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‘Golden Bachelor’ Gerry Turner says incurable cancer diagnosis led to Theresa Nist divorce

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“The Golden Bachelor” star Gerry Turner’s health had a decline earlier this year.

On Wednesday, Turner told People magazine that he was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer in March, which greatly impacted his decision to get a divorce from Theresa Nist.

“There’s a topic that I haven’t wanted to talk about until now,” Turner told the outlet, referring to his split from Nist. “I think it’s time, also because it probably will clear up a lot of mystery around what happened back in February, March and April.”

‘GOLDEN BACHELOR’ GERRY TURNER FINALIZES DIVORCE WITH THERESA NIST

Gerry Turner announced he had been diagnosed with bone cancer prior to his divorce from Theresa Nist. (John Fleenor/Disney via Getty Images)

He continued, “As Theresa and I were trying very hard to find our lifestyle and where we were going to live and how we were going to make our life work, I was unfortunately diagnosed with cancer.”

Turner’s bone marrow cancer goes by a “really long name,” according to the star. He was diagnosed with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia, which, according to the Mayo Clinic, “is a type of cancer that begins in the white blood cells. Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia is considered a type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. It’s sometimes called lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma.”

“Unfortunately, there’s no cure for it. So that weighs heavily in every decision I make. It was like 10 tons of concrete were just dropped on me. And I was a bit in denial for a while, I didn’t want to admit to it.”

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“Unfortunately, there’s no cure for it,” Turner told the outlet. “So that weighs heavily in every decision I make. It was like 10 tons of concrete were just dropped on me. And I was a bit in denial for a while, I didn’t want to admit to it.”

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Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist finalized their divorce less than six months after their TV wedding in January. (Getty Images)

After receiving his diagnosis in mid-March, Turner decided to tell Nist “what I knew, and I explained the situation to her.” 

“Certainly, it was hard for me,” Turner said of explaining his health to his then-wife. “But the conversation was brief, and I think [she was] a little bit awestruck by the news. So understandable.”

He continued, “I wanted my life to continue on as normal as possible, and that led me to believing that as normal as possible more meant spending time with my family, my two daughters, my two son-in-laws, my granddaughters. And the importance of finding the way with Theresa was still there, but it became less of a priority.”

Turner addressed the “judgments” that circulated about the former couple’s split and called the rumors “unfair” for Nist and himself.

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Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist were married for three months before filing for divorce. (Eric McCandless/Disney via Getty Images)

“When you are hit with that kind of news and the shock wears off after a few days or a few weeks, and you regroup, and you realize what’s important to you, that’s where you start to move forward,” he said. “And I hope that people understand in retrospect now that that had a huge bearing on my decisions and I think probably Theresa’s as well.”

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Turner added, “Hopefully they’ll look at things a little bit differently, that maybe it wasn’t quite a rash, fast decision that people thought. That there was something else going on.”

Amid Turner’s diagnosis, he adopted a new mindset based on Tim McGraw’s song “Live Like You’re Dying.”

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Gerry Turner was the first “Golden Bachelor.” (Brian Bowen Smith/ ABC via Getty Images)

“I’m going to pack as much fun as I possibly can into my life and enjoy every moment. And when I’m gone, I’m gone, but I’m not going to have regrets,” Turner told People magazine.

When it comes to Nist, Turner wishes her “all of the good luck in the world, that she finds everything she wants to.”

“That glamour and starstruck, whirlwind time was really a cherished memory,” Turner recalled. “It was wonderful, and I certainly wish it would’ve had a different ending, that we would’ve found our way, that we would’ve found solutions to a problem. And most of all, that I would not have had a diagnosis that so strongly influenced my decisions and the direction I went.”

Turner earned a few “Bachelor” achievements through his tenure. Not only was he the oldest star of the show at 72, he also became the first engaged and married “Golden Bachelor” in the span of a few months. 

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Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist said “I do” in January. (Disney/John & Joseph Photography)

He dropped to one knee and asked Nist to be his bride in Costa Rica, and the couple married during the “Golden Wedding,” another milestone event for the franchise with the first televised live nuptials in a decade.

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Turner and Nist revealed that love simply was not enough to keep their marriage going during a joint interview on “Good Morning America” in April.

