NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months on Monday as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home.
Since abruptly canceling a March 10 rally in Cleveland at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has waged much of his campaign from his home in Wilmington. When Biden emerged on Monday, he wore a face mask, in contrast to President Donald Trump, who has refused to cover his face in public as health officials suggest.
Biden and his wife, Jill, laid a wreath of white flowers tied with a white bow, and bowed their heads in silence at the park. He saluted. “Never forget the sacrifices that these men and women made,” he said after. “Never, ever, forget.”
“I feel great to be out here.” Biden told reporters, his words muffled through his black cloth mask. His visit to the park was unannounced and there was no crowd waiting for him.
But Biden briefly greeted a county official and another man, both wearing face masks and standing a few feet away. Biden also yelled to another, larger group standing nearby, “Thank you for your service.” His campaign says Biden has gone to the park for Memorial Day often in the past, though services were canceled Monday in the pandemic.
Though low-key, the appearance was a milestone in a presidential campaign that has largely been frozen by the coronavirus outbreak. While the feasibility of traditional events such as rallies and the presidential conventions are in doubt, Biden’s emergence suggests he won’t spend the nearly five months that remain until the election entirely at home.
The coronavirus has upended virtually all aspects of American life and changed the terms of the election. Trump’s argument that he deserves another term in office because of the strong economy has evaporated as unemployment rises to levels not seen since the Great Depression.
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden, arrive to lay a wreath at the Delaware Memorial Bridge Veterans Memorial Park, Monday, May 25, 2020, in New Castle, Del. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
As a longtime senator and former vice president, Biden is trying to position himself as someone with the experience and empathy to lead the country out of a crisis.
Biden has adjusted to the coronavirus era by building a television studio in his home, which he’s used to make appearances on news programs, late-night shows and virtual campaign events. Some of those efforts have been marred by technical glitches and other awkward moments.
Some Democratic strategists have openly worried that Biden is ceding too much ground to Trump by staying home. The president himself has knocked Biden for essentially campaigning from his basement.
Biden’s advisers say they plan to return to normal campaign activities at some point, including travel to battleground states. But they’re in no hurry, preferring to defer to the advice of health experts and authorities’ stay-at-home and social distancing recommendations.
At 77, Biden is among the nation’s senior population thought to be especially vulnerable to the effects of the coronavirus — though so is Trump, who turns 74 next month.
Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden pause afer placing a wreath at the Delaware Memorial Bridge Veterans Memorial Park, Monday, May 25, 2020, in New Castle, Del. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
“We will never make any choices that put our staff or voters in harm’s way,” Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon said recently, adding that the campaign would resume more traditional activities “when safety allows, and we will not do that a day sooner.”
Trump has not resumed the large rallies that were the hallmark of his 2016 campaign and presidency but has begun traveling outside Washington in recent weeks. He visited a facility producing face masks in Arizona and a Ford plant in Michigan that has been converted to produce medical and protective equipment.
Trump even played golf at his club in Virginia on the weekend, hoping that others will follow his lead and return to some semblance of normal life and gradually help revive an economy in free fall.
It was the president’s first trip to one of his money-making properties since March 8, when he visited his private golf club in West Palm Beach. The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic on March 11, and Trump followed with the national emergency declaration two days later.
Biden’s campaign wasted little time producing an online video offering blurry, faraway footage of Trump on the golf course, imposed over images evoking the virus ravaging the nation as the number of Americans dead from the pandemic approached 100,000. The video concluded by proclaiming: “The death toll is still rising. The president is playing golf.”
Trump spent Memorial Day visiting Arlington National Cemetery and the Fort McHenry national monument in Baltimore, to be followed by a trip to Florida’s coast on Wednesday to watch to U.S. astronauts blast into orbit.
Several of Hollywood’s biggest celebrities came together virtually on Sunday to celebrate the life of Andre Harrell, who tragically passed away earlier this month.
Jamie Foxx touched viewers and celebrity friends alike with this heartfelt words about the famed music executive.
“Coming from Texas, you didn’t see a lot of Black men that were in charge of everything. Now, I had positive Black role models coming up, don’t get me wrong,” he said. “But I didn’t even know that you could think the way that Andre Harrell thought. Andre said ‘Black man, you can be anything.’ He taught me the word ‘Black excellence.’ I was like ‘what is that?’ He said, ‘It’s me, personified.’”
Those were the words actor Foxx used to describe the late Harrell during BET tribute to the legendary record exec and owner of Uptown Records. Harrell launched the careers of such iconic hip-hop and R&B acts as Mary J. Blige, Heavy D & The Boyz, Jodeci, and Al B. Sure, and he also paved the way for a certain intern namedSean “Diddy” Combsto later continue the legacy through his own label, Bad Boy Records.
