Ryan Seacrest doesn’t care about what people are saying about his new look. The TV host has undergone what many have described as a dramatic transformation and now appears noticeably slimmer.

Despite some criticism of his appearance, Seacrest reportedly “thinks he looks great” and is “proud” of his new body.

Ryan Seacrest is also said to be “extremely focused” on maintaining his new look, which reports claim that he worked hard for.

Amid ongoing commentary surrounding Ryan Seacrest’s body transformation and “new face,” sources have revealed why the TV host became so committed to changing his appearance.

“Ryan grew up as a chubby kid, and those insecurities never fully left him,” one insider revealed to Rob Shuter’s “Naughty But Nice “Substack. “He was teased when he was younger, and even now, he still sees that overweight kid in the mirror.”

The revelation comes as no shock, as Seacrest has previously spoken about struggling with his weight as a child and, in recent years, making a conscious effort to turn that part of his life around.

While the transformation may have caught some people off guard, an insider claims it “didn’t just happen overnight.”

Instead, the change is reportedly the result of Seacrest improving his diet and becoming more committed to his workout routine without slacking off.

“Ryan has worked incredibly hard to look like this. The workouts, the diet, the fasting — he is extremely focused,” added the insider.

Ryan Seacrest Loves His New Look Despite Concerns From Fans

Renewed attention on Seacrest comes after his appearance at the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation’s Taste For A Cure event, and many quickly took to social media to criticize the slimmer look they saw in photos that made their way to the internet.

But according to the source, Seacrest isn’t going to let the criticism from outsiders change how he feels about his new look, regardless of whatever they say.

“Ryan thinks he looks great,” said the source. “He feels healthier, more confident, and more in control than ever before. He truly could not be happier.”

Even more, Seacrest feels he has worked extremely hard to reach this point and intends to continue showing off the results as much as he can.

“For Ryan, this is personal,” another source says. “He worked hard for this body and this look — and he’s proud of it.”

The Media Personality Has Shared Videos Of Himself Working Out

Proof that Ryan Seacrest is not letting criticism about his appearance affect him can seemingly be seen in how openly he continues to share workout content online.

One such video dates back to November 2025, when he took to Instagram to post a clip of himself doing seated bicep curls.

In the video, his bulging biceps were on full display beneath a navy blue T-shirt, while his dark-colored gym shorts also highlighted what appeared to be noticeably toned legs.

In the caption, the media personality appeared to joke about the attention surrounding his sculpted physique, writing, “The trick is to wear a T-shirt two sizes too small.”

Ryan Seacrest Said He Was Doing ‘Everything’ He Could To ‘Feel Like I’m Not 50’

As for Seacrest’s workout routine, the TV show host had previously hinted at it during an interview with Entertainment Tonight in 2024.

“I’m doing everything I can to feel like I’m not 50,” he told his host, adding, “lots of muscle recovery, cold plunging, and steaming.”

Seacrest went further to admit that he was doing his best to feel young again, especially with his workout, seemingly stressing that he was going the natural route to stay youthful and healthy.

“Anything I can do to make myself feel 29 again,” he joked at the time.

Ryan Seacrest Recently Revealed He Takes Potential Partners Out For A ‘Little Exercise’

Seacrest’s love for fitness even extends to how he goes about picking a partner.

“I take everybody out for a little exercise. It’s a test,” Seacrest said last month during an episode of his “On Air With Ryan Seacrest,” per Page Six.

At the time, he also listed other dating red flags, including having a loud alarm that just “ruins your day from the beginning.”

“It’s got to be a chimey thing. Like a pleasant, not a hardcore alarm. Chimes. Green flag,” Seacrest added.

He also would only prefer a partner who “can get ready in less than 27 minutes” whenever they have outing plans.

“Cause not 30. It’s not 25. 27. Green flag. If you’re over an hour, and I have been there over an hour. What are you doing?” he said.

