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It seems the potential for bigger ratings wasn’t enough to keep GMA co-hosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes on the air after their affair went public.

After news broke last week that Robach and Holmes were romantically involved despite both being married to different people, fans of the daytime news program wondered whether ABC would bench them, permanently. Insiders at the network claimed top execs like ABC News President Kim Godwin had zero problems with Robach’s and Holmes’ rumored affair — even positing that the cheating scandal would be ratings gold for the show — but it sounds like Godwin might have been overruled on the matter.

Early this morning, news broke that Robach and Holmes were being put on temporary leave while “the news division weighs the effect their recent disclosure of a romantic relationship might have on the program and the company.” The announcement came as a bit of a shock considering both Holmes and Robach were back on the air last week, joking for the cameras per usual. According to Variety, decision-makers at the network worried the issue had turned into “an internal and external disruption,” and “wanted to do what’s best for the organization.”

Gio Benitez and Stephanie Ramos are filling in for Robach and Holmes, who have yet to comment on the decision.

(Via Variety)

The golden boys of the GOP are fighting again.

After claiming he wouldn’t shy away in an exchange of fisticuffs with Kanye West, Elon Musk is now going after fellow free-speech crusader Donald Trump. The former bros have been feuding a bit since Musk invited Trump back to Twitter, but over the weekend, Musk dragged the twice-impeached president for suggesting the Constitution should be terminated so that he can be declared Commander-in-Chief once more.

On Saturday, Trump took to Truth Social to propose certain articles of the Constitution should be overturned in favor of his election denial claims.

“A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” Trump wrote. “Our great ‘Founders’ did not want, and would not condone, False & Fraudulent Elections!”

Trump’s Constitution burning callout came after Musk released the “Twitter Files,” which turned out to be a big nothing burger in terms of “shedding light” on how Twitter handled the Hunter Biden laptop scandal in 2020. But even though Musk failed to deliver on that front, the whole exercise spurred Trump to wage war against our country’s founding document for his own gain, something the Tesla tyrant seemed so appalled by that he just had to tweet about it.

“The Constitution is greater than any President. End of story,” Musk responded to a Fox News post.

Strong words from a guy who loves to reference the First Amendment without actually understanding its meaning. No word yet on if Trump has seen the tweet, but we imagine the ketchup bottles of Mar-a-Lago are terrified right about now.

(Via The Hill)

DJ Khaled’s known for pulling some pretty out-there stunts, but it’s all in service to his shtick of doing the things “they” said he can’t or shouldn’t do. A few weeks ago at a Miami Heat game, he rested his new Air Jordan sneakers on a silk pillow as a way of drawing attention to them (possibly as a way to distract from his recent disastrous dunk attempt). No post is too shameful to share, not even one about Drake’s unusual, restroom-related birthday gift for him. That’s part of his charm — or a reason to hate him, depending on where you stand.

His latest oddball flex is getting his hair cut in the middle of the desert, just because he can. In a video he posted on Instagram, his barber lines him up as he waves the camera around show off his surroundings. He delivers his new signature motto, “God did,” before signing off.

Say what you want about Khaled, the Grammys’ second-most-nominated rap artist, he certainly finds imaginative ways to spend his money. He also seems to share his videos not to belittle his followers but to encourage them to reach similar heights. Who knows what he might do next?

Madonna celebrated the 30th anniversary of her groundbreaking book Sex in Miami last week. Last night (December 4), the pop icon released photos from a party at Art Basel where she was joined by Rauw Alejandro and Diplo.

After being out of print for years, Sex was re-issued last week by Saint Laurent Rive Droite. During Art Basel, the luxury brand launched the Sex By Madonna art exhibit where iconic images from the book were put on display. On Thursday night, Madonna was the guest of honor at a party thrown at the exhibit.

Last night, Madonna uploaded photos from the party. She was seen partying with Diplo and Puerto Rican superstar Rauw Alejandro. Her NSFW caption captured the spirit of her book Sex.

“S.E.X was great this week,” Madonna wrote in the post. “Thank you all for c*mming.”

In his Instagram stories, Alejandro wrote, “Love you Madonna.” Maybe a collaboration could be in the works between the two artists: Alejandro has previously recorded hits with pop stars like Selena Gomez, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, and Alicia Keys. Madonna first dabbled in Latin sounds with “La Isla Bonita” from her 1986 album True Blue. In recent years, she recorded two songs with Colombian singer Maluma. In September, Madonna released a dembow remix of “Hung Up” featuring Dominican artist Tokischa.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

ASAP Rocky could have dropped “Sh*ttin Me” around the 2018 edition of Tyler, The Creator’s annual Camp Flog Gnaw, or any year between then and now, like fans wanted. Be glad he didn’t rush it. The much-hyped track belongs on the Need For Speed Unbound video game soundtrack, but the official video asserts that the song is distinctly Rocky’s — cleverly closing the loop if you look closely enough.

