Nyong’o was seated near Smith, and shortly after the shocking moment, a meme showing her appearing to gasp began to circulate on the Internet.
“Once the moment was over, I realized, ‘Oh my God, there’s no way all this transpired, and I’m not in the shot,'” she sighed in an interview for The Hollywood Reporter. “I knew as soon as it was over that I was going to be a meme.”
Nyong’o declined to comment further on the incident.
“I don’t want to add any more fuel to that thing, quite frankly,” the 39-year-old added.
Smith apologized to Academy members and his peers during his acceptance speech for Best Actor at the film event and followed it up with a lengthy apology on Instagram the next day.
The 54-year-old subsequently resigned from the Academy and was banned from attending the Oscars for 10 years.
Cardi B was born 30 years ago. Also, nearly at the same time Cardi was being born, Madonna dropped a seminal, controversial book called “SEX.”
“SEX” now sells for upwards of $1,000 on places like EBAY. Anyway, Madonna, who is now in her mid-60s, took to Twitter to pop her bra strap in honor of the ground-breaking book. She basically alleged that she wanted some thanks for “paving the way” for people like Cardi B, Kim Kardashian and others.
She said:
“30 years ago I published a book called S.E.X. In addition to photos of me naked there were photos of Men kissing Men, Woman kissing Woman and Me kissing everyone. Now Cardi B can sing about her WAP. Kim Kardashian can grace the cover of any magazine with her naked ass and Miley Cyrus can come in like a wrecking ball. You’re welcome b###hes.”
AND she ended it all with a clown emoji.
🤡 Now, Madonna. I know you are old, but you cannot be that clueless to think that would be received well. Cardi went OFF.
“I literally payed this woman homage so many times cause I grew up listening to her …she can make her point without putting clown emojis and getting slick out the mouth. These icons really become disappointments once u make it in the industry that’s why I keep to myself,” Cardi said in now-deleted tweets.
And then it all devolved.
The fans got into it and started slandering Cardi for not understanding the message and also race and colorism crept in. Cardi said, “…SAY WAT YOU WANT TO SAY BUT DONT INSULT ME THE F— …nobody gonna lil girl me (specially a white woman).”
Reducing Madonna to just some random white girl is crazy. And why are you bringing up her race when you’re cosplaying a Black Woman? https://t.co/zOljM9OdKx
girl you did the same thing w Nicki. you paid “homage” and “praised” her. then you came on the internet actin a fool. and now you’re doing it with the MADONNA.
During the latest episode of “The Kardashians,” the 25-year-old opened up to her older sister Kendall Jenner about how she had a “really hard” time after giving birth to her second child.
“I cried non-stop all day for the first three weeks. It’s just the baby blues, and then it kinda goes away. I had it with Stormi, too,” she shared, adding that she would sometimes cry so much that her head would “hurt.” “I’m not a doctor, but I read on Google they call it ‘baby blues’ when it doesn’t last past six weeks. After about six weeks, I started to feel better, but I definitely had a case of the blues.”
After childbirth, many women experience the “baby blues” or low mood due to sudden hormonal and chemical changes in the body.
It differs from postnatal depression, whereby a new mother begins to battle increasing depression and anxiety amid other symptoms.
“I’m feeling better and not crying every day, so that’s great. I don’t have bad days with my body, I have bad days mentally and I need my first night out,” the make-up maven added.
Lil Durk will not have to face any charges surrounding a 2019 shooting that happened in Atlanta hot spot The Varsity.
The shooting occurred on Feb. 5, 2019 outside of The Varsity, which is a popular restaurant. Alexander Witherspoon, 23, was shot and Durk was subsequently charged with criminal attempt to commit murder,being employed by or associated with a criminal street gang to conduct or participate in criminal gang activity, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm. All of the charges are felonies.
Fulton County prosecutor Fani Willis opted not to continue with the case, an announcement that pleased Durk’s counsel.
Attorney Manny Arora, said, “While it took three years for the state to make the right decision, in the end, the right decision was made and Mr. Banks can finally put this event behind him.”
Durk has always maintained his innocence in the case and never attempted to defy authorities.
On “Turn Myself In,” he said “Look up at the judge, can’t look, state makin’ up lies for sure / I’m an innocent man for sure, it is what it is for sure.”
