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Poison drummer Rikki Rockett was staring down a terrifying possibility as he battled cancer: Doctors might have to remove his tongue.

After chemotherapy and radiation failed to stop the disease, the rocker began recording messages for his young children so they could remember the sound of his voice.

"I was recording pieces of information for my kids so they could watch it, because the next step was to cut my tongue out if they had to," Rockett (born Richard Allan Ream) told Fox News Digital. "And I wanted them to know what I sounded like and my advice to them growing up, and I wanted them to hear it from me. I wanted them to understand what I was, what I thought I was or would become."

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Rockett, whose weight dropped to 161 pounds during treatment, said the possibility of losing his tongue left him fearing he might not survive much longer.

"I would've most likely had a feeding tube," he said. "I don't think I would've lived much longer. It would've added another year or two. Some people do make it. Some people get all of that done and live for a long time. But I think a lot of times, with the way it was going with me, I don't think I would've survived, quite honestly."

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Now 65, Rockett says he has been free of cancer for a decade. His memoir, "Ghost Notes: My Life in Poison," chronicles his rise to stardom during the decadent '80s and his grueling health battle.

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In 2015, Rockett said he and his family developed sore throats. They were all prescribed antibiotics, but while everyone else recovered, his symptoms persisted.

Rockett returned to the doctor, who examined his nose and throat with a scope. During the examination, the doctor spotted something suspicious.

"I don't know if it's cancer, but it's suspicious, and we got to do a biopsy," Rockett recalled his doctor telling him. "My life changed at that very second."

According to the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance, Rockett was diagnosed with HPV-related throat cancer in 2015. The disease affected the base of his tongue.

According to his memoir, Rockett had experienced a sore throat and a swollen lymph node for more than a month. It hurt every time he swallowed. After doctors diagnosed him with cancer, he received radiation and chemotherapy.

"Before long, I couldn't eat solid food anymore," he wrote. "My weight dropped dramatically because all I could manage was soup, shakes and water. Eventually, I couldn't eat or drink anything at all."

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Rockett wrote: "I've got throat cancer. At its worst, I struggle to swallow even a gulp of water. This morning, my son had to watch tears running down my cheeks as I tried to eat a spoonful of soup. He looked terrified."

Rockett told Fox News Digital that he eventually "wound up in stage 4." For three months, he received radiation five days a week, along with chemotherapy weekly, but he said the treatment failed. Doctors then discussed removing his tongue, according to Rockett.

Rockett was terrified. In his memoir, he wrote that he believed he had only a "40 or 50 percent chance of living." But he refused to give up.

"Even with all the treatment, it still didn't work," he recalled. "So then I got on an experimental drug combination at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, and it worked incredibly well. It's one of those things where, if it works, it's amazing. If it doesn't, you kind of go, 'Wow, maybe I wasted my time.' So I had to roll the dice. And I did. And when I rolled it, thankfully, it came out in my favor."

According to UC San Diego Health, Rockett participated in a clinical trial involving a combination of two drugs: pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and epacadostat. Rockett was declared free of throat cancer in July 2016.

The treatment took a toll. At one point, Rockett's tongue swelled so much that he feared he might choke. Soon, however, a scan offered hope.

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"The crazy thing was that my first PET scan showed that 90 percent of the cancer was already gone," Rockett wrote. "And by the second PET scan, it was all gone. It was as if the angels had come down and blessed me. I mean, it was unbelievable."

Rockett wrote that his doctor seemed just as surprised by the results but explained that treatment needed to continue to reduce the risk of the cancer returning.

But Rockett's health challenges were far from over.

"Some eight months into the process, nothing was coming up, but I was getting high white blood cell counts," Rockett wrote.

"So, they got concerned about that, and to cut a long story short, I wound up with something called CML, chronic myeloid leukemia, and it’s a predisposition thing. It’s a translocation between BCR-ABL, the chromosomes. You’re prone to it if, like me, you have the Philadelphia chromosome. Of course, it absolutely freaked me out. I mean, I just went through one cancer, and now I was facing another one."