While already shockingly prolific for someone who was born before World War II, Ridley Scott is involved in more projects than you probably realize. He’s set to return to the sci-fi genre this year with The Dog Stars, featuring Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin. It’s his first directorial effort in two years. However, Scott has remained highly active as a producer and an executive producer in both films and television. He has been credited for these roles on as many as 10 movies in the last five years alone. He has served as an executive producer on seven new shows since 2020, with the most recent being Alien: Earth. However, one of his returning series is performing exceptionally well on streaming after its recent return.

The horror show has featured a different cast and creators for each of its three seasons. Released in 2018, the first season was developed by David Kajganich, best known for his subsequent work with director Luca Guadagnino. It featured Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, and Ciarán Hinds, with directing duties on several episodes being performed by Edward Berger. The second season, which premiered in 2019, was created by Max Borenstein, who is best known for his work on Legendary’s MonsterVerse movies. The latest season, which premiered on May 7, was created by Victor LaValle and based on his 2013 novel.

Ridley Scott’s Horror Series Is Back After More than 5 Years

We’re talking about The Terror: Devil in Silver. The series is headlined by Dan Stevens, with Aasif Mandvi, CCH Pounder, and Stephen Root in supporting roles. The new season holds an excellent 95% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “Dan Stevens and a game supporting cast deliver well-rounded performances with nuance and verve in this latest installment of The Terror, which humanely depicts its subject’s troubles with mental health and supernatural frights.” In her review, Collider’s Kelcie Mattson wrote, “Season 3 might not quite reach the spectacular first season’s overall heights, but it’s still a disquieting, philosophical dissection of human nature that simultaneously proves this anthology’s flexibility and its staying power.” According to FlixPatrol, The Terror: Devil in Silver was the number one show on AMC+ after a week. The six-episode season will conclude on June 11. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.

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David Kajganich, Soo Hugh, Christopher Cantwell

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Tim Mielants, Edward Berger, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Fred Toye, Karyn Kusama, Michael Lehmann, Josef Kubota Wladyka, Lily Mariye, Toa Fraser, Meera Menon

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David Kajganich, Shannon Goss, Tony Tost, Steven Hanna, Andres Fischer-Centeno, Benjamin Endsley Klein, Danielle Roderick, Alessandra DiMona, Josh Parkinson

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You’re unlikely to ever find people as devoted and invested in their own fandom as fans of The Lord of the Rings. Unlike most franchises in pop culture, these fans have fully embraced all the strange and quirky things that make both the books and the movies special, choosing to have fun with them instead of complaining or judging (for the most part). That’s why there are so many Middle-earth memes around, from simple lines that take on a life of their own to random facts about the making of the movies. The weirdest and funniest of them, however, has to be the tale of Figwit (Bret McKenzie), a character who was fully born from one such memes — and one of the first ones at that!

Figwit First Appears as a Background Character in ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’

To bring Middle-earth fully to life, the Peter Jackson trilogy had to cast a lot of background characters. After all, if J.R.R. Tolkien created such a complex and vivid land, the movies had to do justice to it, right? What probably neither of them expected, however, was that one such character would actually attract the fans’ attention more than the saga’s own protagonist, especially at a key moment in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

In the Council of Elrond (Hugo Weaving) scene, there’s a heated debate about what should be done with the One Ring. Frodo (Elijah Wood) then stands up to tell everyone that he will take it to Mordor and destroy it, with the camera cutting to a wider shot of everyone present staring at him. When fandom powerhouse Iris Hadad watched that scene, she began to praise Frodo, but was surprised by the handsome Elf on the far right, and, thus, Figwit came into being.

This isn’t the character’s official name, and actor Bret McKenzie himself isn’t even credited in the movie, but, once Hadad’s eyes landed on him, Figwit suddenly belonged to the entire fandom. His name is the acronym of her reaction: “Frodo is great… Who is THAT?” She went even further, setting up a whole website (linked above) dedicated to Figwit after The Fellowship of the Ring came out, so everyone could obsess over him.