Foxx continued, describing a throwback story from when he was first starting out in the industry and witnessed actress Charlize Theron from across the room at an event.
According to Foxx, Harrell stopped him from approaching and suggested that he focus, gain some success, and win an Oscar before trying to talk to her. Foxx later went on to win the Oscar for Ray, which he says made Harrell proud being that it was a film that celebrated Black excellence. However, on the night of his acceptance speech, he was told by producers that his speech was “referencing Black stuff too much.”
“But with Harrell’s words ringing in my ears about Black excellence I said ‘I’m not changing my speech,'” Foxx said on Sunday.
He went on to unapologetically deliver his speech as planned and receive his award from the presenter, who just so happened to be Theron. In a beautiful full circle moment, the first person he called when he exited the stage was Harrell.
Foxx wasn’t the only Black star who attributed much of their drive to Harrell. According to singerTyrese, “I didn’t believe that an Oscar would be possible before [he] talked to me about it. But I believe it now.” And producerLee Danielsexpressed that “before I showed anybody my movies, I showed Andre. He was the cultural barometer of what people would like to see.”
Several other celebrity friends, such asNaomi Campbell,Kimora Lee Simmons, andMariah Carey, all fought back tears recalling a man who they described as selfless and loving.
“It was never ever possible to give back to you the way you’ve given to us,” declared Campbell.
“This one hit hard. The people in our lives that give us comfort are the sages, the seers, the pastors. They give us that wisdom. Dre was one of those,” addedPharrell Williams.
Of course, it wouldn’t be an Andre Harrell celebration without live musical performances.Kathy Sledgekicked off the night’s music with a simple rendition of Sister Sledge’s “Thinking of You,” andRobin Thickesung an a cappella snippet of Jodeci’s “Come and Talk to Me.” Thicke also debuted a new track of his titled “Forever Mine” that he and Harrell had been working on and finalized just prior to his May 7passing.Babyfacealso debuted a stirring tribute song he wrote specially for this occasion called “I’ll See You in The Stars.”
However, Harrell’s Black excellence extended well beyond the music industry as politiciansRep. Barbara LeeandRep. Maxine Watersprovided emotional testimonies about a man who wasn’t in the same industry as them, but who moved them with his passion for voter education.Rep. Waters was especially emotional as Harrell’s death came just a few days after she lost her sister to coronavirus.
“I can’t believe that he’s gone. This is hard to take,” said Rep. Waters. “Two days before I learned that he passed, I’d spent hours on the phone with him. He was about to spend big time on Vote or Die. He was really my go-to person. I’m trying to digest this. I’m trying to make sense out of it. I’m overwhelmed, but I’m not going to forget what was on his mind and what he was about to launch and that he asked me to play a role in that.”
She then continued on to make an impassioned plea for viewers to get out and vote “in the name of Andre Harrell. Thank you for caring about government and politics and working with someone like me.”
Unlike the musical tributes of yesteryear, this production was filmed solely by the guest stars’ own mobile devices while quarantined in the comfort and familiarity of their own living rooms. Without the usual glitz and glam of hair and makeup teams, production-quality lighting, and a theater full of live music, these Black music industry heavy-hitters came to us raw and vulnerable, sporting new growth and unkempt beards. But despite the seemingly limited circumstances, Black excellence was on full display thanks to filmmaker Jonte and producer Rikki Hughes.
I can’t believe we pulled this off in a week! wendycredle and @gianniharrell , Thank You for trusting me with his legacy. When I got the call to do this (even though i had a million things going on) I said yes… https://t.co/00wSOF7Rkl
What an absolute honor to create #andreharrell tribute. I hope you can tell we put my entire love into it. Thanks to the amazing @msRikki3 for being the most amazing producer. We love you Andre!!! And ya don’t stop and ya don’t!!! 🖤✊🏽 for the culture
— theBlaakRthefilmmaker (@BlaakRichardson) May 25, 2020
This is not the point, but kudos to @BET for the stellar production value of this #AndreHarrell tribute, considering that all the interviews came in by cell phone. He deserves. 🙏🏾
— brittany packnett cunningham does not do remixes. (@MsPackyetti) May 24, 2020
Thank you BET for the outstanding tribute special for Andre Harrell! The performances and words were heartfelt and amazing. It was truly what Andre lived for and stood for…”Black Excellence”.
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) May 25, 2020
For decades, interracial relationships in Hollywood were rarely, if ever, seen. When pairings did grace our screens, such as in 1957’s Island in the Sun, the pairing was almost always limited to a person of color and a white protagonist.