Chronic myeloid leukemia is a type of blood cancer often associated with an acquired genetic abnormality known as the Philadelphia chromosome.

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"The hematologist, however, took everything in stride, and when we met, she was super calm," he wrote. "She told me, ‘You picked the best leukemia you could. It’s very treatable, and sometimes curable.’ Dr. Jaimeson would be my doctor for the very long foreseeable future, and I was blessed to have her."

"So, all that happened was that she put me on new medication, which I’m still on. It has some nasty side effects, but the best side effect is that CML has been 100 percent in remission! Zero detection for a number of years now! There must be a reason why I’m still here, I think to this day."

Looking back, Rockett told Fox News Digital his medical team "actually saved my life."

Rockett still lives with the lasting effects of his treatment. But a decade after his throat cancer battle, he's focused less on what the disease took from him and more on what he lived to see — his children growing up.

"Sometimes my voice gets rough, or I get dry," he said. "I get very dry because my salivary glands got toasted with the radiation. But I’m cancer-free, and I’ve been cancer free for 10 years."

Rockett has no plans to slow down. He's been keeping busy performing with his band, Rockett Mafia.

"I’m not out of gas yet," he said with a smile. "I still got stuff to do. And I love playing because I want my kids to see me, and they have. They’ve been to some Poison concerts. I wanted them to see me, and they did. I got that wish."

For Rockett, beating cancer meant getting the time he once feared he wouldn’t have. And he's not wasting a single second, he insisted.

"A big part of it was fighting for my kids," he reflected. "There’s no question that was a big chunk of my fight."

William Shatner is showing no signs of slowing down as he prepares to front a heavy metal band at age 95.

In addition to his decades-long career as an actor, Shatner is also an accomplished musician, who has released 11 studio albums encompassing a wide range of genres including spoken word, rock, progressive rock, Christmas and country releases.

During an interview with Fox News Digital, Shatner, who recently partnered with over-the-counter hearing aid maker Audien Hearing for a new campaign, shared his reaction when his music label Cleopatra Records first approached him earlier this year about making a heavy metal album.

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"I said, ‘What the f--- is heavy metal?’" the "Star Trek" icon recalled.

"And that's the title of the album, ‘What the F is Heavy Metal,’" Shatner added.

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Shatner told Fox News Digital that he teamed up with his longtime creative collaborator and friend, author Robert Sharenow, for the project. The two previously worked together on five albums featuring autobiographical lyrics and spoken-word performances.

"So we wrote six songs for the album," Shatner said. "And I laid down my track."

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In addition to six original songs, Shatner said that "What the F is Heavy Metal" will feature covers with contributions from more than 50 musicians,

"We've got one number in the album that's gonna be out in the wintertime called ‘What the F is Heavy Metal,’" Shatner said. "All of a sudden, 50, I'm told 50 heavy metal musicians all volunteer to be on this album."

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The musicians included Queen's Brian May, who performed a guitar solo for one of the album's tracks titled "Rage." Shatner explained that "Rage" features the famous line "Rage, rage against the dying of the light" from the 1951 poem "Do not go gentle into that good night," written by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.

While speaking with Fox News Digital, Shatner recalled that he was later invited to perform at Riot Fest, an annual three-day punk rock music festival held at Douglass Park in Chicago, Illinois. In a July social media post, the organizers of Riot Fest announced that Shatner would debut his heavy metal band The *uckers at the festival, noting that they had tried to book him for over a decade.

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The "Boston Legal" alum said that his label tapped five musicians to form his new heavy metal band. The all-star rock and heavy metal lineup includes guitarists Marcus Nand and Britt Lightning, bassist Phil Soussan and drummer Fred Aching.

"They put together a group of fabulous musicians," Shatner said. "We call ourselves The *uckers for, you know, ‘What the f--- is heavy metal.’'"

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The band made its live debut in Chicago on Sept. 19 and performed at Riot Fest the following day. The *uckers played original songs including "Rage," "Sky" and "One Fear" alongside covers of Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train," Motörhead's "Ace of Spades," and Metallica's "Enter Sandman."

