Tulsi Gabbard's older brother is facing criminal charges after Hawaii police say he allegedly tried to lure several young children to a hotel room by offering them money and gum.
According to the Honolulu Police Department, 55-year-old Batarti Gabbard, brother of President Trump's former Director of National Intelligence, was arrested Friday in connection with a July 12 incident at a Waikīkī hotel pool.
Cops say Gabbard approached multiple children including a 9 year old boy and allegedly offered them gum and cash if they followed him to a nearby hotel room. Police say he also asked the kids for their names and wrote them down in a notebook.
The Indiana man who cut off his penis before allegedly setting it ablaze doesn't remember the impromptu amputation ... TMZ has learned.
A family member of Christopher Peden tells TMZ ... he's suffered from mental health issues over the years and has been "in and out" of mental health facilities, and is back in one after making bail following his felony arson charge. The treatment was not part of his release.
The family member says he is currently "coming to terms with what happened, which has been the hard part because he doesn't remember doing it," adding that he was in a "psychotic-like episode" when he decided to cut off his penis and torch it.
Sean Strickland is issuing a mea culpa to Dustin Poirier ... in a wild 180 that no one saw coming, with the UFC champ eating crow for doubting whether the retired fighter was actually battling depression before his recent viral arrest.
Stricland said, "I spoke to Dustin and he is legitimately messed up by his actions," Strickland wrote on social media. "I thought he was just doing PR clean up tbh.. I guess not everyone is a POS like me lol."
He continued, "So yeah I repent and I am sorry Dustin."
Taylor Frankie Paul has been facing a whirlwind of trouble this year ... and she's now admitting on social media she sought the help of rehabilitation facilities for her own mental health struggles.
TFP put up a post on Sunday on her Instagram story where she goes into detail about how she is handling her mental health, saying she willingly chose to seek help from a facility to help her "reset" and "get away."
This is after Taylor noticed she "needed extra help" ... and it looks like the help got her a 'good antidepressant.'
Former NBA star Blake Griffin says his first experience with a sports psychologist was anything but a slam dunk ... claiming the shrink totally betrayed his trust.
Blake was on the "Friends Keep Secrets" podcast Tuesday with Lil Dicky, Kristin Batalucco, and Benny Blanco when recalled a nightmare interaction with a sports psychologist during his time with the Los Angeles Clippers.
He says the shrink came over to his place after practice one day and they chatted ... and then the shrink turned around and called up Blake's coach to spill about their convo.
Rep. Lauren Boebert isn't exactly welcoming a fellow Republican back to Congress ... rather, she's skewering him for being MIA because he was depressed.
Jacobgot the Congresswoman from Colorado Tuesday on Capitol Hill, and she was incredulous that Congressman Tom Kean finally ended his nearly 4-month sabbatical, citing "depression."
Lauren had a different diagnosis, scoffing that Kean's "case of the sads" is no excuse for abandoning the ship. Jacob mounted a challenge, saying depression is more than a case of the sads, but Boebert doubled down, saying he was an embarrassment and needed to toughen up.
Thing is ... Kean is running for reelection, and Republicans need every seat to retain the House, but Boebert doesn't care ... she says if he's too much of an eggshell to show up, she's ok if he's booted from Congress.
David Harbour is opening up about a difficult chapter in his life ... addressing both a mental health struggle and rumors of tension with his "Stranger Things" costar Millie Bobby Brown ... and he says one triggered the other.
David says he suffered a mental breakdown last year that was "confusing as hell" not only for himself, but also for those around him ... telling Variety that depression, mania, and other mental health episodes can be difficult for loved ones to understand in real time.
The "Stranger Things" star admitted he was triggered by what he claims was false reporting on his relationship with Millie ... namely, reports she had complained about his behavior on set and that the pair had experienced friction behind the scenes.
Soap star Kirsten Storms says she has no plans to return to "General Hospital" due to ongoing issues with her ex-husband, Brandon Barash, and an alleged phone hack.
Kirsten posted an emotional message on social media Sunday addressing the ongoing drama in her life, which includes Brandon obtaining a restraining order against her over concerns about her mental health. The drama erupted months after Kirsten left "General Hospital" in mid-2025 to "take a break" and to move to Tennessee with her family.
