Most people would gladly change certain things about their faces or bodies. And today, with the plastic surgeries and the number of available procedures, enhancing the physical appearance seems as easy as one-two-three. All one needs is enough money to be able to afford those ‘guilty pleasures.’
A man named Felipe Maximo would spend hours dressing up as the ultimate male, Barbie’s boyfriend, Ken. Of course, with his perfect tan and teeth, and his sculptured body, this doll is a world away from ordinary men, yet, there are those who long to achieve his looks and resemble human dolls.
Source: Newsflash
Maximo was so obsessed with Ken that he even planned on undergoing a number of surgeries just to get that glammed up look. The number of procedures he had on his mind were 42. This Brazilian wanted to have his ribs removed among the rest.
Luckily, he didn’t have any as his world suddenly flipped over when he was offered a job position in the construction industry.
At the time he started dressing as Ken, Maximo was going through a tough time. According to him, he wasn’t attractive and his schoolmates called him “little” and “ugly,” which affected his self-esteem in the most negative way. So, pretending to be the life version of Ken, he felt more self-confident and ‘cool.’
Source: Newsflash
However, after getting out there into the real world, he no longer felt the urge to hide behind the character of the doll.
“With all the difficulty to work and urgently needing a job, I ended up taking advantage of the opportunity they could give me. I already had a slight experience (in the role) so it worked out.
“Not only am I proud of my work, but I also like to be on the job.”
He suddenly learned how to love himself for who he is and embraced his natural looks.
Source: Newsflash
Speaking to Fabulous, he shared, “I feel free and blessed for not getting plastic surgery, it feels like I’ve got a second chance at life and have woken up to what is really important.
“I can’t deny that dressing like a doll empowered me at that time and I have no regrets because it helped me to learn to love myself.”
“I identify with Ken a lot, he has good and healthy male habits like taking care of himself, working out and looking after his appearance.
“Now I’m working in construction and I am well accepted there, I have never been to the building site dressed as Ken and never will, I don’t need to anymore.”
We are happy Maximo didn’t need any surgeries in order to figure out he looks handsome the way he is.
Please SHARE this story with your family and friends on Facebook.
Vast majority of people, with an exception of a handful of humans, have regrets. The truth is that this is a universal emotion and no matter how perfect our lives seem to be, there are always things we wished to have done the other way.
Each day that is given to us to live through is a gift and we should do all in our power to make the best out of it. We need to learn to cherish every single moment and try not to take things for granted. Unfortunately, we understand this when it is way too late to change anything.
A post shared by a young man diagnosed with cancer is so inspiring that it went viral very quickly and many say it’s an eye opener that reminds us to take our time and think about the way we want to live our life.
The man goes by the name mylasttie, and posted his life story on Reddit. He hoped someone would read it, not knowing that it would touch many people’s hearts.
This is what he wrote:
“I am only 24 years old, yet I have actually already chosen my last tie. It’s the one that I will wear on my funeral a few months from now. It may not match my suit, but I think it’s perfect for the occasion.
“The cancer diagnosis came too late to give me at least a tenuous hope for a long life, but I realized that the most important thing about death is to ensure that you leave this world a little better than it was before you existed with your contributions. The way I’ve lived my life so far, my existence or more precisely the loss of it, will not matter because I have lived without doing anything impactful.
“Before, there were so many things that occupied my mind. When I learned how much time I had left, however, it became clear which things are really important. So, I am writing to you for a selfish reason. I want to give meaning to my life by sharing with you what I have realized:
“1. Don’t waste your time on work that you don’t enjoy. It is obvious that you cannot succeed in something that you don’t like. Patience, passion, and dedication come easily only when you love what you do.
“2. It’s stupid to be afraid of others’ opinions. Fear weakens and paralyzes you. If you let it, it can grow worse and worse every day until there is nothing left of you, but a shell of yourself. Listen to your inner voice and go with it. Some people may call you crazy, but some may even think you‘re a legend.
“3. Take control of your life Take full responsibility for the things that happen to you. Limit bad habits and try to lead a healthier life. Find a sport that makes you happy. Most of all, don’t procrastinate. Let your life be shaped by decisions you made, not by the ones you didn’t.
“4. Appreciate the people around you Your friends and relatives will always be an infinite source of strength and love. That is why you shouldn’t take them for granted.
“It is difficult for me to fully express my feelings about the importance of these simple realizations, but I hope that you will listen to someone who has experienced how valuable time is.
“I’m not upset because I understand that the last days of my life have become meaningful. I only regret that I will not be able to see a lot of cool stuff that should happen soon like the creation of AI, or Elon Musk’s next awesome project. I also hope that the war in Syria and Ukraine will end soon.
“We care so much about the health and integrity of our body that until death, we don’t notice that the body is nothing more than a box – a parcel for delivering our personality, thoughts, beliefs and intentions to this world. If there is nothing in this box that can change the world, then it doesn’t matter if it disappears. I believe that we all have potential, but it also takes a lot of courage to realize it.
“You can float through a life created by circumstances, missing day after day, hour after hour. Or, you can fight for what you believe in and write the great story of your life. I hope you will make the right choice.
“Leave a mark in this world. Have a meaningful life, whatever definition it has for you. Go towards it. The place we are leaving is a beautiful playground, where everything is possible. Yet, we are not here forever. Our life is a short spark in this beautiful little planet that flies with incredible speed to the endless darkness of the unknown universe. So, enjoy your time here with passion. Make it interesting. Make it count!
Thank you!”
Please SHARE this story with your family and friends on Facebook.
Being beautiful beyond words and conquering the world of modeling and film, Pamela Anderson seemed to have it all, yet her private life has been quite tumultuous over the years.
Her road to stardom started in what many would dub a serendipitous way. She attended a British Columbia Lions Football game when she was accidentally featured on the screen while wearing a Labatt’s Beer T-shirt. It didn’t take long before the brewing company hired her briefly as a spokesmodel.
Commercials followed and she soon turned into a famous name in her native Canada. Anderson was eager to conquer the States and pursue a modeling career, and not only she became an icon in the modeling industry, but she still holds the record of gracing the most Playboy covers ever.
Shutterstock
In 1991, she made her debut in the TV series Home Improvement which later helped her land the part of a lifetime as C.J Parker on Baywatch.
“I loved the series Baywatch. It was organic and we all really loved the beach and loved working on the show,” Anderson told Hello Magazine.
“So many memories. I brought my dog to work every day. We all would have been on the beach anyway, so getting paid for it was a bonus.”
Actress Pamela Anderson wearing swimsuit on Catalina Island,California during filming of TV series Baywatch in October 1992.
As her career took off, Anderson got involved in an on-again, off-again relationship with Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee. The two tied the knot in 1995, shortly after meeting for the first time. Things between them, however, were troublesome, although they had two sons together, Brandon Thomas Lee, who is now an actor, and Dylan Jagger Lee, who followed into his dad’s footsteps and pursued career in music.
Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee (Photo by S. Granitz/WireImage)
In 1998, she accused Lee of beating her and he spent four months in prison. Eight years after divorcing Lee, Anderson got married to Kid Rock, but they split in 2007, a year before she and Lee got back together. This time, it didn’t work either so they called it quits in 2010.
In the meantime, while battling a harsh custody battle with her ex, Anderson was diagnosed with Hepatitis C, “a serious [liver] disease that can result in long-term health problems, even death.”
She claimed she contracted the disease from Lee when sharing a tattoo needle and accused him of not telling her he was sick during their marriage.
“They said I would die in 10 years,” Anderson told ABC. “When someone tells you something like that you kind of act differently subconsciously.”
She, however, beat the odds and was cured back in 2015 after living with the infection for 15 years. “I feel like I got back 20 years back of my life,” Anderson said.
Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage
Anderson went on to marry Rick Salomon, twice, John Peters, allegedly, and Dan Hayhurst, with whom she untied the knot this year.
