First Lindsay Lohan claimed she was expecting, then her father Michael Lohan confirmed the rumour.
Now the star’s own mother Dina Lohan has dropped a bombshell, claiming her daughter lied about being pregnant.
The 53-year-old revealed the news to TMZ, insisting that the starlet is not having a baby, and simply “overreacted” after breaking up with her Russian fiance Egor Tarabasov.
What’s more, according to the gossip site, Dina claims Lindsay spread the baby news in order to get back at Egor.
Dina claims Lindsay only said she was having a baby to get revenge on Egor for cheating.
After the claim, she holidayed with friends on a boat, where she was spotted smoking and drinking while sporting a rounded, bump-like belly.
She adds that her 30-year-old daughter has been an “emotional wreck” since splitting with Egor and spreading pregnancy rumours.
Dina also said that Lindsay was now taking time out for herself to try to heal.
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Splitting with her fiance has reportedly left the Freaky Friday actress broken.
This news comes after the actress’s dad Michael confirmed the baby news in a series of interviews.
He claims the troubled star sent him a text message saying “Daddy, I’m pregnant.”
The strawberry blonde actress is taking time out to heal from her emotional wounds.
Lindsay sensationally split with 23-year-old Egor recently, claiming he tried to kill her.
Disturbing footage arose of the alleged incident in which Lindsay appears distressed and repeatedly tells her fiancé to leave her house, and that it’s not OK to strangle someone.
See the explosive footage of the fight that ended Lindsay’s engagement below.
Roses, roller derby and that missed kiss with Megan! Tonight's episode of The Bachelor was brimming with drama but it just wasn't meant to be for Tiffany, Tolyna and Janey.
The clear front-runner, however, was WA local Megan. The 27-year-old scored a sky-high single date, which saw them suspended on a hanging picnic above the ocean. Later, Richie and Megan enjoyed a more down-to-earth catch up on the ground where it took two attempts to kiss each other.
Ultimately, Richie sent Tiffany, Tolyna and Janey home. Woman’s Day caught up with two of the booted beauties to talk about the reality show.
Janey, 27, children’s entertainer
Were you hoping Richie was going to be this year’s Bachelor?
Absolutely! That’s the main reason I’d said yes. I just thought he was so sweet.
Were you disappointed to be sent home so early on?
I was disappointed but I didn’t want to be there if Richie didn’t want me to be there. The whole point of the show is to find love. If he’s not going to find that with me, then obviously I want to be sent home.
It is disappointing obviously that it didn’t work out and there wasn’t that spark. I can’t blame anyone for the fact that there wasn’t. That’s the part that’s disappointing, you put your whole life on hold, you start to think of all the possibilities, what could happen… obviously I get very carried away sometimes but I like that about myself.
Were you worried about your portrayal on the show?
I said no to doing the show before because I was so nervous about it. I’d applied but I chickened out twice before! But because I thought it was going to be Richie [on season four], I was like OK! I think I really wanted to do this because I really wanted to meet him.
I’ve been so worried I would look like a bitch on TV and then I’m like, why would I think that? If you don’t say mean things, they can’t show you saying mean things! As much as I’m not everybody’s cup of tea, this is exactly what I’m like.
Did you get on with the other girls?
I really do love everyone that I met there. I celebrated my birthday in the house and we had a Mexican fiesta and everyone wore Disney princess crowns and we had rainbow ice cream cake. It was so cool! It will be such an awesome memory – my birthday in The Bachelor mansion!
Who do you think will win Richie’s heart?
It’s so exciting because I don’t know and I don’t want to know because I love the show so much! I almost was embarrassed seeing how much he liked Megan, the way he looked at her. I was like wow! If I had have been able to see that moment on the night, I would have been like ‘I’ll just leave now.’ He didn’t look at me like that! He has a lot of chemistry with Alex.
Have you met your prince charming?
I have not! It’s great because I feel like this show will save me a lot of time, I can be like well that’s what you’ll be singing up for.
“It is disappointing obviously that it didn’t work out,” Janey tells us.
Tiffany, 29, training administrator
What were your first impressions of Richie?
I thought he was very handsome, he had a big smile on his face and he was very warm and welcoming. He is my type just maybe a little more clean cut. I didn’t get to know him that well but from what I saw on The Bachelorette I liked that he was awkward and goofy.
