Category: Breaking News

Tony Rock is ripping the white “Big Brother” houseguest who casually used the n-word in conversation … setting the record straight on who can and can’t use the racial slur.

We got the veteran comedian at LAX on Thursday and our photog asked him about Luke Valentine getting booted from ‘BB’ for dropping an n-bomb on the live feed.

Tony says no one named Luke Valentine should ever say the n-word … and his rule of thumb is to refrain from using the slur unless you are a person of color.

Chris Rock‘s brother also finds it interesting Luke was so quick to apologize … he says that should be a sign Luke should have known better in the first place. He also feels it’s a trend whenever people or companies offend Black people.

Dr. Terry Dubrow experienced a medical emergency that could have gotten very bad, very fast … but fortunately for him, his wife was by his side.

Dr. Dubrow tells TMZ … last Thursday night, he was chowing down with his wife and son at The Ivy in L.A. … when he suddenly began slurring his speech. Although it happened for less than a minute, Heather wasn’t going to let it pass. She told their son to call 911 … which pissed off Terry because he says he felt fine.

Paramedics arrived on the scene, took Terry’s vitals and said he was A-OK. Heather wasn’t satisfied and insisted they take him to the hospital — Terry refused and hopped out of the ambulance. Embarrassed by the whole situation, he called an Uber to take him home.

Terry received a flurry of calls from his doctor buddies during his car ride — after Heather filled them in on the situation … which convinced him to make a pit stop at the hospital.

Doctors ran a series of tests, and discovered Terry experienced a transient ischemic attack, or TIA. TIAs are described as a brief blockage of blood flow to part of the brain, which can temporarily cause stroke-like symptoms. They’re typically transitory and don’t cause lasting damage.

Doctors also discovered Terry had a patent foramen ovale, or PFO, which is a hole in the heart that didn’t close the way it should after birth. Doctors told Terry a blood clot passed through the PFO, traveled to his brain and caused the TIA.

Terry’s medical scare is almost identical to that of Hailey Bieber. You’ll recall, Hailey was rushed to the hospital in March 2022 after also experiencing stroke-like symptoms.

Fortunately, doctors fixed Terry’s PFO on the spot and now he’s fine. In fact, he’s already doing high-intensity workouts and is cleared to perform surgery.

‘Big Brother 25’ contestant Luke Valentine created a pretty tense situation after dropping the N-word mid-conversation with some fellow houseguests.

Luke was seen chatting on the live feeds early Wednesday morning with contestants Jared, Cory, and Hisam when he said, “We were in the f****** (inaudible) room, n****.” Realizing his mistake immediately, Luke tries to correct himself by saying “dude” … and laughs it off.

Cory and Hisam immediately tense up, and rightfully so … Luke looks over to Jared, who’s Black, before apologizing. It seemed to tick off Cory and Hisam, who definitely didn’t laugh with him — instead, they step out, leaving Luke alone with Jared.

Surprisingly, Jared doesn’t seem all that concerned with the apparent slip-up — it’s possible he wanted to keep his cool for gameplay purposes — later telling Luke, “I don’t give a f***,” in response to the slur.

White folks dropping the N-word on “BB” has become a reoccurring theme … it’s happened quite a bit over the years, especially in 2018 when houseguest Kaitlyn said it while quoting Drake‘s “0 to 100.”

BTW, producers just warned the cast about their language after 2 contestants were worried their tans would make them look “ghetto.”

CBS has threatened to kick people off the show for situations just like Luke’s … but it’s unclear if he’ll be forced to pack his bags anytime soon.

Tekashi69‘s claim the tattoo artist who inspired his name used to be on heroin is costing that man dearly … at least according to the ink master himself, who says his wife left him over that drug abuse allegation.

Takashi Matsuba spells it out in his ongoing civil suit against the rapper — and in the new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, he says he’s entitled to a default judgment because Tekashi’s old lawyer withdrew from the case and Tekashi’s failed to retain new counsel.

But, in re-explaining the alleged harm he’s endured, Matsuba makes this startling confession — “I lost a number of friends, but by far the most important one is my dear wife. We divorced last year, because she no longer trusted me after Hernandez’s false statements about me were broadcast on Hulu and Showtime.”

Matsuba goes on to explain that his tattooing business has essentially collapsed by “the false suggestion that I may be a drug user.”

You’ll recall … Matsuba was pissed over a couple 6ix9ine documentaries that name-dropped him — one on Hulu, and another on Showtime. While he seems pissed about the Hulu reference, it’s the Showtime doc that’s in his legal crosshairs … they’re defendants too.

Angus Cloud‘s death was viewed as a possible overdose by cops — and we’ve heard rumblings he may have even taken his own life … but his mom’s denying that last part.

The ‘Euphoria’ actor’s mother, Lisa Cloud, took to Facebook to pen an emotional message, writing … “Friends, I want you all to know I appreciate your love for my family at this shattered time. I also want you to know that although my son was in deep grief about his father’s untimely death from mesothelioma, his last day was a joyful one.”