Today, Anderson is running a foundation, the Pamela Anderson Foundation, which supports organizations and individuals that stand on the front lines in the protection of human, animal, and environmental rights, as per its website.
Brenda Chase Online USA Inc
In 2020, Anderson teamed up with Vancouver Island’s plant-based protein producer, The Very Good Food Company, to raise awareness around plant-based diets and animal rights.
“It is a thrill to have my Foundation associated with a butcher: a 21st-century butcher who uses technology to create plant foods that help animals, human health, and our planet,” Anderson said.
“I call it romantic activism. Combining businesses that are sexy and compassionate.”
Pamela Anderson poses backstage during the opening night of her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the musical “Chicago” on Broadway at the Ambassador Theatre on April 12, 2022 in New York City. (Getty Images)
Being 55, Pamela Anderson looks absolutely gorgeous. One thing about her is certain, that she ages gracefully.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook if you are a fan.
Tara Lyons and Daniel O’Sullivan of Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, were over the moon when their baby girl Sofia was welcomed into the world. Having a son already, their family seemed complete with Sofia’s arrival.
The little girl reached all the milestones and was a happy and healthy baby. Or at least they thought so.
When she reached a year old, Sofia was already able to express her bubbly personality. She enjoyed watching Moana and would laugh with her favorite characters while she made silly faces to the rest of them.
Her mom said “Even though some people don’t think they have personalities at that age, she really did – she was so funny and cheeky and sassy.”
When she turned a year and a half, Sofia could already crawl, then walk, and she could even utter many words. Simply put, she made her family’s world a better place.
Little Sofia even had her own room with grey mountains painted on the walls, a pile of books, and a stack of pink and leopard print cushions and blankets. She was loved and adored by everyone who has ever met her.
One day, Sofia seemed to be acting a bit odd. She didn’t want her toast and she could barely open her eyes. It appeared she had a cold as she had the sniffs. Sensing that something could be wrong, her parents took her to the hospital where doctors ran a bunch of tests.
Unfortunately, Tara and Daniel received some heart-shattering news. Sofia was diagnosed with Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM), a rare brain condition characterized by an abnormal connection between the arteries and veins, disrupting blood circulation.
Before that particular moment, Sofia seemed perfectly fine. Nothing about her health or behavior spoke trouble, so they never assumed she could be sick.
Doctors did all in their power to help her, but to no avail. Just six days after she was admitted to the Great Osmond Street Hospital in London, Sofia’s life support was switched off.
“All I could hear as I held Sofia was Frozen’s Let it Go in the background and I’m not sure what it was, but I looked at Dan and we knew it was time. It broke my heart,” Tara said.
Now that their beautiful angel was gone forever, devastated Tara and Daniel needed to gather strength to share the tragic news with their son Leo. How could they tell him that his little sister passed away?
“I walked in to the hospital with my one and a half year old, and left with a box of memories,” heartbroken Tara said.
In order to honor her daughter’s short but meaningful life, Tara contacted Bloodhound Books, where she worked as a publisher. She truly wanted to do something meaningful, and they agreed to step in, so the book titled Written in the Stars that got published on what supposed to be Sofia’s third birthday had a beautiful cover honoring the beautiful girl’s life.
“The cover of the book has a little girl reaching for the stars and it looks like Sofia, in such a gentle and sweet way that was just like her.”
This mother wants her daughter to be remembered as a beautiful, Moana-loving girl who made their lives a bit brighter.
Rest in peace, little angel.
Please SHARE this touching story with your family and friends on Facebook.
Missing Athens, Georgia, woman named Debbie Collier has been found dead after she sent money and a chilling text message to her daughter.
“They are not going to let me go, love you,” the message reportedly read after her daughter received $2,385 from her mother via Venmo.
The police report on the search of Debbie reveals new details on the discovery of her body, which was reportedly found naked and burnt on the side of a road around 60 miles north of her home.
A wrecker service took the car to the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office.
According to her daughter, Debbie left her home with only her driver’s license and a debit card, in a rented SUV which was found unlocked and empty when the search of the woods around the highway began. After officers found “what appeared to be the remains of a fire,” they then discovered a “partially burnt” tarp, before discovering Debbie’s body.
The vehicle was tracked down thanks to the in-built SiriusXM satellite radio.
Authorities have confirmed that the body found over the weekend in Habersham County is that of Debbie Collier. Family members reported the 59-year-old Athens woman missing on September 10. Her body was found less than 24 hours later. https://t.co/IIQyem6vrr via @nowhabershampic.twitter.com/Bb3xupqiq5
Currently, the police are handling the case as a homicide, which may be a result of kidnapping, according to the missing person’s report filed by Debbie’s daughter, Amanda Bearden.
Local WXIA-TV reports Debbie was the front office manager for years at Carriage House Realty. She was described as a loving and caring person. According to Amanda, her mother never experienced any mental issues nor ever showed any suicidal tendencies. On the contrary, she was a perfectly healthy individual.
Before her disappearance, Debbie was seen entering a Family Dollar a few miles away the crime scene, as confirmed by FOX News, on September 11, the day she was reported missing.
Speaking with CBS46 on Wednesday, Amanda said, “My mom was my everything. Somebody took my whole world from me.” She described her late mother as a “beautiful, kind, giving woman” who “didn’t deserve any of it.”
So far, no arrests have been made.
Please SHARE this story with your family and friends on Facebook to share your condolences.
We know all to well how dogs would go above and beyond for their humans, but many times, humans go an extra mile for our furry friends as well.
Amanada and Dylan, animal lovers, heard of a dog that was likely abandoned in the mountains of Evan’s Creek. Without hesitating even a bit, the two headed to the place where the dog named Bear was believed to be residing. What they had on their mind was to take him with them and offer him a chance to start his life over. But, no matter how great that sounded, putting their plan into action wasn’t that easy.
Twitter / Life with dogs
Bear was scared of humans and wouldn’t let anyone approach closer. So after many failed attempts to get near him, Amanda came with a plan B.
Facebook/Lost & Found Pets Wa State
Namely, she told Dylan how the two would go to the woods the next day and she would lay on the ground pretending to be dead. Knowing dogs’ friendly nature, she was certain Bear would approach her himself to check whether she needs help.
Facebook/Lost & Found Pets Wa State
Amazingly, some time later, Bear did get close and started sniffing Amanda. He spent some time around her and then headed back among the trees.
Amanda didn’t give up. She knew Bear would soon come back to her, and that’s exactly what happened. After an hour later, Bear approached again, but this time he wasn’t planning on leaving Amanda’s side.
She gained his trust, and it was the beginning of Bear’s new life.
lostfoundpetswastate.com
In the next moment, Amanda, Dylan, and Bear were all inside the vehicle and headed to the vet’s.
After the check-up, Bear was taken in by the organization Lost & Found Pets, Washington, who tried locating Bear’s owner. However, as that didn’t happen, Bear was put up for adoption.
It wasn’t long until he found his forever home. Bear’s life changed for the better all thanks to Amanda and her friend Dylan.
Facebook / Άνθρωπος και Σκύλος
If this lovely story warmed your heart, please SHARE it with your family and friends on Facebook.
What is the true meaning of bravery? Is it one’s ability to confront frightening things, or is it the courage to stay strong even when you know the end is near and the battle you fought so hard is lost?
For one 16-year-old girl, being brave meant staying strong for her father who never left her side during the toughest of times.
The following story was shared by a man named Tom Mitchell.
This devoted father recalled his girl telling him she wasn’t feeling fine and asking to be taken to the doctor’s as she believed she had sinus infection.
“Sure baby, I’ll pick you up after school tomorrow. We’ll grab some dinner afterwards if you want,” he answered.