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Gerry Turner said he “still loved” Theresa Nist following their divorce. (John Fleenor/ABC)

“We looked at homes in South Carolina. We considered New Jersey. And we just looked at home after home, but we never got to the point where we made that decision,” Nist said at the time.

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Turner added, “I still love this person. There’s no doubt in my mind I still am in love with her. I root for her every day.”

Nist agreed, “Yeah, I still love him.”

‘DeSanta Claus’ strikes again: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announces extra days off for state workers

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that state workers will get three extra days off this month.

“In addition to Christmas Day and New Years Day, our state workers will get three extra days off—December 23, 24 and 31—to spend more time with their families and loved ones this holiday season,” the governor declared in a post on X.

State offices will be closed on all five of those days, according to a press release from the governor’s office.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, holds a press conference to speak in opposition to Amendment 4, which would limit government interference with abortion in Florida at The Grove Bible Chapel in Winter Garden, Fla. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

“Florida is in great shape, and we want to reward our state employees,” DeSantis said, according to the press release. “After a full year—including three costly hurricanes—we hope these extra days off allow for state workers to spend more time with their families and loved ones during this holiday season.”

Last month “state workers were given off for November 27,” the day before Thanksgiving, Dan Barrow of the Florida Department of Management Services confirmed to Fox News Digital via email on Wednesday.

The department’s website lists nine dates “observed as paid holidays by state agencies,” in 2024, including, New Year’s Day, Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday following Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives a victory speech after defeating Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rep. Charlie Crist during his election night watch party at the Tampa Convention Center on Nov. 8, 2022 in Tampa, Fla. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images)

“Full-time employees are entitled to one personal holiday each year,” the site also notes.

Last year, DeSantis announced that state offices would be closed Nov. 22, Dec. 26, December 29, and Jan. 2, on top of regular closures during the holidays, according to a November 2023 press release.

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The Florida State flag flies during the game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022 at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Fla. (Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

“Our state employees have worked tirelessly throughout the year to aid and assist Florida families,” DeSantis said, according to the release. “Over the past few months, they have selflessly responded to Hurricane Idalia and the State of Florida’s Israel Rescue Operation. Closing state offices on these additional days will provide state employees with some much-deserved time with their families and loved ones while enjoying the holiday season.”

Kimberly Guilfoyle is Trump’s latest nominee from his family tree : NPR

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Trump has nominated Kimberly Guilfoyle, pictured speaking at the Republican National Convention in July, to be the U.S. ambassador to Greece.

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President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Kimberly Guilfoyle to serve as ambassador to Greece, the latest of his picks to have a close connection to a member of his family.

“For many years, Kimberly has been a close friend and ally,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Tuesday. “Her extensive experience and leadership in law, media, and politics along with her sharp intellect make her supremely qualified to represent the United States, and safeguard its interests abroad.”

Guilfoyle, a former Fox News personality, has long been a fixture of Trump’s world: She served as the Trump campaign’s finance chair during his 2020 run and has continued to act as a surrogate, including delivering fiery speeches at the most recent two Republican National Conventions.

As a key witness of the events leading up to the Capitol insurrection — and a fundraiser for that rally’s organizers — she testified before the House Jan. 6 panel in 2022.

Guilfoyle is also the longtime partner of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr. The two started dating in 2018 and got engaged in 2020.

The status of their relationship is currently unclear, however. On Tuesday morning, hours before Trump’s ambassador announcement, tabloid photos of Don Jr. holding hands with a Palm Beach socialite (also spotted in the family box at the RNC this summer) fueled rumors about a breakup.

Trump Jr. said in a tweet that he was proud of Guilfoyle, writing that “she loves America and she always has wanted to serve the country as an Ambassador.”

Guilfoyle said she accepts the nomination, a role that requires Senate confirmation. She wrote on social media that she looks forward to “delivering on the Trump agenda, supporting our Greek allies, and ushering in a new era of peace and prosperity.”

“It was the democratic values born in Greece that helped shape the founding of America,” she wrote. “And now, we have an opportunity to honor that history by bringing better days here at home and abroad.”

It’s not uncommon for presidents to reward allies with ambassadorships. In fact, the American Foreign Service Association says it has been “common practice for decades” for presidents to fill roughly 30 percent of chief-of-mission positions with political allies, including wealthy donors, as opposed to choosing career foreign service members.