In recent years, however, that’s begun to change. Audiences can now see Black women at the forefront of many of these relationships, and they are often paired with other people of color. Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton played two characters in the throes of young love while dealing with cultural differences in 2019’s The Sun Is Also a Star, Yvonne Orji‘s Molly is currently unpacking the highs and lows of interracial dating in her relationship with Alexander Hodge‘s Andrew on Insecure and Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani showed off the humor of their unique pairing in 2020’s The Lovebirds.
For real-life interracial couples of color, this representation is long overdue. Since 1980, the percentage of recently married Black people with a spouse of a different race or ethnicity has more than tripled, from 5% to 18%, according to a 2015 Pew Research Center study. theGrio sat down with two Black women who are dealing with the realities of interracial dating between people of color and defining what love looks like for them.
Tabitha Reynolds
Tabitha Reynolds and her fiancé are pictured in an undated photo. (Credit: Tabitha Reynolds)
Tabitha and her fiancé met as many millennials often do: on a dating app. The twosome connected on OkCupid (“not Tinder!” Tabitha stresses) in 2016, and the rest, as they say, is history.
“I had just moved to Louisiana to teach, and I was like, ‘Yeah, you know, let me check [it] out, see what’s out there, see who’s out there.’ So I got online and we started talking and then we met and pretty much we’ve been together ever since,” she explains. “He did move for like six months to another city, but after he returned to Louisiana, we’ve been together ever since.”
Tabitha, a Black woman, had never been in a serious relationship with a person of another of race. Her fiancé who is Vietnamese-American, has been dating interracially since middle school. While she may have been inexperienced with the interracial dating world, Tabitha was open to finding love in any culture, with her family and friends cheering her on.
“I would say like, merging cultures, per se, isn’t the hard thing. You know, there’s like different foods and there’s different ways of speaking and things like that. But that’s not necessarily difficult for us,” she says. “I’ve never had any pushback from friends [or family]. We’ve been together for three years now. I’ve never had anyone say anything negative to me about it at all–now I don’t know what they say behind closed doors–but they don’t say it to me. So it’s not an issue, my immediate family’s great about it.”
Strangers, however, are a different story. Tabitha and her fiancé have received “weird” looks from people on the street, random high-fives from strangers in Walmart (“very random,” she says) and one particularly outrageous reaction from a coworker (“I guess she didn’t know he was going to be Asian,” she explains).
These experiences, Tabitha says, are well worth it.
“At the end of the day, as I always say, I’m always going to be a black woman,” she stresses. “So like, my ancestors will always be black. My mom and daddy are black. My niece and nephews are black, my sister’s black. So at the end of the day, I’m always going to have that tie for my own personal identity and my own experiences to being a black woman in this world. When we get married, when my last name changes, when I show up to a job interview, people are still gonna be like, ‘Oh, your last name was this on the paper, but now I see you’re a black woman,’ and they will treat me as such.”
She continues, “I will say this is the best and most easiest relationship I’ve ever been. Like, I wouldn’t be getting married or be engaged if it wasn’t. So even though there are going to be cultural differences sometimes, and maybe when we start thinking about having kids or things like that, we’ll navigate that space with them and it’ll look differently, helping them discover their identity and things like that. But for us, I feel like it’s such a cohesive, easy relationship, like we just mesh together. We’re great together as two people, it’s not this ‘strange, every single day is a struggle’ type of thing. We’re normal folks. We do goofy things at home, we’re goofy all the time together, we laugh together, you know, we do life together.”
Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton are pictured in a YouTube screenshot from The Sun is Also a Star. (Credit: Warner Bros.)
For Tabitha and her fiancé, who are planning a multicultural wedding with Vietnamese and Black cultural elements, Hollywood showcasing a love like theirs is a welcome change.
“We saw [The Sun Is Also a Star] because we thought that was a very interesting casting and dynamic. …I remember seeing the trailer for [The Lovebirds] and I was like, ‘Oh, that’s like really great,’ in that there is representation,” she dishes. “Because it does really get on my nerves, when we talk about interracial couples that it’s always a white partner and a black partner. Because it’s not everybody’s reality. I think that seeing different pairings on screen…that’s great because it gets people used to this idea that when we say interracial, we don’t always mean she’s dating a white man, right, as a black person. I think that it opens the conversation up to discussing issues that come up when you’re dating another person of color.”
April Jones and Alex Moreno
April Jones and Alex Moreno are pictured in an undated photo. (Credit: April Jones)
April and Alex’s love story is in a beautiful place today, but it wasn’t always that way.
