“It was a horrible, horrible thing and I tried to get him caught. And that was my brother.”

All three actors first met when working on That ’70s Show together in the early 2000s, with Mila and Ashton getting married in 2015 and remaining good friends with their costar.

In May, Danny was found guilty of drugging two women before raping them at the height of his fame on the Fox series.

Earlier this month, a judge sentenced him to 30 years to life in prison, and just days later it was revealed that the judge had received over 50 letters asking for leniency.

Two of these letters came from Ashton and Mila, and they both surfaced on the internet on Friday.

In his letter, Ashton called Danny a “role model,” and said that he doesn’t believe that his long-time friend “is an ongoing harm to society.” Asking the judge to consider a lesser sentence, Ashton said that Danny’s daughter being "raised without a present father would [be] a tertiary injustice in and of itself."

In Mila’s letter, she told the judge that she can “wholeheartedly vouch for Danny Masterson’s exceptional character and the tremendous positive influence he has had on me and the people around him.” She also praised his “dedication to leading a drug-free life” and called him “an outstanding role model and friend.”

People were horrified to learn of Ashton and Mila’s quiet support for Danny amid his crimes, and as the criticism grew online the couple uploaded an apology video to Ashton’s Instagram account.

In the post, the two stars appear somber as they insist that they truly “support victims.” They also say that they wrote the letters to “represent the person that we knew for 25 years” after Danny’s family asked them to.

Ashton adds that the letters "were intended for the judge to read and not to undermine the testimony of the victims or retraumatize them in any way."

Others have argued that there is no justification for the letters and — regardless of how good a friend Danny has been to them personally over the years — Ashton and Mila should never have supported a convicted rapist.

And one person who agrees with that sentiment is comedian Kathy Griffin, who took to her TikTok page this week to share her own experience of somebody who was close to her committing heinous crimes.

Kathy explained that her older brother, Ken Griffin, was a pedophile and also physically abusive towards his partners. She called the police on him multiple times in a desperate bid to get him arrested.

“OK, I’m weighing in on the whole Danny Masterson, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis thing,” Kathy began. “The notion that this guy was also convicted of drugging these women, that is such serious stuff that I don’t really care that when they were working on That ‘70s Show he was a good guy to work with.”

“My brother, who’s now dead, his name was Ken Griffin, was a pedophile,” she went on. “It was a horrible, horrible thing and I tried to get him caught. And that was my brother, so I don’t want to hear about Ashton and Mila and Giovanni Ribisi and people that feel like they had to stick up for Danny Masterson because he was their bro, he was their buddy.”

“This was my own brother, and two of his girlfriends confessed to me he also physically abused them very violently and I called the LAPD about it twice,” Kathy said.

She then explained that Ken was a super of a building, which gave him access to his victims because he had keys to every unit. Kathy claimed that he molested a boy and a girl, and while he did go to prison for “something else” he was never convicted for these crimes.

“This has been something that caused a giant rift within my family,” she added. “For many years I was shunned from my own family because I was trying to get my brother Ken arrested.”

Kathy also said that it has “always haunted” her that she was ultimately unable to stop Ken, because the LAPD told her that unless he confessed or one of the children reported him then there was nothing that they could do.

“I think about those children every day, and I think about other victims he probably had,” she shared. “And the difficulty in getting a conviction in SA cases… The bar is so high that I tend to absolutely believe the victims when there’s even a trial.”

“I could never do anything about my brother and I felt so helpless,” Kathy concluded. “The point is, blood was not thicker than water in my case. And if you know that somebody is committing SA, you should do something if you can. My god, at least try.”

Kathy’s video has been viewed over a million times since she posted it, and she has been widely praised for her honesty amid such a difficult topic.

“Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing this ❤️❤️❤️” one person commented on the TikTok. Another added: “That takes a lot of courage and you did the right thing.”

“I can’t imagine the conflicting emotions you experienced with your brother. I’m so sorry,” one more said. Someone else wrote: “The right thing is not always the easy thing. thank you for standing up for victims.”

Another user said: “Thank you for using your platform for good and thanks for sharing your story! It means so much to so many.”

