"Love Is Blind" star Scott "Stew" Stewart has owned up to how he came across on the show ... but he also claims he has "no recollection" of what he said before he was ultimately rejected.
Speaking with the "TMZ Podcast" ... Stew said that he 100 percent believes Jacqueline "Jax" Guelli's decision to call off their engagement had nothing to do with his looks.
In case you missed it ... Stew, a 34-year-old engineering director, proposed to Jaxon the show sight unseen in the pods.
Nikki Mudarrisis casting some serious doubt on the possibility of ever getting back with her ex, LiAngelo Ball... because she can't get over his "ultimate betrayal."
The former "Love & Hip Hop" star sat down with Towandaon the "TMZ Podcast" and she was asked point-blank if she would ever get back with the "Tweaker" rapper.
Nikki says she just can't get over the way Gelo did her dirty ... she says she was dealing with postpartum depression and raising their two kids when he broke up with her via text and got another woman pregnant, Rashida Nicole.
Not many moments will go down in reality TV history like Brady Booker losing part of his thumb on Survivor 51 ... so you know we had to immediately ask him all about the WILD scene!
Brady was a guest on "The TMZ Podcast" and he broke down exactly what went through his mind the moment he accidentally hacked off part of his thumb while chopping firewood.
Brady told us the only thing he was worried about was being removed from the game because his injury was too severe, but he credits the on-set doctor for keeping him as calm as he could be in the moment. But did it take more convincing than what we saw on the episode to keep him on the island? Take a listen to the pod to hear about what you didn’t see on camera.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard dove into her life and what a possible future wedding to Ken Urker might look like on our "TMZ Podcast" ... just months before his sudden death.
The social media star sat down with Charlie Neff back in May ... and the two discussed marriage -- with Charlie specifically asking if Gypsy felt pressured to tie the knot with Ken.
Gypsy said Ken wasn't putting any pressure on her ... but she certainly felt like the world was -- even though she said she could see a future where they stay together but never marry, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell style.
Too $hort says Diddyshouldn't be sitting behind bars ... and when Puff finally gets out, he's already got plans for the welcome-home bash.
The rap legend joined "The TMZ Podcast" to talk about his latest album "Sir Too $hort Vol. 2" and told Towanda he's not abandoning Diddy ... proudly declaring, "I'm going to the Puff Daddy coming home party."
Too $hort says the one thing he does judge Diddy for is the hotel surveillance video showing him kicking Cassie... calling out Diddy's violent behavior while separating it from what he describes as Diddy's private sex life.
Dr. Drew thinks Presley Gerber shouldn't have even been in a rehab facility to begin with ... he thinks the model should've been sent to a psychiatric hospital.
We had Dr. Drew on "The TMZ Podcast," and he told us Cindy Crawford's son might have done better in a hospital environment ... because he believes Presley was in over his head managing all of the meds the model reported he was on.
Presley was reportedly taking what Dr. Drew calls a "deadly combination" ... mixing Suboxone, a drug used to treat opioid addiction, with benzos -- a combo Presley himself apparently admitted to taking in a since-deleted 2025 Instagram video.
Clavicular's prescribing lookmaxxing advice for TMZ ... doling out tips and tricks to his viral trend with ... and dishing on the plastic surgery trend he just can't stand.
The streamer joined us in the office on Wednesday ... and he sat down for a wide-ranging chat with our own Charlie Neff for "The TMZ Podcast" ... taking us into his mind for his infamous rating system, which he says starts with the face.
Clav says he's a master of rating someone's attractiveness because he's got facial ratios down ... but, even if you don't, he says ya just need to look around to hone your rating skills.
Jaidyn Alexis says she got even with Blueface after learning he'd slept with one of her best friends ... by sleeping with one of his -- and she has zero regrets.
Jaidyn dropped the bomb while sitting down with our Towanda on "The TMZ Podcast" ... explaining things between her and Blueface really started unraveling around the time he went to jail.
Jaidyn says the two had already separated before Blueface got locked up ... and while he was behind bars, she says he decided another woman was going to be his "main bitch."
Blueface's ex, Jaidyn Alexis, is drawing a hard line when it comes to the baby he had with another woman ... telling us the child won't be meeting the kids she shares with the rapper anytime soon.
Jaidyn sat down with our Towanda on "The TMZ Podcast" and flat-out said there are "no plans" for her children to meet his new baby, Jonathan Jr.
Reason being ... Jaidyn says she wants to "get the swab results back" first ... making it clear she's not fully buying that the baby is Blueface's just yet.
Mama June's daughter Pumpkinsays the money she's made from OnlyFans and strip-club appearances has officially paid off in a major way ... she just bought her family home outright.
Pumpkin tells TMZ ... last week, she paid the remaining $42,712.12 balance on her 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom central Georgia home in cash.
She says she'd been in a rent-to-own agreement for the property for around six years, paying $646 a month to a local man she knew. But Pumpkin says she never had the money to pay it off during her prior marriage, despite always hustling and carrying the financial load.
Mama June's daughter Pumpkinsays OnlyFans is paying off in a major way ... revealing she recently had her biggest day yet on the platform, pulling in as much as $15K.
Pumpkin joined TMZ's Towanda Robinson on the "TMZ Podcast" and told us she cleared the $10K mark on her very first day after joining OnlyFans ... and says just last week she hit a new high, earning between $14K and $15K in a single day.
The reality star has no plans to leave the platform ... and she says the success has been a "huge deal" for her, and she's been humbled by the response.
Pumpkin tells us the opportunities and financial stability the platform has brought her family are major blessings.
Ray J says a knockout and four nights in the hospital still weren't enough to retire Reckless Ray ... 'cause he's got more crazy stuff to do before he finally grows up.
Ray joined "The TMZ Podcast" hosted by Towanda, and explained why he plans to keep fighting despite Supa Hot Fire knocking him out cold in his last bout -- a beating Ray says he doesn’t even remember.
He calls this stretch his "final reckless moments" ... saying he wants to empty the bucket list and go out with a bang before evolving into a quieter, wiser version of himself.
Ice-T's heating his TV career back up ... because after a part-time role on season 27 of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," he promises fans will see him in every episode of season 28.
The legendary rapper and actor stopped by for a long convo with Towanda Robinson on "The TMZ Podcast" ... and our team had to ask him about Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola -- the character he's played on the show since the show's second season way back in 2000.
Ice-T explains he was a part-time performer last year because producers needed some extra cash to bring Kelli Giddish's character Amanda Rollins back to the program ... a decision he says didn't upset him one bit.
