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10 HOLLYWOOD’S BIG NIGHT

A-listers like Margot Robbie,
Jennifer Lopez and Issa Rae
dazzled at the 81st annual
Golden Globes. Us has the
scoop on the historic wins,
glamorous looks and what you
didn’t see on TV.

26 HAPPILY EVER AFTER

The Golden Bachelor’s Gerry
Turner tied the knot with
Theresa Nist in a star-studded
wedding that included a sur-
prise engagement.

31 SPECIAL ARRIVAL
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source spills on why the star
and her boyfriend, DDG, kept

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The Bear costar Jeremy Allen White.
The dynamic duo both scored awards
for Best Performance in a Television
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 Dressed To
Impress!

“There are definitely

some perks to working in
animation — like wearing
your pajamas to work,”
Natalie Portman quipped
while presenting the
award for best animated
film with Florence Pugh.

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the Rachel.

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up her Dolce &
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for the cameras.
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 Killers of the
Flower Moon star
Lily Gladstone (in
Valentino) made
history as the first
Indigenous Golden
Globe winner.

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Michelle Yeoh
and Naomi Watts
walked hand in
hand to present
the award for
best actress in a
musical or comedy.

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“We made it with studded event
love,” Margot was also a family
Robbie said affair for Bradley
while accepting Cooper, who
Barbie’s Cinematic brought along
and Box Office his mother,
Achievement Gloria Campano.
award with director
Greta Gerwig.

Mark Ruffalo
jumped for Besties (and
joy after Poor nominees) Selena
Things earned Gomez and Taylor
best musical Swift laughed and
or comedy. chatted during
the event.

Kristen Wiig and

Supporting Will Ferrell broke
actress winner out in dance before
Da’Vine Joy presenting the award
Randolph showed for best actor in a
some love to her musical or comedy.
statuette.

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SKIP THE
MEAL PREP
SCARIES
WITH
STOUFFER’S
SIDES.

“Who wants to try

my ‘Park Thai’?”
asked Ashley Park,
noodling around
in cooking class.
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 Common
and Jennifer
Hudson sported
matching smiles
during the
Chicago Bulls
vs. Philadelphia
76ers game.
CHICAGO, DEC. 30

Sitting pretty:
La La Anthony
took a quick call
while rocking
Mix No. 6
Ombre Booties
from DSW.
NYC, DEC. 16

Hometown
Date!

Molly Sims
partnered with
ISOPURE to
sneak protein into
delicious treats.
L.A .

A focused Matthew
McConaughey
supported his
beloved Texas
Longhorns during
the CFP Semifinal
Allstate Sugar Bowl.
NEW ORLEANS, JAN. 1

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 It’s All
Happening!
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“Life is too
short to not lean
into the things
Kevin Costner you love,” Kate
channeled his Hudson gushed
Yellowstone after making her
character, musical debut at
John Dutton, the Hotel Jerome.
during an outing.
ASPEN, COLO., DEC. 28
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 Olivia Wilde — who’s
referred to herself as
a “humiliating soccer
mom” — was up in
arms at her 9-year-
old son Otis’ game.
L.A., SEPT. 16

“My Gigi is doing

amazing with
her gymnastics,
following one of
her passions,”
raved Mario Lopez
of his 13-year-old
daughter, Gia.
JAN. 8, 2023

CHEER LEADERS
These proud parents love
watching their kids play sports
The Crowd
Dwayne Johnson
praised his 8-year-
Goes Wilde!
old daughter
Jasmine’s “focus”
on horseback riding
after she earned her
first tack trunk.
OCT. 6

Go Blue! Kelly Ripa and Mark

Consuelos sported shirts to
support their 20-year-old
son Joaquin’s wrestling team
at the University of Michigan.
ANN ARBOR, MICH., SEPT. 24

18 | JANUARY 22, 2024 By Matt Sullivan

 Mark and Rhea Wahlberg
beamed as their daughter
Grace, 14, showed off her
horse show award ribbons.
“[She’s] my favorite athlete
in the world,” said Mark.
SEPT. 23
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We Are The
No. 1 fan! Nicole
“Snooki” Polizzi Champions!
celebrated the
success of her
daughter Giovanna,
9, at a cheerleading
competition.
DEC. 17

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 HOT
Cat nap! “Yoyo’s
weekly schedule tends
to be very [rigorous],”
quipped Lupita

PICS!
Nyong’o, resting with
her rescue.
DEC. 9

Olivia Dunne rode shotgun

with her golden retriever
— and fellow influencer!
— Roux, whose Instagram
handle is @thatgirlroux.
OCT. 23

PRESSING PAWS
Hanging with furry friends is all in a day’s play!

Look What
The Cats
Dragged In!

Puppy love! Jared Cara Delevingne challen

ge
Leto had his hands full her social media followe d
rs
with cuteness while to “caption this” as she
attending Z100’s posted a pic of her curle
d
Jingle Ball at Madison up in bed with two kittie
s.
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 And just like cat: “And that’s why
“These are my big they call it a love
holiday plans,” declared seat,” joked Willa
Cynthia Nixon, sitting Fitzgerald, lapping
pretty with Aurora. up the attention
DEC. 21 from her
beloved Goose.
NOV. 20

Kid Cudi cuddled

up with his dog,
Nino Brown, a
Taking Her
goldendoodle
named after Wesley
Licks!
Snipes’ character
in New Jack City.
DEC. 16
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 THEY RECUPERATE
FROM ILLNESS!

“Covid is still no
joke… I’m fighting
it, but don’t forget
to be careful!”
advised a sniffly
Kristin Chenoweth.
DEC. 31

THEY RIDE

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it’s fun,” qu workout.
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kid on the planet.”
Greer of her
DEC. 19 NOV. 21

22 | JANUARY 22, 2024 By Matt Sullivan

 W HITF IELD The socialite and Bravo star brings Us along
B RY N N as she makes the rounds in New York

A DAY in My LIFE 11:30 A.M.

