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Even if you’re not a basketball fan, it’s been hard to escape March Madness, and the women’s teams have been the talk of these internet streets. In fact, the NCAA women’s final championship game between Louisiana State University and the University of Iowa raked in 9.9 million viewers, which is more viewers than the 2021 NBA Finals. And while both teams played one heck of a game, Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese caught everyone’s attention.

Reese, 20, is a forward for the women’s LSU team, and Clark, 21, is a guard for Iowa. The two women have made headlines this season for their undeniable skills on the court but also their unapologetic ability to trash talk and take criticism in stride. ESPN had an entire segment dedicated to Clark’s trash-talking skills, dubbing her the “Queen of Clapbacks.”

So when Clark waved a hand in front of her face mimicking John Cena’s “you can’t see me” wrestling taunt toward a rival team, no one thought twice about it. That is, until the final game when Reese, who was aware LSU was up by several points and bound to win the championship, took the opportunity to repeat the move, only this time toward Clark. And the internet lost its collective mind.

Trash talking is part of the game, and Clark is one of the best players in the women’s NCAA league, setting a record of 191 points for a single player. This breaks the record of both the men’s and women’s NCAA teams, so it’s safe to say she’s probably secure in her ability to play ball. But since Reese did the famous move in Clark’s direction, people have been jumping to the defense of Clark and expressing their outrage at Reese’s “unsportsmanlike conduct.”

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It seems people are weighing in across the spectrum, from athletes to political pundits. Even the First Lady chimed in a bit by not only inviting the winning team to the White House, which is customary, but also inviting Iowa. Dr. Biden has since clarified that statement.

As many people call Reese’s behavior “classless” and “unsportsmanlike,” others are asking why the two players are being treated differently. Many folks are pointing out that trash talk is part of the game and no player is immune, while it seems others are sharpening their pitchforks.

Through all of this, you may be wondering how Reese is handling this intense scrutiny over what was likely just a chance to pay Clark back for her history of clapbacks. Eh, she seems to be doing just fine, which also seems to be annoying the snot out of some people.

“When you’re a champion, you’re allowed to TYS: talk your stuff,” Shaquille O’Neal told People.

The retired NBA player has been defending Reese all over Twitter, responding with the same energy as the naysayers, profanity and all. O’Neal even personally reached out to Reese to tell her to “enjoy being a champion,” according to People.

But if Reese’s post-game interview is any indication of her ability to look out for herself, she’s going to be just fine.

“All year I was critiqued about who I was,” she said. “I don’t fit the narrative. I don’t fit in the box that you all want me to be in. I’m too hood, I’m too ghetto. You told me that all year. But when other people do it, y’all don’t say nothing.”

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The college baller’s response hasn’t changed much since her win. A TikTok video she posted in response has also drawn commentary from disgruntled internet users, with a professional women’s athlete calling her out in a now-deleted video. But it appears Reese remains unfazed, as does Clark.

“She should never be criticized for what she did. I’m just one that competes, and she competed…I’m a big fan of hers,” Clark told ESPN.

All of this attention has Reese trending all over the internet, garnering focus on the basketball star’s bubbly, nonchalant personality and the sport as a whole. So maybe a little friendly trash talk is just what was needed to give women’s basketball the attention it always deserved.

A while after model Emily Ratajkowski claimed in her book that Robin Thicke had sexually harassed and groped her on the set of 2013’s “Blurred Lines” music video, another model from the shoot has come forward to corroborate the story.

In a new interview with Bustle, Ratajkowski’s co-star and prior set collaborator Elle Evans explained exactly how the energy in the room changed after the presumed incident.

“All the stuff with Emily and Robin there together, that was a closed set. So they had no one else watching,” Evans said. “But what I remember is that, toward the end of the shoot, Emily did leave very abruptly. There was kind of a bit of a scramble among the production team, like, ‘What are we gonna do? How do we shoot the rest of the video without her?’ I was told that she had a flight to catch.”

The video’s director, Diane Martel, had intended for the “Blurred Lines” shoot to be a safe space, which didn’t end up being the case — as Ratajkowski stated in her book.

“With that one gesture, Robin Thicke had reminded everyone on set that we women weren’t actually in charge. I didn’t have any real power as the naked girl dancing around in his music video. I was nothing more than the hired mannequin,” she wrote.

Martel also confirmed Ratajkowski’s account during an interview with The Times.

