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Ellen Pompeo Says What Many People Are Thinking About Gabrielle Union's Exit From 'America's Got Talent' - Showbiz Cheat Sheet

The news of Gabrielle Union’s exit from America’s Got Talent was shocking on its own. But no one expected the reports that followed.

While sources initially made it seem as if her departure was merely another panel rotation, insiders have since claimed that Union was ousted from the show after speaking out about the work environment at AGT.

The news prompted a barrage of emotional reactions online, including one from Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo. In a series of tweets, Pompeo said what many people have been thinking about all of this.

(L-R) Ellen Pompeo and Gabrielle Union | Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images North America; Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic

Inside Gabrielle Union’s departure from ‘America’s Got Talent’

On Nov. 22, news broke that Union, as well as Julianne Hough, would not return for the show’s 15th season. Both women had only been on the show for the 14th season, which ran from May to September 2019.

A day later, on Nov. 23, blog Love B Scott shared a report that offered more insight into Union’s exit. Sources told the website that Union’s departure came after she spoke out about “problematic” situations on the show.

Variety later reported that one of those situations involved a racial joke that Jay Leno allegedly made while guest-hosting the show. The remarks were ultimately edited out of the episode, which aired on Aug. 6.

Sources also told Variety that Union and Hough received “excessive notes” about their physical appearance during their time on the show. Executives allegedly told Union on multiple occasions that her hairstyles were “too black” for viewers.

In response to the report, NBC shared a statement that read:

“‘America’s Got Talent’ has a long history of inclusivity and diversity in both our talent and the acts championed by the show. The judging and host line-up has been regularly refreshed over the years and that is one of the reasons for AGT’s enduring popularity. NBC and the producers take any issues on set seriously.”

Twitter reacts to Gabrielle Union’s exit from ‘America’s Got Talent’

The news has sparked many conversations online about race, power, and influence. Pompeo is one of many who took to Twitter to react to Union’s exit, writing in a series of messages on Nov. 28:

“It’s unfortunate that @nbc the same network that protected disgusting men like Matt Lauer and punished women for speaking out or not putting up with it…has not changed their practices or culture. I support @itsgabrielleu commitment to speaking up to injustice. It takes courage” Pompeo started, referencing former Today show anchor Matt Lauer’s firing over sexual misconduct allegations.

In a follow-up tweet, Pompeo wrote that her message was specifically targeted at “white girls,” whom she asked to “stand with your sisters on the front lines.”

“This is a teaching moment..It’s important..white girls I’m talking to you..whether you truly understand what racial injustice is or not..that you stand with your sisters on the front lines. Don’t cut side deals & don’t not get involved because it isn’t your issue..because it is,” she continued.

“Workplace cultures will continue to be toxic until there is unity and solidarity among all women,” Pompeo added. “If you go for self in these moments you undermine the work we are out here trying to do. Obviously this network feels like they can operate like this and it’s okay.”

Gabrielle Union will be OK

Union has seen the outpouring of love and made it clear that she’ll bounce back from this.

“To all the friends and family that have my back and all the friends and family I’ve never met who show love and support when everyone is looking and when no one is looking…All praise, gratitude, and thankfulness,” she captioned a Nov. 28 photo of her husband, Dwyane Wade, and their blended family.

Though her days on AGT have ended, Union still has her acting career, a beautiful family, and thousands of supporters who have her back.

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2019-11-30 16:29:24Z
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Caitlyn Jenner claims Kylie Jenner spends 'between $300,000 and $400,000 a month' on private security - Fox News

The Kardashian-Jenner family takes their safety very seriously.

The mega-popular reality TV family has faced issues in the past with stalkers and robbers, so now they travel everywhere with private security, according to Caitlyn Jenner.

During an episode of the British reality TV show, "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" the Olympian who was married to matriarch Kris Jenner admitted that her youngest daughter, Kylie Jenner, spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on bodyguards.

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“I bet you Kylie will spend anywhere between [$300,000] and $400,000 a month,” she revealed. “A ton of money.”

