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Gia Guidice -- who was just announced as the winner of "Special Forces" -- is reflecting back on her time on the reality TV show ... and she tells us there wasn't a day during filming that she didn't end up crying.

Gia joined the show for the 4th season with her mother Teresa Giudice ... where the two were faced with intense tasks mimicking brutal situations military forces undergo in training -- and Gia was announced the winner on Sunday night's season finale.

Gia told us there wasn't a day during the show that she didn't shed tears -- but ... "As each day went on, I was just like, 'I can't give up.'"

"90 Day Fiancé" star Elizabeth Castravet announced the death of her father, Chuck Potthast, in an Instagram post Sunday.

The reality television star wrote her father died two weeks ago and her family's been "completely shattered."

One of Elizabeth's sisters, Rebekah Lichtwerch, also paid tribute to her late father on Instagram, writing her world has been "distorted into a place I don’t understand."

Chuck Potthast -- who appeared in several episodes of "90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?" -- had been open about his struggles with his health ... in one episode of the show, he urged his daughter to patch up her differences with family members.

His family has not yet released the cause of his death.

Chuck posted a health update on Instagram in September, revealing he underwent an 8-hour surgery to repair a hernia and a collapsed stomach.

Chuck took the surgery in stride and jokingly pointed out the procedure left him with a flat stomach.

Chuck Potthast was 64 years old.

Ice-T is cooling folks off about the chatter over his lighter "Law & Order: SVU" screentime ... telling us straight up, it’s not drama -- it’s the budget.

TMZ caught up with Ice as he and wife Coco -- who celebrated daughter Chanel’s 10th birthday at New Jersey’s American Dream Mall on Saturday -- and he told us SVU bosses basically had to pick who got the bigger budget ... his Sgt. Odafin “Fin” Tutuola, or Kelli Giddish, AKA Detective Amanda Rollins.

While we might feel a little offended on his behalf that they didn't choose him, Ice says it’s all good ... the cutback means more family time, more side projects -- and he even dropped some inspo: "Give me free time, I find free dime."

There were a ton of jaw-dropping moments, epic surprises, and unforgettable blunders in 2025 ... and TMZ is counting down the 10 biggest stories of the year in an ultimate year-end spectacle.

We look back on the year that was in "TMZ Presents: TMZ's Most Outrageous Moments of 2025" ... with your favorite TMZ staffers recapping a wild 2025.

There were engagements, weddings, legal drama, cheating scandals, celebrity deaths, and some major controversies ... and ya gotta tune in to see who cracked the Top 10, and who topped our list of the year's biggest stories.

Bechnir Dupree of "Baylen Out Loud" fame is not missing despite a viral social media rumor claiming otherwise ... TMZ has learned.

Here's the deal ... a digital flyer is going around which claims the 10-year-old has been missing since Saturday and lists a phone number at the bottom for people with information to call.

Well, we reached out to the Dupree family ... and, Baylen and Bechnir's mom, Julie, tells us Bechnir's safe and sound at home. The post is a fake and not associated with the family.

Jonathan van Ness says the fame he gained from "Queer Eye" wasn't all it was cracked up to be ... because the weight of fan expectations wrecked his mental health.

The reality star stylist got real about his struggles during an interview with the British outlet The Times ... telling the paper a fan ran up to him on the New York City subway shortly after the show first came out -- which he says was awesome and also overwhelming.

Van Ness says he feels he lost the ability to be sad or disheveled in public because people were always looking at him ... and would run rampant with rumors if he didn't look immaculate.

"Love is Blind" star Jimmy Presnell has jaws on the floor -- and it has nothing to do with a dramatic love triangle. He's looking like a whole new person after hitting the gym and going in for a hair transplant -- and tells TMZ he has 'LIB' to thank for pushing him out of his comfort zone.

Check out our chat with Jimmy -- he goes into the deets about what inspired him to focus on his physicality before his big 30th birthday ... shredding 30 pounds while packing on the muscle, and transforming his look with a hair transplant.

Jimmy says it himself -- his hair transplant is the most notable change. He reveals he thought about getting the procedure even before opening his heart up on reality TV, but says the nasty comments he got about his appearance was what gave him the motivation to do the thing.

Ashtyn Zerboni says she feels she was totally vilified on "Selling the O.C." ... claiming her fellow castmembers treated her poorly, and the show itself made her look like the villain.

We caught up with the reality star on Hollywood Boulevard earlier this week ... and, we asked her how she felt she was treated on the fourth season of the show, which came out last week. She replied by accusing others on the program of bullying her.