“I remember the moment that he grabbed her breasts. One in each hand. He was standing behind her as they were both in profile,” Martel said. “I screamed in my very aggressive Brooklyn voice, ‘What the f*ck are you doing, that’s it!! The shoot is over!!’”

Amanda Balionis Renner handles post-round interviews with players each week during the CBS golf season, but this week at Augusta National Golf Club for the Masters offers a unique opportunity as an interviewer that other tournaments don’t provide.

Because of the connection to the course that players and fans all share, with everyone watching and playing understanding the history of Augusta National and the Masters tournament, Renner gets to dive just a bit deeper with players and, as she says, “nerd out” a bit about the course that is arguably the most famous in all of golf. Heading into this week there is no shortage of stories, with the headliners being the top-3 players in the world — Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, and Jon Rahm — all playing spectacular golf already this year, along with Tiger Woods being back on the grounds.

However, Renner’s excited to dive into whatever else pops up this week, from changes to the course to anyone who maybe emerges as a breakout star at Augusta. Ahead of the Masters, we talked on behalf of her partnership with Masters presenting partner IBM about the opportunities she gets that are unique as an interviewer, who could breakout this week, and some new features arriving on the Masters app for fans this week.

What have been your thoughts about how the start of this PGA Tour season has gone? Obviously, with the top three guys all kind of showing out and it seems like we’re coming in with a field where there’s a ton of storylines to be able to talk about.

Doesn’t it feel like no matter what the year is, the excitement always builds into this, right? It always feels like, holy cow. I cannot believe it works out that way. And it always does for the Masters, for whatever reason, but it’s exactly how I feel heading in to this Masters as well. We had a tremendous west coast swing. Those events with incredibly strong fields and the cream rose to the top every time. We had amazing champions, amazing battles down the stretch on Sundays, and it just builds that excitement even more heading into the Masters. You think about where Jon Rahm’s game is, how close he’s come to win, and it feels like it’s not a matter of if, but when for him. Rory McIlroy, obviously doing Rory McIlroy things, stepping up in his leadership role like we’ve never seen, and I think that’s given him some added conviction and obviously this is the one he wants now more than any other major. And then there’s Scottie Scheffler defending, and it really feels like the storylines are kind of endless this year. Yeah, it’s gonna be awesome. I cannot wait to get there.

The Masters is such a unique one because we go the same place every year and we know who plays well, we know who maybe fights some demons at Augusta, and it feels like the major where we have the most knowledge coming in. Because it’s not, you know, the US Open where we might go to a course none of these guys have ever seen. So from a broadcast perspective, what does that allow you to do in interviews and talking to these guys? Because you know that they know the course, and you know that they know all the spots that are gonna pop up. Does that allow you to maybe dig a little deeper, because people know some of the base level stories?

It certainly allows us to dig deeper and I was actually just talking about this earlier. It’s such a unique tournament because there is no detail too small that people are not going to care about or people don’t want to hear about, right? You think about the changes at 13, for instance. You read these quotes from Scottie Scheffler or Jon Rahm, or Rory McIlroy, or any player that has history — Jordan Spieth has history on this golf course — and they could talk for 20 minutes about these changes on one hole. And that is not something that we really find the rest of the PGA Tour season especially, like you said, at majors because we aren’t going to the same places for the other three majors every year. So, it is so unique, and it’s so cool, because everyone kind of nerds out the same way, if that makes sense.

Like everyone’s so excited to hear how the strategy’s gonna change off the tee on 13. And it’s a hole that we’ve seen over and over and over again. Everyone wants to talk about the fear on 12. It’s just, the nerves and the excitement around this course, no matter how many times we come there and no matter how many times players tee it up there, it never goes away. I actually think it almost feels the opposite. It continues to build. It’s just so unique. It’s so special. And when you hear players talk about it with the reverence they talk about it with and the nerves and the excitement they still feel, I think that is just contagious for the rest of us. So yes, for sure we’re able to dig a little bit deeper, but I also think not only because of the familiarity with the course, but because the passion the players have in talking about the course itself and what that tournament means and the history of the Masters. When everyone is equally excited, that’s when you kind of get this culmination of passion that we see at the Masters every year.