Trump isn’t the first president to pick relatives, in-laws included, for the job — or to face criticism for doing so.

Some of Trump’s picks come from his family tree

Guilfoyle’s nomination is the latest drawn from Trump’s extended family.

Earlier this month, Trump named Massad Boulos — a billionaire, Lebanese American businessman and the father-in-law of his daughter Tiffany — as a senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs.

Boulos, who twice ran unsuccessfully for parliament in Lebanon, has longstanding ties to powerbrokers in that country. He most recently helped lead the Trump campaign’s outreach efforts to Arab American communities in Michigan.

His son Michael married Tiffany Trump at Mar-a-Lago in 2022.

Trump chose another of his children’s in-laws for an ambassadorship last month, saying he intends to nominate real estate mogul Charles Kushner — whom he pardoned from various federal charges during his first term — as the ambassador to France.

Kushner is the father of Jared Kushner, the former White House senior adviser to Trump who is married to Trump’s oldest daughter, Ivanka.

It is not clear what if any official role Trump’s children will play in his administration. Ivanka said after her father’s reelection campaign announcement in 2022 that she did “not plan to be involved in politics,” choosing to focus on her family’s private life.

It’s not unusual for presidents to nominate relatives

President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert Kennedy and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover talk at the White House.

President John F. Kennedy nominated his brother Robert Kennedy as U.S. attorney general in 1961. They are pictured that year at the White House with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.

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There is a long history of presidents tapping family members to serve in their administrations, starting with John Adams appointing his son, John Quincy Adams, as the minister to Prussia.

A number of presidents kept relatives on the White House payroll throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, many as secretaries, aides or unofficial advisers, according to the National Constitution Center.

They include James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, John Tyler, James Buchanan, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower.

In 1961, John F. Kennedy appointed his brother-in-law, R. Sargent Shriver, as the director of the Peace Corps. He also appointed his brother Robert Kennedy as U.S. attorney general, a position to which he was confirmed and served for three years.

RFK’s nomination was so controversial that it prompted the enactment of the Federal Anti-Nepotism Statute in 1967, nicknamed the “Bobby Kennedy law.” It forbids public officials from appointing relatives to a “civilian position in the agency in which he is serving or over which he exercises jurisdiction or control.”

The measure has been tested several times, including when Bill Clinton tasked Hillary Clinton with leading a health reform task force in the ’90s and when Trump named Kushner a senior advisor during his first term.

Experts have disagreed over the years about how to interpret the statute, with many — including a federal judge ruling in the Clinton case in 1993 — maintaining that it doesn’t apply to the presidency because the White House doesn’t count as an “agency.”

Deebo Samuel doubles down on frustrations after social media post flagged by community notes on X

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San Francisco 49ers star wideout Deebo Samuel took to social media this week to vent about his lack of production, only to get trolled by X’s community notes. The post was later deleted, but not before creating a media frenzy. 

Samuel is currently in the least productive stretch of his six-year NFL career, but the 49ers star seemingly pointed the finger at his quarterback in a post on X, writing in a post, “Not struggling at all just not getting the ball!!!!!!!”

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel carries the ball against the Dallas Cowboys at Levi’s Stadium. (Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images)

The post, which was later deleted, was hit with a community note that read, “He leads the team in drops. He is struggling.” 

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Ahead of Thursday night’s game against the Los Angeles Rams, Samuel was asked to expand on what was said in the post and admitted feeling “frustrated.” 

“You read what you read. A little frustrated, for sure.”

Samuel is averaging just 2.9 yards on his 32 carries and is on pace for his worst season in terms of catches and receiving yards per game with 40 receptions for 553 yards. He hasn’t scored a touchdown since Week 6.

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San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel lines up against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)

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Head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke to reporters on Tuesday, explaining that he understands “Deebo saying that.”

“Deebo wants to help us out and the only way he helps us out is getting the ball more, and we’d like to get it to him more and we’ll continue to work at that.”

Shanahan added that he wished Samuel would’ve kept the issue offline, but said the incident is “water under the bridge.” 

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Brock Purdy, who seemed to be the subject of Samuel’s post, echoed that sentiment. 