How did you feel when he sent you home?
I was pretty shocked, I was surprised. I just thought that I wasn’t going to be going home that early.
What were your thoughts on the other girls?
I was really quite intimidated by being surrounded by so many beautiful, intelligent and inspiring women. It made me very nervous.
Watch Richie talk about this season of The Bachelor in the player below. Post continues after the video!
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How was living with 20 other girls?
I actually had so much fun! I think that off camera was a lot more fun than being on camera. It was like a big, college dorm. It was a lot of fun!
A lot of previous cast members say the house is full of sweet treats, was it hard not to indulge?
All of that kind of food is there if you want it, I am a bit of a chocoholic so the Nutella jar was often in my hand. We did have a gym and among the girls there was a yoga instructor and a personal trainer. I do a lot of exercise anyway, I do the Kayla Itsines program so I kept doing that while I was in there.
Who do you think will win?
It’s gotta be either Alex or Nikki, [they both have] early chemistry and he gives them the most attention and time.
Tiffany reveals she sacrificed her full-time job to appear on the show.
Do you have any regrets?
When I first left the house I’d actually given up a promotion and my job. To go on the show, I couldn’t take the promotion. I went on [the show] and lost my job, which meant that for the sake of only being on there for a couple of weeks and not even getting the chance to really know him. When I first left, I felt like I’d been short-changed. After leaving, I went travelling for three months. I met amazing people, it was a good experience overall. I can’t regret it now.
Have you met anyone special?
I am still single!
The Bachelor Australia returns tomorrow night at 7:30pm on Channel Ten
Tolyna was also evicted on Wednesday night’s episode.
There is just something special about pesto that can take a recipe from good to mind-blowing. The combination of fresh basil, salty cheese and crunchy nuts provides brilliant flavour and texture to many dishes.
We’ve gathered together a selection of our favourite ways to include more pesto in your recipes, whether it be homemade or store-bought.
With everything from lasagnes and pasta bakes, to fresh salads and marinated meats, these pesto recipes will have you inspired to add more flavour into your life.
Flick through our gallery for some tasty weeknight dinner recipe inspiration.
Got a movie night coming up? Netflix has a host of exciting new additions to its August roster to pick from.
From action-packed blockbusters to rom-coms and old classics, here are our top picks for August.
Happy watching!
Pretty Woman – This ’90s classic has everything you need in a movie: love, laughs and Richard Gere.
Brooklyn – Best Picture-nominated Brooklyn tells the heart-wrenching tale of an Irish immigrant caught between two loves and two countries.
The Way We Were – This 1973 romantic drama revolves around two lovers, played by Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand, pulled apart by their convictions.
Sicario – This powerful film, lead by Emily Blunt, revolves around an FBI agent tasked with taking down a brutal Mexican drug cartel.
The Lobster – This kitschy film is set in a far-off dystopian future where single people are sent to a facility and forced to find love in forty-five days lest they be turned into beasts and sent off into the wild.
The Little Prince – This sweet re-telling of a classic children’s book features the voice acting of Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard and James Franco.
Creed – Lead by Michael B Jordan, Creed is a dramatic sequel to the much-loved Rocky movies, where Sylvester Stallone’s character, Rocky, trains the son of his greatest rival.
Wolf Hall – Set in King Henry VIII’s English court, Wolf Hall explores the treachery, intrigue and romance of this cut-throat time.
Argo – Ben Affleck’s award-winning film, Argo, which he directed and starred in revolves around a dangerous rescue operation in 1980 Iran.
The Intern – Feel-good movie, The Intern, takes a look at growing older and getting wiser.
Michelle Payne, the first woman jockey to win a Melbourne Cup race, is climbing back into the saddle following a life-threatening fall from a horse in May.
In an exclusive interview with The Australian Women’s Weekly, out today, Michelle Payne for the first time gives full details on her medical crisis following a race fall in May, and her triumphant return to the track.
“I don’t feel scared at all. I ‘ve never hopped on a horse thinking ‘what if’,” Michelle, whose sister Brigid died following a similar race fall in 2007.
“There’s no reason I won’t race again.”
