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Troy Aikman stuns Michael Irvin with his reaction to two women swimming in his pool, NFL memes & a rogue whale
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Would you call the cops on them? As Troy Aikman tells the story, he came home one night years ago to women helping themselves to his pool.
"I was single," he recalled in a recent podcast. "I was living by myself at my house, and I came home and I had two fans, two female fans, that were swimming in my pool in my backyard...I called the police and just said, ‘Hey, I’ve got some intruders and somebody could come take care of this.’"
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"[Michael] Irvin laughs. He said the police would have been the last people he was calling, which is a pretty good indication of Michael and I being a little different."
Of course, in the comments, people assumed the worst would've happened to Troy.
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• Michael P. in Allons, TN checks in: You're definitely not the only one. Gus Johnson is an automatic mute for me (by far the worst). Tessitore, Fowler and Herbstreit get to be too much later in the game. All the screaming on a simple first-down play is exhausting, and it only escalates as tight games go on. Throw in most sideline reporting and coach interviews, completely useless.
While Al Michaels gets a lot of heat for showing no emotion, I'd much prefer that style over screaming on every play. My two favorite play-by-play announcers are Tom Hart and Jason Benetti.
Kinsey: Benetti is great. He stays steady. Doesn't over-sell the action. I have been anti-Fowler for years. I'm not sure what his deal is, but to me it's always felt like Fowler feels superior to the common man, the fan who pays the bills. And Herbie is just spread too thin. I had to mute him Saturday night when he identified a Notre Dame safety as "No. 28" making a big play. No kidding, we all could see the number on his jersey.
That's Luke Talich, who is not some grad transfer. The guy is in his fourth year playing for Notre Dame. Herbie should've known the guy's name just based on a few days of research.
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• Mike in Las Vegas says it's not all doom and gloom watching these broadcasts: Your column is a must read every morning. Thanks for all you do! Am I the only guy who raises the volume when Carrie Underwood sings, Waitin' for Sunday Night?
We need more political signs like this
Back in May, the company laid off hundreds of workers across the U.S., but since then things have quieted down. Now, based on this new deal, some are wondering if the golf range industry is on the verge of collapse. Don't buy the funeral proceedings. New locations are still opening.
• Chris B. asks: Anything worth going to eat or see in this area. Here for work the next couple of days and possibly have Wednesday and Thursday night open if my buddy can’t make it into town for work as might have to be in Alabama instead.
Kinsey: Sorry, I have no idea what to do in town. I haven't been there since the Bengals held training camp at Wilmington College in the 1990s.
GOO GOO DOLLS' JOHN RZEZNIK DRAWS LINE ON POLITICS AT CONCERTS: 'I'M NOT GOING TO LECTURE YOU'
• Paul in Vegas had to walk out of a recent show: Yes, we walked out of a concert about nine months ago out here in Vegas where we live. It was the band, The Fixx. Super small venue too, and we were in the front row. We paid to sit up front because they put on a good show. Unfortunately, about four songs in, they decided to make a comparison between masked terrorists from the Middle East in the 90’s, and the fact that they didn’t think they would see them again in the United States. This was an obvious inference to ICE agents. It was right after those two deaths of the wack jobs.
Me and my wife had had instituted a no politics/woke policy right before that. I don’t go to concerts much and she finally coaxed me to go to this concert. She was very upset as well, and we both stood up and walked out right in the middle of a song. It was pretty obvious since we were in the front row and right in front of the lead singer. As we were walking out, we heard somebody say "F$&k ICE". As I we were nearing the exit, one fan looked at us and said "where are you going?" And I told him I’m not gonna stand for this political crap. In hindsight, I have tremendous regret I didn’t stand up right then and there, just 6 feet from him when he said it, and made a big deal and got myself kicked out. It would’ve been a better way to go out. Crummy part is as we hit the door, they started playing my favorite song in their catalog. Figures. Great part was my wife was in complete symphony on it instantly, and that actually was a wonderful bonding moment.