Deceased rapper King Von was also arrested at this incident.
John Legend has admitted he “wasn’t a great partner” when he first started dating Chrissy Teigen because he was pretty selfish.
During an appearance on the “On Purpose with Jay Shetty” podcast, the “All of Me” singer acknowledged that he wasn’t ready to be a fully committed partner to Chrissy when they started dating in 2006.
“I think I was more selfish then,” he confessed. “I wasn’t a great partner at the beginning of our relationship. Even though I was very into her and very excited to be with her. I was still selfish. I was in my mid-20s, still not ready to fully be the committed partner that I am now.”
The 43-year-old, who married Chrissy in 2013, explained that he eventually understood the balance between what he wanted to get out of the relationship and what he needed to put in.
“When you stop being so selfish when you think about not only the joy you get from a situation and the pleasure you get from it, but also think about your responsibility and your commitment in that situation. You just grow, and you mature,” he said. “Part of it is it’s just a matter of time. You need time to become that person you want to be. I think in your mid-20s you’re still dealing with impulse control, you’re still dealing with selfishness, you’re still figuring out what you want to do in your career, all these things are happening. But when you figure these things out you can just be a better person in general.”
Their ever-evolving relationship inspired John to write “I Don’t Love You Like I Used To” for his recent album Legend.
John and Chrissy share two children – Luna, six, and Miles, four – and are currently expecting another baby.
Ye’s tour of major media platforms continued with a 1:40-minute interview with Piers Morgan, which was released in full over the weekend.
The rap star sat down for an extensive interview with “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” where he reiterated anti-Semitic comments about Jewish people, his disdain for the left and the media, and his relationship with his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian.
During the lengthy interview, Ye talked about his plans to unveil the predatory practices in the entertainment and sports worlds, which he claimed were perpetuated mainly by people of the Jewish faith. He also apologized for hurting the Jewish community with his infamous “death con 3” tweet.
During the tense Q&A, Ye said he wanted to sit down with the top lawyers in the NFL, NBA, and the music and film industries and live stream them reviewing the contracts to prove his point that Jewish people were “raping” everyone.
“What’s gonna happen before I’m done? We’re going to open up all of the music industry contracts, all of the publishing deals, all of the athlete deals, all of the acting deals, all of the mortgages, all of the deals. But it has to start somewhere,” Ye said.
After almost an hour of back and forth with Piers about politics and religion, the conversation turned to his relationship with Kim Kardashian.
Ye criticized Kim’s recent cover for Interview Magazine, in which she posed semi-nude with her behind peeking out of a pair of low-rise jeans in front of an American flag.
“Kim has Zionist media handlers surrounding her all in and out her Hulu TV show, all in and out her family all in and out the house that I created for my family, but God is alive. The devil is a defeated foe,” Ye said.
“Kim is a Christian woman. And she’s not here just to have content up on adult channels. She’s not here just to have that last Interview magazine cover. If you look at the two Interview magazine covers, look at the one when I was there, and look at the one when I’m not there. And that’s the reason why this Tuskegee experiment of such that’s happened to the Black community where they took the fathers out of the home and the leaders out of the community and have torn apart the community. Now they’ve seen that it’s worked, and they’re doing that to America.
Kanye accused the media of using Kim and other famous people to oversexualize young children in America on behalf of the Democrats.
Piers pressed Ye about the current status of things between him and Kim.
Ye said he often grappled with the concept of being divorced before stating they “would always be together” before declaring himself the priest of the Kardashian household.
“I’m still the priest of that home. They want to make it this matriarch society…but I am the priest of that home, and God is alive. I am the living Robert Kardashian. And I’m going to stand up for what God would want as a Christian.
“We’ll always be together. She dresses exactly like me. My kids are me, and there’s no person that she will ever get with that will influence her more than God and then her priest on earth, which is me,” Ye said.
Democratic Governor candidate for Georgia, Stacey Abrams, popped up in the middle of Latto’s show last night (October 22nd) in Atlanta.
Latto gave up some stage time during her opening set for her hometown show on Lizzo’s “The Special Tour.” Stacey Abrams came as Latto performed her women’s empowerment Anthem, titled “P####.”
The rap star’s song takes on the Supreme Court’s controversial decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and features Latto as a champion for women’s Civil Rights.