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy is sacked by Buffalo Bills defensive end Greg Rousseau at Orchard Park, New York, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

“Deebo and I talk all the time and he’s like one of my best friends on this team. I absolutely love Deebo and what he’s done for me and helping me out,” the quarterback said Tuesday. 

“I think he’s right. He’s doing great right now with what we ask of him in the offense. And he is not struggling or anything. It’s just, like I’ve said before about guys like Ricky [Pearsall] or last year with Aiyuk for a little bit. There’s just moments, I guess, throughout seasons where guys just don’t get the ball, just depending on the scheme or what the defensive scheme is and them taking guys away. So, I want to get Deebo the ball every play if I could. I want to have him break all the records as best as possible. I want Deebo to do Deebo things and we all do in this building. So, that’s just how the games have gone. But I love my guy and I’m going to do everything I can to give him the ball.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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Senators call on Biden to brief upper chamber on efforts to return Austin Tice from Syria

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EXCLUSIVE – In a rare bipartisan push Wednesday morning, senators on both sides of the aisle called on President Biden to instruct his administration to brief the upper chamber by Dec. 20 on efforts underway to free Austin Tice from Syria. 

A letter, first obtained by Fox News Digital, was sent to the Oval Office by Sens. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md, calling on Biden to “seize” the rapidly changing situation in Syria and secure Tice’s return.

“Given the recent fall of the Assad regime and the rapidly changing dynamics on the ground in Syria, we think this moment presents a critical opportunity to secure Austin’s release and bring him home to his family,” the letter, signed by 34 senators, read. 

Freelance journalist Austin Tice went missing in Syria in 2012 and has not been heard from since. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

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The letter applauded comments issued by both Biden and his national security advisor Jake Sullivan affirming that Tice’s return was a “top priority” amid the rebel takeover of Damascus, but lawmakers are looking to be briefed on detailed steps being taken to secure his release.

Multiple rewards systems have been initiated by both the FBI, which is offering up to $1 million, and the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program, which is offering up $10 million, for information pertaining to Tice’s whereabouts. 

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters Monday evening, “There are intensive efforts underway by the United States to find Austin Tice and bring him home to his family.”

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The State Department’s Reward for Justice program is offering $10 million for information relating to locating Austin Tice. (The State Department’s Reward for Justice)

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Efforts to connect U.S. officials with on the ground sources who may have information on where Tice is have been renewed. 

Sullivan told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Monday that the U.S. was working with partners in Turkey through back-channel communications with people in Syria who may have information on which prison Tice was kept in, and the State Department confirmed that hostage-affairs envoy Roger Carstens has been engaging in a similar outreach approach in Beirut. 

The fall of the Assad regime on Sunday brought renewed hope for the return of Tice, who is still assessed to be alive despite his 2012 capture in Damascus and unknown condition, as rebel groups in recent days have begun freeing men, women and children held in Syria’s notoriously deplorable prisons.

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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) arrives to a luncheon with Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 7, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“For more than 12 years, Austin’s parents have demanded our government bring him home, and given the evolving situation in Syria, we urge you to seize this opportunity to launch an urgent effort to secure Austin’s release,” the letter penned by Cronyn and Van Hollen stressed. “As a beloved son, brother, Eagle Scout, journalist, and veteran, Austin represents the best our nation has to offer and deserves the full and active support of our government to secure his release. 

“Congress is committed and more than willing to work with you to return him to his loving family. We encourage your administration to utilize all available means to further discourage the hostage taking of American citizens,” it added. 

Jennifer Love Hewitt ‘afraid’ daughter will watch past makeout scene and ‘cringe’

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Jennifer Love Hewitt is unwrapping her Hollywood career during the holiday season.

“The Holiday Junkie” star reflected  with Fox News Digital on her long acting career, including her special cameo in “Boy Meets World.”

“It was so fun… I adored Will. He was like the best boyfriend ever. He was so sweet. And that cast was wonderful,” Hewitt said of her memorable make out scene with one of the show’s stars, Will Friedle. Friedle played Ben Savages’ character, Cory’s brother on the show.

Friedle and Hewitt were dating in real life when she appeared in the season 5 episode, “And Then There Was Shawn.” 

