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If you think true love lasts forever, prepare to have your heart broken: On Tuesday it was revealed Lauren Boebert had filed for divorce from Jayson, her husband of 20 years. Boebert seemed to be in it for the long haul. After all, she married him after he flashed his junk to an underage bartender at a bowling alley. Her soon-to-be-ex is infamously hot-headed, and sure enough he did not take news of the split with dispassionate cool.

The Daily Beast obtained a copy of the divorce filing, which was made back on April 25. It states that Jayson, who appears to have not seen this twist coming, took out his anger on the process server, whom he treated to an expletive-heavy tirade. He also unleashed his dogs. As per The Beast:

“Once he learned that he was being served with Dissolution of Marriage papers he was extremely angry,” the process server wrote. “I tried to hand him the documents but did not take them. He started yelling and using profanities, and told me that I was trespassing, and that he was calling the Sheriff’s Office. I told him I was leaving the documents on the chair outside of the door, he closed the door then let the dogs out.”

The document also stated that at the time Jayson was drinking a “tall glass of beer” and cleaning a gun, as one does.

Boebert’s husband’s antics have made news over the years. Last year neighbors called 911, saying the “dumb as a post,” “jackass” and “probably drunk” Jayson tried to start a fight with them after his son was driving “like 50 miles an hour” in their residential neighborhood.

Boebert cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the split. They met at a Burger King and had their first kid when she was 18. The wang exposure incident happened when she was 15.

The Colorado representative is not the first allegedly family values-loving MAGA lawmaker to split from their spouse. Her good pal Marjorie Taylor Greene unlocked that achievement first.

(Via The Daily Beast)

The Golden State Warriors are entering a fascinating offseason coming off of a disappointing end to their season, losing in the second round to the Lakers in six games. It was a series that showed some of the flaws of the Warriors roster, as well as raising questions once again about how they should proceed with their team-building strategy.

The two-timeline approach hasn’t worked as intended, with Jordan Poole taking a step back this postseason and Moses Moody being the only one of their three recent lottery picks to find himself in the playoff rotation. With Poole on a large, new extension, there’s plenty of pressure on him coming into next year and rumblings that Golden State could look to move him this summer — or at least will listen if teams come calling about the young guard.

On the other end of the spectrum are Draymond Green and Klay Thompson, two pillars of the franchise who are expecting to be paid handsomely this summer. Thompson is extension eligible, with one more year left on his current deal, while Green is a free agent. Draymond has made clear he wants to be back, but it’s a matter of whether Golden State will meet his asking price. On Tuesday during exit interviews, Kerr was asked about Green entering free agency and made his feelings on the matter very clear.

“If Draymond’s not back, we’re not a championship contender,” Kerr said “We know that, and he’s that important to winning and to who we are. So I absolutely want him back. He’s a competitor. He’s an incredible defensive player. … He knows that he had a great season this year from a basketball perspective, but he knows he also compromised things by what happened back in October. So part of him coming back next year has to be about rebuilding some of that trust and respect that he’s earned here for a long period of time.”

It’s an interesting quote because Kerr doesn’t shy away from the fact that Green punching Poole prior to the season fractured some trust in the locker room and it was something this group never fully recovered from. Still, he knows that on the court, there’s no one that can replace what Green does as both a defender and facilitator, and if the Warriors were to lose Green, it’d be a step back for what they can do as a team.

There will be plenty of pressure on the Warriors front office to re-sign Green and Thompson to extend this window for a few more years, even with the understanding that their upcoming contracts might run longer than their championship window is open. That’s a hard thing for a team spending this much to commit to, and we’ll learn exactly how committed they are in a month and a half. The goal of the two timelines was to have an easier bridge to the next era, with the idea that they’ll have young players who can step into those roles more easily. To this point, none of their young players have proven to be ready for that kind of spotlight to fill the gaps around Stephen Curry, and if they feel they need to appease his desire to win, there’s not really a way to do that and not sink big money into their longtime core — as Kerr made clear on Tuesday.

Lauren Boebert has officially announced that she’s filed for divorce from her husband Jayson Boebert after 16 years of marriage. The Colorado congresswoman put out a statement after social media sleuths discovered court documents that pointed to some sort of domestic matter involving the Boeberts.

