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![Ellie Kemper Responds to Backlash Over Debutante Past in Historically Racist Ball: 'I Unequivocally Deplore, Denounce, and Reject White Supremacy' [Updated]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets-server.theroot.kinjastaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/25154701/97b2fd3d18bb7e00532ec4d28ddfa1d7-300x169.jpg)
Ellie Kemper Responds to Backlash Over Debutante Past in Historically Racist Ball: 'I Unequivocally Deplore, Denounce, and Reject White Supremacy' [Updated]
The actress came under fire last week for her 1999 association with St. Louis' controversial Veiled Prophet Ball.
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Memoirs of an Imperfect Sibling: Mariah Carey Says Inspiration, Not Defamation Was the Goal of Her Book
As with most memoirs, when shit starts hitting the fan, family and friends who may have been mentioned often come out to either support or detract from whatever’s been said. Such is the case with Mariah Carey, whose siblings haven’t been quite so happy with the things revealed in her September 2020 bestseller, The Meaning…
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A$AP Rocky Confirms Relationship With Rihanna: 'I Think When You Know, You Know. She’s the One'
A$AP Mob founding member and “Fashion Killa” rapper A$AP Rocky is giving us a bit more insight into his relationship with our favorite Barbadian “bad gal” and all-around icon Rihanna. Posing on the cover of the June/July issue of GQ, A$AP spilled the tea on everything from his time in jail in Sweden to how…
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Janet Mock Goes Off-Script, Airing Out Ryan Murphy, the Pose Writers' Room and Unequal Pay at Final Season Premiere Party
Everyone has a breaking point. Janet Mock may have hit hers at the premiere party for Pose’s final season on Thursday night, as she gave a speech that can only be described as—in the words of The Root’s Entertainment Staff Writer Tonja Stidhum—a “PLOT TWIST.” Page Six recapped the reckoning on Friday afternoon, noting that…
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![Michael Strahan Without the Gap? Sorry to This Man [UPDATED]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets-server.theroot.kinjastaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/25162343/xanf1ivy0rhrjokhymhi-300x169.jpg)
Michael Strahan Without the Gap? Sorry to This Man [UPDATED]
Gather ‘round, children—it’s storytime! Once upon a time, over a decade ago, when your Auntie Mai was still an avowed New Yorker most at home strolling (and shopping) the streets of Soho, she experienced a celebrity encounter that shook her to the core. If you’re a resident of New York City, you’re well-accustomed to walking…
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Exclusive: RHOA Star Kenya Moore and Marc Daly Call It Quits Again
The on-again, off-again, played-out-in-front-of-the-cameras (sometimes) marriage of Brooklyn restaurateur Marc Daly and Bravo’s Real Housewives of Atlanta star, actress and former Miss USA, Kenya Moore, is on the outs again. In a statement released exclusively to The Root, Marc Daly announced that the couple is ending their marriage for the second time. For real, for…
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Is This Your King—and Queen? Yes, Michael B. Jordan and Lori Harvey Went Public as a Couple on Instagram
In 2018, Michael B. Jordan introduced a few popular memes, thanks to his portrayal as Killmonger in Black Panther. One of those meme-able quotes was, “Heyyyy, Auntie.” Cut to 2021 and it looks like Michael is now saying, “Heyyyyyy, Lori!” Lori Harvey, that is. On Sunday night, People Magazine’s newly-named Sexiest Man Alive posted a…
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![Oh When It All, It All Falls Down [Updated]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets-server.theroot.kinjastaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/25172106/xdp4hey4log2pbephq0h-300x168.jpg)
Oh When It All, It All Falls Down [Updated]
Jesus Is King and He saves…but will he save Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s marriage? Page Six shook the table (that had already been flipped over, to be honest) when it reported that sources are saying “divorce is imminent” for the famous couple and that Kim has reportedly retained celebrity divorce attorney Laura Wasser. “They…
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Reunited and It Feels So Good, Again: Cardi B Calls Off Divorce From Offset
Well, it’s official. Cardi B has decided to call off the divorce from her husband, Migos member Offset. Fulton County, Ga., court documents cite that the divorce was dismissed “without prejudice.” But is anyone really surprised? If you’ll remember, the “WAP” star went on a since-deleted Twitter rant around mid-October alluding to the fact the…
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That's Her Type: Quavo Reveals the DM That Launched His and Saweetie’s Relationship
If you got a snowflake emoji out of the blue recently, you can blame Quavo. The Migos rapper hopped on a meme that had been trending on social media the last couple weeks, in which users posted photos comparing the first time their significant others’ shot their respective shots alongside current photos of themselves. On…