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Heidi Montag has done her fair share of reality TV, but she’s dreamed of being on The Masked Singer since it debuted — which made it doubly disappointing when an injury forced her to exit on the earlier side.

“I couldn’t even talk,” Montag, 39, exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of her elimination on the Wednesday, February 25, episode. “I had a hemorrhage on my vocal cord that I got during the show, because the helmet is just so heavy and it was so hard, and I was straining my neck trying to lift the head up. And then I was just singing so much and so hard, and so it did strain my voice and then cause the hemorrhage of my vocal cord.”

By the time Spice Girls Night came around, the Hills alum “had been whispering for two weeks straight” at home.

“I couldn’t even talk to my kids in the house. It was really intense off camera, and I was trying to just save my voice,” she recalled. “So, I was definitely in tears before and after, because I have wanted this for so long, and then to have to leave for a vocal injury was just devastating for me at the time. I just felt like I was being robbed of this opportunity I’ve been waiting for so long for … and I know it was magnified because of everything that I’ve been through.”

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As Snow Cone, Montag was open about everything she and her husband, Spencer Pratt, have experienced since losing their home last January in the Pacific Palisades fire. In Wednesday’s clue package, she said she realized that “nothing good or bad lasts forever,” but their love will be their “legacy.”

While Pratt, 42, didn’t sing on the show, he did support his wife as Mr. Snow Cone, who silently appeared on stage and in her clue packages. They even reconnected with a producer who worked with them during their original run on The Hills, which made the experience “really fun” for the couple.

“It’s really rare to be part of a show that’s so positive and inspiring,” Montag added. “Usually, my experience from reality TV is they’re out to get you and to exploit you, all these different things. .. It was just a really great experience for me and Spencer to be able to do. It was our first really positive show we’ve done together, and in light of everything that we had just been through, it was a really big blessing for us.”

It was also a blessing for their sons — Gunner, 8, and Ryker, 3 — who are big fans of the show.

“Every time I go to L.A. now, they’re like, ‘Are you going to be Snow Cone? Are you going to your job at Snow Cone?’” Montag said with a laugh. “It’s the best thing I’ve ever done. The kids have never been more excited about anything. It has taken a life of its own in our house. And they love Mr. Snow Cone. They’re obsessed. I’m like, ‘Hello, Mrs. Snow Cone is singing! Mr. Snow Cone is just standing there.’ But they love the whole dynamic.”

While Montag wishes she got to stay on The Masked Singer a bit longer, she was absolutely thrilled to participate in Spice Girls Night (as any millennial woman would be).

“It was the first concert I ever went to. I was 12 years old,” she recalled. “Spice World is everything. I think I’ve seen that movie 1 million times on [VHS] … so I don’t think there could be a bigger Spice Girls fan. Growing up, I loved Baby Spice. She was my favorite. And as an adult, I think it’s Posh. I love Victoria Beckham so much.”

As a singer herself, Montag knows her way around a good pop song — and she promises that her new album will delight fans who are craving more after the release of last year’s Heidiwood.

“I’m really excited about this album,” she told Us of her next LP, titled Masterpiece. “It’s my best album I think I’ve ever done. It is less hyperpop. This is a little more classic, quintessential pop — early 2000s girly pop mixed with a modern twist. I think this will be a great staple for a lot of people. Definitely put it on your workout playlist.”

In the meantime, Montag is just grateful for what she and Pratt still have after losing everything last year. (Pratt announced his campaign for mayor of Los Angeles last month.)

“We still have a lot of challenges that we’re facing,” Montag explained. “It just puts everything in perspective. We could just die tomorrow, or anything could happen, or things that you think you’re planning for the future … like, let’s not plan too far in advance. That’s a big theme in our house now. We’re like, ‘Great, that’s a good outline, but let’s not commit to that, because we don’t know what the future is or where we’ll be.’ It’s definitely been a lot of moving parts, and we’ll continue to just take it day by day.”

The Masked Singer airs on Fox Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET.

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Pete Davidson’s girlfriend, Elsie Hewitt, has opened up about why she “hated being pregnant” before the couple welcomed their daughter, Scottie, in December 2025.

“For the most part, I hated being pregnant. I was deeply uncomfortable,” Hewitt, 29, wrote in an essay for Elle that was published on Wednesday, February 2026. “I was constantly sick, exhausted, and in pain.”

Prior to Scottie’s birth, Hewitt shared with her social media followers in November 2025 that she was “in pain since the very beginning [of her pregnancy] and it [was] just getting worse and worse.” At the time, the model suspected that her struggle with endometriosis — a reproductive condition where tissue grows outside of the uterus — was “heavily linked” to her bout of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder. (Hewitt underwent laparoscopic excision surgery shortly before getting pregnant.)

“Because of my prior reproductive health issues, I chose to be under the care of an OB-GYN rather than a midwife,” she wrote in her Elle essay. “It was the most clinical approach to pregnancy and birth — not one I loved — but one I felt I needed for my health and safety.”

She went on, “I found myself in yet another season of frustrating self-advocacy within a medical system that often fails to listen to women as carefully as it should.”

Elsewhere in the essay, Hewitt touched on why she chose not to breastfeed Scottie after giving the option some serious consideration.

“When people asked whether I planned to breastfeed, my thought process was layered,” she recalled. “The most important thing to me was doing what is best for my baby. I will always do what is best for her.”

She acknowledged that breastfeeding is often considered “the gold standard” since it “offers antibodies, unmatched nutrition and powerful bonding,” though there are significant complications that can arise for the mother. Hewitt pointed to the “physical” challenges for a new mom when adjusting to breastfeeding.