Abrams held a sign reading “My Body, My Choice” while Latto performed her song. Then Abrams gave her message to a raucous, capacity crowd.
“I’m not going to interrupt your fun. I just want to remind you if you believe it’s my body, my choice, please go and vote,” Stacey Abrams told the crowd.
Earlier in the week, Abrams sparred with her Republican opponent and current Governor, Brian Kemp, over crime, abortion, inflation, and other issues plaguing America.
When the topic of abortion came up, Abrams promised to reverse Georgia’s “Heartbeat Bill.”
But in an interview for Vulture, legendary producer Babyface – real name Kenneth Edmonds – argued that the genre is simply “changing.”
“R&B is not dead, it’s forever changing, and it goes into other generations and they hear it a little bit differently than we hear it,” he said. “I feel like my job is to always try to understand that and not fight it but roll with it and never go to the point to where I’m trying to do it completely myself, where it looks like I’m out of context.”
Babyface went on to note that he has noticed more songs are like “conversations” and don’t have a “big bridge.”
He also pointed to the likes of Summer Walker and Kehlani as examples of stars to watch.
“Where radio used to be the gatekeeper, and if you couldn’t get through radio and then that’s it, kids are proving today that you don’t quite need that. There’s other ways to get there, and so that gives a certain amount of independence. It gives them power because they don’t have to wait for the record company to decide what’s going to be their single,” the 63-year-old added.
Lizzo took her family to a therapy session to reveal that she was going to start swearing in her songs.
The “Juice” star grew up in a religious household and did not swear during her early songs, so when she changed her mind, she sat her family down for a chat to announce her intentions.
“When she started out, she didn’t use profanity at all. She got the family together, took us to a therapy session, and explained to us that she would be using profanity in her songs. She prepared us for it,” her mother, Shari, recalled in an interview with Vanity Fair.
Shari noted that her daughter’s love for racy outfits did not come as a shock to her, adding, “She was always a free spirit and didn’t like clothes, so that was not a surprise at all. She is doing what she loves to do, making her own decisions, and really helping people along the way. I’m so proud of her.”
Lizzo, who gave a TED talk about the history of twerking in 2021, believes she could deliver another speech about the word “b####,” which often appears in her songs, such as “Truth Hurts.”
“When I say ‘I’m 100 percent that b####,’ it’s like an affirmation. It’s a reminder of who you are. I wrote that song for people to sing it and do it for themselves,” she explained. “Do you remember when Missy Elliott and Da Brat took control over that word and empowered it? It’s a colloquialism now, a shout-out to Black women.”
Jada Pinkett Smith is O.K. with her husband, Will Smith, going on trips with his ex-wife Sheree Zampino.
The “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star and Sheree divorced in 1995 after three years of marriage and continue to co-parent their son Trey.
In an interview for her Red Table Talk series, Jada noted that Will and Sheree have reached a point in their relationship where they can “really enjoy” spending time together in a non-romantic way.
When asked by guest Jana Kramer whether it ever gets under Jada’s “skin,” “The Matrix Resurrections” actress insisted it doesn’t.
“Never. They take trips, I’m not there. They do their thing. Not together romantically but if he’s going on a book tour and his mum is going and his sister, it’s fun for me to watch them enjoy each other. It takes time though,” she explained, before adding jokingly: “We’re not having a ‘throuple’ everyone, let’s make that clear because you know that’ll be the next rumor.”
Jada and Will wed in 1997.
And while Jada and Sheree get on well now, the mother-of-two wishes she had waited a bit longer before she started dating the Oscar-winning actor.
“When I look back at how much was put on us and how much was put on you because we were so young and it was so public and it was so fresh. Like, you really didn’t even have time to adjust,” the 51-year-old continued. “You had no time. I didn’t understand that, ’cause you know, it was like a boyfriend… I would have definitely had taken a beat as far as putting myself in the dynamic of you guys. Let’s give this a year, let’s let you two just flesh out whatever y’all have to figure out.”
Sheree then recalled the time Jada reached out to her: “You were teary, you were very emotional, and you said, ‘I just didn’t know.’ And basically, what you were saying is, ‘I was in the picture too soon’… and you apologized for that.”
To conclude the conversation, Jada acknowledged that her and Sheree’s bond grew over time.
