In breaking the ten-year silence, Britney Spears reveals her sons have decided not to see her for months

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From the moment she was cast in The Mickey Mouse Club, alongside Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling, and other child stars, Britney Spears became a true teen sensation. Her singing helped influence the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and early 2000s so she has often been referred to as “Princess of Pop.”

Over the years, however, her life has changed drastically and she was forced to endure tough times. Sadly, her struggles seem to be far from over as she has undergone through a divorce from her former spouse Kevin Federline, a former backing dancer and the father to her sons, family disputes, legal disputes, and plenty of attacks for her behavior which many consider inappropriate.

In a series of interviews, Kevin spoke of his ex-wife and said their sons don’t want to see her at this time. In fact, they haven’t seen their mother in months although she has purchased a $10 million mansion close to Kevin’s following her wedding to Iranian-American model and actor Sam Asghari.”

“The boys have agreed they are not seeing her right now.” They haven’t seen her in a few months. They decided against attending her wedding,” Kevin revealed. He also said that Britney’s father’s 13-year-long conservatorship, which the singer was released from just recently, helped save her.

However, now that Oops!… I Did It Again singer is free, her saga continues.

Britney caused a stir on the social media after she released a number of nude photos of herself, leaving many questioning her sanity.

Kevin has been worried that Britney’s behavior would have a negative effect on their sons, Sean and Jayden.

“This entire experience has been difficult to witness, difficult to live through, and difficult to watch my boys go through,” Kevin was reported to have said. “It’s been difficult. It’s the most difficult task I’ve ever had to complete.”

Sometimes, he feels like he need to apologize to his boys in Britney’s behalf and says things like, “Look, maybe it’s just another way she tries to express herself,” adding that his sons still love their mother.

Back in 2013, Kevin married Victoria Prince, a successful former volleyball player, and the two tend to live a quiet life, but with everything surrounding Britney, that looks almost impossible.

Speaking of his children, Kevin said that they have already started following into their parents’ footsteps, with Preston already producing music and expressing interest in taking guitar lessons, and Jayden being an avid pianist.

Kevin and Victoria love their blended family. He revealed that seeing all of their children getting along, she often says, “This is a typical home, a family… full of love. This house has nothing to do with whatever is going on outside.”

At the time Kevin and Britney met, he was expecting his second child with his then-girlfriend, and Britney had just put a stop to her 55-hour-long marriage to her childhood friend Jason Alexander.

Their marriage lasted for two years before Britney filed for divorce, alleging irreconcilable differences and requesting custody of their two sons.

Kevin recalled that he called his attorney and told him what he only cared for was a 50% custody of his boys.

The court ruled shared custody, but in 2008, Kevin received sole legal custody of his sons. The reason why was Britney’s inappropriate behavior. She experienced public meltdown, cut off her hair, and was sent to rehab because of drug abuse. “So many diverse things were occurring in a brief amount of time. Everything simply came to a head at once, and I don’t believe anyone knew what to do,” Kevin said of those times.

Following the 2021 documentary Framing Britney Spears, a global movement to abolish the conservatorship over her was started online. It went under the hashtag FreeBritney.

The singer broke her silence during a court hearing and said, “I just want my life back,” as she pleaded with the judge to dissolve the conservatorship. She then added, “It’s enough and it makes absolutely no sense.”

In November 2021, the conservatorship was formally ended by a judge, and Kevin decided to speak openly about it, saying that “When Jamie took charge, everything was in order.” Contrary to what Britney thought of her father, Kevin believed that her dad in fact saved her.

Kevin and Jamie, Britney’s father, had their own issues when Jamie got into a fight with one of his grandsons and Kevin asked a restraining order.

“I would certainly welcome Jamie Spears back in the boys’ life, especially if the boys desired that. I don’t hold Jamie Spears responsible for anything. Errors are made by people. I’m sorry for him. He’s been put through the wringer, in my opinion,” Kevin said of his former father-in-law.

Kevin and his sons are very close. He said that the boys, who are teenagers already, delay meeting their mom. “We talk about drugs, sex, and all the other stuff that teenagers experience, you know. I want my children to make whatever mistake they can in my home so that I can then shield them from those mistakes,” Kevin said.

He always urges Sean Preston and Jayden to speak of their mom in a loving manner and to try to understand the difficulties she has been forced to deal with during the last years.

 “I wish for them to forgive, to find inner peace, and then peace with one another,” he said.

We truly hope that Britney Spears would mend things with her sons in the future.

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Joanna Gaines recovering at home after undergoing spine surgery to relieve back pain

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If you are a fan of both reality shows and home design and renovations, you are likely a huge admirer of Fixer Upper. With Chip and Joanna Gaines running the show, it attracted many fans throughout the five seasons it aired.