TOUCHING TRIBUTE Next,
the marketing professional
hits up The End of History —
a popular antique store nearby
— to pick up a birthday gift for
a friend. “I find joy in buying
things for people that are both a
surprise and delight, something
they may never indulge in them-
selves,” Whitfield explains.
10:30 A.M.
COUNTER OFFER It’s never
too early to shop — which is
why Whitfield hightails it to
iconic apothecary C.O. Bige-
low in the West Village first
1:00 P.M.
thing in the morning. “I have a
BEAUTY REST Ahead
party to attend and an excit-
of the evening’s
ing trip ahead of me,” the Real
festivities, Whitfield
Housewives of New York City
heads to her “favorite
star, 36, tells Us, “so I had to
spot” to get eyelash
stock up on goodies to keep
extensions. “There’s
my face glowy and hydrated.”
nothing better than
indulging in a little
self-care,” she shares.

4:00 P.M.
SPECIAL DELIVERY Whitfield stops home for a quick ward-
robe change before heading upstate to surprise a lucky fan in
partnership with La Marca Prosecco. Once she arrives at her
destination, the marketing pro is ready to celebrate. “I was so
excited to visit the winner and present her with her ‘cheer kit,’”
she shares. “I don’t know who had a better time at this
gathering, me or the La Marca winner!”

2:00 P.M.
WINE & DINE Happy
hour! The glass is 10:00 P.M.
half full for the reality TRUE BLUE The TV per-
star, who hits up Via CHECK sonality zips back home to
Carota for brunch: “I IT OUT! attend a pal’s birthday party
had my fur coat on Season 14 o in fabulous fashion, telling
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and a drink in hand to Real Housew he Us: “It was a much-needed
properly enjoy a Sat- of New York ives
Cit evening spent with dear
urday in New York!” streaming n y is
ow friends filled with laughter
on Peacock.
and celebration.”

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 Melissa Joan Hart may be a
household name, but her sons,
Mason, 18, Braydon, 15, and Tucker, 11
— who she shares with husband
Mark Wilkerson — are less than im-
pressed with her storied acting career.
“They want nothing to do with it and
think it’s weird,” the Sabrina the Teen-
age Witch alum, 47, says. “They [say], ‘I
don’t want to watch you on TV, and I
don’t want to watch you kiss another
man in a Christmas movie.’” Hart tells
Us more about motherhood.
24 | JANUARY 22, 2024
Q: Has raising teenagers been more
difficult than raising young kids?
Everybody says boys are so difficult
when they’re young, and then they’re
easier as teens. I’m not finding that —
I’m finding bigger kids [means] bigger
problems. I don’t think anyone can be
prepared for the teen years. It comes
with its own little set of figuring it out.
Q: Are your sons into acting like you
or into music, like their father?
They’re all into music. [Tucker] has a
beautiful singing voice, so we’re trying
By Leanne Aciz Stanton / With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
to figure out what he could do with
that, but we don’t really have them in
the industry. No mommy wants their
baby to go through rejection.
Q: How are you dealing with Mason
graduating this year?
It’s emotional. We were prepared for
the first [day at school], but not for the
last. He’s getting his pilot’s license. It’s
nice he has a passion he’s going after.
 LOOKING ON WITH LOVE
Christie Brinkley has made it a
habit to learn as much from her
children, Alexa, 38, Jack, 28, and
Sailor, 25, as they do from her. “It
keeps me feeling invigorated, inter-
ested and excited about everything
around me,” the supermodel, 69, tells
Us. “There’s a real energy exchange
there, and that’s a beautiful thing.”
Now that her kids are older, Brinkley
enjoys witnessing proof that they’ve
absorbed the valuable lessons she’s
instilled in them over the years: “Oc-
casionally they’ll do something, and I’ll
just be so proud and think, ‘Oh my
gosh, they really did hear that.’” As
her trio embarks on successful careers
of their own — Alexa as a singer,
Sailor as a model and Jack as the
founder of a Hamptons-based ride-
share service — Brinkley has opted
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“Even though they’re
grown-ups, we still
stay very tight and very
connected,” Brinkley
says of her kids.
to support their endeavors from the
sidelines. Of course, “if I want to
drop a few words of advice, [I] cush-
ion it with lots of love,” she adds.
“But I try not to be too judgmental
because at this point, they’ve got
pretty good heads on their shoul-
ders, and they know what to do.”
Keeping Count
Practice makes perfect: Peta
Murgatroyd is more confident
now that she’s a mom of two.
(The dance pro, 37, and husband
Maksim Chmerkovskiy share
Shai, 7, and 6-month-old Rio.)
“[Shai] was the first baby I really
held, so I had to grow and learn,”
she tells Us. Once Rio came
along, though, ”I knew what I was
doing,” Murgatroyd adds. “It was
definitely easier.”
Brotherly Love
Dr. Nicole Martin’s son, Greyson,
4, was “very adamant and specific”
when asking for a baby sister,
the pregnant Real Housewives
of Miami star, 38, tells Us. His
reasoning? “He felt he wouldn’t
have to share his toys if it was a
girl.” Martin, who has yet to reveal
the gender of the little one she’s
expecting with fiancé Anthony
Lopez, adds that her firstborn
couldn’t be more thrilled about the
new addition: “He’s so excited.”
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 TEARFUL VOWS
There wasn’t a dry eye in the
house when Gerry Turner,
72, and Theresa Nist, 70,
exchanged vows at La Quinta
Resort & Club in La Quinta,
Calif., on Jan. 4. “I promise
to be your calm in a storm, to
comfort you when you’re sad,
to laugh with you when you’re
happy and to stick with you
throughout it all,” said Nist,
who wore a Badgley Mischka
gown. “I know I found a full
partner to share all of life’s
experiences that are thrown
at us,” responded Turner
before Golden Bachelor con-
testant and officiant Susan
Noles pronounced the happy
couple husband and wife.

