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Former Prince Andrew spotted with bruise covering half his face as mystery injury sparks questions
A striking bruise covering part of former Prince Andrew's face has sparked questions after new photographs showed the ex-royal near his home.
The 66-year-old was behind the wheel near his Marsh Farm residence on the Sandringham estate when photographers captured the purple mark stretching from his right temple to his cheek.
A source close to the former Duke of York told the U.K.'s Daily Mail that the prominent patch is not a "cause for concern" and that there has been "no drama." The insider declined to provide further details, citing medical confidentiality. Buckingham Palace does not speak on Andrew's behalf because he is no longer a working royal.
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"We are advised there is no cause for concern or need for a ‘hoo ha,’" British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard told Fox News Digital. "However, tongues are obviously wagging."
British royal expert Hilary Fordwich also told Fox News Digital, "It's rather ludicrous" that the bruise is seemingly being brushed off by those close to King Charles' younger brother.
"We can clearly see a ghastly, huge bruise," she said. "It was characterized as something 'routine' medically, but that's difficult to imagine. Sadly, this obfuscation doesn't bode well for public trust. If it was due to a medical procedure, just tell us what it was."
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It's unclear when or how Andrew sustained the discoloration. He has been based at Sandringham since February, where he initially stayed at Prince Philip's Wood Farm before moving to Marsh Farm in April. Andrew was evicted from Royal Lodge, his 30-room mansion, in October 2025.
"The reported medical condition said to be behind the bruise is going to create more speculation about the accident-prone former prince," royal broadcaster Ian Pelham Turner told Fox News Digital.
Andrew has rarely been seen in public since a security scare on the estate last month.
According to Norfolk Police, officers responded after receiving reports that "a man was behaving in an intimidating manner in the village" and later arrested him on suspicion of a public-order offense and possession of an offensive weapon.
"Alex Jenkinson, aged 39 and of Stowmarket, Suffolk, has since been charged with two counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior to harass someone or cause alarm or distress and failing to provide a specimen of blood in custody," officials told Fox News Digital.
Jenkinson is accused of approaching Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor while wearing a mask and shouting at the former prince as he walked his dogs near his home.
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Author Andrew Lownie previously wrote in his book "Entitled" that Andrew’s health is "not good, occasioned by recent stress, making him look much older than his real age."
"The information I'm getting from people close to him is that he doesn't think he's going to be charged [after being arrested in February]," Lownie told Fox News Digital. Lownie described the former prince as a "narcissist."
"He’s actually quite cocky," Lownie claimed. "He’s much more interested in rather trivial questions, like where he’s going to park his car, and [whether] he's going to be able to go riding. He doesn’t seem to have taken on the enormity of the position that he’s in."
On Friday, the National Audit Office, a U.K. public-spending watchdog, released a report stating that Andrew made money by subletting three cottages on the estate where he lived rent-free for more than two decades.
A lease for Royal Lodge signed in 2003 shows he paid only a nominal fee known as a "peppercorn rent," which included Royal Lodge and eight cottages, three of which he was allowed to sublet.
The report did not disclose the amount of income Andrew earned, an omission Margaret Hodge, a Labour member of the House of Lords and former head of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee, told The Associated Press was concerning.
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The review was conducted at lawmakers' request after Andrew was stripped of his royal titles by the king following revelations about his friendship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In February, Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and later released under investigation. He has denied wrongdoing and has not been charged. He has vehemently denied any wrongdoing.
Reporter's Notebook: Tlaib forces rare House procedure after Republican accuses her of defending terrorists
"Words taken down."
That term of art may not mean much off Capitol Hill. But it’s a phrase which usually signals there’s a ruckus in the House of Representatives.
The House witnessed one such melee recently. Lawmakers debated a war powers resolution for Lebanon. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., pushed the measure, hoping to restrict President Donald Trump’s conflict in Iran. Especially as other places in the region emerge as flashpoints.
Tlaib, a Palestinian-America, is one of only two Muslim women in Congress. She is one of the most controversial members of Congress. And she often speaks out against Israel.
"We must end U.S. participation in the Israeli apartheid regime’s invasion of Lebanon. The Israeli military continues to target journalists like Amal Khalil and use our tax dollars to commit war crimes," said Tlaib.
But the House floor devolved into a verbal fracas when Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, tore into Tlaib, attacking her personally and mentioning Hezbollah during the floor debate.
"Its members are butchers that you like to hang out with to a certain extent," charged Miller, who is Jewish. "Yes, you advocate for terrorists on a daily basis. You advocate for a terrorist regime every single day."
Tlaib hollered at Miller from across the chamber, but it wasn’t clear what she said since the Michigan Democrat wasn’t on mic.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Are we getting a little emotional?" chided Miller.
Tlaib erupted, at that, shouting even more loudly at Miller.
Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., presided over the debate from the dais. Obernolte had enough of the verbal judo and slammed down the gavel.
"Colleagues, this is a serious topic. We will debate it respectfully and deliberately," admonished Obernolte. "Is the gentlewoman from Michigan making a motion?"
