Michael Strahan may have been joking about “fixing” his iconic gap tooth, but now lots of folks who actually want the real procedure are flocking to Strahan’s doc.
Dr. Lee Gause, Strahan’s dentist, tells TMZ … he’s been flooded with calls from people from all over the country who don’t care if it was an April Fools’ prank … they feel Dr. Gause made Michael look way better, and they want of piece of that action. In all, more than 100 dentally-challenged people have called.
He says some prospective patients have already booked their flights to get the procedure done at his Smile Design Manhattan clinic in NYC.
The cost ain’t cheap — between $5k and $50k … depending on how wonky the chompers. Now, it’s possible people want something temporary like Mike … the wax used to stage the joke — a Prenew Preview — runs a very reasonable $350.
Now, Dr. Gause says Strahan’s a real patient of his, but if he asked to permanently fill the gap, he wouldn’t do it because it’s his signature trademark. Hmm … we will take him at his word.
Margaret Cho says she’s afraid to leave the safety of her own home as an Asian-American woman … telling us, “outside it’s cloudy with a chance of racism.”
Despite that humorous phrasing, the comedian made it clear her fear is very real when she joined us Friday on “TMZ Live.” She says the rise in hate crimes against Asian-Americans has her feeling like there’s a target on her.
Margaret says it’s a really scary time in America, and she’s especially rattled by the attacks on older Asian-American women.
While Margaret felt empowered by the Asian grandmother in San Francisco who fought off an alleged attacker last month with a piece of wood … she says it was still a traumatizing moment for the Asian community, and yet another example of why she feels safer at home.
It’s pretty shocking to hear an Oscar, Emmy and five-time Grammy-nominated comedian/actress say she’s afraid of becoming a hate crime victim, but Margaret says that’s where we are today in this country … and it’s time for an awakening.
One of the TikTok dance creators who didn’t get credit last week in a controversial ‘Tonight Show’ bit has mixed feelings about what went down … and her mom does too.
Mya Johnson tells TMZ … she was initially excited to see her “Up” challenge — which she choreographed with her friend Chris Cotter back in February — made it all the way to Jimmy Fallon‘s show.
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But, Mya says she also couldn’t help but wish she and Chris would have been invited on TV to perform their dance … instead of Addison Rae.
As we told you … Fallon and Addison are catching flak for their segment where she taught Jimmy how to do 8 popular TikTok dances, none of which she created.
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People are upset ‘The Tonight Show’ didn’t give proper attribution to the Black creators of the dances. Addison told us they definitely deserve the credit and she supports them, but her response has left people unsatisfied as well.
One of those people is Mya’s mother, Candice Rangel, who says Addison’s comments came off a bit insincere. However, she also doesn’t believe Addison had bad intentions … and offers suggestions for how she can make things right.
Mya, on the other hand, says there’s no bad blood between her and Addison … and she’s down to collab with her in the future too.
Even Snoop Dogg could learn a thing or 2 about marijuana from Greg Kelly — that is IF you buy the Newsmax host’s “don’t do drugs” story … but almost no one does.
Kelly is telling what he views as a cautionary tale about pot, claiming “SMOKING WEED (aka GRASS) is NOT a good idea.” Okay, get past his use of the term “grass” … he’s a man of a certain age, after all.
Anyway, Kelly claims he “toked up” back in the day with some friends in Kentucky “and woke up 4 days later in Nairobi, Kenya. With no idea what happened.” Say whaaaat, Greg???
Based on Twitter’s response, the news anchor’s marijuana warning went up in smoke. Very few people believe this actually happened, or … if it did happen we’ve got a newsflash for Greg — that wasn’t weed you were smoking, bro!!!
Kelly even claims his alleged half-baked experience was worse than anything that President Biden‘s son, Hunter, went through. ICYMI … Hunter just opened up about his crack addiction in a new memoir.
As for what the hell Greg “Smokey” Kelly might have really been puff puff passing? Well, he might wanna re-watch “Friday.”