The two did have dinner together the following day, but not at their favorite restaurant. Instead, they could barely swallow the food at the pediatric oncology unit of Fairfax Hospital. That meal was one of more than 450 these father and daughter would have there together, and the hundreds more in the years that followed.
His girl didn’t have sinus infection but a huge tumor that spread to her lungs and caused one to collapse.
The struggle was real. They were well aware that things wouldn’t be easy, but they were determined to fight together.
Shayla was diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkin’s disease.
Tom bought two sterling silver ‘feather’ bracelets and put one of each on their wrists as he tried to explain what it meant to be brave and endure the challenges and the obstacles life put ahead of them.
He then promised three things, that he would wear the bracelet until Shayla was cancer free, that he would stay at the hospital every single night, and that he would remain strong as long as she did.
Shayla’s battle with cancer lasted for years, each of which filled with chemotherapy, pain killers, radiation, blood transfusions, more pain killers, more medicine. All this was way too much for her body to handle so her heart became weak and she was in need of defibrillator which was soon installed inside her chest.
One day, as Shayla was getting ready for a chemo treatment, she suddenly started yelling, “Help me Dad! IT’S SHOCKING ME! …IT’S SHOCKING ME!”
Tom went on to explain what had happened. “I pulled her close and held her as tight as I could. It shocked her AGAIN and nearly blew her out of my arms. But I refused to let go. I just held her as tightly as I could and just like that. it stopped shocking her as quickly as it had started, and we rushed to the hospital.”
It turned out that the manufacturer of the device was forced to pull back thousands of them due to malfunction, and one of them happened to be the one inside Shayla’s chest.
What followed were more chemo treatments, more blood transfusions, one failed bone marrow transplant, and many painful sleepless nights. But Shayla never even thought of giving up, not until the very end.
“How in the world was I supposed to have this conversation with my darling daughter? How in the world was I going to be brave enough to tell my daughter she was going to die? I once heard a quote that sort of sums things up for me. “Can a man still be brave if he is afraid? … That is the only time he CAN be brave.” I knew I had to be brave for HER! I did of course have that conversation with her, and as unbelievable as this may sound it turned out to be the most amazing, beautiful, magical, wonderful conversation I’ve ever had in my entire life, and one that I hope you NEVER EVER have to have…” Tom shared.
“Am I still brave Dad?,” she whispered softly in his ear.
He then looked straight into her eyes and saw inside her soul. He knew she was very tired of fighting, that she couldn’t do it any longer, but he then realized something that sent chills down his spine. She wasn’t brave for herself, she was brave for him!
Unfortunately, Shayla died a few days later, but her dad will never forget her bravery and her strength.
Rest in peace, Shayla.
Please SHARE this touching story with your family and friends on Facebook.
Being born into a royal family means being under the spotlight your entire life. Every move these people make is of great interest to the public and as a result, they have to learn how to live with the pressure by the media they experience on a daily basis.
The British royals have further caught the attention of people from every corner of the planet after the much-loved Prince Harry tied the knot with former Suits actress Meghan Markle.
Their relationship started as a blind date during which they clicked, and the rest is history.
Shutterstock
He always tended to live much simpler life, and that is probably closely related to losing his mother, Princess Diana, when he was just a 12-year-old boy. Harry accused the paparazzi of what his mother had to go through each and every day, and many believe her death was a result of the pressure on her by the media.
One of the reasons why he and Meghan decided to step down from their royal duties was exactly that, to avoid “history repeating itself,” as the prince told Oprah during the interview watched by millions.
Source: Instagram/ princeharryofengland
“I can safely say that losing my mum at the age of 12, and therefore shutting down all of my emotions for the last 20 years, has had a quite serious effect on not only my personal life but my work as well,” Harry told the Daily Telegraph.
“I have probably been very close to a complete breakdown on numerous occasions when all sorts of grief and all sorts of lies and misconceptions and everything are coming to you from every angle.”
Both William and Prince Harry attended Wetherby School in London, and later studied at Eton College. Harry, however, took a gap year and went to Australia to work at a sheep farm. He was also part of the military.
Source: Instagram/ princeharryofengland
Currently, Harry, Meghan, and their children live in The States. However, no matter their decision to split with the Royals, Queen Elizabeth released a statement saying that The Sussexes “remain much loved members.”
When it comes to Harry’s relationship with his brother, the two have always been really close. Or, at least until Harry tied the knot. During the bombshell interview, Harry confirmed they haven’t spoken in a while, but plan to.
Shutterstock
Harry has also been close to William’s wife, Kate Middleton. Recently, his nickname for the Duchess came to light. Ok Magazine wrote how the prince calls his sister-in-law “Cath.”
During an interview with BBC Radio 1, the host asked Kate: “Is this a thing just in the family?” referring to what Harry calls her. “Yeah, I’m not sure,” the Duchess answered. “I’m not that familiar with it I have to say, but I’ll answer to most things to be honest.”
Kate Middleton and Prince Harry first met and got introduced in 2003 at Highgrove. The Duke of Sussex was around when his brother, Prince William, invited Kate Middleton to meet his father at Prince Charles’s family house.
“I actually went bright red when I met [him] and scuttled off feeling very shy about meeting [him],” Kate admitted, adding, “William wasn’t there for quite a bit of the time initially, he wasn’t there from Fresher’s Week, so it did take a bit of time for us to get to know each other, but we did become very close friends from quite early on.”
Shutterstock
According to royal author Christopher Andersen, when Harry and Kate first met and she looked away for a moment, he said, “Oh my God, she is gorgeous!”
Truth is that Prince Harry and Kate Middleton got along from the start. A University friend of Prince William and Kate, Jules Knight, said: ”Kate and Harry got on like they’d known each other forever.” She added that two shared a playful bond. “They were always full of fun when they were together. They were joking around all the time – always trying to find ways to make each other laugh,” Knight said.
Harry often visited his brother and sister-in-law at Kensington Palace, where she was happy to cook Harry’s favorite dish, roasted chicken. Kate filled a hole in Harry’s heart, one that opened ever since his mom’s passing. He considered her his sister and even a mother figure at times.
Getty Images for Royal Foundation
During their younger days, when William and Kate took some time off and he reportedly dated other women, among which Becca Craig whom he met during a trip to Kenya. However, it was Harry as well as Prince Charles who insisted William not to give Becca any false expectations and get together with Kate.
We hope that despite everything that has happened between the royals during the last couple of years, they will be able to smooth things down between them and their relationship will be as steady as back in the day.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
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 capture 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.”
Shutterstock/ITS
Queen Elizabeth herself not only wasn’t happy because of the affair but she was mad and believed Charles’ act affected the monarchy’s reputation.
Rumors were that Charles asked his mother to “soften her antagonism so he could live openly with Camilla,” as reported by author and journalist Tom Bower. The confrontation, however, didn’t go as planned. Although the Queen rarely interfered, she did have a lot to say this time. “But on that evening she’d had several martinis, and to Charles’ surprise, she replied forcefully: she would not condone his adultery, nor forgive Camilla for not leaving Charles alone to allow his marriage to recover. [Queen Elizabeth] vented her anger that he had lied about his relationship with what she called ‘that wicked woman,’ and added: ‘I want nothing to do with her,’” Bower said.
Charles, however, was determined to proceed with the relationship, and he and Camilla tied the knot in 2005, around 30 years after they first met during a polo match.
Shutterstock/360b
Over the years, Camilla showed she truly cared for Charles and the royal family. She got involved in a number of charities and people realized she was a loving person. Her reputation started improving and she and the Queen got along pretty well.
At the time Camilla and Charles married, the Palace announced she would become Princess Consort. This, however, changed shortly after Queen Elizabeth celebrated her Platinum Jubilee. In a sincere and emotional speech, late Queen Elizabeth said, “And when, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes King, I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have given me, and it is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service.”
Following Her Majesty’s passing on September 8, 2022, Camilla said of her mother-in-law, “There weren’t women prime ministers or women presidents, she was the only one, so I think she carved her own role.