This isn’t the first time that Kathy has discussed Ken, with the star previously opening up about him in her 2009 memoir.

During an appearance on the Tyra Banks Show to promote the book that same year, Kathy said that Ken was 20 years older than her and would crawl into her bed when she was a child.

“When I was a little tiny kid, six or seven years old, he’d come and crawl into bed with me and whisper sweet nothings in my ear and stuff that was creepy,” she shared. “Many, many, many women had a much more difficult time than I did.”

She said that she became “estranged” from him when “a couple of separate women” told her that he was a pedophile — and it created a huge divide in the family.

“It became a difficult thing for me and my family,” Kathy explained. “I told my parents I wasn’t going to come to Christmas until he would leave and stuff like that, it put them in a tough position.” Kathy added that the rest of her family struggled to understand the way that she felt about Ken because they were in “denial” and wanted “proof” of the allegations.

Eventually, her dad confronted Ken directly, and he apparently responded to the pedophile accusations by simply saying: “I do what I do.” While Kathy didn’t see her brother “for many years,” she did visit him in hospital shortly before his death because her mom asked her to go and say goodbye while he was “brain dead.”

“I was actually frightened of him until the day he died,” she told Tyra. Kathy isn’t the only high profile name to speak out against Ashton and Mila’s actions, with Christina Ricci responding to the scandal by posting on her Instagram story that “people we have loved and admired" can also do "horrible things" and that "people we know as ‘awesome guys’ can be predators and abusers."

She added at the time: “Unfortunately, I’ve known lots of ‘awesome guys’ who were lovely to me who have been proven to be abusers privately.” Mila and Ashton have not publicly commented on the situation since uploading their apology video. I f you or someone you know has experienced sexual assault, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE, which routes the caller to their nearest sexual assault service provider. You can also search for your local center here.

If you are concerned that a child is experiencing or may be in danger of abuse, you can call or text the National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-422-4453.

"Pawn Stars" cast member Corey Harrison had bloodshot eyes, a blank stare, and reeked like booze during his DUI traffic stop ... so says the cop who busted the reality star.

TMZ broke the story, Harrison was arrested for DUI early Friday morning in Vegas on his way home. According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, Corey was driving his white Ford F250 pickup and unable to maintain his lane ... at times swerving into the bike lane.

Cops say when they pulled Corey over and made contact, he smelled like booze and had bloodshot eyes, but explained his truck sometimes pulls to the right.

The report states officers gave Corey a field sobriety test and asked he provide a blood or breath sample. When Corey allegedly replied he should "probably ask for his lawyer" the officer informed him they'd get a search warrant for his blood, and if he did refuse his driver's license would be revoked.

Corey eventually agreed to provide a breath sample, but the report states the breathalyzer at the jail was broken, so Corey allowed his blood to be drawn. The report does not state the results of the blood sample, but Corey was booked for DUI.

We spoke to Corey Friday, hours after his arrest who also informed us of the busted breathalyzer. Corey told us he'd recently flown back into town after a trip to Minnesota, but only had one drink on the flight ... 7 hours before his arrest.

It was a rare case of “out of the fire and into the Friars.”

Jimmy Fallon apologized to his staff this week after a Rolling Stone exposé claimed that he’d created a toxic environment at the 30 Rock HQ of his “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” — in part because he seemed to have shown up to the office smelling of booze back in 2017.

But Page Six has heard over the years that Fallon, 48 — who had a legendary reputation for drinking, and occasionally getting into high-spirited scrapes, at downtown watering holes including Niagara, and especially the long-defunct Siberia — used the private Friars Club as a safe space for the gregarious host to let his hair down without making the gossip pages.

While the struggling 55th Street club is famed for its celebrity members — who, generally speaking, happily drank among the other members at the various bars around its clubhouse — we’re told Fallon was often ensconced in rooms that were especially closed off from other card-carrying folks, with his writing staff as party pals.

As this reporter once discovered the hard way, anyone not in the NBC fold was told to take a hike.

In fact, it was much speculated around the hallowed halls once walked by Frank Sintra and Jerry Lewis, that NBC brass were the ones who came up with the Jimmy management strategy.