"We went to Riot Fest … and was a huge success, huge," Shatner recalled. "They were cheering and the reviews and the people…so it proved to me the viability of ‘What the F is Heavy Metal.'"

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After performing with The *uckers and making his heavy metal album, Shatner said he has an answer to his original question.

"It is the beat of life," he said. "It is such an energetic way of doing music. It enlivens your life. It stirs you up. It makes you pay attention."

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Shatner explained that his approach to heavy metal extends beyond the music itself. For the album, he said he incorporated fresh takes on the lyrics of several classic songs, including Metallica’s "Enter Sandman," which he believes contains darker themes beneath its familiar melody.

"I've reinterpreted even the cover songs," he said.

Shatner said his version of "Enter Sandman" focuses on the sinister implications of the song’s lyrics rather than treating the Sandman as a harmless bedtime figure.

"It's a total reinterpretation of the Sandman," he said. "It is amazing."

While Shatner is embracing the volume of heavy metal, the project also connects to a more personal issue. The actor is partnering with Audien Hearing on a campaign about hearing health after experiencing tinnitus and hearing loss himself.

Shatner recalled that his hearing challenges began decades ago on the set of "Star Trek." During the filming of an explosion scene featuring him alongside his co-star Leonard Nimoy, the stage doors were accidentally left closed, preventing the blast from dissipating properly.

He told Fox News Digital that the two actors were taken to a doctor after their ears began ringing. Shatner said that he did not immediately realize that the noise had become permanent. The Canada native recalled that while walking on the beach one day, he noticed that the hiss of the retreating waves never completely disappeared.

"I heard the hiss, but the hiss never went away," he said. "It was always hissing."

Shatner said he eventually learned to live with the tinnitus through a process known as habituation. He also estimated that he has lost roughly 20% to 30% of his hearing and said hearing aids have helped him rediscover everyday sounds.

"The dog claws on the floor, the creak of this rocking chair — all the panoply of sounds that go to make up the richness of the world around us, we’re using hearing," he said.

Shatner's hearing challenges have not stopped him from playing heavy metal. However, he said the loud music can temporarily intensify the tinnitus, which he noticed after performing at Riot Fest.

"Now I'm fitted with earphones, right? And the sound would have been blasting in anyway, but it's heavy metal sound," he said. "I'm blasting in on my tinnitus."

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"So there is this noise," Shatner continued. "Either I'm going to perform with the noise or I'm not going to perform."

"And my tinnitus is just coming back down now," he added. "It was hissing so loudly being subjected to that sound."

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Despite the challenges that come with performing through tinnitus, Shatner said he is moving ahead with the album. He told Fox News Digital that the tracks have already been recorded, but he plans to listen to the completed music and determine whether he needs to make any changes to his performance.

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"In effect, the album has been made, but I'm going in a week or two to listen to it to see how much of an adjustment in my performance I need to do with these musicians, who are playing in an area that I really don't know," he said.

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"I want to see if my performance needs to be adjusted to their tempo and their meaning of the heavy metal," Shatner continued. "So that's what's going to happen."

"This is going to be a major thing in heavy metal," he added. "'What the F Is Heavy Metal,'" with 50 of the greatest people, including Brian May, on the album."

Sylvester Stallone isn't apologizing for giving his daughter a shot in Hollywood.

The 80-year-old action star is pushing back against criticism of nepotism after casting his daughter, Scarlet Rose Stallone, in his crime drama "Tulsa King," delivering a blunt response to those who question whether she earned her place on the show.

"First, they go, 'Nepotism is terrible.' I said, 'Oh please, you're not a good parent if you haven't performed a little nepotism. Then obviously you don't care about your kids, because they come first,'" he said, according to USA Today.

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"Of course it's nepotism, you idiot. That's why we're parents. We want the best for our children. So obviously we let them have every advantage," Stallone laughed.