The Golden Bachelor’s Gerry

Turner said “I do” to Theresa
Nist in front of family, friends and
some Bachelor Nation all-stars

EMOTIONAL SPEECHES

SURPRISE ENGAGEMENT
While guests (including getting down on one knee
Trista and Ryan Sutter, and pulling out a Neil
Kaitlyn Bristowe, Ben Lane ring. “This is why
Higgins and Wells Ad- we got our nails done?”
ams) mingled before the a stunned Mandrell said
wedding began, Brayden after saying yes.
Bowers, 25, took
Turner’s daughters gave touching the opportunity to
tributes during the ceremony, with pop the question
Jenny calling Nist “a fantastic woman to his Bachelor in
that is beautiful inside and out” and Paradise season 9
Angie praising her dad for being “vul- costar, Christina
nerable” and “taking this journey.” Mandrell, 28. “I
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Then Nist’s daughter, Jen, who was have no doubts

a bridesmaid along with her sisters- that I want to
in-law, took the mic. “You have the spend the rest of
love and support of all your children my life with you,”
and grandchildren,” she said through he said before
tears. “We’re beyond thrilled.”

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28 | JANUARY 22, 2024 By Molly McGuigan / With reporting by Sarah Jones
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DE RE K & HAYLEY
Appreciation Post
After Derek Hough revealed that his wif
e, Hayley
Erbert, had suffered a health scare and
under-
went an emergency craniectomy on Dec
. 7, the couple is
feeling extra thankful. “Cherishing the
greatest gift of all.
The precious gift of life and the love we
share,” Erbert,
29, captioned a sweet Insta photo of her
and Hough, 38,
on Christmas Day. “They spent the hol
iday feeling over-
whelmed with gratitude that the surger
y was a success
and Hayley is on the mend,” a source tell
s Us. “It’s given
them a new appreciation for their life tog
ether.”

Getting Closer
Kylie Jenner and Timothée
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Chalamet’s romance is heating up.

The Wonka star, 28, took Jenner,
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26, as his date to the Jan. 7 Golden

Globes, where they didn’t shy away
from PDA. An insider tells Us
things are “going great” between
the pair: “Kylie appreciates how
well he gets along with her
family [and] he always
makes her smile.”

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 elena Gomez is happily putting
S her romance with her boyfriend,
Benny Blanco, on display. On
Jan. 5, they attended the Lakers
game together in L.A. Two days later,
the Only Murders in the Building
actress shared a photo of her and the
music producer sharing a sweet kiss
following her appearance at the Golden
Globe Awards (she captioned the pic
“I won” in reference to her losing out
on the trophy for Best Actress in a
30 | JANUARY 22, 2024
TV Series). “They kept things low-key
[at first], but Benny has passed every
test with flying colors, and the new
year seemed like a perfect time to
essentially shout [their love] from
the rooftops, so that’s what Selena is
doing,” says an insider. “Selena has
made it clear that she wants Benny by
her side from now on, and she’s proudly
introducing him to everyone in her
life.” A second insider says Gomez,
31, has fallen hard for the 35-year-old
songwriter since they began hanging
out over the summer. “Benny asked
her to dinner, and they started seeing
each other about once a week, taking it
slow,” explains the insider. (They went
Instagram official in early December.)
“She loves how Benny treats her; he’s so
kind and thoughtful. She’s never been
with anyone like him.” Adds the first
insider: “It’s been a very long time
since friends saw Selena this happy.
She’s positively glowing.”
 HALLE BAILEY

Secret
Delivery
ollowing months of specu-
KEEPING UP
F lation over whether she was
pregnant, The Little Mermaid
star Halle Bailey revealed on
Jan. 7 that she and her boyfriend,
YouTuber and musician DDG, 26,
WITH US
Sienna Miller (above) has
had welcomed a son named Halo. welcomed a daughter with her
boyfriend, actor Oli Green.
“The greatest thing that 2023
The Anatomy of a Scandal star
could have done for me was bring was all smiles when she was
me my son... welcome to the world spotted with the infant and
my halo,” Bailey, 23, wrote via Green during a walk in West
Instagram, cheekily adding, “The London on Jan. 3.
world is desperate to know you.” A On Jan. 6, Michael Bolton
source says that the couple of nearly revealed he’s taking a tempo-
two years “had their reasons” for rary break from touring while
keeping things quiet, adding, “Halle he recovers from a recent sur-
told friends it was to protect their gery to remove a brain tumor.
“I will be devoting my time
baby and relationship from scrutiny, and energy to my recovery,”
but it was all very strange to those he said via Instagram.
around them, especially when she “Halle and DDG didn’t
Speed Racer actor Christian
has had such a huge year in movies.” see a reason to confirm
Oliver died in a Jan. 4 plane
According to the source, Bailey will or deny the pregnancy
rumors,” says a source. crash in the Caribbean along
be scaling back with work to focus with his two young daughters,
on motherhood: “She plans to take Annik and Madita.
some time off to bond with Halo.” Fresh start? Scandal-
plagued star Shia LaBeouf has
converted to Catholicism after
being confirmed on New Year’s
Catching Feelings Eve at a California church.
Nigel Lythgoe has stepped
Four months after filing for di-
down as a judge on So You
vorce from Sophie Turner, Joe
Think You Can Dance amid
Jonas is getting close to model Stormi
two sexual assault lawsuits.
Bree. The duo was first spotted to-
In one of the suits, Paula
gether boarding a private jet in Mexico
Abdul accused the producer
on Jan. 3 and were photographed hit-
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of forcibly kissing her while

