Feuds

Ron Funches absolutely torched his costars on "The Traitors" ... with Porsha Williams catching a considerable amount of the heat as his main punchline!

In a recent stand-up set, Ron joked Porsha had his suspicion levels through the roof on the show, saying he was convinced she was a full-blown traitor, until the rest of the cast shut that theory down fast, telling him she wasn’t a mastermind ... just "dumb as f***."

The bit keeps escalating ... Ron says when he later Googled her, fans were stunned he didn’t know exactly how dumb she really was.

Spencer Pratt is Karen Bass’ biggest threat in the race for Los Angeles mayor ... at least according to the Bass campaign’s own internal pollster.

An email sent Thursday by Bass campaign advisor Douglas Herman to “Interested Parties” -- including endorsers and supporters -- states that the campaign’s internal pollster, Binder Research, currently shows Pratt in position to make the November runoff.

The letter -- obtained by TMZ -- also takes direct aim at Nithya Raman, the L.A. City Councilmember and progressive who entered the race late and is widely viewed as a key challenger.

Rihanna is making it clear she's standing with Don Lemon following his clash with Nicki Minaj ... posing alongside the journalist to ring in his 60th birthday.

Lemon took to IG to share a sweet rooftop selfie with RiRi -- smiling ear-to-ear as he rocks a fresh pair of shades. He captions the pic, “Birthday hijinks with my girl Rihanna,” and set it to her 2011 hit “Birthday Cake.”

You’ll recall … a few weeks ago, Lemon found himself in an all-out war with Nicki Minaj after he live-streamed a news report from Cities Church in St. Paul, MN, where demonstrators interrupted a service to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Celina Powell has lawyered up and is going on the offensive against Deshae Frost ... firing off a cease and desist letter after he accused her of sexual assault and giving him herpes during a livestream.

TMZ has obtained the cease and desist, sent Thursday by the model and internet personality's attorney Rebecca R. Bordoli, demanding Frost to immediately stop making what they call "defamatory, defamatory per se, harmful, and false statements" about her.

According to the letter, Frost allegedly made the claims during a January 26 livestream, telling viewers Powell sexually assaulted him and infected him with herpes. Her legal team says the allegations are "completely devoid of factual support" and have "no merit whatsoever."

After Mary Cosby's son Robert Cosby Jr.'s sudden death this week, "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" cast has put old wounds on ice.

Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... the SLC housewives have set aside past fractures and on-camera drama to rally around Mary during an absolutely devastating moment of her life. We're told any lingering tension from filming or prior seasons simply doesn’t matter right now.

Our sources say the outreach has been unanimous. Every cast member has contacted Mary in some way ... some stopping by in person, others checking in consistently by phone and text. We're told there's been no hesitation and no division when it comes to supporting her following Robert's death.

Iman Shumpert is speaking out for the first time about Kayla Nicole's public feud with his ex-wife, Teyana Taylor ... revealing the influencer reached out to him to apologize after the shade sparked backlash.

Quick refresher ... Nicole was on Angel Reese's podcast in 2024 and admitted a guy she was dating dumped her for a popular singer/actress. While Nicole never name-dropped, she did say she dressed up as the woman for Halloween to be petty.

Social media detectives figured it out ... the costume was Taylor's iconic outfit from Kanye West's "Fade" video.

Looks like Andy Cohen and Lisa Rinna have officially doused their drama after the ‘Real Housewives’ star set fire to his memoir in protest over him spilling their private texts.

Check out the clip from Wednesday's "Watch What Happens Live" -- Andy confirms he apologized for sharing their texts in "The Daddy Diaries: The Year I Grew Up" as soon as he realized he hurt her ... and she wholeheartedly accepted. Meanwhile, she's all smiles as she tells him he should be honored she fed his book to her fireplace.

ICYMI -- Andy's 2023 memoir contained personal texts about her shocking departure from "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills." The messages had fans scratching their heads about whether she was fired from the series or left on her own terms.

Cardi B made "Saturday Night Live's" 1,000th episode one to remember ... allegedly for all the wrong reasons -- according to our sources, Cardi started destroying equipment during rehearsal when she overheard the "Weekend Update" anchors run a joke about Nicki Minaj.

We're told as Cardi was preparing to perform as a musical guest on the January 31 show, the "Weekend Update" anchors were running their jokes ahead of dress rehearsal.

Our sources say Cardi apparently overheard one about Nicki's recent affiliation with MAGA ... and LOST it.

