A group of dads gained global recognition after they decided to surprise their kids with a dance routine during a recital. Today, these famous dads are stars on TikTok and are recognized by the name The Outta Puff Daddys.
The dads first met while taking their kids to dance classes. Ever since, they became sort of friends and started creating fun dance routines. Their initial idea was to perform a single dance routine at a recital but the feedback from the crowd was so positive they decided to continue performing.
Speaking of their first dance routine, the group’s leader, Paul “Jukebox” Jukes, said they “literally took the roof off.”
“The noise was phenomenal and of course, the kids in the audience were like, ‘Hang on a second, that’s your dad,’” he shared with Good News Network in 2023.
Today, the number of members grew to around 50. These dads, whose age ranges from 40 to 60, use their dancing as a way of “breaking stereotypes” about mental health.
They not only gathered plenty of followers on the social media but took their shows on the road.
“Our bond provides a real lifeline for our own mental wellness,” their website states. “We break through all stereotypes surrounding traditional masculinity, encouraging others to talk openly about their mental health.”
Their message of “joy and positivity” is spread wherever they perform and during their journey, they encourage their fans to adopt healthier approaches to mental health.
When going through depression, having a support system can make a significant difference in overcoming the problem, and in The Outta Puff Daddys, Paul found exactly that.
“I believe everyone should be constantly underpinning and supporting their mental health— as we all do with our physical health,” Paul said. “So that when those moments arise, we immediately have strategies in place,” he added.
We love watching these daddies’ dance moves, do you?
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In a twist of events, a man was left deeply hurt by his stepdaughter’s action after he covered all the expenses for her wedding. Unable to cope with the injustice he believed was done to him, he decided to seize the moment with a surprising toast.
Back in 2013, this man took to Reddit’s “Off My Chest” forum to recount the story that had been troubling him as his stepdaughter’s wedding day drew near. With a tone of frustration and disappointment, he shared his sentiments about the situation.
He started by noting that his stepdaughter’s wedding was set for August 3, emphasizing how the preparations had dominated both her and her mother’s lives for the past six months. “I say her mother because we aren’t married, though we’ve lived together for 10 years,” he clarified.
Over the course of ten years, he covered the expenses for his stepdaughter’s college tuition which amounted to around $40,000 although she attended a state college. In order to facilitate her commute to and from school after her high school graduation, he purchased a car for her. But he did all that because he wanted to. In return, he only hoped he would receive the respect he believed he deserved. Sadly, his stepdaughter didn’t treat him as near as respectfully as she treated her biological father who would only appear in her life every now and then.
As the wedding day approached, the anonymous stepfather’s frustration grew when he learned that the people on the list of friends he wanted present on his stepdaughter’s wedding day didn’t receive actual invitations. Namely, the venue had a strict capacity of 250 people, and since he was paying for everything, he wanted those 20 people to be there during the wedding. His stepdaughter assured him it was fine. “I gave them a list of 20 people that I wanted invited, you know, since I was paying for everything. They told me that was no problem and they’d take care of it. So I let these people know they’d be getting an invite and they should save the date,” he explained.
However, during a chance encounter at the golf course with one of those friends, the man learned they only received merely an announcement card devoid of the stepdad’s name featuring the names of the bride’s biological father and mother but conspicuously omitted him.
This triggered a heated argument between him and his partner. He was dismayed to learn that none of the 20 people he had suggested were included in the final guest list due to limitations on space. His girlfriend’s poor explanation that “250 people is very tight” didn’t help calm his anger. But the damage was done, and he felt there was nothing he could do.
The tension heightened when, during a Sunday dinner with the future in-laws, the stepdaughter unexpectedly revealed a surprise guest: her “Real Dad.”
She was overjoyed to share this news with the rest of the family who seemed to be as excited as she was, commenting “Oh how great” and “How wonderful.” The bride-to-be wanted everyone to know that it would be her real that who would walk her down the aisle.
At that moment, the man felt the urge to speak up. Raising a glass, he acknowledged his decade-long presence within the family.
To the surprise of everyone in the room, he said, “As I have been replaced as host, both on the invitations and in the ceremony, I am resigning my financial duties as host to my successor, Real Dad. So cheers to the happy couple and the path they have chosen.” He then congratulated to the couple on their wedding and the path they had chosen.
His speech resonated deeply, exposing the pain and frustration he had harbored. It was a raw and unapologetic expression of his emotions, challenging the roles he had been assigned.