Jenner added that “it’s sad” her daughters (she also shares 24-year-old Kendall Jenner with Kris) have grown up needing protection.

“They’re used to it. They’ve been doing it forever,” she said. “They like the security guys there.”

Jenner also opened up about her estranged relationship with stepdaughter Khloe Kardashian and how coming out about her transition affected her kids.

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"The first was the kids. I started with Brandon, my son, and he said to me: 'Dad, I’ve always been so proud to be your son but I’ve never been more proud of you than right now'," Jenner explained.

"I went through every kid and Khloe for some reason was p***ed off about something through this whole process, it’s been five or six years and I really haven’t talked to her since."

CAITLYN JENNER SAYS SHE HASN'T SPOKEN TO KHLOE KARDASHIAN IN 'FIVE OR SIX YEARS'

Jenner and Kris split in 2014, one year before she publicly came out as a transgender woman. They were married for over 20 years.

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2019-11-30 15:35:58Z
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'Bachelor' alum Bekah Martinez is pregnant with baby number 2, she announces on Instagram - USA TODAY

Morgan Hines USA TODAY

Published 8:12 AM EST Nov 30, 2019

Bekah Martinez, former contestant on the "Bachelor," is pregnant with her second baby.

The 24-year-old, who appeared on Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s season of the show, announced that she is pregnant again on Instagram over the holiday weekend. The post was simple: A family-style photo. She posed with boyfriend, Grayston Leonard and their daughter, Ruth. Martinez held up a sonogram.

She kept the caption short and sweet: "Thankful," she wrote beside an orange heart.

Martinez and Leonard had welcomed Ruth into the world on February 2. She revealed that she and Leonard would be having their first baby months earlier in September 2018. At the time, the couple had been together for several months.

In a video posted at the time of her first pregnancy she revealed that motherhood was something she'd always dreamed of.

"I've wanted to be a mom my whole life," she said in the video. "This is what I've always wanted."

She hinted at the pregnancy a few weeks earlier in a different Instagram post that focused on her relationship with Leonard.

"#tbt we may have only been together less than two years but we’ve gone through so much together. i’m so proud of us and so in love with you @pipyopi ✨♥️ #babynumbertwo?" she wrote in the caption.

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Contributing: Grace Palmieri, Arizona Republic, Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY

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2019-11-30 13:12:20Z
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I'm A Celebrity: How Caitlyn Jenner's agent got her on the show - BBC News

On the first episode of this year's I'm A Celebrity, host Ant McPartlin said there could only be one winner of the show.

"Caitlyn Jenner's agent... by the sounds of it," was Dec's reply.

The gold medal-winning Olympian was undoubtedly the star booking of this series, reported to have been paid £500,000 to take part.

"The papers lie," says Natasha Hill, the talent agent responsible for getting Caitlyn onto the ITV show. "I wish it had been that much, but it was wrong."

She won't say how much exactly Caitlyn is being paid to be on the show, but confirmed there was a fee and negotiations did take place to secure it.

"I wanted to put an American forward for it and someone who was really well known."

When she spoke to Caitlyn about going into the jungle, her response was: "Are you kidding me? I'd love to do it. It would be a break from social media."

She says she suggested her client to the I'm A Celebrity producers because of her love of "amazing daredevil experiences" and that fact that she's "never fazed by anything".

The proof? In the first episode, Caitlyn jumped out of a plane.

Natasha's job as head of talent UK at MN2S means it's her responsibility for getting famous people onto TV, into clubs for live appearances or striking lucrative advertising tie-ins and contracts.

The 30-year-old says getting Caitlyn on to I'm A Celebrity is her biggest achievement to date.

She's previously worked with all sorts of people from a member of the Royal Family (she won't say who) to Sir Bob Geldof to The Vamps and Love Island contestants.

"It's so incredibly important for celebrities to make sure they are seen as someone who is relatable."

Shelf Life

To be a talent agent, Natasha agrees you need to be feisty, ambitious and ruthless ("but in a good way") - and says she's never nasty.