“We have developed a really nice sisterhood, but it hasn’t been easy along the way,” she added.
Rapper-turned-designer Kanye West has dropped another bombshell on the world, sharing that Jamie Foxx and Quentin Tarantino stole the idea for their hit movie, “Django Unchained” from him.
According to Deadline, after working with Foxx on their 2005 hit song, “Gold Digger,” he pitched the story to both Hollywood players.
“Tarantino can write a movie about slavery where – actually him and Jamie, they got the idea from me because the idea for ‘Django,’ I pitched to Jamie Foxx and Quentin Tarantino as the video for ‘Gold Digger,'” Ye said on Piers Morgan Uncensored. “And then Tarantino turned it into a film.”
According to IMDB, “Django Unchained” was based in 1858 and centered around a “bounty-hunter named King Schultz seeks out a slave named Django and buys him because he needs him to find some men he is looking for.”
“Django Unchained” started shooting in November 2011, six years after the alleged pitch, with Foxx as Django Freeman (Jamie Foxx), the German bounty hunter played by Christoph Waltz, and Kerry Washington as his wife.
The executives on the project decided to go a different direction and did not use the proposed video treatment, but “Django Unchained” was a huge hit.
Neither Foxx nor Tarantino have commented on the allegation.
Alicia Keys will celebrate Christmas this year with her first-ever holiday album.
The “Fallin'” singer shared the artwork for Santa Baby on Instagram and announced it would be released on November 4th.
I know it’s not even Halloween👻🎃 yet….. but I had to let y’all know first!! Santa Baby NOV 4th Just in time for good vibes!! ✨✨✨ pic.twitter.com/Bjdve49tj2
“I know it’s not even Halloween yet….. but I had to let y’all know first!! Santa Baby NOV 4th,” she wrote in the caption. “Just in time for good vibes!!”
In a video on her Instagram Stories, she added, “I got my first-ever holiday album dropping, Santa Baby, on November 4th. I can’t wait for you to vibe with this, this is going to give you that energy! I know it’s Thanksgiving not even yet, I know, I know it’s not even Halloween, but I got to let you know first.”
According to ET Canada, the 11-track album features Alicia’s reimaging of seven classic festive songs as well as four original tracks she has written.
“I picked each song based on my all-time favorites and I wrote the new ones based on real holiday emotions and stories,” she explained in a press release. “The holidays are such a beautiful time to slow down, be with the ones you love and make meaning! Santa Baby is definitely going to be the perfect holiday soundtrack. I can’t wait for you to fall in love with it.”
Alicia will release the album’s first single, December Back June 2nd, on October 28th.
It seems like more than her Milkshake is bringing people to the yard … but her Senegalese braids attract folk also.
R&B singer Kelis posted a video of herself on Instagram traveling abroad, experiencing what many Black women across the world experience when people of other races see them for the first time. Random unprovoked or invited hair touching.
In the caption posted next to the clip, Nas’ former wife and son’s mother wrote, “I don’t even know what to say here. Happy freedom Friday fam!”
She says as the Asian women touch her hair, “You can’t do that,” but the ladies ignore her and continue to play with her braids, staring at them as if they had never seen them in person.
While the language is a barrier, Kelis moves in and touches the main woman’s hair to tell her to stop. That lady yanks her own hair and puts a thumbs up, seeming not to understand the Black woman wants her to leave her be.
Her girlfriend giggles profusely and then says, “Oh, just embrace it.”
The “Milkshake” singer looks into the camera and gives a funny face and says, “Oh, I like to be touched.”
Yasmine Jackson commented on the video and said, “Babyyyyyy I would have flipped my hair so hard it would have smacked them lmao.”
Cannabis advocate Mary Pryor also hopped in the comments and wrote, “I would charge $100 USD per touch. Might as well rack up.”
“I was raised by my mom and grandma. She was real big on keeping a tight family and big on love,” Nipsey told CBS2 during an interview.
Despite being heartbroken by her grandson’s death, Margaret Boutte mustered up the strength to show some compassion for Holder, who was convicted of first-degree murder in July of 2022.
https://youtu.be/n8pE-4PHLI0
“I’m praying for him too. I hope he does not get killed in custody. Have enough time to ask God for forgiveness,” Boutte said. “I’m Catholic, I do believe in prayer, and I’m praying for him. He was a young, ignorant situation, and I’m hoping he’s sorry for what he did.”