Rocky was back on the festival circuit this summer, performing a very short headlining set at Rolling Loud in New York City on September 24 during which he clumsily flailed in a mosh pit. Tyler, The Creator memed the moment on his Instagram and a birthday cake. Rocky didn’t appreciate the trolling at first, but he’s reclaiming the narrative.

The Grin Machine-directed “Sh*ttin Me” video recreates the failed Rolling Loud mosh pit as Rocky melodically raps to end the first verse, “Mosh it out, I need a new towel / Jump in the crowd, hold me / I fight in the crowd, that’s two hunnid thou’ / The world is mine now.” He spits the chorus — “Sh*ttin’ me? Gotta be kiddin’ me” — while trapped on the ground by all the fans jamming their brightly lit phones in his face to record a moment he’d rather forget.

The Grin Machine-directed video also nods toward Weekend At Bernie’s and Wolf Of Wall Street. The music becomes muted, and Rocky is contorted on the ground alone in an empty room, but he still can’t get up. His friends appear and check his pulse, and his lifeless body is carried throughout the streets. People are still taking every opportunity to record it all. By the end, he’s been replaced by a printed-out 3D ASAP Rocky, and the clamoring crowds don’t even notice the difference.

Watch all the bold statements unfold in “Sh*ttin Me” above.

Keeping up with new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for something to slip through the cracks. Even following along with the Uproxx recommendations on a daily basis can be a lot to ask, so every Monday we’re offering up this rundown of the best new music this week.

This week saw Latto, GloRilla, and Gangsta Boo bless the end of the year with an all-star collaboration as Nas and 21 Savage did the same. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the highlights below.

For more music recommendations, check out our Listen To This section, as well as our Indie Mixtape and Pop Life newsletters. Also find our Uproxx HQ Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly with the best new music, at the end of this post.

Latto — “FTCU” Feat. GloRilla and Gangsta Boo

During a time of year when releases worth anticipating are sparse, Latto has come through with “FTCU.” The tune flips Three 6 Mafia’s “Tear Da Club Up,” and appropriately enough, Mafia member Gangsta Boo hops on the track, as does GloRilla, for a rollicking night out.

Nas — “One Mic, One Gun” Feat. 21 Savage

A few weeks ago, it looked like 21 Savage and Nas had beef after some eyebrow-raising comments from Savage. Now it looks perhaps like that whole thing was a way to get eyes on them, because now that they have our attention, they’ve dropped a new collab. Uproxx’s Danielle Chelosky says of “One Mic, One Gun,” “It’s a skittish, relentlessly catchy track, watching the two talented rappers switching verses and embarking on flows about their own determination and success in a genre that poses a lot of challenges.”

Metro Boomin and ASAP Rocky — “Feel The Fiyaaaah” Feat. Takeoff

Former Migos member Takeoff of course passed away recently, and as the hip-hop world continues to mourn his passing and celebrate his life, the rapper has made his first posthumous appearance. It comes via Metro Boomin’s new album Heroes & Villains, on the ASAP Rocky joint effort “Feel The Fiyaaaah.”

RM — “들꽃놀이”

As BTS begins its hiatus, the group’s members are paying attention to their solo careers. The latest to do so is RM, who just dropped a fresh solo album, Indigo. With that, he also dropped a single for “Wild Flower,” which Uproxx’s Lai Frances calls “bone-chilling.”

Cordae — “Feel It In The Air”

Cordae started 2022 with new music via the album From A Bird’s Eye View, and now he’s closing out the year with new material, too. That came to pass last week with “Feel It In The Air,” on which he makes it clear he has issues with the business: “F*ck this industry I’m currently a part of, everybody is fake / Ulterior motives, they’ll lie in your face.”

IDK — “Coal”

There’s still time for artists to get a Christmas song out there for holiday playlist consideration, and last week, IDK came through with “Coal.” The tune is a nostalgic and light-spirited look back at IDK’s experiences with Christmas as a kid: “Mama looked at me and glanced / Trying hard not to laugh / I was five years old / And too young to understand / That if a fat white man came down the chimney / It would jam.”

