Exclusive | I struggled to speak because of autism — now I’m finishing my MBA and running the NYC marathon

Exclusive | I struggled to speak because of autism — now I’m finishing my MBA and running the NYC marathon

Evan Mansfield never expected to go far in life. The humble Irishman was diagnosed with autism at a very young age, and he wasn’t fully verbal until 6 years old. Thanks to years of therapy and unwavering support from his family and friends, Mansfield is finishing his MBA at Fairfield University in Connecticut and preparing … Read more

Scooter Braun reveals he struggled with suicidal thoughts after divorce, discusses Taylor Swift feud

Scooter Braun reveals he struggled with suicidal thoughts after divorce, discusses Taylor Swift feud

Scooter Braun is opening up about real-life issues, including struggling with suicidal thoughts after his split from Yael Cohen and his famous feud with Taylor Swift. The former music manager’s dispute with the “Love Story” singer began in June 2019 when he bought the master recordings of her first six albums for a reported $300 … Read more

Penn Badgley admits he ‘struggled’ while dating Blake Lively during ‘Gossip Girl’

Penn Badgley admits he ‘struggled’ while dating Blake Lively during ‘Gossip Girl’

Xoxo, Gossip Girl. Penn Badgley was asked about his relationship with ex-girlfriend and former “Gossip Girl” co-star Blake Lively on Wednesday’s episode of “Call Her Daddy.” Host Alex Cooper asked Badgley, 38, if he was “able to separate” his “actual job from reality” at the time that he was dating Lively, 37, in real life … Read more

Best mezzo soprano singer ‘on the planet’ fired by Metropolitan Opera after she struggled to hit her high notes: suit

Best mezzo soprano singer ‘on the planet’ fired by Metropolitan Opera after she struggled to hit her high notes: suit

She didn’t leave on a high note. The Metropolitan Opera booted the best mezzo soprano “on the planet” once she struggled to hit her high notes, the singer claims in a Manhattan Federal Court lawsuit. Anita Rachvelishvili was contracted to perform various shows at the legendary Manhattan opera, including “Aida,” “La Gioconda,” “Carmen” and “Don … Read more

Netflix struggled to get NFLers to eat its Christmas football cakes

Netflix struggled to get NFLers to eat its Christmas football cakes

After a day full of Christmas football, Netflix brought dessert. The only problem is, almost no one wanted to eat it. As part of their Player of the Game awards to the likes of the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce and the Ravens’ Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson, the Netflix broadcast awarded them custom … Read more

Bing Crosby struggled to sing ‘White Christmas’ to troops, ‘most difficult thing’ in his career

Bing Crosby struggled to sing ‘White Christmas’ to troops, ‘most difficult thing’ in his career

For soldiers in France listening to Bing Crosby sing “White Christmas” in December 1944, home must have seemed far away.  The legendary crooner, who first sang the song that reminisces about snowy childhood Christmases, once told his nephew, Howard Crosby, that singing “White Christmas” in front of teary-eyed troops ahead of the Battle of the Bulge was … Read more

Aaron Rodgers struggled with identity after Packers’ Super Bowl win: ‘Now what?’

Aaron Rodgers struggled with identity after Packers’ Super Bowl win: ‘Now what?’

Aaron Rodgers slayed the dragon but felt a peculiar pang of emptiness. When Rodgers and the Packers defeated the Steelers 31-25 in Super Bowl XLV in early 2011, the star quarterback had exorcised the chip on his shoulder, which began when he wasn’t offered a Division I scholarship out of high school and continued with … Read more

Universal Music dropped Liam Payne days before his death as he struggled as a solo artist: report

Universal Music dropped Liam Payne days before his death as he struggled as a solo artist: report

Liam Payne was reportedly dropped by his music label just days before his death as he struggled to make it as a solo artist. Payne was represented by Universal Records after first signing with its subsidiary Capitol Records in July 2016 — but was recently axed by the major label, multiple sources told the Daily … Read more

Gen Z buying vintage cassette tapes en masse — but doesn’t know how to play them: ‘I struggled’

Gen Z buying vintage cassette tapes en masse — but doesn’t know how to play them: ‘I struggled’

The streaming generation is trading Spotify for cassette tapes. But despite Gen Z’s obsession with all things vintage — from flip phones to Y2K fashion reboots like Ed Hardy and Von Dutch — the integration of retro technologies is difficult even for the tech savants. “I struggled a little bit,” 26-year-old Amy Campbell, who purchased Kacey … Read more

Christina Applegate struggled with anorexia on ‘Married with Children,’ ate 5 almonds a day: ‘I wanted my bones to be sticking out’

Christina Applegate struggled with anorexia on ‘Married with Children,’ ate 5 almonds a day: ‘I wanted my bones to be sticking out’