“She’s been part of our lives forever. I’m 75 now and I can’t remember anyone except the Queen being there.”
Shutterstock/James Pearce
Grant Harrold, former butler to King Charles, spoke to Insider and said that people should finally let go of Princess Diana and embrace Camilla as their Queen Consort.
“There are always going to be people who love Diana — that’s not going to change,” he said. “In reality, how many people in this country have affairs? How many marriages break down?
“It’s tricky when people judge and point fingers, but I don’t think people should judge others… It’s their private life, things happened whether right or wrong. But it was the right decision for all of them and we have to close the door on it.”
Shutterstock/ChrisGhinda
Deborah Mitchell, Camilla’s facialist, spoke dearly of the Queen Consort as well, and she’s not the only person who has praised King Charles’ wife for being a kind and loving person.
“I was a real Diana fan until I met the duchess, I really was,” Mitchell told Insider in 2020.
“I wasn’t expecting that she would be absolutely lovely in real life. She’s a very thoughtful person, she’s very much for women’s rights, and when she does any charity work, she does it because she wants to. Not because she has to, or for the fame. She doesn’t do anything for any other reason than that it’s the right thing to do,” she added.
Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
Just before the Queen’s funeral, it was reported by people close to the family that Camilla broke her toe during the Scotland, Wale, and Northern Ireland UK tour.
“She is in quite a lot of pain but she is just getting on with it. It is unfortunate timing to say the least but she’s been an absolute trouper,” a source told The Telegraph.
A spokesman for the King said they won’t be making any comments on health issues.
Even with a broken toe, Camilla proceeded with the royal duties, which meant standing long hours before and during the Queen’s funeral. On Saturday, two days after the Queen’s passing, she was standing up for an hour-long ceremony at St James’s Palace in London, and on Monday, she appeared at the service and vigil at St Giles’s Cathedral in Edinburgh.
On Tuesday, she continued with another walkabout in Northern Ireland and later returned to Buckingham Palace when they awaited the arrival of Her Majesty’s coffin return to London.
We wish Camilla a quick recovery.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
Nicole Bass’ personality was described as larger than life by pretty much everyone who has ever met her.
Being 6’2 and weighing 240 pounds of pure muscle, this woman became a bodybuilding sensation, but that wasn’t the only world she conquered.
Although her career in professional wresting was short-lived, she did left an everlasting impression because not many people have ever seen a woman her size. Over the years, Nicole gained fame for her appearances on The Howard Stern Show, which opened many doors for her with regards to her career as a wrestler. People loved her for her humor, which was self-deprecating. One thing she loved was make people laugh, and she was quite good at it. At one point, she even dubbed herself the “biggest, heaviest, tallest and strongest” woman in the world.
Facebook / Nicole Bass
Nicole’s stint at WWE began with a debut at WrestleMania 15, a planetary popular pro-wrestling event.
However, as everyone expected Nicole to rise to stardom and pursue a long career, she was sacked from the company after just a couple of months, which resulted in a lawsuit. She wanted $120 million, claiming that her contract had been wrongly terminated. The trial sort of turned into a circus and eventually, Bass’ case was dismissed by a New York City jury in 2002.
WWE Attorney Jerry McDewitt made some harsh remarks after the trial was over. “Nicole Bass’ case was a bunch of filmsy garbage, just a shakedown. She wanted money from a company that she thought would roll over and pay it. She was wrong,” he said in 2002.
She on the other hand saw the trial as a victory, although the outcome wasn’t in her favor. “I stood up for women. I stood up to a huge corporation. I stuck to my guns. It was very much an ordeal for me, to have to go through this process,” she told PW Torch.
Besides being a regular on Howard Stern Show, Bass also worked as an actress. She appeared in Private Parts, the autobiographical story of Howard Stern, The Bold and the Beautiful and General Hospital.
However, after leaving the wresting scene, she sort of vanished from the limelight and worked regular jobs out of the reach of the public eye.
Ever since 1985, Bass was married to Richard “Bob” Fuchs. They stayed together until his tragic passing in 2013. He was 64 at the time and died in his sleep. Bass was quite younger than him and she took care of him during the last years of his life. His death was something Bass couldn’t get over for a long period of time.
Eventually, she started dating her business partner, Kristen Marrone.
In mid-February, her name emerged in the news once again as media reported she was found unconscious in her apartment. She was then rushed to the hospital, but there was nothing that could be done. Following a heart attack, Bass was pronounced brain dead. She passed away on February 17, 2017 at the age of 52 after she was taken off life support.
”A few days ago Nicole got very sick. She was brought into the hospital and they did everything they could to help her. I have been sitting here with her in the room 24/7 since she got here making sure she was being given the best possible care. Today we learned that there is nothing else that can be done. Nicole was an amazing woman. Strong not only on the outside but inside as well. Beautiful soul and kind heart. Many people knew Nicole but few ever got close enough to know the REAL woman that she was. I got to be one of the lucky few. Not only was she my soul mate and my girlfriend but she was my best friend, my teacher and my business partner. I learned many valuable things from her and created many beautiful memories in the time we had together,” her partner shared on Facebook.
Nicole Bass was such a strong woman, both inside and out.
Please SHARE this story with your family and friends on facebook.
Traveling to distant places and experiencing different cultures is a way of life for many people. Each of these traveling journeys they embark on leads to unique experiences that enrich the soul.
One man who loved traveling and camping stumbled upon his grandparents’ camper which was garaged for many years. The man had no idea the caravan even existed. Looking at it, being parked inside the old garage, felt like a dream come true.
He couldn’t wait to see what the vehicle looked like on the inside, although he didn’t expect much knowing that it wasn’t used in decades.
When he turned on the lights, he was left in a complete shock. Everything was perfectly preserved and neat.
The caravan was decorated in a style that is reminiscent of a room from the 1950s. Not only it was fully equipped, the trailer offered a sense of coziness and resembled a piece of history offering strange nostalgic feeling for the past times.
It did need some adjustments on the outside, but still, the level to which it was preserved was stunning.
It looks like that this man’s grandpa made sure that the interior was always kept tidy and that the caravan was prepared to set out at any time.
We wish the lucky man many beautiful trips with this awesome caravan.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook to see what they think of this comfy vehicle.
For most, flying is a nice experience linked with exciting vacations. Unfortunately, not everybody sees it that way.
Working as a flight attendant for years, Shelia Fredrick is used to complicated situations with passengers. Still, she never expected to see anything life-changing. But on the flight from Seattle to San Francisco, she did.
When on the plane, she noticed something particularly odd- a blonde girl in shabby clothes sitting next to an elderly man in nice clothes. Passing them, Shelia noticed the look the girl gave her. She felt the girl’s look pierce her deep giving her a sense of urgency.
“I had a pretty odd impression of this girl. I sensed that there was a problem. The fact that the girl was so badly dressed in comparison to the male was the first indication.” Too much of a difference, Sheila thought to herself.
She decided to try and talk to the man, but he became very defensive. Shelia started to think something was up.
“At first, I sensed that something was off. He was much more mature than the girl sitting next to him, and he reacted violently to any movement around him. I’m happy I was able to intervene quickly and save a life.”
After a little while, she went to the bathroom and placed a pen and paper there. She hoped the girl would use these if she needed help.
Passing the girl again, Shelia signaled her to go to the toilet. The girl got up and went to the toilet.
Sheila returned to discover a note that read, “I need help.”
She called authorities immediately. Upon the planes landing, police were ready to catch the man.
They found out this 14-year-old girl was a victim of human trafficking. She was kidnapped only two months before.
Retired flight attendant Nancy Rivard started the Airline Ambassadors International organization. They train attendants on how to see signs of human trafficking.
After Shelia discovered this girl, she received training from them to help her see it clearer in the future.