ASAP Rocky — “Sh*ttin Me”

Rocky is all over the new Need For Speed Unbound game and that includes the soundtrack, which finally yielded “Sh*ttin Me,” which has been a long time coming; Rocky debuted the song at 2018’s Camp Flog Gnaw festival. This may actually be his second-best audio contribution to the game, though, just behind the custom car horn he voiced.

Babyface Ray — “Wonderful Wayne & Jackie Boy” Feat. Lil Durk

Big year for Babyface Ray! Like the aforementioned Cordae, Ray began 2022 with new album (the debut album Face) and wrapped things up last week with Mob. The latest LP features a joint track with Lil Durk, a quick-hitting number that doesn’t hang around long but makes an impression in its short runtime.

Coi Leray — “Players”

Coi Leray is one of rap’s most exciting fresh faces, but she went old-school on “Players.” The tune is built on a sample of the Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five classic “The Message” and sees Leray rapping, “If he broke, then you gotta let him know / You could have anybody, eeny, miny, moe / ‘Cause when you a boss, you could do what you want / ‘Cause girls is players, too.”

Metallica — “Lux Æterna”

2022 was an unexpectedly major year for Metallica, as a key placement in Stranger Things brought a lot of new fans to the long-running metal group. Now, they’re perfectly capitalizing with a new album, 72 Seasons. That drops in 2023 but lead single “Lux Æterna” is here now and it’s the kind of intense rocker that longtime fans will love and that should make newer followers stick around to see what’s next.

The White Lotus Misery Index is a weekly accounting of who and/or what is having the worst time in paradise in season two of the HBO series. The rankings are based on a number of factors, none of which can or will be quantified in any way. We are doing art here, not science.

UNRANKED: Cameron and Daphne (it’s all very twisted — prostitutes and trainers and jealousy rubbed in each other’s faces for sport — but they somehow might have the healthiest relationship on the show?); Mia (playing piano, letting closeted hotel managers have a night of passion, really just making dreams come true for herself and everyone around her, except for Giuseppe, who appears to be both hospitalized and out of a job now); Niccolo the Gigolo (every show should, just before the season finale, introduce a well-hung Italian man who travels around with a bag full of cocaine and handguns, just to mix it up); Quentin (we’ll get into all of this in a second); Salvatore (I do not doubt that he is bothering Isabella with inappropriate flirting but it’s also worth noting that everything he says sounds a little salacious with that voice of his, which would be a wild defense if he ends up getting punished for it); Rocco (I hope next season is about Rocco and Isabella using their employee discount to go on a honeymoon to a White Lotus in, like, Rio); Alessio the Pimp (not a sympathetic character in any real way but it is fun to imagine how much he must hate the entire Di Grasso family); the Masseuse Who Looks Like a Ripped Chalamet (good for him)

10. Tanya (Last week: 6)

GOOD NEWS: There are worse ways to spend an evening than doing massive amounts of party drugs in a villa in Palermo with a collection of raging techno gays (some of whom have fantastic little mustaches) and a well-hung Italian stud who may or may not be in the mafia and/or a gigolo who travels around with a handgun and a bag filled with cocaine.

BAD NEWS: Quentin is shady as hell and it seems like he could be using all of this as a way to either butter her up or blackmail her or maybe even try to bump her off as part of a multistep plot to separate her from her money and continue to fund his current cash-poor, palazzo-heavy lifestyle.

WORSE NEWS: I have been looking at this picture…

… for hours now and I have convinced myself that the other person with Quentin in that photograph is Greg, Tanya’s crappy husband who conveniently left their vacation for “business” just as Quentin and Jack showed up to woo Tanya and separate her from the assistant she relies on for common sense and general survival.

Again, things could be worse. She really did do a lot of cocaine with Niccolo and appeared to be having a blast. As one does. This is all more of a tomorrow problem.

9. Valentina the Manager (Last week: 7)

Let’s run through Valentina’s various issues…

• Invited Isabella out for a drink on her birthday and was all giggly and cute about it until she learned Isabella and Rocco have been secretly dating and got engaged, at which point her entire world fell apart
• Got kind of drunk alone at the bar in the hotel she works at, again, on her birthday
• Ended up in various stages of undress/passion in an empty suite with a teenage prostitute who had recently gotten a job playing piano in the lounge of her hotel after kind of poisoning the previous piano player

I feel bad for Valentina, in a way. She’s been suppressing a side of herself for so long and she’s just now letting it loose and things are all going to hell a little bit. In context, I’m happy for her that she’s getting to experience these things after stuffing them down inside for her whole life. On paper, though… let’s just say the legal team at the White Lotus chain of resorts might want to put their management through another round of workplace harassment training. None of this would look great all typed up into a legal complaint. And that’s before we get to whatever exactly Salvatore is up to. It could be better.