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• Phil from Virginia shares: I've got one that predates even Brad's 1979 one. In 1976, Jerry Brown was running for President and raising money by going around to concerts with his GF Linda Ronstadt and the Eagles. I saw the ad for it happening that night at the old Capital Centre in Landover, MD, went by my then-GF's desk at work and said "wanna see the Eagles tonight?"
We saw the Eagles, Linda, Dan Fogleberg, Jackson Browne, and Joe Walsh before he formally joined the Eagles. Great concert, and I guess they hauled Jerry out on stage at one point, but I don't remember anything he said. It was 50 years ago, after all.
BTW, my then-GF is now my wife of 49 years.
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• Kirk B. in Duluth checks in: Milwaukee being in the World Series last time was 1982 now 44 years later in 2026. I would like to see a Cleveland Indians Milwaukee Brewers World Series
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Here's my take: In 1989 The Major League Movie was released it was about the always "loveable losers" the Cleveland Indians which part of the movie was filmed at the old Milwaukee County Stadium and 3rd base sits out in the parking lot at American Family Field in Milwaukee WI.
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And that is it this morning as we head into a beautiful week of weather full of sunshine, which, around here, you have to take advantage of before the clouds off the Great Lakes move in.
Let's go get after it.
Duke football player apologizes to trainer after swatting her arm away during injury timeout
Duke cornerback Kimari Robinson has issued an apology after swatting the arm of a member of the Blue Devils' training staff while she was attending to an injured teammate of his during the team's loss to North Carolina on Saturday.
In a video that went viral over the weekend, Robinson is seen standing over teammate DaShawn Stone, who was injured, lying on the turf. A female trainer was then seen running onto the scene, giving Robinson an innocent nudge so she could get into a position to attend to Stone. Robinson reacted by swatting her arm away.
In an apology he shared on X, Robinson explained that he checked on the trainer immediately after the game before issuing the public apology on Sunday.
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"I want to publicly apologize to the member of our training staff for how I acted toward her during Saturday’s game. I was completely wrong, and she did not deserve that," Robinson wrote.
"Immediately after the game, I apologized to her personally and checked to make sure she was okay. The injured player on the ground, DaShawn Stone, is like family to me, and I was scared he might be seriously hurt. But being worried about him does not excuse how I treated her. I should have controlled my emotions, and I didn’t. I’m truly sorry for my actions and for letting her, myself and our program down. I have to be better than that."
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The injury to Stone and the incident that followed occurred during the third quarter of Duke's 24-20 loss to the Tar Heels. A stretcher was brought out for Stone, but he ultimately was able to walk to the locker room under his own power.
Robinson and Stone are both redshirt juniors who have played alongside each other for the last four years at Duke.
Robinson, a Miramar, FL native, finished Saturday's contest against North Carolina with three tackles.
After beginning the season 4-0, the Blue Devils have lost back-to-back games in the ACC, falling to Georgia Tech and North Carolina by a combined seven points.
LEE CARTER: 2026 election could all come down to just one type of voter
For decades, political consultants have been hunting the elusive swing voter.
You know her. She's sitting in a Pennsylvania diner, staring into her coffee, agonizing over whether to vote Republican or Democrat. Pollsters call her. Reporters interview her. Campaigns spend millions trying to win her over.
But maybe we've been looking for the wrong person.
LEE CARTER: THE SUMMER POLLS MISSED THE POINT: VOTERS ARE MOVING — AND THE MIDTERMS BEGIN
What if the most important swing voter in America isn't deciding between Republicans and Democrats? What if they're deciding between voting and staying home?
As a pollster, I've spent my career studying why Americans change their minds. But the numbers suggest we should be paying a lot more attention to Americans changing their habits.
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Consider 2024.
According to Pew Research, 12% of voters had skipped both the 2020 presidential election and the 2022 midterms, despite being eligible to vote.
THE HISPANIC VOTE IS UP FOR GRABS IN 2026. CANDIDATES WHO IGNORE IT WILL LOSE
President Donald Trump won that group by 14 points.