Please SHARE this story with your family and friends on Facebook.
Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria welcomed baby number seven on September 22, and the proud mom was quick to share the news with her followers.
“She’s here! We are so excited to introduce you to our tiny dream come true,” Hilaria wrote and shared a video which shows the baby’s siblings meeting her for the first time ever.
Along with the happy news, Hilaria also shared the baby’s name, and it caused controversy.
Why, you may ask. Well, Hilaria has been under scrutiny recently as a video of her showed her dropping her Spanish accent. Allegedly, she wasn’t sincere when representing herself as a Spaniard. She claimed she was born and raised in Mallorka, Spain, and only moved to the States at the age of 19 to attend university, which might not be entirely true as people claim she attended school with them in the US way before she reached that age.
“You have to admire Hilaria Baldwin’s commitment to her decade-long grift where she impersonates a Spanish person,” tweeted user @lenirbriscoe, before sharing clips of Hilaria speaking of married life with a marked Spanish accent and apparently forgetting, on a cooking show, the English word for cucumber.
“This woman grew up in Massachusetts,” the user added.
Having said this, people got mad when they learned the youngest Baldwin was given a Spanish name, Ilaria Catalina Irena Baldwin, just like those of her siblings.
“Her blatant trying to be Spanish is really quite irritating, why is it okay? Why does she keep trying? Have they really let it go to their heads that much,” someone wrote. The name Ilaria is actually Italian for “Hilary” and means cheerful.
During her pregnancy, Hilaria shared plenty of photos and updates with her social media followers.
Speaking what it feels like to be a mom of seven, Hilaria shared, “When people ask or comment, we often go to silly and very self-deprecating jokes on my part. I love to laugh at myself—so it’s all good…keeps me sane.”
She then added, “All jokes aside, however, I am grateful for this experience. I know too well the joys and the losses, the beauty and the heartache, that motherhood brings. I have learned to respect and embrace the wonderful, the hard, the uncomfortable, the magical, and the unknown of this incredible process I am so blessed to experience again and again.”
Getting the right car is the ultimate goal for many people. The truth is that choosing the vehicle that suits your needs best isn’t an easy task. For some people, owning a nice car is a sign of prestige. The same goes for vanity plates, or customized plates that spread certain message. Others, however, are happy with any combination of letters and numbers they randomly get.
However, even if you are ready to pay for such a plate, that doesn’t mean you can have anything written on it.
As per the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), if someone already owns the plate that you like, your request would be denied. The same thing happens if you ask for a customized license plate with something specific that is considered offensive.
Matt Pacenza, a teacher of English who resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, noticed a vanity license plate that he thought was extremely offensive.
Speaking to the The Salt Lake Tribune, he said, “It jumped out at me because of how aggressive and confrontational and political the message was. I’m used to personalized plates being whimsical or playful or personal: GOUTES or DOGMAMA or SKILOVE or something. This felt significantly different.”
After snapping a photo of it, Matt posted it on Facebook and Twitter with the caption, “Hey @utahdld, how does this plate I just saw not violate your guidelines?”
Needless to say, reading the word DEPORTM on that person’s plate left many others confused as well. They agreed that what was written there was inappropriate. Among those who reacted on Matt’s photo was Senator Daniel Thatcher who assured everyone that he had contacted DLD and was waiting for a response.
Thank you for highlighting this. I’ve reached out to DLD. I’ll let you know when I have an answer.
In a follow-up tweet, he further explained why he thought the license plate shouldn’t have been approved.
Tax commission is aware and investigating.
For clarification; A private citizen has a first amendment right to say offensive things. The State does not, and has rules about license plates. I believe those rules have been violated here.
His then updated the situation and explained that the DMV was reviewing the issue and that based on the DMV’s guidelines for license plates, the plate should be recalled.
Apparently, the vanity was approved back in 2015 and Tammy Kikuchi, a spokesperson for the Utah Tax Commission which oversees the DMV in Utah, they didn’t now why it was approved and how it got through.
What are your thoughts on this? Please SHARE this with your family and friends on Facebook to see what they think.
The moment Princess Diana and Prince Charles got engaged back in 1981, they instantly became one of the most famous and most powerful couples. Many women wanted to be in Diana’s place, not knowing that the relationship and the marriage were doomed from the start, and the future King was to be blamed for that.
Diana didn’t have it easy. She was constantly followed by the press who were paying huge money for grainy photos of her. Eventually, her sons, especially Harry, blamed the tabloids for his mother’s death. On the night of the accident in which Diana was killed, she was reportedly running away from the paparazzi. Speaking of the negative impact the press had on Diana, Harry confessed recently that he himself considered leaving his family in his 20s.
“Look what it did to my mum, how am I ever going to settle down and have a wife and a family when I know that it’s going to happen again,” Harry said on the podcast Armchair Expert. “I don’t want to be part of this.”
Shutterstock
People close to the late Princess, among which Diana’s astrologer, Penny Thornton, claim that the problems between Diana and Charles didn’t start when she learned he was having an affair with Camilla, who later became his wife, but way before that.
According to Thornton, Charles sent a secret note to Diana the night before the wedding, which took place on 29 July, 1981 at St Paul’s Cathedral in London and was watched by 750 million people worldwide. Allegedly, the note read: “I’m so proud of you and when you come up I’ll be there at the altar for you tomorrow. Just look ’em in the eye and knock ’em dead’”, as reported by the Express.
Youtube/InterPatheHistory
Thompson said that Diana was left devastated. “One of the most shocking things that Diana told me was that the night before the wedding Charles told her that he didn’t love her,” she said on the ITV documentary The Diana Interview: Revenge Of A Princess, as per the Mirror.
“I think Charles didn’t want to go into the wedding on a false premise. He wanted to square it with her and it was devastating for Diana.
“She didn’t want to go through with the wedding at that point, she thought about not attending the wedding.”
Shutterstock
Royal author Penny Junior also claimed that Charles was aware he wasn’t in love with his future wife, 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.
Shortly after they tied the knot, Diana and Charles welcomed their firstborn son William into the world. Sadly, during those first years of their marriage, Charles started his affair with his now current wife Camilla. Diana was perfectly aware of everything that was going on between her husband and this other woman. Camilla herself spoke of the time Diana confronted her back in 1989.
Youtube/Netflix
“I know what’s going on between you and Charles and I just want you to know that,” Camilla recalled Diana saying in a tape released by The Telegraph, as quoted by Town & Country. “[Diana] said to me: ‘You’ve got everything you ever wanted. You’ve got all the men in the world falling in love with you and you’ve got two beautiful children, what more do you want?’”
“So I said, ‘I want my husband.’ And I said, ‘I’m sorry I’m in the way and it must be hell for both of you. But I do know what’s going on. Don’t treat me like an idiot,’” Camilla explained.
Shutterstock
Despite the turbulence in her marriage, Diana was depicted by the entire world as the perfect mother to the young Princess. Letters that she wrote about her boys in March of 1985 emerged recently. One of them says: “William adores his little brother and spends the entire time swamping Harry with an endless supply of hugs and kisses, hardly letting the parents near!” as per The Sun.
Unfortunately, the much loved and adored Princess didn’t receive the affection of that one person who should have loved her the most, the father of her children.
Following her passing, Charles allegedly confessed he still loved her as she was the first woman who showed him real life, as per Diana’s friend and healer, Simone Simmons.
“Charles only realised he loved her after she died. I don’t think he realised how much he loved Diana until she was gone,” Simmons said.
“She was the first person who showed him real love.”
Rest in peace, Diana. You will never be forgotten.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
Losing a grandparent can be a huge blow for children, especially if the relationship between them was a close one, just like the one between late Queen Elizabeth and her great-grandchildren.
Besides being the ruler of the country for 70 years, the longest in the history of Britain, Her Majesty was also a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother; roles she executed to perfection, just like her reigning which helped the country go through significant changes over the years.