The "Rocky" legend made clear that getting an opportunity and proving oneself are two different things.

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"Can they maintain that level of excellence? That’s out of our hands," he said, according to USA Today.

Scarlet, 24, plays Spencer in "Tulsa King," while her father plays Dwight "The General" Manfredi, a New York mobster who attempts to build a criminal empire in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after spending years behind bars.

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Scarlet, who debuted in season one, takes on a bigger role in season four as her character becomes increasingly involved in the family’s criminal operation.

Stallone shares three daughters with his wife Jennifer Flavin — Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet.

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He also recently opened up about the physical toll of his decades-long Hollywood career while promoting the fourth season of "Tulsa King."

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Stallone revealed that his work on "The Expendables" left him with serious injuries to his back, neck and shoulders.

"I have been injured many, many times, but after 'Expendables,' I ended up with nine back operations, three neck fusions. Both shoulders ripped out. It's been brutal," he said.

"Don't. Don't. Let the pro do it," Stallone said of deferring to stunt men in the future.

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As for his own stunt-heavy past, the Hollywood veteran was less than impressed with his younger self.

"I think I'm an idiot for doing that," he admitted. "I'm proud that I broke myself in pieces? Like, duh, no."

Engelbert Humperdinck opened up about the time he spent in a sanatorium in 1961.

During a recent episode of his podcast, "The Engelbert Humperdinck Show," the 90-year-old British singer recalled his time at Leicester's Groby Road Hospital Sanatorium, after he was diagnosed with tuberculosis.

When speaking about the treatments he endured, he described having "to stay on your back for I don't know 8 weeks," without attempting to sit up or "do anything strenuous," in addition to getting "an injection with a needle about this big in your butt" every morning.

"There was one lady nurse who was, I don't think she liked me very much because of the injection that she gave me, she really hurt, and I used to scream at her and I used to ask for somebody else. They wouldn't give me anybody else, but this lady was very bad, and she was really hurt, and I had big blue marks," he explained.

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After she continued to hurt him with every injection, Humperdinck thought to himself, "When I'm a little better I'm going to do something" and be a bit "mischievous" to get back at her.

"I said to my friend in the next bed, I said, 'I've got to get some rope. I get some rope,'" he said. "So we got this rope, and when the nurse came around in the morning before doctor's rounds, I got the nurse, grabbed her, tied her hands behind the back, put her in the empty bed next to us, covered her up."

He said when the doctor came by for his rounds, "he knew that I was responsible for that..but he ignored it" and "just walked straight by."

Once she was free from the bindings, the singer said he "was in trouble," but that he "never let her give me another injection."

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"I said, 'I don't want her to give me,'" he said. "And they had a male nurse come and do it for me, and it was much better."

Humperdinck spent six months in the sanatorium after he started coughing up blood during a concert in Manchester. After initially receiving a diagnosis of "a bad throat infection," his mom told the doctor 'I'm not happy with that. Not when I see blood,' and demanded an X-ray.

He explained that within an hour of getting the X-ray he was told to pack his belongings as he had tuberculosis and needed to be sent to the sanatorium.

"Eight weeks later, when I became negative from this disease, my mother visited and, I said, 'Mom, is this place a great place?' I said, 'Cause you remember when you brought me in, the priest was here spent an hour with me,'" he said. "She said, 'Son he was giving you the last rites.' Apparently I had three days."

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Humperdinck, born Arnold George Dorsey, had his big break in the music industry in 1967 with the release of his song, "Release Me," which reached No. 1 in the U.K.

According to his official biography, Humperdinck has sold more than 140 million records worldwide throughout his career, received four Grammy nominations, a Golden Globe for entertainer of the year and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Robert Kelker-Kelly, the actor best known for playing Bo Brady on "Days of Our Lives," experienced chest and arm pain shortly before his death at 62, according to a police report detailing his final hours.

The St. Peters Police Department report, obtained by Fox News Digital, stated that Kelker-Kelly's wife, Allison Kelly, told police she picked up her husband, who also worked as a professional pilot, from Spirit of St. Louis Airport at approximately 7:30pm on Oct. 3.