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Tlaib had made it to one of the mics in the chamber by this point.
"Yes, Mr. Speaker, I am. That is a direct attack on my character. I please request to strike the words down," said Tlaib.
And there it was. "Words taken down."
Tlaib may have garbled the precise verbiage of the parliamentary request. But her motion brought debate on the war powers resolution and all other business before the House to a screeching halt.
"The gentleman from Ohio will be seated," Obernolte instructed Miller.
In effect, Tlaib’s motion is the parliamentary equivalent of pulling someone over for speeding. You might get a ticket. Maybe not. Especially if you’re cooperative with the officer. But the authorities will first investigate. And that’s what unfolded on the House floor.
During this stasis, the House conducts no business. The House suspends speeches. Amendments. Votes. Nothing happens on the floor until they figure out if someone broke the rules.
The phrase "words taken down" refers to the process of the House’s institutional staff and stenographers to document or "take down" language uttered by a member that may violate House rules. The House prohibits members from personal attacks on fellow lawmakers, impugning the motives of their colleagues or "engaging in personalities." One member can’t disparage another personally.
Tlaib clearly believed that Miller broke House rules by saying she would "like to hang out" and "advocate for terrorists." Tlaib also believed the line about her "getting a little emotional" may have crossed the line, too.
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If it’s pretty clear that a member broke the rules of decorum, someone from leadership or key staff may ask offending lawmaker to withdraw the language in question and apologize. But if the member resists, the House has no alternative but to rule that member out of order. The House then expunges the speech and he or she is suspended from speaking on the House floor the rest of the day.
If the chair rules that member violated the rules, it’s possible that someone could appeal the ruling of the chair. That would entail a roll call vote, where the entire House votes yes or no on whether they believe their colleague broke the rules. Or, another member might move to "table the appeal of the ruling of the chair." In that scenario, the House votes on whether to kill or set aside the appeal. Thus, the vote is a step removed from actually voting on appealing the chair’s ruling.
After an hour of delay, it was clear that Miller wouldn’t apologize or withdraw his statement.
"The words of the gentleman from Ohio contain an allegation that the gentlewoman from Michigan is a ‘butcher’ and affiliated with a terrorist organization," said Obernolte. "Such remarks impugn the patriotism and loyalty of the member of the House."
Obernolte added that "the remarks contain personalities and are not in order. Without objection, the offending words are stricken from the record."
So the House sanctioned Miller for breaking the rules and benched him for the remainder of the day.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., managed the Lebanon war powers debate on the floor for the GOP. Since the House muted Miller, Mast spoke on his behalf.
"I’m going to deliver a message from Rep. Miller of Ohio," said Mast, who quoted this Republican colleague. "‘Yes, I said it. I own it. And I stand by it.’"
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The Florida Republican then asked the House if he could submit for the record an article entitled ‘Rashida Talib, member of secret Facebook Group where Hamas Terrorists glorified.’"
Tlaib objected.
Mast then tried to submit into the record a transcript about Tlaib allegedly speaking about genocide.
Tlaib objected to that as well.
Yours truly first encountered a parliamentary donnybrook like this in 1994 while working at C-SPAN. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., tangled with then-Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y. The House ruled Waters out of order. Then-House Speaker Tom Foley, D-Wash., came to the floor to mete out the punishment, not leaving the umpiring to a more junior lawmaker.
The day after the Tlaib/Miller brouhaha, Obernolte released a bipartisan framework to help establish guardrails for AI.
I pressed Obernolte on how an AI chatbot might handle the dust-up if it were presiding over the House.
"AI is actually very good at this. You give it a rules manual and then you give it a specific instance and say ‘Is this in compliance with rules or is this a violation of the rules?’" said Obernolte. "I think last night was obviously someone engaging in personalities. And, I think I made the correct ruling. I think AI would have also made the correct ruling."
It wasn’t that long ago that the actual Speaker of the House came to the floor to sort out a kerfuffle between two members. Could the House ever delegate such refereeing to AI?
Taking down words? Ruling members out of order? Suspending members for additional speeches that day if they get out of line?
One can imagine that members will say a lot of words worthy of being taken down if AI ever becomes the parliamentary umpire in the House of Representatives.
Nelly Korda impossibly wins US Women's Open, JT Poston finds it at Memorial, and Tyrrell Hatton the family man
With the U.S. Women's Open taking place at Riviera Country Club and the PGA Tour making its annual stop at Muirfield Village for the Memorial, we always knew we were in store for quite the weekend in golf, and did it ever live up to the expectations.
Speaking of expectations, Nelly Korda was the overwhelming favorite to find the winner's circle at Riviera and finally earn her first U.S. Women's Open title. She went out and accomplished just that, but the way in which she did it makes it one of the most impressive performances in major championship history on the men's or women's side. One statistic in particular from Korda's performance makes her win feel legitimately impossible.
