In a statement issued on Monday night, Robert’s family confirmed that he had taken his own life, following what they described as a “nearly two-decade battle with bipolar disorder”.

Hilary Duff, who played Robert’s on-screen daughter in the Disney show between 2001 and 2004, shared a tribute to her former co-star shortly after the announcement.

“This one hurts,” Hilary wrote on Instagram. “It’s really hard to face this reality about an old friend. There was so much warmth in the McGuire family and I always felt so cared for by my on-screen parents. I’ll be forever grateful for that.

“I’m deeply sad to learn Bobby was suffering. My heart aches for him, his family, and everyone who loved him,” she added, alongside a broken-hearted emoji.

Meanwhile, Jake Thomas, who played Lizzie’s little brother Matt, wrote on his Instagram: “I was fortunate to know Bobby for most of my life. And he was one of the coolest guys you could ever meet. Funny, pragmatic, sometimes cranky, always a little eccentric. He was a talented actor, musician and director. But more than anything, he was family.

“I have many fond memories of being with him and his family throughout my life. Good moments, challenging moments and lots of laughs in between.”

He continued: “I looked up to him growing up. And later, I came to realise he thought I was pretty neat, too. So I guess I was doing something right.”

Alongside playing Sam McGuire, Robert appeared in the 1984 cult classic Revenge Of The Nerds, as well as Escape From LA, The Long Riders and Django Unchained.

His most recent on-screen credit was in the 2024 Western thriller The Night They Came Home, although the actor has three films currently in production, which are set to be released posthumously.

Per Deadline, Robert is survived by “his children, grandchildren, brothers, nieces, nephews and anyone who had the honour of having him in their life”.

• Mind, open Monday to Friday, 9am-6pm on 0300 123 3393.
• Samaritans offers a listening service which is open 24 hours a day, on 116 123 (UK and ROI – this number is FREE to call and will not appear on your phone bill).
• CALM (the Campaign Against Living Miserably) offer a helpline open 5pm-midnight, 365 days a year, on 0800 58 58 58, and a webchat service.
• The Mix is a free support service for people under 25. Call 0808 808 4994 or email help@themix.org.uk
• Rethink Mental Illness offers practical help through its advice line which can be reached on 0808 801 0525 (Monday to Friday 10am-4pm). More info can be found on rethink.org.

Nick Robinson skewered Ed Davey over his past praise for the “excellent job” the then Prince Andrew was doing as the UK’s trade envoy.

The Lib Dem leader was left embarrassed during an excruciating grilling on Radio 4′s Today programme.

Davey is forcing a vote in the House of Commons today which could force the government to publish all documents relating to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s appointment and performance as trade envoy.

He said: “I think we’ve seen too often in the past that people, because of their title or their friends or whatever, have not been properly held to account.

“The rules of the House of Commons have prevented, and Speakers have overseen this over the centuries, prevented MPs from criticising members of the Royal Family and sometimes even mentioning them, and that really seems old fashioned and is the wrong thing to do.”

But Robinson told him: “It’s what you did when you were a minister though, isn’t it?”

Davey then admitted praising the job the then Prince Andrew did as UK trade envoy during a Commons debate in 2011, when he was business minister in the Tory-Lib Dem coalition government.

“I regret doing that,” he said.

Robinson said: “You said the Duke of York’s done ‘an excellent job’. You said he’s been ‘a longstanding success in the role’, you said he’s ‘a real asset for our country, supporting UK business’.

“And concerns being raised by a Labour backbencher, Paul Flynn, at the time, echoing the concerns of human rights groups about Prince Andrew, you dismissed as ‘innuendo’.”

The Lib Dem leader replied: “First of all, can I apologise to all those victims of Epstein who may have read those words and been upset by them. I really regret them.

“I was taking over a debate from another minister and wasn’t really over the brief.”

Robinson went on to remind Davey that he had criticised Flynn for bringing the debate, saying his “timing is particularly inappropriate as it comes four days after the Royal wedding [between William and Kate], when I believe the whole country showed the support that they give to the Royal Family”.

“It’s quite embarrassingly at odds with what you’re now saying, isn’t it,” Robinson asked him.