Meanwhile, the people who voted in all three elections split almost evenly: Trump 50%, Harris 48%.
And of all Americans eligible to vote in those three elections, just 41% actually voted in all three.
We're spending fortunes trying to convince people to switch parties while millions can't be counted on to show up in the first place.
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: HOUSE CONTROL COULD HINGE ON WHETHER THE OLD POLITICAL RULES STILL APPLY
In 2022, Republicans won the House popular vote. But among people who voted in both 2020 and 2022, just 6% switched parties or voted for a third-party candidate in either election.
What changed? Turnout.
MIDTERM HISTORY MASSIVELY FAVORS DEMOCRATS. BUT THEY ARE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE
Seventy-one percent of Trump's 2020 voters returned in 2022. Only 67% of President Joe Biden's did. Republicans didn't need millions of Democrats to change their minds. They benefited because more of their own voters showed up.
Now consider the strange arithmetic of 2026.
FOX NEWS POLL: SQUEEZED BY COSTS, FRUSTRATED VOTERS TURN TO THE DEMOCRATS
Republicans have made enormous gains in voter registration since 2018. Their registration margin relative to Democrats has improved by eight percentage points in North Carolina, seven in Pennsylvania, five in Nevada and four in Arizona.
These aren't polls. They're actual voter-registration records.
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But Democrats have something Republicans currently lack: greater reported enthusiasm. A new Pew survey finds 63% of Democratic House candidate supporters say they're extremely motivated to vote. Among Republican supporters, just 46% say the same.
So, Republicans have strengthened their registration position. Democrats sound much more eager to vote. And neither party should be celebrating just yet.
In 2022, America had its highest midterm voter-registration rate in decades. Yet fewer eligible Americans actually voted than in 2018.
Apparently, filling out the paperwork is easier than finding your way to the polling place.
Which is why, with less than three weeks until Election Day, I'd be paying less attention to another two-point movement in the polls and more attention to who's actually voting.
Are the people who skipped the last midterms coming back? Are the voters Trump brought out in 2024 showing up without his name on the ballot? Will Democrats' enthusiasm translate into votes? And are those newly registered Republicans actually voting?
These are questions neither party can afford to ignore.
Of course, persuasion still matters. People change their minds. I've made a career studying how and why.
But we've spent decades treating elections like a tug-of-war, with Republicans and Democrats fighting over a handful of voters standing in the middle.
Sometimes the outcome changes because people switch sides. Sometimes it changes because one side shows up and the other doesn't.
The swing voter hasn't disappeared. We've just been defining the swing too narrowly. The old swing voter was deciding who deserved their vote. The new swing voter doesn't necessarily switch sides. Sometimes, they switch off.
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And the most important undecided voter in America may have already decided exactly whom they'd vote for.
They just haven't decided whether they're going to bother.
NASCAR's most hated driver attacked again, attacker's wife gives the double-bird & why did the sport die?
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And then, there were three.
That's right. Three races left in this 2026 NASCAR season. I'd give you the usual, "Doesn't it feel like we were just at the Daytona 500?" line, but ... it doesn't.
This is the longest season in all of sports. It's a grind. Name another sport that starts its season in February, and ends it after Halloween. You can't. It doesn't exist.
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So yes, it's a grind. These guys are GRINDING right now. They have been for eight months now, and we only have three races left to crown a champion.
After Phoenix, I'd say five guys have a legit shot at a title: Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney. None of those guys won yesterday, by the way.
Nope. Tyler Reddick won yesterday at Phoenix for the first time since Kansas ... back in APRIL. As I was saying (see, there's a point to all of it!), the NASCAR Cup Series season is the longest in all of sports. I bet you forgot Tyler Reddick started the season with three straight wins, didn't you?
Sunday's return to Victory Lane was probably too little, too late in terms of a title, but it does give him a puncher's chance. We'll see.
Speaking of punching ... wait till you see what Zane Smith did to Carson Hocevar after the race. Do these two HATE each other, or what?