This Monday is the longest day in golf, with 36-hole U.S. Open qualifiers taking place around the country, but Sunday at the Memorial was a marathon in itself after weather suspended Saturday's action. The top of the leader board was sprinkled with unsuspecting names, but the back-and-forth duel between Ryan Gerard and eventual winner J.T. Poston down the stretch was rather electric.
Over on LIV, Tyrrell Hatton picked up his first win worldwide since January 2025 at Valderrama in Spain. While reflecting on his win, he shared a rare glimpse into his personal life and detailed how his perspective has changed since becoming a father.
This is Par Talk, a weekly read to get you caught up on all the happenings that took place in professional golf that you need to know. You can follow Mark on X @itismarkharris and email him at mark.harris@outkick.com.
World No. 1 Nelly Korda winning the U.S. Open at Riviera, one of the most well-known and respected golf courses in the country, feels right.
The American and face of the women's game, winning her first U.S. Open in Los Angeles, and somehow clawing her way back from shooting 2-over par in the first round to eventually win by one stroke, is storybook stuff. It also serves as a monumental result for the women's game.
Then you look at one statistic, and Korda winning the golf tournament does not seem remotely possible.
Across 72 holes, Korda missed 30 greens in regulation. Thirty!
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Just for a bit of context, Rory McIlroy missed 24 greens in regulation on his way to winning the Masters in April. Jacob Bridgeman, who won The Genesis at Riviera earlier this year, only missed 16 greens in regulation. J.J. Spaun, last year's U.S. Open winner, missed just 21 greens en route to victory.
Missing 30 greens in any professional golf tournament, let alone in a U.S. Women's Open at Riviera, is the quickest and easiest way to never even come close to getting into contention. Yet somehow, Korda not only finished the week under par, but posted 8-under and won the golf tournament.
What we saw out of Korda this week was freakish, generational stuff, but also quite horrifying. She won a major championship on an incredibly difficult track while hitting just 58% of the greens. If she hits just a handful more greens in regulation, she very likely runs away with the tournament on Sunday.
It goes without saying that Korda's putter was red-hot throughout the week, but it nearly gave the golf world a collective heart attack on the 72nd hole.
Faced with a par putt from just inside three feet to win, Korda's ball somehow caught the left edge and dropped. When the ball left her putter's face, it looked like it wasn't even going to hit the hole, yet the hole reached out and caught it.
With the win at Riviera, here is the list of Korda's results so far in 2026: 1, 2, 2, T-2, 1, 1, T-8, 1. She's also now won all three of the stateside major championships and will look to win her third consecutive major title at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at the end of June.
They say earning your first PGA Tour win is the hardest, but after Sunday, J.T. Poston may argue it doesn't get more difficult than No. 4.
Poston's Sunday began early, with 13 holes still to play to wrap up his third round after play was suspended on Saturday afternoon. After signing for a three-under round of 69 and grabbing what felt like a commanding lead with 18 holes to play, it looked as if Poston might cruise to victory, but things are not often as they seem.
As Poston made the turn at 1-over for his round, the likes of Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, Tommy Fleetwood and Ryan Gerard put their foot on the gas. With three holes left to play, four players were tied atop the leader board, Poston's momentum was fading, and it looked to be anyone else's day.
Despite Gerard jumping into the driver's seat with a 37-foot birdie putt on 17 to grab the lead, Poston answered back with a birdie on the 72nd hole, and the fireworks were officially set off at Jack's Place.
Matching pars on the first playoff hole pushed Poston to tee it up for the 33rd time on Sunday, and 33 was all he needed. Gerard three-putted the second playoff hole to set up Poston's winning moment.
Poston, whose odds to win to begin the week were 150-1, was not on anyone's radar to find his form at the Memorial and win the signature event.
In 13 starts in 2026, Poston had not earned a single top 20 finish and missed four cuts, yet found a way to be the last player standing when it was all said and done. His round of 65 on Friday, which included a bogey, may be the most impressive stretch of 18 holes we've seen on Tour this season. No other player in the field broke 69 in the second round.
The Englishman has earned a reputation inside the ropes of being about as pessimistic as they come, but outside the ropes, Hatton is one of the more underrated soundbites in the sport, given the fact that he doesn't possess a filter and simply calls it as he sees it.
While he's undoubtedly a top 5 player competing on LIV Golf, his lone win on the circuit came back in 2024 at LIV Nashville, but he finally got back in the winner's circle at LIV Andalucia over the weekend, getting the best of Jon Rahm by two strokes.
Speaking to the media after earning the victory, Hatton got candid about how his young daughter has given him a new perspective and motivation to perform at his best in what was a very cool, humbling moment.
Hatton's comments in Spain echo what he said following the Masters earlier this year, where he finished T-3 after playing his final six holes 4-under par, earning an exemption into the 2027 Masters.
He explained that he flipped the switch down the stretch at Augusta National with his, at the time, still-to-be-born little girl and the motivation of wanting to show her off during the Masters Par-3 contest alongside his wife.