Following a heated argument with his girlfriend, who accused him of selfishness, he spent the night in his home office.
The following day, as he went through his stepdaughter’s wedding planner, he learned that the father-daughter dance was catered to the real dad’s taste, leaving him feeling like they never truly cared or mattered.
After some time, he asked his girlfriend and his stepdaughter to move out.
In an update, he wrote that his girlfriend and her daughter moved out and went to live with the groom. He then expressed appreciation for the overwhelming support received from the Reddit community.
As of his relationship with his girlfriend, he said that she burned the bridges when she tried to write herself a check from their joint account shortly after the incident.
Despite everything, he said he felt a sense of closure and thanked everyone who stood by his side during the tough period.
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Maryanne Trump Barry, the older sister of former President Donald Trump and a former federal judge, died aged 86 in November 2023.
As per ABC News, Barry’s body was found in her Fifth Avenue apartment at about 4 a.m.
Until her retirement in 2019, Barry was a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey by then-President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and was then appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1999 by then-President Bill Clinton.
Barry used to spoke of her father’s wealth and said during many occasions that she sort of “stepped down” because she didn’t want to be Donald’s rival in running the business. “I knew better even as a child than to even attempt to compete with Donald,” she told New York Mag. “I wouldn’t have been able to win. He was building models when he was very young. Huge buildings.”
In the book The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire, she wrote: “There’s no question Donald helped me get on the bench. I was good, but not that good.”
However, despite the support the siblings had provided for one another throughout the years, The Washington Post published secretly recorded audios in which Barry could be heard describing Donald Trump as a “cruel” man with “no principles.”
“All he wants to do is appeal to his base,” Maryanne tells her niece Mary Trump in one of the recordings. “He has no principles. None. None. And his base, I mean my God, if you were a religious person, you want to help people. Not do this.”
“His g——- tweet and lying, oh my God,” the sister added. “I’m talking too freely, but you know. The change of stories. The lack of preparation. The lying. Holy s—.”
“He got into University of Pennsylvania because he had somebody take the exams,” Maryanne Trump Barry said in the recording. “SATs or whatever. That’s what I believe.”
At the time, the White House rejected these allegations.
Barry was married to the late John Barry, a trial and appellate lawyer.
At the time of her death it was determined that there were no signs of trauma or foul play. According to sources, emergency crews responded to a call of a person in cardiac arrest.
May she rest in peace.
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The 2020 Democratic National Convention took place in August, and among the speakers that took part, including former president Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and more, was John Bouvier Kennedy “Jack” Schlossberg, John F Kennedy’s only grandson.
Jack and his mother Caroline Kennedy offered their support to presidential candidate Joe Biden.
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In fact, Jack has been taking a stand regarding political issues and subjects before and has written against conservative politicians in The Washington Post, The New York Times and Time Magazine.
During his speech at the convention, Jack referenced his grandfather’s, the 35th President of the United States, remarks from the time he himself accepted the presidency nomination 60 years ago and said, “Times have changed, but the themes of my grandfather’s speech—courage, unity and patriotism—are as important today as they were in 1960.”
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However, a bit more noticeable than people’s fascination with his political interest is his looks that many couldn’t help but comment on. As it turns out, Jack resembles his grandfather and his uncle John F. Kennedy Jr., who died in a plane crash in 1999, a lot.
“Good looks really do run in the family then! What a gorgeous man. His granddad would be so proud I bet,” one person wrote.
“I just gasped. Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg’s son looks remarkably like her late brother/his late uncle JFK, Jr. Wow,” another user tweeted.
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He graduated from Yale University in 2015 and earned a degree in history.
In the fall of 2017 he entered Harvard Law School and in the fall of 2018 he entered Harvard Business School.
“I’m inspired by my family’s legacy of public service,” Schlossberg said in his first live interview on Today in 2017. “It’s something that I’m very proud of.”
He graduated from the university in 2022, and in April 2023 he shared that he had passed the New York State bar exam.
He and his mom are very close. She worked as a U.S. ambassador in Japan from 2013 to 2017 and her son was spotted there with her during several occasions.
At one point, he served as a Senate page and intern, just like his mother, and worked under the tutelage of former Secretary of State John Kerry — who once provided insight into his character saying, “A sense of humor is not genetic, but apparently in the Kennedy family it can be inherited. In President Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, this quality seems to abide.”
