The Beat Goes On with Liam Payne and Takes Off for Travis Kelce and the NFL

 

Well, high school football games are underway and pumpkin flavored everything is in season!  Even though the Writers Guild strike is over, the SAG-AFTRA strike is ongoing (with the WGA supporting them, or at least they were) and so publicists and talent agency teams are still trying to figure out ways to keep their clients in the news and visible.  For Narnia's faves, that's a double whammy.  

Let's see what's happening where and with whom.

 

• Liam Payne reappeared to the public eye several times to try and make it look like he was working on new music and a mini-tour, only to have the "new music" remain elusive and the mini-tour yanked out from under him, in the form of an alleged "kidney infection" affliction.  

Simon Cowell and Sony, we thought Liam was supposed to be ill?  So ill that he had to cancel highly anticipated shows scheduled for South America. On September 12, Liam was scheduled to perform in Mexico at the time of this alleged illness.   WHAT a coincidence.  #Not

Instead, by September 11, Management was using his image to make it look like he was strolling around Lake Como with the Beard. 

Here below, we were provided a social media account to explain to everyone why Liam's hand was on his back at this precise camera-captured moment, in addition to chastising fans who were critical of his photo-op'ing appearance with the Beard when he was "supposedly" so ill that he had to cancel tour dates.  Oh, and how convenient that Splash News just happened to capture the moment.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syco/Sony has to add legitimacy to the whole "kidney infection" story, right?  So, let's have Liam put his hand on his back in one of the photos.  Interesting that, in the other photos, his "infection" didn't appear to have needed visual support.  Lots of balconies, bushes, railings, stone walkways, all getting in the way of unobstructed images. Hmm. Imagine that.

Just as a quick reminder, here were the dates for Liam's cancelled performances.

credit:  liam 93 productions

 

Huh.  Funny how Liam just happened to "pop up" in these photos, allegedly from Lake Como, right around the dates of the concert performances so that some fans can raise a suspicious eyebrow.  After all, if Liam can be out and about, strolling with the beard, he must not really have been sick enough to cancel those concerts, right?  "What a louse!" [insert sarcasm]

And this kind of garish headline is another shady tip-off:

By the way, curiously enough, the above tweet (which was accompanied by another Pop Crave post which included the link to the Sun story about Liam's alleged physical state of "agony"), did not allow for replies.  Yet, this same twitter account did not seem to have a problem allowing replies on its other tweets, but their two tweets about Liam, though?  No engagement allowed. Hmmmm....wonder why that would be?  Not only that, but the Sun.co.UK twitter account did not even tweet their own story.  "Pop Crave" did that dirty work for them.   

Does anyone else find that rather peculiar? Fingerprints removed from the crime scene, perhaps?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As several fans shared personal stories about their own kidney infections and based on their descriptions, they described the pain as intense and accompanied by other symptoms such as fatigue, chills, fever, and nausea. So, Narnia found it interesting that Liam was allegedly able to bounce back and immediately hop on a plane for a four-hour flight, without a care in the world. Or, without any kind of self- awareness about all those disappointed South American fans.  That doesn't sound like Liam at all, does it?

No, what seems more likely is maybe Cowell and Sony setting Liam up for failure in the eyes of his fans with concert dates that were never going to come to fruition.  The "kidney infection"?   A convenient malady conjured up because Sony knew that fans would buy into it, due to his early 1D alleged history with a kidney malady and a garlic necklace, to dare fans to question the validity of the story.  Worked out just perfectly, didn't it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the crowning touch for implausibility was the Beard using her social media to inform Liam's fans of his hospital release and hey, even though he was allegedly home now, she was going out for the evening!  Not even a word about having someone sit at home with the newly released patient.  Liam was going to have to fend for himself!

Despite all these and other past attempts to rile up and alienate his fan base throughout the years, Narnia continues to fully support Liam Payne, who no doubt refused to comply with another Simon Cowell and Sony demand. 1) Given planted articles, 2) Zayn's career resurgence and 3) recent Cheryl quotes about Liam, that new contractual demand most likely involved wanting Liam to agree to have another stunt baby with Cheryl Cole. That's right. The OTT punishment, sabotage, and abuse, not surprisingly, related to Liam's closet. 

He will rise above all of this - we're just waiting it out.

 

His day of breaking free is coming.