Peter Jackson Summoned Figwit Back in ‘The Return of the King’

In the Council of Elrond, Figwit can also be seen sitting beside Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), but he doesn’t even have a line. Still, his sheer presence and looks were enough to cause a fuss amongst the fandom. So much fuss, in fact, that Peter Jackson himself noted it and called McKenzie back for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, since, unfortunately, he wasn’t available for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, according to a USA Today story about it.

In the third movie, though, Figwit is back in all his glory and has actual lines! This happens in the scene where Arwen (Liv Tyler) has a vision of her future with Aragorn and decides to stay in Middle-earth. When she turns around and rides back to Rivendell, Figwit is there, telling her, “Lady Arwen, we cannot delay,” and calling out for her once she departs. Unfortunately, the character is credited only as “Elf Escort,” not Figwit, but, by then, everyone already knew him by his true name.

In The Return of the King DVD extras, Jackson himself admits that he called McKenzie back to play Figwit to please the fans, because “so much fuss has been made about him over the last couple of years.” Later, in 2004, Figwit got his own documentary, too, appropriately called Frodo Is Great… Who Is THAT?, following McKenzie’s relationship with the meme and featuring interviews from his cast mates, including Jackson and even Ian McKellen.

Bret McKenzie Returned in ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,’ but as a Different Elf

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The Return of the King wasn’t the last Middle-earth has seen of Figwit, thankfully — or of Bret McKenzie, at least. In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, when Gandalf and the Company of Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) arrive in Rivendell, they are greeted by a familiar face, but it isn’t really Figwit. In The Hobbit, McKenzie plays Lindir, one of Elrond’s aides, whom the actor jokingly described as having “slightly different ears.”

Contrary to Figwit, Lindir does have a few lines, and much more complex ones. Instead of simply calling out or staring at the main characters, this time McKenzie had to learn his lines in Elvish, which proved quite a challenge. Of course, many people know him as half of Flight of the Conchords, too, but, as it turns out, memorizing lines in Elvish is a touch beyond memorizing lyrics in English. In Middle-earth, though, he’ll always be Figwit.

As silly as all this may seem, Figwit is a perfect example of how the fans themselves can make something like The Lord of the Rings their own, regardless of how big and important the franchise is. We love our memes and inside jokes, from Viggo Mortensen breaking his toe in The Two Towers to Hugo Weaving speaking to himself as both Elrond and Isildur in The Fellowship of the Ring. With The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum on the way, we’re now excited to see what memes will come out of that one, too.

Colin Jost narrowly avoided losing his “award-winning” hair live on air during Saturday Night Live’s season 51 finale.

The hair-mergency was the culmination of the latest “Weekend Update Joke Swap” segment on Saturday, May 16, where Jost, 43, and his cohost Michael Che read offensive jokes they wrote for each other. After brutal jokes about Michael Jackson and Michael B. Jordan‘s Oscar win, Jost had to read a zinger that Che wrote about Kanye West.

“Ye has released a new album called Bully,” Jost began. “Please try to separate the art from the artist. Remember, Ye can make awful music and still be right about Hitler.”

(In January, West, 48, publicly apologized for making antisemitic comments in the past, insisting that he is “not a Nazi or an antisemite.”)

As the SNL studio audience cringed, Jost acknowledged that his joke was “offensive to everyone” before reading a mea culpa penned by Che.

“To apologize, I’d like to sacrifice the most important thing in my life: my beautiful, award-winning, world-famous hair,” Jost said. “That’s right, I’m shaving it off! Send in the barber.”

A shocked Jost was joined on stage by a barber, who promptly put a smock over the comedian’s shoulders and whipped out a razor.

“Jerome, make me un-pretty,” Jost wearily read from the teleprompter.

Just before the barber started shaving his head, Che, 42, intervened to ask whether his comedy partner would actually go through with the stunt.

“Man, you are the greatest comedian of all time,” Che told Jost as they both chuckled. “No, don’t do it!”