But on Friday an NBC spokesperson told Page Six that was not true. A spokesperson for Fallon declined to comment.

A Friars’ insider told us, “He did bring his writers to the club and they’d have a private room, but I don’t know if that was organic, as he’d hang out there anyway — he gifted the writers annual memberships so it makes sense that’s where they’d hang —or if NBC encouraged it. Could have been a win-win for both.”

Fallon is under fire after a Rolling Stone article quoted 16 current and former employees accused him of being erratic, drunk at work and “creating a toxic work environment.”

“Nobody told Jimmy, ‘No,’” a staffer told the magazine.

“Everybody walked on eggshells, especially showrunners,” another former employee said.

“You never knew which Jimmy we were going to get and when he was going to throw a hissy fit. Look how many showrunners went so quickly. We know they didn’t last long.”

Fallon offered an apology to “Tonight Show” in a Thursday night video call.

An attendee of the all-hands meeting characterized the funnyman’s mea culpa as “pretty earnest.”

“It’s embarrassing, and I feel so bad,” Fallon allegedly said. “Sorry if I embarrassed you and your family and friends . . . I feel so bad I can’t even tell you.”

Fallon made headlines in 2014, shortly after he got the “Tonight Show” gig, for getting caught up in a scuffle at East Village bar Niagara, and we’re told the alleged retreat behind Friars lines happened shortly after.

But the Friar’s Club closed this past spring — so where will the funnyman hide out now?

“Poor Things,” a film about Victorian-era female empowerment, has won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival

ROME -- ROME (AP) — “Poor Things,” a film about Victorian-era female empowerment, won the Golden Lion on Saturday at a Venice Film Festival largely deprived of Hollywood glamour because of the writers and actors strikes.

The film, starring Emma Stone, won the top prize at the 80th edition of the festival, which is often a predictor of Oscar glory. Receiving the award, director Yorgos Lanthimos said the film wouldn’t exist without Stone, who was also a producer but was not on the Lido for the festival.

“This film is her, in front and behind the camera,” Lanthimos said.

The film, based on Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel of the same name, tells the tale of Bella Baxter, who is brought back to life by a scientist and, after a whirlwind learning curve, runs off with a sleazy lawyer and embarks on a series of adventures devoid of the societal judgements of the era.

Other top winners on the Lido were two films shaming Europe for its migration policies.

“Io Capitano,” (Me Captain) by Matteo Garrone, won the award for best director while Garrone’s young star, Seydou Sarr, won the award for best young actor. The film tells the story of two young boys’ odyssey from Dakar, Senegal, to the detention camps in Libya and finally across the Mediterranean to Europe.

Agnieszka Holland’s “Green Border,” about Europe’s other migration crisis on the Polish-Belarus border, won the Special Jury Prize.

“People are still hiding in forests, deprived of their dignity, of their human rights, of their safety, and some of them will lose their lives here in Europe,” Holland told the audience. “Not because we don’t have the resources to help them but because we don’t want to.”

Peter Sarsgaard won best actor for “Memory,” in which he co-stars with Jessica Chastain in a film about high schoolers reuniting. In his acceptance speech, Sarsgaard referred to the strike and artificial intelligence and the threat it poses to the industry and beyond.

“I think we could all really agree that an actor is a person and that a writer is a person. But it seems that we can’t," he said. "And that’s terrifying because this work we do is about connection. And without that, this animated space between us, this sacrament, this holy experience of being human, will be handed over to the machines and the eight billionaires that own them."

Cailee Spaeny won best actress for “Priscilla,” Sofia Coppola's portrait of the private side of Priscilla and Elvis Presley.

The jury was headed by Damien Chazelle and included Saleh Bakri, Jane Campion, Mia Hansen-Løve, Gabriele Mainetti, Martin McDonagh, Santiago Mitre, Laura Poitras and Shu Qi.

Drew Barrymore's popular talk show is coming back to a TV near you -- this despite the fact that there's still a couple strikes going on ... and one guild is effectively calling her a scab.

The former child star announced Sunday that season 4 of 'The Drew Barrymore Show' will soon resume production, something she knows is going to ruffle feathers ... but which she's defending as necessary, while also vowing to comply with strike regulations.