 

• Narnia isn't sure which part of Travis Kelce's team is responsible for setting up/agreeing to this latest contract with a regrettably familiar face:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But the sheer lunacy of their (first?) alleged "hook-up" was off the charts.  These teams continue to stun Narnia with their so-called "imaginative" ways.

Narnia would love to know how Travis even had the time to "quietly hang out™" on the east coast when Shifty was supposed to have been there.  People in the know, are aware that the Chiefs have few days off, right? Between practices, game days, and travel days, there are one or two days to recover from a game, get injury treatments, and not a whole lot else.

At the time gossip of this new fauxmance emerged mainstream, the Chiefs had several road games going on: one in New Orleans LA (Sun, Aug 13) and one in Glendale AZ (Sat, Aug 19), in addition to one home game vs. Cleveland on Sat, Aug 26.  Then, Travis injured his knee at the end of practice on Tuesday, Sept 5, just before the home opener against Detroit on Thursday, Sept 7.

When is he supposed to have had time to be "quietly hanging out™" in the Big Apple?  Management couldn't even muster up any photoshopped pics.  They just wrote up some fan fiction and dialed up a few rags to publish it.  Then they got the Kansas City Star (who are so totally all-in on this story) to play along, as well as a local sports talk radio station 610 AM to chatter about it.  That radio station, by the way, is part of the Chiefs' broadcast network.

In addition, management teams can plant some interns on Twitter and that's about all it's going to take to blow this smoke over a crowd of gullible NFL followers.  Not to mention Shifty's brainwashed army of bullying fans. 

[UPDATED NOTE:  According to Page Six, August 31 is around the date that Travis has confirmed he was in New York City as he was taping the New Heights podcast.  Huh.  Well, we reckon that's possible, especially if the team got a couple days off for Labor Day holiday after their pre-season.

Although neither star has directly addressed the romance rumors, Kelce confirmed that he was recently in New York during the Aug. 31 episode of his "New Heights" podcast. - Page Six, Sep 12, 2023

There's just one logistic problem with this date provision.  Narnia took a look at the episodes of the New Heights podcast surrounding this date of "Aug. 31 episode".  August 31 was actually the airing date of Episode 51.  So, could it have been possibly the episode before or after Episode 51, Episodes 50 or 52 for which Travis had to go to NYC?

So, in this article from Business Wire, we see this bit of information:

 

“New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce” is filmed remotely with Jason in Philadelphia and Travis in Kansas City. - Business Wire, Sept. 21, 2022

This makes sense.  It's easy to tell that New Heights is filmed remotely.  I've seen alot of the episodes and while with Jason, we've seen his dog napping on a couch behind him, or heard his wife and daughters arriving home from an outing, we also see Travis every single time, cramped into a corner with a few knick-knacks and memorabilia.  Same background setting for each brother.  

And while some episodes have been filmed on location elsewhere when both brothers have been available, for the most part, the episodes have been filmed in their homes during the season.

And for episodes 50, 51 and 52?  Travis is in his home Zoom location, not a "new" studio, which he would've had to use had he been in NYC.

 

Episode 50

 

 

Episode 51

Episode 52

 

 

[Nice John Mayer tee, by the way, Travis!  😉]

Additional information on the filming of New Heights, from Forbes:

The brothers record remotely on Tuesday, which is usually a day off for NFL players across the league, and a team of WSE employees edits, post-produces and releases the show on Wednesday — about six-to-10 hours after the Kelces originally recorded it.

Though it’s typically remote and once a week, they recorded a bi-weekly, in-person show when Jason’s teammate, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, was a guest on Nov. 10. Since it was Travis’ bye week, they broadcasted from the Eagles’ facility.

When Travis’ quarterback, superstar Patrick Mahomes, was the guest for the Dec. 1 show, Travis and Mahomes recorded from the Kansas City Chiefs’ training facility, and Jason was remote from his studio.

WSE set up remote studios for both brothers since Travis lives in Kansas City and Jason is in Philadelphia. Travis has more room in his house than Jason, who has a wife and two young children, so it was a bit easier to find studio space for Travis.

source:  Forbes, December 2, 2022

So, we at Narnia have to question this alleged statement from Travis via Page Six about his and Shifty's "quietly hanging out™" around Aug 31. (special thanks to Methodical Muser for this assistance) ]   Now, on to the next of what would involve into a slew of shenanigans.