The couple, who are parents to five children, received their first Emmy nomination for outstanding structured reality program earlier this year. As they are running the popular reality show, the Gaines have also founded their Magnolia Network which made its official launch on cable at the beginning of 2022. They have signed a streaming deal with HBO Max and the network’s shows have already been streaming on Discovery+.

Just recently, Joanna posted photos of herself at a hospital bed while wearing sunglasses and making a peace sign. Her fans got worried for her health condition as the reality star explained she had undergone a microdiscectomy for the second time in her life.

This surgical procedure is a type of spine surgery commonly used to treat a herniated disk, which causes a compression of a spinal nerve and causes pain, among the rest.

Joanna had her first surgery of this type back in 2001 after suffering a back injury while at high-school.

“I’ve always joked that my back likes to act up at the most inconvenient times and I was a bit stressed bc of the timing of it all with the holiday season,” she wrote on Instagram.

This time, she would be forced to experience a different type of holiday due to her surgery.

“But I’m truly grateful for the forced rest during the busiest time of the year. It has been a gift to simply stay put, stare at the wonder all around, and just be still,” she wrote and sent some kind words to her followers. “Wishing you and yours a beautiful Christmas week. It may not all go as planned- but may you find the beauty and embrace the wonder of the here and now,” she wrote and added that she’s staying positive.

Back in November, Joanna Gaines released her memoir The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters.

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Petition calls for Whoopi Goldberg’s removal from ‘The View’ several months after her remarks about the Holocaust

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Actress and host Whoopi Goldberg angered many when she made a comment earlier in January that the Holocaust “was not about race.” At the time, she was suspended from The View for two weeks. Back then, she apologized for her words, but following a recent interview with the Sunday Times of London had her under the fire yet again. Goldberg tried to clarify the meaning behind her words but made things worse as now many believe she has doubled down on her hurtful holocaust comments.

“My best friend said, ‘Not for nothing is there no box on the census for the Jewish race. So that leads me to believe that we’re probably not a race,’” Goldberg told journalist Janice Turner, who in return reminded the actress of the “racially divisive laws set by Nazis aimed at Jews.”

Goldberg then claimed that the holocaust “wasn’t originally” about “racial” or “physical” attributes, adding that “They were killing people they considered to be mentally defective. And then they made this decision.”

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“Nazis saw Jews as a race,” Turner continued, to what Goldberg answered, “Yes, but that’s the killer, isn’t it? The oppressor is telling you what you are. Why are you believing them? They’re Nazis. Why believe what they’re saying? It doesn’t change the fact that you could not tell a Jew on a street. You could find me. You couldn’t find them.”

Goldberg’s words sounded like a repetition of her previous sentiments shared on the talk show and then on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in early 2022 about the origins of the Holocaust and whether the Jewish people could be considered a race, which, as a result, met her with backlash.

Shortly after the interview was released, Goldberg defended herself and said that she only made an attempt to “convey to the reporter what I had said and why and attempted to recount that time.” She then added, “It was never my intention to appear as if I was doubling down on hurtful comments,” especially after “talking with and hearing people like rabbis and old and new friends weighing in.”

There is a petition which asks Goldberg to be fired from The View. Currently, it has been signed by over 45,000 people.

The petition reads, “Whoopi has made numerous remarks about race that have ruffled feathers.

“But her most recent comment attacking victims of the holocaust and the entire Jewish community are disgusting. Apologies are not enough when it comes to things like this, This can and will not be forgotten.

“We as Americans demand that she be fired from the daytime TV show The View for her repulsive verbiage and actions.”

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Goldberg’s original comments that caused quite a stif and offended many emerged during a late January episode of The View in which she discussed a Tennessee school board’s ban of the nonfiction graphic novel Maus about cartoonist Art Spiegelman’s father’s experience surviving the Holocaust.

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The truth about Dean Martin, according to his own daughter

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Dean Martin wanted to be remembered as ”a damn good entertainer, nothing spectacular. A good entertainer who made people enjoy themselves and made them laugh a little.” The truth is he was much more than that. A true star of his time and a legend whose songs and legacy will never be forgotten.

He was also a passionate golfer who always put his family first. Some dubbed him a womanizer, but he was nothing near that. On the contrary, he valued family life and tradition more that anyone and anything else. His daughter Deana Martin, who followed into his footsteps, always speaks of her father’s life as a way of keeping his legacy alive. She confirmed many times throughout the years that Dean was an amazing father who would never miss a dinner with his family. No matter how busy he was, he would always find the time for his children.