Drew writes, "I made a choice to walk away from the MTV, film and television awards because I was the host and it had a direct conflict with what the strike was dealing with which was studios, streamers, film, and television. It was also in the first week of the strike and so I did what I thought was the appropriate thing at the time to stand in solidarity with the writers. And to be clear, our talk show actually wrapped on April 20th."

Then, the haymaker ... "However, I am also making the choice to come back for the first time in this strike for our show, that may have my name on it but this is bigger than just me. I own this choice. We are in compliance with not discussing or promoting film and television that is struck of any kind."

She explains that people, apparently, need her show ... writing, "We launched live in a global pandemic. Our show was built for sensitive times and has only functioned through what the real world is going through in real time. I want to be there to provide what writers do so well, which is a way to bring us together or help us make sense of the human experience."

Drew finishes with this ... "I hope for a resolve for everyone as soon as possible. We have navigated difficult times since we first came on air. And so I take a step forward to start season 4 once again with an astute humility."

Read between the lines, and it sounds Drew is going to proceed without any writers -- at least for now. While she's saying they'll be in compliance, the WGA says she's already in violation of strike rules by moving forward at all ... claiming 'TDBS' is a struck show.

A WGA honcho tells THR, "It has stayed off the air since the strike began on May 2nd but has now (unfortunately) decided to return without its writers. The Guild has, and will continue to, picket any struck show that continues production for the duration of the strike."

Fun fact -- 'The Drew Barrymore Show' is just one of 2 daytime talk shows ('The Talk being the other) that employ union writers. CBS -- the parent company -- says her show will not be performing any writing work covered by the WGA strike, including literary material.

Season 4 is expected to premiere on Sept. 18. We'll see what Drew says about this on the air, if anything.

Taylor Swift’s upcoming concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour doesn’t come out for over a month, but it’s already proving to be an incredibly alluring draw at the box office. In fact, the film has reportedly already earned enough in ticket sales to more than cover its budget, weeks before it hits theaters.

According to Puck, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour reportedly cost somewhere between $10 and $20 million to make. It’s not clear if that sum covers only the filming of the movie, which took place at her Los Angeles shows, or if it also includes marketing, distribution, and more. That’s a very healthy figure for a concert doc, and it might be hard for some musicians to earn it back…but not for Swift.

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour sold historically well when pre-sale tickets were first made available by AMC, the theater chain carrying and distributing the film. According to Variety, which reported on claims made by AMC, the movie brought in $26 million in ticket sales in just its first three hours of its pre-sale window. So, it seems that Swift managed to make back the millions that it cost to produce the documentary of sorts within less than a quarter of a day.

After tickets had been available for a full day, that sum climbed even higher. Much higher. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour earned $37 million in pre-sales in just the first 24 hours fans could purchase them, reports Deadline. That’s potentially more than three times the budget of the film, if it cost somewhere toward the lower end of estimates.

Industry projections are suggesting that Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour could become one of the biggest films of the year based on its opening weekend alone. The film might bring in $100 million or more in just the first few days it's in theaters. From there, the numbers grow much larger, and after its North American run is through, which could last weeks or even months, that sum could climb to $150 million or more.

Ashton Kutcher and wife Mila Kunis shared a video message after coming under fire for writing a judge character letters in support of Danny Masterson for his rape trial, before his prison sentence.

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have broken their silence after facing backlash for writing character letters to a judge in support of Danny Masterson during his rape trial.

The married couple, who first got to know the actor while starring with him on That '70s Show in the '90s, shared a video message on Instagram Sept. 9, two days after their former costar was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women. He has denied any wrongdoing.

"We are aware of the pain that has been caused by the character letters that we wrote on behalf of Danny Masterson," Kutcher said in the clip, while Kunis, sitting beside him, then added, "We support victims. We have done this historically through our work and will continue to do so in the future."

Kutcher said that a couple of months ago, Masterson's family reached out to them and asked them to "write character letters to represent the person that we knew for 25 years so that the judge could take that into full consideration, relative to the sentencing."