And Michelle even has the qualified support of her father, veteran horse trainer Paddy Payne. “She has nothing left to prove to anyone but it’s her call and if she wants to ride on , then we’ll be happy with that. …If she’s up to it – which she is – then she’ll be fine.”
And in the story, Michelle finally opens up about the immediate aftermath of her fall.
“The first three or four days, I had the worst pain of my life,” she tells The Weekly.
You can read Michelle Payne’s full interview in in the September issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly, on sale August 4.
A 15-year-old girl has reportedly been indecently assaulted after being forced into a vehicle in the Hunter Region suburb of Cameron Park.
The girl had exited a school bus at approximately 4:45pm on Tuesday when she was allegedly grabbed by a man off of Blackwood Crescent. She was then reportedly pulled into a black four-door sedan, driven by a second assailant, and indecently assaulted.
“The girl fought back against the man punching him a number of times before she broke from his grasp and ran away,” read the police report about the incident, “She was not injured during the incident.”
The report continues to describe one of the alleged attackers as having a “tanned complexion and a solid build”. He was seen in a black hooded jumper, black jeans and a pair of black sneakers. Currently, police have not released a description of the second man.
Police are urging anyone with relevant information to come forth via either the Crime Stoppers online reporting page, or via the the public line 1800 333 000.
Just about every woman has them, yet many of us don’t know why!
For this reason, we’ve taken the liberty of providing you with a comprehensive guide to all things striae (that’s the medical term for stretch marks).
From what they are, why they occur and how you can treat them, everything you need to know is below.
What are stretch marks?
Stretch marks or striae are narrow, parallel lines that, depending on your skin colour, can appear a different colour to the normal, surrounding tone.
40-90% percent of all women will experience stretch marks. They can appear anywhere, but the most commonly affected areas include the hips, breasts, stomach, thighs and upper arms.
In their early stages, the lines appear raised with a pink, red or purple tinge. The dis-colouration will however fade over time to a scar-like pale white.
Though they are not medically dangerous, stretch marks are a common aesthetic concern among both women and men.
“Stretchies say hi!” Earlier this year, Chrissy Teigen proudly showed off her stretch marks on Instagram.
Why do they occur?
Linear scarring is thought to occur when the collagen fibres in the skin’s dermal layer tear.
This commonly happens during a rapid period of growth – be that due to puberty, pregnancy or weight gain.
First signs of stretch marks include itching and a pink flush to the area, which develop in length and colour over time.
The marks can take years to fade, and may never truly disappear – but don’t let that get you down!
Watch women get real about their stretch marks in the video player below, then scroll down to find out how to treat them!
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What can I do about them?
For one, you can own them! When you think about it, just about all of us are in the same boat so the more we embrace them, the more normal they become.
However if you find your stretch marks to be a source of concern or anxiety, there are a few medically-backed ways to reduce their appearance.
While we’re commonly told to turn to cocoa butter, several studies have found little or no significant evidence to suggest any truth to the treatment.
After giving birth, Reese Witherspoon mused, “I am covered in stretch marks and cellulite but it doesn’t bother me at all. My body will never be the same again but I really don’t care!”
Of course, you can look into laser treatments and microdermabrasion, but when it comes down to it, the best treatment is prevention.
There is evidence to suggest that massaging stretch mark-prone areas with moisturisers will prevent the development of new scars.
Vitamin C and Zinc has also been proven to create and strengthen collagen fibres, and Vitamin E has been linked to the reduction of their overall appearance.
The best thing to do is to maintain a consistently healthy weight when possible, and to learn to love them.
Because at the end of the day, we are all beautiful.
It’s never easy asking someone about the death of a loved one. Yet, as a journalist, it’s something that happens time after time. And everyone comes to the table differently. Some talk obliquely about their feelings, not sure whether they’d like to let another person in. Others barely keep their feelings under control, their emotions pouring from them like a torrent.
Terri Irwin, however, stands alone in my experience as an interviewer. Never before have I encountered a woman so willing to open her feelings in public, and for the best of reasons.
Terri, of course, is wildlife warrior Steve Irwin’s widow, the woman who has stepped into his shoes to become parent their children Bindi and Robert, as well as take up Steve’s mantle as a champion for wildlife and conservation.