While no specific cause for the divorce has been revealed as of this writing, Congresswoman Boebert made it point to note that she has been faithful to her husband. She made no mention of his fidelity in the statement and simply cited “irreconcilable differences” as her reason for ending the marriage.

Via Colorado Sun:

“It is with a heavy weight on my heart that I have filed for divorce from my husband. I am grateful for our years of marriage together and for our beautiful children, all of whom deserve privacy and love as we work through this process,” the congresswoman said in a written statement. “I’ve always been faithful in my marriage, and I believe strongly in marriage, which makes this announcement that much more difficult.”

She added: “This is truly about irreconcilable differences. I do not intend to discuss this matter any further in public out of respect for our children, and will continue to work hard to represent the people of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.”

According to the Colorado Sun, Jayson Boebert, whose past troubles with the law have plagued his wife’s political career, did not take the news well and got “extremely angry” with a process server.

“I tried to hand him the documents but (he) did not take them,” the server said in the court documents. “He started yelling and using profanities and told me that I was trespassing.”

(Via Colorado Sun)

With Lil Durk‘s album Almost Healed coming out later this month, the Windy City rapper has announced its accompanying tour. The Sorry For The Drought Tour is set to begin on July 28 in Tampa, while Durk will be joined by tour openers Kodak Black and NLE Choppa for the majority of the dates.

Tickets for the “All My Life” rapper’s tour go on sale Thursday, May 18 at 10 am, with a Live Nation Presale on May 17. You can get more info here.

7/28 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheater
7/29 – Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre (without Kodak Black and NLE Choppa)
7/30 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
8/1 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
8/3 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
8/4 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena (without Kodak Black)
8/5 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
8/6 – Boston, MA @ Xfinity Center
8/8 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
8/9 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage (without Kodak Black)
8/11 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
8/13 – Indianapolis, IN @ Ruoff Music Center
8/15 – Detroit, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
8/16 – Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center
8/18 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
8/19 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
8/21 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
8/22 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
8/23 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
8/25 – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater
8/26 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena (without Kodak Black and NLE Choppa)
8/29 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
8/30 – Portland, OR @ RV Inn Styles Resort Amphitheater
8/1 – Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
8/2 – San Diego, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre (without Kodak Black and NLE Choppa)
8/6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
8/7 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre

Bill Hader plays one of history’s greatest fictional monsters on Barry. But in real life, he seems like a solid dude. He’s got Henry Winkler’s seal of approval, at least, and that’s good enough for me.

During an interview on The Jess Cagle Show, Winkler, who plays Gene Cousineau on the HBO comedy (?), was asked to name his favorite moment while making Barry. “So I felt, now of course, you know, in my imagination, this is what happened. It could very well not be the truth. But truly, I was the last shot of the last scene of Barry,” he said.

Winker probably wasn’t supposed to reveal that, but continue.

“So I’m in my cabin by myself. I come out, the crew is there, and I make a little speech, say, “Thank you for taking such good care of me.” And Bill hugs me and whispers in my ear, “I love you. Thank you for being such a great collaborator.” Now, he could have said that to everybody. I don’t know, but I flew out of my body. I flew out of my body because Alec Berg and Bill Hader are two, they’re indescribably talented men. And I got to work with them, say their words, and be directed by them, go on this journey with them. Oh my God.”

I hope Winkler invites Hader, Sarah Goldberg, Anthony Carrigan, and the rest of his co-stars over for a nice fish dinner during the Barry series finale. If there’s room for one more at the dinner table, I’ll bring the donuts.

You can watch Winkler’s interview above.

It’s often said that we live in the “Golden Age of Television,” also known as “Peak TV” or “Prestige TV.” Although some say this era goes back to the turn of the millennium, since 2010, we have had the joy of watching shows such as “Game of Thrones,” “Girls,” Better Call Saul,” “Ted Lasso,” “Orange is the New Black” and “Stranger Things,” just to name a few.

Over the past decade, there has been so much good TV that people’s biggest complaint is that they don’t have enough time to get to it all.

A viral Reddit thread started by a user named Head_Hauncho may give you some ideas to choose the next show you’d like to binge. He asked the online forum, “What is the single best episode of television you’ve ever seen?” There were responses from shows as old as the ‘80s, but most of the responses were from the past 20 years.

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What criteria does one use to choose the best TV series episode? It gets complicated when one considers how much television is produced yearly. A record 599 original scripted drama, comedy, and limited TV shows were aired in 2022 and Americans have produced regular content for broadcast television shows since 1939.