Mila said that "the letters were not written to question the legitimacy of the judicial system or the validity of the jury's ruling." Ashton added, "They were intended for the judge to read and not to undermine the testimony of the victims or retraumatize them in any way. We would never want to do that, and we're sorry if that has taken place."

Mila noted, "Our heart goes out to every single person who's ever been a victim of sexual assault, sexual abuse or rape," then stopped the recording.

In his character letter, Kutcher, who also worked with Masterson on the Netflix series The Ranch until the latter star was fired in 2017 amid allegations he sexual assaulted three women in the early 2000s, wrote, "While I'm aware that the judgement has been cast as guilty on two counts of rape by force and the victims have a great desire for justice, I hope that my testament to his character is taken into consideration in sentencing."

Kutcher called Masterson "an extraordinarily honest and intentional human being," adding, "Over [our] 25 year relationship I don't ever recall him lying to me. He's taught me about being direct and confronting issues in life and relationships head-on, resolving them, and moving forward. Danny is a person that is consistently there for you when you need him."

Kutcher also called Masterson a "role model."

"I attribute not falling into the typical Hollywood life of drugs directly to Danny," he wrote. "Any time that we were to meet someone or interact with someone who was on drugs, or did drugs, he made it clear that that wouldn't be a good person to be friends with."

Kutcher continued, "He also set an extraordinary standard around how you treat other people. There was an incident where we were at a pizza parlor and a belligerent man entered who was berating his girlfriend. We had never met or seen these people before, but Danny was the first person to jump to the defense of this girl. It was an incident he didn't have to get involved in but proactively chose to because the way this man was behaving was not right. He has always treated people with decency, equality, and generosity."

Mila wrote to the judge that from the moment she met Masterson, she "could sense his innate goodness and genuine nature" and that he proved "to be an amazing friend, confidant, and, above all, an outstanding older brother figure" to her.

Like her husband, she also praised the actor's "steadfastness in promoting a drug-free lifestyle." She added that "his genuine concern for those around him and his commitment to leading by example make him an outstanding role model and friend" and that "Danny's role as a husband and father to his daughter has been nothing short of extraordinary."

Bijou Phillips, Masterson's wife and mother of their 9-year-old daughter Fianna Francis Masterson, had also written the judge to plead for leniency in her husband's sentencing. "We need him more than you can imagine," she wrote. "I know he has been convicted of serious crimes. But the man I married has only been an extraordinary husband to me and a devoted father to our daughter."

Bijou was spotted sobbing in court during his latest hearing. After he was sentenced, he blew her a kiss before being led away.

A day after the sentencing, Ashley Hinshaw, wife of That '70s Show alum Topher Grace, took to her Instagram Stories to share her thoughts. "To every rape victim that is retraumatized by witnessing society debate and focus their attention on what is going to happen to the RAPIST...I see you," she wrote, adding a heart emoji.

Masterston plans to appeal his conviction. "The errors which occurred in this case are substantial and unfortunately, led to verdicts which are not supported by the evidence," his lawyer, Shawn Holley, said in a statement after his sentencing. "And though we have great respect for the jury in this case and for our system of justice overall, sometimes they get it wrong. And that's what happened here."

Masterson, Holley said, "did not commit the crimes for which he has been convicted and we—and the appellate lawyers—the best and the brightest in the country—are confident that these convictions will be overturned."

The Utah family vlogger was arrested last week on six felony child abuse charges

Long before Utah family vlogger Ruby Franke’s arrest last week, local police were notified on two occasions in 2022 from people expressing concern for her children.

In one of the calls to police, Franke’s oldest daughter Shari requested a welfare check at Franke’s Springville home on Sept. 18, 2022.

The call was made to police less than a year before Franke, 41, was arrested alongside her podcasting partner Jodi Hildebrandt on Aug. 30 after her 12-year-old son, who allegedly had duct tape on his wrists and ankles, escaped from a window at Hildebrandt’s home in Ivins, Utah, and ran to a neighbor's house pleading for food and water, police say.

The two women have since been charged with six felony counts of child abuse, the Washington County Attorney’s Office confirmed to PEOPLE.

According to police reports obtained by PEOPLE, Franke's oldest daughter was allegedly notified by a neighbor who informed her that her younger siblings had been home alone for about five days. The daughter told police that her mother was in St. George with Hildebrandt. (It's not immediately clear if the daughter was referring to St. George, Utah.)