It’s 10 years since Steve’s tragic death. Ten years since he was stabbed in the heart by the flailing tail of a stingray while filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef. Ten years since Terri felt the pangs of a grief that quite honestly has never left her.
I first met Terri in those awful days after Steve died. Sitting in a chair amidst an exhibit at Australia Zoo, the Irwin wildlife park in Queensland, she was calm and collected and ready to speak, not because she wanted to but because she felt she owed Steve’s many fans a duty to speak, to let them know how she and their children were coping with such an unpredictable, inexplicable, saddening event.
It was a harrowing experience, both for Terri and for me. Many times during our talk, we had to stop to wipe away our tears. There’s an old journalistic adage that says you should never get personally involved in the stories you tell. But in telling Terri’s story, that was an impossibility.
I’ve met Terri many times since then and interviewed her at various stages of what she now refers to as her “grief journey”.
I’ve witnessed her break down at the smallest things, once when she was having her hair trimmed for a Weekly photographic shoot when the prospect of cutting her hair – the hair that Steve liked her to wear long – became too much. It was a sudden, honest reaction, and so utterly human, that it took my breath away.
All of us experience grief in our loves. Every single one of us. But only a very few will ever have to endure that grief so publicly as Terri and her family.
That she is willing to discuss her feelings is remarkable. But she does so because she believes that in doing so, she may help others on the journey that she has experienced. The grief doesn’t go away. It might not even get any easier – Terri admits she still cries at the most inappropriate moments, such as giving a lecture – but time and circumstance do help you develop a way to cope, to adjust to a new way of life without your loved one.
That’s where Terri is now, in a new way of life without her loved one – the loved one with whom she expected to grow old. And I feel honoured that she has allowed me to share some of that journey with her and to tell her story to the readers of The Weekly. Very honoured indeed.
Read Michael Sheather’s emotional interview with Terri Irwin in the September issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly, on sale August 4.
Apple is canning its gun emoji following the wave of gun violence to hit the US.
While it’s a minor change in the greater scheme of the tragic events of late, including the shootings of two black men by police and the resulting attacks on officers, but it’s still a step in the right direction regardless.
The replacement is a harmless toy water gun emoji in green and orange.
The change comes into effect next month, along with the release off 100 new emojis, including female athletes, a rainbow flag, policeman, construction workers and single-parent families.
According to Gap, little girls are passive and pretty, and little boys are active and clever. Well, that’s what the messaging on their advertising alludes to anyway.
In their latest kids’ collection, the brand features a little girl dressed in pastel colours and sparkly kitten ears. The text reads: “The social butterfly,” and with their chambray shirts and logo sweaters she’ll be the talk of the playground.
In contrast, the little boy in their campaign is a “genius”. Dressed in an Albert Einstein emblazoned T-shirt he is “the little scholar” and judging by the big smile on his face he is pretty pleased about it.
Unsurprisingly the T-shirts have been slammed for their blatant sexism. The criticism started when grassroots campaign group ‘Let toys be Toys’ tweeted about a picture of the shirts.
“For anyone who thinks that sexist marketing to children isn’t a problem,” they wrote.
Reactions included: “That actually made me feel ill. Unbelievable.”
And: “Where is this crap coming from? Who is driving it? My kids were born in the 80s and didn’t have this.”
Caitlin Roper is the campaign manager at Collective Shout, who actively campaign against this sort of sexism in advertising. She tells the Weekly Online that this is yet another example of how we as a culture tend to value girls primarily for their physical appearance and sexuality.
“Boys are encouraged to be and to see themselves as smart, strong and active, while girls are limited by this ongoing focus on their looks to the exclusion of all else,” she says.
Roper notes that items that are essentially the same are marketed in completely different ways for boys and girls.
“Science kits that are marketed as such for boys, but for girls, the same products become ‘magic nail kits’ and ‘perfume laboratories’.
“It’s as if girls couldn’t just have an aptitude for or interest in science, that to have any appeal it must be a product that enhances their physical beauty or attractiveness to men,” she explains.
The Gap T-shirts are just the latest in a long line of similar kids clothing that seeks to reinforce damaging gender stereotypes.
But with the increasing backlash against this sort of sexism, we can hope that brands like Gap are finally starting to get the message
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