Now when friends ask, “how high?” … just say Greg Kelly high. Thanks for the warning, Smoke Dog!
John Cena‘s decision to participate in a Nickelodeon hidden-camera show helped an 8-year-old kid SAVE HIS BABY SISTER FROM CHOKING!!!
Seriously — it’s an unbelievable story!
8-year-old Jaxson Demsey was on a family outing in Hazleton, Pennsylvania over the weekend — when he noticed his 20-month-old sister was having trouble breathing.
Fortunately for the Demsey family, Jaxson had watched an episode of the Nickelodeon show, “The Substitute” … which featured a cameo from WWE superstar John Cena.
Cena was disguised as a CPR instructor on the hidden-camera show — and was tasked with teaching a group of kids how to perform chest compressions in case of a choking emergency.
Clearly, the show made an impression on Jaxson — because when his sister needed help, he sprung into action and successfully dislodged a McNugget!
“We were driving to my haircut, and I noticed she was starting to choke from a chicken nugget from McDonald’s,” Jaxson told WNEP … “I told my dad to pull over. Then I was starting to pat on her back, and it got out.”
After the incident, he credited Cena for teaching him the life-saving skills he needed that day!
“In the very first episode [of ‘The Substitute’], John Cena was on it, and in the last part, he showed how to save someone when they’re choking.”
Jaxon’s dad, Matt, was thankful his son stepped up in this situation, but he wasn’t surprised.
“He amazes us every day, you know — some of the things he says and does, and his actions. We’re simply blessed to have the child that he is, the things that he does for his family, his friends, for his little sister. He’s a good big brother.”
Britney Spears says the latest documentary about her life is super embarrassing and it’s got her in tears.
The singer broke her silence on the ‘Framing Britney Spears’ doc Tuesday, saying she was “embarrassed by the light they put me in.”
Britney says she didn’t watch the entire documentary, but she really didn’t like the little bit she did see … she says, “I cried for two weeks.”
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Brit shared her emotional reaction along with a video of her dancing to Aerosmith’s hit song, “Crazy.” She says she’s dancing to Steven Tyler every night just to keep her sane.
As you know … ‘Framing Britney’ has her fans fired up about how the pop star’s been treated over the years by the media, Justin Timberlake, her father Jamie Spears and others.
Chet Hanks and an ex-girlfriend are at war over a volatile relationship that recently ended — with both of them slinging allegations of violence, and there’s video of a bloodied Hanks.
TMZ has obtained video of what Chet says is the end of an altercation between him and his ex, Kiana Parker, that turned violent back on January 8 at Chet’s place in Sugarland, TX. Chet turns the camera on Kiana when she appears to swipe at him as she holds a pot, with a bloodied Chet reappearing in the next frame, saying she charged at him with the knife … something Kiana denies.
Chet’s not the only one to claim violence … Kiana got a restraining order against Chet in January, alleging he roughed her up on multiple occasions between Oct. 2020 and Jan. 2021.
During one incident, while the couple was in New Orleans for Chet to shoot “Your Honor,” Kiana claims he became enraged when she said she was going to leave their room at the Windsor Court hotel to get food … grabbing her wrists and arms and flinging her around to keep her in the room. Chet denies the allegations and says he never even knew she went to court for a TRO.
She says tables were knocked over and he chucked a bottle at her … even claiming he chased her down the hallway in his boxers. She also alleges he told her that no one would believe her, because she was “just a ghetto Black bitch” and he was “Chet Hanks.”
For his part … Chet recently filed a lawsuit against Kiana over January’s bloody face incident. He says it started when he broke things off with Kiana after learning she’d allegedly been stealing from him, racking up thousands of dollars on his credit cards … and making off with a ton of his property too.
Chet goes on to claim Kiana showed up that day with three men, one of whom he says flashed a gun at him. He’s suing her for assault and battery, theft and return of the money she allegedly stole from him.