During the drive home, Kelker-Kelly said he felt pain in his left arm and chest and asked his wife to pull over so he could vomit, according to the report.

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Kelly asked her husband whether he needed to go to the hospital. He declined and instead requested that she take him home so he could lie down.

After arriving at their Missouri residence, Kelker-Kelly changed his clothes and got into bed. He continued experiencing pain and asked his wife to get him an aspirin, according to the report.

When Kelly returned from the kitchen, she found her husband unresponsive and not breathing.

She called 911 and began performing CPR, according to the report.

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St. Peters police and the St. Charles County Ambulance District responded to the couple's Missouri home shortly after 8 pm. Paramedics "attempted life-saving measures," but Kelker-Kelly was pronounced dead at 9:09 pm, according to the report.

Kelly told investigators her husband had no known medical conditions and took no prescription medications. He had not had any serious injuries or had surgery in the previous year, she said.

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Police told Fox News Digital that nothing suspicious was found at the scene.

"Mr. Kelly had reportedly complained of chest pain shortly before becoming unresponsive, and the circumstances appeared consistent with a medical event," police said.

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The St. Charles County medical examiner released Kelker-Kelly "with no further need for investigation," according to the report, which did not specify an official cause of death.

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Born April 18, 1964, in Wichita, Kansas, Kelker-Kelly built a career across several popular soap operas.

He began playing Sam Fowler on "Another World" in 1987 before taking over the role of Bo Brady on "Days of Our Lives" in 1992, replacing original actor Peter Reckell. He remained on the NBC drama until 1995 and won a 1994 Soap Opera Digest Award for outstanding lead actor.

Kelker-Kelly later played the villainous Stavros Cassadine on "General Hospital" from 2001 to 2003, reprising the role in 2013 and 2014.

John Goodman is getting real about the downside of starring in one of the biggest sitcoms of all time.

During a conversation with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, the 74-year-old actor admitted he was "frightened" by the level of fame he achieved following his starring role in "Roseanne" and other projects.

When asked what his biggest pitfalls were that he wished he would have foreseen, he replied he wished he would have understood fame better.

"I wish I would have taken to it better," he said. "I didn't. I was frightened … I'm my own worst enemy, by far."

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Earlier in the conversation with interviewer Joe Neumaier, Goodman was asked about the way his career picked up in the late ‘80s and early '90s, and how he shifted from being a more independent actor to being a celebrity.

"It changed ,'" he said. "That's when I was told, ‘You better get a publicist and get a hold of this stuff.’ And I just … I had a bad time dealing with how famous I got all of a sudden, and just [said], ‘Well, that ain’t me.'"

He added, "It took a long time to deal with it, so I got that out of the way. But just the negotiations you have to go through, the things you have to do to sell a film, they're not ideal, but they need to be done. People put a lot of money into these things, and let's help each other out and get this done. They have a job to do, and you have to support it."

At another point in the interview, Goodman shared he agreed to do "Roseanne" "to quit living out of a suitcase," adding that he "hit it off with [Roseanne Barr] immediately, to the point where, and not in an arrogant way, I just knew when I left that I had the job."

"Roseanne" aired on ABC for nine seasons from 1988 to 1997, releasing 222 episodes in its first run and winning four Emmy Awards.

"At the time, the hot shows in television were all wealth porn, like 'Dynasty,' 'Dallas,' stuff like that. And we were sober reality," he said. "Rose said something early on that 'just because we're poor doesn't make us stupid.' And the reason that family stayed together was because of laughter and obvious love. And I think that showed on the screen in a real way."

Following his time on "Roseanne," Goodman starred in many successful movies, including "The Flintstones," "The Big Lebowski," "Monsters Inc." and others, before returning to the role of Dan Conner in the "Roseanne" reboot in 2018.

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While successful, the reboot only lasted one season, as it was quickly canceled after Barr made a racist statement on social media in reference to President Barak Obama's senior advisor, Valerie Jarrett.