Shutterstock
The media reported that it was Kate Middleton who told her children about the Queen’s passing before they could hear it from someone else.
“She gently told George, Charlotte, and Louis about Elizabeth’s passing at Windsor prior to the official announcement. She wanted them to hear the tragic news directly from her to ease the blow,” a royal insider reported, as per Closer Weekly.
“Kate said that Elizabeth is in heaven with Prince Philip. There were lots of tears and hugs, naturally. The children are upset.”
While Prince George and Princess Charlotte attended the funeral, Prince Louis is way too young to understand everything that has been going on.
Shutterstock/Lwsi Cox
Mere days before the tragic event of the Queen’s passing, the children started attending Labrook School, a prestigious prep school. William and Kate made sure the siblings keep up with their normality during the sad days for the family, which included attending school normally.
School teacher Elaine Gee from Woking, England, recalled her conversation with Prince William on how he and Kate handled the situation.
“I told him how I work at a school and how it’s been a strange year celebrating the Jubilee and now it’s all changed and we are talking about this,” Gee shared with People.
“He spoke about George, Charlotte and Louis, saying that they were trying to keep some sense of continuity for them at school and keep things as normal as possible.”
Karwai Tang/WireImage
The new school has a tradition of royal pupils and aims to create “happy and thoughtful young adults who are global citizens.” There are also animals on its grounds such as chickens, bees, and pigs for the students to look after.
“We are delighted that Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis will be joining us this coming September and very much look forward to welcoming the family, as we all as all of our new pupils, to our school community,” Jonathan Perry, headmaster at Lambrook, said.
Youtube/Inside edition
Prince George is old enough to be completely aware that his father would become King one day and it looks like he’s taking advantage of his position in the line of succession.
According to the book The New Royals, author and Vanity fair royal correspondent Katie Nichol writes that Prince George has already warned some of his schoolmates to ‘watch out,’ as his father would become King one day.
“They are raising their children, particularly Prince George, with an awareness of who he is and the role he will inherit, but they are keen not to weigh them down with a sense of duty,” Nichol wrote, per Express.
“George understands he will one day be king and as a little boy sparred with friends at school, outdoing his peers with the killer line: ‘My dad will be king so you better watch out.’”
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
The relationship between certain members of the royal family remains a rocky one despite experts’ claims that there would be reconciliation following Queen Elizabeth’s passing.
The Sussexes’ decision to step down from their royal duties and leave Britain isn’t the first time controversy to arise regarding a decision made by members of the royal family. Accusations, affairs, and infidelity have been part of The Firm for a number of years, and the one which caused stir and shook the royalty to the core was the leaked affair between then-Prince Charles and now-Queen Consort Camilla.
The two got involved into an alleged relationship while they were still married to other people and Camilla was regarded as ‘the other woman’ for a number of years. Loving Lady Di meant not being able to love Camilla for a huge number of Britons. However, over the years, the public accepted both her and her role within the family.
Shutterstock/ITS
When she and Charles tied the knot back in 2005, Camilla was awarded the title of Duchess of Cornwall. It was announced by the Palace at the time that when Charles becomes King, she would be regarded Princess Consort. That, however, changed following the celebration of late Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, which marked her 70 years of reign, when Her Majesty made a decision Camilla to become Queen Consort instead.
“And when, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes King, I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have given me, and it is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service,” Queen Elizabeth said.
Just years before this decision which came as a surprise to many, Queen Elizabeth was reported to have called Camilla ‘that wicked woman,’ when Charles asked her to soften her antagonism so he could live openly with Camilla.
Shutterstock/360b
When William and Harry met Camilla fro the first time, William reportedly described the meeting as “awkward and tense.”
“I think the relationship between them all is warm now but if I’m honest, it wasn’t then. I think they found it hard,” a palace source told royal biographer Penny Junor, author of Prince William: Born to be King. “To be fair to Camilla, she never tried to be mummy but she was the ‘other woman’ and she was there and taking daddy’s time.”
Other experts claimed that initially, Harry wasn’t fond of Camilla either.
In her book The Palace Papers, royal author Tina Brown wrote that Harry “unnerved” Camilla.
“When the younger boy was eventually prevailed upon to be in the presence of Mrs Parker Bowles, he unnerved her with long silences and smouldering, resentful stares,” she quoted a courtier saying.
Shutterstock/James Pearce
The relationship between them seemed to be a normal one over the years, but as it turns out, Harry isn’t happy with her receiving the title of Queen Consort.
“William has accepted Camilla in terms of what she means to his father. He’s been grown-up about it. “My father loves this woman, I can’t fight it, so I won’t,” the Telegraph reported Brown saying.
“Harry, on the other hand, can’t stand Camilla, he doesn’t want Camilla to be Queen, he’s very angry that it’s happening. He has not made his peace with it and he probably never will.”
Other royal experts have claimed the same.
“I don’t think Harry has a great deal of warmth for her; he waxes and wanes with her,” Ingrid Seward said on the podcast Pod Save the Queen earlier this year.
“I don’t know about the recent trip, but certainly I think Harry was quite happy to accept Camilla in the beginning but then went off the boil about her and I don’t think he holds her in great respect.”
Nick Ansell – WPA Pool/Getty Images
According to royal expert Angela Levin, Camilla feels the same and she isn’t much interested in a relationship with Harry either.
“The Duchess always felt quite wary of Harry and used to see him out of the corner of her eye looking at her in a long and cold way. She found it rather unnerving. Otherwise, they got on quite well,” Levin writes in her new book Camilla: From Outcast to Queen Consort.
Further, sources close to the family say that Harry is trying to find someone to blame for his own mistakes which led to the rocky relationship between him and his brother and father, and it’s likely he would point his finger towards Camilla.
“What has happened and how [Prince Harry] has behaved has been very upsetting for her. There have been a lot of hurt feelings all round, but like all families you have to embrace it all and hope it will improve,” Levin adds.
(Indigo/Getty Images)
As they allegedly tried to sort things out, Harry and Meghan asked for a mediator at the meeting they requested with King Charles. Camilla, however, found that ridiculous and said that they were a family and needed to sort things out between themselves.
With a lot of things happening withing the royal family, we are yet to see what the new ear in the monarchy would bring for the Sussexes.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
True love is hard to find, so when you do, make sure you never let go.
That is exactly what a man named Fred Gilland did when he met his soulmate, his wife of many years, Janice.
The two had been married for 51 years before Janice passed away.
Losing his wife crashed Fred’s world. He simply couldn’t imagine spending his days without his love by his side. But he made a promise that he would never leave her side, not until the day he dies. Today, 10 years after losing her, Fred still visits Janice’s grave every single day.
He spends certain amount of time there, and he does it through the sun, severe winters, and heavy rains. Nothing can stop this man from honoring the memory of his beloved late wife, not even the fact that he is 78 years old.
He says that each visit brings sweet memories of the times Janice was still around, and those memories are the most precious thing for this man.
“I’ve adored her since I saw her, she was extraordinarily gorgeous,” Fred said, adding that his wife was a woman who always put her family first and prioritized being around him. Missing her has been extremely hard for Fred, but the daily visits give him the strength he needs to move on.
What Fred and Janice had is truly wonderful. Many people who have seen Fred sitting in a chair right next to her grave agree that this form of commitment is the rarest of all. Fred, however, does it in the name of his love for Janice and we believe that’s beyond adorable.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
We can’t choose our family, but we can certainly choose our friends. That said, we should pay a lot of thought about who we surround ourselves with, because friends are those people we share our lives with. We tell them our secrets, our fears, and what makes us happy.
Friends aren’t always peers or people we went to college with, and what makes friendship beautiful is that it comes in all shapes and sizes.
Speaking of “unusual” friendships, we can’t help but mention that of Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg. These two BFF’s break barriers and show us that when it comes to true friendship, age is just a number.