ting the ski slopes in Aspen, Colo., on
Jan. 6. “Joe’s smitten with Stormi, and
she’s totally into him,” says a source,
noting that the father of two (he shares
Willa, 3, and 18-month-old Delphine
with Turner) and the former pageant
queen (mom to daughter Gravity, 6)
“Joe’s happy met through mutual pals. “Joe wants a
and is open to drama-free relationship, which Stormi
seeing where is all about,” adds the source. “He likes
things go,”
that she’s a mom. It could easily turn
says a source.
into a long-term thing.”
they worked on American Idol;
he has denied the allegations.
Husband and wife! During
a Golden Globes afterparty,
5 Seconds of Summer’s Luke
Hemmings confirmed he and
singer Sierra Deaton had tied
the knot.
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KEEPING UP
WITH US
Dancing With the Stars
pro Britt Stewart and
her season 31 partner,
CODA actor Daniel Durant
(above), are engaged after
a year of dating. “For-
ever!!” Stewart wrote in a
Dec. 29 Instagram post.
Parasite star Lee Sun-
kyun died of a suspected
suicide at the age of 48. He
was found dead in a car in
Seoul on Dec. 27.
That was fast: After just
four months of marriage,
country singer Zac Brown
and model Kelly Yazdi have
called it quits. “We are in
the process of divorce,” they
said in a Dec. 29 statement.
90210 alum Ian Ziering
had an altercation with
bikers while driving in Hol-
lywood on Dec. 31. “While
stuck in traffic, my car was
approached aggressively by
one of these riders, leading
to an unsettling confron-
tation,” the actor later
claimed on social media.
Paul Walker’s daughter,
Meadow, has split from
her husband, actor Louis
Thornton-Allan, after
three years of marriage.
Ready for a new chapter:
A month after finalizing his
divorce from Sheree Gus-
tin, soap star Steve Burton
has exited Days of Our
Lives. He’d reprised his role
on the series last March.
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KELLY CLARKSON
Clean Slate
t’s a fresh start for Kelly Clarkson. Nearly
I three years after filing for divorce,
the “Stronger” singer has fulfilled her
court order to pay ex-husband Brandon
Blackstock $115,000 a month in spousal
support. “She’s feeling relieved,” says a
source. “It’s so nice knowing that this chap-
ter of her life can close with the new year.”
(In court docs filed in 2023, Clarkson, 41,
claimed Blackstock had once told her she
wasn’t sexy enough for The Voice, and in
November, a California labor commission
subsequently ordered him to pay her
$2.6 million in unpaid commission.)
“Kelly’s putting A second source says the star — who
the divorce in her recently relocated to NYC to film her
rearview mirror,” hit talk show — is feeling positive about
says a source. BLACKSTOCK
what the future holds: “She loves her job
and has a great set of friends in the city.”
It’s All Relative
These stars recently discovered their surprising familial connections
STASSI
SCHROEDER CIARA
& GYPSY & DEREK
ROSE JETER
BLANCHARD
Genealogist Dr. Adina Newman revealed During a recent episode of Finding
that the VPR alum and Blanchard are Your Roots, Ciara discovered she and
“at minimum 11th cousins,” prompting the baseball legend are cousins on
true-crime fanatic Schroeder to his mother’s side. “You are kidding
comment, “Omg I’m unwell.” me!” Ciara said. “Derek Jeter!”
WHOOPI
TRACY
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GONZALEZ
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star are “DNA cousins” when Finding when they learned they were third
Your Roots host Henry Gates Jr. cousins via Finding Your Roots.
appeared on The View. “Cousin Tony, “He started crying, I started crying,”
come see me here,” she implored. the comedian recalled.
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MATTHEW PERRY

WHAT
HE KEPT

Sources talk to Us about the true extent of

the star’s addiction, his lonely life and the trail
of lies he left behind BY STEPHANIE R ADVAN
REPORTING BY ANDREA SIMPSON

An insider says
Perry, seen at a
hockey game on
April 29, 2023,
spent his last days
“super isolated.”

34 | JANUARY 22, 2024 With additional reporting by Sarah Jones

 n the year leading up

I to Matthew Perry’s
shocking Oct. 28,
2023, death, it seemed
that the 54-year-old
Friends star — who had
long struggled with addic-
tion — was on the up and
up. While promoting his
memoir, Friends, Lovers,
and the Terrible Thing, in
September 2022, he re-
vealed he was 18 months
clean. Filmmaker Adam
McKay, who had cast
Perry in 2021’s Don’t Look
Up before the actor had to
pull out due to a medical
emergency, said Perry had
plans for an ambitious
superhero comeback
project. Athenna Crosby, a
model and entertainment
reporter, had met Perry
for lunch at the Hotel Bel-
Air the day before he died.
“He was talking about
how excited he was to
have a second act,” Crosby
told Us on Nov. 1. “He was
in a positive place and
being extra healthy.”

