Dina's Dirt for January 7, 2025
Mama says this goofy movie makes Ariana Grande cry
Andy Cohen has weighed in on "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Jennifer Aydin's recent beef with the Jersey Mike's employees. He described her reaction as a meltdown and added, "before you hit send on the post, take a beat and say, 'How is this gonna land?'"
In the meantime, "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" has been in limbo since last season ended back in August. Now, a source is spilling that Bravo wanted an entirely new, younger cast for the show, similar to what they did to "Vanderpump Rules." Apparently though, "Bravo ended up not being sure what direction they wanted to take the show in, so they put the new women on pause, as well as the old women." The source says the network's "still deciding" what to do and that there aren't any "plans to film anything for RHONJ until at least December 2025."
Kristin Bell and Dax Shepard went to the Golden Globes, and it appears Dax had more important things on his mind while he was there - specifically, the Detroit Lions vs. the Minnesota Vikings game. Kristin posted clips to her socials of Dax monitoring the game, captioning the clip "#priorities."
As Hoda Kotb begins her final farewells to the "Today Show," Jenna Bush Hager announced the first round of "wonder women" who will step in as guest co-hosts for the premiere week of "Jenna & Friends" - Taraji P.
Henson, Keke Palmer, and Eva Longoria will kick off the show's rotating cast of guest co-hosts starting January 13th until a permanent co-host is decided. Jenna even premiered the new theme song for "Jenna & Friends."
There's a clip going around showing Ariana Grande crying after filming one particular scene in "Wicked" because it was the final take of that scene, and she was feeling sentimental about it, but it doesn't seem to take much to make her cry. She admitted to W Magazine, "'The Waterboy,' with Adam Sandler, makes me cry. When they're mean to Bobby Boucher, I cry. I don't like it. I love Bobby Boucher. He says, 'Would you please still be my friend?' and I lose it. But I cry at everything."