Patti Gribow, who worked with Dean in the ’70s and ’80s as a backup singer and dancer, told Desert Sun, “Dean had a persona of that being bigger than life and being basically a womanizer, and a skirt chaser, which he was not. He was just a sweetheart of a guy.”

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As a young man, Dean was quite a successful boxer. He fought under the name “Kid Crochet,” and apparently, he won 25 of the 36 matches he fought in. However, no matter how great he was at boxing, he was even better at singing and performing.

During a performance in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean met with the man who would become his partner and best friend, legendary Jerry Lewis. Their friendship was one of a kind. The two rose to incredible fame and were one of the most popular duos in the world.

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis did 17 movies together and made regular appearances on one of the most popular TV shows during the dawn of television, ”The Colgate Comedy Hour.”

“Who were Dean’s fans? Men, women, the Italians. Who were Jerry’s fans? Women, Jews, kids. Who were Martin and Lewis’ fans? All of them… You had fans that didn’t care that Lewis was on or that Martin was singing. Because if Dean was singing, that was Martin and Lewis. If Jerry was goin’ nuts, that was Martin and Lewis,” Jerry Lewis once said.

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However, despite being successful as a duo, the two split after 10 years of working together. At the time, no one knew what happened between the two friends who conquered the world with their talents. In fact, they didn’t speak for around 20 years, and they both regretted it.

Rumors were that Jerry was a workaholic and Dean didn’t believe the world revolved around his career only. Some said that Dean got tired of being limited to romantic leads and felt like Jerry was the star and he was just a side performer.

When the two did a cover for Look Magazine back in 1954, the magazine cropped Dean’s photo and that offended the singer deeply.

How the two started talking again is a story of its own kind, one that none of us could ever forget. Namely, while Frank Sinatra was on The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon, he said that a friend of his who appreciated what Jerry was doing every year wanted to be on stage. That’s when Dean walked in. The two hugged and remained friends until Dean’s death in 1995.

”They kept in touch with each other. Jerry just loved my dad and my dad loved Jerry. I think Jerry would have liked to have been closer after that but my dad was … if he wasn’t working, he was playing golf,” Deana Martin told Fox News in 2019.

Speaking of her father, Deana also revealed that he wasn’t in fact the cool and relaxed guy everyone thought he was.

“He was an Italian father,” she said with a laugh. “He would go, ‘These are the rules. You make your bed in the morning, you clean up, you come straight home after school, you do your homework, you’re on time for dinner. And this is it. If you don’t want to live by those rules, there’s the door.’ I would go, ‘Dad, I’m 9!’ He’d say, ‘Come on! Rules are rules!’ We never wanted to do anything to disappoint him,” Deana told Fox in 2017.

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She also revealed that he wasn’t a heavy drinker as many assumed. ”He didn’t drink that much. It’s funny…  after my shows… people come up and they say, “How on earth did your dad, how could he do that body of work when he was always drinking?” I say, “Because he wasn’t. He was a really good actor though.” And they say, “Yes, he was a very good actor.”

One thing that Deana shared was that Dean Martin had a nose surgery before he became famous. An anonymous donor paid for the procedure.

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He was a humble man who treated everyone with the same amount of respect. Truly one of a kind, a musician and entertainer loved by millions. Among those who looked up to Dean was The King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley.

“Elvis (Presley) idolized my dad. I remembered meeting Elvis and he was the one who told me my dad was the king of cool. I’ll never forget that,” Deana said.  

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In 1992, Dean Martin was diagnosed with lung cancer and refused a surgery. He died three years later at the age of 78 on Christmas Day.

The lights of the Las Vegas Strip were dimmed in his honor. Millions mourned his loss.

His friend of many years, Frank Sinatra, said of Dean’s passing, “Dean has been like the air I breathe, always there, always close by. He was my brother – not through blood, but through choice.”

Dean Martin, thank you for your music.

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Inside King Charles and Camilla’s ‘Tampongate’ and how they made it through

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The Royal family has been through so much over the years. One particular thing that shook the monarchy to the core was the leaked affair between then-Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. At the time the entire country learned of their relationship, they were both married to other people.

The wide public condemned their affair, as they believed it was Camilla who was to be blamed for the failed marriage between the heir to the throne and Lady Di, the princess who captured millions of hearts, not only of Britons but people from all over the world.

Speaking of the troubles in her marriage and the reasons for its failure, Diana told Martin Bashir during a televised interview, “Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.”

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The love between Charles and Camilla, which started before he even met Diana, is a genuine one, and that is apparent.