Yeah, I did something with Rahm a couple years ago before the Masters and that’s all we did, we just went through the course and kind of talked about all the different spots and the different areas where he’s had to learn. And I think it sets it up to where you get these builds where you get a guy like Rahm who we know early on, he had to fight the emotions at Augusta. It’s going to wear on you mentally and he had to get to the point where he can weather through that, now he’s to that point. Nw we’re waiting for the breakthrough and Rory, we’ve seen him come so close so many times. And when you get to talk to these guys after a round or after a tournament or before the tournament, what is it like knowing that these guys have that history and being able to tap into that and, like you said, they have the passion for this place in a way that we don’t necessarily get anywhere else?

Yeah, a cool thing is that when you interview a Rory McIlroy, right, he knows his history there. Every fan, every viewer knows the history. We’ve been talking about it the entire broadcast, and it’s not something that has to be so outwardly spoken about. The implications already there. The history is right in front of all of us. The tension is palpable. You know, Rory is one of the most open players on the planet, which I respect so deeply and appreciate so much especially as an interviewer, but it’s not something that necessarily has to be spelled out, which is also a unique thing. Like in a regular PGA Tour event, if I really want to take a player down a certain road, it does sometimes have to be spelled out where I want them to go and establish why I want them to go there. Not just for the player, but of course for the viewer at home, so they understand why we’re talking about this thing.

It doesn’t feel necessary to do that at the Masters. It kind of feels like everyone’s on the same page and the players are automatically going to go there because that is what is on their mind. That is what has been on their mind heading into that week. Rory McIlroy knows what we’re going to be asking him if he puts himself in contention heading into Sunday. Everyone knows what that storyline is. Everyone knows the scar tissue. Everyone knows how much he cares about putting that green jacket on. So it almost makes it more fun. It makes it a little bit easier in terms of the conversation because we don’t have to waste any time setting up the stage. The stage is set for us because we talk about it every single day — unfortunately for someone like Rory McIlroy, we talk about it every single year. I’m sure he’ll be thrilled when that narrative changes. But I I kind of think that’s the difference is everyone, it feels like people are so well educated in what’s on the line and how we got here, that it allows us to dive deeper faster.

We know the top three guys all battling for number one in the world and we know those are going to be the storylines coming in, and obviously Tiger is always one of them. But I think something that I love about the Masters is we always seem to have one guy that kind of makes a name at the tournament. We had Will Zalatoris, obviously Spieth, Scheffler crowned himself [last year]. Is there anybody that you’re looking at coming into this Masters who can kind of do that to make their name nationally, beyond just the hardcore golf fan who follows the Tour week-to-week, who’s going to have a chance to maybe step out on this stage and really take a take a step forward?

Yeah, I mean, Max Homa is one that comes to mind. Max has become a superstar in the golf space. I don’t know if that is necessarily the case nationally yet, but he just seems mentally so primed to take himself to to the next level. And we’ve already seen it multiple times this year, he’s a multiple time winner already in 2023. Winning at the Farmers, you take a look at his resume, not only the courses that he’s been able to win on, which a lot of them are major championship courses, but the fields that he has been able to beat and the mental fortitude that he has continued to sharpen to this point. I think if you asked Max, the goal is to go out there and win majors. Like that is what he has been working towards, in that self belief. So I feel like he is just so … you’re right, we always we expect certain guys to be at the top always coming into the weekend. I don’t think it’d be unexpected to see Max there, but I also think that might be a player that the general fan might say, “Oh, wow, like that funny guy on Twitter, that funny guy on Instagram.”

I think he’s so unique in the fact that Max became well known as a personality first, and is now earning his respect, which he very much deserves, on the course second, which is so rare in golf, right? Like, it’s so rare that we fall in love with personalities before the success happens. And Max now is earning that respect on the golf course and I think to be able to put himself in the mix, which I do think his game and his … again, it’s so mental when you get to a place like the Masters. He has the game, it’s just the mental fortitude to push through for four straight rounds. But I do think he’s there and I think this could be the one that people go from, “Oh, Max Homa, yes, he’s one of the six time winner now, he has some great wins, but the funny Twitter guy,” to “Holy cow, Max Homa the the major champion,” could be just around the corner and he’s one that I’m definitely keeping an eye on.

And some of it, I think, from a fan point of view at home or patrons on the course that’s unique about the Masters is how much you can watch now. I remember when the Masters was, you could only see the back nine. It’s been such a leap forward, and part of that is the partnership with IBM that gives us every single shot on the website. And this year they’re adding some new things to that. What are fans going to be able to look forward to this year that’s a little bit new in how we consume that and are able to watch everything?