Also, I've seen a lot of folks comparing modern day college football to peak NASCAR in terms of recent decision-making about playoff expansion. Some people believe college football is following the same ill-fated path NASCAR took way back in the day.
Honestly, it's not the worst comparison I've seen. We'll dive in here in a bit.
Four tires, enough fuel to get us through three more races, and maybe a neck brace for Carson Hocevar ... Monday Morning Pit-Stop — the 'Wreckers After Checkers' edition — is LIVE!
Let's spin the wheel and get this class started with ... BEEF! We love beef around here. It's what keeps me in a job, and what keeps this column an award-winner (allegedly).
All the beef this season has revolved around Carson Hocevar. Pretty much all of it. If there's been an issue, Carson's somehow been involved.
ROSS CHASTAIN CALLS RYAN BLANEY'S FIGHT WITH CARSON HOCEVAR AT BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY 'NASCAR 101'
Whether it was Ryan Blaney attacking him last month at Bristol, or Brad Keselowski vowing to wreck him after Darlington, it's been the Garage vs. Carson in 2026. Hell, I'm not sure he even has one single ally in the entire garage. Not one.
Least of all, by the way, is Zane Smith.
Nobody — and I mean nobody — hates Carson more than Zane Smith:
Lordy. You don't see that often, do you? Zane hits the gas and absolutely plows into Carson's backside (hey now!) ... and it was all for literally no reason at all. Carson, as you can see in the first video, did nothing wrong. Nada. Zero. Zilch.
Ross Chastain got into Hocevar, which sent Hocevar up the track into Zane Smith. Clear as day.
"I don't give a f–k," Smith said when he was told that info after the post-race fender-bender.
Alllllll righty then! Clearly, this had nothing to do with the contact in the race, and everything to do with Zane Smith simply just looking for a reason to start a fight with a driver he admittedly despises.
And I mean DESPISES.
Take a look at this little clip from last summer:
"I just don't like him as a human," is such a simple insult. Simple, and hilarious. You have to respect that, despite who you root for on the track. Calling him a "goon" was also funny.
I may not agree with what Zane did yesterday, but I do think he's funny. I also very much appreciate his wife, OutKick OG, McCall Gaulding.
She also hates Carson Hocevar, and has been incredibly open about it. I don't want to get into specifics, but if you're interested, I sort of talked about it last month after the Bristol stuff.
More importantly — at least to me — McCall's also really good at pumping out Instagram content ... like this post from last week where the second slide features McCall wearing what appears to be only a T-shirt featuring her and Zane giving the double-bird.
Patriot:
Amazing. McCall has been an OutKick legend for years now — way before she became this Instagram superstar. We know how to spot talent around here, and we identified McCall early.
Clearly, she's still got the fastball here in 2026.
Head on a swivel, Carson!
OK, let's put the pedal to the floor and rapid-fire this third-Monday-of-October in a big Talladega week. First up? Yes, Tyler Reddick won yesterday for the first time in months. Yes, it was a season-saving win given it keeps him in the championship discussion.
No, it probably won't be enough ...
But never say never:
There you have it. The standings with three races to go, including this weekend's Big One in Talladega. Anything can — and will — happen at 'Dega.
What happens if Larson and Bell, Briscoe and Hamlin are all caught up in a wreck early in the race? It sort of blows the door wide open for anyone behind them, right? Again, it's unlikely, but not completely out of the question.
This is always my favorite race of the season. I expect this weekend to be no different.
Next? On the way out, I'd like to give everyone in class some homework for the week, and it revolves around this now-viral X post in the wake of college football's decision to move to a 24-team playoff:
NASCAR went from the second most watched sport to nothing by implementing postseason gimmicks and chasing a mainstream audience. They tried to undo it but they had their lowest ratings ever for the 2025 title race. I never thought we’d see another sport be so shortsighted.
Thoughts? First impressions?
I don't think NASCAR's massive ratings decline is because of the implementation of a playoff (The Chase) back in 2004. I don't. Ratings were just fine in '04, '05, '06 and '07.
