Celebrity Feuds

Don Lemon is firing back at Kanye West’s Grammy rant against him ... telling us he doesn’t get why the rapper had to throw a racial slur into the mix.

We caught up with Don about the situation, and he clarifies he was just trying to ask Kanye a music question on the Grammys red carpet Sunday -- so he has no idea where Ye’s claims that Don was behind the false reports of him getting booted from the ceremony came from.

But Don was clear one thing ... saying Kanye calling him a "k***" was totally unwarranted.

Blake Lively is emotionally zapped, but more than eager to get her day in court for the Justin Baldoni case ... where she is confident her facts will overcome his "sideshow."

A source close to Blake tells TMZ ... the whole Baldoni drama is taking a deep emotional toll on Blake and her family, causing her and Ryan Reynolds severe anguish, which allegedly  started way back on the set of "It Ends With Us" ... and she wants to get this all buttoned up.

Blake and Justin's legal teams were in court Monday for the first time since she sued him for sexual harassment and he fired back with his counter suit against her and the New York Times ... and we're told Blake is grateful with how the first hearing played out.

Blake Lively's living in a fantasy land when it comes to the first court date in the Justin Baldoni case ... at least according to his camp.

Justin's "It Ends With Us" costar and legal foe believes the judge ruled in her favor at Monday's hearing ... but Baldoni's side has a completely opposite takeaway.

Sources close to Justin's team tell TMZ ... "The judge did not rule in Ms. Lively's favor, what they had asked of the court was a gag order, for Blake not to be deposed by Bryan and for the entire case to be dismissed against them -- none of that happened."

Kanye West and Bianca Censori are on the same page regarding her gratuitous displays of public nudity ... Ye's longtime pal has seen the cooperation with his own two eyes!!!

Malik Yusef tells TMZ Hip Hop that Ye and Bianca's marriage union is strong and they make decisions together ... which includes her deciding to get buck naked on the Grammys red carpet!!!

Neither Ye nor Malik won the Grammys they were nominated for on Sunday, but the Internet determined Bianca stole the show -- something the megastar rapper had no problem bragging about this morning.

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively aren’t losing sleep over their legal battle with Justin Baldoni -- they’re all smiles in a new couple’s selfie!

Shared by the "Deadpool" star on IG Monday, Blake looked fab snapping the pic while Ryan kept her close, arm wrapped around her, on a dimly lit street -- showing he's got her back and, judging by those grins, feeling confident they’ve got this legal conflict in the bag.

The selfie is posted in the middle a string of pics -- including one of Ryan visiting Elihu Yale’s tomb in the UK and another from a Q&A at The Paley Center in NYC -- showing he’s booked, busy, and treating this lawsuit war like no biggie.

11:10 AM PT -- Blake Lively's attorneys Michael Gottlieb and Esra Hudson tell TMZ ... “We are pleased with the result of today’s hearing and eager to move forward immediately with discovery in this case. The Court granted our request that all attorneys in the matter actually follow the rule of law and not make any statements that could prejudice a jury. This case deals with serious allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation. We will hold the defendants accountable, and we are confident that once all the evidence is submitted in this matter, Ms. Lively will prevail.”

The judge required both sides to abide by New York Rules of Professional Conduct, which prevents lawyers from making statements with a “substantial likelihood” they could taint a jury. Still, the rules afford attorneys the opportunity to speak with the media to protect their clients from negative publicity.

Baldoni's attorney Bryan Freedman says he's cool with those rules, and for now, so are Blake's attorneys.

Justin Baldoni just scored what he sees as a legal win over Blake Lively ... because the first court hearing in their beef ended with half a gag order for Justin's lawyer.

The "It Ends With Us" stars had their legal teams go before a judge Monday in New York for the first time since Blake filed her sexual harassment lawsuit against Justin, who fired back with his own $400 million defamation suit.

Blake's been trying to get Justin's attorney, Bryan Freedman, to stop blabbing about the case in the media.

Janelle Monae roasted Nelly at a Grammys after-party in L.A. Sunday night, blasting him for recently performing at President Trump's inauguration during an impromptu rap session with Anderson .Paak.

The outspoken singer/actress hopped onstage with Anderson at Andy's in West Hollywood -- which is co-owned by .Paak -- after the two had attended the Grammys at Crypto.com Arena.

We're told Anderson and Janelle began singing a medley of songs — one of which was Nelly's hit, "Hot in Herre," which totally set off Janelle.

A major beef ended at the Grammy Awards Sunday ... not between two artists, but between an artist and the academy itself -- 'cause The Weeknd is back in the Grammys fold.

Harvey Mason Jr. -- the Recording Academy CEO -- stepped up to talk about all the changes he's tried to implement in the last four years ... ever since The Weeknd called out the academy for a lack of transparency.