Hilary Duff is comin' clean about the "toxic" mom group fiasco that took the internet by storm last month ... and is even addressing past drama with Lindsay Lohan!

The "Roommates" singer reflected on all the drama -- new and old -- on her Wednesday appearance on "Call Her Daddy." She first recalls her teenage "nemesis" Lindsay ... who she was often pitted against back in the early aughts -- and with whom she was notoriously involved in a love triangle with the late Aaron Carter.

But, the singer and actress confirmed any beef with LiLo was buried way back in the day ... saying they came to an understanding one night at the club -- and even took a shot together!

T.I. is dragging his beef with 50 Cent straight into the studio -- and TMZ’s got the first listen to the diss track.

Hit play on this ... because T.I. ain't playing nice, calling 50 a "5-0 dispatcher" -- basically branding him a snitch -- and clowns him as a keyboard warrior who’s tough online but nowhere else.

Then it really gets spicy. T.I. raps he’s got "he has paperwork from n**** in prison ya name is in em" ... a bombshell claim that goes straight at 50’s gangster brand. That’s not light shade ... that’s nuclear!

7:32 PM PT -- Sources close to Kenan tell TMZ ... this was a contractual disagreement and not about him choosing to not pay rent. Our sources tell us Kenan never received the keys to the property and had never even stepped foot on the property.

Kenan Thompson is being dragged to court by a landlord, who claims he owes over $34,000 for breaking his lease on a rental home.

According to a new lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, the 'SNL' star is being sued for allegedly breaching a 12-month lease for a 3-bedroom rental property in Los Angeles.

In the docs, the landlord claims they entered into a written lease agreement with Kenan in September ... they say the lease started October 1 and Kenan agreed to pay the $10,250 rent for a year before the lease would go month-to-month.

Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz are getting back out there after blowing the lid on some nasty family drama ... and it looks like the media firestorm isn't wearing on them.

Brooklyn and his wife were spotted in Malibu going on a sunset walk along the beach with their super cute dog ... making a grand emergence after holing up for a few days in the 'Bu.

David and Victoria Beckham's oldest child called out his parents this past week in a savage string of posts on social media ... dropping bombshell claim after bombshell claim and calling his parents controlling, fake, and straight-up dishonest.

Johnny Depp is getting his name dragged into the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni drama ... and it's all because of some newly revealed text messages fired off by Ryan Reynolds.

New legal docs obtained by TMZ feature texts between Ryan and his talent agent, Warren Zavala ... and they're chatting about Lively and Baldoni's PR strategies when Ryan name-drops Depp.

The exchange, from August 2024, goes like this ... Zavala says of Baldoni, "It's this guys incredible ego. It feels like he's laying a trap if her truth surfaces, while promoting a narrative digitally."

Ryan replies, "Yeah. But honestly, someone is just gonna tell a journalist the real deal and it's gonna blow up in his face."

Jameela Jamil’s feminist, women-first image may be taking a serious hit ... 'cause newly revealed texts show her absolutely torching Blake Lively behind the scenes!

In unsealed court docs tied to the ongoing Lively vs. Baldoni "It Ends With Us" legal war, a batch of the British actress' private messages from 2024 with Justin Baldoni’s publicist, Jennifer Abel, are now being submitted as evidence in the case ... and they’re brutal.

Jameela goes all in on the "Gossip Girl" alum, calling her a "suicide bomber" and a "villain," while Jennifer repeatedly drops the C-word.

Fans have been rushing to defend Glambot director Cole Walliser after Jennifer Lopez appeared to give him the cold shoulder on the Golden Globes red carpet ... but he's coming to J Lo's defense, saying it didn't feel like she was being rude to him at all!

As a matter of fact, Cole says he doesn't think anyone has been unkind to him on the red carpet. According to Cole, it's the hectic environment of awards shows that can give off that appearance.

In an Instagram video, Cole explained ... in the chaos, celebrities are being pulled in a million directions and swiftly ushered onto the next thing, sometimes leaving them with little time -- or perhaps social battery -- to exchange niceties.

If SZA was trying piss off the White House with her stinging jab for using her music in a pro-ICE ad, then the singer failed miserably -- because the WH loved every bit of her criticism!

First the back story … the White House posted a video to its X account Monday to promote the work of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

In the clip, you see armed ICE agents ready for combat rounding up immigrants, coupled with a caption referencing SZA’s tune, "Big Boy," which includes the lyrics "it's cuffing season." The WH's caption read ... “We heard it’s cuffing szn. Bad news for criminal illegal aliens. Great news for America.”