Janet Jackson's rep says apology statement is a hoax after the singer questioned whether Kamala Harris is Black, Olivia Munn and John Mulaney welcome baby #2 via surrogate, Taylor Swift and Gigi Hadid enjoy a girls night out in NYC, Kim Kardashian visits the Menendez brothers in prison, and Sabrina Carpenter retires raunchy song outro from live set as she kicks off Short n' Sweet tour
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00:00Hey, it's People in 10, and Baby makes four for the mun-millennies.
00:07Olivia and John are now mom and dad two times over with the birth of their daughter, May.
00:12Olivia explained that May means plum in Chinese, and she talked about having profound emotions
00:17while deciding to go the surrogacy route after her breast cancer diagnosis last year.
00:22As for John, he couldn't resist cracking some jokes on his announcement.
00:26Classic.
00:27I trust that he's getting his hands dirty and his shoulders on dad duty.
00:31May and big brother Malcolm will definitely keep these two busy, and we know they'll be
00:35enjoying every moment.
00:38So first, Janet Jackson says something kind of shocking, then she apologized, then she
00:43didn't.
00:44It's not just you.
00:45It's been confusing.
00:46Let's call Jack.
00:47Hey, Mako.
00:48What's going on?
00:49Hey, Jack.
00:50Let's take it back to the beginning.
00:51What did Janet say that got people so upset?
00:55So in an interview with The Guardian, Janet questioned if Kamala Harris was even black.
00:59She said she acknowledged that Kamala's Indian, but Janet said that she had been told, we're
01:04not sure by who, that Kamala's father was white.
01:06Listen, before we move on, let's clear this up.
01:09It is not true.
01:10No, it's not true.
01:12Kamala is Indian.
01:13Her mom was raised there, but she's also black.
01:15Her father immigrated from Jamaica.
01:17Saying she isn't black has become this big right-wing conspiracy theory with even the
01:21former president making some false claims about her race over the summer.
01:24It's so wild to hear Ms. Pleasure Principle, Ms. We Are Part of a Rhythm Nation, repeat
01:29this.
01:30As a fan, I am hurt.
01:31But then she apologized and then she didn't?
01:34So this is where it gets a little bit confusing.
01:36But initially, someone claiming to be Janet's manager issued an apology statement from Janet
01:41to the media claiming that she had misinformation.
01:44It seemed like pretty standard stuff.
01:46And then just a few hours later, her actual rep told people that the statement was unauthorized
01:52and they say it came from someone who's not even part of Janet's team at all.
01:56Well, hopefully Janet comes out and clears it all up.
01:58Well, thank you for the info, friend.
02:00I'll talk to you later.
02:01No problem.
02:03Bye.
02:04Taylor and Gigi were manifesting cooler weather for us all with a New York night out this
02:08weekend.
02:09Taylor wore a black crop top, plaid mini, and lace-up boots, giving very much back-to-school
02:13chic, while her bestie kept it comfy in a dark brown trench, white tee, and loose cream
02:17pants.
02:18After over a decade of friendship, it makes sense they're complimenting each other's style.
02:22Now, Taylor is gearing up for her Miami shows next month.
02:25But till then, it's all about fun with friends.
02:29Let's keep the fabulous fashion going, shall we?
02:32Jamie Foxx walked his daughter, Corinne, down the aisle at her star-studded wedding to Joe
02:36Houghton.
02:37She wore a romantic off-the-shoulder gown with a delicate floral print, a simple tulle
02:41veil, and an unconventional asymmetrical skirt.
02:44Hey, I'd want to show off those strong legs too, girl.
02:47And kudos to the proud dad for keeping it together at the ceremony and the reception.
02:53Our split-watch radar is on high alert this week after Sheryl Hines was spotted in Milan
02:57without her wedding ring.
02:59This was just a day after news broke that her husband and former presidential hopeful
03:03Robert F. Kennedy Jr. allegedly had a, we'll call it a personal relationship with campaign
03:08reporter Olivia Newsy.