Davey said: “Yes. I didn’t know what we now know back then and it’s interesting to note that the prime minister at the time ensured that Prince Andrew stood down from the role two months later.

“So clearly someone in government did know there were huge problems with the way he was conducting his role.”

He added: “I’m pretty angry, to be honest, that I was put in that position.”

But Robinson then asked: “Shouldn’t you have learned that people in power should not merely read out words provided for them criticising others who raise questions, and not go back to their office and say ‘how do we know this is actually true’?”

The Lib Dem leader said: “I wish I hadn’t said those words, and I think we are all learning that the need to make sure that whatever position of power is held by an individual, they are accountable for that.”

PinkPantheress has become the first woman in history to be awarded the Producer Of The Year title at the Brit Awards.

Ahead of this year’s ceremony, which is due to take place on Saturday night, PinkPantheress has been unveiled as the latest recipient of the prestigious title, previously awarded to the likes of Brian Eno, Paul Epworth, Calvin Harris and A.G. Cook.

In addition to being the first woman to be given the prize since it was first awarded in 1977, PinkPantheress is also its youngest ever recipient.

She told BBC News: “I guess it’s bittersweet that I’m the first one, the first woman, to get it.

“As young as I am, it feels almost a bit crazy. Like, I’m not really legendary enough to be receiving it – but you know, I will definitely take it!”

Last year, PinkPantheress received huge acclaim for her second mixtape Fancy That, which spawned the chart hits Illegal, Tonight and Stateside.

Following the success of the release, she’s also in the running for British Artist Of The Year and Best Dance Act at Saturday night’s ceremony, having also been nominated for two awards at the Grammys earlier this year.

The 2026 Brits will take place in Manchester for the first time, with Lola Young and Olivia Dean both leading the way with five nominations each, ahead of Sam Fender’s four nods.

Performers on the night will include Harry Styles; Album Of The Year nominees Wolf Alice; Rosalía; and Mark Ronson, who is being awarded the prestigious Outstanding Contribution award.

Meanwhile, Noel Gallagher has been awarded Songwriter Of The Year, a somewhat controversial decision given the Oasis musician didn’t actually release any new music in 2025.

The Brit Awards 2026, hosted by Jack Whitehall for the sixth time, will air live on ITV1 on Saturday 28 February from 8.15pm.

Robert De Niro has made no secret about what he thinks of Donald Trump, but he got very emotional about the state of the US under the presidentduring an interview with MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace on Monday.

“The story is our country, and Trump is destroying it, and who knows what his reasons are, but it’s sick, it’s fucked up,” De Niro said. “We have to save this country.”

Toward the end of the interview, De Niro seemed on the verge of tears when Wallace asked him why he makes a point of thanking the people who work for him at awards shows.

“You have to — you have to lift people up,” the actor said, with his voice starting to crack, before explaining, “You have to bring them together. You can’t divide people, you can’t win that way.”

Things got emotional as De Niro pivoted back to discussing Trump’s divisive presidency.

“It’s a no-win situation, and look what we have, look who we have there, it’s almost like a destiny to have this thing there, destroying… attempting to destroy this country and maybe not even understanding why. So it’s up to us to protect the country,” he said.

“You weren’t supposed to make me cry,” Wallace told De Niro before she noted that the US seems to be facing a moment where things could go “one way or the other” — a seeming reference to whether the country’s democratic traditions continue. She asked point-blank: “You think it’s going the other way?”

De Niro admitted he didn’t know for sure.

“All I know is people have to have to resist, resist, resist,” he said. “There’s no easy way. It’s not going to come to you easy. You know, there’s a time when you know in your own life and your own survival, you better do this. You better jump and run through the fire because if you don’t run through the fire, you’re not getting out, and that’s what we have to do.”

De Niro has been a big critic of Trump over the years, and explained why in an interview last May.

“The man is a bully, and you can’t let bullies win. If a bully comes for your lunch money on Monday, he’s going to ask for more on Tuesday. You have to stand up. And I wouldn’t want to look at myself if I didn’t,” he told The Guardian.

President Donald Trump is facing criticism after he joked with the Olympic podium-topping US men’s ice hockey team about having to invite the gold medal-winning American women’s squad to the White House as well.