8. Isabella at the Front Desk (Last week: 10)

SHE JUST WANTS TO BE WITH ROCCO

SHE SEEMS LIKE A NICE LADY

LET HER BE WITH ROCCO

GOOD FOR THEM

7. Harper (Last week: 2)

Harper has been having a real dicey go of it lately. She found that condom wrapper in the couch and left it on the counter for Ethan to discover. She’s seen him arguing with prostitutes in the lobby. She’s kind of torturing him a little by sunning herself in a bikini and grabbing drinks and giggling a little with Cameron, which she knows will drive Ethan crazy, and even now, after Cameron allegedly set the record straight and copped to his involvement with both prostitutes and Ethan’s innocence in it all, she’s still got a pouty husband who would rather go jogging and look at various adult websites by himself than be even a little intimate with her for a single minute.

Harper is having a bad time. It’s not going to get better anytime in the immediate future either, what with Ethan accusing both her and Cameron of sneaky hotel dalliances. She desperately needs to go home.

6. Getting Threatened With an Artichoke (Last week: Unranked)

Three things are important to note here:

• Getting threatened with a knife is one thing because you can explain it to people without losing face, like, “Dude, we ran away because this crazy old woman was shouting at us and gesturing with a huge kitchen knife,” but when an old Sicilian who may or may not be your cousin is chasing you off of her property with an artichoke… I mean, that’s tough to recover from
• This is not an unreasonable reaction to three strange men from another country showing up at your house unannounced and inviting themselves onto your property
• I love this woman very much

Send her and Jennifer Coolidge to a ski lodge together next season. Let her bring the knife. And the artichoke. It’ll be fun.

5. Portia (Last week: 8)

Portia’s Sicilian adventure took a dark turn this week. It was fun at first. It’s been fun for a while, actually. She blew off Albie to hang out with Jack and his tattoos and sexy underpants and sensitive nipples. They had sex on a boat. They stole some stuff and ran away as various local business owners gave chase. They hopped in a car and took a day trip and everything was going great until Jack had a little — a lot — too much to drink and started speaking in cryptic circles about being in holes and doing “things” for his “uncle” and now she’s just very concerned and suspicious, in part because of… like, all of the things in this paragraph and in part because of the thing where Tanya gave her a different cryptic message at breakfast after watching Jack and Quentin thrust about the villa at night.

What do we think here? My working theory is the blackmail/divorce thing, where Quentin — possibly working with Greg — is using Italian gigolos to put Tanya in a tough spot and using Jack to woo and/or distract Portia to prevent anyone from looking around at any/all of it like “This seems incredibly sketchy all-around.” My second working theory is that Quentin and his party-loving cohorts are the ones who end up dead in the ocean. I am going to tell everyone these theories this week whether they watch the show or not. People are going to get really sick of it.

4. The Di Grasso Family (Last week: Albie – 10; Dom – 4; Bert – Unranked)

It’ll be easiest to run through these goofballs together, in one section, broken down individually. So let’s do that.

Albie: The sweet girl he likes who he knows is a sex worker came along to translate and basically got dragged out of the car by a pimp with many facial piercings and he did squat about it but sit there and fret, which is both not what you’re looking for from a chivalry perspective and somehow perfectly on-brand. There’s a non-zero chance that he snaps and kills Alessio the Pimp and ends up rotting away in a Sicilian prison. Not how you want to remember your vacation.

Dom: Watched his son in the rearview mirror of the car pecking sweet little kisses on a prostitute he had been engaged with in a jacuzzi threesome as recently as a few days ago. Also did squat when her pimp came to extract her from the car. Still really funny to picture Tony Sirico berating him for all of this in character as Paulie Walnuts.

Bert: His big huge trip to Sicily to discover his roots and connect with his ancestors ended with the oldest woman in Europe shouting at him in a language he never learned to speak and threatening him with a combination of blades and spiky vegetables. He has that head wound. His son and grandson have recently made out with the same prostitute. He seems pretty sad about it. It’s kind of fun to picture one of the old guys he plays dominos with back home — I don’t know why but I picture him playing dominos — asking how the trip went and him just sighing with enough force to rattle the whole table.