03:10Coincidence?
03:11Well, we don't know.
03:12But one day after that, Sheryl celebrated her birthday with her daughter, her step-daughter,
03:17and without RFK Jr.
03:19So yeah, we'll be keeping an eye on this one.
03:22A whole new generation of true crime fans is learning about the Menendez brothers thanks
03:27to the new Netflix series about their 1993 trial.
03:30Eric and I killed our parents together, so I'd say that makes us pretty close.
03:35This really brought their story back into the spotlight.
03:38So much so, a source says even Kim Kardashian met Eric and Lyle in prison recently as part
03:42of her activism on Prison Reform.
03:44We should note that the brothers have slammed the Ryan Murphy show, but they'll get to tell
03:48their side of the story in another Netflix production out next month.
03:52Maybe now people can understand the truth.
03:55There's a new internet egg girl in town.
03:58Her name is Mudang, a baby pygmy hippo from Thailand.
04:01She may only be 11 weeks old, but her sweet face, sassy chaotic personality, and penchant
04:06for biting zookeepers' legs have already launched a thousand memes.
04:10And good news for the millions of us who love her.
04:12The zoo is setting up a 24-7 live stream in the next week so we can follow along as
04:16Mudang plays, grows, gets all clean, and falls asleep mid-snack just like a baby should.
04:24The first day of autumn came and went this week, and it may not feel like fall in most
04:28places just yet, but we have some homework, y'all.
04:30Grab your big scarf, it's the first day of fall.
04:34This paparazzi photo started it all in 2012.
04:37Now Lenny Kravitz is the king of fall as much as Mariah Carey is the queen of Christmas.
04:41You can't have one without the other.
04:43So happy fall to you, and happy fall to him.
04:47It's the end of an era for those raunchy outros to Sabrina Carpenter's song Nonsense.
04:52She kicked off her short and sweet tour this week where Nonsense was on the set list.
04:56But after the usual setup for the outro at the end, Sabrina went below the stage and
05:00that was it.
05:01She became known for singing the song differently depending on where she was performing.
05:04But they were all pretty suggestive.
05:07Like this one, specially tailored for BBC's Live Lounge in London.
05:10I'm American, I am not British, so BBC, it stands for something different.
05:17Dirty Nonsense outros will miss you.
05:19Thank you for your service.
05:21Now it's the sit down with Derek Hough.
05:23Hi Derek!
05:24It's officially Dancing with the Stars season.
05:27The premiere was so promising.
05:29How cool is it that we have contestants fresh off the Olympics?
05:32It's amazing.
05:33It's so crazy to think like, you know, to kind of think about what their life has been
05:37like recently.
05:38Like, what a whirlwind.
05:40We didn't know who Elona was or Stephen was.
05:43And then all of a sudden now that these massive superstars who have been so successful at
05:47the Olympics and now they're on Dancing with the Stars and other things.
05:50It's pretty awesome.
05:51It's pretty cool.
05:52I want to ask you about some of my personal frontrunners.
05:55I love watching, but I don't know much about dance.
05:57So tell me why you think they each stand out to me on the dance floor.
06:00Yeah, let's check it out.
06:01Dwight Howard.
06:02My guy's got more charisma and energy than anything I've ever seen.
06:11Steven Nutterazit.
06:12I mean, adorable.
06:13Is that the wrong word?
06:14But you kind of like, you watch and you're just like, oh, he's so adorable.
06:22Phaedra Parks.
06:23Oh, I love Phaedra.
06:24I mean, she's just, you just can't talk to her without being like this, you know, you
06:29just, oh, you know.
06:32I love her.
06:33Every time I see her too, just like in the hallway, I just like, I just, she's fantastic.
06:41And your sister is co-hosting again this season.
06:45Do you spend even more time together because your coworkers again?