Rollins warns ranchers face 'really scary time' as flesh-eating screwworm resurfaces in Texas cattle
A flesh-eating parasite long considered eradicated from the United States has reemerged in South Texas, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins warned Sunday, noting that ranchers face a "really scary time" as officials work to contain the outbreak.
"We've got eyes on the cattle in South Texas. Once we spot it, we can solve for it, which is why it's so important to report this," Rollins told "The Big Weekend Show."
Rollins' remarks come as two confirmed cases of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that feeds on living tissue of warm-blooded animals, have raised concerns about the consequences of earlier open-border policies and illicit cattle movement.
"We've got to beat it back... south of the border, back across the Darién Gap and eradicate this forever, and we're doing that," Rollins added.
"We're building all of the infrastructure to make sure that will happen."
Rollins tied the development to the Biden administration's lax border policies, which she said allowed the parasite to inch closer to the U.S. southern border in 2021 and 2022, pointing to the Mexican cartel and cattle movement for "break[ing] the Darién Gap."
"Of course, the last administration didn't do one thing about it," she said.
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"When we walked in early last year, someone presented me with all of this, and they said, 'All of the models are showing it will be in America by last summer,' and I said, 'Well, we've got to do everything we can to contain it, keep it out, and prepare to the point that if it does hit, we're going to be ready,' and that's where we are today."
Sterile flies, which mate with female screwworms, are the "only way to defeat" the spread, Rollins said, adding that roughly 10 million sterile flies are being "dropped" per week in Texas.
Affected animals, however, are expected to be fine and the food supply will not be affected, she added, noting the screwworm is not a virus. Rollins also said the risk to humans is historically low and dismissed concerns for Americans.
"If you have a gaping wound and you're moving through in the caravans, then some humans not in America have been affected, but it won't affect our country and humans."
Heather Locklear says she lives 'far away' from Hollywood and stays out of the social scene
Heather Locklear is shedding light on her life outside of Hollywood's inner circle.
Locklear was a guest on the Hollywood & Devine talk show and discussed how she had no hesitation going on the show, even though Dru Hammer and John Luciano only launched it a month ago.
"You're a friend. You're not a Hollywood friend," Luciano said, and Locklear replied, "Oh no. I would do anything."
Hammer, mother of actor Armie Hammer, said it was a "big deal" for Locklear to still show up and not give an excuse on why she couldn't be on the show, like other members in Hollywood might have.
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Locklear didn't find her appearance on the show to be "rare," and shared that she must surround herself with people that are like her.
"Well, I do think that you hang out with people that are like you," Hammer said. "Yeah, probably," Locklear replied.
"And you would only hang out with Hollywood people who are nice and kind," Hammer continued.
"I don't really hang out with Hollywood people," Locklear stated.
"I live so far away. Yeah. Like for many, many years. 40 years and stuff like that."
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Although Locklear, known for her roles in "Melrose Place" and "Dynasty," walked away from Hollywood stars, she has entered a relationship that dominated headlines in recent months.
In April, a representative for Lorenzo Lamas confirmed to E! News that he and Locklear were seeing each other.
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Locklear and Lamas made their first appearance as a couple at the Chiller Theatre Expo on April 26. Lamas was Locklear's plus one to her daughter's wedding in May.
Locklear and Richie Sambora's 28-year-old daughter, Ava, married Tyler Farrar at the Rosewood Miramar in Montecito, California.
Florida deputy drags 'unresponsive' beachgoer from ocean in dramatic rescue
The Volusia Sheriff's Office in Florida shared harrowing footage of the rescue of a woman from the ocean at New Smyrna Beach on Saturday.
The footage, which appears to be from an officer's body camera, shows an officer charge into the shallow water and begin pulling the unresponsive woman from the water.
Once the officer began dragging the woman to safety, it appeared that another individual stepped in to help the officer move her.
"This morning, at 10:15 a.m., deputies were flagged down for a swimmer in distress in the ocean in New Smyrna Beach. Deputy Gourley quickly located the victim in the water floating face down and pulled her to shore. The woman was unresponsive and without a pulse. Deputy Gourley and Deputy Manhart immediately began CPR and were able to revive the 68-year-old woman," the sheriff's office said in a Facebook post.
"Beach Safety arrived on scene and continued life-saving measures. The victim was transported to the hospital in stable condition," they added.
The sheriff's office's social media post indicated that the deputies involved in the incident will be awarded.
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"This serves as a powerful reminder that alert beachgoers, like those who spotted the woman and quickly alerted deputies, can make all the difference. Life-saving awards are forthcoming for the deputies involved for their heroic actions," the post concluded.
Nelly Korda is officially the most important US female golfer in modern history, WVU guy's raccoon & lobster
It's time to get back to the grind with an edition of Monday Screencaps that appreciates what we're seeing from the world of women's golf where we officially have a U.S. female superstar. Sunday, at Riviera, Nelly Korda took a massive step towards becoming the face of U.S. women's golf for the next 50 years by winning her first U.S. Women's Open title, which is now her first real women's golf major.