The Pre-K teacher, who is black, and her boyfriend, who is Latino, met through his sister at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2015. The two fell hard and fast for one another, saying “I love you” within two weeks of meeting. And while Alex’s sister was supportive of their blossoming romance, the rest of his family initially struggled with their union.
“It’s been hard, I’m not going to lie. You’d think it’d be easy because we all kind of fight the same battles, you know, when dealing with white privilege and low-key racism and things like that. But actually, it’s been really hard because I didn’t realize just how different Latinos and black people act towards one another,” April explains. “When we first started dating, it was very rough. The first two years of our relationship was rough. His mom didn’t like me, she thought I was, like, dirty because I was black and all these things and thought, ‘She’s gonna be a bad influence.’
April says that during the course of their relationship, Alex’s family would express their disapproval repeatedly–to the point that April had to change her phone number to avoid the constant questioning.
“I had Latino friends of course, [but] I’ve never dated a Latino guy. We’ve been dating for five years now, so that’s all water under the bridge, forgive and forget. But, you know, I would get called the N word,” she says. “They’d think that I wasn’t about anything and that I was just gonna be like a low-life influence on him. Of course, it hurt my feelings and in the beginning relationship, I would get harassed a lot. In the third month of our relationship, I had to change my phone number because I would just get called all the time, in the middle of the night if he was with me. They’d blast my phone to see where he was and you know, it was just like a lot of BS.”
Alex would do his best to fight for his relationship with April but was met with constant resistance. The tension was very difficult for him to handle, according to his girlfriend.
“He’s a very soft spoken guy, for him to get angry [is rare],” she says. “So, it was seeing a different side of him, like, getting super angry with his family and just, you know, not knowing what to do. But then eventually, it was just like, ‘We’re gonna live our life and we’ll just go from there.’ And, you know, time heals everything.”
April Jones and Alex Moreno are pictured in an undated photo. (Credit: April Jones)
Today, Alex’s family is supportive of their interracial romance, and April’s family has loved Alex “from the beginning” when he met them at a family reunion.
“We can all hang out together, you know, we’re at the house all the time,” the 29-year-old explains. “In college, I studied Spanish and tutored Spanish so now my Spanish has gotten a lot better. I can enjoy casual conversations and my comprehension is just that much better because I’m with someone who speaks Spanish, and has Spanish-speaking family. We’ve been together for a long time, so of course, you talk about kids. We want our kids to be bilingual. I think that’s like probably one of the most positive things is just, you know, the different culture, different foods, different language.”
As far as Hollywood representation goes, April couldn’t be happier about the growing examples of people of color falling in love on screen.
“We’re always seeing same-race relationships in movies, and then it kind of like, we got to seeing black and white relationships mostly,” she dishes. “I think interracial relationships are really beautiful. Because both parties have the same struggles, like I had mentioned earlier. I mean even though we come from different cultures, and it’s something that you can relate to. I don’t like to say that–don’t confuse love for being related to each other’s trauma, but I think this is something that’s a foundation.”
So, what advice would April and Tabitha give to other Black women who are considering dating another person of color?
“Do your own thing with your life. If you’re not hurting anybody, then it shouldn’t matter,” April says.
“A lot of times we look at very surface level things in relationships, especially when we’re younger, we’re looking for these markers of compatibility that don’t necessarily make the relationship great,” Tabitha adds. “Sometimes it’s like the smaller, quieter details in your relationship that really help you connect with a person or things that you haven’t even thought about. Once you start talking to a person and being open to people, you will find that you connect with them in different ways than you ever knew you would.”
Television personality, entrepreneur, and mother of three,Ayesha Curryshowed off her newly-toned body onInstagramthis weekend.
Clad in a flattering grey bikini, she shared the two photos with the caption, “Took me long enough.” The pictures were taken by her husband, Golden State Warriors playerStephen Curry.
The photos have garnered nearly a million likes with comments from many of Curry’s celebrity friends.Kelly Rowlandsaid, “Get it, Mama!” While actressGabrielle Unionsaid, “Alrighty. Lemme get my life together.”
One commenter asked how is it possible that Curry doesn’t have stretch marks although she has given birth to three children. Not to let the remark slide, she responded saying that they are on her sides and thighs.
But, it isn’t just her remarkable weight loss that is making the pictures go viral.
The bikini-clad photos prompted some Twitter users to bring up some of Curry’s previous tweets.
“Everyone’s into barely wearing clothes these days, huh?” shetweetedin 2015, “I like to keep the good stuff covered up for the one who matters.”
