Maren Morris recently made the call to stop showing her 4-month-old son Hayes’ face in social media posts, a decision the singer says came after receiving more than her share of mommy-shaming in the comments section.
While Maren’s used to seeing criticism of her music and career, she says that negative responses to her parenting style are off-limits.
“It’s been so fun sharing photos of him,” she told host Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live Wednesday. “But I feel like, you know, I can take someone saying my music sucks or I’m ruining country music, but for some reason, the mother card I just can’t emotionally handle right now. So I was like, ‘I’m just gonna protect myself and him from it.’”
Late last month, the “Girl” hitmaker received a comment asking where baby Hayes’ life jacket was after she posted a snapshot of herself and her son enjoying a day at the lake. Both Maren and her husband, fellow artist, Ryan Hurd, stood up against the naysayer, though she ultimately decided to delete the picture and several others.
Now, when Maren does share pictures of Hayes on social media, his face is typically covered by an emoji.
“I would just have to say that anyone that is a mother who is shaming another mother…I think it comes from just a deep insecurity in your own motherhood that you have to criticize someone else that’s especially, like, you know, brand-new at this,” she says. “We all feel like we suck in the beginning anyways.”
(PHILADELPHIA) — A Philadelphia police officer has been charged with three counts of simple assault after video purportedly showed him spraying peaceful, kneeling protesters with pepper spray during protests against police brutality, officials said.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced the charges against Officer Richard Nicoletti, 35, on Wednesday.
Nicoletti was seen on social media videos on June 1 spraying the three protesters “without provocations,” according to a statement from Krasner’s office.
He was also seen physically pulling down the goggles of a protester who was kneeling in the street and spraying her in the face and “violently” throwing another protester, who was sitting hunched over to protect his face, onto his back and “continually spraying him with [pepper spray] while he was lying down and standing back up,” the statement said.
The protester, unable to see because of the pepper spray, swung at the officer without contact and was left on his feet in close proximity to moving traffic on the other side of the highway, according to Krasner and online videos.
The incident took place during the protests against police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who was killed by Minneapolis police in May.
The protesters had caused a traffic stop on 1-676 in Philadelphia around 5 p.m. that day, prompting state and local police to respond.
Nicoletti was among those to respond.
Although the protest was peaceful, Krasner’s office said “tear gas was deployed, causing physical harm, panic and confusion.”
While many scrambled to get away from the tear gas, three protesters remained kneeling and another stood closely by.
As the canisters of tear gas landed near them, the protesters would push them away.
“There is no indication that a thrown canister hit an officer or state trooper,” according to Krasner’s office, who said it was then that Nicoletti approached the four protesters and pepper sprayed them.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw have since publicly apologized for the deployment of tear gas during the protest and declared to end the use of pepper spray to disperse crowds under certain conditions.
The three protesters who were sprayed were offered medical treatment and eventually made it off I-676. The protester who was standing when Nicoletti approached the group was not sprayed.
“The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office will not make excuses for crimes committed by law enforcement that demean the democratic freedoms so many Americans have fought and died to preserve,” Krasner said in a statement.
John McNesby, the president of FOP Lodge 5, the Philadelphia police union, said in a statement to ABC News that Krasner was “only charging Philadelphia police officers following the recent unrest in the city.”
“Krasner refuses to hold unlawful protesters accountable, those who set fire and looted our great city … his top priority is to push his anti-police agenda,” McNesby said.
The union will provide defense for Nicoletti, according to the statement.
In addition to the simple assault charges, Nicoletti was charged with possession of an instrument of crime, recklessly endangering another person and official oppression.
The Philadelphia Police Department did not immediately respond to ABC News for comment. Nicoletti was suspended from the department for 30 days with intent to dismiss, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“It’s because I can do it. And I believe other people believe they can do it, too,” Tyson told ESPN. “Just because we are 54, it doesn’t mean that we have to start a new career and our lives are totally over. Not when you feel as beautiful as I do, and I’m sure that other people feel the same way.”
He continued, “I never took that many punches. After the last fight I had, I left and I lived my life, and I’ve been through some experiences, and now I’m back here. I feel like I took better care of my body and my state of mind than most of the fighters before me that retired and came back.”
Jones, 51, was considered the most brilliant boxer in the sport and defeated Scott Sigmon in his last professional appearance in February 2018.