Thankfully, Margaret Boutte lived long enough to see her grandson receive his star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in August 2022.
“He was the love of my life. Always very respectful. I miss him, but I look at his picture and remember all the wonderful times we had together. I thank my daughter for blessing me with Nipsey and Samuel, and Samantha. He will never be gone in my heart. He lives forever. Nipsey, I love you, I miss you,” Margaret Boutte said after the rapper received his star.
A collaboration many fans have been clamoring for is finally coming to fruition.
Earlier today (October 22nd), Drake and 21 Savage dropped the video for their song “Jimmy Cooks” from Drake’s album Honestly, Nevermind.
At about the 1:25 second mark in the video, a huge graphic pops up on the screen announcing the album Her Loss, along with the release date of October 28th.
The announcement was made to celebrate 21 Savage’s 30th birthday today.
Earlier this week, fans saw the pair on stage at the Atlanta Forbes arena. 21 Savage performed during Spelman College and Morehouse Colleges’ homecoming festivities, and Drake popped out on this stage as a surprise guest.
Run the Jewels announced RTJ CU4TRO, a remix album created with a variety of Latin artists.
El-P and Killer Mike bill the project as a reimagining of the duo’s 2020 album RTJ4. The new Run the Jewels project features contributions by Akapellah, Baco Exu Do Blues, the Mexican Institute of Sound, Sarah La Morena, Trooko and more.
“We are honored and delighted to have had the opportunity to work with the amazing producers, vocalists, musicians and artists who made this album happen,” El-P said. “We set out to make a remix album, but we consider the end result of RTJ CU4TRO to be more than that. It’s a reimagining of RTJ4 through the lens of collaboration and a fusing of numerous musical cultures and influences … a rare chance for us to connect, create and be inspired by/with people who we may never have had the chance to get down with if we weren’t lucky enough to be in a position to put it all together.”
He added, “We thank them for all their generosity, energy and creativity. This is a piece of music filled with love, respect and craft and everyone truly gave it their all, genuinely humbling us in the process.”
RTJ CU4TRO is scheduled to drop on November 11. Pre-order the Run the Jewels project here.
Listen to one of the tracks from RTJ CU4TRO below.
According to a new release from the Justice Department, South Carolina rapper Lil Quan, whose name is Daquan Tyreek Funchess-Johnson, 26, is about to go away for a long time.
The Sumter native was sentenced to six years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
The DOJ stated the prosecution presented evidence to the court that proved in November 2019, officers with the Sumter Police Department knew Quan was a gang member and rapper with outstanding warrants from Orangeburg County.
With this knowledge, they popped up at W scheduled performance at a local Sumter nightclub.
They trialed him at around 3 a.m outside a convenience store as he was headed back to his vehicle.
That’s where he was arrested and they found a Ruger .45 caliber firearm concealed underneath his jacket in his vehicle.
“The investigation showed that the firearm had previously been reported stolen from a gun store in 2017. A ballistics analysis through the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) linked the firearm to shell casings recovered from two separate shooting incidents in Sumter in July 2019,” the release said. “Additionally, during the sentencing hearing, the court heard evidence that Funchess-Johnson, while in jail, recruited and paid a passenger in the vehicle to make a statement taking ownership of the firearm in an attempt to exonerate Funchess-Johnson. His plan did not succeed.”
United States District Judge Donald Coggins sentenced Funchess-Johnson to 72 months imprisonment, to be followed by a three-year term of court-ordered supervision.
On Thursday, Oct. 19, a jury has found Jacksonville rapper Spinabenz not guilty on a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in a recent trial where the prosecutor used his lyrics as evidence against him.
The drill hitmaker, whose real name is Noah Williams, pleaded not guilty to the charges, as the prosecutors cited lyrics from his song, “My Glock” to make a case for conviction.
The state argued Spinabenz girlfriend purchased a weapon for him that was found and confiscated during a traffic stop when he was arrested.
In the state of Florida, felons are barred from owning firearms. Spinabenz, who had already been convicted on a felony weapons charge (that was connected to a gang enhancement) faced up to 30 years in prison.
On Friday, Oct. 21, on his Instagram story he a message in response to the verdict was posted, saying, “They can’t stop the spinning.”