Everyone’s into barely wearing clothes these days huh? Not my style. I like to keep the good stuff covered up for the one who matters 😂😂😂
The old tweet was seen as slut-shaming. Five years later, as she showed a little skin, somepeoplehave pointed out the what they see is hypocrisy. “I’m laughing at the fact that Ayesha Curry was trying to slut-shame women for not dressing modestly when she was chubby.”
I’m laughing at the fact ayesha curry was really tryna slut shame women for not dressing modestly when she was chubby, now she’s lost weight she she’s flinging bikini pics on the gram. So the real storyline here is don’t project your insecurities on to everyone else silly cow
Other users supported Curry’s health journey of losing approximately 35 pounds. “She’s spent all of her years taking care of their family; being a wife and mother. She deserves to have her moment without judgment,” one userwrote.
Ayesha Curry said “I’m down 35lbs & very happy to be. I spent my entire 20s having babies, nursing babies. Now it’s time for me to nurse myself.” Unlike the rest of the internet, I’m super happy for her & her journey!
Curry recently launched a magazine calledSweet July.The magazine features recipes, interviews, and a column where she answers questions posed to her by her children. She is the third African American woman to have her own major magazine afterOprahand the lateB. Smith.
Sweet Julyis available on newsstands and online for $9.99.
Venus Williams is known as one of the best tennis players in the world along with her sister, Serena Williams. Off the court, she is a beauty aficionado who prides herself in maintaining a good skincare routine. She has even been featured in Vogue magazine, where she gave readers a detailed and intimate look at her nightly skincare regimen. Now she is teaming up with retailer Credo Beauty for a new line for sunscreen products aimed for women of color.
Williams announced the new partnership this week with Credo Beauty, who are known for their assortment of clean, natural beauty brands to unveil her very first beauty line called EleVen by Venus x Credo. The special collection is an extension of her Eleven brand, which consists of athletic wear.
In an interview with Allure, Williams shared how her love of skincare products started at an early age and the value of protecting your skin from damage. “When I was younger, I was wild and too free, and I took it for granted that I had great skin,” she said. “But that is not the case now. I am covered from head to toe when I’m outside: long sleeves, long pants, and sunscreen. I try to protect my skin as much as I can.”
Williams hopes to bridge the gap for women of color to find sunscreen products that compliment their skin in a market that often forgets about them. “No matter what skin tone you are, you want your skin to look like your skin, and you don’t want any layers on top,” William said. “This [line] leaves no white cast and, of course, it’s universal for every skin tone and complexion.”
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According toCNN, the party was advertised on Facebook in a post that has now been deleted.The venue worked with government officials and management teams in efforts to follow social distancing guidelines.
“Extra precautions and safety measures will be taken to provide a safe environment for you to enjoy the event,” the bar said before the gathering, according to the report.
The bar had a paramedic on-site, and according to one person who attended, they took patron’s temperatures and provided bottles of hand sanitizer.
Jodi Akins, from Blue Springs, told CNN in a message that she visited the bar with four friends for a pool party on Saturday.
“When we walked up my first words were ‘oh my gosh’ it was intense for sure!! Social distancing was nonexistent. However, everyone was enjoying themselves. It was a very carefree environment but security was heavy!!” she wrote to CNN.
Pasmore’sTwitterpost of the event has been viewed more than 16 million times with more than 20,000 comments.
Some commenters aresupportiveof the revelers saying that COVID-19 is suppressed in humidity and not transmittable in water, while otherssaythat the party is negligent behavior that will affect others.
Sunlight kills #COVID19. Humidity likely suppresses it. Outdoors spread is very rare. How are these 3 facts still unknown to many in the media, like you?
Lake of the Ozarks is a destination area for the St. Louis area. The area features resorts and restaurants which are most profitable from May to October. According to theFOX affiliatein the area, many resorts are all booked up.
About 11,800 people in Missouri have tested positive for coronavirus and about 680 have died from COVID-19 infection,according to state data.
The last episode dropped us off with an avoided encounter between Issa and Molly. Issa pulled up to her favorite Ethiopian spot for some takeout and Molly was perched at the counter, doing the exact same thing. You know, because besties and old habits die hard.
From Issa’s point of view, we saw that she saw Molly and decided not to go in. In this episode, we see that Molly sees Issa approaching the restaurant and she braces herself for impact. But by the time she looks over, Issa is rushing to get back into her car. Molly has to be devastated to know that Issa would rather avoid her and eating dinner, than talk.
When Molly gets home, to our delicious Asian Bae (who has earned the right to be called by his name), Andrew was on the phone speaking in his native tongue! We love to hear it! Sidebar, the man who plays Andrew, Alexander Hodge is Australian. Could you imagine if his character was also Australian? Wow.
