BRITNEY SPEARS announced that she’s having a baby . . . unless she was just telling us she ate too much. In a typically confusing Instagram post she said, “I lost so much weight to go on my Maui trip only to gain it back . . . My husband said ‘No you’re food pregnant silly!!!’ So I got a pregnancy test . . . and uhhhhh well . . . I am having a baby.” But then she added, “4 days later I got a little more food pregnant. It’s growing!!! If 2 are in there . . . I might just [lose] it . . .”I obviously won’t be going out as much due to the paps getting their money shot of me like they unfortunately already have.” Then she said, “It’s hard because when I was pregnant I had perinatal depression . . . I have to say it is absolutely horrible. This time I will be doing yoga every day!!! Spreading lots of joy and love.” Then her boyfriend Sam posted a picture of two lions with their cub, and said, “Fatherhood is something I have always looked forward to and I don’t take lightly. It is the most important job I will ever do.”
BILLY RAY CYRUS’ wife TISH has filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. They’ve been married for more than 28 years. This is the THIRD time one of them has threatened to end things. Billy Ray filed for divorce in 2010, but withdrew his petition a few months later. Tish filed in 2013, but again, they decided to reconcile. Billy Ray and Tish have five adult children: Daughters Miley, Noah, and Brandi, and sons Trace and Braison. Brandi and Trace aren’t Billy Ray’s biological children, but he adopted them when he married Tish. Billy Ray is 60, and Tish is 54.
SELENA GOMEZ shared a message for body shamers as she indulged in Jack in the Box. “I don’t care about my weight because people [B-word] about it anyway . . . I am perfect the way I am. Moral of the story? Bye.”
SIMON COWELL is quitting botox injections and replacing it with facials. He said his face was turning into, “something out a horror film,” that even his eight-year-old son laughed at.
A family movie called “Spirit Halloween” is on the way, starring was made with CHRISTOPHER LLOYD and RACHEL LEIGH COOK. It’s about three kids who spend the night in one of the stores, and the animatronics come to life. No release date has been announced.
KELSEA BALLERINI was supposed to co-host the CMT’s with ANTHONY MACKIE, but she tested positive for COVID-19 and had to stay home. The best news of the night was CODY JOHNSON finally breaking through. After years of paying his dues he won his first two CMTs. “Dear Rodeo” took home the Digital-First Performance of the Year award, and “Til You Can’t” won Male Video of the Year. The other big winners were CARRIE UNDERWOOD and JASON ALDEAN. “If I Didn’t Love You” won Video of the Year, and Collaborative Video of the Year. Carrie increased her CMT total to 25, which is still the most in that show’s history. KANE BROWN tried to take Kelsea’s place, but that job’s impossible without tons of rehearsals. Anthony Mackie held up his end and hopefully he and Kelsea can try again next year. If there was a bravery award it would’ve gone to COLE SWINDELL and LAINEY WILSON for performing “Never Say Never” in the pouring rain on Lower Broadway. CARLY PEARCE commanded the stage while performing “Diamondback”. MIRANDA LAMBERT wore her cowgirl best while performing “If I Was a Cowboy”. And a new name – CAITLYN SMITH blew everyone away while singing “High”. There was one clunker. JASON ALDEAN and BRYAN ADAMS could NOT harmonize while performing “Heaven”. THE JUDDS made their first awards show performance in over 20 years. They did their 1990 hit, “Love Will Build a Bridge”. It topped off their news earlier in the day when they announced the details of their Final Tour. The show closed on a high note with KENNY CHESNEY doing “Beer in Mexico”. It was his first CMT performance in seven years. Here’s your complete list of last night’s winners . . .
• Video of the Year: “If I Didn’t Love You”, Carrie Underwood with Jason Aldean
• Female Video of the Year: “If I Was a Cowboy”, Miranda Lambert
• Male Video of the Year: “Til You Can’t”, Cody Johnson
• Duo / Group Video of the Year: “Woman You Got”, Maddie & Tae
• CMT Performance of the Year: “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone”, George Strait. . . from “CMT Giants: Charley Pride”
• Collaborative Video of the Year: “If I Didn’t Love You”, Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood
• Breakthrough Video of the Year: “To Be Loved By You”, Parker McCollum
• Trending Comeback Song of the Year: “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)”, Taylor Swift
• CMT Digital-First Performance of the Year: “Dear Rodeo”, Cody Johnsonfrom “CMT Campfire Sessions”
THE JUDDS will be hitting the road for the very last time. They’re calling it the Final Tour, and it’s a 10-show run that’ll kick-off September 30th in Grand Rapids, Michigan. MARTINA MCBRIDE will open select dates. Tickets go on sale Friday at TheJudds.com.
DIERKS BENTLEY has a great story about a random event that changed “Beers on Me”. He already had HARDY on the song, then he read an article about “a guy named BRELAND” . . . and he wanted to bring him in too. “[I] called, and he came in the next day and rewrote the third verse and made it a hundred times better . . . and then sang on it with the most beautiful voice I’ve ever heard. [It’s] just kind of a meant-to-be thing.”
Alice Cooper ‘Detroit Muscle’ 2022 U.S. Tour Dates
Sept. 07 — Bethlehem, Pa. @ Wind Creek Event Center
Ringo Starr 2022 Tour
06/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Metropolitan Theater
Jessie James Decker is 34.
Easton Corbin is 40.
Vince Gill is 65.
Andy Garcia is 66.
David Letterman is 75.
Ed O’Neill is 76.