JB Lacroix/WireImage
Martha, who is the first female self-made billionaire, has tried herself in different careers before becoming a well-known TV personality, and she was very successful in each of them.
As a teenager, she signed with Ford Models and was featured in shows, magazines, and commercials. According to her, she was “the all American girl.”
Later, she attended Barnard College and pursued a career as a stockbroker at an all-male firm.
“I lasted in that business for about eight years, working in a firm of all men. Only one woman owned a seat on the New York Stock Exchange at that time. I’m not intimidated by men; I never was,” Martha Stewart told People. “But men actually welcomed me to their offices. We wore hot pants to work. I still have my pale, peachy-pink ones and my chocolate-brown ones. I wore them with either high heels, bare legs, or tights. Elegant but also crazy. Like, how can you go to work in short-shorts? But I didn’t think twice about it. I was totally respected.”
Eventually, after years of working as a stockbroker, Martha felt she should spend more time with her family; her now ex-husband Andrew Steward and her only child, daughter Alexis.
Shutterstock/Ron Adar
While Alexis attended school in Westport, Connecticut, Martha came up with the idea of starting an at-home catering business. A decade later, she launched her company Martha Stewart Inc. which turned into a million dollar business.
In 1990, she and her husband divorced, and she had a hard time accepting the fact she and Andrew were no longer together.
“Getting divorced was a terrible thing for me because we were the first to divorce in my family,” she told the Daily Mail. “And that we haven’t spoken since the divorce is even more painful.”
Shutterstock/Lev Radin
In 2008, rapper Snoop Dogg was a guest on Martha Stewart Show and she found the way he spoke fun. In fact, she commented that they made a “weird couple.” This show was the start of something big and meaningful.
Snoop Dogg said at the time, “Martha kind of, like, pioneered this. As far as letting rappers become a part of daytime television.”
A year later, he returned to the show and their friendship only grew bigger. Speaking of what the two share, Snoop Dogg descried it as “a natural combination of love, peace, and harmony.”
Youtube/MarthaStewart
In 2016, they decided to do a show together, Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party. It was a huge hit loved by many and received an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program in 2017.
“It’s not fake, it’s not put on,” SallyAnn Salsano, the producer of Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party told Inc.. “It’s just what it is. That’s why I think it feels so good because you have two people that genuinely love each other and respect each other, for real.”
Youtube/Ellen
Watching them spend a bunch of time together led some to believe that there is possibly something more than just a friendship between Martha and Snoop Dogg, but that’s far from true. Speaking on Good Day New York, Martha, who is 30 years older than Snoop Dogg, said that what they have is just a genuine friendship, nothing more.
“Snoop is younger than my daughter. We have to have a professional relationship, don’t we Snoop?” she said, and added, “He is very attractive, I must say, he really is an attractive human being. Everybody likes him. It’s so nice that he’s popular, and the guests really adore him and respond to him nicely. And he has a great sense of humor.”
Being around Martha made Snoop Dogg a much better chef in the kitchen. In 2018, he published his cookbook From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg’s Kitchen and his friend Martha wrote the foreword.
“Snoop and I have a special bond that dates back to when he first appeared on the Martha Stewart Show in 2008. Our relationship was born from our connection to food as we whipped up some cognac mashed potatoes and green brownies,” Martha Stewart wrote.
“Working with Snoop in the kitchen has been a remarkable experience for me. Not only has he taught me new lingo and cultural references, he surprised me with his unique cooking techniques and recipes.”
Youtube/Mashed
We are glad that despite their age difference, these two make such good friends.
Please SHARE this story with your family and friends on Facebook.
Long before the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the media reported that people close to then-Prince Charles claimed he was planning on slimming down the monarchy once he becomes King of England. Now that the time has come for him to ascend to the throne, many are convinced he would carry on with his plan.
“Charles has never made any secret of the fact that he wants a slimmed-down Monarchy when he becomes King. He realizes that the public don’t want to pay for a huge Monarchy and, as he said, the balcony at Buckingham Palace would probably collapse,” he was reported to have said.
As it turns out, the King is determined to protect both the Crown and his people, and one way to do that, according to a source close to the Royal Family, is by keeping Harry and Meghan away from The Firm.
In order to do so, he would probably use Edward VIII’s abdication as a model. When he married his wife, who was a divorcee, Edward was perceived as a foolish and disloyal, and it looks like history is repeating itself with Harry who stepped down from his royal duties and left Britain for America.
Under King Charles’ supervision, “the same thing is now happening with Harry and Meghan, and it will only intensify over the coming years.”
Reports are that the Sussexes will be invited to King Charles’ coronation, but they will be seated next to Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, just as they were during the funeral.
King Charles will likely be ruthless and will do all in his power to keep his younger son and his wife as far away from the focus of attention as possible.
It looks like that despite the opinion of a number of royal experts that the Queen’s passing will lead to reconciliation between the Sussexes and the rest of the family, the relationship between them continues to be a rocky one.
Christopher Andersen, a representative of the royal family, stated that “Harry and a Meghan still seem uncomfortable. We’ve seen that in a recent interview Meghan gave. It’s all really depressing, and I believe it will take a lot to restore things to their previous state.”
One thing that Meghan opened about was the Royal Rota, a system established more than 40 years ago as a way of giving UK print and broadcast media exclusive inside access to the official engagements of members of the Royal Family. She said she wasn’t happy sharing photos of her child with the media before showing them to the people who truly love her children.
With the new era in the British royalty, we are yet to see what future holds for Harry, Meghan, and their children.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
Sadly, not every person is fit to be a parent. Most moms and dads would go to great lengths for the well-being of their children, but there are also those who put their little one’s life in danger because they don’t care enough or simply because they lack common sense.
One thing that parents do wrong is leaving their children inside a vehicle when the temperatures are high. This act speaks danger because the cabin of a car can become 20’C hotter than the temperature outside, even on cool and cloudy days.
The number of young children and babies who are left unattended inside a hot vehicle and lose their lives as a result is an average of 38 per year, and these numbers are devastating.
We can’t even imagine the heartbreak parents experience over these types of tragedies that can be easily avoided if moms and dads are informed of the dangers.
Shutterstock
Retired sergeant Steve Eckel, of the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office, prevented a tragedy from taking place after he heard screams coming from a vehicle parked at a parking lot in Howell Township, New Jersey. He rushed towards the car to see what was going on and that’s when he realized a baby, around 4 months old, was left inside the car while the mom went shopping.
The little one was struggling to breath and was about to experience a heat stroke as the temperatures were pretty high, so Eckel knew he needed to act fast. At that moment, he remembered he had a sledgehammer in his car, so he rushed to grab it.
“She was sweating, crying, eyes rolling back,” he told CBS New York.
In no time, Eckel smashed the car window and took the baby out.
YouTube
The mother came around 40 minutes later and was shocked to see her car’s window being broken and her child missing. She was then arrested for endangering the welfare of a child and the baby was placed in the care of her father.
“I do believe in guardian angels,” Steve said, “and I think that I’m the one for this child.”
We are so glad this man found himself in the right place at the right time to save a life.
For more on the story go to the video below and don’t forget to SHARE it with your family and friends on Facebook to help raise awareness.
In today’s world, people tend to be very judgmental. It seems that a lot more time needs to pass until we learn not to judge others for the way they decide to live their life.
Adriana Iliescu from Romania became a hot topic in her country for becoming a mother at the age of 66. Many considered her decision selfish and believed she shouldn’t have given birth at such old age. She, on the other hand, was over the moon to finally be blessed with a bundle of joy.
Baby Eliza was born in 2005, and the news of her birth spread worldwide.
In 2010, when Eliza was five years old, her mother decided to open up about everything she was forced to go through because of people’s mean comments.
