What’s Trending: Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
#EvaMendes
o She’s sparked a controversial parenting debate after she posted a quote comparing spanking children to abusive marriages.
o The mother of two shared a quote on her Instagram that said, “Spanking does for a child’s development what hitting a spouse does for a marriage.”
o A lot of people commenting both in agreement and disagreement.
o One follower wrote, “Love you but completely disagree. The goal in raising kids is not to have to spank, but it’s correcting before they can reason behavior out with you. Completely different than hitting someone. That’s not correcting behavior. We raised 5 respectful loving kind kids that were a joy to be around.
Good fruit shows from loving correction.”
o She responded by saying, “I totally respect you. Thank you for a respectful comment. So nice to disagree with respect.”
o She shares two daughters with actor Ryan Gosling.
#DemiLovato
o The frozen yogurt shop that she called out is now speaking out.
o The Bigg Chill frozen yogurt shop posted a screenshot to Instagram on Wednesday addressing a fake conversation that the singer donated to the shop.
o They wrote, “TO THOSE OF YOU ASKING. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY DONATIONS FROM DEMI’S TEAM. NOR DO WE WANT ONE. WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY CHANGES TO OUR MENU. WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM DEMI SINCE HER ‘SORRY, NOT SORRY’ APOLOGY ON MONDAY. WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM HER TEAM….THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.”
o If you missed it, Demi called out the business for putting diet offerings on display for customers before they reached the counter.
o She later apologized for handling the situation the way she did and offered to work with the shop to change the labels.
#HilaryDuff
o She is set to star on the new How I Met Your Mother sequel series from Hulu.
o They announced that they had given a 10-episode series order to How I Met Your Father, the long-awaited sequel series and they casted Duff in the lead role.
o The show is set in the near future and will follow her character Sophie telling her son the story of how she met his father back in the year 2021, when she and her friends were figuring out who they are, what they want out of life and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options.
#Starbucks
o The new unofficial menu item at Starbucks have fans flocking to the chain to get a little taste of summer.
o It’s called “the Virgin Malibu” and is said to taste like nonalcoholic Malibu rum.
o So how do you order it?
o Ask for a sweetened lemonade with coconut milk instead of water and two pumps of vanilla syrup.
o Some TikTokers have been asking for their drink blended or substituting two pumps of vanilla syrup for a scoop of vanilla-bean powder.