Kelly Rowland’s “Dirty Laundry,” a slow ballad about the dark side of fame, her competition with Beyoncé and how it was linked to Rowland’s abusive relationship, puts its listeners through the emotional wringer — so you can only imagine how intense it is for her to perform it live.
At a Washington, D.C. concert on Sunday, Rowland got so upset during her performance of the song that she had to stop, bow her head and cry. After wild applause and the crowd’s chanting and support, Rowland started again.This has been your morning tear-up. There’s a twig in my eye, or, like, a branch. [HuffPo UK]
In typical Kanye West fashion, Kanye West actually tried to screen a new music video on the wall of the Alamo memorial in San Antonio but cops shut it down: “It’s very disrespectful to people who died there.” Reminder: This is a man whose next album is called Yeezus. He would hawk pineapple-flavored Cîroc on the roof of the Anne Frank House. [Radar Online]
Spirit animal Sandra Bernhard agreed to do a stand-up set for a women’s education benefit and then eschewed the set to preach like a fucking boss:
“We’re talking about the end of the patriarchy. White men, you have to roll over and become a little more complacent. let women run the show because you’ve [bleeped] it up. I stopped being funny, but you’re still enjoying looking at me. You’re a little overwhelmed and confused, but I don’t care.”
SNAPZ. [Page Six]
Because it’s not possible that two mature, adult vampires could come to the mutual decision to end their relationship without third party involvement, speculation’s running rampant that Robert Pattinson broke up with Kristen Stewart to be with a (blonde) British playwright and Pattinson party companion named Polly Stenham. Photos of the two together surfaced on a mutual friend’s Instagram, but were immediately taken down once it hit the gossip circuit. [Radar Online]
- Amanda Bynes plans on becoming a rapper now. [People]
- Jesse Pinkman’s wedding photo! [People]
- Blossom officially divorced her husband. [Us Weekly]
- Ireland Baldwin went paddleboarding, and also her boyfriend is actually named Slater Trout. No lie. But I’m dating Jefferson Q. Flounder, so. [Us Weekly]
- Halle Berry and her bump took Nahla to Disneyland. [Us Weekly]
- Calvin Klein maybe got back together with his 23-year-old model/former cokehead boyfriend Nick Gruber. [Page Six]
- Rob Lowe talks about the hours of makeup he sat through to look like he had 124 facelifts as Liberace’s plastic surgeon in Behind the Candelabra: “He looks almost like a transgendered Bee Gee.” [NYDN]
- Meanwhile, in the Hamptons, Hugh Jackman helped a lady whose indie, homemade fudge stand had fallen over/was a real-life superhero for SAVING FUDGE. [Page Six]
- Tom Cruise watched Conor Cruise DJ and acted like a normal human being. [Page Six]
- People are saying this bearded Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst resembles Kim Kardashian. They should do a community theater show about mistaken identities and randy hijinks. [Page Six]
- Joan Rivers gave Prince William a Kindle five years ago when they first came out, and, befuddled, he gave it to Prince Harry. (Also, Rivers: “Anyone who takes [fashion] seriously is a fool. Anna Wintour, just take your broom and shove it up your ass.”) [Page Six]
- Meanwhile, over on the prole side of the Royal Fam, Kate Middleton’s parents’ party planning company might open up a USA branch. [NYDN]
- Gross, here’s a picture of Hulk Hogan’s burnt, swollen hand if you want it. Freak. [NYDN]
- To apologize for the above, here’s Ryan Gosling directing his movie How To Catch a Monster. [NYDN]
- Danica Patrick was involved in a racecar crash that may have been her boyfriend Ricky Stendhouse Jr.’s fault, but everyone’s OK. [Us Weekly]
- Alexis Neiers, the real-life Emma Watson in The Bling Ring, is writing a memoir. [Radar Online]
- Justin Bieber’s in trouble for tooling around Calabasas in his Hot Wheels again. [TMZ]
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