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Jimmy Kimmel's wife Molly McNearney may be in for one awkward Thanksgiving ... she revealed some of her familial relationships have been severely hurt after her husband's public battle with Donald Trump.

Molly appeared Thursday on the "We Can Do Hard Things" podcast alongside Jimmy, where she admitted it's been challenging to come from a politically conservative family to now be battling the Republican Party's leader.

She said, "To me, them voting for Trump is them not voting for my husband and me and our family.” It's been so difficult, she's “unfortunately" lost relationships with people in her family because of it.

Alex Cooper says Taylor Swift opened her eyes sexually as a teenage girl ... and it's all thanks to one album.

Alex hopped on the "In Your Dreams With Owen Thiele" podcast this week and explained how Taylor was her "sexual awakening for women."

The way Alex tells it ... she was growing up in Pennsylvania when Taylor's "Fearless" album came out in 2008, and the songs changed her life.

Mod Sun’s opening up about his split from Avril Lavigne ... saying it was brutal to move on, especially when he had to replay the heartbreak every night on stage singing their song together.

The singer told Bunnie XO on the "Dumb Blonde" podcast it just so happens his biggest hit, "Flames," is the one with Avril ... but since it’s his song, he wasn’t about to rob himself (or fans) of performing it live on tour.

Mod went on to say it was tough to play -- and even harder to hear -- but he pushed through. Performing it night after night was difficult, yet getting emotionally wrecked on stage in front of people ended up being the thing that healed him.

Raven-Symone isn't throwing the sex pest out with the bathwater ... she told Jamie Kennedy she thinks Bill Cosby's artistic work should be able to be enjoyed regardless of the accusations against him.

On his "Hate To Break It To Ya" podcast, Jamie brought up the topic of the disgraced comedian, saying, "Yeah, he was a monster on this side, but he was a monster creatively. Both can be true."

Raven agreed, chiming in ... "Separate the creator from the creation. And that's just where I live, because the creation changed America ... changed television."

3:17 PM PT -- Gerry Turner's disputing Theresa Nist's version of events a bit ... telling TMZ, "I laughed. That’s preposterous."

Gerry Turner seems to have had an exit plan in case his marriage to Theresa Nist didn't work out ... straight-up telling her where he'd hide her body if he killed her!

Nist exhumed the morbid story during an episode of the "Dear Shandy" podcast ... telling the hosts they were out on a walk near his house along a lake, when Theresa says Gerry pointed out a shed to her.

She then claims Gerry said, "That’s where I’m going to hide your body after I kill you and chop you up" -- a statement Nist swears he deadpanned.

Taylor Momsen’s opening up about the rough side of "Gossip Girl" ... saying people blurred the line between her and her character so much, she had no choice but to quit the show.

The Pretty Reckless rocker spilled on "Call Her Daddy" that playing Jenny Humphrey was straight-up killing her ... she just wanted to ditch the drama and make music, but trying to break that contract by S4 was a nightmare of its own.

Taylor says the execs branded her ungrateful for wanting to leave the very show that had made her so successful -- but she pushed back hard, and eventually the writers agreed to write her off.

The Golden Globes have announced they'll have a Best Podcast category next year ... but Adam22 told us at LAX yesterday to prepare to be disappointed.

Some considered the Globes move to include podcasts as the latest attempt to remain relevant ... the awards show made a similar move when they added diversity to its voting body in 2023 -- but Adam22 sees it differently.

He says it's "old media basically feeling like they can be the judge, jury and executioner for new media."

Comedian Whitney Cummings is engaged ... but she's having a tough time spreading the news.

Whitney made the announcement Monday on her "Good For You" podcast, saying, "I got engaged last week ... and I don't know how to tell anybody."

She continued, "I'm embarrassed to even talk about it, and I'm trying to just get it out of the way."

There's no love lost between Brianna "Chickenfry" LaPaglia and Montana Boy Mark Estes ... at least not on "Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test"!

In an exclusive preview clip obtained by TMZ, the Barstool Sports star goes full beast mode on the TikTok hunk during one of the show's most brutal challenges, "Murderball." The wild footage shows Brianna sprinting across the mud before delivering a sharp kick straight to Mark's stomach, sending both of them crashing into the dirt as they wrestle for control of the ball like total warriors.