“I was so scared,” Jost admitted.

While Jost got away unscathed this time, the “Joke Swap” has had some major consequences for him in the past. In December 2024, SNL cameras caught Jost’s wife Scarlett Johansson’s disgusted reaction to a vulgar joke Che wrote about her.

“Costco has removed the roast beef sandwich from its menu. I’ve been eating roast beef every night since my wife had the kid,” a horrified Jost read.

The Marvel star admitted to InStyle in March 2025 that she was completely caught off guard by the crudity of Che’s one-liner.

“It was so vulgar. I just can’t believe that they went there,” she admitted. “I was like — it was so gross. It was really gross. And, like, old-school gross.”

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The couple got their revenge during SNL’s season 50 finale when they teamed up to write embarrassing jokes for Che to read.

“The fact is, I was just lashing out because I’m jealous,” a smirking Che told Jost and Johansson, 41. “I’ve never ever seen a human vagina. And notice I said ‘human’ because I once spent the summer on a farm.”

Saturday Night Live returns with season 52 on NBC this fall.

For Chicago P.D. fans, Hailey Upton (Tracy Spiridakos) was not just another member of the Intelligence Unit. She was a fierce proponent of justice since she joined in Season 4 and worked her way up the unit to become a detective alongside Sergeant Hank Voight (Jason Beghe). The journey was not without scars, following numerous traumatic situations that tested her resilience and marriage to Jay Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer). Spiridakos left the series in Season 11, citing an interest in pursuing other creative opportunities. Soon after, she landed a role in a movie and later in a crime series. That crime series now has a premiere date.

Spiridakos stars in USA Network‘s upcoming crime drama, likened to Yellowstone and True Detective. The show is one of the several that have been ordered at the network as it seeks to reclaim its place in the scripted content arena. Also coming to USA Network is the second season of The Rainmaker. In this new show, Spiridakos picks up another badge of a different kind as she works to keep parks safe.

Titled Anna Pigeon after the main character, the show is based on Nevada Barr‘s popular mystery book series. According to the show’s official description, Pigeon is “a former city slicker who became a park ranger after a devastating loss changed the trajectory of her life forever. While Anna tries to outrun her demons, her focus turns to solving crimes that have taken place within national park grounds, no matter who or what gets in her way.” Other cast members include Ronnie Rowe (as Frederick Stanton), Paulina Alexis (as Zoey Bear Child), and Melanie Scrofano (as Bethany Lopez), among others. USA Network released a trailer that previews events in the show.

Tracy Spiridakos Is on the Case in ‘Anna Pigeon’ Trailer

In the video above, Anna has already settled into her life as a park ranger after leaving the city. However, she keeps in touch with her sister, who is a practicing psychiatrist. We learn that Anna ran away after the murder of her husband. The tragedy amplified her sense of justice, so when a dead body is found in the park, she’s hellbent on solving it. A jurisdictional problem occurs between her and Stanton, an FBI agent tasked with bringing the killer to justice. Meanwhile, Anna is trying to find the way back to herself with a mentee and a romantic interest in tow. The trailer promises emotional arcs, gorgeous shots of the landscape, and plenty of mystery.

Anna Pigeon debuts on Friday, August 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on USA Network. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.

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Derek Haas

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Nick Gomez, Eriq La Salle, Carl Seaton, Fred Berner, Vincent Misiano, Bethany Rooney, Rohn Schmidt, Sanford Bookstaver, John Hyams, Nicole Rubio, Terry Miller, Takashi Doscher, Brenna Malloy, Lisa Robinson, Marc Roskin, Charles S. Carroll, David Rodriguez, Holly Dale, John Polson, Lin Oeding, Mykelti Williamson, Paul McCrane, Alik Sakharov, Charlotte Brändström

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Influencers Jessi and Alessio Pasini finally brought their baby boy home from the NICU — and have already received a hefty bill for their newborn’s life-saving treatment.