She says she's always upfront and honest with her clients about the potential shelf life of their time in the public eye.

"I'm not going to lie to them," she says. "I tell them right from the start that the industry is difficult. It's so oversaturated with people who want to do the same thing.

She says that's especially true of people who come from reality TV shows - some of them she works with.

"I tell them that we've got to join together to become this brand that's unstoppable.

"You see people go from reality TV shows who then play the same game and there's nothing out of the ordinary. Then you've got those who tick so many different boxes and is more than just the show they come from. All of the talent I work with are more than that."

She's currently working with two former TV contestants - Jamie Jewitt from the 2017 series of Love Island and Ruby Bhogal, a finalist in the 2018 series of the Great British Bake Off.

Ruby tells Radio 1 Newsbeat that Natasha was "brutally honest" with her when she first signed up to the agency.

After reaching the final of the show, she suddenly found herself in demand and needed someone to help negotiate all the offers of work she was receiving.

"We were very strategic," says Ruby. "We knew exactly how many months we had until the next series of Bake Off was coming around.

"We knew those months were key to make sure I had as much of an impact as I could have. We built relationships to make sure that - as much as I respected Bake Off - I was also a name individually outside of that."

The Break-Up

Natasha says her job is like having multiple relationships with people at the same time - but sometimes those relationships end, and she has to agree to part ways with a celebrity.

She tells the story of one successful boyband member (she doesn't name him).

"He was such a nice guy and we got on really well, but it became increasingly more difficult to get him deals with brands.

"I had to tell him that I think I'd done all I could do for him. At first he pretended he hadn't heard me and for a few weeks afterwards he still didn't seem to have understood.

"In the end he asked me to help him find another agent because he was worried no one else was going to work with him."

Getting Starstruck

Natasha says she's been working as an agent for seven or eight years, but started out as a receptionist for Global Radio in London.

She admits she was chatty, good at talking the talk and getting noticed. Over the years, she's worked for various agencies and dealt with many high profile figures.

However, there's only one person she's been really starstruck by - and it's not who you'd expect.

"Sir Ranulph Fiennes," says Natasha.

The 75-year-old is one of the UK's most famous explorers and she worked with him on an environmental campaign.

"I saw him speak about three years ago and I didn't know what to do. I almost fell over and it was the first time I'd ever felt like that."

As for Caitlyn, she says she wasn't phased when she first met her: "All the talent I work with, I just treat like they're someone else on the street who I'd just start chatting to."

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2019-11-30 03:40:40Z
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Jumat, 29 November 2019

K-pop stars sentenced to prison for gang rape - Fox News

Two Korean pop stars were sentenced to prison Friday for gang-raping unconscious women, secretly recording the act and distributing the tapes as part of a scandal that has rocked the K-pop industry, according to South Korean media.

Jung Joon-young, 30, and Choi Jong-hoon, 29, were found guilty of rape and sentenced to six and five years of prison, respectively, The Korea Herald reported.

Jung – who retired from the entertainment industry in March admitting to part of the allegations – was also charged with filming the assault and distributing the footage in a chatroom through KakaoTalk, a messaging app.

SOUTH KOREAN K-POP STAR GOO HARA FOUND DEAD AT 28, POLICE SAY

Singer-songwriter Jung rose to fame through a reality TV show, while Choi is a former member of boy band FT Island.

Other K-pop stars charged include K-pop megastar Seungri, a former member of Big Bang whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun, who had retired from the entertainment industry amid allegations of illegal gambling in connection with the sex and drugs scandal.

K-pop stars Jung Joon-young, 30, and Choi Jong-hoon, 29, were found guilty of rape and sentenced to six and five years in prison. (Getty)

Judge Kang Sung Soo of the Seoul Central District Court delivered the verdict against five individuals, including Jung and Choi, who will be required to undergo 80 hours of sexual violence rehabilitation and banned from working with children, juveniles, or people with disabilities for five years.

"We can't imagine the pain the victims might have felt who found out later," Kang said, according to Yonhap news agency, adding that Choi "did not feel remorse after mass-raping drunken victims."