How do we choose one episode of one show?

To rank the responses on the Reddit post, I looked at the number of upvotes each suggestion received on the Reddit thread and then ranked them in order. It’s not the most scientific way of doing things, but it gives us a pretty good idea about who people think should make it to the monument.

Here are the top 20 most popular responses to the burning question: “What is the single best episode of television you’ve ever seen?”

1. Chernobyl – “Vichnaya Pamyat” (Memory Eternal)

“When the truth offends, we lie and lie until we can no longer remember it is even there, but it is still there. Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid. That is how an RBMK reactor core explodes. Lies.” — KinmdaQuixotic

2. Band Of Brothers — “Bastogne”

“It came out the weekend before 9/11. I had never been looking forward to a TV series like that. There was football (the Saints beat the Bills), then Band of Brothers, then high school the next day, and all the guys hyped over BoB. Then 9/11 on Tuesday… and I remember watching the rest of the episodes but it wasn’t really the same.” — TheresA_LobsterLoose

3. The Simpsons — “You Only Move Twice”

“You Only Move Twice had the best Simpson one-off, Hank Scorpio.” — Graehaus

4. The IT Crowd — “The Work Outing”

“When Jen turns around to Moss. I know it’s coming every time and it breaks me.” — Bi_gone_era

5. Doctor Who — “Blink”

“I’m not a fan of the series, I haven’t watched all episodes, I’ve seen this very episode accidentally, years ago and it is stuck in my head ever since. It is based on one of the most creative, original, and disturbing ideas I have ever seen in my life.” — Canred

6. Haunting of Hill House — “The Bent-Neck Lady”

“This absolutely gets my vote. It’s an example I use all the time when talking about excellent television. No explosions, no action, no insane stakes…Just a family sitting in a room confronting their trauma. The tail end of that episode had me in tears.” — Vengeance2All

7. Community — “Remedial Chaos Theory”

“ROOOOOXXAAAANNNEEE.” — Nathan Collier14

8. Arrested Development — “Top Banana”

“First non-pilot episode nails so many of the characters down and introduces an inside joke I repeat in nearly every scene.” — Stuebbins

9. Scrubs — “My Lunch”

“Bill Lawrence said something that really stuck with me and that’s that the guiding principle of the show was that everything could be goofy aside from the medical side. Made for a show that could do some great tone shifts on a dime.” — Patrickwithtraffic

10. The Sopranos — “Pine Barrens”

“Mayonnaise! MAYONNAISE!” — PrincessBucketFeet

11. The Simpsons — “Marge vs. The Monorail”

“It’s probably been almost 20 years since I saw it last, but I can still remember the entire ‘See My Vest’ song.” — Racer_24_4evr

12. Star Trek: Deep Space 9 — “In the Pale Moonlight”

“I can live with it… I can live with it.” — Coffeehousebum

13. Firefly — “Out of Gas”

“Some of the love for Firefly on Reddit is a little overblown, but this episode, in particular, was spectacular television.” — whitedevilwhitedevil

14. BoJack Horseman — “The View from Halfway Down”

“BoJack Horseman is, I can confidently say, the only cartoon about talking animals that can make me absolutely inconsolable. Seriously, seriously amazing show.” — Poopiverse

15. Severance — “The We We Are”

“Unbelievably suspenseful the entire duration. So good.” — the_pain_train24

16. M*A*S*H* — “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen”

“Honestly this show ended almost a decade before I was even born and yet it’s single-handedly the best show I’ve ever watched.” — rebelxghost

17. WKRP in Cincinnati — “Turkeys Away”

“As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.” — Silent-Revolution105

18. Mindhunter — “The Lone Wolf”

“That Ed Kemper hug scene.” — westzod

“The beauty of that scene is that Kemper hadn’t really shown himself. Sure, he talked about his crimes. He was crazy. He performed theatrics. They knew his history. But, in that moment, Kemper was making him aware of the Pantheon and his sister wives. He was showing how incredibly, batshit crazy he was. He was being intimate the only way he knew how.” — Canterbury Terrier

19. Buffy the Vampire Slayer — “The Body”

“‘But I don’t understand! I don’t understand how this all happens, how we go through this. I mean, I knew her, and then she’s…There’s just a body, and I don’t understand why she just can’t get back in it and not be dead anymore.” — Campmoore

20. House — “Three Stories”

“It’s so good…I love when they delve into the who/why of House, it really helps make him more than pill-popping Sherlock with a doctorate.” — Deathsblade2002

When people adopt an animal, we rarely imagine how that process looks from the animal’s point of view. We’re so focused on rescuing a pet that we don’t often stop to think about what the pet is experiencing. But lucky for us, a cheeky yellow lab puppy named Gilligan gives us his POV in a viral TikTok, and it’s a pretty wild ride from start to finish.