I think NASCAR had a lot working against them — a lot of it self-inflicted, and some of it not.
Those are just a couple things that come to mind, by the way. I'm sure y'all have more.
As always, let me know! Zach.Dean@OutKick.com.
See ya at 'Dega.
'Choosin' Texas' turns one as Ella Langley reflects on the song that made her country's biggest star
Ella Langley hopped on social media to celebrate the one-year anniversary of her most popular song.
Langley has become the most popular woman in country music over the past year, and there's really nobody who can come close to taking the throne from the "Dandelion" singer.
It's been absolutely insane watching her career explode. A big reason why she shot to the top of the mountain can be tied to one thing:
Her song "Choosin' Texas."
Her song "Choosin' Texas."
The popular song spent a record-breaking 23 weeks in the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and has taken the country world by storm.
COUNTRY MUSIC STAR ELLA LANGLEY PROVES HER SOCIAL MEDIA DOMINANCE WITH VIRAL TOUR PHOTOS
I don't think I know a single country music fan who can't sing the song word for word. The music video is also electric.
Well, Langley jumped on Instagram to celebrate the one-year of success since its Oct. 17, 2025, release.
"One year of Choosin’ Texas 🤍 This song… I am constantly & consistently amazed by what this song has done & how much y’all continue to love it. You’ll never know how much it means to me & everyone involved in making it come to life, thankful is an understatement. Here’s to 365 days of madness," the talented country artist captioned the video.
The post is also putting up massive numbers. It's sitting with more than 362,000 likes as of publication. Check it out below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.
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It certainly feels like country music is going through a bit of a revival at the moment, and Langley is one of the major players driving that movement.
"Choosin' Texas" is also far from her only success over the past 12 months. She's racked up awards, released a new album and dropped music with Koe Wetzel and Miranda Lambert.
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Her song "Snakeskin Boots" with Lambert feels like a 1960s cowboys vs. outlaws spaghetti western. It's 100% worth giving a listen if you haven't already.
Now, fans wait to see what Langley cooks up next. Expectations are high, but as she's proven time and time again, she will exceed them. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.
Ancient DNA challenges theories about when humans first reached North America
Researchers examining ancient DNA have narrowed down the timeline of early human migration into North America — shedding light on a question that's puzzled scientists for decades.
The study, published online ahead of its appearance in the December 2026 issue of the journal Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, looked at previously published genetic and archaeological evidence to better understand when humans first arrived in the Americas.
Genetic evidence most strongly supports humans reaching the Americas between 14,000 and 20,000 years ago, the study suggests — with an arrival before 15,000 years ago considered likely.
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Previously, scientists thought the first humans arrived in North America roughly 13,500 years ago, a theory known as "Clovis First."
Later archaeological discoveries have challenged that timeline, suggesting humans may have reached North America thousands of years earlier.
The researchers, led by Bethany Potter and Savannah Hay of the University of Kansas, reviewed existing ancient DNA and archaeological evidence, including 23,000-year-old human footprints found at White Sands National Park in New Mexico.
The footprints suggest humans may have inhabited North America earlier than the timeline supported by currently available genetic evidence.
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Such early populations could have belonged to genetic lineages that have not yet been sampled or that left no surviving descendants, the researchers said.
By comparing previously published genetic data from ancient human remains in Asia and the Americas, researchers examined shared ancestry to trace how early Indigenous populations split into distinct groups.
Some ancestral lineages diverged roughly 21,000 years ago, according to the review.
The researchers also highlighted evidence that ancestral Native American populations split into northern and southern groups roughly 15,500 years ago, likely south of the massive ice sheets that once covered much of North America.
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That would mean their ancestors had already reached the continent before the split occurred.
"Genomic data show us that the dynamics of the peopling of the Americas were quite different — at one point, a small group of people must have entered the American continents completely devoid of other humans," the researchers wrote.
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Still, the researchers acknowledged that questions remain about exactly when and where early populations diverged.
"The timing and geographic location of key divergence events mentioned above remain uncertain," the authors wrote.