Once the "rumors" were off and running, Shifty helped add to speculation by appearing "drunk" at the VMA Awards on Sept 12.  Lest we forget, Travis Kelce is widely known to be a partier and loves to participate in the libations.  Whereas many might wonder what on earth Shifty would have in common with Travis Kelce and his high-volume lifestyle, she helped to show his possible "influence", right for the cameras to see.

🚨🚨  warning - Elaine Benes dancing ahead:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I mean, what on earth??  😏

 

 

 

Narnia has seen some eyepopping beard behavior, but Shifty's Elaine Benes dancing probably tops the list at this point, smh.

 

 

We apologize, folks, for your exposure to those awkward demonstrations, but it had to be asked at this point in time, what was Travis's team thinking?  We have no doubt Shifty agreed to whatever this mess is going to be - for this would only go on to become one of the glossiest show-fauxmances we've seen in these parts, and in fact, we would also realize there is a third, crucial party invested in it. 

The question is how lengthy and involved this high-profile display will become and will it at some point become disruptive of Travis' football performance on the field.  

We know that Travis' CAA media team dipped their toes in the bearding waters with Megan Thee Stallion at the CMT Awards this past April. Certainly, Stallion is someone more compatible with his long-established public image. For some reason though, the pairing was dropped quickly. 

Or was it that this was an early musician setup, to prepare for Shifty after her performance at Arrowhead Stadium on July 8. She, after all, began her career in Country Music. 

He has a private jet? Or rather, access to Patrick's Airshare?? 😉

Let's get back to, what were they thinking?

All Travis and his team had to do was simply look at how almost all of Swifty's merkins have been treated over the years, which is with no respect whatsoever.  

When Jake's new book, The Secret Society of Aunts and Uncles, was recently released and promoted by Barnes and Noble in an Instagram post, a fan stated that they had to turn off the replies.  Indeed, this is true - there are no comments enabled for their post.   Why?  Because Shifty's mob-like following enjoy jumping in with their editorials.  Pathetic.

 

 

Jake and his team, including publicist Mara Buxbaum, thought they were being clever back in 2010, by entering into a mutually "benefiting" contract with Shifty "Taylor" Swift.  After all, what better way to be hetero-immortalized than to have the album Red be performed and hinted at as being all about you?  Sounds like a publicist's dream, right?  Well, the publicist team has been the only benefactor.  

Because here we are in 2023, and all that contractual arrangement has done is damage Jake's image.  Thirteen years later, and his Twitter search is still filled with verbal abuse, ridicule,  "F' you's" and red scarf memes.   

 

 

She will somehow, by hook or by crook, find a way to get herself a statue, just watch.

 

 

 

 

 

And Jake's people still have his Instagram comments limited.  

Is it really a preferred mindset that bad publicity is better than no publicity at all?

If this fauxmance becomes a May-to-December show, will Travis really need that level of "camera stalking" (as we have already witnessed), tabloid headlines, and high-profile attention as the NFL season is ongoing?  I don't think Chiefs fans realize that if this "whatever-it-is" ends during the season, it will get quite ugly for Travis?  They don't know that she will not suffer a black eye at all, that he will be the one with the planted stories of what a rotten person he is?  And her fans will attack him just like all the others?  

Because this circus is already shaping up that Travis will become the ghost subject of her next album.   They're setting it up already.

"Shifty has been warned!"

Travis and brother Jason's very successful podcast, New Heights, will prove to be a convenient and successful platform for whatever narratives need to be sold.

Why?  Because even in its inaugural year, New Heights was already hugely successful.

 

 

 

 

From the beginning, Jason and Travis have conducted an entertaining, educational and hilarious podcast, highlighted with stories from their childhood, of game experiences, and guest appearances, particularly by family members.  In other words, it stood on its own merit.

Already however, episodes airing during the winter hiatus and second season of their show have begun to show signs of the podcast being used to "adjust" Travis' public image and plant the seeds/enable along, the Shifty fauxmance.

Without any doubt, this is a case of the whole contrived Travis/Shifty pairing bringing added publicity to the NFL.  Even though the NFL has not been too LGBTQ+ inclusive and encouraging (just see what happened to Michael Sam and Carl Nassib for example), but boy, like many other businesses, they sure welcome the community's disposable income.  Shifty's fans bring huge numbers, which translates to viewers.  Maybe this pairing would/will breed a new generation of NFL fans. 

So, we'll see where this is headed.  Narnia is far from being done adding to this ongoing story; this was just an introduction.  😉  We have much more to add.