One of the most important details of the video is that Gilligan is adorable. If you take nothing else away from his recounting of events, store that knowledge in your pocket for future use. The TikTok video of the fuzzy pooch posted by Anna Molinari uses a voice effect to make the storyteller sound like a toddler, giving the impression that we are hearing straight from the “kidnapped” puppy’s mouth. Gilligan’s interesting retelling has racked up a massive 30.9 million views and over 5.5 million likes.

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The video starts strong with the introduction, “Apparently, my name is Gilligan and this is a day in my life of getting kidnapped.” Gilligan is sitting in a pen with other puppies, spinning a truthful yet hilarious tale. He details every moment, including all of the naps he took before meeting “my mother” (or at least that’s what the puppy thinks her name is).

“This is my new sister. She has red hair, which is confusing. We don’t look anything alike,” Gilligan says.

The dog doesn’t leave out his own dealings in mischief when spinning the tale about his day. He explains that he gets crazy after he sleeps and he can’t control it. After Gilligan reaches his new home, he introduces “my dad.”

“I met this guy that calls himself my dad. He told me we’re going to go on long walks, but he’s old and has a limp, so I don’t know what the hell he’s talking about,” he laments.

Watch the cute retelling below:

@annamolinstinct

I didnt even cry ONCE. #labpuppy

If you thought Gilligan was done sharing his view of events, you’re in for a fun treat. The sassy puppy gave everyone an update one month after his “kidnapping.” See what he’s been up to below:

@annamolinstinct

Back by popular demand #gilliganthab #labpuppy #dayinmylife

Taryn Delanie Smith might have won the title of Miss New York in 2022, but these days she is repping her hometown in a whole new way. Over on TikTok, Smith plays Denise, a gum-chewing, white bathrobe-wearing receptionist ushering folks to the pearly gates—all with a quintessential New York accent and nonchalance.

As you can probably imagine, most of the videos in this delightful series lean toward comedy. I mean, Smith’s receptionist impression is 100% spot-on, and many of her greatest hits involve talking about ghost outfits, for crying out loud. However, after one fan’s heartfelt request, things took a deeper turn.

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The request was fairly simple. A viewer asked if Denise could greet their late mother Geraldine in the afterlife. Smith obliged, and according to Insider, she emailed the viewer asking for more details. A few days later, Denise was seen giving Gerry the warmest welcome into heaven. It’s really the sweetest thing.

Watch:

@taryntino21 Replying to @jennifertavernier13 for you and your mama ❤️ she absolutely qualified for angel premium plus btw! #heaven #receptionist ♬ Somewhere Over The Rainbow_What A Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

The sincerity of Smith’s video left viewers touched, (and maybe a bit wrecked).

“This just made me cry sitting in my car in a drive thru. That was so sweet of you to make this video,” one person commented.

“This is a moment of genuine humanity. The love you’ve shown to someone I assume you have never known and take the time to help a soul heal. Beautiful,” added another.

Since posting that clip, other requests have flooded in asking Denise to help their loved ones who have passed on be welcomed into heaven. Though Smith told Insider that creating these personalized videos was an emotionally taxing and time-consuming process (since she wants to make sure they’re “special”), it’s a responsibility she gladly takes on.

Here are a few more:

@taryntino21 @michelleprice27 this one really weighed on my heart for a few days. Sorry it took me awhile. ❤️ #heaven #receptionist ♬ original sound – Taryn Delanie🤠

@taryntino21 Parts of this email were shared with permission from @Becca Darling ❤️ it took me awhile to be able to record this one without getting teary. Hugs becca. #grief #heaven #receptionist ♬ original sound – Taryn Delanie🤠

@taryntino21 Replying to @ashleynoelle29 #greenscreen ♬ Somewhere Over The Rainbow_What A Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

Smith never expected Miss Denise’s popularity to take off in this way and has been moved by the overwhelmingly positive response. Something about the fictional character’s perfect blend of humor and heart have really helped people process grief and feel a little less anxiety towards death.