As for Kiana’s version of the January 8 incident … she says she came by Chet’s place to get her stuff with movers in tow. She says Chet was antagonizing her, and he grabbed a knife in a menacing way. That’s when she says she grabbed a pot in self-defense and swung it … making a run for it shortly thereafter. She claims he chased her out to the street, where she says he attacked her right there in the open … until others came to her aid.
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Chet shares a child with another Black woman named Tiffany — and just recently … he alluded to the fact he’s really into Black women, this as he offered a follow-up explainer to his controversial “white boy summer” clip … which went viral.
Kiana’s attorney, D’Angelo Lowe, tells TMZ … Kiana is under a doctor’s care at the moment, and that she’s tried serving Chet to no avail … even having gone so far as to reach out to his parents, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, over the TRO she’s trying to make permanent.
Hanks’ lawyer, Marty Singer, tells TMZ, “The day after Chet Hanks confronted Kiana Parker about stealing money from his credit card, while Ms. Parker was accompanied by a huge male carrying a gun she viciously attacked Chet with a knife, which caused him to profusely bleed. It is all on video and the undisputed video tells the whole story. Her claims are completely false, fabricated and fictional.”
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend have had sex in public places A LOT, according to Chrissy, including in a restroom at the Democratic National Convention … which she previously referred to as “that Obama thing.”
The former Twitter standout felt the need to clear the air on James Corden‘s “Spill Your Guts” segment on ‘The Late Late Show’ when she was asked what’s the strangest place she and her husband ever got intimate.
Chrissy revealed a DNC bathroom tops her list, but she says when she was asked this same question years ago at the Grammys … she blurted out the “Obama thing.”
To clarify — Chrissy tells James that came out wrong and does not mean she and John had sex with Barack and Michelle or near them … she simply meant they did it at the DNC. Then, Chrissy went on to reveal a lot more.
For those wondering which DNC they did the deed at, we did some digging … and it seems like 2008. John not only performed at the event that year — shortly before President Obama was elected — but he brought his then-girlfriend Chrissy with him.
Addison Rae says she loves and respects all the TikTok dance creators who made up the moves she taught Jimmy Fallon … and she hopes they can work together following the controversy she and Jimmy have sparked.
We got the TikTok star out in L.A. Monday … in the midst of her catching flak for her ‘Tonight Show’ segment Friday … which has been criticized for stealing from Black entertainers without giving due credit.
ICYMI … Addison performed 8 popular TikTok dances to teach Jimmy how it’s done, but people — notably The View’s Sunny Hostin — took issue with the fact it appeared the moves were hers, when they were not.
Addison tells us this was definitely not her intention, and that proper attribution was given on the YouTube video … just not during the show.
That’s beside the point though, and Addison does give props to the original creators and says she didn’t even do them justice. She adds she’d love to collab with them going forward … and already has plans in the works to do just that.
Joe Exoticfought hard to keep his husband from throwing in the towel on their marriage, and his lawyer says it worked … sort of.
Joe’s lawyer, Francisco Hernandez, says he got an email from Joe late Friday, saying he had a heart-to-heart over the phone with Dillon … this after Dillon expressed his desire to get a divorce from the man who still has 2 decades behind bars in his future.
According to the email, Joe says Dillon agreed to put the divorce on ice for now … “Me and Dillon have talked and we are not going to get in a hurry and get a legal divorce. This has been tough on both of us and he is going to do what he thinks he needs to do and I prefer to stay married right now so things don’t get complicated and if I live through this great we will figure it out then …”
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Joe has said Dillon has always been there for him … “He still answers the phone three times a day and will continue to be my support.” Dillon has also said he’s always supported Joe and will continue to do so.
Joe didn’t make it clear what Dillon will do, but think about it … a young man in his 20’s just sitting at home waiting for 2 decades is a near-impossible ask.
Joe and Dillon got married in 2017 … 2 months after Joe’s previous husband, Travis Maldonado, died after accidentally shooting himself.
Joe’s still fighting to get out of prison, but so far no luck, and the options are fast running out.