“[She] asked that we check on the kids and make sure they were safe and had food for the extended period,” says the reporting officer with the Springville Police Department.

In the report, the officer said he went to Franke's home and knocked on the door but no one answered.

"The kids were seen through the windows but would not answer the door," states the report.

The officer said he spoke to neighbors who alleged to him that "the mother of the residence, Ruby Franke, will leave her children home for extended periods of time and go to St. George and spend time with her friend Jodi Hildebrandt.”

“Everyone who came to the scene was very concerned about the children and them being left at home alone,” states the report. “They expressed great concern about the two youngest children being homeschooled while the two older ones go to public school. Mostly because it shows they are home alone during the day by themselves and there isn’t any way for them to contact emergency services if needed, due to them not having phones and a landline not being available in the home.”

The Springville Police Department could not be reached by PEOPLE for comment but, according to KSL, officers followed up and assisted Utah’s Division of Child and Family Services on three occasions afterwards.

Earlier, in April of 2022, a case worker with the Division of Child and Family Services contacted the police after “she was made aware of two kids running out in the road unsupervised,” according to the police report. The officer checked out the complaint but did not see any children on the street.

According to the police records, Franke herself called police twice in 2020 to report that she was receiving threatening messages.

In one incident, on April 27, 2020, Franke told police that she received “a text message from somebody stating they were going to take her family down and there will be riots at their door when the world finds out the truth.”

Franke documented her strict parenting style on the family’s YouTube channel 8Passengers for years before she transitioned last summer to posting family advice podcasts with Hildebrandt on her ConneXions channel.

YouTube deleted both the 8Passengers and ConneXions pages following the women’s arrest last week, and a spokesperson recently told PEOPLE the platform implemented a permanent ban on Franke in light of her child abuse charges.

If you suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.

Jimmy Fallon has had a long career as a comedian and talk show host — but not without controversy.

Fallon began his career on Saturday Night Live from 1998 to 2004 before landing his own talk show titled Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in 2009. The series lasted until 2013 when it was announced that Fallon would take over as the host of The Tonight Show.

More than a decade into his run at The Tonight Show, Fallon was under fire when Rolling Stone published a report featuring 16 anonymous past and present employees claiming that Fallon created a “nightmare” workplace on The Tonight Show.

“It’s a bummer because it was my dream job,” one former employee told the outlet in September. “Writing for late night [television] is a lot of people’s dream jobs, and they’re coming into this and it becomes a nightmare very quickly. It’s sad that it’s like that, especially knowing it doesn’t have to be that way.”

NBC responded to the story via a statement at the time: “We are incredibly proud of The Tonight Show, and providing a respectful working environment is a top priority. As in any workplace, we have had employees raise issues; those have been investigated and action has been taken where appropriate. As is always the case, we encourage employees who feel they have experienced or observed behavior inconsistent with our policies to report their concerns so that we may address them accordingly.”

Keep scrolling to see more of Fallon’s ups and downs throughout the years:

1998

Fallon joined the cast of Saturday Night Live and appeared as the coanchor of Weekend Update beside Tina Fey until 2004.

2004

The comedian left SNL to pursue a film career and starred in several flicks including 2004’s Taxi and 2005’s Fever Pitch.

2007

Fallon tied the knot with wife Nancy Juvonen, a film producer and longtime friend of Drew Barrymore. The twosome welcomed daughters Winnie and Frances in 2013 and 2014, respectively.

2009

The show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon ran from 2009 to 2013 and quickly became a popular success. The series garnered two Emmy Award nominations.

2014

Fallon succeeded Jay Leno and became the sixth permanent host of The Tonight Show.

2016

Fallon received harsh criticism for the way he handled his interview with Donald Trump. Viewers said that the talk show host was too light and playful and didn’t ask him any hard questions about the election.