The Masters has just done such a phenomenal job in terms of the way when they progress, when they do something, it makes your jaw drop every time. It’s not like okay, this could be cool and they can work out some kinks. No, that is not what happens here. IBM and the Masters, they launched this app, you open the app, and it’s by far the best sports app any of us have ever seen. Like that’s just, it’s what it is. And nothing makes me more excited than being able to re-download the Masters app every year, because you know there’s going to be something else — I think I screen recorded it. Like, how many of us do that stupid thing of screen recording it as we put it back on our phones? Again, that doesn’t happen with any other app. It doesn’t happen any other tournament or any other sporting event probably throughout the whole year. We just can’t get enough.

But I think a huge part of that for me is as a broadcaster, the thing I love is that every shot on every hole for a player, that round in three minutes, that is huge. And when I’m running around, and we’re doing kind of a bunch of different things and we’re showcasing a bunch of different players and a bunch of different ways, you know, on Masters.com, we’re not necessarily watching every shot on the golf course. So if all of a sudden, I get done with something I’m doing on my workday, and I see so and so just shot four under and it has the early clubhouse lead. I’m no longer like oh no, where am I going to be able to go watch this. I can literally just say, “I know the Masters app already has it.” I could watch this player, every single shot on every single hole in three minutes. It’s crazy. I think those are the things that, for me, I get really excited about. I also think the predictive part of that, which is going to be a new feature which is kind of cool, not so much for the broadcasting side, but for fans at home and for viewers building their fantasy teams and being able to watch players.

I think there’s something to historically being able to look back on how they have played at Augusta National, and what that expectation is, and then what the actual results will be. And how much of that can we look and say man, historically, they’ve played really well on 13. But now they’re in contention for the first time, this was what the prediction was, this is what actually happened. Is that nerves, whatever that is. And that ability to build, everyone loves to build a fantasy team, right? So the ability to look at what that prediction is and everyday set that lineup and understand, maybe it does get a little bit more insight so you can beat your buddies at home. I don’t know, it’s just another cool way to dive a little bit deeper into the statistical data that is the Masters and all of those numbers. I think they’ve accumulated, I don’t know, over 20,000 shots or something like that for a player historically. There’s so much data that goes into it and we love that as golf fans. Statistics are a huge part of our game, for better or for worse, we love talking about strokes gained. We love talking about those things, so to take statistics to another level and implement it in a way that is going to help people have more fun, and maybe be more involved with their friends, and watching it and rooting for certain players. I just think that it’s cool. It’s just like another cool part of what they’re bringing to the table that we’ve never seen before.

Well, that goes to … we know the course and we have these data points for these guys that we don’t necessarily have at every other course. But especially on the weekend when we start scoreboard watching, and if somebody from the early wave posts a number, the predictive things are kind of nice because you can kind of figure out the flow of the course. Because we know the spots where bogeys can come up at the start of Amen corner, and then you get 13 to 15 where you’re supposed to score, and then you just try to hold on at the end. And I think the predictive thing is a unique way to see that visually, right?

Yeah, absolutely. That’s the thing, like you said, we can’t get enough of this golf course. And this is the one time a year we can all nerd out together on what this course does. Where you have to just survive, where you have to score, where you cannot three putt. Like all of these things are just, it’s facts. It’s statistical data that things cannot happen if you want to win the Masters and certain things have to happen if you want to win the Masters. So to see the predictions, and again, the predictions aren’t telling you that’s exactly what’s going to happen. I almost think that’s the cooler part is hey, this is what this person has done historically here, and maybe they’re playing the best golf of their life and you can see that differentiation.

Like for me, that’s where I think it’s gonna be really cool. Or if they are historically really good here, but again, they’re in a position they’ve never been in and they go the opposite way. You’re like, oh, man, okay, we can probably point to nerves on that one, right? Or like, what does that mean? Or what does that mean for the rest of the field? Maybe there’s weather conditions or wind directions that we aren’t used to seeing. And we have seen that in the past — really cold weather, really high winds, a really wet Augusta National. All of those things play a part, and, yeah, I think it gives us a better point of reference, maybe, to understand it on a deeper level. Which again, we can’t get enough of it. So anything that they’re gonna give us, we’re all gonna soak it in.

From thug life to dreams and nightmares. First, Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba compared her client to the late rappers Biggie Smalls and Tupac (which pissed off Tupac’s sister Set Shakur). Now, news has come out that this isn’t the only connection the disgusted politician has.