06:48I'm picturing production lunches, carpooling.
06:51You know, it's funny.
06:52At least on like show days like that.
06:54It's weird.
06:55We have two different tracks.
06:56Like they're like her and Alfonso are doing like their thing and the judges were doing
06:59our thing.
07:00So we actually don't see each other a lot, like on show days, weirdly.
07:03We find time to go see each other, to say hi and stuff.
07:06But it's awesome.
07:07It's so great to be able to work together.
07:09And we've had such parallel careers for so long.
07:11It's good because we're able to be there for each other and to sort of, you know, help
07:14each other out with certain things or give each other advice.
07:17So yeah, it's cool, man.
07:18It's great.
07:19You're an Emmy winner, bestselling author, husband, performer, judge.
07:23How do you possibly chill at the end of a busy day?
07:25Well, honestly, I just go home and I just, you know, snack and stream, you know, like
07:29everybody else.
07:30Like, you know, eat my snacks and, you know, watch my favorite show.
07:33I love popcorn, but sometimes popcorn doesn't love me.
07:36So to sort of manage that, that heartburn that can happen, you know, I rely on Pepsi
07:42Max, Icy Cool Mint.
07:44It's, it works fast, it lasts all night, unlike antacids, which is, which is great.
07:49So I kind of call that, it's like chilling with Pepsi, you know, at night.
07:54It's how I do it.
07:56Here are people, Mag.
07:57We are so happy Hailey is in good health after that scare last year.
08:01Seeing her get back to your Symphony of Dance tour was so inspiring.
08:05Now that you've been through such a scary time, what are your words of wisdom for anyone
08:09out there healing or watching a loved one healing?
08:12It's really hard to do and it's, and it sounds really, um, like a, like an Instagram quote
08:18or something like that, but really trying to stay in the moment, staying present.
08:23And that's so much easier said than done.
08:24And it sounds like such like a phrase.
08:26It's one of the things that I really learned from Hailey during that time that she helped
08:30me with, honestly, was she was just in the moment.
08:34You know, she wasn't focusing on like what, you know, what's going to happen, what's in
08:38the future, you know, um, it was just about what can I do right now that's going to, you
08:44know, help them or even help myself and just staying present.
08:49Because I think that the worry and the fear comes from worrying about what's, what's to
08:55come, what's going to happen, you know, um, that's where a lot of the fear happens.
09:00And so I think that staying sort of in the moment, which is not easy to do, but listening
09:05to things, you know, get some support, you know, listen to some podcasts, listen to things
09:09that are going to help you get you in the right state of mind to put yourself in the
09:12right state.
09:13Um, that's going to help that person heal, help you heal.
09:17Um, I think it's important.
09:20You two recently attended an Emmys after party.
09:23Talk about a special date night.
09:24Do you enjoy the glitz and glam or are you counting down the seconds so you can come
09:27home and change into sweats?
09:29You know, I will say this definitely in the earlier days, you know, you're out until you're
09:33out all night till two in the morning, you know, we're definitely like go to those sort
09:38of events and we just eat all the food, you know, like at that particular party, there
09:43was like a Thai food, there was a big shop, there was those sushi rolls, there was pizza,
09:49there was, it was like Epcot around the world, but in food and my, my beautiful wife, you
09:56know, she, she finds it.
09:58She's like, okay, we're going to go eat all the food now.
10:01Okay.
10:02We're going to put 10 seconds on the clock, promote any one of your upcoming projects.
10:05Ready?
10:06Go.
10:07Dance for the holidays, uh, November 1st to December 29th.
10:10I'm going out on the road.
10:12It's going to be amazing, amazing dancing, amazing music, costumes, lighting, choreography.
10:17It's going to be the most festive, just incredible time.
10:20I got Michael Buble, you know, narrating the show.
10:23It's going to be fantastic.
10:24Derek, thank you so much for being here.
10:26I appreciate you so much.