“That b*tch ran away from me like I was an actual job!” Whoa. Way harsh Molly! It was as if she thought of that joke as soon as Issa ran away from her at the restaurant. She couldn’t wait to throw that shade towards her best friend formerly known as Issa, when she got back home to Andrew.
Another side note, we love a cardigan as a dress and yes to Molly’s Mary J. Blige boots. Molly might be tripping as a friend, but she’s giving 10s across the board with her fashions…and that wet and wavy.
Molly’s packing for a baecation with Andrew, where she’ll meet his brother and sister-in-law. Fun, but like, also not. She has to run into work for a quick meeting before their flight and ends up snapping on her assistant. “You don’t get paid to make me look dumb,” Molly said. We all felt the sting and knew immediately that her anger at Issa was still festering and had started to boil over. And when that happens, who knows who’s going to be on the receiving end of that?
Yvvone Orji and Andrew Hodge are pictured in a screenshot of Insecure, Episode 7.
Aww, remember flights? Andrew is too cute with his distinction of Economy plus. We can all agree, yes give us all the plusses–every single thing we’re supposed to have. Honestly, it’s a way of life. Andrew is getting more and more plusses from Molly for sure!
Oh yes, hey Kim Fields with the TMI. Cute haircut.
Want to know how you’re in the honeymoon phase of your relationship? One minute, you can be trying to avoid small talk with a very recent divorcee and the next, you’re getting finger popped in Economy plus. Good for you Molly. And now that we’re off the plane, we’re in Mexico. Why is Insecure triggering us so much?! Oh trips. We miss you. Signed, everyone.
There’s nothing quite as sweet as being called “the” by your boo’s family members; like, “Oh that’s ‘the’Molly?” Mollyhas tofeel good about that one. For as long as we’ve gotten to know Molly, we’ve known a woman who wants love so urgently and fully, so to the path of something real with Andrew, you know Molly’s pleased with herself about how she’s showing up in that relationship.
Oh great, Andrew’s brother is Action Jackson on vacation with the itinerary. But also the sister-in-law is doing a lot around Molly’s physique. The pressure is on…or is it? Our favorite “lustbirds,” Molly and Andrew definitely ended up doing their own thing later that night…literally.
They teased one another about bringing something sexy with them and when they made the big reveal, we see that Molly brought some slinky lingerie and Andrew pulled out all the sex toys stops, including booty balls and a “pink butt thing.”
OOH OK ANDREW! He said, “I’mma be a freak until the day until the dawn!” And they surely “pumped pumped” until the early morning. Their love-making made them a bit late for the hike the next day with brother and sister-in-law, but it was worth it. Our boy went the fearless route and it made Molly feel vanilla, but in typical Andrew fashion, he made sure Molly felt good in a moment she was ready to feel like she wasn’t enough. “You know what’s sexy is finding out what you’re really into,” Andrew said before pulling Molly into him for a kiss.
Yvvone Orji and Andrew Hodge are pictured in a screenshot of Insecure, Episode 7.
Molly’s wet and wavy looks great. So does her cute little workout Nike fit. And can we just say yes for Molly for trying new things and making memories with bae. OMG the feels of it all. It’s very special to be able to share adventurous memories with someone you have feelings for. It’s the building blocks of a memorable relationship. We see you Andrew! But do we have to run the 3 miles to the top? Side note, Kim Fields must have said no to zip lining because she was definitely jogging down the trail.
Later that night while Molly and Andrew are chilling in the room, Andrew realizes that he’s missed a few calls from Nathan. He called Nathan back and quickly realized that Issa was with him. Molly was immediately intrigued and irritated. But why was Molly mad that Issa was with Nathan again? Molly brought more shade towards Issa when she told Andrew that Issa is messy and she sarcastically added, “So what? Now it’s just Groundhog’s Day?” It’s almost as if Molly’s never had an issue or something happen with someone she was dating and gave him a second chance or even needed one herself. She also acts as if she holds the key to Issa’s relationships.
It was the end of last season when Nathan and Molly had a run-in and Nathan had flowers for Issa. He was coming to explain to Issa why he ghosted her and Molly took that opportunity away from him and the option away from Issa. Molly is stuck on being against Nathan. And Issa, tbh.
But here comes Andrew being the bae that he is and he explains to Molly that when Nathan ghosted, he was dealing with “mental health stuff.” Andrew is the perspective that Molly needs. He softens her and gets her to open her mind to a new way of thinking that doesn’t automatically make her right all the time. It feels like, right now, Molly is only seeing Issa through a murky lens–as if everything she does is bad. When you’ve stopped being able to see the good in a person, it may be safe to say that friendship has sailed.
