family. My family didn't want to hear about it."
Her family had been aware she was living with Corby and noticed when that changed, yet no one raised the subject or checked on her.
"Even though they knew I was living with her and they knew that now I wasn't. No one brought it up. Nobody said, 'Are you OK?' And that is very, very isolating and lonely," she said.
O’Donnell added, "It makes you feel that you're sort of doomed by being gay," before comparing it to being “left-handed or having blue eyes.”
“Like you people don't choose it. Who would choose it? It's not an easy life, but it's a true life if you know that that's who you are, you know?" she concluded.
O’Donnell publicly came out in 2002 during a stand-up engagement and joked in a 2020 episode of Red Table Talk: The Estefans that she decided to because of the Sept. 11 attacks the year prior.
The entertainer has been married twice: first to Kelli Carpenter before their marriage was annulled the same year, and also to Michelle Rounds, whom she divorced in 2015 after three years of marriage.
Russell Westbrook is hanging up his jersey. The 37-year-old NBA point guard has announced he is retiring from the sport after 18 years.
Russell shared the news with a retrospective video shared on social media on Wednesday (August 12). Michael B Jordan narrates the clip, which ends on a black screen with the words, “The greatest thing he left behind couldn’t fit inside a museum.”
“Sometimes you don’t even know when you’ve already watched the end,” he shared in the caption. “You had to be there. And now it’s over.”
Russell started his NBA career after being drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in 2008, which relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder a week later.
He played with the team for 11 years, before being traded to the Houston Rockets, where he played for one year.
Russell‘s career then pivoted to the Washington Wizards for the next year, before going to the Los Angeles Lakers for two years, followed by a move to the Los Angeles Clippers for a year.
He then went to the Denver Nuggets in 2024, and signed with the Sacramento Kings on a one-year contract, which ended earlier this year.
Throughout his storied career, Russell is a nine-time NBA All-Star, has earned the NBA MVP Award, and is a back-to-back NBA All-Star Game MVP!
He is also a two-time scoring champion and a three-time assists leader in the league.
Russell shared the news with a retrospective video shared on social media on Wednesday (August 12). Michael B Jordan narrates the clip, which ends on a black screen with the words, “The greatest thing he left behind couldn’t fit inside a museum.”
“Sometimes you don’t even know when you’ve already watched the end,” he shared in the caption. “You had to be there. And now it’s over.”
Russell started his NBA career after being drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in 2008, which relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder a week later.
He played with the team for 11 years, before being traded to the Houston Rockets, where he played for one year.
Russell‘s career then pivoted to the Washington Wizards for the next year, before going to the Los Angeles Lakers for two years, followed by a move to the Los Angeles Clippers for a year.
He then went to the Denver Nuggets in 2024, and signed with the Sacramento Kings on a one-year contract, which ended earlier this year.
Throughout his storied career, Russell is a nine-time NBA All-Star, has earned the NBA MVP Award, and is a back-to-back NBA All-Star Game MVP!
He is also a two-time scoring champion and a three-time assists leader in the league.
Lionel Richie Takes a Jab at Usher & Chris Brown During Concert
Lionel Richie is taking some shots at Usher and Chris Brown.
The 77-year-old music industry icon spoke out during a recent concert while on the Sing a Song All Night Long Tour with Earth, Wind & Fire.
In the video, he compared his own time with The Commodores with the 47-year-old “Yeah!” entertainer and the 37-year-old “Run It!” star, who are currently on their own joint The R&B Tour.
“Usher…Chris Brown….see they try to do something new,” he began, as seen in viral fan footage from teh show.
“The Commodores with Earth, Wind & Fire, we were doing that back 40 years ago,” he continued.
“:Only difference is, between then and now….we didn’t go to jail,” he went on to say with a smile and an apology afterward.
While Usher hasn’t gone to jail, Lionel was likely referencing Chris‘ multiple confrontations over the years, including his assault of ex-girlfriend Rihanna, for which he pled guilty and was sentenced to five years of probation, and a more recent attack of a music producer in a nightclub, to which he also pled guilty.
Chris went to jail for a probation violation in 2014 following an arrest for misdemeanor assault. He was also arrested and held in police custody last year.
He has also been ordered to pay nearly $13 million in damages to former housekeeper Maria Avila after a brutal dog attack took place in his home back in 2020.
Lionel Richie is taking some shots at Usher and Chris Brown.
The 77-year-old music industry icon spoke out during a recent concert while on the Sing a Song All Night Long Tour with Earth, Wind & Fire.
In the video, he compared his own time with The Commodores with the 47-year-old “Yeah!” entertainer and the 37-year-old “Run It!” star, who are currently on their own joint The R&B Tour.
“Usher…Chris Brown….see they try to do something new,” he began, as seen in viral fan footage from teh show.
“The Commodores with Earth, Wind & Fire, we were doing that back 40 years ago,” he continued.
“:Only difference is, between then and now….we didn’t go to jail,” he went on to say with a smile and an apology afterward.
While Usher hasn’t gone to jail, Lionel was likely referencing Chris‘ multiple confrontations over the years, including his assault of ex-girlfriend Rihanna, for which he pled guilty and was sentenced to five years of probation, and a more recent attack of a music producer in a nightclub, to which he also pled guilty.
Chris went to jail for a probation violation in 2014 following an arrest for misdemeanor assault. He was also arrested and held in police custody last year.
He has also been ordered to pay nearly $13 million in damages to former housekeeper Maria Avila after a brutal dog attack took place in his home back in 2020.
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