• One more comment regarding Travis, this one is about the Sunday, Sep 24 game in which he had two behavioral penalties for 15 yards each.  The "old", temperamental Travis Kelce re-emerged.  It's not difficult to imagine the possibilities why.  Were the Chicago Bears defenders getting too rough?  Were there any other underlying aggravations?

One thing is for sure.  He doesn't need Narnia to advise him to be prepared, in games going forward, - for opposing players who may use the Shifty nonsense to taunt him relentlessly. This is in addition to the heightened media attention, the jokes, and apparently, scripted comments by NFL announcers like Ian Eagle.

Tell Narnia that the line (with a reference to a Shifty song) which announcer Ian Eagle inserted after Travis scored his one touchdown, wasn't already provided to him in case he scored.  Accounts like Sports Illustrated, Pop Crave, CBS Sports, and New York Post Sports all tweeted it out for more viral activity.

 

 

I never thought I would see an accomplished, professional announcer like Ian Eagle reduced to enabling a PR-contrived fauxmance.  Not only that but also helping to promote Shifty's music.  In this instance, she's the one who received the free publicity.  She's the one who benefited, not Travis.  It just made him fodder for a meme.

Will there be benefits for Travis besides increased jersey sales and magazine covers?  Let's hope so.

He deserves better treatment.

• UPDATE:

Isn't it interesting how this Travis Kelce/Shifty fauxmance has shot from 0 to 65 in just a matter of weeks.  We can't even hit publish on this post without a new "update".  * eyeroll *

By this brief time, it is very apparent that the contract between Travis and Shifty involves more than just win-win cover for both celebrities and mastermind PR.

But with NFL reporters, major rag sites, and online media obsessed with the saga to the point where Travis' Twitter search isn't even about football anymore, it would appear that there must be another invested party in this "relationship" ➞ the NFL. 

Narnia will take a (much, much) more in depth look in our next post.

pic sources:  liam 93 productions, investor place, Daily Fail, Payne as F, You Tube

our playlist:  Closing Time - Semisonic

                     Just For You - Lionel Ritchie

                     Shining Light - Annie Lennox

                     Real World - Matchbox Twenty

                     Waiting in Vain - Annie Lennox

The Summer Long Wound Down: The Illusions of Jake Gyllenhaal's Film Career and Laundry Practices

 

Summertime and the livin' is easy ♫♬....except when you're following secret boyfriends and husbands.....♪♫  la la la la  

Hope everyone enjoyed the last sip of that summertime refreshment over Labor Day weekend because it's about time to be thinking about cider!

My goodness. Seems like not so long ago, spring flowers were just being replaced by summer blooms. So, without going too deep into the weeds as we now enter the crisp mornings of early autumn, let's take a quick look back at some random online activity that will either afford us the opportunity to sound off, or to enjoy a few celebratory high fives. 

 

• Let's start out with a puzzlement.  Initially, this post discusses an original script, based off of a real-life event, where there are two actors who have a direct association to Jake Gyllenhaal - Paul Dano and America Ferrera.  

 

 

And yet this kind of mainstream role, either is never offered to Jake directly or he simply has no interest in the subject matter.  In fact, the only kinds of films Jake seems to routinely associate himself with all seem to have a repetitive similarity:

1) remakes that have already been done, 

2) military or cop films,

3) scripts with unhinged characters that call for vein-popping, unmodulated yelling, fist pounding mirror breaking, or desk-clearing outbursts, [the latter two being particularly prevalent], 

4) or stories where his own character either dies/suffers immensely, AND/OR has a wife/girlfriend who die or abandon him.  

 

The whole speculation of the why's and how's for this noticeable pattern in role-taking could fill a Pandora's box of speculations.

- Jake or his people, want to transform him into another Mark Wahlberg.

- Jake is subconsciously punishing himself for something because he repeatedly takes roles where he is hurt, killed, tortured (emotionally/psychologically), or robbed of life's happiness. 

- And how many times does Jake's characters have to lose a wife or girlfriend? What happens to his on-screen wife and daughter in Nocturnal Animals is horrendous, raped then killed.  Southpaw - wife is killed. One of the most frequently used images on social media from Nightcrawler is Jake's character video recording a dead female victim sitting on a couch.  Accidental Love - the female lead (played by Jessica Biel) has a nail in the head.   Love and Other Drugs - instead of focusing on the prescription drug industry as many thought the film was going to do, the female lead in the movie is stricken with multiple sclerosis.  Okja - the pig (female) is forcibly bred and abused.  Demolition - wife is killed in a car accident. Wildlife - presents an outrageously dysfunctional family life, where Jake's movie "wife" has an affair and eventually moves out. At the end of the story their son wants one last photograph of them as a family, which Carey Mulligan's character only begrudgingly provides.