We're not going to count the women's PGA Championship she won in 2021. I have no idea what the Chevron Championship is, so it's not a major like Wikipedia assures me it is. That all changed Sunday. A straight, white female golfer, who posts bikini photos and has shown encouragement to Donald Trump's granddaughter, is on top of the golf world.
Let this sink in: Just five U.S. women golfers have reached No. 1 in the world since the women's world golf rankings were first released 20 years ago. Korda is currently No. 1. At the U.S. Open, American golfers have won the title nine times this century. South Korea has won it 10 times.
American women's golf officially has its Tiger Woods, minus the marriage and car drama.
I know some of you were wondering if I got caught up in the mass shooting at a Toledo festival. Trust me, I wouldn't go into this neighborhood unless I was on assignment covering a SWAT team story. Despite what the elite Whites living in 120-year-old mansions will tell you, it's a complete war zone where this went down. Teenagers run wild with guns and don't think twice to unload their weapons.
– Jim T. in San Diego writes: Hope you weren't in Toledo today. Scary stuff.
Kinsey: Nope, I was on the south side of the Maumee River enjoying a beautiful Saturday night on the patio listening to Yacht Rock and looking at Mrs. Screencaps' flowers.
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The final total, with shipping, for the boulder, a massive stepping stone we needed to cap off a path, and a few other rocks to fill in some gaps we had came to $450 and change. Could we have spent the money on a hotel room for a weekend getaway? Sure, but now we have a massive rock that we'll get enjoyment out of for years, and years to come.
Trust me, two nights at some Lake Michigan hotel would be nice, but then you go home and you're left with a few photos. Now we have a rock for the rest of our lives. This boulder will be the boulder that just keeps giving back to our marriage for years to come.
I'll post photos when it arrives this week. By the way, a 400-pound boulder isn't as big as it sounds.
– Michael in Utah emails: On the 18th tee at the Old Course in St. Andrews I hit a crazy slice where it hit a van parked on the road and bounced back into play. I asked my caddy if I should leave a note and he said, "No, they are not supposed to f’ing park there." My 3-iron next to the road may be the most nervous golf shot I have ever hit. Salvaged a bogey.
Kinsey: True story from Sunday. I was playing in an outing with neighbors when we pulled up to the 18th tee box. I say to my cartner, who's a realtor on the side, that there's no way anyone could hit a house to the left with a drive. We agreed that it was so far left that it was safe, but still had a nice view of the course.
Then, our neighbor Mike, who didn't hear that conversation, proceeds to step up on the tee box and hit an absolute rocket due left and directly off the roof of an attached barn. If it would've hit the siding, it would've sounded like a rocket exploding in Iran.
It's a shot that I'll never forget. I'm still trying to figure out how Mike was able to turn his body left and keep the club face closed at the same time for one of the most incredible shots off a house I've ever seen.
– Voiceover Guy Mike L. tells us: I've never hit a truck or car while playing golf, but I have tagged a house before. I was playing in a tournament and our foursome was on the 1st tee. My friend and I decided to tee off at the same time, he's a righty and I'm a lefty. His goes down the fairway and mine makes a beautiful arch to the left, and then hits the house. Hit a quick second and the others hit and we make our way down toward our balls. Luck was on our side that day, no one was out yelling at us for being such crappy golfers. Also, as a side note, I never mark my balls.
– Mike from West Lafayette, IN checks in: I took the family to see US v. Germany at Soldier Field Saturday. Great atmosphere, pretty good weather, and a pretty good game. The only issue was all the pride stuff from the US Soccer organization. The US Soccer emblem was redesigned from red, white, and blue to rainbow colored. The numbers on the backs of player jerseys were rainbow, and there were constantly pride/rainbow graphics popping up on the jumbotron. Then you look around, and not one single person (of 65,000) at the game is wearing anything rainbow or pride themed. Not a single one. There's absolutely no demand for this, it's just foisted upon us by our cultural overlords. We go to enjoy the game, they tell us how we're going to enjoy it.
It got me thinking about the reach and influence of your column (and Outkick as a whole). You could declare July to be Traditional Values Month and start an entire movement for us. Traditional Values like: traditional families, small government, low taxes, hard work, nice lawns, cold beers, trust in God, masculinity, being a good Dad... I think it would pair nicely with 4th of July 250 coming up. Great work as always, love the column.
Kinsey: In a wild twist, it doesn't look like Germany celebrated gay pride in this match. Do the Germans hate the gays because they didn't change their jersey colors to an Alphabet Mafia rainbow color scheme? You tell me.
Between Twitter and Facebook, the league added somewhere around 200-300 new followers since Friday's league recap post. The post ended up on Google Discover and over 200,000 people saw that post. It's still going. People are fascinated by the statistics I shared inside the post.
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Mowing on Thursday will change your life. Don't trust me. Trust the data.
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That is it this morning. The heat officially cranks up this week as the heat index rises into the upper 90s. It just so happens that my rec team has three games this week. God help me. Let's get through this.
Go have an incredible day.