Oh the hot and sexy portion of the relationship in the beginning. Everything leads to sex. Molly pulls out her lingerie and tells our bae to “eat this *ss.” OK MOLLY! Get yours sis! What we think is going to be a chill day in the pool, turns into a Molly day in the pool. Molly’s so on edge, she doesn’t know she’s on edge/ an unfortunate interaction with towel lady at the pool over her not having a key card made Molly big mad because her experience of the incident was racist. She got back to Andrew upset and when he asked, Molly shared that she was fine, but it was a racist incident.
Yvvone Orji and Andrew Hodge are pictured in a screenshot of Insecure, Episode 7.
Claiming to play “devil’s advocate,” Andrew’s brother said that he didn’t believe it was about race and told Molly that she “could be making your life harder by assuming.” And when Andrew speaks up for Molly to his brother, he does so in Chinese, to which Molly suggests they speak English because she doesn’t speak their language. Molly tells him that he doesn’t get it and he tells her that she gives it too much power. “You got to know when to pick your battles,” Andrew’s brother said to Molly.
Oh no he didn’t! Molly accused them, like all of them–sister-in-law, brother and Andrew of picking and choosing “people of color” when it benefits them. When Andrew questioned what Molly said, “That’s not true. I don’t think like that,” she told him that he’s different. Andrew’s brother made a point of saying that Molly is picking and choosing who gets the benefit of the doubt. Molly was done after that. Brother was ready to debate and Molly was ready for blood.
“Andrew, get your fucking brother!” Molly screamed at a low pitch, between her teeth.
At the end of the day, Andrew had to straddle the fence between his brother and his girl. He followed Molly out of the pool, but their sleepless night wasn’t quite the honeymoon makeup sex we expected. The next morning, Andrew ditched his brother and sister-in-law and to let Molly sleep in and to spend time with only her. He even brought her a smoothie. Andrew is just…swoon. Clearly, Molly is still hung all up in her feelings. She only knows 0-100 and nothing in between. “Did I f*ck things up?” Molly asked. She didn’t. Andrew spoke to his brother and everything is fine. He apologized. Andrew made a good point, saying his brother could be an *sshole at times, but that’s his brother, so they don’t let anything like that stick. They work it out.
Again, Andrew is bringing Molly a new way of thinking. Andrew helps her to see she shouldn’t let it fester. She can easily apply this advice to her relationship with Issa and how she festers in negativity there. Her baggage has gotten too heavy. She’s not able to control when she snaps.
Yes, Molly with the action of calling Dr. Rhonda immediately and not even waiting to when baecation is over. We love to see it. Letting go is one of Molly’s recurring problems and the first step is realizing there is a problem. Good for Molly. We are making progress. In the words of our good sis, Kelli, “You know what that’s called? Growth.”
A Chicago man was arrested after he grabbed a TV reporter during a live broadcast on Saturday night.
Gaynor Hallwas giving an introduction to a story aboutdamages that Shorewood, Illinois had sustained from a recent windstorm. During the live shot, a man ran up to Hall, grabbed her, and shouted “f*ck her right in the p*ssy” at the camera.
The station,WGN,quickly moved to cut the shot and later apologized to viewers for the language while assuring viewers that Hall was “fine.”
In aFacebook post, Hall wrote, “Thanks to your help, he was identified and arrested. Thank you all so much for your kind words and support. I am ok and I appreciate you more than you know.”
Gaynor Hall assault
She also wrote a message directly to the man, “It was not funny. You violated my personal space. You grabbed me. You scared me. Was it worth it?
The man was not wearing a face covering, amid the coronavirus pandemic, exposing Hall to possible infection.
His comment proved to be a copy cat prank from a viral “news” clip that hit the internet in 2014.
Theclipthat inspired the recent Hall incident showed a man clad in a black hoodie responding to how a local area was being affected by an oil spill, “I was sitting on my front porch, grabbed a beer,” the man says, “and “f*cked her right in the p*ssy!”
But, the report was not real. Instead, it was a viral hoax. However, the man who accosted Hall was very real.
OnTwitter, she shared the link to her Facebook page with the caption, “Tough night.”
Viewers have offered support to Hall with hundreds of comments on her post filled with sympathy, prayers, and support.
In December 2019, a female reporter was sexually assaulted in Savannah, Georgia. While covering a race, a man ran pastAlex Bozarjianand patted her backside.
To the man who smacked my butt on live TV this morning: You violated, objectified, and embarrassed me. No woman should EVER have to put up with this at work or anywhere!! Do better. https://t.co/PRLXkBY5hn
She latersaid, “To the man who smacked my butt on live TV this morning: You violated, objectified, and embarrassed me. No woman should ever have to put up with this at work or anywhere.”