In a congratulatory phone call with the US men, who took gold at the Winter Olympics for the first time in 46 years, Trump suggested using military aircraft to fly the team out to his State of the Union address on Tuesday before sharing a “very cool” pitch for the team to visit the White House the following day.

“And we have to — I must tell you — we’re going to have to bring the women’s team,” said Trump, who went on to chuckle as the American men burst into laughter in a clip circulating on social media.

He added, “[If I don’t] do that, I do believe I probably would be impeached, OK?”

The clip shows FBI Director Kash Patel, who is facing backlash of his own for guzzling beers with the US men on a reportedly taxpayer-funded trip to Italy, holding the phone as Trump speaks to the team and telling the president in a slurred voice that he can arrange such a visit.

Both the US men and women went undefeated in group stage play at the Winter Olympics and made it through the playoffs before securing gold by defeating the rival Canadians in overtime, by the same score (2-1).

The win for the American women marked their third gold since the Olympic sport’s introduction back in 1998.

A spokesperson for Team USA told NBC News that the White House invited the women’s team to the State Of The Union address and, while they are “sincerely grateful” for the invitation, the players are unable to attend “due to the timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments.”

It remains unclear whether members of the men’s squad will make it out to the SOTU address on Tuesday, and if members of either team have committed to visiting the White House the next day or in the future.

HuffPost has reached out to the White House and USA Hockey for comment.

Social media users slammed Trump over his joke, including activist Shannon Watts, who denounced the president on X for “begrudgingly” extending the invite to the gold medal-winning women. She slammed the men’s team for laughing along.

Critics on X called the men in the video “spineless” and characterised the clip as “dispiriting” and “inexcusable.”

One top comment on Reddit described the joke as “absolutely shameful.”

“I wish I was surprised… but god it still turns my stomach knowing I was cheering for them just yesterday,” the commenter wrote of the men’s team.

Others in the Reddit thread expressed their disappointment with brothers Quinn and Jack Hughes, the latter of whom scored the golden goal for the US men on Sunday, for appearing to laugh at the joke.

The siblings’ mother, Ellen Weinberg-Hughes, played for the US women’s team in the early ’90s and worked as a player development consultant for the squad in Milan.

Trump’s proposed date for Team USA’s White House visit — Wednesday — notably conflicts with the date that the National Hockey League season is set to resume play following an extended break due to the Winter Olympics.

Professional Women’s Hockey League players are also set to return to the ice on Thursday.

House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Monday he was looking into the logistics of a potential DC visit by the teams.

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told The Athletic that it’s up to the men’s players to decide whether they’d accept such invitations on an individual basis and, thereafter, their teams would have to sign off on such a visit.

As your child is screaming, throwing toys or refusing to listen, it can be easy to say something you don’t really mean when reminding them how they should be acting.

Disciplining kids is tough, especially if you’re also feeling frustrated or mad in the moment. But many of the ways today’s parents were disciplined as children are actually problematic – and experts warn that those approaches shouldn’t trickle down to the next generation.

“Parents discipline the way they were disciplined, even if we don’t realise it,” said Leda Kaveh, a licensed clinical psychologist and owner and director of Washington Psychological Wellness and Washington Insight Solution.

“Parenting behaviours are strongly influenced by early attachment experiences,” Kaveh continued, adding that cultural norms around obedience, as well as chronic stress and financial pressure, play a role.

If you have memories of a parent disciplining you in a way that didn’t feel affirming, there’s a chance you’re doing that to your child, too. (That is, if you haven’t worked through it in therapy or another way.)

Below, therapists share the phrases you really shouldn’t say to kids when disciplining them, and how they can be quite harmful.

Statements like “Why can’t you be more like your brother” – or sister, neighbour, cousin or whoever – are harmful for kids to hear.

It’s “basically a character attack,” said Nicola Pierre-Smith, a licensed professional counsellor and owner of Melanated Women’s Health in Philadelphia.

There’s also a comparison that’s being made, she noted, which can make the child feel like they’re not enough.

Similarly, it may be common for some parents to say things like “you’re acting just like your father” or “just like your mother,” particularly if the parents are divorced or in an unhappy marriage.