Royal author Penny Junior claimed that Charles was aware he wasn’t in love with his future wife Diana, but it was already too late for him to call off the wedding.

“Charles was not convinced he was doing the right thing in marrying Diana but there was no way out and, bolstered by the hope that things would be different once they were married, he put a brave face on it,” she wrote, as reported by the Mirror.

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Why many turn back to this turbulent period for the Royal Family is the series Crown, which is currently in its fifth season.

It was in 1992 that Charles and late Princess Diana confirmed they were getting a divorce. The reason was, of course, Charles’ infidelity. The couple’s divorce was finalized in 1996.

In December 1989, an event that confirmed Charles and Camilla’s affair took place.

Namely, a full transcript of a telephone call between the then-future King and Camilla was published by the press. It revealed intimate and sexual exchange between the two.

Apparently, the person who recorded it has kept it private for years.

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According to former Daily Mirror editor Richard Stott, the Merseyside resident that had recorded the phone call had had “a few pints of lager and a curry and decided he would test out his latest gadget, an electronic homing device that picks up Cellnet signals.” The phone call was “picked up” by accident.

He only decided to sell it to the media after a recorded call between Diana and her friend – known as the Squidygate – was published. Allegedly, the recording of Charles and Camilla’s phone call was sold for around £30,000 to the Daily Mirror.

Before it was published in details, the paper put a headline which read, “Charles’s Secret Bedtime Phone Call.”

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The intimate conversation was dubbed “Tampongate” because it included a tampon reference.

Part of the call is below.

Charles: Oh, stop! I want to feel my way along you, all over you and up and down you and in and out.

Camilla: Oh!

Charles: Particularly in and out.

Camilla: Oh, that’s just what I need at the moment.

Charles: Is it?

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Charles: What about me? The trouble is I need you several times a week.

Camilla: Mmmm, so do I. I need you all the week. All the time.

Charles: Oh, God. I’ll just live inside your trousers or something. It would be much easier!

Camilla: (Laughing) What are you going to turn into, a pair of knickers? (Both laugh). Oh, you’re going to come back as a pair of knickers.

Charles: Or, God forbid, a Tampax. Just my luck! (Laughs)

Camilla: You are a complete idiot! (Laughs) Oh, what a wonderful idea.

Charles: My luck to be chucked down the lavatory and go on and on forever swirling round on the top, never going down.

Camilla: (Laughing) Oh, Darling!

Charles: Until the next one comes through.

Camilla: Oh, perhaps you could come back as a box.

Charles: What sort of box?

Camilla: A box of Tampax, so you could just keep going.

Charles: That’s true.

Camilla: Repeating yourself…(Laughing) Oh, darling, I just want you now.

Charles: Do you?

Camilla: Mmmmm

Charles: So do I!

Camilla: Desperately, desperately.

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As expected, neither the Queen nor the Britons were glad that their future King cheated on Diana, whom they all loved dearly. Charles, however, claimed that he only engaged in the affair after things between and Lady Di were “irretrievably broken down, us both having tried.”

Fast forward to this very day, Charles is the King of Britain and Camilla is Queen Consort.

Over the years, the people of Britain learned to love Camilla and her reputation has been growing.

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The two are now the head of the country and are still happily married.

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Many know her as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s wife – but she’s a famous Hollywood actress

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Cheryl Hines is one of those actresses who age like a fine vine. Best known for portraying the role of Larry David’s wife, Cheryl, on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, Hines got herself a place under the Hollywood sky.

However, nothing was ever given to her on a plate, but she fought hard to get to where she is today.

Hines’ family was middle-class, yet she and her siblings were all expected to attend college.

Her charm and whit helped her land some minor roles which later led to greater things.

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Once she graduated from university, Hines decided to purse acting career so she soon found herself in Los Angeles. As she tried to make a name for herself, the Tallahassee-born actress completed an unpaid intern going through headshots.

Sadly, she soon realized that the place where dreams are made, Hollywood, wasn’t what she expected it to be. Hines recalled that a female boss once told her that she needed to go under the knife and get bigger boobs if she wanted to succeed, but Hines wasn’t ready to pay that price for the sake of landing roles.

“At that time, I hadn’t even thought about it — and it did not seem like it was necessary,” she said. “I went home and started thinking about all the actresses that I really admired and whether breast size had anything to do with it. Like: ‘Goldie Hawn doesn’t have big ones,’” Cheryl told Yahoo.

Before landing her breakthrough role, Hines wasn’t a famous name. At that point, she only did some minor roles and made guest appearances, but then Larry David wanted someone “unknown” to be his TV wife and Hines fit just perfectly although at the time she had no idea who David was.

