GABRIELLE UNION BREAKS HER SILENCE ON 'AGT' EXIT: In an interview with Variety, Gabrielle Union opened up about a few incidents she reported to be racially insensitive while working at America's Got Talent. One incident was when guest judge Jay Leno compared a painting of Simon Cowell's dogs to food items from a Korean restaurant. Union told the magazine, “I was not prepared for his joke. I gasped. I froze. Other things had already happened, but at this point, it was so wildly racist.” Union said the production’s response was “We’ll delete it. We’ll edit it out,” which she said “enraged” her. She went on, “You cannot edit out what we just experienced. There is not an edit button in my brain or in my soul. To experience this kind of racism at my job and there be nothing done about it, no discipline, no companywide email, no reminder of what is appropriate in the workplace?”
IS PORSHA WILLIAMS PREGNANT?: According to B.Scott.com, rumors are swirling that Porsha Williams is pregnant with her second child with fiance Dennis McKinley. An alleged family member said, “She’s almost five months, and she’s showing. She’s not going to be able to hide it much more.” Porsha and Dennis welcomed daughter Pilar Jhena in March 2019.
SCOTTSDALE MAYOR FURIOUS AFTER PICS FROM FLOYD MAYWEATHER'S PARTY LEAK: Scottsdale, Arizona mayor Jim Lane is furious after pictures from Floyd Mayweather's party at the International Boutique nightclub this past weekend. In the photos, no one is wearing a mask and no one was practicing social distancing. Lane said in a statement, “The images from Old Town Scottsdale this weekend are disturbing, and frankly show a real lack of common sense and civic responsibility." He continued, "Businesses and their patrons need to realize that individually we each play an absolute part in our own personal hygiene, distancing and health courtesies, and each of us also plays a significant part in our city’s health, both physically and economically.”
'RED TABLE TALK' TACKLES COLORISM: The ladies of Red Table Talk tackled colorism on yesterday's episode (May 27th). Jada Pinkett-Smith recalled being teased for being light-skinned. She added that as a light-skinned black woman, she'd be asked to "have your hair super straight” or would be told to not cut her hair for magazine shoots. Meanwhile, Willow said that her hair was “one of the issues growing up,” calling it “just a struggle” for her. “My cousins and my friends, I would look at her hair and be like, ‘I would be so much prettier if my hair wasn’t so kinky or if I had longer hair.'"
'MARRIED 2 MEDICINE' STAR QUADD WEBB IS MEETING HER ADOPTED DAUGHTER THIS WEEK: Married to Medicine star Quadd Webb recently revealed that she was adopting a baby girl and according to The Jasmine Brand, Quadd will meet her adopted daughter this week. The baby was born last month and is currently stable in a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. During an interview on Instagram, Quadd revealed the baby's name, saying, “Her name is Ariana. We’re going to refer to her as Ari. Super beautiful baby girl. Super beautiful, I just want to be able to give her the best life possible, and I am responsible for that, and she’s gonna get that.”