“He would quickly

flip from being
hateful to being
nice,” a source
says of the actor’s
erratic behavior.
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But Perry’s autopsy report soon

indicated otherwise. The 29-page
document, released on Dec. 15,
revealed that the beloved actor,
who was found face down in the hot
tub at his Pacific Palisades, Calif.,
home, had died from “acute effects
of ketamine.” While Perry had
been on ketamine infusion therapy
to treat depression, the medical
examiner concluded the drugs in his
system — equivalent to the amount
used during general anesthesia —
couldn’t have been from his last
known therapy session, a week and a
half before he died, suggesting that
he may have been using the drug
recreationally. (The autopsy docs
stated that Perry had been report-
edly clean for 19 months.)
An insider tells Us those who
knew Perry best were not surprised:
“Everybody close to Matthew was
saying he died from an overdose.”
The insider adds that some friends
believed Perry never got proper help
for his mental health. “The way he
dealt with that was to isolate. Since
[Friends ended], he was set finan-
cially and didn’t have to work, so it
created an environment to use.”
AGGRESSIVE SIDE
Three sources with close knowledge
of the situation tell Us that Perry had
been lying about his sobriety both
during the promotional tour for his
memoir and in the time leading up
to his death, and that his continuing
abuse of prescription drugs was
not the only troubling behavior he
was covering up. “He was verbally,
emotionally and physically abusive,”
HE WAS VERBALLY,
EMOTIONALLY
AND PHYSICALLY
ABUSIVE. ALL HEO
KNEW HOW TO D
WAS CAUSE PAIN
AND PLAY THE
VICTIM.”
A SO URCE
In March 2022, the first and sec-
ond sources say, a confrontation over
Perry’s substance abuse allegedly
escalated into a physical assault
against Morgan Moses, 37, the
actor’s best friend of seven years and
occasional sober companion. (Moses
declined to comment on the story.)
The second source says that on the
day of the incident at Perry’s L.A.
Sources say
home, the actor had become “irate” Perry, seen
after he was confronted about being with Moses in
high on prescription drugs. “He 2019, physically
threw [Moses] into a wall and threw assaulted her at
something at her and shoved her his L.A. home
in March 2022.
onto a bed,” claims the first source,
who says Perry had been known to
punch walls, flip tables and throw point,” says the first source. “Every-
things during angry outbursts. “This one just wanted him to be OK, and
time, he took threats and hints of he was awful … He would get pissed
violence into actual violence.” After off about little things and then flip
the incident, the source adds, “he the narrative about what really hap-
still said, ‘If I wanted to hurt you, I pened to make himself the victim.
would have.’” [He would] escalate the situation
The second source says Moses so he could say, ‘Poor me. I’ve been
quickly left following the alleged as- hurt, and you abandoned me.’ He put
sault and that Perry was “mortified” people on a ride from hell.”
over what had transpired. He then
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claims one source, who calls Perry a
“manipulative” person. “All he knew
how to do was cause pain and play
the victim.” A second source insists
Perry “wasn’t a horrible human
being. [But] he was so warped in
his addiction that he wasn’t himself
and the man he should be.” (Former
representatives for Perry did not
respond to emailed requests for com-
ment on this story.)
called his and Moses’ mutual friends
in a bid to smooth things over. “He
was panicking because the person
who was always by his side had left
him,” explains the source, adding
that the two tried to maintain a
friendship but ultimately couldn’t get
past the alleged incident.
“Morgan was his best friend, and
he burned that to the ground. He
pushed her to her absolute breaking
DANGEROUS DYNAMIC
Moses was not the only person
to witness the actor’s dark side.
According to the first source, an
ex-girlfriend of Perry’s who was in
her early 20s at the time of their
relationship, and who Us Weekly
has chosen not to identify,
threatened to sue him in 2020
for emotional and psychological
abuse and even enlisted the help

36 | JANUARY 22, 2024

 “Matt had positive things
to say about them at
times, but the cast didn’t
know him as well as other
people,” says a source.

FRIENDS IN
THE DARK
They came up in the spotlight together, but
Perry kept plenty of secrets from his costars

of a high-profile legal firm. “She Four days before the with Aniston, [to them], so when
claimed that he was abusive and release of Perry’s au- Courteney Cox, he spoke negatively,
got her addicted to drugs, including topsy report, Variety Lisa Kudrow, Matt it came from that
oxycodone and painkillers,” says published an inter- LeBlanc and David insecurity.”
the source, adding that the former view with Jennifer Schwimmer for a The source says
girlfriend allegedly had evidence to Aniston where she decade, the stars one thing Perry was
support her claims and that she and expressed her shock may not have known “jealous” of was that
Perry ended up settling. and sadness over Perry as well as they his costars weren’t
The second source as well as a her Friends costar’s believed. “He lied to addicts: “Matthew
third source close to that ex corrobo- death. “I was literally all of them about so viewed himself and
rate the first source’s account of what texting with him many things over the the cast as winning
happened between the pair. “Their that morning, funny years,” says the first the same lottery with
relationship was on and off for a few Matty. He was not source, who adds the show’s success.
years. They were done by 2020. The in pain. He wasn’t that Perry’s feelings They reaped the
substance abuse was a big part of the struggling. He was about his peers were benefits of fame and
breakup [and] it did turn tumultu- happy,” she told the complicated. “He had fortune, but they
ous,” says the third source, noting publication through so much respect for didn’t have to deal
that while Perry and the ex did meet tears. “He worked so them, but he [didn’t with the pain of ad-
in rehab, she wasn’t using drugs hard. He really was always] have positive diction. [There were
or opioids until her relationship dealt a tough one.” things to say about times] he resented
with the star. “The age difference of Despite filming them. He felt inferior them for that.”
someone in their early 20s and late