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Ancient DNA has also played a key role in other recent archaeological discoveries.
Earlier this summer, researchers announced the discovery of ancient sheep pox virus DNA in the York Gospels, a 1,000-year-old manuscript written in England.
In Chile, researchers recently discovered ancient smallpox DNA in two centuries-old mummies, providing the first genetic evidence of the disease in that region of South America.
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WNBA silent after Finals teams skip national anthem despite rule requiring players to stand and line up
SAN FRANCISCO – The WNBA’s own rulebook calls for players, coaches and trainers to stand and line up along the sidelines or foul line during the national anthem. Both of its Finals teams left the court for Saturday’s performance, and the league has not answered OutKick’s questions about their absences.
And with Game 2 set for Monday night, neither team has told OutKick whether it plans to be on the floor for the anthem this time.
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Both teams were warming up on the court Saturday at Chase Center before leaving just ahead of the national anthem. Within seconds of the performance ending, the players were jogging back onto the floor.
Getting an explanation for why the teams chose to be off the floor for those roughly two minutes has been incredibly difficult.
OutKick contacted the WNBA, and both the Dream and Valkyries on Saturday, then followed up with all three Sunday.
None answered the anthem questions before publication.
OutKick also attended all five of Saturday’s pregame and postgame press conferences but was not called on. We had planned to ask about the teams’ plans before the game and their absence from the anthem afterward.
The follow-up questions to both teams were straightforward: Why were their players off the court during the Game 1 anthem? Would they be there for Game 2? Had the WNBA communicated any instructions or expectations about the anthem since Saturday?
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The WNBA’s 2026 official rulebook includes an anthem provision covering players, coaches and trainers. It calls for them to form a standing line at a sideline or foul line while the anthem plays.
The league has not answered OutKick’s questions about its anthem requirements, whether any discipline is planned or under consideration, or whether it will instruct either team to be present for Game 2.
We also asked the league to confirm whether both teams would be on the court for Monday's anthem.
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If Saturday's absences were simply part of the teams' pregame routines, both have had an opportunity to explain that. Neither has done so in response to OutKick’s inquiries.
But a pregame routine that keeps players off the floor during the national anthem deserves scrutiny.
Game 2 is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET Monday at Chase Center.
It took the teams mere seconds to return to the floor after the anthem. More than a day after OutKick asked why they left, the teams and the WNBA still haven’t answered.
Adult children cutting off parents as some blame therapy for family estrangements
Amid a reported surge in parent-child estrangements, some have questioned whether therapy could play a role in the family fracture trend.
Nearly four in 10 Americans are currently estranged from at least one close family member, according to a 2025 YouGov poll of 4,395 U.S. adults, including 24% from a sibling, 16% from a parent and 10% from a child.
While therapy can be helpful in facilitating communication and mending relationships, some believe it could contribute to "cutoff culture."
5 REASONS MORE AMERICANS ARE CUTTING OFF THEIR OWN PARENTS, ACCORDING TO PSYCHOLOGIST
In two recent large-scale surveys of over 5,200 U.S. parents who were estranged from adult children, 1,014 parents reported that their children began therapy within the year before the estrangement.
Meanwhile, 515 parents reported that their adult children had indicated therapy influenced their decision about the relationship, and 1,254 said their child had received a mental health diagnosis.
(The surveys were not peer-reviewed or nationally representative and relied on parents' accounts of their adult children’s experiences, limiting what can be concluded about therapy’s role in estrangement.)
Richard Blake, Ph.D., a Texas-based psychology researcher with a focus on anxiety and family estrangement, refers to the trend as an "overcorrection" happening in today’s society.
"There is a lot of debate online about whether it's happening or not," Blake, who was a researcher in the surveys referenced above and has written a book about how therapy could be fueling family estrangement, told Fox News Digital.
"I hear it from both sides. I hear from parents who say, ‘My child said my therapist should cut you off,’ and people who've told me, ‘My therapist told me I should cut my parents off.’ How much it's happening and when it's appropriate and inappropriate is where the nuance comes in."