When it comes to his love life, media outlets reported how he and his girlfriend of many years, Krissy Jones, a yoga teacher and studio owner, broke up in 2019. He’s allegedly dating someone else, a girl whom he met at a festival.
Jack is a huge fan of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. When the actor learned of Jack’s fascination with him, he decided to surprise him with a recorded video message for his 27th birthday. Jack loved it and said “it was the greatest day of my life.”
No matter if you share his political views or not, one thing is certain, Jack is a charming young man who wants to keep his grandfather’s legacy alive.
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No matter how appealing tattoos are for some people, having one on the face always ignites debates.
Oriini Kaipara, aged 41, broke new ground as a television personality, achieving a historic milestone by becoming the inaugural primetime TV news bulletin presenter with a moko kauae, a highly respected cultural tattoo traditionally worn by Māori women, upon joining New Zealand’s Newshub as a newsreader.
Moko kauae, or sacred female chin tattoo, is a cultural and spiritual expression of Māori identity and an assertion of political, cultural, social and spiritual aspirations as whānau, as hapū, as iwi, as Māori. These facial tattoos, traditionally adorned on the lips and chin, symbolize a woman’s family ties, her role as a leader within her community, and serve as a tribute to her ancestry, position, and abilities.
Besides all this, a viewer signed as David sent an e-mail to Newshub describing his discontent with the presenter’s tattoo.
“We continue to object strongly to you using a Māori newsreader with a moku [moko] which is offensive and aggressive looking,” he wrote, per the Daily Mail. “A bad look. She also bursts into the Māori language which we do not understand. Stop it now.”
Kaipapa decided to address the issue publicly by sharing David’s message on Instagram, responding with dignity.
“Today I had enough. I responded. I never do that, I broke my own code and hit the send button,” she wrote on an Instagram story.
The presenter added that she couldn’t take his remarks seriously “given there is no breach of broadcast standards.”
Correcting his spelling of moko, which he spelled moku, she added: “I gather your complaints stem from a place of preference on how one must look on-screen according to you. Moko and people with them are not threatening nor do they deserve such discrimination, harassment and prejudice.
“We mean no harm or ill intent nor do we/I deserve to be treated with such disregard,” she continued. “Please refrain from complaining further, and restrain your cultural ignorance and bias for another lifetime, preferably in the 1800s.”
Kaipara wrote that despite David’s criticism, she receives positive comments about her tattoo from most people.
“The fact that my existence triggers some people is testament to why we need more Māori advocates in key roles across every sector,” she said in an interview with New Zealand Herald.
Kaipara’s response is a poignant reminder of the significance of cultural pride and resilience when confronted with challenges. She serves as an inspiration for others to confidently embrace their identities and confront discriminatory beliefs without hesitation.
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Two young lives, and that of their grandmother, were cut short because of a reckless driver who was reported to have been reading text messages at the time of the crash.
What was supposed to be a day of fun for the Newville family turned into a tragedy.
It was back in 2017 when Linda irie, 50, was taking her three grandchildren five-year-old Jace Newville, nine-year-old Brooklynn Newville, and their cousin Isabella Anthony, 6, for a ride to pick a lamb for their Easter photoshoot. Unfortunately, as she was driving down the Turner Turnpike near Wellston, Oklahoma, they were rear ended by a 17-year-old man, who forced Irie’s car to collide with two other vehicles.
Irie, Jace, and Brooklynn were pronounced dead at the scene. Isabella was the only survivor.
Brian and Shaneé Newville, the killed children’s parents, were inconsolable. Their world shattered in a million pieces and moving on was never an option, not even today, seven years after the tragic crash.
“We’ve had to move a couple times, can’t really walk into the house anymore, see where the kids used to be,” said Brian said.
Shaneé, who’s since separated from Brian, shared an emotional Facebook post: “Being alive is hard. I wake up and cry, take a shower and cry, put on my make up and cry.” Shaneé, who also lost her mom in the crash, continued, “The people who loved me the most are gone. It feels like god took them on vacation with Mima. But it isn’t the truth, they are never coming back.”
Months following Jace and Brooklynn’s passing, their parents finally gathered the strength to go through their stuff when they stumbled upon Brooklynn’s bucket list, covering a large range of things she dreamed to see and do.
There were plenty of things written down such as seeing a moose, scuba diving, getting a drone, visiting an ice bar in Alaska and seeing the Golden Gate Bridge.