In screengrabs captured by Complex, Meek Mill also shared something in common with Trump — a criminal lawyer. After news broke about the former president’s indictment, the “Going Bad” rapper took to Instagram to reveal that his former criminal defense lawyer Joe Tacopina, also known as Joe Tactical, had represented Trump.

Uploaded an image of the news clipping, Meek captioned it, “Trump graduated from the streets,” adding, “Sharing criminal lawyers with us… Joe Tactical.”

Tacopina was a member of the legal team representing Meek during his tumultuous case to overturn his sentence for violating probation from a decade-old gun and drug case in his hometown of Philadelphia. The case was highlighted in the#FreeMeek documentary. Eventually, after a hard-fought battle, Meek and his legal team came out victorious in the end.

Trump is hoping his legal team pulls out a win as well as a maximum sentence for allegedly falsifying records and conspiracy if convicted, could land him behind bars for 136 years.

Meek Mill is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

This week’s episode of The Mandalorian featured a star-studded line-up of cameos, including Jack Black, Christopher Lloyd, and pop sensation, Lizzo. In the sixth episode of the third season, Lizzo plays the Dutchess Of Plazir-15, the wife of Black’s character, Captain Bombardier.

What was Lizzo’s role on ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3, Episode 6?

The Dutchess Of Plazir-15 rules the planet by way of ancestral rights. Her leadership was granted to her through a democratic election.

Over the course of the episode, Plazir-15 is depicted as a utopia, in which citizens are free to live happy, fulfilled lives, as droids tend to the everyday functions.

We won’t drop any major spoilers for this week’s episode, however, fans of Lizzo can expect to see more of her on their screens in the near future. Amazon Studios recently revealed that it has extended its first-look deal with Lizzo. Following the announcement, Lizzo shared a casting call for the upcoming second season of her Emmy-winning reality competition, Watch Out For The Big Grrrls.

Upon the premiere of this week’s episode, a fan demanded that Lizzo appears in more Star Wars movies and shows. She quoted the fan’s tweet with a few eye emojis, perhaps teasing some upcoming appearances.

New episodes of The Mandalorian stream on Wednesdays on Disney+

Lizzo is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Last week, Drake previewed a new song, tentatively titled “Rescue Me,” during The Fry Yiy Show on his SiriusXM Radio station Sound 42. Between verses, the song samples Kim Kardashian, taking a clip of her expressing her tenacious nature during the 2021 season finale and juxtaposing it with Drake’s own persistence. “I didn’t come this far, just to come this far and not be happy, remember that,” she says in the sample.

Fans took this to mean that the Canadian star was once again baiting his old rival Kanye West, who was divorced from Kardashian in 2022, despite the two rappers ending their feud in late 2021. However, Drake’s father, Dennis Graham, shot down that fan theory in the comments of a TMZ Instagram post about it, admonishing fans to let the beef go as the rappers themselves have. “Drake is not trolling anyone, it’s just a song,” he wrote. “Why try and create a Kanye and Drake beef again???????????????”

Drake and Kanye officially settled their dispute in 2021 with their Free Larry Concert in Los Angeles, with Kanye determining that he would “play all Drake music” during basketball games at his now-defunct Donda Academy. Of course, Drake’s also Jewish, so he probably didn’t enjoy West’s displays of rampant antisemitism last year — but he’s also probably too busy showing appreciation to J. Cole to be too worried about Kanye these days.

Tom Cruise’s holiday cake is the stuff of legends in Hollywood. The Top Gun: Maverick star has been sending the white chocolate coconut bundt cake to his famous pals for over a decade, and it’s apparently so delicious that Tom Hanks wants it for his last meal. So with that in mind, it completely tracks that Brooke Shields desperately needs to get back on the cake list.

Now, you may be thinking that there’s bad blood between Shields and Cruise after their infamous 2005 dust-up when Cruise criticized Shields for using antidepressants to treat her postpartum depression following the birth of her first child. However, the two actually remained close despite Shields pushing back in a New York Times op-ed.

Cruise and Katie Holmes invited Shields to their wedding, and they even had a joint birthday party for Suri and Shield’s second child, Grier, after the two were born in the same hospital on the same day. That closeness led to Shields landing a spot on the coveted cake list, but one day, she was removed and she has no idea why.