By this point in his career, Jake's patterns/preferences are difficult to deny.

Brokeback Mountain - Jake's character Jack Twist tragically dies while Ennis lives on

Everest - Jake's character dies, freezing to death on the mountain. 

Life - Jake's character is hinted at being dead, trapped in a pod with the villain alien, under the ocean water

The Sisters Brothers - Jake's character dies - shoots himself in the head

The Guilty - Jake's character is an LAPD cop, who at the end of the movie will plead guilty to manslaughter with the possibility of spending years in prison

Ambulance - Jake's character dies, shot by his own brother

Spiderman:  Far From Home - Jake's character, Mysterio, dies (but with a brief cameo which indicates he may not be dead after all * eye roll *)

Velvet Buzzsaw - Jake's character Mort Vandewalt dies a traumatic death

Okja - Jake's character Dr. Johnny Wilcox is a sinister villain who is responsible for the forced mating and abuse of the pig character, Okja.  It's not totally clear in the film, but it's possible Jake's character dies, or at the very least meets a violent attack.

 

Interesting, isn't it? Meanwhile, we wait for the premiere of Road House, another remake. This time of a 1989 film by the same name, originally starring Patrick Swayze. 

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Now, onto some new "relationships" or what Narnia likes to call "propinquity placements" that couldn't help but tickle our collective funny bones:

 

Tom Brady and Leo DiCaprio,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Probably, a "sighting" designed to help out Tom by associating him with Leo.  The two men are not even near one another here, yet the tweets about the yacht birthday party excursion in Sardinia centered around Brady and Leo D:

 

Red arrows courtesy of TMZ 😂😂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Btw, Tom Brady and Leo D share a beard in common:  Gisele Bündchen.  

And now, Brady has been seen with Bradley Cooper's cast-off beard, Irina Shayak.  Remember that Shayak's eyebrow arching "dating" history also includes "Ye" (formerly known as Kanye West) as well as Cristiano Ronaldo.  Sooooooo... 😉  

 

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And how about this one?

Buffalo Bills quarterback, Josh Allen and Niall Horan's old former "flame", Hailee Steinfeld.  

Now, it could be that Josh Allen's team is just trying to raise his visibility and get him some Hollywood attention.  But one thing is for sure. The write-ups and quotes sound very familiar and reek of PR. 

and using Page Six????

And, of course, there's Just Jared.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regarding the photos of the alleged couple 'making out', he explained that they (he and Steinfeld) noticed the photographers hiding out 'on a boat' to get the shots.

"I just, like, felt this gross feeling," Josh said about the photos.  "Insecurity.  No privacy.  Like, 'What is wrong with people?'" - Just Jared, August 3, 2023

 

Come on, Josh. Surely photographers are not a new thing. How did they just happen to find you on a boat???  😉

 

•And it appears that hardly anyone noticed that was Gene Hong chaperoning Jake with his beard, Jeanne Cadieu at the French Open on June 11.  

 

hmmm, that guy in front of Jake looks familiar...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yep, that's Gene Hong in the lower lefthand corner.  What in the heck?  Oh, but wait. The timing of this pairing actually works out quite well.  Especially, since Gene and Jake's good friend, Adam Levine, and his group Maroon 5 were in the midst of touring. And where exactly was the group performing on the 13th?  Lisbon, Portugal!  Their previous date before that was Las Vegas on April 8.  That must have allowed some time for travel.  And we can't forget Austin would have been there too because... well, who was watching all the Baby Tiles while Papa was doing his duty? Yup, Narnia thinks there may have been some SoCal socializing going on over in France perhaps??  😉🕺🕺🎸🌊

Remember, just because Jake and Gene were in Paris together, does not necessarily mean that's where Jake and Austin have a place.  From their past history, we know these two men like to be near the water, so Adam could have cut even more time off of his flight if he was a bit further south, just sayin'...