Laura Wellington, a Connecticut mother who has been estranged from her adult daughter since 2024, also weighed in on the potential role therapists play in the growing divide.
"Do therapists, in my opinion, play a role in the estrangement epidemic? 100%," she told Fox News Digital. "But that doesn't mean there aren't some really good therapists out there."
Wellington, known on social media as "Doormat Mom," said she believes some therapists have contributed to family fractures by focusing too narrowly on one person's experience, when it’s actually a "multi-pronged situation."
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She said some therapists have even contacted her to reconsider their approach to estrangement cases.
"I've had them come to me and ask me, ‘What did we miss?’" she said.
Wellington added that she has seen parents encouraged to apologize to their adult children — something she supports when the parent has done something wrong — but believes therapists should consider the broader circumstances surrounding the estrangement.
Differences in values can contribute to family fractures, even in the absence of severe behavior such as violence or abuse, according to Blake.
"People are cutting people off because of divergence in values," he said.
As one example, Blake pointed to a recent online comment in which someone wrote, "I cut my parents off because they didn't condemn ICE enough."
At the same time, he emphasized that there are legitimate circumstances in which ending contact with a parent may be warranted, including physical or sexual abuse.
"Then you get into the sort of very murky area of emotional abuse, and this is where therapy culture comes in," Blake added.
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The researcher said he believes the term "emotional abuse" is sometimes applied more broadly in therapy and online spaces, particularly in conflicts over politics, religion and language.
"Emotional abuse can be [about] differing political values, a little difference in religious beliefs," he said. "It can be about the words people use."
What a parent views as legitimate criticism can sometimes be interpreted as emotional abuse by an adult child, according to Blake.
"Therapy has sort of raised the bar of what is good enough parenting," he added. "There's just a massive sort of overselling in therapy of how much your parents affected you."
In some cases, Blake said, he will hear from parents that their children never told them the issue that led to them being cut off.
"They’ll say, ‘We were best friends. And then I got a letter saying, ‘never contact me ever again.’"
Blake emphasized, however, that it’s important for parents to listen if the adult child makes an attempt to communicate.
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"A frequent complaint that most adult children make is, ‘My parents just don't listen. I cannot get through to them. It's like talking to a brick wall,’" he said. "And that is a genuine frustration."
"If you don't listen to your child, then don't be surprised if you have conflict with them."
Blake recommended active listening techniques, such as allowing the other person to speak without interruption, repeating their concerns back to show understanding, and asking whether they have more to share before offering a response.
Blake emphasized that his concerns do not apply to all therapists, saying only a "small subset" may view cutting off family members as an appropriate response to conflict.
In situations involving ordinary family conflict rather than abuse, he cautioned that ending contact can have longer-term repercussions even if it initially brings relief.
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"It makes you feel good, but there are consequences afterwards — very serious consequences," Blake said.
He also challenged the idea that the sole act of cutting off a parent will necessarily resolve underlying mental health struggles.
"This is the sort of myth that pervades in cutoff cultures, like, ‘I needed to cut my parents off to protect my mental health,’" he said. The assumption, he added, is: "My parents were the cause of my mental health issues, therefore cutting them out resolves that issue."
Other experts have emphasized that people's experiences with therapy during family estrangement can vary.
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Lucy Blake, Ph.D., a developmental psychologist in the U.K. who studies family estrangement, told the American Psychological Association that therapy can be "very helpful" in some cases.
"I think people can find therapy very helpful if their therapist has an understanding of estrangement, so some appreciation that it’s rarely one relationship that’s affected when there’s an estrangement," she said.
Therapy can also be beneficial when therapists understand underlying factors that can contribute to family estrangement, such as abuse or mental health challenges, the psychologist noted.
Blake has also heard from people who found therapy "very unhelpful," particularly when they felt their therapist lacked warmth and validation or did not understand the "enormous impact" of estrangement and the grief and loss that can accompany it.
