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Rakai & Piper Rockelle Melt Hearts With Sweet Livestream Kiss
TeaMates, Rakai is deep in his feelings this Valentine’s Day! The popular streamer recently asked Piper Rockelle to be his Valentine during a live session, and even sealed the moment with a kiss.
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Rakai Pops The Question To Piper Rockelle On Livestream
On Friday Feb. 13, Rakai dedicated his livestream to asking a special someone to be his Valentine. Holding balloons and flowers, Rakai appeared nervous but excited as he popped the question to Pipe Rockelle, the 18-year-old social media star and former YouTube sensation. In clips now circulating online, Piper initially responded with a hesitant, “I mean, sure… yeah,” before confidently adding, “Yes, I want to be your Valentine.” Rakai then promised to take her out on Valentine’s Day and asked to seal the deal with a kiss, which she hesitantly agreed to, sending fans into a frenzy.
Social Media Reacts
As expected, social media wasted no time sharing opinions about the Valentine’s surprise over in The Shade Room teens comment section.
Instagram user @therealjenncarter wrote, “Rakai couldn’t wait for this 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂”
Another Instagram user @slvttbby wrote, “this so middle school but they cute tg 😂”
Instagram user @n.aiiyaa wrote, “Awww I miss being this young 😂😂🥺
Another Instagram user @mariieejaee wrote, “I like him with her 😭😍”
While Instagram user @marabear3 wrote, “A girl who’s really into you doesn’t act like this 😭”
Instagram user @untoldtalents wrote, “They both trolling 😂”
Another Instagram user @riahoney wrote, “normal teenage behavior this is literally so cute lol!!!”
While Instagram user @_shuntrell23 wrote, “She don’t like him, she like the attention & money that comes with being with him 😂💯”
Rakai & Piper Rockelle Popped Out At The Super Bowl
Rakai and Piper have appeared together on several livestreams, often flirting and joking with one another. However, fans began suspecting something more was going on when they popped out together at the Super Bowl Sunday. On Feb. 8, Piper shared a photo of herself and Rakai at the game, showing him with his arm around her as she rested her head on his shoulder. She captioned the post, “My first Super Bowl 🥹.”
Rakai later posted a similar photo on his own Instagram, fueling even more speculation. Things didn’t stop though, the pair also shared clips from a hotel room where they filmed TikTok videos together. Fans quickly noticed what appeared to be a tattoo of Rakai’s name on Piper’s ankle, sparking debate if the two are officially locked in.
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Team USA figure skater Ilia Malinin’s peers rallied behind him after the gold-medal hopeful finished in a disappointing eighth place during the men’s singles competition.
“I was not expecting that,” Malinin, 21, told NBC Sports on Friday, February 13, after his final 2026 Winter Olympics performance. “I felt so ready getting on that ice. Maybe I was too confident it was going to go well.”
Malinin, affectionately nicknamed the “quad god” for the sheer number of quadruple turns in his routines, was the gold-medal favorite in the 2026 Winter Olympics. After finishing the short program at the top of the leaderboard, he slid down to eighth after falling twice and making a slew of technical mistakes in his free skate.
“Finally experiencing that Olympic atmosphere, it’s crazy. It’s really different,” he told NBC after his competition. “I blew it. There’s no way that just happened.”
Ahead of the individual event, Malinin helped Team USA win gold in the team event.
Keep scrolling to see how Malinin’s fellow skaters have reacted to his surprising eighth place finish:
Tara Lipiniski
Tara Lipinski served as a broadcaster during Malinin’s Olympics competition.
“The grace, honesty and sportsmanship you showed in a moment of heartbreak reveals you are not only an elite athlete but a gracious human being,” Lipiniski wrote via Instagram. “I can’t wait to watch you rise.”
Johnny Weir
Johnny Weir works with Tara Lipinski as an NBC commentator during the Winter Games.