His 316,000 followers were thrilled at his victory.
Tasha K set Megan Thee Stallion as her latest target last night. Nicki Minaj, a longtime rival of Cardi B, accepted Tasha on her Instagram Live stream. The conversation included the UnWineWithTashaK content creator bringing up Megan.
“We’re just talking about Megan. You know she done f##### up Teyana’s house. Teyana [Taylor] had to sell that house,” Tasha K told Nicki Minaj. “You know Megan was renting that house, and that’s why [she] and [stylist E.J. King] fell out.”
Tasha then asked Nicki Minaj about her upcoming music releases. Instead of changing the subject, Minaj expressed being confused by the previous comments. The “Super Freaky Girl” rapper turned the discussion back to Teyana Taylor as both women laughed.
“What I said was Teyana Taylor sold the house that she rented to Megan Thee Stallion,” repeated Tasha K. “Of course, we’re going to say allegedly just in case some details are wrong. However, that was the same house that Teyana had to beg for money from, because Megan, the house got vandalized by her people from her showing off the house.”
“Tasha K still hasn’t learned,” tweeted KenBarbie. “Tonight she alleged that Megan Thee Stallion owed Teyana Taylor back rent and caused her trouble selling her home after it was vandalized during her stay. We spoke with sources directly connected to the situation that [has] provided the TRUTH.”
KenBarbie continued, “Meg rented from Teyana for a very short period in 2019 and left very early 2020. Teyana just sold the home nearly a month ago, it is not the same home [as] Meg’s that was recently burglarized. Tasha also raised false allegations on Meg’s [fallout] with her former stylist E.J. King.”
The internet personality also posted, “Tasha alleged E.J. and Megan fell out due to Meg ‘ruining’ Teyana’s home and owing her… Keep in mind, Megan left the home in early 2020, she was still working with E.J. way past that and the two actually didn’t stop working together until the Tory [Lanez] incident which took place in July 2020.”
Beef Has Been Brewing Among Female Rappers For Weeks
Megan Thee Stallion has not directly responded to Tasha K’s accusations. The Traumazine album creator did send out a cryptic tweet as the Tasha K/Nicki Minaj interaction started going viral on social media. Meg simply tweeted, “Weird 🙄.”
Additionally, Nicki Minaj clashed online with “Big Energy” hitmaker Latto over the Grammy Award submissions. Minaj and Latto both exchanged personal jabs that included ghostwriting allegations, claims of cyberbullying, and rebuttals about sexual assault.
Speculation has been brewing that Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion suffered a rift sometime after they worked together on “Hot Girl Summer” in 2019. Many fans believe both stars have been sending subliminal shots at the other in songs, interviews, and on social media for some time.
Meg rented from Teyana for a very short period in 2019 and left very early 2020. Teyana just sold the home nearly a month ago, it is not the same home of Meg’s that was recently burglarized. Tasha also raised false allegations on Meg’s fall out with her former stylist EJ King…
Will Megan be the next one to sue Tasha K? Because apparently even after the $4 million wrath of Cardi B.. she still hasn’t learned 🤔 pic.twitter.com/bwcVyzwVgr
Cardi B has emerged victorious in her years long battle with a man claimed he was humiliated when she used a picture of his tattoo without permission.
A California man named Kevin Brophy filed the lawsuit against the “Up” rapper over the cover of her *Gangsta B**ch Vol. 1* album, claiming his distinctive back tattoo was photoshopped onto the model in the cover to make it appear as if Brophy was performing oral sex on her.
Released in 2016, the record’s cover features Cardi – real name Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar – drinking beer while holding a man’s head between her thighs.
The model between the 30-year-old’s legs consented to the shoot.
https://youtu.be/kw5_DG8SnIY
A graphic designer on the project reportedly later searched “back tattoos” on Google Images and photoshopped one onto the model; the tattoo in question – a tiger fighting a snake – turned out to be Brophy’s.
Brophy initially sued the rapper in 2017 for using his likeness without his consent, violating his right to privacy, and casting him in a “false light” that he found “highly offensive.”
The case’s trial began on Tuesday, with Brophy testifying that the cover had brought him “hurt and shame.”
During her testimony, Cardi argued that the model used in the photo looks sufficiently different to Brophy that he would not be mistaken for the model based on his tattoo.