3. Jack the Rowdy English Boy (Last week: Unranked)

Sheesh. Most of Jack and his issues were covered in the section on Portia and we don’t especially need to rehash them all here, if only because they are kind of a bummer. Let’s just say this, quickly, in bullet form:

• If we assume, not unreasonably, that Quentin plucked him from the gutter and let him live this fancy life in exchange for sex and/or assisting in various extortion plots, and that Quentin also hired Niccolo the Gigolo, then that guy sure does have a lot of transactional sexual relationships going on here
• It’s rarely a good thing when you are just slurring your way through sentences like “I love beer”
• It is kind of funny — might be the wrong word — that Portia and Albie might have both ended up with sex workers by accident after their very brief little pool date

Jack is going to wake up in the morning with an angry young woman next to him and she is going to have a lot of questions. This is not a great way to start a day.

2. Lucia (Last week: Unranked)

Her fun little day translating for the sweet American boy got sidetracked by her pimp and his goons trying to run them off the road and then none of the three men in the car with her did much of anything to prevent her being abducted and possibly facing bodily harm or death. It’s starting to dawn on her that Albie is going to head back to America soon and she’s going to be left alone in Sicily to deal with the fallout. Her friend and fellow escort seems to be following her dreams and smiling a lot and really just thriving in a way that appears to have escaped her for her entire life. It could be going better.

She is, kind of, the only character on the show I care about heading into the finale. It might not end too great for either of us.

1. Ethan (Last week: 1)

Ethan is:

• Sighing a lot
• Sitting around with his head in his hands
• Having hallucinations of his wife and college friend carrying on an affair behind his back but also kind of in front of his face
• Swimming out into the ocean alone with an expression on his face that seems to imply he would be mostly okay if the waves took him out to sea and then pulled him under

I remain at least partially convinced that two of the bodies in the water by the end of this — instead of or in addition to Quentin and his yacht boys — are Ethan and Cameron and they ended up there because Ethan snapped and triggered a multi-jet ski collision in the sea that resulted in multiple fatalities.

Next week is going to be fun and/or devastating. I am really quite excited.

The Lakers’ early struggles have masked the resurgence of Anthony Davis back into All-NBA form, but as L.A. climbs its way out of the Western Conference cellar, it’s been on the back of Davis playing the best ball we’ve seen from him since helping the Lakers win a title in 2020.

Davis is averaging 28.6 points and 12.8 rebounds per game as he has accepted the role many have long wanted him to take on as L.A.’s center, dominating opposing fives thanks to his combination of strength and quickness. Davis not only being willing to play the five but embracing the role of being a dominant center is arguably Darvin Ham’s greatest feat so far as Lakers coach. For years, fans and analysts have been begging Davis to become the Lakers’ full-time five, but he has long been resistant to that idea. This year, by sheer necessity on a roster without any depth at center, he has become that. And both he and the Lakers are better for it.

The move to center has allowed Davis to change his shot diet tremendously, almost exclusively working around the rim and in the paint this season. Entering Sunday’s game with the Wizards, when he had 55 points on 22-of-30 shooting, Davis was attempting 66.3 percent of his shots from inside 10 feet from the basket, the highest percentage in his career, including 38.5 percent of his attempts at the rim, the most since the second season of his career, per Basketball-Reference. It’s an important shift that has been needed but hard to get Davis to make, because after an unbelievable heater in the Bubble in which he shot the ball better than he ever did in his career, his jumper has fallen off considerably in the two-plus seasons since.

Davis’ hesitancy to become a full-time center was understandable given the various injuries he’s sustained over his career, but when he plays with force — attacking downhill — he is simply unstoppable. That was the case against the Wizards, as he recognized Washington had no one to really protect the rim and attacked mercilessly from the jump.

His shot chart from that game is nothing short of beautiful, as he just went to work inside and the Wizards had nothing for him.

His performance against the Bucks was equally impressive, but also showed how his confidence has breathed life back into his jumper as well, as he drew Brook Lopez out of the paint with some early pull-up jumpers, creating more room to work inside later.

Defensively, he’s still as dominant as ever, posting 2.4 blocks and 1.4 steals per game, patrolling the paint and erasing mistakes by perimeter players at the rim. His athleticism allows him to switch when needed or hedge and recover, giving Darvin Ham the ability to get creative with his defensive looks.

