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Why Wasn't *The Bachelorette*'s Lincoln Adim Mentioned During Men Tell All? Chris Harrison Explains


The “Men Tell All” special is one of the most anticipated episodes during each The Bachelorette season. After all, the drama comes easy when you put every eliminated contestant in the same room to hash over the season’s gripes before everyone goes on their merry, sponsored Instagram-posting way. This year was a little different, though, because by the time Chris Harrison teased next week’s finale, the biggest controversy surrounding Becca Kufrin’s season was completely unmentioned.

ICYMI, the news out of this season wasn’t Colton’s virginity or Jordan’s Zoolander soundbites; it was the report that contestant Lincoln Adim was convicted of assault. No one expected Adim to be in attendance at Men Tell All—he wasn’t invited—but it was notable that nobody addressed him or the case during the taping of the show. So, we sat down with Chris Harrison and asked him to explain.Read on.

Lincoln’s name never once came up tonight. Considering this was a big story that prompted Warner Bros. to release a statement, why was it avoided at the taping?

Chris Harrison: First of all, Lincoln was not invited and not welcome here. What he did was illegal and against the law, so that is a very easy call. There was no chance he was coming here tonight, no chance I wanted to talk to him or hear his side, because there is no side. What he did was commit a crime. That’s a very easy answer. As far as dealing with it, we wanted [Men Tell All] to remain about Becca, about the guys, and about this journey. And going there…this wasn’t the time or place. There really isn’t much to explain about Lincoln other than he lied, he deceived, he committed a crime, he’s not here, and he’s removed from the show and the franchise.

Warner Bros. said they were looking into how he slipped through the cracks because they do extensive background checks. We haven’t heard anything since. How can the show prevent this from happening again?

Chris: I’ll leave that to the lawyers and Warner Bros., but I will just say it’s very easy for people to go on social media and say it was very easy to discover. [Well,] that’s because you knew what you were looking for. We also know what we’re looking for, and it’s not as simple as everybody thinks it is to find that. It was a bizarre set of circumstances that allowed that to happen, on top of someone [Lincoln] who decided to lie and deceive.

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Obviously, Blake and Garrett were not at Men Tell All, but when you sit down with Garrett on After the Final Rose, will you bring up his history of liking bigoted memes on Instagram?

Chris: Possibly. Another thing I want to say is that people need to stop putting Lincoln and Garrett in the same sentence. That’s something that kind of pisses me off. What Garrett did is something you disagree with. That is different than what Lincoln did. Lincoln broke the law. That is a very, very different thing than liking something you don’t agree with on Instagram.

I have no problem with you disagreeing with what Garrett did. I have no problem if it makes you angry, if it makes you sick to your stomach, but just remember it’s something you disagree with. It that wasn’t something that’s against the law, which is what Lincoln did. Just don’t put them in the same sentence. But if Garrett made you sick, that’s fine too. Will we talk about it? Probably. Maybe. I don’t know. It really depends on the situation in the moment. The finale [after show] is live, so a lot of what I’m doing is going on feels, like it was tonight. If it feels like the right time, then we’ll do it.

Sspeaking of the finale, what’s in store?

Chris: Becca’s goodbye [to the runner-up is] easily the most gut-wrenching tearful moment that I have been through. It literally brings her to her knees. You have to watch. Trust me. The exit that you’re going to see is probably in the top five of [most dramatic Bachelor franchise moments ever]. We haven’t even really teased it that much because you don’t have to. When you have the goods and you know what’s coming…just watch. It’s stunning.

So are you saying that the man she says goodbye to is probably going to be the next Bachelor?