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COVER STORY
Sources say Perry longed to
settle down and start a family.
He dated fashion student
Rachel Dunn (above) from
2003 to 2005 and actress Lizzy
Caplan (inset, near right) from
2010 to 2012. His last known
relationship was with literary
agent Molly Hurwitz (inset,
far right); They were engaged
before splitting in June 2021.
40s and early 50s — there’s a power
play in that. I think he took a lot of
advantage of her because he got her
hooked on drugs.”
The third source says the ex
threatened litigation for emotional
distress and “the manipulation
involved [with him] getting her
hooked on opioids. There was money
38 | JANUARY 22, 2024
involved. She settled [and] there was
an NDA. I think it was a way for her
not [to be able to] share her expe-
riences with him.” (Us Weekly was
not able to independently confirm a
lawsuit or settlement.)
According to the first source,
others in Perry’s life also made alle-
gations against the actor behind the
scenes. The source claims that one
of his nurses even left the profession
because she was so traumatized by
her experience with him: “He was
cruel.… He had to pay for a lot of
women to go to therapy. He left a lot
of destruction.”
FAR FROM CLEAN
Perry could be reckless when under
the influence. “Apparently, he crashed
his Aston Martin many times while
high,” says the first source, noting
that the alleged accidents happened
during a time that Perry had claimed
to be sober. “He just damaged the
car and no one was hurt, [but] he
did not consider [that] he could have
killed someone.” The talk about being
sober both in and while promoting
his memoir “was a lie,” adds the first
source. “He wanted to sell books.
Everything was crafted and manipu-
lated; the truth wasn’t important.”
According
to the second
source, noth-
ing would
have shocked
anyone who
was genuinely
close to Perry
when it came
to his substance
abuse. “Addicts
are smart, and
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Matthew was
brilliant,” the
source tells Us,
claiming that
the star would
meet young
women on the dating app Raya and
convinced some of them to supply him
with drugs. “He would do the Face-
Time thing and get to know them.
Then it would be like, ‘Let’s hang
out,’ and he would say [to come to
his house],” explains the source. “He
wasn’t out in public anymore. That’s
how he snuck things past people.”

IN HIS
OWN
WORDS
The actor shed light on his
rock-bottom moments,
hinted at being sober
and seemed to predict
his death in his memoir
“Addiction has ruined so
much of my life it’s not
funny. It’s ruined rela-
tionships. It’s ruined the
day-to-day process of
being me… I would give up
all the money, all the fame,
all the stuff, to live in a
rent-controlled apartment
— I’d trade being worried
about money all the time to
not have this disease, this
addiction.”
“I was told that some
beefy Swiss guy really
didn’t want the guy from
Friends dying on his table
and did CPR on me for the
full five minutes, beating
and pounding my chest. If
I hadn’t been on Friends,
would he have stopped at
three minutes? Did Friends
save my life again?”
“One fine day, God and my
therapist got together and
decided to miraculously
remove my desire to take
drugs. A desire that has
been plaguing me since
1996. My therapist said
to me, ‘The next time you
think about [using], I want
you to think about living
out the rest of your days
with a colostomy bag’ .…
What he said caused a very
small window to open, and
I crawled through it. And
on the other side was a life
without [drugs].”
“I don’t have another so-
briety in me. If I went out, I
would never be able to come
back. And if I went out, I
would go out hard. I would
have to go out hard because
my tolerance is so high.”
“Not only do I have the dis-
ease, but I also have it bad …
It’s going to kill me (I guess
something has to). Robert
Downey Jr., talking about
his own addiction, once said,
“It’s like I have a gun in my
mouth with my finger on the
trigger, and I like the taste
of the metal.” … Even on
good days, when I’m sober
and I’m looking forward, it’s
still with me all the time.
There’s still a gun.”
TRAGIC END
By many accounts, Perry spent
his final years relatively isolated.
“He was living locked up and not
reaching out to [people],” says the
insider. “That was his pattern when
he used. He would cut himself off
from everyone.” The insider adds
that the actor was plagued with dis-
appointment over his post-Friends
career and love life. “He wanted a
family and never found that person
to settle down with. It was a tale of
loneliness and how having all the
money and fame can’t save anyone.”
The second source agrees Perry was
eager to have a family: “He wanted
consistency. As much as he was a
loner, he didn’t want to be.”
As with so many caught in the grips
of addiction, the star’s demons ended
up being his downfall. The charis-
matic, supremely talented person
that the world saw onscreen and in
interviews “is who he really was,” says
the second source of Perry. “He just
became someone else because of his
addiction. People still deeply cared for
him in spite of his disease and lived for
the hope that he would remain sober.”
In late 2022, Perry, who had
previously established a men’s sober
living facility that ran for two years,
told podcast host Tom Power that
he wanted to be remembered as
someone whose “paramount thing is
that he wants to help people.” In the
days following the actor’s death, the
Matthew Perry Foundation was es-
tablished in his name to assist those
struggling with addiction. “[Perry]
had everyone and everything, he
just didn’t know what to do with it,”
says the first source. “He could’ve
saved the world, but he couldn’t save
himself. [Now] his foundation can
actually help people.” 
If you or someone you know are
struggling with addiction or mental
health, contact the national Sub-
stance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration at
samhsa.gov or 1-800-662-HELP.
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UPS AND DOWNS

“It’s a tumultuous
relationship,” a
source tells Us of
the rappers’ six-
year marriage.

OFFSET & CARDI B

Sources reveal why

Cardi B can’t let go
of her estranged
husband and their
on-again,
off-again romance
BY JAIME HARKIN