This is the Davis that Lakers fans have wanted to see since that 2020 title run, but through a combination of injuries, unwillingness, and roster logjams at the five, we’re only just now seeing it in action. That’s a credit to Ham, who has done yeoman’s work on the bench to turn the early season around despite minimal roster additions. While getting Russell Westbrook to thrive as a bench player has gotten most of the discussion when it comes to Ham’s ability to be a star-whisperer, getting Davis to play as a dominant center is equally as impressive.

While Davis’ play doesn’t change the Lakers’ needs on the roster, as shooting remains a desperate need around Davis, LeBron James, and Westbrook, it does potentially change the calculus for the Lakers front office. With LeBron in Year 20, there were plenty wondering if this team could be a contender even if they added reinforcements and made a big move — including, reportedly, the Lakers’ decision-makers. The only way that would be the case was if Davis returned to All-NBA form and he has steadily worked his way into being just that through 22 games this season.

What makes this current run of play feel particularly important is that it’s not simply Davis getting hot as a shooter, but is instead a fundamental change in how he’s playing. Shooting can come and go, and while going 4-of-6 from deep the last two games has undoubtedly helped, the 87 other points he’s racked up are far more impressive because they come in a much more sustainable way.

Davis should be able to dominate opposing big men. That ability has never been a question. It’s always been whether he will assert himself, and for the last month he’s done exactly that.

So long as that continues, Davis will be dominant. The shooting can make him truly unstoppable and yields things like 99 points in two games, but even without that, so long as he plays with the force he has of late, the Lakers can count on him to be a leading option, which changes their outlook on this season tremendously.

With Elon Musk holding the reins of Twitter’s destiny (and seemingly steering it toward a cliff), one of the app’s most prolific users is calling for tighter content moderation — albeit in a different form than many of Musk’s most vocal critics. Chuck D, frontman for the pioneering hip-hop group Public Enemy, thinks that if Elon is really all about equalizing free speech on both sides, he’ll ban one of the most controversial terms that has been the focal point of decades of debate.

“Yo @elonmusk the next thing twitter should do is ban the N-Word the N**ga & ni**er by anyone that uses it here,” Chuck tweeted on Friday (December 2). “Then we know things are pointing in an equalized direction. Then you can convince Zuck to do the same at IG FB get it outta here suspend em. It’s as bad as that symbol.”

“That symbol,” of course, is a swastika, for which Kanye West was recently suspended for posting (after just getting his account back from the last time he posted antisemitic commentary).

Chuck predicted a backlash but doubled down on his belief in the ban’s necessity. “It ain’t like kicking somebody’s tail in a fight,” he continued. “It’s all words and images here .. keyboard sht … so I’m not talking about anywhere else except social media right now because it can be done .. there gonna be a lotta people backbroke over their ‘pet’ getting smashed on here.”

Obviously, Chuck is not much of a proponent of the “reclamation” theory of the word’s use, nor is he a fan of the fact that within minutes of Elon Musk actually taking over Twitter, hate speech on the app skyrocketed, with use of the n-word tripling in just one week.

Of course, Chuck isn’t the only one to posit a solution: Trevor Noah joked on The Daily Show that charging $8 per instance of the word’s use would at least make Twitter profitable. We’ll wait with bated breath for Yasiin Bey’s take, which hopefully takes the form of a sequel to his scathing 1999 song about the subject.

Howard Stern has officially weighed in on the affair drama involving Good Morning America anchors Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes, and frankly, the shock jock doesn’t get why everyone’s making such a big deal out of it. While discussing the topic with co-host Robin Quivers, Stern openly admitted that “I really don’t understand what the problem is.” He seemed to be particularly miffed about the Daily Mail‘s report about Robin Roberts is upset about the affair. However, Quivers set him straight that there’s no way to tell if that’s accurate.

“Well, you don’t know that that’s true, whether Robin Roberts cares one jot,” Quivers said as Stern continued to rant about the ridiculous reactions to Holmes and Robach.

“If those two work together and they wanna bang and be in love, what do I give a sh*t? Why is that like offensive to people?” Stern said via Mediaite:

“Well, why are you talking about it?” Quivers said.

“Well, because people are saying they should be fired. I’m saying, really? Why would they be fired? So someone told me, ‘Oh, they’re supposed to report it to HR.’ And that to me is a little unrealistic. In other words, at what point do you go to HR and say you’re carrying on with one of your coworkers? Do you go, ‘Uh, oh, I’m attracted!’” Stern said jokingly.

However, by the end of the conversation, Stern threw his hands up because no one knows what did or didn’t happen behind the scenes at GMA.

“I don’t know anything,” he conceded after growing tired of quibbling over HR regulations.

(Via Mediaite)