Chris: Could be. People are always riding on that wave of enthusiasm. [But then again] everyone’s high on Joe the Grocery Store guy right now. He’s in the mix; great guy. We’ve never had a guy from Buffalo [Jason], very articulate…unlike Joe who doesn’t speak. [Laughs] So, Jason’s in the mix. Obviously number two [Garrett or Blake] might be in the mix. Number one might be in the mix if [he and Becca are] not still together [by then]…you never know. And obviously, you gotta watch Paradise because look who came out of Paradise. Wait and see…



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Ellen Pompeo Explains How 'Grey's Anatomy' Characters' Fates Are Decided


Onscreen, nobody does karma like Shonda Rhimes, and apparently, this extends off set as well. This week, Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo sat down with Entertainment Tonight to talk about the departures of actors Sarah Drew and Jessica Capshaw from the show. In the interview, she also spilled some interesting details about how the writers decide who to kill off and how. “You only get killed off when your behavior is bad,” Pompeo told ET. “If you’re a nice actor, you die nice.”

Knowing this, it’s pretty easy to make some deductions about certain members of the Grey’s Anatomy cast. Rhimes has killed off 15 major characters on the show so far. It’s not clear what exactly counts as “dying nice,” so we’ll separate the deaths into three distinct categories: Good, Neutral, and Awful. (However, take all these with a grain of salt; they’re just our opinions about these deaths. For all we know, the actors who died “Awful” deaths on the show might’ve been awesome on set.)

Of the Good deaths, we have Ellis Grey (Kate Burton), who, in death, saves Meredith’s life as she wakes her up from the afterlife; Adele Webber (Loretta Devine), who dies offscreen and gets mourned by Richard and Meredith at Bailey’s wedding; Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh), who dies with everyone acknowledging that she and Mark Sloan were meant to be together (ignore the plane crash); and Mark Sloan (Eric Dane), who got to say his goodbyes before going into a coma.

Then we have the Neutral deaths, like Craig Thomas (William Daniels), who died during surgery; Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey), who died during incompetent surgery (or, technically, when Meredith unplugged him); Denny Duquette (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), who died suddenly of a blood clot; and Henry Burton (Scott Foley), who died on Christina’s operating table.

And then there are the truly Awful deaths: Dylan Young (Kyle Chandler), who died of a bomb explosion; Reed Adamson (Nora Zehetner) and Charles Percy (Robert Baker), who died in the hospital shooting during season six; Heather Brooks (Tina Majorino), who died by electrocution; Paul Stadler (Matthew Morrison), who died from second-impact brain swelling after hitting his head on the hospital floor; and George O’Malley (T.R. Knight), who died horribly disfigured without anyone knowing it was him before it was too late. And no, we haven’t forgotten Susan Grey (Mare Winningham), who died of hiccups, but that’s because we can’t decide which category to put her in.

Rest assured, however, that Capshaw, who plays Arizona Robbins, and Drew, who plays April Kepner, were at least as well-behaved off-set as Sandra Oh, who departed the show with Dr. Cristina Yang achieving her dream of being a director of cardiothoracic surgery in Zurich. “[She] left in the most amazing way. She gave everybody so much notice. She knew 10 seasons was all she wanted to do and they don’t get much classier than Sandra Oh,” Pompeo told ET, adding that Capshaw and Drew would get similarly nice endings and would not, in fact, be killed off in any kind of disturbing manner. “Yeah, these endings aren’t tragic.”

While this is certainly a beguiling theory, the fate of one Grey’s Anatomy cast member kind of throws the whole thing off. As Deadline reported, Isaiah Washington, who played Dr. Preston Burke, left the show in June 2007 after he was accused of calling T.R. Knight, who’s gay, a homophobic slur. Far from dying, his character merely called off his wedding with Cristina Yang on the day of, and Washington later returned for a cameo during Oh’s exit episode. So make of that what you will.

Related: Meredith and Cristina Will Always Be the Best Couple on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’



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What It's Really Like to Travel With Vice President Mike Pence? One Female Journalist Explains Her Experiences Thus Far


You may have seen the hashtag #PenceFence erupt on Twitter this week, after female journalists covering Vice President Mike Pence‘s trip to the Western Wall in Israel were forced to report from the other side of a fence, behind their male colleagues. Some of those journalists, unsurprisingly, were not happy about it—and said as much on Twitter. Prominent Israeli journalist Tal Schneider wrote: “Separation at the Western Wall. The women stuck in isolation and can not photograph, work. Women journalists are second-class citizens.”