Christina Applegate has “never discussed” her anorexia eating disorder until now. The “Dead to Me” actress and Jamie-Lynn Sigler opened up about suffering from eating disorders on the latest episode of their “MeSsy” podcast. “It was f–king torture,” Applegate, 52, said. “I just deprived myself of food for years and years and years.” Applegate revealed … Read more

Kathie Lee Gifford recalls late husband Frank’s ‘very painful’ affair: ‘We struggled’

Kathie Lee Gifford recalls late husband Frank’s ‘very painful’ affair: ‘We struggled’

Kathie Lee Gifford is opening up about her late husband Frank’s affair in a new interview, which she described as “very painful.” In 1997, the former athlete had an affair with Suzen Johnson, a former flight attendant. At the time, the married couple’s children Cassidy and Cody were 4 years old and 7, respectively. Ultimately, … Read more

I struggled with a similar cancer diagnosis as Kate Middleton — it can happen to anyone

I struggled with a similar cancer diagnosis as Kate Middleton — it can happen to anyone

Kate Middleton’s cancer nightmare has been the reality for another Londoner. What happened to the 42-year-old Princess of Wales “can happen to anyone,” a cancer patient from Hackney has warned. “Even royalty, with the best medical care in the world,” Maia Kennedy, 38, told South West News Service. “As a young healthy woman, you never … Read more

Author says she struggled with mental health after receiving life-changing STD diagnosis

Author says she struggled with mental health after receiving life-changing STD diagnosis

A woman has revealed how she started having suicidal thoughts following a short phone call with a doctor. Annaleise Easlea thought she had cut herself shaving and it wasn’t healing around the time she was meant to have a regular check-up. “The doctor agreed they thought it was a cut from shaving but she swabbed it … Read more

Madonna struggled walking to her own backyard amid serious bacterial infection

Madonna struggled walking to her own backyard amid serious bacterial infection

The “Celebration” tour just got a tad more celebratory. Madonna revealed new details about her battle with a bacterial infection while performing at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Monday. “I would call in every other day and ask [my doctor] why I didn’t have any energy, when was my energy going to come … Read more

I struggled to film my pal’s proposal — but I have a good, weird reason

I struggled to film my pal’s proposal — but I have a good, weird reason

This is wild! A TikToker took to the social media platform this week to share a recording of a marriage proposal that should go straight into the trash. “POV: I shouldn’t have been trusted to record my friend’s proposal,” Mary Dawson wrote in the text over her clip, which has attracted 17.8 million views since … Read more

I struggled with my 34H boobs — I sold my house to afford surgery

I struggled with my 34H boobs — I sold my house to afford surgery

A UK mom was forced to take some drastic measures after her 34H-sized chest left her in so much agony that she couldn’t even pick up her own children. Victoria Marsh, 33, said she was not eligible for breast reduction surgery under the UK’s publicly funded healthcare system, so she paid for the procedure on … Read more

We struggled to conceive — then we welcomed ‘twiblings’ 12 days apart

We struggled to conceive — then we welcomed ‘twiblings’ 12 days apart

Buy one, get one free? Valerie Thourin, 45, and her wife, Renee, 41, welcomed their “twiblings” just 12 days apart in December 2021 after being implanted with embryos at the same time. “We didn’t plan on getting pregnant at the same time, but our cycles had synced, and our doctor suggested a twin transfer — … Read more

Oscar-winner Diablo Cody says she struggled to make Barbie ‘feminist girl-boss’, quit movie: ‘S–t the bed’

Oscar-winner Diablo Cody says she struggled to make Barbie ‘feminist girl-boss’, quit movie: ‘S–t the bed’

Oscar-winning “Juno” screenwriter Diablo Cody recently claimed she dropped out of a “Barbie” film that was in production at Sony because she couldn’t figure out how to make the iconic doll a “feminist” icon. In an interview with GQ, Cody claimed she just couldn’t get a script together for the film, which was ultimately dropped by the … Read more

I struggled to play golf — I was shocked to learn I had a brain tumor

I struggled to play golf — I was shocked to learn I had a brain tumor

His diagnosis was on par with the symptoms. A British accountant nearly missed the warning signs of a brain tumor — until vision impairment landed him at the doctor’s office for an eye test. Jonathan Jones, 56, said he first noticed the vision loss when he couldn’t find golf balls during a round — despite them … Read more

New York mom whose baby struggled with RSV has urgent message for parents

New York mom whose baby struggled with RSV has urgent message for parents

A mother of five is asking parents to keep their sick children at home after a recent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) outbreak infected three of her daughters and led to a frightening hospitalization for one of them. Carmen Bremiller, 27, of Barker, New York — in Broome County — has been caring for her daughters for several … Read more