“She always wanted to go hunting with me,” Brian, unable to stop tears from running down his face, said. “Never got a chance to.”
At the time, the parents said they would do all it takes to live out Brookie’s dreams for her.
A year after the tragic accident, Noah DeDear, of Durango, Colorado, was charged with three counts of manslaughter after he was accused of causing the crash that killed Irie and her two grandchildren.
At the time he caused the crash, DeDear was days away fro his 18th birthday and is facing trial as an adult.
He denied reading text messages on his phone at the time of the incident, but confessed he was texting his grandma and his girlfriend moments before.
Brian, furious with the constant delays of the trial, told News 4 in 2019, “This doesn’t make any sense. Why somebody can kill three innocent lives, two children and a grandmother, and still be allowed to walk free, while the family is sitting here in pain, agony, wanting closure and we can’t get it.”
Finally, in 2021, a selection of jury was made, the family announced.
They wish no one ever experience the pain of losing a child and are urging drivers to never use their phones while driving by setting up a campaign “Put it Down.”
“We are putting out our campaign, Put it Down, so people will put their phones down,” Brian said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s your phone, or food, it’s anything in the car, while you’re driving: Put it down.”
We are so sorry for the loss of these two beautiful souls and their grandma. May they rest in peace.
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On March 22, 2024, Kate Middleton shared a video in which she opened up of her cancer diagnosis. At the same time, King Charles is also battling cancer and is receiving weekly treatments in London. Amidst their fight with the disease, it is Queen Camilla and Prince William who have been performing royal duties.
It’s safe to say that the royals are going through rough times, and that didn’t start with Kate’s and Charles’ diagnosis.
Unfortunately, what triggered relationships to be affected and bridges to be burned was Harry and Meghan‘s decision to step down from their royal duties some four years ago. They took a flight to America, which they referred to as to a “Freedom Flight,” and left Britain behind in order to get away from the media scrutiny.
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However, what happened was just the opposite. Instead of turning to a quiet life they claimed they longed for, Harry and Meghan got exposed in the media as never before.
They gave Oprah an interview in which they opened up of the royal life, accusing the members of the Firm of racism and turning a blind eye to Meghan’s mental issues.
The most startling revelation came when Meghan asserted that discussions had taken place within the palace regarding the potential darkness of Archie’s skin.
When questioned by Oprah about this, Meghan responded, expressing her inability to probe further into the matter. She refrained from disclosing the identity of the individual involved, stating that it could cause significant harm to them.
What added fuel to the fire was the couple’s Netflix series and Harry’s book Spare in which he revealed plenty of sensitive details about his family. Among the rest, he spoke of his father and how he didn’t hugged him when the news of his mother’s passing reached him, said he wondered if Camilla would be cruel to him “like all the wicked stepmothers in storybooks,” and discussed the alleged feud between Meghan and Kate.
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Harry wrote that on their wedding day, Kate made Meghan cry and detailed the alleged row between Meghan and Kate whose relationship could be described as picture perfect back in the day when the two could be seen hanging out together during numerous royal occasions, as well as a tennis match.
According to Harry, Kate wasn’t happy with Princess Charlotte’s dress, who was a flower-girl.
However, although Kate claimed her daughter was in distress because of the dress, which allegedly was “too big, too long, too baggy,” she refused to meet Meghan’s tailor at Kensington Palace to have it fixed.
“Meg asked if Kate was aware of what was going on right now. With her father,” Harry said. “Kate said she was well aware, but the dresses. And the wedding is in four days!”
“I’m not sure what else to say. If the dress doesn’t fit then, please take Charlotte to see Ajay. He’s been waiting all day,” Meghan texted Kate, according to Harry.
Kate replied with, “Fine.”
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Harry further wrote that when he arrived home, he found his then future wife sobbing on the floor. “It was intolerable but temporary. Kate hadn’t meant any harm, I told her.”
In their book Finding Freedom, authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand claimed that “Meghan would agree with the assessment that the duchesses were not the best of friends,” and that “their relationship hadn’t progressed much since [Markle] was Harry’s girlfriend.”
According to them, Kate wasn’t welcoming and didn’t take Meghan under her wing as most people expected. Out of everyone in the family, she knew best what it was like to be getting inside the Firm as a ‘newcomer.’