Generally, this kind of phrase is used when focusing on negative attributes of a parent or when the identified parent figure is a “villain” within the family, according to Pierre-Smith.

Perhaps your mum is known for acting selfishly. If your dad spits out “You’re acting like your mother” after you act up, you’ll likely associate it with your mum’s “bad” behaviour.

This, too, is a character attack, Pierre-Smith explained. “It’s typically not said when there is a positive attribute to the identified person. It is really meant to be a character attack to the child.”

For a child who gets in trouble at school and comes home to a parent saying things like, “you’re a disappointment” or “you’re stupid,” it can be really damaging.

These kinds of phrases are meant to shame a child, Pierre-Smith said. This is true whether a parent intends to do this or not.

Research shows that children who experience frequent shame are at higher risk of anxiety and depression, and may grow up with self-worth problems.

It’s pretty common for parents to shut down any tears or sensitivity during a tense moment. However, doing this is “teaching the child that certain emotions aren’t valid,” Pierre-Smith said.

Rejecting crying may also lead to children being unable to name their emotions, she added.

Kids who repeatedly hear phrases like this aren’t given the opportunity to develop language around emotions or understand what they’re feeling. “They just categorise them into ‘I’m feeling good’ or ‘I’m feeling bad,’ but not having the language to describe that.”

Most parents have experienced getting swept up in the moment and saying something to their child that they regret. It’s not the one-off outburst that is inflicting harm. Instead, if you repeatedly discipline your child this way, it can be damaging, Kaveh said.

“When a child hears language that dismisses feelings or labels their behaviours as a personal flaw, the brain often shifts it into a stress response,” Kaveh explained.

“Over time, repeated experiences like this are associated with higher stress hormones such as cortisol, increased anxiety and emotional suppression, lower self-esteem and difficulty identifying and managing emotions later in life … It is a pattern over time that matters.”

If you do find yourself saying these phrases again and again, it’s worth thinking about how you were disciplined as a kid and what you may need to do to work through some of those experiences. Your own upbringing might be informing the way you parent, and it can take work to change, but it is possible.

“The encouraging news is that research shows parenting styles are highly adaptable. Increased awareness, education, therapy, moments of repair can significantly improve the parent-child relationships at any stage,” Kaveh said.

If you find it difficult to manage your emotions when you’re frustrated with your kids, there is “no shame in a parent actually reaching out to a professional or even someone in their school to get support with learning skills,” added Pierre-Smith.

“If you look at the research in developmental psychology, it shows that the most effective discipline is both firm and emotionally supportive,” Kaveh said.

“This approach is often also referred to as authoritative parenting, and is consistently associated with better emotional regulation, academic outcomes and mental health,” she noted.

According to Kaveh, effective discipline focuses on teaching, not punishment.

“This includes separating the child from the behaviour, acknowledging emotions while still setting limits and staying calm enough to model regulation,” Kaveh added.

Instead of saying “Stop crying,” you could say something like, “I see you’re really upset. I’m here. We still can’t throw toys, but we can figure out what you need,” she said.

This allows children to feel emotionally understood and receptive to guidance, Kaveh said.

“Feeling safe does not make kids less accountable. It actually makes learning possible,” she said.

Robert Carradine, known to a generation of viewers as Lizzie McGuire’s father in the hit Disney sitcom, has died at the age of 71.

On Monday evening, Robert’s family announced that he had taken his own life, following what they described as a “nearly two-decade battle with bipolar disorder”.

The family said in a statement to Deadline: “It is with profound sadness that we must share that our beloved father, grandfather, uncle and brother Robert Carradine has passed away.

“In a world that can feel so dark, Bobby was always a beacon on light to everyone around him. We are bereft at the loss of this beautiful soul and want to acknowledge Bobby’s valiant struggle against his nearly two-decade battle with bipolar disorder.

“We hope his journey can shine a light and encourage addressing the stigma that attaches to mental illness. At this time we ask for the privacy to grieve this unfathomable loss. With gratitude for your understanding and compassion.”

Robert’s brother Keith added: “We want people to know it, and there is no shame in it. It is an illness that got the best of him, and I want to celebrate him for his struggle with it, and celebrate his beautiful soul.