This incident had especially viral potential, considering what Pence has said in the past about working with women. Pence previously made headlines when comments re-surfaced that he does not dine alone with a woman other than his wife, and that he won’t attend events where alcohol is served without his wife, either. Both rules, of course, got their own share of blowback.

But Jenna Johnson, a political reporter for the Washington Post, who was traveling with the Vice President on his Middle East trip, says that the Vice President’s team was actually advocating on behalf of the women reporters at the Western Wall. We asked Johnson, who just completed her second international trip with Vice President Pence, to give us the inside scoop on what she saw happen in Israel—and what it’s really like to work alongside Pence as a reporter, who is, you know, a woman.

Can you explain the story behind #PenceFence? What happened at the Western Wall this week, when women journalists were forced to stand behind male journalists?

When you visit the Western Wall, you get put into two groups: Men can go to one section, and women can go to another section. There is talk in Israel of adding another section, where men and women can go, and that idea has caused a big controversy. Last year, it seemed like everyone had reached a mutual agreement—there could be a co-ed section—but that upset the ultra Orthodox jews in the area, so Prime Minister Netanyahu closed that plan. So again, anytime you go to the wall, men and women are split up. That complicates a visit like the one that Pence did, because only the men would be able to see it.

Who controls the rules at the Western Wall? It’s not Pence, to be clear.

Correct. It is called the Western Wall Heritage Foundation. The Vice President was a guest there. And while his staff did work with them to get everything ready, it is their wall. They set the rules. And the [Western Wall Heritage Foundation] set up a work-around. They put up a platform on the male side so that all of the men could be a little higher up and get a good look at the Vice President. Then they made a platform on the female side, so that women could stand over the wall and look over and see the Vice President. This is the same setup that they did when President Trump was there. In the van ahead of time, [the Vice President’s] staff explained to us that this is how it works, this is what to expect. Once we got there, we got out of the vans. The male reporters went one way, the female reporters went another way. We got to our section and there were a number of female journalists, a lot of them local, who were already there. And they were very upset. Because on the women’s side, you just don’t have as great of a view as the guys do. We were behind them.

Did the Pence team step in to try to resolve the situation for the female reporters?

The Vice President’s office had really jumped in and tried to make things better. They added chairs to the women’s side—that way we could stand up on chairs and be a little bit higher. There had been some rain earlier in the day, so there was actually a little tent up over the men. It totally blocked the view that the women had, so they took the tent down.

Did the set-up obstruct your view, or prevent you from doing your job in any way, shape, or form?

For me, as a print reporter, I reported in a little notebook with a pen, and I was able to stand on a chair, see the Vice President through the crowd, and get what I needed for my story. But it was a big problem for women [reporters] who were taking photos—or taking video. One woman who ran a television station said, “The guys who did their stand-up [shots] were able to have the Western Wall as their backdrop. When I did my stand-up, there was a crowd of people behind me.” They felt like it was not fair, and they started tweeting about it.

Do you think the Pence team handled the situation well? Do you wish they handled anything differently?

I think they were honestly trying their best to make it as good of a situation as possible. Again, we walked into a hot topic—there is a lot of disagreement over who can go where at the Western Wall. So given that, they did their best to try to make it as good as they could. And anytime a United States’ leader is traveling overseas, the [leader’s] communications [department] has a tough job of trying to negotiate how much access American reporters can get, especially in countries that aren’t used to that. Earlier in the trip, we were in Egypt and President el-Sisi’s staff did not want American reporters to come into a meeting that Pence and el-Sisi were having. And at one point, we were trapped in a bus for a couple of minutes. The security guard barred us from going into the Palace and doing our jobs. It actually took Pence’s staff passing a note to the Vice President during the meeting—and letting him know what was going on—so that he could appeal to el-Sisi himself to get the issue resolved. So this is part of being a reporter overseas: Navigating countries and the way they handle journalists.