One alternative for mothers is feeding their newborn with formula, though Hewitt struggled with the general perception of using formula as “a safe alternative” when “something goes wrong.”

“I was aware, even before pregnancy, of the quiet shame attached to formula feeding,” she wrote. “It took some grappling with that shame, and some exploring of the moral hierarchy around breastfeeding, to affirm that what was best for me and what was best for my baby did not exist on different levels or rankings — they were one and the same.”

In the end, Hewitt felt it was important to consider her own “mental health” and “recovery” before deciding not to breastfeed.

“I feel fortunate not to have felt pressure to breastfeed from the people in my life. My partner didn’t push me in either direction,” she remembered. “My mother, who breastfed my sisters and me and was proud of that, made a point to tell me, simply, that the decision was entirely mine. She never said anything else, and her restraint meant a great deal to me. The OB-GYN and hospital staff didn’t try to persuade me either.”

Former Saturday Night Live star Davidson, 32, and Hewitt shared the happy news on December 18, 2025, that they’d welcomed their first baby.

“Our perfect angel girl arrived 12/12/2025. scottie rose hewitt davidson,” they announced via Instagram at the time.

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In that same Instagram post, Hewitt described Scottie as unquestionably her “best work yet.”

“I am absolutely overflowing with love and gratitude and disbelief,” she beamed, with Davidson humorously adding, “Wu tang forever.”

In January, the couple exclusively confirmed to Us Weekly that they were already thinking about having more kids.

“I want her to have a friend, for sure,” Davidson said. “We love the idea of her being a big sister.”

For her part, Hewitt admitted that her urge to have more children so soon after Scottie’s arrival was somewhat surprising.

“I didn’t think I would already think about having another one,” Hewitt told Us. “The idea of that sounds absolutely insane right now. … The process of giving birth is so insane, but so empowering once it happens. Just having this little thing, I really can’t explain how incredible the whole thing is.”

She added, “The idea of making another one and making a sibling is something I’ve already been like, ‘I want to do it again.’ They’re so tiny when they come out, and they grow so fast. It’s crazy.”

Hewitt and Davidson were first linked in March 2025 and announced that they were expecting their first child four months later.

San Diego Padres pitcher Matt Waldron has been benched indefinitely after undergoing a surgical procedure to “drain” his hemorrhoids.

“[Matt] had to have surgery to drain it and make it better,” Padres manager Craig Stammen told reporters on Wednesday, February 25. “So he’s been in the hospital the last couple days.”

Stammen, 41, described Waldron’s recovery as a “week-to-week” situation, meaning that it’s possible that the pitcher could miss Major League Baseball’s opening day on March 25. Waldron was in contention for a starting pitcher spot with the Padres, though it now seems unlikely that he’ll heal fast enough.

His injury was initially described to reporters as “an infection in his rear end,” though the procedure was later clarified to be related to hemorrhoids.

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“[His return will be] depending on how that incision heals and how he’s feeling moving around,” Stammen explained during a press briefing.

The San Diego Padres manager insisted that the team’s medical staff would “take care of [Matt] the best we can.”

“Set him up here for the end of spring training, get him going, and then we’ll see where that takes us as the season goes and where his rehab process goes,” Stammen added.

Us Weekly has reached out to the San Diego Padres for comment.

Waldron was previously put out of commission during the preseason in March 2025 when he suffered a left oblique strain while warming up in the bullpen, per MLB.

“It’s very frustrating,” Waldron told reporters at the time. “I don’t want to stop throwing entirely. I’m hoping for that. But I’m going to let them tell me what to do and make the decision.”

Waldron, 29, was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 18th round of the 2019 MLB draft and sent to train with the rookie-level Arizona League Indians.

In August 2020, Waldron was part of a nine-player trade that also brought pitcher Mike Clevinger to the Padres. (Clevinger, 35, subsequently played with the Chicago White Sox and most recently signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates’ minor league team earlier in February, per the Associated Press.)

Waldron’s last start for the San Diego Padres came in June 2025, when he earned four earned runs in 4.2 innings during the team’s 4-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. He secured two strikeouts in his two innings on the mound during that game.

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The Omaha, Nebraska, athlete is one of the few remaining knuckleball pitchers left in Major League Baseball. The pitching technique — which was once incredibly popular — involves throwing the ball with little to no rotation, making it difficult for batters to hit.

Speaking to sports broadcaster Sam Levitt in February 2024, Waldron explained that he uses the knuckleball pitch as “a weapon” to throw off batters.

“I’ll make it as good as it can be,” he said. “It’s another weapon. I would say it’s a good changeup … if you execute it properly. At the end of the day, I think it’s an uncompetitive pitch that I’m trying to compete with.”

The pitcher went on, “I make [the knuckleball] sharp during catchplay, and then I bring it to the mound and see what the hitter does. I’m mixing and competing.”

Waldron noted that the “lack of spin” to the knuckleball is what can make the pitching style “uncompetitive” unless it can be mastered.

“You have to commit to that small [pitching] zone with a pitch with no spin,” he added. “It’s very much uncompetitive in my opinion but you can make adjustments with the way I deliver it. … It’s definitely unpredictable.”

He concluded, “It’s just finding a way around that. I know there’s going to be some bad [pitches], in terms of missing the zone. It’s all about sharpening it.”

Prior to being drafted in 2019, Waldron was a baseball standout at Westside High School and later played for the University of Nebraska’s Cornhuskers for four years.

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