“You are one in a million @ilia_quadg0d_malinin,” Weir captioned an Instagram tribute. “You showed true sportsmanship and grace. I can’t wait to see where you’ll take us next. 🤍”
Nathan Chen
Gold medalist Nathan Chen was also confused as to why Malinin faced many missteps in the free skate.
“Something happened tonight and, truthfully, I can’t even express what it might be,” Chen told Yahoo! Sports. “I definitely can reflect back on my experience in 2018, when I went into the short program with a lot of pressure, a lot of concerns in my head [and] a lot of doubt.”
Chen further noted that Malinin appeared to “hold back” on most of his elements throughout the Olympics routine.
“By the end of it, it just was not his night,” he said. “One of the hardest parts about performing for a huge sold-out crowd is that you really can viscerally feel the reaction from the crowd. … That hurts you to your gut. Mentally, you have to figure out what went wrong and how can I regroup for the next element? Also, the energy changes in the arena and you can feel there’s tension now.”
Chen also noted that Malinin is still young and is “still hungry” to overcome his 2026 Olympics outcome.
“He has so much potential,” Chen concluded. “Tonight is a night where he’ll have to reflect and reevaluate where he was mentally and physically, and try to identify how he can come into the next Olympics and have a different outcome.”
The 2026 Winter Olympics are officially here — and Team USA is arriving in Italy with star power, storylines and sky-high expectations. As the world’s best athletes descend on Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, all eyes are on the Americans: from Ilia Malinin’s can’t-miss moment in men’s figure skating to Mikaela Shiffrin’s long-awaited redemption tour on […]
Elladj Balde
Retired Canadian figure skater Elladj Baldé also offered his support.
“Figure Skating is one of the hardest sports mentally. The pressure is unbelievably heavy and there is no margin for error,” Baldé wrote via Instagram. “Tonight was a tough one but I am so proud of all of these skaters for the work they have put in to get here.”
Speaking to Malinin directly, he added, “You are an innovator and trailblazer of this sport and what you bring to the ice is far greater than simply your jumping ability.”
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Jennifer Lawrence has 1 regret about hosting “SNL” with walking pneumonia that has nothing to do with being sick
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The actress said she made the gig “everybody else’s problem.”
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“That was the government!” the “I Like It” rapper joked after returning to her feet.
Spencer Pratt’s Sister
A Vote For My Bro is a Vote For Stupidity!!!
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Spencer Pratt might have a ton of supporters backing his Los Angeles mayoral run … but, his sister Stephanie isn’t one of them — because she’s warning people not to elect him!
Stephanie took to social media Saturday to bash her bro’s political ambitions … admitting he’s done great work for the Pacific Palisades community — but he can’t be responisible for 4 million citizens.
Spencer’s only running to boost sales of his memoir “The Guy You Loved to Hate: Confessions from a Reality TV Villain,” Stephanie claims … and, she tells people to just wait and see what he does with their tax dollars if elected.
Stephanie does write she’s worried about Los Angeles — referring to Mayor Karen Bass as “ASSBASS” in one post — but adds the city doesn’t need “another unqualified and inexperienced mayor. A vote for him is a vote for stupidity.”
Spencer announced his run for mayor last month … speaking mainly about the mismanagement by the local government of the Pacific Palisades Fire which burned his house among many other structures in the area.
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We spoke to Spencer at a campaign event last week, and he’s confident he can defeat Mayor Bass — who he calls Karen Basura, trash in Spanish — mainly because he’s sure she’s going to end up in jail for obstruction of justice. Much of his comments seemed ripped straight from the President Trump political playbook
However, if he wants to move into the mayor’s residence, the Getty House, Spencer may need to address the discord in his own.
We’ve reached out to Spencer … so far, no word back.
Since the premiere of Love Is Blind in 2020, fans have wondered how effective the concept of speed-dating without seeing the other person actually is.
The show, which has aired eight seasons and spawned multiple international iterations, follows singles dating in pods over the course of 10 days. The kicker, of course, is that they cannot see one another. If couples find love, then they will get engaged without ever meeting face-to-face.