“It was definitely a down time,” Fallon recalled in June 2018 on an episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s “Award Chatter” podcast. “And it’s tough for morale. There’s 300 people that work here, and so when people are taking that bad about you and gaming up on you, in a really gang mentality … You go, ‘Alright, we get it. I heard you. You made me feel bad. So now what? Are you happy? I’m depressed. Do you want to push me more? What do you want me to do? You want me to kill myself? What would make you happy? Get over it.’ I’m sorry. I don’t want to make anyone angry — I never do and I never will. It’s all in the fun of the show. I made a mistake. I’m sorry if I made anyone mad. And, looking back, I would do it differently.”

Following his confession, Trump took to social media to blast the comedian.

“@jimmyfallon is now whimpering to all that he did the famous ‘hair show’ with me (where he seriously messed up my hair), & that he would have now done it differently because it is said to have ‘humanized’ me,” Trump tweeted in June 2018. “He is taking heat. He called & said ‘monster ratings.’ Be a man Jimmy!”

Fallon responded by tweeting that he would be “making a donation to RAICES in the President’s name.”

2017

In October, a New York Post report claimed that NBC executives were worried that Fallon’s drinking was spiraling “out of control,” citing his two previous hand injuries and a chipped tooth. Fallon denied the accusations.

“I could never do a day-to-day job if I was drinking every night,” Fallon told The New York Times that May. “That’s just kicking you when you’re down.”

2020

Fallon once again came under fire when an SNL skit of him in blackface resurfaced on social media in May. He took to social media to apologize for his actions.

“In 2000, while on SNL, I made a terrible decision to do an impersonation of Chris Rock while in blackface,” Fallon tweeted at the time. “There is no excuse for this. I am very sorry for making this unquestionably offensive decision and thank all of you for holding me accountable.”

2022

In August, Fallon, Lorne Michaels and Tracy Morgan were named in a sexual misconduct lawsuit filed against Horatio Sanz, with the plaintiff claiming that Fallon, Michaels and Morgan enabled Sanz’s inappropriate behavior.

Sanz settled with the accuser in November and the lawsuit was dismissed.

2023

In September, current and former Tonight Show employees spoke out about Fallon’s erratic behavior on set, claiming to Rolling Stone he is known for having “outbursts.” According to the employees, it was common to hear colleagues joking about killing themselves due to the toxic workplace environment.

“You never knew which Jimmy we were going to get and when he was going to throw a hissy fit,” a former staffer told the outlet in an interview. “Look how many showrunners went so quickly. We knew they didn’t last long.”

Hours after the article came out, Fallon reportedly apologized to the staff members.

“It’s embarrassing and I feel so bad,” he told personnel via Zoom according to Rolling Stone. “Sorry if I embarrassed you and your family and friends … I feel so bad I can’t even tell you. I want the show to be fun, [it] should be inclusive to everybody. It should be the best show.”

After Danny Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for two counts of sexual assault, actress Christina Ricci is weighing in on supposed nice guys being predators.

“So sometimes people we have loved and admired do horrible things. They might not do these things to us and we only know who they were to us but that doesn’t mean they didn’t do the horrible things and to discredit the abused is a crime,” Ricci, 43, wrote via her Instagram Story on Saturday, September 9.

She continued: “People we know as ‘awesome guys’ can be predators and abusers. It’s tough to accept but we have to. If we say we support victims — women, children, men [and] boys — then we must take this stance.”

Ricci’s note comes days after Masterson, 47, was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison after his sexual assault retrial. (The That 70’s Show alum had been found guilty in May on two counts of rape following past incidents from the early 2000s.)

Masterson vehemently denied the accusations against him and several of his friends — including That 70’s Show costars Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher — wrote letters to the judge on his behalf to advocate for a reduced sentence. The character letters were released on Friday, September 8, via The Underground Bunker, which specializes in covering news about Scientology.

Kunis and Kutcher’s notes sparked backlash among fans, who denounced them for supporting an alleged abuser.

“We are aware of the pain that has been caused by the character letters that we wrote on behalf of Danny Masterson,” Kutcher, 45, said in a Saturday Instagram video. “They were intended for the judge to read and not to undermine the testimony of the victims or re-traumatize them in any way. We would never want to do that, and we’re sorry if that has taken place.”

Kunis, 40, added: “Our heart goes out to every single person who’s ever been a victim of sexual assault, sexual abuse or rape.”