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Jung and Choi both wept as the sentences were announced and claimed they had engaged in consensual sex with sober women. The court disagreed, citing incriminating testimony and other evidence, and saying both stars joked about drugging and raping women in the chatroom.

Jung confessed in March to filming himself having sex with 10 women without their consent, as part of the largest scandal to hit the K-pop industry, known as the Burning Sun scandal.

Yong Jun-hyung, another K-pop star, left his band in March and acknowledged watching the videos. He then said on Instagram: "I received a video from Jung and did have inappropriate conversations."

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Korea continues to grapple with spycam crimes, known as "molka," for which over 5,500 people were arrested last year, secretly filming women in schools, toilets, and elsewhere, although it can also refer to footage of consensual sex.

This comes just days after the death of Goo Hara, a former member of girl group Kara, in an apparent suicide after she was blackmailed for "revenge porn."

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2019-11-29 14:40:13Z
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Celebrities fire back after Gabrielle Union's controversial exit from 'America's Got Talent' - CNN

Union and fellow judge Julianne Hough will not return for the second season of "America's Got Talent: The Champions," which premieres January 6.

Variety published a report this week alleging Union had been fired after urging the show's producers to notify human resources about an incident involving a racist joke. It also said producers told her multiple times that her hairstyles on the show were "too black."

CNN has not independently confirmed these allegations and has reached out to reps for Union and "America's Got Talent" for comment.

Here's what other celebrities are saying about her exit:

Ellen Pompeo

The "Grey's Anatomy" star blasted the network in a series of tweets.

"Workplace cultures will continue to be toxic until there is unity and solidarity among all women. If you go for self in these moments you undermine the work we are out here trying to do. Obviously this network feels like they can operate like this and it's okay," she said. "... I support @itsgabrielleu commitment to speaking up to injustice. It takes courage."

Debra Messing

The "Will & Grace" star echoed Pompeo's sentiment.

"Thank you for this @EllenPompeo. This is disgusting behavior from a network that has been my professional home for decades," Messing tweeted. "Yes, women become 'difficult,' when their insistence on a respectful and professional working environment, is ignored. Addressing a hostile work environment is inconvenient when there is a huge money making machine that is involved."

Jameela Jamil

The actress, who stars on NBC's "The Good Place," said the show should bring Union back with a raise.

"I am lucky to work with really good people at @nbc and am sad and angry to know this has been going on in that same network. I stand with @itsgabrielleu," she said.

Ariana Grande

The singer's message was short and ended with a love heart emoji aimed at Union.

"Thank you for this @EllenPompeo. be better @nbc we're with you @itsgabrielleu," she said.

Julian Castro

The 2020 presidential hopeful also chimed in.

"Corporate America tells employees and consumers they take racism and sexism seriously. But often the person reporting the problem is hurt by management," Castro tweeted. "Kudos to @itsgabrielleu for having the courage to speak out. Still waiting for answers from @nbc."

Dwyane Wade

Union's husband said he still has questions about her exit from the show.

"... When i got the news that my wife was being fired — my first question was obviously why!? I am still waiting on a good answer to that question. But if anyone knows @itsgabrielleu or have heard of her you know she's an advocate for our community and culture. As proud as i were of her being selected as a judge on #AGT— I am even more proud of her standing up for what she stands for and that's US."

Other celebrities, including actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, also expressed their support.

Union thanked fans on social media -- but did not provide any details on her exit from the show.

"So many tears, so much gratitude," she wrote Thursday. "THANK YOU! Just when you feel lost, adrift, alone ... you got me up off the ground. Humbled and thankful, forever."

In a statement to People, a spokesperson for NBC and Fremantle said the network and the producers take any issues on set seriously.

"America's Got Talent has a long history of inclusivity and diversity in both our talent and the acts championed by the show. The judging and host line-up has been regularly refreshed over the years and that is one of the reasons for AGT's enduring popularity," it said.

CNN's Lisa France contributed to this report

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