40 | JANUARY 22, 2024

 fter being spotted
SECOND CHANCES

A with her ex Offset at

For better (or worse!),
a Miami club on New these celeb couples
Year’s Eve, Cardi B gave love another try
addressed fans in
a livestream video the fol-
lowing day to set the record JILLIAN & PATRICK DEMPSEY
straight. “Was I clubbing In 2016, the Grey’s
with my baby father yester- Anatomy star
opened up about
day? Yes,” she said, before reconciling with his
admitting that she and the wife after she filed for
rapper had slept together divorce in 2015, saying,
that night. “We was vib- “Our marriage was
ing,” she added. “We had a not something I was
prepared to let go of.”
good time.”
“Cardi wants to re
co
The 31-year-old star went on the kids’ sake,” sa ncile for CHRISTINE TAYLOR
ys a source.
to clarify that she and Offset, & BEN STILLER
The separated stars
32 — who share daughter Kulture, found love again when
5, and son Wave, 2 — haven’t rec- had stepped out on her again and they moved in together
onciled following their recent split. that the Migos member has “one girl during the pandemic.
But sources say friends of Cardi in Miami, one in L.A. and another “It was a really
believe she’ll eventually give Offset one in Atlanta.” The source says special time for us,”
she said. “It just
another chance despite their rocky friends believe the only way Cardi happened organically.”
history. The pair — who wed in 2017 will ever leave Offset is if he got an-
— broke up briefly in 2018 after other woman pregnant: “That would
Offset cheated; things went south be the most disrespectful act that TRISTAN THOMPSON &
KHLOÉ KARDASHIAN
again, and Cardi filed for divorce in would force her out for good.”
While Kardashian has
2020, though she later called it off. Despite speculation that Cardi insisted she hasn’t
Their latest separation came last and Offset have staged the breakup romantically reunited
month when she revealed she was for publicity, there’s some talk with Thompson again,
single during a Dec. 11 Instagram Cardi has finally reached her limit. the former NBA player
moved into her L.A.
Live. “Cardi’s saying she’s done with “They’ve broken up before, but this
home after his mother
Offset even after their New Year’s time feels different,” says a third died last January.
Eve hookup, but friends aren’t source. “Cardi’s inner circle believes
convinced,” says one source. Adds a that she and Offset are done for
JENNIFER FLAVIN &
second: “This is a pattern with them. good.” A fourth source told Us in SYLVESTER STALLONE
He’s a serial cheater. She flips out December that the “I Like It” rapper The duo reconciled one
but then runs right back to him.” had contacted celeb divorce attor- month after she filed
ney Laura Wasser and that she had for divorce in August
MISPLACED LOYALTY drained their joint bank accounts: 2022 after 25 years
The second source says Cardi “The majority is really her money, of marriage. “There
was a reawakening,”
ultimately wants to keep her family but she’s taking [all of it] and leaving Stallone said of
together. “She’s hopeful for the him high and dry.” calling off the split.
sake of the kids that they can make
it work,” the source explains. But WHAT’S NEXT DAVE ABRAMS &
pals are concerned about Offset’s The third source says they’re hoping
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JENNIE GARTH
behavior. “He’s cheated on her mul- to stay on good terms no matter Garth and Abrams
tiple times,” the source says. “He’s what. “Cardi and Offset know separated for 10
a playboy. Friends are reminding they’ll always be in each other’s months before getting
her that history has a tendency to lives and that their kids will always back together in 2019.
“We had to part ways
repeat itself.” come first,” explains the source. completely,” she’s
In late December, the first source “They want to maintain a positive said. “We needed
told Us Cardi had found out Offset and healthy relationship.”  that time to grow.”

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 If there’s one star who can convince
audiences that outlandish action
movies aren’t exclusive to the dog days
of summer, it’s Jason Statham. But
his latest entry in the genre feels too
warmed-over. At the start, his “Mr.
Clay” character is just a friendly bloke
and beekeeper in the countryside. But
after his nice neighbor (Phylicia Ra-
shad) becomes the victim of Internet
phishers and commits suicide as a
44 | JANUARY 22, 2024
result of the financial fraud, he decides
to flip the switch into hero mode. See,
Clay is really a former operative of a
secret organization known as, yup,
Beekeepers — and now he’s ready to
single-handedly take vengeance on
the evil dark web organization. This
is all fine! Tantalizing, even! After all,
everyone fantasizes about retribution
against those ruthless elderly-target-
ing scammers. Statham decimates
them in style while earnestly growling
about “protecting the hive.” Alas,
that’s just Act I. The flick then com-
pletely unravels with endless and
mindless bone-crunching dropkicks
and a ludicrous storyline revolving
around a government conspiracy.
(Though Josh Hutcherson does
amuse as a tech bro villain.) Yeesh,
where’s a buzzy Fast & Furious sequel
when you need one? MARA REINSTEIN
 TELEVISION MUSIC

Start To Finish
Perdita Weeks talks to Us about starring on
Magnum P.I. following the series’ Jan. 3 finale
ow that Magnum P.I. has divide at first and then I warmed up,”

N
wrapped after five seasons, she explains), the cast ended up clos-
Perdita Weeks is looking er than ever: “I sort of took the stick
E
BACKSTAG
back at her time as Juliet from my behind and we got along
Higgins with gratitude. famously,” Weeks says. “I
“She [had] the biggest change
out of any of the characters,” the
actress — who also directed one
of the drama’s final episodes —
would be overjoyed to work
with any of them again.” In
the meantime, she’s happy to
enjoy her time off in London
PASS Fat Joe
tells Us. “I loved the way before starting her next
Higgins softened over the project — and hopes
years from being so close fans are as pleased with
The rapper brings Us BTS
to Magnum [Jay Her- the conclusion of Mag- before hitting the road for
nandez], and his charm num P.I. as she is: “It the My 00’s Playlist Tour
melting the glacial ex- was the best bow that
PRESHOW RITUAL
ternal shield she had.” could have been put on
[My] one ritual [is taking] a
Despite a few hiccups the show to end it.”
shower before and after. I have
with her costars during
“Going from disdain to smell good.
the early days of produc-
to full-blown in love
tion (“I was very English, was really fun to play,” DRESSING ROOM VIBES
and they’re very American. Weeks says of Juliet and It’s the calm before the storm. If
[So there] was a cultural Magnum’s dynamic. you’re in the back room with us,
it’s quiet. I’m chilling. And then
the minute I hit the stage, that
energy goes through the roof.