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Overall, Blake said therapy can be a "really helpful avenue of support" for some, while noting that researchers are "still really learning" what is helpful or unhelpful for people experiencing estrangement.
For families experiencing conflict, bringing in a neutral third party may be a better option when both sides are willing to participate, experts agree.
"Communication with a mediator, whether it’s a therapist or a professional mediator, can be really productive," said Richard Blake.
Once a family member has already ended communication and asked not to be contacted, however, getting both sides into therapy may no longer be an option.
"I certainly think it’s worth a try," he said of mediation. "I know a lot of very good mediators out there who can help people."
Wellington agreed that bringing parents and adult children into therapy together could be helpful, although both sides need to be willing to repair the relationship.
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She also added that differing beliefs do not necessarily have to end a relationship.
"You can have a different opinion," she said. "You can also have a relationship with your parent who has the other opinion, and that's OK."
'You Can See Everything' Review: The buzzy Elizabeth Holmes documentary is worth the hype
The best documentaries don't feel like documentaries. They have a connotation of being educational, but even career documentarians will tell you that all they're doing is telling a story just like any other film.
Well, A24's "You Can See Everything" is not like any other film, nor is it like any other documentary.
Comedian Nathan Fielder shocked the internet during the festival circuit earlier this year when he unveiled a documentary he spent three years developing featuring Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced Theranos founder who granted him unfettered access in the 34 days leading up to her 11-year prison sentence in 2023.
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You likely know the story already: Holmes became a media darling in the mid-2010s as her company had allegedly developed a medical device that can detect virtually all diseases from a single drop of blood. However, investigative reporting by The Wall Street Journal led to her downfall and she was ultimately found guilty of defrauding investors in 2022.
Having lived in obscurity since the collapse of Theranos, Holmes providing unprecedented access to Fielder and co-director Lance Oppenheim certainly turned heads.
Fielder serves as our on-camera shepherd, spending intimate moments with her, her husband Billy Evans and their two infant children. He isn't shy about expressing his skepticism towards Holmes and Evans as she maintains her innocence while the two of them are in the early stages of scheming a major comeback for what can be dubbed "Theranos 2.0."
Both Fielder and the audience alike stare into Holmes' big blue eyes above her porcelain red cheeks, hoping to read between the lines of whether she's being as authentic as she claims to be or if she's the cunning manipulator the world believes she is.
What's remarkable about "You Can See Everything" is how it becomes increasingly indiscernible on who we can really trust as the documentary progresses. Her husband is a peculiar character in his own right, and we begin to suspect his motives. We even start to question the filmmakers behind the documentary at one point, thanks in part to Fielder and Oppenheim pulling back the curtain. A fun mystery thriller develops in the process.
While not notorious like Holmes, Fielder made a name for himself as the host of Comedy Central's "Nathan For You" and HBO's "The Rehearsal," both of which are part comedies, part docuseries. For comedic effect, Fielder often blurs the lines of what documentaries are supposed to do. So the strange twist and turns "You Can See Everything" takes in the second act may not exactly shock those who are familiar with his work, but the direction it goes is spellbinding nonetheless.
Fielder is as awkward as he is hilarious, and the way he often uses bluntness to seek the truth is amusing. Despite the nearly three-hour runtime, it doesn't drag thanks to editor Adam Locke-Norton. The cinematography by David Bolen and the score from composer Ari Balouzian (both of whom also worked on Oppenheim's "Primetime") add to the documentary's high production value.
And the internet rumors about Charlie Kirk being invoked in this documentary are true. I'll leave it to you as to how he comes up.
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Films are a dime a dozen, but a cinematic experience is rare. "You Can See Everything" is not just a fascinating, thought-provoking documentary starring one of the 21st century's most vilified figures, it challenges the entire medium. And it's even more fun when you're able to discuss it with others after, so it's best not to go stag. Don't miss one of the biggest and best surprises of 2026 at the movies.
"You Can See Everything" is rated R for language and some graphic nudity. Running time: 2 hours, 54 minutes. In theaters now.