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Jennifer Love Hewitt, 45, stars in and directs her first Christmas film, “The Holiday Junkie.” (Chris Haston/WBTV via Getty Images)

“I was very nervous because… it was a comedy, and I hadn’t really guested on a lot of stuff… I wanted to make him proud. I wanted to, like, not be fired and to do a good job.”

Hewitt played Jennifer Love “Feffy” Fefferman in the 1998 episode, and the couple had a heavy make out scene that Friedle called “intense” and “uncomfortable” on the “Pod Meets World” podcast. 

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Jennifer Love Hewitt said she is afraid her daughter will watch her “super intense” make out scene from her cameo on “Boy Meets World.” (ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

“I don’t remember it going that far. … It was seriously like, ‘Wow, that’s uncomfortable,’” Friedle said on the podcast where the show’s stars Friedle, Danielle Fishel and Rider Strong re-watch and discuss the iconic series.

“It was super intense, and I’ve had people even say to me like, ‘Oh, when I was a kid, I didn’t realize you guys were together.’ So, it was just like, what the hell is going on? That is the most intense makeout we have [had] on the seven years of the show is right there in the hallway. Then kissing her neck while she’s trying to talk and all this, like we haven’t even said our names yet. It’s intense.”

“We really went for it in that make out, definitely.” 

— Jennifer Love Hewitt

While Hewitt detailed the “Boy Meets World” make out scene to Fox News Digital, she admitted she is more worried about what her daughters will think.

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Jennifer Love Hewitt and Will Friedle on “Boy Meets World” in 1998. (ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

“We really went for it in that make out, definitely,” she added. “My daughter watches ‘Girl Meets World’ right now, and I’m always afraid that she’s going to want to watch ‘Boy Meets World’ … then see me as Jennifer Love Fefferman making out on the bookshelf, and she’s going to be like ‘mommy, this is cringe.’”

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Meanwhile, Hewitt’s daughters are following in their mom’s acting footsteps, as they were involved in the heartwarming Christmas movie, “The Holiday Junkie.”

The Lifetime movie, which was directed by Hewitt and is her first ever Christmas film, focuses on her character, Andie, running a decorating and planning service company for the holidays. 

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Hewitt’s character navigated the holidays during a difficult time as her mother passed away. Although her character faces a trying time, her spirit is lifted when she finds an unexpected Christmas romance. 

Hewitt’s mother passed away in real life, and “The Holiday Junkie” held sentimental value for the actress as it honored her late mom.

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Hewitt’s on-screen romance is played by her real-life husband, Brian Hallisay. The couple first met on the set of Lifetime’s movie, “Love Bites” and tied the knot in November 2013. They share three kids together; Autumn, 11, Atticus, 9, and Aidan, 3.

The “9-1-1” star confessed there were some challenges while working with her husband.

“For us, our biggest challenge was who’s going to watch our kids because we’re in everything. So, we really panicked about that,” Hewitt explained to Fox News Digital.

Hewitt said they had assistance with watching the kids while they worked on set. She added that she felt grateful for the 11 years of marriage with her husband.

“It’s not often that you get paid to just go fall in love with your husband again. And I really did, that picture of me gazing at him at the monitor, I really found myself like, ‘Wow, this is my job. This is what I get to do. I love this guy.’ So I really ended the movie… more in love with him than when we started… it was a nice little gift, 11 years in.”

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Jennifer Love Hewitt gazes at her husband behind the scenes of their Christmas film, “The Holiday Junkie.” (Jennifer Love Hewitt/Instagram)

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The “Ghost Whisperer” star told Fox News Digital that her 11-year-old daughter had just received her Screen Actors Guild card, the same age that Hewitt landed hers. 

As for her horror film “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” her kids had humorous reactions to their mother’s role. 

“They loved it… she thought it was really cool that my character didn’t die,” Hewitt laughed.

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Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt looking up in fear in a scene from the film “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,” 1998. (Columbia Pictures/Getty Images)

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She said her daughter “was like, ‘I’m really proud of you, mommy… for making it through.’”

Hewitt also confessed that random people shout her iconic line from the movie, “What are you waiting for, huh?” at her all the time. 

She explained fans would shout at her randomly from across the street. 

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Hewitt has been acting since she was a young child and told Fox News Digital what advice she would give to her younger self.