“The Vice President really makes an effort to get to know thereporters who are traveling with him … On our way back [from theMiddle East], we could look up and see him standing there in hissocks, talking to his staff.”

What is it like to travel with the Vice President?

This was my second trip with him. Right before Christmas, we did a secret trip to Afghanistan to see troops there. These are often really long days. You’re watching something unfolding and trying to absorb every detail. Or you’re writing as quickly as you can, to get your story in before you lose wireless. Or you’re exhausted and sleeping.

Do reporters have any informal interaction with the Vice President on these trips?

The Vice President really makes an effort to get to know the reporters who are traveling with him. At the beginning of the [Middle East] trip, and at the end of the trip, he and his wife would come back and thank us for coming along and chat with us about what was to come or what had happened. On our way back, we could look up and see him standing there in his socks, talking to his staff. He didn’t have any shoes on, chatting with his staff. [Laughs.]

What were your biggest takeaways from this Middle East trip?

Back in December, President Trump announced that the United States was going to formally recognize Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel. It’s a decision that pretty much every ally urged him not to make. It has not been popular over in the Middle East, other than in Israel, and so, at each stop, this is something that was being talked about, whether publicly or behind closed doors. When we were in Jordan, King Abdullah [II] publicly laid out his concerns, and was kind of lecturing the Vice President about it. But Vice President Pence did not budge at all on this decision. At the end of the trip, he was as confident as ever. He heard the concerns, but he really didn’t see that much protest while he was there, because we were kept to barricaded-off streets, red carpets, palaces, and things like that. And he was welcomed, in Israel, as a hero. He became the first Vice President to address the Knesset, which is the Israeli parliament, and there were trumpets playing and people cheering. I think, for him, this trip just confirmed that the Trump administration made the right decision, despite what others might be saying.





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This Fitness Trainer Explains How She Changed Her Body Image and Stopped Comparing Herself to Other Women


Hi. I’m Lindsey. I’m a fitness trainer and one half of the Brave Body Project, an online community I started with my best friend Amber Rees to inspire women to feel strong and powerful in their bodies and unite through health and fitness. This is the story of how I changed my own body image and learned to feel good in my own skin.

Before getting into fitness, I was a professional dancer. From the time I was three years old, my entire life revolved around dance. I wasn’t a ballerina—I was more of an athletic jazz dancer—so I didn’t ever fall into the trap that many ballerinas do of feeling the need to be super thin in order to “look the part.” I’ve had a strong, solid body my whole life. Honestly, I never really had body image issues or questioned my look or size growing up. I knew my body was meant to move and that was all I cared about.

When I was 18, I went on my first Broadway national tour with the show Grease. While on tour, we were required to do weekly weigh-ins with the costume department to make sure we didn’t gain weight. Gaining weight meant alterations—it was literally in our contract that we couldn’t lose or gain weight within five pounds of what we weighed when we were hired. That was the first time I felt like my weight even mattered. But suddenly it mattered a lot: there were going to be consequences for gaining weight.

Then, when I was 20, I was cast as the lead role in another national tour, for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. A few months before we were set to go to our first city, we took some promotional photos for the show. The day after the shoot, I got a call from the choreographer. She said I had gained weight since I was hired and both she and the director wanted me to lose 20 pounds before we started rehearsals in two months for the tour. I was devastated. I didn’t ever think of myself as overweight. But from one phone call, the way I thought about my body changed forever. I became extremely insecure. I started spending two hours a day in the gym and barely eating. I did lose the 20 pounds they asked me to by the time we started rehearsals. But I also lost my confidence. I was constantly comparing myself to the other women in the show, I felt ashamed of my body and I wasn’t comfortable in my own skin.