“I was on the list for a while. I had a good 10-year run, and I got the coconut cake every year, which I was very happy [about],” Shields told PEOPLE. “It was from them and Suri, so it was the three of them, and then soon it was no Suri and no Katie and just Tom. Then it went from just Tom for a while, but not every holiday. And then the cake stopped.”

Because, again, the cake is that good, Shields is not above begging to get back on the list. (Although, bringing up Suri Cruise is probably not the best tactic in light of ongoing reports that Scientology forbids Cruise from interacting with his daughter.)

“I want to get back on that cake list. It’s the best cake,” Shields laughingly told PEOPLE before addressing Cruise. “Tom, I need to be back on the cake list.”

(Via PEOPLE)

Following the streaming success of Donald Glover’s incendiary Swarm series on Amazon, the Atlanta creator sat down for a GQ profile that won’t stop. Within the piece, he reflected upon how being rejected by both SNL and Parks and Rec may have actually been the best thing to happen to his career.

Glover also looked back on how getting booed during early Childish Gambino days didn’t hurt his performance, and now, he’s shining light on how his 30 Rock stint involved him being a “diversity” hire, something that Tina Fey freely admitted to him. This involved an actual “diversity incentive” from NBC, which was very budget friendly to those shows that hired a Black writer. As Glover put it, this also (unbeknownst to him at the time) led to friction between him and Black-ish creator Kenya Barris:

“There is no animosity between us or anything like that, but [Tina Fey] said it herself…. It was a diversity thing,” says Glover. “The last two people who were fighting for the job were me and Kenya Barris.” He laughs. “I didn’t know it was between me and him until later. He hit me one day and he was like, ‘I hated you for years!’”

Well, it sure sounds like misses on both Glover and Barris’ parts turned out for the best. Both of them can essentially get projects greenlit by their mere attachment to a project, and now, Glover can also air all of this backstory.

(Via GQ)

Jimmy Fallon’s new-ish show, That’s My Jam, really does have a fun gimmick. Taking the simplicity of James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke (which is ending after this season anyhow) and plugging in a bunch of other game show mechanics like a “wheel of fortune” randomizer and the Double Dare-esque spray of water, That’s My Jam not only gives celebrities a chance to wow audiences with incredible performances but also to be more “relatable” by doing something we all do — trip up singing our favorite songs.

Last night’s teams consisted of Community‘s Joel McHale with Will.I.Am and Keke Palmer with Saweetie. During the “Mega Mix Showdown” segment, the two rappers took on some of the classics of the genre — roulette and riff-off style, having to keep the beat between the randomized songs. The tracks included DMX’s “Party Up,” Ice Cube’s “It Was A Good Day,” The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Hypnotize,” OutKast’s “Ms. Jackson,” and Tupac’s “California Love.”

Considering both rappers hail from California, you’d think they’d kill that last one, but… Fortunately, they recovered on Snoop Dogg’s “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” with Eve’s “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” offering a grand finale. For the “Slay It, Don’t Spray It” segment, though, the girls’ team had to take on pop hits like “Wrecking Ball” — which Keke proclaimed “nobody knows” — while the boys nominated Joel McHale to sing Willie Nelson’s “On The Road Again” as Will bundled up for the inevitable rinse. Who gets the big spray? You can check out the video below to find out.

Shakira and Gerard Piqué’s split has been messy, to say the least — and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down any time soon. Between him revealing his new, younger girlfriend and Shakira firing back with a diss track, there were also accusations of infidelity.

Pique recently appeared for an interview with Gerard Romero, where he discussed his relationship with Shakira and how he feels about her fanbase defending her.

“With the theme that’s gone on in this past year, my ex, she’s Latino Americana, and you have no idea what I’ve received on social media from her fans,” Piqué said, according to a translated version in People. “Barbarities. And I don’t care about any of it. Truly, zero. Because I don’t know them. They are people who have no lives. You’re never going to meet them. They are like robots.”

“There’s this theme of throwing beef. Which is a trend,” he added. “We don’t think about the consequences it can have on the person’s mental health who we’re throwing this beef to. If you are too much about comments, you’re dead.”

Earlier this week, Shakira announced that she’d be moving to Miami and would be bringing the two sons she shared with Piqué with her.

“I settled in Barcelona to give my sons stability, the same that we are now looking for in another corner of the world besides family, friends, and the sea. Today we started a new chapter in the search for happiness,” she wrote on Instagram, which the publication also translated.