In addition to the muddy mayhem, the remaining recruits also take on the nerve-racking "Postman’s Walk" ... a 165-foot rope bridge suspended 200 feet above a canyon floor, which they have just 10 minutes to cross.

Don Lemon took shots at conservative commentator Megyn Kelly's gender ... and many online are now calling the TV newsman a hypocrite.

The former CNN host made the controversial comments on his new "Clip Farmers" podcast ... and, he certainly did some clip farming when he said he think Kelly looks like a trans woman.

He tells his cohosts John Cotter and Chris Miglioranzi he thinks Megyn looks "clockable" ... which they then Google and explain to the audience is a term that means you can easily identify -- or clock -- a person as being transgender.

Gavin Newsom says he's done fighting for a chance to go toe-to-toe with Joe Rogan on issues ... dismissing JR as popular, but outdated, AKA "the Facebook of podcasting."

The California governor sat down Monday night with journalist Elex Michaelson on "The Story Is With Elex Michaelson," and during their 10 minute interview, Gavin slammed Rogan for dismissing his repeated requests to go on "The Joe Rogan Experience."

Check out the video ... Gavin seems a bit annoyed as he discusses how Joe has attacked him for years, but refused to ever have him on the podcast for a debate.

Hailey Bieber doesn't get why someone saying she looks like a transgender woman is an insult ... 'cause all she hears in that moment is someone calling her gorgeous!

The model joined actor Owen Thiele on his "In Your Dreams" podcast for an episode published Friday ... and she opened up about the very lame diss in her eyes ... admitting she doesn't get why people think they're knocking her when they call her trans.

HB points out that trans women and trans men are some of the most beautiful people in the world ... so, she takes the "attack" in stride. Sounds like internet trolls will need a new Rhode of attack to get at her.

Even celebs get starstruck ... Ariana Grande practically lost all chill when the one and only Sarah Jessica Parker acknowledged her existence!

On the "Shut Up Evan" podcast, the "Wicked" star got a surprise voicemail from none other than the "Sex and The City" queen herself. But before Ariana could even answer SJP’s burning question, she was already tearing up like a total fangirl.

Ariana was so shook, she blurted out to Evan, "She knows who I am!" ... then pulled it together just enough to dive into how fame looks now versus what she dreamed it’d be as a kid.

When it rains, it pours ... and Lukas Gage is going through an emotional tsunami right now ... the actor broke down talking to Trisha Paytas about losing his grandmother and reuniting with his dad, all in the middle of his divorce from Chris Appleton.

On Thursday's "Just Trish" podcast release, Lukas said ... "I think part of this book was having forgiveness, and I think that you can only love to the extent that you were taught to love, and I think I humanized my dad."

The 30-year-old "Euphoria" star revealed his dad drifted away from him and his family after Lukas' teenage years. According to Lukas, his dad got remarried without telling them and started a whole new family. Lukas hadn't spent more than 2 minutes in the same room with his dad since.

Travis Kelce just revealed what he orders when he's at his and Patrick Mahomes' new steakhouse ... and the dishes are a lot like the way his fans would describe him -- rich and buttery!

The food topic came up during Wednesday's episode of "New Heights" -- when Jason Kelce announced he'd be heading to 1587 Prime for the first time next week ... while he's in Kansas City to cover the Chiefs' "Monday Night Football" matchup with the Commanders.

Jason asked Travis what he should order once he plops down into one of the swanky joint's booths ... and the younger Kelce gave him some recommendations.

Victoria Beckham struggled through her eating disorder silently ... not even opening up to her better half, David Beckham, as she clawed her way out of the dark period in her life.

The fashion designer opened up about the trying time during her Wednesday appearance on "Call Her Daddy" ... revealing to host Alex Cooper she felt she could not "trust anyone at all" to help her.

She confirms David knew she was "very disciplined" about how she ate ... but didn't turn to him for advice. Instead, VB says she worked on her relationship with food herself and taught herself it was about balance.