If Narnia readers are not familiar with the longtime "friendship" between Adam Levine and Gene Hong, Narnia promises to explore this pairing at a later time. For now, let's just mention that we believe that The Voice's Shevine (Adam Levine + Blake Shelton) was never a real secret relationship, but instead a classic case of mearding to distract from Levine and Hong's real relationship. Oh, and in case the reader is not familiar with Levine's inner circle, Irving Azoff is very much a part of it.   💻

 

Well, look at that!

 

 

 

 

Just one more point before we move on. With so many assault lawsuits and headline-grabbing accusations flying around Hollywood these days, it might make sense for Jake to ensure Cadieu doesn't get any wild hairs and try to make some extra money.  That's right. Might Gene Hong be part Jake's witness protection program?  Who could blame him?

And before anyone gets their ire up about a victim-blaming insinuation, of course not all accusations are going to be false.  But there are too many sensational incidents associated with closeted celebrities, which have definitely gone nowhere in the courts.  

Who knows. Maybe after Jake and Gene Hong punched the time clock at the French Open, Austy was doing some of this to greet the fellas upon their return to the Gyllynichols Hacienda for a bite to eat afterwards!

 😁 Just having a bit of fun! 😉

 

• Another curiosity from this past summer was a Randi Mahomes "cameo" appearance from out of nowhere. 

 

 

Laying low throughout most of the entirety of last season here she is at a golf tournament.  But does she take a pic with her son Patrick, who was also playing in "The Match" as Travis' partner vs. Steph Curry and Clay Thompson?  No, instead she felt the urge to "join" in an interview that Travis was doing.  😬  

Travis is an "It" guy at the moment, but maybe there's another reason she felt comfortable elbowing her way into Travis' interview.  Think about it for a moment and our readers just might figure it out on their own. 

Let's now check-in with Jared and Jensen: 

• Let's start by observing why a past summer stunt "outing" was so unconvincing. As Supernatural fans are aware, "Bodyguard/Handler" Cliffie Kosterman usually hangs around Jared Padalecki.  Yet, all of a sudden, he was "road tripping" with Jensen Ackles.   😂😂 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taking a ride around the block for this one, fellas??  Surely, it's worth wondering why Kosterman is still around when the show Supernatural has been over since 2020? 

Let's start by wondering what Kosterman makes for being a tick handler.  Remember, this is part of the reason why concert and movie tickets are so high.   Part of the cost can no doubt be traced back to paying for beards, meards, social media plants, and hang-alongs, in general, those like Cliff Kosterman, Anson Gordon, Jeanne Cadieu, and a "personal trainer" like Brad Gould aka Bread.  It costs money for their air fares, hotels, pap walks, meals, etc.  Part of the cost may come out of the closeted celebrity's earnings, but the agency may have to pay for comp tickets to UFC or photography fees.

And for fans still thinking Kosterman is a "bodyguard" or security?   Never forget this:

Door holder on the left, real bodyguard on the right

Mayo "Maya" Henry 2.0?

 

 

This Just Jared post had all kinds of shades of "Mayo" Henry:  "POV you went from being a deranged fan girl at age 15...to being Zayn's lead love interest in his MV and getting posted on his IG." The more things change, the more they stay the same. Sigh.

 

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Alright. Homestretch, folks. Let's wind up this overview with a couple of Just Jared lightning bolts, 🤣

 

• A former Jake beard alert:

Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied donezo - preceded by mentions of alleged infidelity on Benjamin's part... 🗲🗲

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aaaaand, an Austin Nichols former beard alert:

 

smh - another "marriage" fail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thirteen months later, looks like allllll that Italian, Lake Como (a familar stunt locale - aka Liam Payne) boating extravaganza has come to nought.  Just donze-o after those "leaning into happiness" headlines? We wonder if Kator Gems was an installment plan or just a one- day rental fee.  Bottom line is that any fan who is buying these "relationships" of Sophia's, just has not been paying attention.   So many rinse and repeat cycles of hook up and dumps, with her "ex" always being the bad guy or not worth her time and devotion.  She is always the victim of a cad's "cheating" or just plain "unlucky in love".  Come on, those guys can't all be cads.  No, the explanations are simply that another contract has ended.

Two years ago, August 15, 2021, Narnia's own Methodical Muser posted an excellent timeline of Ms. Bush's "dating" history, immediately calling the "engagement" a sham.

"Will the Truth Prevail When Timelines Collide?:  The Dating History of Sophia Bush" is a quite interesting read.

After all, it never hurts to revive the ol' memory chips once in a while!  😄

Note Oct 21, 2023:  to show how things can quickly change, in a soon-following post, we will see indeed how things have changed for Sophia Bush.  