When asked by ESPN about the risk that he and Jones could face at their ages, Tyson didn’t seem concerned.
“We’re both accomplished fighters, we know how to take care of ourselves,” he said. “It’s an eight-round exhibition. And, listen, we’ll be all right. Trust me, we can take care of ourselves.”
Famed Mixed Martial Arts coach Rafael Cordeiro has apparently been training Tyson for months for the upcoming fight and will be in his corner, ESPN reported.
The bout will air exclusively on multimedia platform Triller and will be available on Pay-per-view broadcast.
According to ESPN, Triller will also show a 10-part docuseries leading up to the bout.
Freeform/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) — Weeks after he was accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct, The Hollywood Reporter says comedian Chris D’Elia’s upcoming show with Netflix has been scrapped.
D’Elia stands accused of sexual harassing women and asking for nude photos from at least one woman who claims he knew she was a minor at the time. D’Elia has denied the charges.
The controversy was enough to get D’Elia dropped from his talent agency.
The Netflix series was to see D’Elia partnered with friend and fellow comedian and actor Brian Callen, and was supposed to be an unscripted show dealing with pranks, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
(MINNEAPOLIS) — The former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd is also facing multiple felony charges of tax evasion.
Derek Chauvin and his estranged wife, Kellie May Chauvin, were charged on Wednesday by Washington County prosecutors with failing to file their taxes since 2016 and filing fraudulent returns since 2014.
The couple, who have two homes in Oakdale, Minnesota, and one in Windermere, Florida, owe $37,868 in taxes and penalties, according to the criminal complaint.
Derek Chauvin is currently in custody at the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Oak Park Heights on $1.25 million bond following his arrest for the May 25 death of Floyd. He has entered a not guilty plea to the murder charges.
His attorney for the Floyd case, Eric Nelson, declined to comment to ABC News on Thursday about the tax evasion charges or confirm whether he would represent the couple in that case.
Chauvin, a 19-year law enforcement veteran, was seen on cellphone video pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck as Floyd lay on the ground struggling to breathe and calling for his mother.
Kellie May Chauvin filed for divorce after Derek Chauvin and three other Minneapolis officers were arrested on felony murder and manslaughter charges in Floyd’s death.
The Chauvins are now facing six counts each of filing false or fraudulent returns and three counts each of failure to file returns, according to court documents. If convicted, they face up to five years in prison and $10,000 in fines.
“When you fail to fulfill the basic obligation to file and pay taxes, you are taking money from the pockets of citizens of Minnesota,” Washington County Attorney Pete Orput said in a statement. “Our office has and will continue to file these charges when presented. Whether you are a prosecutor or police officer, or you are a doctor or a realtor, no one is above the law.”
According to the complaint, the Minnesota Department of Revenue’s investigation into the Chauvins started on June 12 following multiple correspondences sent in 2019 by the department regarding their missing 2016 individual income tax return.
In addition to Derek Chauvin’s earnings from the Minneapolis Police Department, he worked since 2014 as an off-duty security guard at four businesses, the complaint said.
“D. Chauvin earned approximately $95,920.00 between January 2014 and December 2019 from El Nuevo Rodeo that the Chauvins did not report as income,” according to the complaint.
The 44-year-old also worked as a licensed Realtor for RE/MAX Results in 2017, earning $9,477.50 that was not reported, the complaint said.
Kellie May Chauvin, 45, has worked as a licensed Realtor for RE/MAX Results in Eden Prairie since 2016 but did not report that income, according to the complaint. She also operates a photography business under the name “KC Images,” for which she allegedly did not report her income in 2014 and 2015, according to the complaint.
She told investigators that she did not file income tax returns because “it got away from her,” according to the criminal complaint. Her father was their accountant for at least two tax seasons, the complaint said.
The couple allegedly purchased a 2018 BMW X5 in January 2018 for more than $100,000 and registered it under their address in Florida, where they allegedly avoided paying more than $5,000 in sales tax. Kellie May Chauvin allegedly told investigators last month that they changed their residency to Florida “because it was cheaper to register a car,” according to the criminal complaint.
A court date has not yet been set for the Chauvins’ arraignment, prosecutors confirmed to ABC News on Thursday.
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