“Meghan was disappointed that she and Kate hadn’t bonded over the position they shared, but she wasn’t losing sleep over it,” Durand and Scobie wrote, adding that “Meghan would far rather have had Kate check in on her during the most difficult times with the press.”
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However, when the Sussexes learned of Kate’s surgery and Charles’ cancer diagnosis, they reached to them. Harry jetted to his homeland to spend time with his father. The trip to his homeland was swift, and of course, it didn’t end without controversy. The two were said to have had several “warm exchanges” during Harry’s visit, and their meeting lasted about 30 minutes. However, that Harry could possibly return to royal life was not something William was having a bar of.
“Whatever has been discussed between William and the King is private, but it is absolutely and categorically clear that he [William] would not allow Harry to return. He thought it was a bad idea at the time and he’s even more clear now,” a source shared with The Mirror.
Prince William was said to had no intentions of meeting with his brother, and as per Radar Online, Camilla wasn’t happy with the fact Harry met Charles without the Palace’s approval.
“Her Majesty was furious Harry flew in from his ritzy California home without getting palace approval — and came with an attitude,” a source is said to have told the National Enquirer.
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The same report stated that Harry asked from Camilla to leave the room because he wanted to talk to his father in private. “I’m told Camilla was outraged,” the source went on. “She’s taken a lot of bile from Harry for years and couldn’t wait to let him have it.”
The source continued: “Camilla has taken it all on the chin, but using her husband’s cancer as a ‘loving son’ PR stunt was the last straw. After the father-son reunion, I hear she told Harry he’s a disgrace to his father, the family, and the monarchy – and she left no doubt he isn’t wanted back!”
According to royal author Lady C (Lady Colin Campbell) the Harry and Meghan feud actually has brought King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William, and Kate Middleton closer together.
She stated that the four senior royals are “almost a unit,” adding that they “function in keeping with the best interest” of each other and not only the monarchy.
“Because they’re all very decent, family orientated, and loving people who want everything to go as well as it can. They’re very positive, the four of them. All this adversity, not only the health issues, but all of the problems with Harry and Meghan has brought them all together,” Lady C said.
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Further, she claimed that the chances of King Charles asking from the Sussexes to return to their royal duties are nonexistent.
Moreover, Lady C claimed that Harry and Meghan don’t regret leaving royal life.
“I don’t think Meghan is capable of regret, she isn’t Kate. Her personality type is not that of somebody who learns from their mistake, and she blames everybody else for her errors;” Lady C said on GB News.
“She’s tried every trick in the book to keep herself absolved of all responsibility. I’ve been told that she is enraged by the situation because no matter what she does, it flops. No matter what Catherine does, even when she does nothing, it succeeds. And I mean, that’s infuriating for her personal life.”
“You see, it was it wasn’t only about the position, it was about the money,” she concluded. “Meghan came into the Royal Family with the expectation that she would be able to milk those udders and that she was going to be able to end up having a billionaire lifestyle.”
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A California woman named Lauren Wasser is sharing her life story in order to prevent other women to go through the ordeal she has gone through all because of a common product.
Back in 2012, this model went to the hospital because she experienced flu like symptoms that wouldn’t go away. Sadly, once doctors ran tests, they determined that it wasn’t flu that caused Lauren discomfort but toxic shock syndrome caused by bacterial toxins.
It was determined that the cause which led to the infection was a tampon. If left for long hours, tampons can cause this infection which leads to a toxic shock syndrome or TTS.
Sadly, Lauren was in coma for over a week and doctors were forced to amputate her leg because of the infection upon awakening. At the time, she was only 24 years old.
Ever since this tragic event, Lauren made it her goal to raise awareness and fighting a legal battle against Kotex Natural Balance, the brand of tampons that caused her to react so severely.
In a few months, I’m inevitably going to have my other leg amputated. There’s nothing I can do about it. But what I can do is help make sure that this doesn’t happen to others,” Lauren tells The Daily Mail.
“Considering that the vagi**a is the most absorbent part of a woman’s body and is a gateway to many of our vital organs, it is crucial that consumers know the reality of what could happen to them,” she writes in InStyle.
Following the second amputation, Lauren posed alongside Paralympic athlete Amy Purdy, who also had her legs amputated.
“Life is about to be so different, again! I’m in great spirits though and ready for my next chapter. ???♀️??♂️ // photo by my love @camraface,” she wrote in the caption.
We are cheering for Lauren who is determined to live her life to the fullest regardless of the obstacles and the pain she was forced to go through.
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