“I was always a worrywart,” she remarked. “I was just always worried… I had so much fun on the job, and [thought] it was going to be my last or that… people were going to kick me out of Hollywood and not let me act anymore.” 

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Jennifer Love Hewitt said she would tell her younger self that “it’s going to work out.” (Cliff Lipson/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Studios )

“Or that I was going to be dorky… whatever it was. I was just always worried… I definitely enjoyed it and was present… had a good time and all those things. But I wasted a lot of time worrying. And I think I would just say to her like, ‘Look, it’s going to work out. You’re going to start getting old, and they’re still going to let you do things… it’s okay. You’re fine.’”

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“The Holiday Junkie” premieres on Lifetime, Dec. 14.

Ryan Routh, alleged would-be Trump assassin, to appear at federal court hearing

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Ryan Routh, the man accused of trying to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at a Florida golf course in September, will appear for a hearing in federal court Wednesday morning after his attorneys moved to delay the start of his February trial.

Federal Judge Aileen Cannon, who previously presided over and eventually dismissed Trump’s federal classified documents case, will preside over the hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Attorneys for both sides were expected to discuss the timeline and specifics of pending discovery materials and any other issues related to pre-trial motions or trial preparations. 

Routh allegedly lay in wait for over 12 hours in the brush with a rifle on the perimeter of the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach as Trump was golfing on Sept. 15. A Secret Service agent saw Routh pointing a rifle through a fence and fired at him. Routh fled and was arrested that day.

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Ryan Routh is accused of lying in wait with a rifle for Trump while he was golfing at his course in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sept. 15. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)

The alleged would-be assassin has pleaded not guilty to five counts, including the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate and assault on a federal officer. His trial is currently scheduled for Feb. 10, 2025.

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Trump assassination attempt suspect Ryan Routh was seen being taken into custody on Sept. 15 in bodycam footage. (Martin County Sheriff’s Office )

Routh’s attorneys have already filed a motion for a continuance, asking for the trial to be delayed until December 2025 because of the “extraordinary volume” of discovery still being examined.

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“Proceeding with the scheduled trial or anytime soon thereafter — on charges punishable by life imprisonment — would result in a miscarriage of justice,” the defense attorneys said in the filing.

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A court sketch depicts Ryan Routh as he appears in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sept. 23. (Lothar Speer)

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Prosecutors said they will be prepared for trial in February but are not opposed to a “reasonable” delay, though they said a continuance until December 2025 would not be “reasonable.”

Fox News’ Heather Lacy contributed to this report.

It’s not just Trump. Controversy forced Cabinet picks to withdraw before : NPR

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Then-congressman Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., walks off stage after speaking during the Republican National Convention in July.

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When former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., decided to withdraw his candidacy to be President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, he used a familiar phrase.

“It is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction,” Gaetz wrote on social media. “There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle.”

Trump’s choice of Gaetz gave some Republican senators pause. The former congressman was previously the subject of a multiyear federal investigation over alleged sex trafficking and drug use. The Department of Justice never brought charges against Gaetz and ended its probe in 2023.

Still, Gaetz’s decision to bow out of the confirmation process isn’t unique. While the Senate typically confirms nominees brought for a vote, for more than three decades, every former president has had at least one Cabinet nominee withdraw their name from consideration.

In 2001, Linda Chavez remembers reporters and photographers camped out in the driveway of her log cabin in rural Virginia as she dealt with the controversy brought on by her nomination process.

The long-time Republican political aide was tapped by then-incoming President George W. Bush to serve as secretary of labor. However, Chavez’s nomination hit a snag after it came to light that she had previously allowed an undocumented immigrant to temporarily stay in her home.

“The transition would not let me talk to the press…I wasn’t allowed to make my case,” she said. “I really felt that I was becoming, as they say in Washington, a distraction.”

In early January of 2001, Linda Chavez held a press conference to announce she was withdrawing from the nomination process for then-President-elect George W. Bush's secretary of Labor.

In early January of 2001, Linda Chavez held a press conference to announce she was withdrawing from the nomination process for then-President-elect George W. Bush’s secretary of Labor.

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Chavez told NPR that she should have disclosed the information to the Bush transition team earlier and described how the former president’s silence on the issue pushed her to withdraw.