“He was profoundly gifted, and we will miss him every day. We will take solace in how funny he could be, how wise and utterly accepting and tolerant he was. That’s who my baby brother was.”

Born into the Carradine acting dynasty, Robert got his start in the industry in TV shows like Bonanza and Kung Fu, as well as the films The Cowboys and Mean Streets.

In the mid-1980s, he appeared as Lewis Skolnick in Revenge Of The Nerds, reprising the role in three sequels in the following decade, and later fronting the TV spin-off King Of The Nerds.

To Lizzie McGuire fans, though, he’ll be best remembered for his work as Hilary Duff’s on-screen dad Sam McGuire in both seasons of the teen sitcom and its movie adaptation.

Last year, he appeared alongside Brian Austin Green and Danny Trejo in the Western thriller The Night They Came Home, having completed work on three more movies prior to his death.

Per Deadline, Robert is survived by “his children, grandchildren, brothers, nieces, nephews and anyone who had the honour of having him in their life”.

• Mind, open Monday to Friday, 9am-6pm on 0300 123 3393.
• Samaritans offers a listening service which is open 24 hours a day, on 116 123 (UK and ROI – this number is FREE to call and will not appear on your phone bill).
• CALM (the Campaign Against Living Miserably) offer a helpline open 5pm-midnight, 365 days a year, on 0800 58 58 58, and a webchat service.
• The Mix is a free support service for people under 25. Call 0808 808 4994 or email help@themix.org.uk
• Rethink Mental Illness offers practical help through its advice line which can be reached on 0808 801 0525 (Monday to Friday 10am-4pm). More info can be found on rethink.org.

Sinners actor Delroy Lindo has admitted he’s disappointed with the way Bafta reacted to an incident he found himself at the centre of during this year’s ceremony.

On Sunday night, Delroy and Michael B Jordan – who had both been nominated for Baftas off the back of their performances in Sinners – presented the first award of the ceremony, for Best Visual Effects.

During their introductory speech, Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson experienced an involuntary tic and shouted the N-word from the auditorium.

John had been attending the Baftas with the cast and crew of I Swear, a film based on his life story.

After the slur was shouted, the two briefly paused before continuing to present, with host Alan Cumming first thanking the audience for their “understanding” and later apologising to anyone “if you are offended tonight”.

Speaking to Vanity Fair after the event, Delroy said that he and Michael “did what we had to do” by carrying on with the night’s proceedings.

However, he said he wished “someone from Bafta spoke to us afterwards”.

On Monday night, Bafta issued an apology to Delroy and Michael in a lengthy statement, taking “full responsibility” for the incident.

“At the Bafta Film Awards last night our guests heard very offensive language that carries incomparable trauma and pain for so many,” Bafta told HuffPost UK. “We want to acknowledge the harm this has caused, address what happened and apologise to all.

“One of our guests, John Davidson MBE, has Tourette Syndrome and has devoted his life to educating and campaigning for better understanding of this condition. Tourette Syndrome causes involuntary verbal tics, that the individual has no control over.

“Such tics are in no way a reflection of an individual’s beliefs and are not intentional. John Davidson is an executive producer of the Bafta-nominated film, I Swear, which is based on his life experience.”

The statement continued: “We take the duty of care to all our guests very seriously and start from a position of inclusion. We took measures to make those in attendance aware of the tics, announcing to the audience before the ceremony began, and throughout, that John was in the room and that they may hear strong language, involuntary noises or movements during the ceremony.

“Early in the ceremony a loud tic in the form of a profoundly offensive term was heard by many people in the room. Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage at the time, and we apologise unreservedly to them, and to all those impacted. We would like to thank Michael and Delroy for their incredible dignity and professionalism.

“During the ceremony, John chose to leave the auditorium and watch the rest of the ceremony from a screen, and we would like to thank him for his dignity and consideration of others, on what should have been a night of celebration for him.

“We take full responsibility for putting our guests in a very difficult situation and we apologise to all. We will learn from this, and keep inclusion at the core of all we do, maintaining our belief in film and storytelling as a critical conduit for compassion and empathy.”

John also spoke out for the first time on Monday, stating: “I am, and always have been, deeply mortified if anyone considers my involuntary tics to be intentional or to carry any meaning.”