 

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Let's close with a couple of quick miscellaneous notes/queries.

What's with fans posting photo shops?   This particular photo shop is by an alleged Chiefs fan, who claims she attended one of the Chiefs summer training camp practices and saw Narnia fave, Travis Kelce.   This photo looked innocent enough at first.

 

 

The fan had a simple question about whether Travis was wearing glasses in that photo?  It was a question designed to invite engagement from others.  

But when you look a bit closer, you realize that Travis's left leg is a totally different shade, and his right leg is a composite of two legs - with two different skin tones.

In addition, part of Travis's right shoe is missing, and it looks like he's practically stepping on top of someone, "walking" in front of him, to his right.  Because so many people use their phones to view images it's not surprising that photos are often not challenged. Also, with more frequent study, one's eye becomes more trained to spot the trickery.

Who knows why someone would do this, other than maybe just to mess with people or to gradually get viewers accustomed to fake imagery.  But this kind of social media team manipulation is typical of what one sees quite often when it comes to celebrity photos, particular if a certain "romantic" narrative is being constructed. Let's put it this way:  if someone possesses a photo shop skill set, there could be a job for you in the entertainment industry.

By this point, who cares if Travis is "wearing glasses" or not?  Although such a seemingly innocuous question does test the waters to see what kind of engagement/impressions a celebrity is getting. The kind of info important for other decisions in the future from the Kelce team, like whether or not to initiate a fake relationship with a certain high-profile entertainer...oh, like maybe a Taylor Swift. #JustSayin'

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Finally, a few odds and ends regarding the evolution of Jake Gyllenhaal's appearance - 

• Hard to believe this is Jake Gyllenhaal today in 2023 (scroll down for pic)?   But first, for comparison, here he was at the LA Conservation Luncheon back in 2009,

 

 

Then...

2003,

2008,

and even casually backstage back in 2019, a crease-less T shirt,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Even when getting a haircut in 2011, he has a pristine sweater!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coats and jackets are a perfect fit!  Rarely a crease to be had.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A gas pumping pap outing (say that 3x real fast!),

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So how could one not help but notice in June of this year 2023, when Jake just looked so different merely because his (linen?) shirt was wrinkled?!  It's funny the things that standout after being so used to years of photos and observing the style tendencies of someone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We've been so used to Jake in his right-out-of-the-box pristine sneakers and smooth T-shirts and sweaters, it was weird to see rumpled clothing on him.  LOL!

 

 

Let's end this post with some One Direction:

 

• Back in late June, Louis Tomlinson was set to perform at Red Rocks Amphitheater outside of Denver, Colorado, when the weather took a horrific turn for the worse.  With so many of the fans inside the theater waiting for the show to start and not enough time to evacuate and seek shelter when a terrible hailstorm hit, many injuries occurred. Mother Nature can be quite frightening.  Not to mention the numerous broken windshields.  The images looked like a scene from a disaster film.

But as so often happens with the One Direction fandom, people helped one another, shared evacuation information, offered stranded people rides and other support, even looking for lost possessions and offering to help pay for gas. Indeed, One Direction is still one of the most resilient fandoms around. This particular fan said she had made it to safety when a concerned peer asked if she was okay.  And she still managed to find a light moment in the midst of the distress and Narnia loves that her Louis doll made it through the storm as well.

 

  

We hope that all of these fans are able to still see Louis in the near future at Red Rocks and under nothing but a star-lit sky. 🌟🌟🌟🌠

 

•  In conclusion, just another daily reminder that none of the One Direction men are free yet. Even Zayn Malik, who has consistently been made to look as if he makes his own decisions ever since he "left" the group in March 2015, is still under obvious restrictions:

 

Just spoon-feeding readers that this photo was courtesy of "Khai" has to be gaslighting at its very best.  The idea that any 2.5-year-old toddler knows how to operate a cell phone camera is simply not funny either. Not when the man in the photo is closeted and has no ability to correct the record.  Baba farmer, indeed. 

And then this nonsense from the ex-beard's camp in an interview in Net-A-Porter, via Just Jared:

 

 

 

 

While there have been signs of loosening, and some new professional freedoms, these kinds of nagging, eye rollers still let us know, not-so-fast.

 

  

pic sources: giphy, tenor, Just Jared, Vanity Fair, TMZ, stepmap, IHeartJake,

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