For years, this was my life. I would audition all day, obsessing over the other women in the room, and at night I would bartend to pay my bills, working until 3 or 4 in the morning. Between the brutal schedule and the way my self-esteem had changed, I was miserable. Then one day a friend asked me to come to a class with her at Barry’s Bootcamp. I loved it so much I was hooked after one class. I started going every single day. I soon realized teaching fitness was something I might be good at. I decided to get my group fitness certification so I could teach on the side while I was auditioning. I started teaching at a small fitness studio in downtown New York. I quickly moved up the ranks and became their head trainer. Before I knew it, I was skipping out on auditions to spend more time at the studio and spending all my free time learning about fitness and exercise science. After a few months, I realized I loved fitness and I wanted to be completely immersed in it. I decided to step away from theatre and pursue fitness full time.

Working at this studio, we had to physically do the classes with the clients so I was working out about four to six hours a day. I was definitely working out way too much, but I saw insane results. I had a six-pack. My legs looked amazing. My arms were toned. I was also tired all the time. I stopped getting my period. I was severely dehydrated. So, while my body changed and it looked “amazing,” it was totally breaking down and falling apart.

As my fitness career began, I still struggled with my habit of comparing myself other women, because the industry at that time was all about how you looked. Your body was your business card. That was hard for me, because even though I loved fitness I really was a normal girl who also liked pizza and booze and living life. Back then it didn’t feel like you could have both. Things were less about working out to feel good and more about working out to look good. “Summer body,” “bikini body,” and “skinny” were words that were tossed around all the time. Looking back, I don’t think I even did feel good. The sacrifice that goes into looking like that is pretty intense and, like I said, I like to enjoy life! If you’re always fighting for that end goal but not enjoying your day to day, what’s the point?

Luckily, things have changed—both for me and in the industry. Three years ago I had begun training for my first fitness competition when I fell and tore my ACL. It was one of the hardest times in my life. I had to have full reconstructive knee surgery and was in a brace for almost six months. I couldn’t run for nine months. It was so hard to have fitness taken away from me. I got depressed and lethargic. I basically lost hope during that time.

When I was finally cleared to run and move like I used to, it was so emotional. I remember crying on the treadmill the first time I was allowed to jog. We take our bodies for granted and we focus on how our body parts look more than what they can do. Going through that time made me so grateful for my body.

I wouldn’t wish that injury on anyone but it truly changed my life for the better. Brave Body Project came out of the ashes of my injury and an equally tough time for my best friend (and now business partner) Amber. We both wanted to shed a different light on the fitness/health/wellness scene and empower women by creating a support system where women could come to us to feel strong and inspired. I am truly grateful to have Amber as my best friend because she’s always there to lift each other me up and I can count on her for anything. Our passion lies in helping others feel strong and fit while learning to love the process and appreciate the beautiful body they have, and it’s done the same for us. I hope every woman finds a friend like her.

This year (particularly in the last six months!) has been a breakthrough time for me in terms of learning to love my body. I started thinking of myself as an athlete and it became a lot easier be happy in my skin. I ran in nine races this year, and next year I’m running the New York City Marathon. I’m so proud of my body and what it can do and it’s just such a waste of time to compare or get down on myself. I’ve vowed not to waste another second poking, weighing, or comparing. I tell my clients the same thing— if you’re focused solely on superficial things like having abs or looking good in a bikini, I think you’re missing the point. Once you retrain your brain to think of fitness and working out as something that will make you feel happy, strong, empowered, and alive, that’s when your confidence and beauty will truly shine through.

Now, when I have a negative thought about my body, I remind myself that this body has done so many incredible things. I remind myself that one time I couldn’t move at all and that could be taken away in an instant. Life is too short to hate yourself. I work out six days a week, I have a healthy relationship with food and I’m strong AF. If I feel bloated or “fat” one day, who cares. That’s life. I think I love being in fitness more than ever because when I decided to stop comparing my body to other women and use my voice to share what I thought being healthy meant—when I decided to be authentically me—that’s when everything came together for me. Amber and I have worked hard to show women that they can lift each other up and still succeed. And we’re going to keep building this tribe of boss babes who love their bodies and support each other.