Kutcher and Kunis — who got married in 2015 — have advocated against child abuse through their nonprofit THORN, which they pointed out in their apology video.

Ricci, for her part, seemingly took aim at the letters glorifying Masterson’s accomplishments amid his assault scandal. “Unfortunately I’ve known lots of ‘awesome guys’ who were lovely to me, who have been proven to be abusers privately,” the Yellowjackets star added. “I’ve also had personal experience with this.”

Ricci concluded: “Believe victims. It’s not easy to come forward. It’s not easy to get a conviction.”

Ricci seemingly alluded to her past marriage with ex-husband James Heerdegen when citing her “personal experience” with abusers.

Us Weekly broke the news in July 2020 that Ricci was granted an emergency protective order against Heerdegen, 44, after police were called to their shared home on domestic violence claims. Under the order, the pair were unable to have any contact. Heerdegen was not arrested nor did he address the allegations at the time. The pair, who share 8-year-old son Freddie, finalized their divorce in December 2022. The actress has since been granted sole legal custody of Freddie with Heerdegen receiving visitation rights.

Ricci has moved on with hairstylist Mark Hampton, whom she wed in October 2021. They welcomed daughter Cleopatra two months later in December 2021.

If you or someone you know are experiencing domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential support. If you have experienced sexual assault, call the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 for confidential support.

This month, Leonardo DiCaprio has been seen with Italian model Vittoria Ceretti, despite rumors of a potential relationship with model Gigi Hadid over the past year. New rumors started about Ceretti this summer, when she was seen on a yacht with DiCaprio and other models Meghan Roche and Imaan Hammam. Here's everything to know about the 25-year-old fashionista and her romance with DiCaprio so far.

Who is Vittoria Ceretti?

Ceretti has been modeling since she was 14-years-old and is well known on the runway. She has modeled for campaigns with designers like Alexander McQueen, Versace, Miu Miu, Balenciaga, and Gucci.

Ceretti has quite a social media following, with 1.5 million followers on Instagram. The model has been married, to Italian DJ Matteo Milleri. Their wedding was in 2020, and she is believed to be separated from her husband. She's also acquaintances with Hadid, even appearing with her on the cover of Vogue.

How long have Leonardo DiCaprio and Vittoria Ceretti been together?

The rumored couple reportedly met during the premiere for Killers of the Flower Moon at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in May. They were first linked romantically when someone saw them on an ice cream date in Los Angeles, according to Page Six. An eye witness observing them stated there was a “vibe” because of the “way they were talking to each other, you could feel the energy.”

On September 6, they were seen dancing in Ibiza, Spain. A source said DiCaprio calls Ceretti his “girlfriend.”

“Vittoria is a beautiful girl, but Leonardo is of course surrounded by many beautiful girls most of the time,” an insider told The Daily Mail. “But he adores her and she him, they have been spending a lot of time together this summer, traveling around on romantic trips.”

“They added, It has obviously led to much chatter within his circle that Leo is ready to hang up his lothario ways. There have been many women pictured with him, partying with him, but what he has with Vittoria is much more serious.”

Luis Rubiales is officially resigning.

The 46-year-old football official and former professional player has resigned as president of the Spanish Football Federation following criticism for kissing Spain forward Jenni Hermoso after the Women’s World Cup final, BBC reports.

The 33-year-old player spoke out about the kiss, which happened during the presentation ceremony after Spain won over England in Sydney, saying it was not consensual in a legal complaint.

“I cannot continue my work,” Luis said as he announced his intention to resign on Piers Morgan Uncensored.

He released a statement saying he submitted his resignation to the federation’s acting president, Pedro Rocha, as well as resigning from his position as Vice President of UEFA’s executive committee.

Spanish state prosecutors have accused Luis Rubiales of sexual assault and coercion for kissing the player on the lips without her consent, presenting a case against him to Spain’s National Court in Madrid.

According to a sexual consent law passed last year, he could face a fine or a prison sentence of one to four years if found guilty of sexual assault.

Spain emerged victorious, defeating England’s Lionesses to win the women’s soccer World Cup on August 20 in Melbourne, Australia.