”I said well how old is that guy? Isn’t he … old?” she recalled before meeting David.

Hines has been part of a number of films and shows, including the road comedy RV where she starred opposite late Robin Williams whom, like many of us, she loved for his generosity and kindness.

Hines has been married twice. She and her first husband, Paul Young, married in 2002 but split around seven something years later. They share a daughter together.

Today, Hines is married environmental lawyer and author Robert F. Kennedy Jr., late President Kennedy’s nephew.

Hines and Kennedy were introduced to each other by Larry David.

”He introduced us — just because we were at the same event,” Hines said in a podcast and continued,”But then later Larry was like, ‘That’s a terrible idea. No, no, no — don’t get involved.’ Cut to we’ve been married for eight years”.

Further, Hines starred in the ABC sitcom Suburgatory which ran for three seasons. In one of the episodes, while she portrayed Dallas Royce, Hines wore a silicone forehead, cheeks, and lips for the sake of a comedy effect. Luckily, she turned to her old self once the shooting of the episode was done.

Hines, 57, has also tried herself as a director.

She is both successful and beautiful, a perfect combination.

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This is what it means when you see someone wearing these shoes

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In a world that is crowded and fast-pacing, visually impaired people experience hardship with mobility. Luckily, thanks to the technological advancement, these people’s lives are significantly enhanced.

Now, except for a cane or a service dog that helps them navigate around, visually impaired people can use newest high-tech option provided to them by Austrian based company named Tech-Innovation.

This company has created shoes with a built-in sensor that alerts visually impaired people, via vibration or sound, when an obstacle is detected.

The product, named InnoMake, have the sensors react when an obstacle is detected at the maximum distance of four meters and minimum distance of half a meter. The sensor fits into a special slot within the shoes and comes with a rechargeable battery which lasts up to a week before it need to be recharged. It only takes three hours for the battery to get fully charged.

The shoes and the sensor come with an app which is free of charge. The users can adjust plenty of settings through it, such as how far away from objects they need to be before they get alerted.

If you wonder what happens when the weather is rainy or snowing, the creators thought of it and made the sensor water-resistant. If users opt to use the intelligent mode, the sensor would get deactivated whenever they are seated and would again activate when it senses movement.

There are several shops around Austria which let users try the shoes on before they buy them.

This innovation truly is a life-changing one.

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‘Crocodile Dundee’ star says he’s ‘held together by string’ after health struggles

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Actor Paul Hogan, who gained a celeb status thanks to the comedy Crocodile Dundee for which he wrote the screenplay and played the main character, has opened up of his health struggles.

The native Australian, now 83, appeared on the Australian TV program A Current Affair and shared with his fans that he has been diagnosed with an inflammatory condition known as retroperitoneal fibrosis in which abnormal formation of fiber-like tissue (fibrosis) occurs behind the membrane that lines the cavity of the abdomen.

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In Hogan’s case, the growth on his abdominal aorta pressed on his kidney and caused him troubles.

“I had a kidney complaint and the treatment was worse than the disease and it sort of shriveled me,” Hogan told Sunrise in an interview on Tuesday, November 22. “But my strength is back,” he added after he confessed that he lost his body fat and his muscles became “thinner and thinner.”

“The muscles all shrank and the strength has come back, but it left me feeble,” Hogan told host Tracy Grimshaw. “I’m now in the business of trying to put a bit of fat on… because you feel the cold too much when you’ve got no body fat,” he added.

Being in his 80s, Hogan says he’s past his famous physique of his younger years and he now even experiences difficulties opening a jar and is “held together by string.”

“Turning 80 is not for sissies because things start to fall apart,” the actor said.

Further, he confessed that his health condition makes him homesick and he feels like returning to his native Australia.

“I’m not in the place I’m meant to be, but I’m not allowed to complain about anything,” he said.

“I’ve had such a gifted life. I’ve had so many wonderful things happen to me without deserving them so I shouldn’t complain but, yeah, ideally I’d rather be back in Sydney because I miss the rest of my family there.”

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Hogan is a Golden Globe recipient.

He has only been married once to actress Linda Kozlowski who co-starred alongside him in Crocodile Dundee. The couple divorced in 2014 and they share a son together.

Linda moved on to marry Moulay Hafid Baba, a tour guide she met during a trip to Morocco. The two are now co-owners of a Marrakesh-based luxury travelling business, Dream My Destiny.

Speaking of the divorce, Hogan said, “She got sick of living in the shadow. She was ‘Crocodile Dundee’s wife’ and not herself.”

We wish Paul Hogan only the best life brings and we hope he gets better as soon as possible.

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