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Sophie Turner Explains Why She Stopped Partying While Shooting 'X-Men: Dark Phoenix'


If her engagement soirée with Joe Jonas is anything to go by, Sophie Turner seems to be very, very, very good at partying. And as it turns out, a huge part of that is knowing how and when to party responsibly. According to a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, the Game of Thrones star had to cease her supremely fun ways for almost half a year while she filmed her new movie, X-Men: Dark Phoenix.

“I think I had like, two nights of proper partying and on a five-month shoot, that’s not very much,” Turner told EW. “It was funny, the first night that I went to bed early, we were all at like, this big group dinner, and I had to work the next day, and I was like, ‘Guys, it’s 9 p.m. and I really have to be in bed.’ All the producers were so shocked because they know me and they were like, ‘Are you okay?’”

A large part of this seemed to be due to the immense pressure that comes with playing someone as iconic as an X-Men character. In Dark Phoenix, according to EW, Turner stars as the lead Jean Grey, a telepathic superhero with a dark, powerful force inside of her named Phoenix. “I’m so nervous,” she said elsewhere in the interview. “As you say, it’s one of the most iconic storylines so revered and popular. I guess the response to the third movie wasn’t great and there’s definitely a pressure to do it justice.”

This meant that extremely fun but possibly debilitating things, like star-studded festivities as well as their aftereffects, might not be the best idea. “You only really get one shot at something like this,” she added. “I was like, ‘I cannot mess this up with a hangover.’” For a 21-year-old, that must take a huge amount of self-discipline. Hats off to you, Sophie.

Related: ‘GoT’ Star Sophie Turner Says She Got a Movie Role Because of Social Media



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This Taylor Swift Theory Explains Why 'New Year's Day' Is the Last Song on 'Reputation'


“New Year’s Day” is a standout song on Taylor Swift’s new album, Reputation, for several reasons. First and foremost, it’s the sole ballad, which is a shocking move from an artist known for her melodic, acoustic tunes. It’s also the most lyrically poignant song on the record. The majority of Reputation features Swift lamenting about love, drinking, and settling scores over large, bombastic beats—but not “New Year’s Day.” Here, she talks about the aftermath of a wild New Year’s Eve—the bottles on the floor, girls walking with their heels off—and how she’s lucky to have someone to help her navigate the next day. “I want your midnights / But I’ll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year’s Day,” she sings. It’s not about partying and fun anymore; it’s about beginning the next chapter of her life with a clean slate.

Interestingly, though, “New Year’s Day” is the last song on the record. She quite literally ends Reputation on a quiet, calm note after 14 tracks of loud, electronic jams. And I think that’s intentional. It’s possible the first 14 songs from Reputation are a metaphor for Swift’s chaotic 2016: the year she faced the most scrutiny about her personal life. Remember, that was the year Swift dated (and dumped) Calvin Harris and Tom Hiddleston, had Snapchat beef with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, and continued squabbling with Katy Perry. All of this is addressed, in some shape or form, on the first 14 Reputation songs, which are sonically bonkers. It’s the most electric, emotional, and hectic Swift has ever sounded—just like her life in 2016. Interwoven in these songs are nods to her boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, who serves as her lifeline through the madness.

And then we get to “New Year’s Day.” January 1. It’s quiet and still; the dust has settled. She’s ready to start things fresh. That’s why the song is last on the record: to illustrate how she’s putting 2016’s messiness behind her and moving on with the person who makes her the happiest (Alwyn). She’s finally waking up from all the feuds, wild nights, and bumpy romances—and she just wants peace.

We’ve had it wrong this whole time: “New Taylor” isn’t on Reputation—not on the first 14 songs, at least. Nope, that’s “Old Taylor,” addressing her past issues one last time as a form of catharsis. It’s only on “New Year’s Day” where we catch a glimpse of “New Taylor”: a woman who, finally, is done with the drama. Here’s to seeing more of her.

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