“He didn’t call to say, ‘stick with it, Linda, I’m with you.’ And that, to me, was a signal,” she said. “If he wasn’t calling me to say stick with it, then it meant that they were not fully behind me.”

A look back at past nominees

Former President Bill Clinton’s original nominee for attorney general, Zoë Baird, also faced scrutiny for failing to disclose on her taxes that she employed two undocumented immigrants. Clinton’s second choice to lead the DOJ, federal Judge Kimba Wood, withdrew over a similar situation.

Fast food chain CEO Andrew Puzder also faced a controversy when he was up for labor secretary during Trump’s first term, acknowledging he previously employed a housekeeper who was undocumented, ending her employment when he learned her status. That, as well as personal details from his decades-old divorce and disagreements with lawmakers, doomed his nomination.

Just weeks after the 2016 election, Andrew Puzder shakes hands with then-Vice President-elect Mike Pence after a meeting with President-elect Trump at his golf club in New Jersey.

Just weeks after the 2016 election, Andrew Puzder shakes hands with then-Vice President-elect Mike Pence after a meeting with President-elect Trump at his golf club in New Jersey.

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Unexpected financial concerns have tainted nominations as well, especially during former President Barack Obama’s administration, who had a total of three Cabinet picks back out, the most of any president in recent history.

Former South Dakota Democratic Sen. Tom Daschle was a high-profile failed nomination for the early Obama administration. Chosen to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, it was discovered that the longtime politician owed more than $140,000 in back taxes and interest.

Obama also encountered multiple roadblocks in selecting a commerce secretary. He first chose then-New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, but Richardson eventually withdrew over a grand jury investigation related to his actions with some of his political donors. In a show of bipartisanship, Obama went on to pick Judd Gregg, then a sitting Republican Sen. from New Hampshire, to fill the spot. But Gregg soon changed his mind, citing “irresolvable conflicts” with Obama’s policies.

President Biden nominated Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Tanden — a fiery progressive and vetted Democratic aide — had long received pushback over a series of social media posts she made criticizing Republicans during Trump’s term, which derailed her confirmation process. Biden did later name Tanden as his domestic policy adviser, a position that did not require Senate confirmation.

Trump’s transition process

While Cabinet nominees, like Linda Chavez, have previously rescinded their nominations as unexpected issues arose, Max Stier, who heads the Partnership for Public Service, says for some of Trump’s picks, that’s not happening.

“It used to be that there would be new things that would come up that people would find disqualifying,” Stier said. “Now, we’re finding that there are old things that would have been disqualifying that are no longer disqualifying.”

Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has been making his case on Capitol Hill while he’s been the subject of sexual abuse allegations that have concerned some lawmakers. The former FOX News host and veteran has vowed to stay in the running, and Trump has reiterated his support for him.

Pete Hegseth walks through the halls of the U.S. Capitol in between meetings with Senate Republicans as he works to shore up support for his nomination to serve as President-elect Trump's secretary of defense.

Pete Hegseth walks through the halls of the U.S. Capitol in between meetings with Senate Republicans as he works to shore up support for his nomination to serve as President-elect Trump’s secretary of defense.

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Hegseth is just one example of what Julian Zelizer, a historian and professor at Princeton University, argues is a challenge of political norms, something that Trump has made a signature of his political career.

“I suspect — and this is just watching — that there is a part of President-elect Trump that doesn’t mind this part of the process,” he said. “It’s almost the kind of chaos and controversy that he tends to thrive with. He dominates the news cycle in a way those other presidents did not.”

“So where other presidents tried to quash this, I get the sense he’s almost reveling in it, and that’s a big difference,” Zelizer added.

In addition to Hegseth, Trump has a handful of other nominees that could face confirmation challenges, including Kash Patel as director of the FBI. Patel has promoted conspiracy theories and previously spoken about drastically reforming the department. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is up to head the Department of Health and Human Services, has spread misinformation about the effectiveness of vaccines. Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick for the director of national intelligence, is a former Democratic congresswoman with no record of working in the intelligence space and she has made controversial comments about foreign policy.

In a statement to NPR, Karoline Leavitt, the spokeswoman for Trump’s transition, defended the president-elect’s picks.