After leaving the pods, pairs will decide if their blind love can withstand real-life pressures and a wedding date within weeks.
Love Is Blind has proven to be a success with several couples, from Lauren Speed and Cameron Hamilton to Bliss Poureetezadi-Goytowski and Zack Goytowski, finding lasting love. Bliss and Zack even welcomed the first Love Is Blind baby, a daughter named Galileo, in 2024.
Scroll down to find out whether your favorite Love Is Blind couple is still together:
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Ex-Disney head Michael Eisner slams networks for paying Trump money in settlements over Kimmel: 'That was bad'
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Eisner addressed his reason for speaking out after Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show was suspended.
Travis Kelce
Maybe, I Should Stick to Football …
Hits Another Woman with Golf Ball!!!
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Travis Kelce‘s used to big hits while playing sports … but he’s not usually the guy doling them out — and certainly not with a golf ball!
The Kansas City Chiefs star played the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Friday … but ran into some trouble on the 18th hole — when he shanked a ball that smacked a bystander.
Check out the clip … the woman is being attended to by several staff members when Travis wades through the crowd.
Travis asks if she’s alright … and, the woman — later identified as Edenne Flinn of Salinas, California — seems to tell him she is. According to reports, Kelce signed an autograph for her.
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While we’re sure Travis’ golf game has improved over the years, this isn’t the first time he’s done something like this. We shared video with you in 2024 of Kelce comforting a bloodied woman after he hit her with a golf ball in Lake Tahoe.
Bottom line … Travis turns golf into a full contact sport — so keep your head on a swivel!
‘Silence of the Lambs’
Buffalo Bill Actor Addresses Transphobia Controversy …
‘F***ing Wrong’ Portrayal
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“Silence of the Lambs” totally missed the mark when it came to handling gender identity onscreen … so says one of the movie’s biggest stars.
Ted Levine — the actor who played Buffalo Bill in the hit 1991 film — finally addressed the controversy surrounding his character in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
If you haven’t seen the movie, Buffalo Bill is a serial killer who flays women and wears their skin over his own … which, in more recent years, many have claimed makes the character an unflattering portrayal of transgender or gender nonconforming people.
Levine told the outlet he didn’t play the character as either … he always portrayed him as a screwed-up straight man — and, he had no qualms about the character while shooting the movie.
However, Levine says now, “[It’s] just over time and having gotten aware and worked with trans folks, and understanding a bit more about the culture and the reality of the meaning of gender. It’s unfortunate that the film vilified that, and it’s f***ing wrong.”
Producer Edward Saxon echoed Levine’s sentiments … telling THR the filmmakers didn’t think they’d upset the transgender community because they didn’t consider Buffalo Bill trans.
They felt he just was a sick individual with an “aberrant personality.” However, Saxon admits he feels the team wasn’t sensitive enough to sterotypes.
He goes on, “There’s regret, but it didn’t come from any place of malice. It actually came from a place of seeing this guy. We all had dear friends and family who were gay. We thought it would just be very clear that Buffalo Bill adapts different things from society, from a place of an incredibly sick pathology.”
BTW … Saxon also takes aim at President Donald Trump in the interview — telling the outlet he feels the prez likening immigrants to Hannibal Lecter is “as perverse as anything we were able to come up with in the film.”
Bottom line … people involved in the film weren’t trying to offend anyone — but, they certainly understand why they did.
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Skarsgård also recalled Williams needing to deliver a joke as soon as it came to him: “He had to produce it and get it out of the body. He couldn’t live with it inside.”
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This Comedic Actor Is!
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This actor from across the pond has starred in — and even written — some of the biggest hit films of the 21st century … but, can you guess who he is without seeing his face?
It wasn’t mission impossible to get this star to talk to us back in 2015 outside celebrity hot spot Craig’s … and, he talked all about grooming for the modern man — including whether a dude would end up in some hot fuzz for getting a “Boy-zilian”
In fact, this British star says he’s cool with absolutely anything out there fellas wanna do!
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