“It is $900,357.55,” Jessi said in a Friday, May 16, TikTok video, to which Alesso revealed the sum is “almost a million.”

“Lorenzo is a million-dollar baby,” Alessio quipped. “But it is more because we have $250K from [Jessi’s visit] … and here is missing the doctors.”

Jessi gave birth to the couple’s first baby, son Lorenzo Leone, prematurely at 26 weeks in February. Jessi had been diagnosed with complete placenta previa, which required medical supervision before her delivery. After Lorenzo’s arrival, he was transported to the NICU unit for months of treatment and observation.

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According to Jessi, the neonatologists in the unit cost $4,000 a day.

“He was there for 85 days, [which totals to] $340,000,” she said, noting that insurance has helped cover the financial cost of their baby’s treatment.

Jessi and Alessio’s son was discharged earlier this month, and the couple finally brought their newborn home.

“After 85 days in the NICU, you finally get to walk out with Dad,” the couple wrote via Instagram on Monday, May 11, alongside footage of Alessio holding Lorenzo’s car seat.

Lorenzo has been home for two weeks at the time of publication.

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“In the NICU, the nurses chart everything that they do and then they write it on a piece of paper and they plug it into the computer so they know when he ate, took his medicine, whatever,” Jessi recalled in a YouTube vlog posted on Saturday, May 16. “Alessio and I started doing that here ‘cause I’m using the little app to track everything.”

At home, she and Alessio can use their notes to figure out when their son last ate, slept or needed a diaper change.

“Day 1 rocked our world because we had expected Lorenzo to come home on his NICU schedule because, in the NICU, he had care times every three hours,” Jessi admitted. “Every care time, he would have his diaper changed, he would get his temperature taken and eat and then he would be awake a little bit and then he would go to sleep, and then this continued every three hours.”

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She continued, “We were thinking he was going to come home on that similar schedule because they said a lot of babies stay on that schedule. Not him.”

According to Jessi, her son likely recognized his “new environment” that needed more time to get used to.

“I think he was needing extra comfort,” she said. “He wanted to be in our arms constantly because, I think, he was adjusting. You know, I would feel the same way.”

Taylor Swift shimmered in a golden ensemble worth almost $6,000 while on an outing with fiancé Travis Kelce.

The “Style” singer, 36, stepped out with the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 36, to attend a private event in Bushwick, Brooklyn on Saturday, May 16, per a viral social media video. The couple held hands as they walked past a small crowd gathered outside the venue where the private event was held.

Kelce looked effortlessly chic in a dark pinstriped suit and black sunglasses while Swift wore a golden Maria Lucia Hohan allar cutout silk mousseline gown ($2,280). The singer-songwriter accessorized her glittery look with Aquazzura’s flaxen Tequila Sandal 105 heels ($1,635) and a sparkly Ari Clutch bag ($1,795) with a modern art aesthetic, per What Taylor Wears.

Of course, Swift was also wearing her massive engagement ring, an old mine brilliant cut diamond on a gold band, which was designed by Kindred Lubeck at Artifex Fine Jewelry.

Saturday’s outing was the second night in a row that Swift and Kelce stepped out in New York City. On Friday, May 15, they were spotted holding hands as they had dinner at Or’esh, a Mediterranean eatery where meals are prepared over a live-fire stove.

For Friday’s date night, Swift paired an off-the-shoulder cream dress with a floral pattern alongside Aquazzura’s Twist Sandal 95 heels and a straw shoulder bag with a chain strap. Kelce went for a light blue and white pinstriped button-down emblazoned with patchwork artwork of a wolf on one panel, plus black pants and shoes.

The couple are also fresh off a visit to London, with Kelce recently opening up on his “New Heights” podcast about how much fun they had across the pond.

“For the most part, [I] had some really good food, enjoyed some plays,” Kelce shared. “[We] saw Sadie Sink and, I believe, Noah Jupe is his name [in Romeo & Juliet in the West End]. He was f***ing phenomenal as Romeo. Sadie is phenomenal as Juliet, as well.”