“President Trump was re-elected by a resounding mandate from the American people to change the status quo in Washington,” Leavitt said. “That’s why he has chosen brilliant and highly-respected outsiders to serve in his Administration, and he will continue to stand behind them as they fight against all those who seek to derail the MAGA Agenda.”

The president-elect has announced most of his intended Cabinet and at a much faster pace than past administrations, according to Stier. It’s a move that could cause problems for more of Trump’s nominees as they forgo the traditional vetting process.

“I don’t know of anybody that has both gone through an FBI background check … or gotten certification from the Office of Government Ethics,” he said, explaining both are steps that are typically completed before a nominee is announced to try to avoid controversy.

“This is a little bit like the pilot of the airplane who skips the checklists and takes off real fast but doesn’t actually go through the processes that they need to make sure that everything is in order,” he added. “And it’s not in order.”

Bowman posts ‘Dear White People’ thread after Daniel Penny acquittal

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On the heels of Marine veteran Daniel Penny’s acquittal, outgoing Rep. Jamaal Bowman issued a “Dear White People” thread on X which he started by saying he did not know why he felt the need to keep talking to white people.

“Dear White People, I don’t know why I feel the need to keep talking to you. I don’t know why part of me still has hope for you and for us. Some of you are too far gone. But maybe enough of you aren’t and will join us in fighting to end white supremacy,” Bowman declared in the first post of his thread.

Bowman, who decisively lost the Democratic primary in New York’s 16th Congressional District earlier this year, will soon depart from Congress because his term ends in less than a month.

JAMAAL BOWMAN LOSS ENRAGES LIBERALS, LEFT-WING COMMENTATORS: ‘WILLING TO BUY OUR DEMOCRACY’

Rep. Jamaal Bowman speaks at a campaign rally at St. Mary’s Park in the Bronx on June 22, 2024 in New York City. (Steven Ferdman/GC Images)

“I just wanna call out the hypocrisy and evil of it all and just continue to hope. I won’t rely completely on you because I know what’s most important is to work with my community and other like minded allies in the fight for justice. But I guess I’ll just offer this,” Bowman wrote. “I am 48 years old and I have seen countless incidents of brutal police violence and killings in my lifetime,” he declared before going on to mention individuals including Rodney King, George Floyd, and others.

“Jordan Neely is the latest. He was sick. He was not a threat. He was subdued. Still not a threat. Daniel Penny choked him for 6 minutes. And killed him. We all watched it on camera, and he was still acquitted,” the lawmaker asserted.

The congressman made the posts after Marine veteran Daniel Penny was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely. 

DANIEL PENNY SAYS HE COULDN’T LIVE WITH GUILT IF JORDAN NEELY HURT SUBWAY PASSENGERS

Daniel Penny

Daniel Penny returns to the courtroom after a break during his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on Dec. 3, 2024 in New York City.  (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

“I’ve left out probably another hundred instances of this trauma in my life. For comparison, I ask white people, how many times have you seen a white man killed in cold blood on camera on your newsfeed? How many times have you even heard about this?” Bowman asked.

“The answer is never. You never have. And whenever you feel discomfort from your whiteness, Black people are harmed or killed. And there is never accountability or justice. This is the evil of white supremacy. It spans across geography and political parties and sickens us all,” he declared. “I wish I didn’t have to live with all of this trauma deep in my bones. I wish I could just be free to be me. I marvel at the beauty and greatness of my people in spite of white supremacy. It’s extraordinary. That is what I will continue to lean on.”

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Rep. Jamaal Bowman

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., during a campaign stop at the Edenwald Houses housing project in the Eastchester neighborhood of the Bronx borough of New York, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Bowman retweeted his “Dear White People” post, the first part of his multi-post thread, and commented, “Seems like I hit a nerve. White people on X going crazy on this one. Must’ve been a lot of truth in what I posted.”

“Wow. This has been so triggering for so many of you. Do you realize you’re actually proving my point? If you are that triggered by this, imagine how I must feel when Black people are murdered consistently and there is no Justice. Y’all can’t handle a tweet. Fascinating,” Bowman wrote in another post.

Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair aims to become the national chair of the DNC

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Democrats trying to shake off last month’s loss in the presidential race will meet this week to go over the rules to elect a new DNC Chair. The current chair is not running for reelection.