In her social post, the actress says ... "Given what's been going on, I can't say I will feel comfortable heading back to Los Angeles and returning to work. This has been an eye opening experience about the downside of my profession."
Matt Brown's ex-girlfriend spent months trying to help him through his personal struggles before he took his own life ... TMZ has learned.
Sources close to the situation tell TMZ ... the former "Alaskan Bush People" star's ex did everything she could to support him as he battled personal issues.
We're told she repeatedly urged Matt to seek professional help and believed he needed support beyond their relationship, feeling she could no longer be his only source of strength during his darkest moments.
Despite the breakup, our sources say she still cared deeply about Matt and hoped they could eventually make the relationship work. We're told she remained committed to his well-being and wanted to see him get the help he needed.
Cara Delevingne is opening up about her shocking drug spiral that led to those infamous post-Burning Man photos -- admitting she had no idea just how serious things had become.
Speaking on "Call Her Daddy," the British model said the shocking 2022 images served as a major wake-up call ... especially because she'd convinced herself she could have one last blowout for her 30th birthday before getting sober.
Cara revealed she was using GHB to knock herself out and cocaine to keep herself awake ... creating a dangerous cycle she couldn't simply walk away from when she decided to quit.
"Summer House" star KJ Dillard needed mental health treatment after the most recent season of the hit reality show ... revealing he was hospitalized shortly after filming wrapped.
The reality TV star made the shocking revelation during the season 10 reunion ... telling Andy Cohen he went to the hospital for about a week due to self-harm.
Dillard says doctors diagnosed him with Borderline Personality Disorder ... a mental illness that "severely impacts a person's ability to regulate their emotions" ... affecting feelings about themselves and negatively impacting relationships they have with others -- according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
Martin Short was concerned after he hadn't heard from his daughter in over 24 hours, so much so that he called a friend to ask them to check on Katherine... and then she was found dead.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner just released Katherine's autopsy and it reveals how Martin helped police track her down after she went MIA ... only to find her with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
In the autopsy, obtained by TMZ, investigators say Martin asked a friend to go to Katherine's Los Angeles home, where they found a note on the bedroom door, which was locked.
Paris Jackson is opening up about her battle with addiction -- saying getting sober wasn’t just about quitting substances ... it was about becoming herself again.
Speaking on Jack Osbourne's "Trying Not to Die" podcast, Michael Jackson’s daughter explained she was raised to be a kind person -- but whenever alcohol entered the picture, she says that version of herself disappeared and she’d become vindictive instead.
Paris admitted the person she turned into during addiction felt morally ugly to her ... adding she now recognizes some of those same patterns in other addicts too -- constantly reaching, clinging for someone or something to fill the gap.
Derek Hough’s opening up about his childhood struggles -- saying the bullying got so bad that a group of kids held a gun to his head!
Speaking on "The Bossticks" podcast, the 'DWTS' star said being a skinny kid obsessed with dance didn’t exactly win him points at school ... and things escalated fast -- including one incident where he says a kid punched him so hard that Derek was left covered in blood.
Derek says he eventually started fighting back and beating the boys up, too ... but says that landed him in trouble and got him expelled. And that wasn't the end of it.
Ashley Parker Angel is weighing in on celebrity burnout and the fixation with healthy aging ... and he’s got a message for every overworked A-lister.
The former O-Town heartthrob was spotted out in NYC and we ask him all about Gen-Z introducing the idea of taking mental health breaks into workplaces -- especially in the entertainment industry -- and he tells us he's all for it, being that millennials didn't really touch the topic of mental health, vulnerably saying ... "I've been though it."
We asked Ashley specifically about Megan Thee Stallion stepping away from "Moulin Rouge!" following her split from NBA star Klay Thompson … and this former Broadway star didn’t hesitate to defend the move.
Jack Osbourne is ripping trolls a new one after they started shaming him over his weight loss -- insisting he's not "grossly underweight" ... as they apparently dragged him for just shaving his beard and getting a "creepy mustache."
In a new TikTok clip, Jack said the backlash is insane after he spent years getting mocked for being overweight -- adding he hasn't lost any additional weight since competing on the UK reality series, "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!" 6 months ago.
Jack explained that he decided to overhaul his lifestyle after hitting 220 pounds around three years ago ... dropping down to 155 pounds at 5'8" -- which he says is perfectly healthy.