Holly Madison says Playboy Mansion felt like a 'safe harbor' after she encountered Hollywood's dark side
Holly Madison quickly discovered that beneath Hollywood's glitz and glamour lurked a much darker reality.
The former Playboy Bunny is returning as the host of Investigation Discovery's true-crime series, "Lethally Blonde," which explores real cases where beauty and fame collide with murder and scandal.
The "Girls Next Door" alum told Fox News Digital she wants viewers — especially wide-eyed hopefuls bound for Los Angeles — to recognize the red flags hidden behind Hollywood's allure.
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"I felt pretty quickly when I moved to L.A. that Hollywood was an unsafe environment," said the mother of two. "Being a 19-year-old from the middle of nowhere who just moved to LA, you would get people who approached you on the street and wanted to get you into escorting and things like that. [You're thinking], 'Oh my God, danger's right around every corner.'"
"To me, when I went to the Playboy Mansion for a pool party, to me that seemed like a safe harbor," she admitted. "Of course, once I got on the inside, it’s a lot more complicated than that. But I saw it as a safe harbor in the beginning because I heard so many crazy Hollywood stories. And you just meet people out on the street who you know have bad intentions. It can be a scary place."
The 46-year-old, who grew up in Alaska and Oregon, dreamed of having a successful modeling career like Marilyn Monroe and Pamela Anderson. After settling in Los Angeles, Madison moved into the Playboy Mansion when she was 21 years old.
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"I think what probably surprised me [about Hollywood's celebrity culture] was just how deep the cult mentality can be. I definitely was in the thick of it," she explained.
"Obviously, being a young girl from a small town, I knew what it felt like to look at anybody famous. They were really cool [and you had] stars in your eyes. But I think I was surprised to see how pervasive that mentality is, even among people who'd been in Hollywood for a number of years."
"I think [I was] surprised by how deeply the cult-like mentality can form around one famous person or multiple famous people," she noted.
Madison said that in the entertainment industry's high-stakes world, people chasing their big break will do just about anything to succeed.
"When I was in the Playboy world, I knew of a woman who had lied about her age to become a centerfold," Madison said.
"And before the centerfold was published, she did admit that she lied about her age, so the whole thing got scrapped. But I sometimes think when you’re that young person, you want the opportunity so badly, you can be willing to lie about your age. And inside, you feel like an adult, you feel like you can handle these things. Sometimes you can’t."
"When I was young and first trying to get into the entertainment industry myself, you’d hear cautionary tales now and again, and some basic safety advice," she reflected. "But I don’t think the power imbalance between older people in power and younger people who want to be in the industry can ever truly be clear to you until you are older yourself."
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"You can be aware of it to a point when you’re young," Madison stressed. "That’s why I think it’s important to share stories like these, so people, young women, can be aware."
Madison was Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s girlfriend from 2001 to 2008, despite a 53-year age gap. Hefner was known for having multiple girlfriends at the same time — at one point, as many as seven.
She previously alleged to Fox News Digital that as one of Hefner’s girlfriends, there were strict rules to follow, including maintaining a no-nonsense 9 p.m. curfew. Madison also claimed that all of Hefner’s girlfriends had to maintain a certain look, and they couldn’t date other men or have an apartment of their own.
Madison left the Playboy Mansion in 2008. Eight years later, she published the memoir "Down the Rabbit Hole," in which she alleged she experienced years of verbal and emotional abuse while living there. She has also repeatedly described the mansion environment as "cult-like."
Before he died in 2017 at age 91, Hefner accused Madison of rewriting history. Madison has continued to stand by her account.
Since leaving the Playboy Mansion, Madison has built a successful second act as an author and podcaster, sharing candid insights about Hollywood and her own experiences.
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"I think it’s very difficult to reinvent yourself when you’ve come onto the scene with a property that’s so memorable," she said. "And ‘Girls Next Door’ was very memorable, and Playboy’s very memorable. So it’s very hard to pivot and completely divorce yourself from that."
"I went through a phase where I didn’t want to talk about anything from my past at all because I wanted to completely start fresh," said Madison. "But I’ve just come to a place now where I just embrace it. I do what I want to do. And if other people want to think I’m only what I was in the past, that’s fine. I’m just going to do what I want to do.
"I would say my advice to anybody out there who wants to reinvent themselves is just go for it. Do what makes you happy. Be who you want to be. Don’t let the past be a chip on your shoulder. Think of it as other people’s problem."
Madison urges any woman wanting to pursue show business not to make decisions too quickly.
"Never be afraid to take time to read a contract," she warned. "Take your time. Especially if you’re ambitious, there’s a feeling of, ‘I need to get it done now.’ I definitely thought that when I was younger, but it doesn’t hurt to take a breath. And there are so many ways you can break through these days. Through social media, there are so many ways you can create your own thing. So I would say to just take your time and follow what feels right for you."
"I call it a high-stakes environment when you’re involved in some kind of [situation] where there’s a lot of competition, and maybe your looks and your youth could land you a lot of money or a good gig.