The legendary school has making history again, electing its first African American dean.
The school announced the appointment of A. Benjamin Spencer to dean at the university. Spencer was already working as an accomplished civil procedure and federal courts expert with great experience in higher education. Prior to his new role, Spencer worked as the director of the Francis Lewis Law Center and as the associate dean of research at Washington and Lee University. He also served as a captain in U.S Army Reserve and argues appeals on behalf of the army.
Because of Them We Can reported that President Katherine A. Rowe spoke on Spencer’s appointment, saying, “William & Mary is thrilled to welcome Ben Spencer as our next dean of the law school. Since the beginning of the search process we sought a leader who values all three aspects of the law: the academy, the bar, and the bench. Ben brings that broad view of legal practice, together with a deep appreciation of the ethos of the citizen lawyer that has inspired the oldest law school in the country since its founding.”
Spencer said he is excited about the new role. “It was not until the hiring committee from William & Mary approached me back in 2003 that I gave any thought to becoming a law professor,” he said.
“I am tremendously excited that after all these years, I am finally able to join this wonderful community of impactful scholars. I am particularly enthusiastic about the university’s commitment to a whole-person, whole-university approach to learning and its commitment to understanding and meeting the most pressing needs of our time.”
Quavious Keyate Marshall better known as rap group Migos’ Quavo, can now be referred to as a high school graduate according to The Grio.
The Atlanta-based rapper has announced on his Instagram account that he had officially received his high school diploma in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown.
“Finally Can Say I Graduated High School Class Of 2020
We Lit
Now What College Should I Go To? ”
Before becoming successful as a recording artist, Quavo, who was once a star quarterback at Berkmar High School in Lilburn, Georgia, reportedly dropped out early to pursue his career in music full-time.
According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, in 2009, the rapper was a senior quarterback who reportedly threw three first-half touchdown passes during a homecoming game. His performance helped to lead the team to win their first game of the season.
In celebration of getting his diploma, he, along with the rest of his group, released a single featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again called “Need It” on Friday.
As the quarterback for Berkmar High School, the rapper held the record by completing 28 passes in a game back in 2009. He ended up finishing the football season in his senior year, but he dropped out of Berkmar several months before graduation.
“I’m actually involved in sports,” he told Business Insider late last year. “I played in and I’m a student of the game. I love the game. I’m from the game. The game been taken away from me due to decisions I made in the streets, the decisions I made in life, and I chose another route in rapping.”
Migos is Quavo, Kirshnik Khari Ball better known as Takeoff and Kiari Kendrell Cephus better known as Offset. The members, who are related (Quavo is Takeoff’s uncle, and Offset is Quavo’s cousin), were originally named the Polo Club.
Frank Baker and his wife Laura Day Baker, gifted Spelman College $1 million to offset the tuition for 50 high-achieving graduates that had tuition balances and needed help.
Baker is co-founder and managing partner of private equity firm Siris Capital, and Day Baker is an interior designer and philanthropist.
“We are all aware of the headwinds that people of color — especially women — face in our country, the challenges of which are made even more apparent by the economic and health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Frank and Laura Day Baker said in a statement.
“We hope that this gift will help lessen their financial burden as they start this promising next chapter in their lives and encourage them to persevere over life’s challenges.”
Baker has spent $250,000 this year to cover the tuition of students so they can graduate with no balances owed and he will spend no less the $1 million dollars the next three years to give other Spelman graduates the same benefit.
“The people who my heart really goes out to are women in their senior year who can’t afford it anymore and have to drop out,” Baker told Forbes. “These are the most resilient people because if they run out of money their senior year, you know they were out of money their sophomore year and just made it work.”
Frank Baker of Siris and Laura Day Baker to pay remaining tuition for nearly 50 Spelman College seniors and announced a $1M gift toward the establishment of a scholarship to ensure future graduating seniors have the financial resources to graduate. https://t.co/hoSeGdA3otpic.twitter.com/Xo6veARwDB
This generous donation comes a year after Robert Smith agreed to pay off the student loan debt for all graduating seniors at Morehouse College.
“Robert was fortunate enough to go to Cornell and Columbia and him giving to Morehouse was a nod to the recognition that the majority of African-Americans going to college are graduating from historically black institutions,” said Baker, who graduated from the University of Chicago, in an interview.
“We need to make sure these schools continue to be viable. We are all part of the same community. It doesn’t matter if I went to the school or not.”
Camel spiders and giant hornets and shimmering butterflies, oh my. An arachnologist gives a behind-the-scenes tour at the California Academy of Sciences.
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