This is perhaps a bit of Smith’s own life philosophy shining through. “I think the best part of life is laughter,” she told her viewers. “I think the best part of life is finding joy and silliness in as many moments as you can and I cannot help but feel that the afterlife is gonna be the same.”

It’s true we have no idea what, or who, awaits us on the other side, but there is great comfort in imagining a possibility where our loved ones are never truly gone. God bless Denise for making that dream feel a little more real, one premium angel package at a time.

Catch even more of Denise doing heavenly deeds on TikTok here.

Cheerleading is supposed to be a team activity. Most squads have anywhere from 10 to 20 cheerleaders and some have even more than that. But one squad in Nebraska had just four girls, and less than two weeks before the Nebraska State Cheer and Dance Championships, all but one cheerleader had quit.

Most kids would’ve followed suit so close to a big competition and without teammates, but Katrina Kohel, a senior at Morrill High School, decided she was still going to compete—even if it meant she would have to do it alone. Talk about being brave in the face of disappointment. This girl decided she was going to cheer in the competition and she did, without much care for what others thought.

The competition wasn’t just the next town over. It was five hours away, so Kohel and her coach, April Ott, really had to mull it over before committing to making that drive, according to Business Insider. In the end, the teen decided that she didn’t want to just sit in the crowd or stay home; she wanted to perform the routine she spent so much time learning. But the routine required the entire squad, so before they could make the trip, they had to figure out how to make it a one-person routine.

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“I’ve put a lot of time into cheer. It’s just always been a part of who I am, so I didn’t want to end on that note. I wanted to go out on a high one. For that to come true, I didn’t want to end it just by going to watch state. I wanted to compete.” Kohel told Business Insider. So the lone cheerleader and her coach got to work redoing the routine so it made sense with just one person cheering.

The pair told the Omaha World-Herald that they had to rework the whole performance in a week and a half. It was really a battle of sheer will since Kohel was determined to do her best on the mat without her team. Kohel admitted to the outlet that she was nervous, but no one would have known it.

“She was completely confident the whole week that we practiced,” Ott told Business Insider. “It was just 100% confidence, and she just owned it.”

This cheerleader was absolutely unstoppable and she had her family’s full support. Even Ott’s daughter, who was previously a cheerleader at the same high school, tagged along to cheer her on. Kohel’s grandparents stood in for her parents because her brother had a state wrestling tournament and her parents are the coaches. But don’t worry, they were able to see her cheer through Facebook Live.

Support didn’t only come from her family and coach, as other cheerleaders piled into her section and cheered for the brave solo cheerleader. Darin Boysen, executive director of the Nebraska Coaches Association, told the Omaha World-Herald that this was the first time a cheerleader competed alone.

But she didn’t just compete—she placed 8th out of 12 squads, which is the highest Morrill High School has placed in the last three years.

“It’s almost overwhelming, the amount of support I got from all of them,” Kohel explained to Business Insider. “The whole arena was cheering me on. It wasn’t just one little section—it was the whole arena.”

This article originally appeared on 3.2.23

For a brief while, The Bachelor was toying with making a spinoff that would focus on seniors looking for love. But then the pandemic happened, and well, you can do the math on why ABC put a pin in that one. (Yikes, right?)

Fortunately, conditions have improved, which means it’s time for The Golden Bachelor. Set to premiere in Fall 2023, the spinoff will celebrate the “golden years” of its contestants as “one hopeless romantic is given a second chance at love in the search for a partner with whom to share the sunset years of life.”

Via PEOPLE:

The women will be in the same boat — with a life full of family and stories to tell. “The women arriving at the mansion have a lifetime of experience, living through love, loss and laughter, hoping for a spark that ignites a future full of endless possibilities. In the end, will our Golden man turn the page to start a new chapter with the woman of his dreams?”

While details are scarce, talk of a “Bachelor Senior” kicked into overdrive during Season 26 when viewers fell in love with “wingwoman” Holly. The 63-year-old retiree was a hoot as she loved to joke that she was on the wrong show and asked where the set was for the senior version.

If Holly doesn’t pop up on The Golden Bachelor, there might be riot on the shuffleboard court. Tread carefully, ABC.

(Via PEOPLE)