ON THIS WEEK CRAZIEST SHOW EXPERIENCE

The late great Big Pun and I had
a show in Vermont at a ski lodge.
There were thousands of people
and [we thought] it was a smart
idea to throw snowballs into the
crowd. Bad idea: There were
2,000 snowballs coming back.
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We were diving on the floor like

FRIDAY 1/12
ROLE PLAY
Emma’s (Kaley
Cuoco) husband,
Dave (David
Oyelowo), has no
idea she leads a
double life as an
assassin until a
chance encounter —
and the revelation
may just reignite
the spark in their
dull marriage.
(Prime Video)
By Leanne Aciz Stanton / With reporting by Andrea Simpson
FRIDAY 1/12
SELF RELIANCE
In this comedic
thriller, Jake
Johnson’s Tommy
agrees to partici-
pate in a reality-TV
contest where he
must avoid being
killed by hunters
for 30 days to win a
million dollars. The
catch? He can only
be caught when en-
tirely alone. (Hulu)
we were swimming.
SUNDAY 1/14 TUESDAY 1/16
MONSIEUR SPADE DEATH AND OTHER FAVORITE SONG TO PLAY LIVE
The crime drama DETAILS “All the Way Up” is the most
stars Clive Owen During what was meaningful. I was all the way
as private detective meant to be a down [at the time of the song’s
Sam Spade — first dreamy getaway,
release], coming back from the
introduced in The Imogene (Violett
Maltese Falcon Beane) becomes a government taking my money
— who relocates suspect in a murder and people saying it’s over for
to France to enjoy mystery and must me. It’s a story of triumph.
retirement, only team up with her
to be pulled back arch nemesis, Rufus IDEAL AFTERPARTY
into his demanding (Mandy Patinkin), It’s not really my thing. I take
profession instead. to prove she’s inno- my birthday [more] seriously.
(9 P.M., AMC) cent. (Hulu)
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 S A NDR A
OH

Effortless beauty: The actress is known for putting a fresh spin on classic looks

2011

2004
She gave
red carpet
glamour
At the Connie an edge at
and Carla the NAACP
premiere, she Image Awards,
livened up wearing loose
slacks with a locks and
cheerful coat. a Marchesa
snake-print
design.

2006

Donning
Versace,
the Grey’s
Anatomy
favorite was
timeless
1997 2005 at the SAG
Awards.

So ’90s! Oh She sported

hit up the summer
CableACE whites at the
Awards Hollywood
rocking a Bowl’s Yo-
floral slip Yo Ma and
dress and the Silk Road
trendy micro Ensemble
bangs. concert.

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 2020

Clad in Elie
Saab, the Chair
star played up
the statement
sleeve trend
at the Oscars.

2018

For Oh’s
visit to the
SiriusXM
studios, a
shimmery
blazer
added a
glitzy touch
to her laid-
back look.
2023

She brought
striking color
to the Gold
House’s Gold
Gala in a
sophisticated
Prabal Gurung
number.
2022

Shining
bright! The
2019 Canadian
beauty
wowed in
Carolina
Red-haute! Herrera at
At the SAG the SAG
Awards, the Awards.
Killing Eve
lead turned
up the heat
in Jenny
Packham.

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1. I’ve visited Machu
Picchu on the summer
solstice. On my son’s 19th
birthday, we witnessed
the sunrise throw light
through the tower window
to a spot at the exact
center of the floor.
2. I visited all 50 states by the
time I turned 50.
3. I was senior class president
in high school — class of ’81.
4. I still have my wisdom teeth.
5. Rob Schneider and I share
the same exact birthday [but]
we’ve never met.
6. My kids are fluent in Italian.
7. I went to the R.E.M. show
at the Staples Center in L.A.
on Halloween 1994, my 31st
birthday. Michael Stipe led
everyone in singing “Happy
Birthday” to me that night.
8. Eggs,
bacon and
toast are my
favorite meal.
9. My father taught all five
of his kids how to drive in an
English car with the stick shift
and steering wheel on the
wrong side. That was his idea
of a joke.
10. I appeared as the Big
Kahuna in an original musical
theater version of Gidget —
book, music and lyrics written
by and directed by Francis
Ford Coppola.
11. I was a coxswain on the
girl’s crew team in high school.
Neat trick.
12. I was in an acoustic punk
band called the Low & Sweet
Don’t miss Orchestra and played Lollapa-
Mulroney looza in 1995.
in Anyone
but You, in
theaters now.
13. Jenna
Ortega and I
appear in the
same horror
franchises:
Scream and
Insidious.
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14. I worked with Vincent
Price on The Heart of Justice.
Of all the actors I’ve worked
with, his career goes furthest
back in Hollywood history.
15. My daughter Sally is a young
hunter/jumper champion.
16. My confirmation name is
Matthew. My three brothers
were given Mark, Luke and John.
Hilarious, Mom.
17. I have
four dogs,
a fish tank
and a horse.
18. I traveled alone to Yugoslavia
when I was 19 and wound up
getting more stomach sick than
I’ve ever been. I rode it out in
a youth hostel and had to read
The Spy Who Came in From the
Cold as fast as I could to use the
pages as toilet paper.
19. I once gave Joanne Wood-
ward a cello lesson while Paul
Newman sat by drinking beer.
20. I was almost kicked out of
three different music camps.
21. When I was 16, I applied for
a job at Wendy’s. I didn’t get it.
22. I only drink water and black
coffee.
23. I’m a huge Pierce
the Veil, My Chemical
Romance and Paramore
fan. See you at the When
We Were Young Festival!
24. Some people still don’t
know that I have plans to
play the Vivaldi Double Cello
Concerto in G minor with Yo-Yo
Ma, including Yo-Yo Ma. Can
someone please let him know?
25. I worked a summer during
college in Ocean City, Md.,
as a dishwasher in a colo-
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nial-themed all-you-can-eat
restaurant called Paul Revere
Smorgasbord and as a porter
at a beachside motel.
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