“The mirror is unkind to women, but if we are talking about my energy then I feel like a young woman. I feel like I’m 27 and when I feel a bit more tired, I feel like I’m 37. I am healthier than women more than half my age,” she told Daily Mail.
“People think they are being funny when they call me granny, but I didn’t have Eliza to make me look younger. I never feel my years.”
During the interview with the British tabloid, then 71-year-old Adriana said that she was planning on having another child because it was medically possible for her to give birth yet again.
”Medically, it’s possible,” she said. ”I understand there are trials going on with a 70-year-old woman in England, so it could be done. I am fine and healthy and I think it would be possible to have another child in the future, but I’m not in a rush at the moment.”
Laurentiu Garofeanu/Barcroft Media/Getty Images
Adriana is a great mother and Eliza loves her to the moon and back. Although many call her granny, Eliza doesn’t bother her mother is older than her friends’ mothers.
“I don’t smoke and I don’t drink. If I live as long as my parents did, Eliza will be 20 by the time I pass away. I think I still have a lot to give her,” Adriana says.
When she was young, Adriana was married and got pregnant, but she lost the baby and her husband left her. After that, she focused all her time on her career as a professor at a university in Bucharest.
“I couldn’t even think about a child, as I was working,” she said and continued: “But, from the age of 37, after I had completed my doctorate, I was ready to have a child. But there was not IVF back then.”
Laurentiu Garofeanu/Barcroft Media/Getty Images
When she shared with her family and friends that she wanted to become a mother, they all considered her decision crazy and many turned their backs on her. However, she was determined to have a child and her wish came true after she met Dr. Bogdan Marinescu for a treatment. The first treatment failed, and then she became pregnant with triplets. Sadly, two of the babies died and Eliza was the only one who stayed alive. She was born prematurely and needed to spend quite some time at the hospital, but she eventually reached all the milestones and today she is a healthy 17-year-old lady.
Eliza is following into her mother’s academic footsteps and is an excellent student.
When Eliza was still young Adriana wanted to baptize her, but the nuns looked at her with resentment and one even said that the girl was “the product of dark force.” Adriana, on other hand, says that her daughter is a gift from God.
Today, at the age of 83, Adriana still works as a half-time lecturer and is writing children’s’ books.
Adriana made a deal with the doctor who performed her IVF that in case she passes, he will become the girl’s legal guardian.
We hope this brave mother will be around for a lot more years and will get to see her daughter graduate from college. We wish both of them only the best.
Please SHARE this story with your family and friends on Facebook.
Some people are blessed with a long life. But is there a secret to longevity?
Well, according to science, if you want to lead a healthy life, which probably has to do with the number of age you reach, you need to eat healthy, exercise, be active, and have a social life. But who else would tell us exactly what leads to reaching many years of age than those who celebrated a milestone of turning 100 and even more years old?
Susannah Mushatt Jones, a woman who got to live to 106, claimed that eating bacon on a regular basis added to her long life.
In order to learn more of the lifestyle and the habits of centenarians, Holiday Retirement commissioned a national survey in 2015. The answers they got from the elderly were pretty amazing. Some were surprising as well.
One of the most unconventional responses came from a 109-year-old woman from Scotland named Jessie Gallan.
Jessie, who passed away shortly after the survey was conducted, lived in a nursing home and was described by her caretakers as a vibrant person.
“Jessie is a lovely woman. She has got her best friend here, Sarah Jane, and they are always together. She likes her music and likes her exercise class and is a very independent person. Jessie is always walking about,” caretaker Gillian Bennett told STV when talking of Jessie.
Jessie was born in 1906 on a farm in Kintore, Scotland. She and her family, her parents and her six siblings lived in a two-bedroom cottage and slept on a straw-filled mattress.
Back in the day, not many young women attended school, but Jessie was among the lucky ones to start her education. However, she soon left school in order to work as a maid and later in the service industry in both the city and countryside.
Asked what her secret to such a long life was, Jessie stunned the reporter by saying, “My secret to a long life has been staying away from men. They’re just more trouble than they’re worth.”
Hearing this bold statement, we are certain there are AMENS coming from other women out there.
Besides avoiding men, Jessie said that another secret of hers was a dairy component. “I like my porridge. I have all my life.”
It turns out that the right life choices related can add to their longevity. For Jessie, that was staying away from men and having her oatmeal.
The truth is that what works for one person may not be fit for another, so we should all do what makes us happy. I guess that’s the ultimate secret to a long life.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
When it comes to female tennis, two of the names that come to mind are those of sisters Venus and Serena Williams.
The road to brilliance for these sisters didn’t come overnight, but with a lot of hard work and immense number of hours of practice. It’s safe to say that they owe much of their success to their father Richard, who saw tennis as a way of providing a better life for his daughters.
At the time they were still very young, he wrote what is now considered the legendary 78-page-plan on how to practice and become successful in the sport. The idea of his girls getting involved in the game came to Richard after he had seen Romanian tennis player Virginia Ruzici receive $20,000 for winning the 1978 French Open. He knew nothing about the game, but he was so determined to teach Venus and Serena master it that he quit his job and dedicated all his time on learning how to become a master of the game himself while his wife Oracene provided for the family who consisted of seven people living in a two-bedroom home.
Richard Williams. Youtube/TransWorldSport
Serena played in her first junior tournament when she was just nine years of age and made it to the final. There, her opponent was nobody else but her sister Venus.
At the age of 13, Serena made her pro-debut at the Bell Challenge in Quebec but lost the match in less than an hour.
Then, in 1997, during the Ameritech Cup, Serena beat No. 7 ranked Mary Pierce, then No. 4 ranked Monica Seles, making her the lowest-ranked player (No. 304) to beat two top-ten opponents in one tournament.
From that moment on, it took Serena only two years to become a sensation and a huge tennis star adored by many. Not only she started winning major tournaments, such as Grand Slams, but she found herself on the covers of prestigious magazines such as Sport Illustrated and signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Puma.
Venus (left) and Serena (right) Youtube/TransWorldSport
At the same time, Venus was reaching quite a success in her own right and the rivalry between the sisters was apparent.
Becoming two of the best female tennis players in the world, Serena defeated Venus in the French Open, the US. Open, the Wimbledon final and, in early 2003, she won her first Australian Open.
What Serena achieved on the tennis court is a staggering number of titles.
Both Serena and Venus have been fierce advocates for gender equality in sports and have served as inspiration to many young people who dreamed of conquering the tennis courts.
“[Serena] undeniably revolutionized women’s tennis, and gave so many women and girls, especially those within the Black community, a powerful representation of what it looks like to rise above adversity, fight for what you believe, and be a champion,” Marisa Grimes, chief diversity & inclusion officer at the United States Tennis Association, told Insider.
Shutterstock/Neale Cousland
Earlier in August, great Serena Williams announced she is retiring, and that certainly means spending her days with her daughter Olympia and her husband, Alexis Ohanian.
Serena and Alexis met when they were both staying at a same hotel in Rome, the place where he would propose a year later.
As he sat next to Serena’s table, she tried to chase him off by sending Zane Haupt, who handled her business development opportunities, go and tell Alexis there was a rat under his table. His answer was that he’s from Brooklyn and sees rats all the time.
Since she realized he wasn’t going anywhere, Serena invited Alexis to her table. It was then that he realized she was the famous tennis player. He, however, had never watched a single game of tennis until then as he didn’t have respect for the sport. But meeting Serena changed that.
Instagram/serenawilliams
Alexis is best known as the founder of Reddit. He and his business partners sold the site for $15 million. Today, its worth is estimated at $4 billion.
Some years after selling it, Alexis went back to Reddit as an executive chairman but left the position in 2020.
Serena has spoken of her daughter Olympia and said that nothing she does for her ever feels like a sacrifice.
In the past, the tennis goddess never thought she would be a mother, or at least, she believed there would be someone taking care of her child 24/7, but once Olympia was welcomed into the world, that all changed.