Remember ... back in 2020, The Weeknd's song "Blinding Lights" -- a super popular track which ended up skyrocketing to the top of the charts -- wasn't nominated at the 2021 Grammys.

Justin Baldoni's dropping a sex talk bombshell in his legal war with Blake Lively -- revealing notes from a crucial meeting about all the "It Ends With Us" sex scenes ... a meeting he claims Blake refused to attend.

The documents detail the director's April 21, 2023 meeting with an intimacy coordinator -- who was a woman -- to discuss how best to shoot the film's steamier moments. In his notes, Justin says it was important to have a female coordinator to craft sex scenes, because "It Ends With Us" fans are predominantly women ... so, he wanted it written for the "female gaze."

The notes, released Saturday on Baldoni's new website thelawsuitinfo.com, include x-rated language -- like, "goes down on her," "orgasm," "foreplay" and "the clit test" -- but Justin points out all of that came directly from the intimacy coordinator during their meeting.

Kanye West has Taylor Swift on his mind heading into music's biggest night ... which could be an ominous sign for Sunday night's Grammys, or it's just a masterful troll.

As of Saturday night, Ye's Instagram account had unfollowed everyone -- including his wife Bianca Censori -- with the exception of Taylor. Of course, if you're Taylor, that move coming on the eve of the Grammys could make you pretty uneasy ... considering Tay and Ye's infamous history at award shows.

For what it's worth, Taylor and Beyoncé will both be at Crypto.com arena Sunday night -- Taylor has 6 nominations and Bey's up for 11 -- so, Ye could be the wild card once again.

Bhad Bhabie has had it with Alabama Barker coming after her online ... warning that something might happen the next time they see each other.

BB went off on Travis Barker's daughter Saturday ... sharing a series of posts to her Instagram story calling out the 19-year-old who announced she plans to drop a track called "Cry Bhabie" in response to Bhad's "Over Cooked."

Among her posts, she shared a video ... and, she started it by saying that all of Alabama's actions show "the type of b**** she is."

Justin Baldoni is pulling out all the stops in his war with Blake Lively ... because he's got a new tool designed to present JB's side of the story.

The "It Ends With Us" star just published a new website dedicated to the Blake case ... and he's defending himself against Blake's allegation he sexually harassed her when they were making the movie.

The website currently has two links on it ... one to the amended complaint filed by Justin Baldoni and his studio against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds -- and the other showing a timeline of relevant events in the case.

2/1 -- 1:32 PM PT -- A spokesperson for the New York Times tells TMZ ... "The Baldoni/Wayfarer legal filings are rife with inaccuracies about The New York Times, including, for example, the bogus claim that The Times had early access to Ms. Lively's state civil rights complaint. Mr. Baldoni's lawyers base their erroneous claim on postings by amateur internet sleuths, who, not surprisingly, are wrong."

"The sleuths have noted that a version of the Lively state complaint published by The Times carries the date 'December 10' even though the complaint wasn't filed until more than a week later. The problem: that date is generated by Google software and is unrelated to the date when The Times received it and posted it. A look at the metadata from the posted document correctly shows it was posted after Ms. Lively filed it with the California Civil Rights Department."

Justin Baldoni says he now has cold hard proof Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds had it out for him several months before she dropped her Christmas surprise lawsuit against him ... so, now he's updating his lawsuit against them.

President Donald Trump's administration is directly calling out Selena Gomez for her tearful reaction to the recent mass ICE arrests ... accusing the starlet of having little empathy for those "murdered by illegal aliens."

The White House formally uploaded a video to Instagram and other social sites on Friday evening, where they highlighted 3 separate cases where women were allegedly killed by undocumented individuals.

The captions added ... "Kayla Hamilton, Jocelyn Nungaray, and Rachel Morin were murdered by illegal aliens. Their courageous mothers had something to say to @SelenaGomez and those who oppose securing our borders."

Blake Lively has been targeted with a massive troll campaign amid her legal war with Justin Baldoni ... her Instagram profile is flooded with porn.

A source with knowledge tells TMZ ... Blake had no idea she had been targeted with the smut ... and it's now gone -- her security settings have been updated.

Daniel Roberts, Meta spokesperson, tells us ... “This kind of online harassment is wrong and we condemn it. We are removing the content that violates our policies and will continue to monitor for additional violating posts."

Tristan Thompson is facing some heat for referring to ex-girlfriend Khloe Kardashian's niece Dream as his "oldest daughter" ... especially from the little one's mama, Blac Chyna.

ICYMI ... the NBA player caught some flak on social media after he filmed himself sending love to his "2 daughters," Dream Kardashian and True Thompson.

Many online felt it was inappropriate of Tristan to claim Rob Kardashian's daughter as his own, especially since he isn't blood-related to the 8-year-old, and is NOT dating Dream's aunt.