"People can get really competitive. That brings out all kinds of jealousies and heightened emotions, which can play into these cases. There are also predators of all kinds in the industry. So there are a lot of warning signs. … Some of these worlds can be so seductive, you truly don’t see them."
Looking back, there’s one thing Madison would have done differently.
"[I would have] taken more pictures and kept more receipts," she said.
Tiananmen Square tank man taught us to stand up against the worst of China
This past June 4, we marked the 37th somber anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, where millions of Chinese citizens peacefully and earnestly asked for political reform and democratic openness. Instead, their hope was met with tanks.
On that awful day, the Chinese Communist Party unleashed the People’s Liberation Army on these peaceful demonstrators. Mothers lost sons. Fathers lost daughters. And China lost an idealistic generation.
Over three decades later, and China has still not accounted for those killed, imprisoned, or disappeared, instead endeavoring to erase a massacre the world must never forget. But, despite the CCP’s best efforts, Tiananmen cannot be erased.
The enduring image of that day is the Tank Man, the solitary figure standing before a column of tanks. His courage reminds us that the desire for freedom is not Western, not foreign, and not imposed from outside — rather, it is universal.
As I have said before, a choice has to be made by us all: you either stand with the Tank Man, or you stand with the tank. There is no middle ground. And there is no middle ground in the issue of transnational repression.
The same Party that tried to crush truth at home now tries to chase and snuff out the truth abroad. The tactics and technology have changed, but the reach has expanded.
Inside China, the CCP uses surveillance, censorship, prison, torture, forced disappearance, and fear to maintain power. Now, what happens in China no longer stays in China. The Party wants to control what is said about China here and control who says it.
As both Chair and Co-Chair of the CECC over the past several years, I have warned about the CCP’s documented and consistent pattern of global abuses stretching outside of China’s borders, beginning with Confucious Institutes in 2014.
Over time, tactics have become more digital and more ruthless: detaining family members in China, doxxing, spyware, deepfakes, Hong Kong bounties, and illegal police stations, right here in the United States. The purpose, however, is the same: to make people afraid to speak the truth — by almost any means necessary.
Transnational repression is part of a broader, interconnected CCP strategy that targets and threatens Americans. It is outrageous and absolutely unacceptable, and it must end.
We see the CCP’s strategy in scam networks that steal from US citizens, fentanyl that poisons our cities, PRC-linked land purchases near military installations, efforts to corrupt our politicians and elections, steal private personnel and biometric data, and intellectual-property theft from businesses and universities.
These may look like separate problems, but they share a common purpose: to exploit our openness, gather leverage, weaken our institutions, spread propaganda, and make Americans pay a price for standing up to Beijing. Transnational repression is the most personal form of that strategy. It brings the pressure campaign to the doorstep of the student, journalist, dissident, artist, and family member. That is why state and local responses matter.
A victim may first call local police, a student may go to a university official, a state attorney general may see the pattern, and a state legislator may realize existing law does not fit the threat. But do local officers recognize this threat, do universities know how to protect students, do states have the tools they need, and does the federal government have a real strategy?
Today, I am working with Chairman Sullivan, Senator Merkley, and Representative McGovern on the Transnational Repression Policy Act. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would define the abuse, improve coordination, train officials, support targeted communities, and hold perpetrators accountable.
If the CCP threatens people here, there must be investigations and prosecutions. If it reaches across our borders to spread fear, there must be sanctions. If it takes family members hostage to silence a critic, we will demand their release and expose the cruelty of that tactic. And if it tries to censor a free people, we will defend and spread the rights Beijing fears most: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, and the right to tell the truth without fear.
A regime that fears a student’s question, a refugee’s protest, an artist’s statue, or the simple memory of Tiananmen is not a strong and confident superpower. It is afraid. And fear in the hands of a dictatorship is dangerous. It becomes coercion. It becomes censorship. It becomes repression that crosses borders and reaches into our communities. So, our response must be unmistakable.
Because in the United States of America, unlike in China, no one needs the Party’s permission to speak, to worship, to protest, to remember, or to be free.
NASCAR's scariest wreck in years rocks garage, Earnhardt saves another one & Bubba Wallace lectures young star
I've done this 'racin deal for a long time, as Darrell Waltrip (D-Dubya!) would say. I've watched a lot of NASCAR races. Covered a lot of Daytona 500s. Seen a lot of nasty wrecks.
A lot of nasty wrecks.
Only a few, however, have made me queasy: The infamous Ryan Newman crash in the 2020 Daytona 500, a Ryan Blaney crash at the 2023 Firecracker, and an Erik Jones wreck at Talladega the following season.
That's it. That's the list.
The Chase Elliott-Christopher Bell wreck Sunday afternoon at Michigan had this NASCAR fan feeling queasy. Lord knows it had other drivers feeling the same way, judging by the radio communication throughout the field.
Same with the spotters high above watching it all unfold.
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Did y'all hear Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the booth? Dale's a pretty good judge of all things NASCAR. He didn't love what he saw.