Zerboni points out she was pregnant on the show and going through a lot already ... and, she didn't get any grace from her costars like she might've hoped. Plus, she adds, reality television twists and distorts everything -- in this case, making her seem like the bad guy.

"Love & Hip Hop: Miami" star Sukihana -- AKA "Suki with the Good Coochie" -- apparently got some good d*** last night ... that's what she told us when we caught her at LAX in a wheelchair.

In the middle of a pretty wholesome conversation about her recent birthday, our photog just casually acknowledged the wheelchair Suki was sitting in.

Without hesitation, she blurted out, "I got f****d so hard last night. I'm not gonna lie, I got some good birthday d***, so I can't walk or nothing."

Jay Leno's really taken his "in sickness and in health" wedding vow to heart, serving as his wife Mavis' caretaker throughout her battle with dementia.

The former late-night TV talk show host opened up about his spouse's health issues in an interview with Today Thursday, and he was honest about how brutal dementia can be -- specifically citing a three-year period when Mavis woke up every day thinking someone had called to tell her her mother had died.

Jay -- who tied the knot with Mavis in 1980 -- admitted the period was "really tricky" and spoke about other areas of their lives that became restricted by her disease ... including their ability to travel, which they've replaced with watching travel videos on YouTube.

Still, Jay said Mavis -- whose dementia diagnosis was publicly revealed last year -- still recognizes him and hasn't forgotten him, and he said his wife is "extremely comfortable" under his care.

Jay said Mavis is reliant on him for help, which isn't a big deal for him ... he said he enjoys being her caretaker.

The comedian said they've developed a routine ... he picks her up and carries her to their bedroom every night, which Mavis really gets a kick out of.

It looks like Kim Kardashian got the last laugh in the bidding war over the Bible her late father Robert Kardashian gave O.J. Simpson back in the day ... 'cause it's back in the family!

The Skims founder revealed on this week's "The Kardashians" episode she anonymously bid $80,000 for the Bible her dad gifted to O.J. following the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The Bible was special because it was her dad's personal scripture and had his name etched in gold lettering on the front, plus a handwritten note from him.

We told you all about her first attempt at buying the Bible -- she offered $15,000 to the late O.J.'s estate ... but it rejected the offer. She then spoke about the situation on her family's hit Hulu series and said she would have negotiated further -- which the estate did not appreciate.

Porsha Williams says the dramatic Delta Airlines flight incident that landed her on the FBI's radar started when the woman sitting next to her in first class complained about her listening to Instagram videos on her phone without headphones.

TMZ obtained police body camera footage from Porsha's interaction with cops Sunday at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ... and she explains her side of the story.

Basically, Porsha says she was listening to videos on her phone with the volume up before the plane took off from Las Vegas and the passenger next to her asked if she had to listen to the IG video the whole flight.

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Paul "PK" Kemsley is clapping back at his estranged wife ... saying Dorit Kemsley's claim he hasn't reached out once to see their kids during the "RHOBH trailer is nonsense.

Dorit's allegation landed in the explosive new Season 15 trailer, where she suggested to Mauricio Umanksy during a sit-down dinner that PK has been completely absent from their children's lives. The estranged pair share two kids ... 11-year-old son Jagger and 9-year-old daughter Phoenix.

TMZ caught up with the music manager Tuesday in Beverly Hills, where PK shut the claim down with a brief but firm response -- "It's not true."

Dylan Efron lit up the stage on "Dancing with the Stars" Tuesday night -- but it was his brother, Zac Efron, who stole the show while sitting in the audience!

That's right ... Dylan's big bro Zac made it to the ballroom to watch him perform an energetic tango to "I Would Die 4 U" with his partner, Daniella Karagach. Zac sat with the bros' baby sister Olivia on his lap in the audience.

The hunky actor also had fans cracking up online after the judges gave Dylan an impressive 27 out of 30 score ... and he appeared to ask his mom, Starla Baskett, if those were good numbers.

"Selling the OC" has really given "sugar daddy" seekers a major boost ... cuz this season they're peddling more than just homes -- with one dating site seeing a big boost of visitors.

Here's the deal ... on Season 4 of "Selling the OC," a website once used to connect thirsty young ladies with sugar daddies has been all the talk -- ever since Ashtyn was accused of meeting her husband, Jeff, on the site.

Turns out that's been great for business, because a rep for Seeking.com -- formally known as Seeking Arrangements -- tells us they've seen a major spike in women looking to live the good life jumping on the site ... especially in Washington D.C., L.A., Orlando, NYC and Miami.