She goes on to describe was Angus was doing that day, saying he was reorganizing his room and placing items around the house … which she believes meant he had an intention to be around for a while. Lisa also says he’d been talking about wanting to help family members with college, among other signs that — in her eyes — point to him not being suicidal.

Then, Lisa says this point blank … “I don’t know if or what he may have put in his body after that. I only know that he put his head on the desk where he was working on art project’s, fell asleep and didn’t wake up. We may find out that he overdosed accidentally and tragically, but it’s abundantly clear that he did not intend to check out of this world.”

She adds, “Social media posts have suggested his death was intentional. I want you to know that is not the case. To honor his memory, please make random acts of kindness part of your daily life.”

It’s interesting that she’s batting down any notion of suicide. Not only did a family statement released at the time suggest he died by suicide … but sources familiar with the situation have further assured us that Angus was, indeed, having suicidal thoughts of late.

Unclear if there’s more evidence to indicate he may have taken his life — like a note, for example. In any case, his mother’s backing taht he was in high spirits — which we’ve seen ourselves — in his final days … despite having a hard time dealing with his father’s death.

BTW, Lisa appears to have been on the scene in Oakland when Angus was found … first-responders cited her as being the one who called 911 that fateful Monday morning.

Jeremy Allen White is just like his character on “The Bear” — head over heels and crazy in love with a woman who’s caught his eye … only here, she shares his occupation.

The actor was in L.A. Saturday, and very publicly smooching with model/actress Ashley Moore — going heavy on the PDA, no doubt. Check it out … the two of them weren’t hiding their infatuation for one another, with their lips locking and arms all wrapped up too.

When they weren’t laying it on the thick with the affection … they were either walking side by side, or looking deep into the other’s eyes — with wide smiles as they enjoyed the day.

Of course, this is interesting for a number of reasons — the biggest being that Jeremy’s in the middle of a divorce with his estranged wife Addison Timlin … with whom he shares children.

Interestingly, he was just hanging out with Addison last weekend … and there, too, he was showing the love — giving her a ton of hugs and even a kiss on the head. Some speculated that meant the two of them were getting back together … obviously not, though.

No word on where Jeremy met Ashley — there’s no shared projects between them that we can see — but however they crossed paths … he’s very clearly taken with her and then some.

And if you’re wondering who the heck she is to begin with — well, that’s fair. She’s not really big time (yet), and only has a handful of TV/movie/music video appearances under her belt. She is, however, an up-and-coming model … and has done campaigns with the best of ’em.

Oh, and she’s a total smoke show … typical beautiful model-type of the L.A. variety, indeed.

Paul Reubens was a busy man before his sudden passing this week — as he privately battled cancer, the guy was hard at work almost right to the end … and there’ll be something to show for it in the near future.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … the ‘Pee-wee Herman’ star had been actively involved in various different film/TV projects in the final months of his life, including an upcoming HBO documentary (focused on his titular character) that was announced in 2021.

The doc is being helmed by the Safdie brothers, and we’re told producers were able to get all of the interviews and insights from Paul himself before he died Monday.

Our sources say Paul had good and bad days toward the end, but when he was feeling up to it … he was able to get quite a bit done … spending upwards of 40 hours on interviews he did for the HBO doc. Between that and other interviews from over 25 different friends/collaborators, our sources say the ‘Pee-wee’ doc has over 1,000 hours of footage.

You may know him as Ashtray from “Euphoria,” but Javon “Wanna” Walton is out to make a name for himself in a completely different industry … telling TMZ Sports his goal is to be a boxing champion!!

The 17-year-old actor recently signed with Jake Paul‘s Most Valuable Promotions … and he told us he’s shifting his focus from entertainment to fighting.

“This is something I want to do for the rest of my life,” Wanna said. “It’s something I’ve been very passionate for a very long time, and it’s something that I care about a lot.”

“Boxing to me, is just a release,” Wanna added. “I love every minute of it and, I mean, the ultimate goal is world champion and defending my titles for a very long time and becoming a Hall of Famer. That’s the real goal for me.”

But this isn’t something that just came up out of the blue — Wanna explained his parents would watch boxing all the time when he was a kid … and naturally, he fell in love with the sport.

In fact, Wanna — who started training when he was four years old — now has 80 amateur bouts under his belt, including multiple tournament wins and Georgia state titles … and went into detail on why he decided to team up with Jake’s promotion.

“I wanted to go somewhere where I knew that I was gonna be valued, and a place that I knew that they were going to care about me a lot, and a place with a lot of talent,” Wanna added. “Everyone over at MVP is very talented and they’ve all done such amazing things in their career.”

Wanna praised Jake for being a “very sharp” and “super laid back” guy … and told us he hopes to learn from the YouTuber-turned-boxing star.

We asked Wanna straight-up where he saw himself in 10 years … and he’s confident in his future.