This isn't NASCAR in the 1970 or 80s or 90s. Wrecks don't kill people anymore. We nixed that in 2001. So it's rare for a crash to get any reaction out of me anymore. This one had me nervous.
You'll see.
What else do y'all wanna talk about today? Bubba Wallace giving young Carson Hocevar a stern talking to? Sure! Not sure Bubba's the best person to be giving advice, but hey, what do I know?
I've also got Denny Hamlin winning by a mile and paying proper respect to Kyle Busch, Richard Childress letting off some steam, and Hooters Gianna hitting the beach. Good to have the MMPS veteran back. It's been a while, but summertime is here, and all is well again.
Four tires, a couple drops of that Sunoco racin' fuel, and maybe a couple Tylenol PMs for Christopher Bell ... Monday Morning Pit-Stop — the 'Dale Saved Another One' edition — is LIVE!
No use in stalling. There it is. There's the wreck that, for just a few seconds, had NASCAR fans (and drivers, and crew chiefs, and announcers) on edge yesterday at Michigan.
Nobody went flipping through the air. Nobody landed on their hoods. Nobody went into a catch-fence. Nobody went up in flames.
Those crashes — the ones you see at Daytona and Talladega — aren't the bad ones. Sure, they're visually appealing, but those aren't the ones that concern you.
It's the ones where a driver goes into the wall at that angle, at that speed, that make you hold your breath. We all remember the Earnhardt crash, right? I don't need to replay it here. We've all seen it a thousand times at this point.
It looked innocent. Yesterday's wreck, to the naked eye, looked innocent. It's not gonna get on SportsCenter (as if ESPN would dare cover NASCAR). It's not gonna go mega-viral on the internet.
But it was vicious, and fast, and at the wrong place and the wrong time.
I know Bubba can be dramatic (believe me, we'll get to it here in a bit), but that was genuine. I give this Next Gen car a lot of flak, and it's all warranted because they are, for the most part, garbage. Just complete trash.
But they're safe, clearly. You ain't surviving that sort of impact a few 'gens' ago. You're just not. Look at the wall, by the way.
LOOK at the wall:
The race was red-flagged for a while, for those wondering. Spoiler alert!
We're not done with the footage. If you thought the broadcast view was bad, take a look (and listen) at the in-car cameras from both Chase and Christopher Bell:
Lordy. You can hear it immediately out of both spotters. They both knew this was a different crash right away.
Again, Dale Jr.'s a pretty good barometer in the booth. Listen to him ... he'll let you know when something's serious or not.
He knew it right away. You could hear it in his voice.
And PS: What a great voice it is, right? God, how great is it having Junior back calling automobile races? I know Fox signs my paychecks, but buddy, Prime is special.
OK, back to the film! Let's check in with Kyle Larson, who was safely behind this wreck ... or so he thought:
Joe Gibbs said after the race that the team was concerned about Bell's wrist and ankle, and would be evaluating him this week. Judging by that picture from the tarmac, I'd be more concerned about the wrist right now.
Bell didn't speak after the race. Chase did, and said all the things you'd expect him to say:
Chase was probably going to win that race, for those who missed it. He had the fastest car all day, led a majority of the second stage, and seemed like a fairly good lock to get his third win of the season.
Bell had the second-best car yesterday. Tyler Reddick also had a good vehicle. All three guys wrecked, and there was pretty much nobody left to catch Denny Hamlin, who won by 11 seconds (!!!) and then gave Kyle Busch a proper send-off:
Kyle said earlier this season that he was fully prepared for Hamlin to catch, and then pass, him this season. The guy was nothing if not a realist. I miss him.
OK, let's get to the Carson Hocevar portion of class and then cool off with Gianna Blaney on the way out.
Carson wrecked damn near everyone yesterday, finished fifth, and was ELECTRIC from start to finish. Naturally, Bubba Wallace, who finished third, had to give him a verbal spanking after the race:
"But at the same time — Kevin Harvick told me, I don't know, whenever I was hitting s--t four or five years ago — he said, 'stop hitting s--t, and your finishes will show.' And that's what I simply tried to tell him."
Look, Bubba's right. The thought was correct. Will it have the same impact coming from Bubba (three career wins) compared to Kevin Harvick (60 career wins, NASCAR champion, 2027 Hall of Fame inductee)? Probably not.
Not entirely sure Carson Hocevar will listen quite the same, but hey! It's the thought that counts.
Speaking of Carson pissing everyone and their mother(s) off, let's check in with Richard Childress and get his thoughts on the 77 car:
"Any time their eyes are close, it means they got a small brain" might be the greatest one-liner I've ever heard. Does Richard Childress, 80, still have the fastball, or WHAT?
Amazing. It's been a tough few weeks for Richard. Clearly, he needed that. Glad he took it.
OK, that's it for today. Good NASCAR race this week. Glad Christopher Bell is OK. Really glad we're not having a different sort of Monday today.
As a reward, here's Hooters Hall of Famer Gianna Blaney hitting the beach as summer heats up.
See y'all at the Poconos.