Having got engaged in August 2025, fans of both Swift and Kelce are anticipating their upcoming wedding. On a recent “New Heights” episode, Kelce got some unexpected wedding advice from his guest, Rory McIlroy, while the golfer was sharing stories from the prestigious Masters Champions Dinner.

“It’s an incredible night to be sitting in that room,” McIlroy, 37, told him. “It’s a bit like — and Travis, you’ll feel this this year whenever you’re sitting at your wedding — you have all the people in a room … it’s amazing to have all these people in the same room. You’re just sitting there and it’s surreal. It’s unbelievable.”

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The golfer went on, “The only thing I can compare it to is your wedding day because it’s this collection of people in the same room. It’s wild.”

“I can’t wait,” Travis beamed.

Swift and Kelce are expected to tie the knot this year, though exact details and dates have been kept under wraps.

Former Melrose Place and Days of Our Lives star Patrick Muldoon was laid to rest nearly one month after his death at age 57.

“Tough Day saying goodbye to my friend Pat Muldoon!!! He was my Teammate, My Brother, My Friend🙏🏾 miss you already brotha,” his former USC Trojans teammate Rodney Peete announced via Instagram on Saturday, May 16.

While Muldoon was best known for his acting work, he was a star football player as a teenager and even played tight end for USC in the 1980s.

Mulddon’s ex-girlfriend Denise Richards‘ daughter Sami Sheen was also in attendance at the celebration of life service and shared the handout via Instagram.

“Miss u so much Patrick,” Sheen, 22, captioned the photo.

Muldoon’s family had previously announced that a memorial service would be held for the late actor at St. Monica’s Catholic Church in Santa Monica.

The entertainment world was rocked on April 19 when news broke that Muldoon had died from a heart attack. (A death certificate obtained exclusively by Us Weekly indicated that there were multiple underlying causes in Muldoon’s death, including a pulmonary embolism and coagulopathy disorder, a genetic condition that impairs the blood’s ability to form clots properly.)

“With his poetry, his humor, and his unmistakable presence. [Patrick] loved animals and people alike, gave unforgettable hugs, and possessed a rare quality of making others feel safe and seen,” read a statement released to the media. “Stylish, charismatic, and full of life, he embraced each day with a full-tilt, rock ’n’ roll spirit.”

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Tributes came pouring in from many of Muldoon’s friends and former costars, including former Days of Our Lives castmate Lisa Rinna, his ex-girlfriend Tori Spelling and numerous soap stars.

Muldoon’s former girlfriend Richards wrote that she was “deeply heartbroken & devastated” to lose him via an Instagram tribute on April 21. (The former couple dated in the late 1990s, during which they also worked together on the 1997 science fiction classic Starship Troopers.)

“You were my best friend & my family. We met in our first acting class, I was 19 never had an acting job and you were 21 a student at USC doing a recurring role on who’s the boss,” she remembered. “And here we are. 36 years later. My whole adult life & I don’t know it without you. The friendship, love, support, respect & loyalty we had was unconditional and rare. You lit up every room you walked into. You are larger than life & Everyone was drawn to you. So talented & most underrated actor. And most humble.”

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Richards vowed that she’d always remember Muldoon for “your laugh, your kindness, your wit, your strength, your loyalty, your passion, and your zest for life.”

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“We’ve been each other’s rock. Our memories together are endless. You’ve had my back and protected me more than anyone. I don’t know what I’m going to do without you here,” she went on. “You’re my voice of reason & pillar of strength. Especially during this last year of pain & heartache. And now I need you more than ever, for this pain and heartache losing you. Schweetbabe we’ve had those conversations.”

The RHOBH alum concluded, “We thought we’d live forever or at least into our 90’s. Schweetbabe I will be looking for those signs. I need to know you’re still here with me. I love you so much & miss you dearly schweetbabe.”

Muldoon was survived by Miriam Rothbart, his longtime girlfriend.