Just a few weeks later, ABC announced that the show's cast would be returning for a new spin-off, "The Conners," without Barr. The show aired for 112 episodes from 2018 to 2025, with Goodman filming that and "The Righteous Gemstones" at the same time.

"I didn’t think [the 'Roseanne' reboot] was going to go beyond the initial five or six episodes. I thought it’d be a one-off thing, and then we got picked up, and Roseanne got fired," he told The Hollywood Reporter in July 2025. "I thought that was it, and as soon as they dismissed the cast, I picked up 'Righteous Gemstones.' Then we got to do the show again as 'The Conners.' I didn’t know how long it would last, but I sure enjoyed it while I was there."

When speaking to the outlet, he also shared that he and Barr had not spoken "for about seven or eight years" at the time, adding "I’d rather doubt if she wants to talk to me."

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Barr told listeners of her podcast, "The Roseanne Barr Podcast," in March that she felt "betrayed" by Goodman due to his decision to scale back his appearances on the show in the later seasons.

"I don't think I heard it from his agent, I think I heard it from the producers of the show actually [that] he doesn't want to be on the show anymore," she explained. "I think they said he'll do six of the 24 or something like that."

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The cast of "Little House on the Prairie" is opening up about the brutal reality of filming the hit TV series.

Cast members were guests on Patrick Labyorteaux's podcast to discuss their experiences on the show. He asked Alison Arngrim, who starred as Nellie Oleson, what the first day was like for her.

"Complete chaos and confusion," Arngrim admitted.

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She explained that she hadn't known she was supposed to show up with her character's signature ringlet curls, 

"So, it was lots of panic and phone calls back and forth, and then massive curling of my hair. So, yeah, bananas. And then, first day on location, of course, I pass out.

"So, I was off to just a rousing start right there."

The conversation also included fellow cast members Dean Butler, Pamela Roylance and Jennifer Donati, as well as Tracy and Victor French, the children of late cast member Victor French.

Labyorteaux also starred in "Little House on the Prairie" as Andy Garvey.

During a later conversation about how hot it was in Simi Valley, where the show was filmed, Arngrim joked that the cast and crew were able to tell when summer hit because the "first day of summer is when Alison hits the ground because I was out like that. It was that hot."

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Speaking again of her first day on set, she explained she was "so disciplined," she approached the director and said, "Excuse me, I think I'm going to faint" before she "completely lost consciousness and dropped."

"It's, like, basically how to not pass out was the challenge," she continued. "It was insane, though the great thing is that other people began to pass out, so people realized it wasn't me, the first one being Sean Penn."

Penn, who was a child at the time, "didn't wake up and come back to work. That was it. He was done for the day."

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Arngrim said, "That's when they decided maybe it was not just me, that it was actually that hot."

Later in the podcast, the subject of their least favorite episodes came up, and Arngrim shared that she disliked any episodes where sporting events were involved because that meant sitting in bleachers "where it was 100 million degrees" for hours at a time while crew members filmed reaction shots.

She recalled one of these shoots when Charlotte Stewart, who played school teacher Eva Beadle Simms, "was just sitting there, and she had, in fact, lost consciousness and fainted and blacked out, but just didn't fall over, and they didn't know she was out."

Of the sweltering set, Butler admitted, "You just had to do whatever strategy you could. I always felt sorry for the women on the set. … [The men] were basically dressed in a shirt and pants and dog-eared boots" while the female cast members wore dresses, petticoats, stockings and sometimes wigs.

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Roylance shared that Michael Landon, who acted as executive producer, writer and director on "Little House" in addition to his starring role, let her film one scene with her blouse unbuttoned and her sleeves rolled up because "it was just miserable hot" that day on the set.

"It kind of just wasn't done," she said of the way she wore the blouse, "but it's in the shot. You can see it in the episode, and I was so grateful for that."

She also said that Stan Ivar, who played her husband, gave her "a little fan that I wrapped around my leg and blew up my skirt."

Donati, who, along with her twin sister, was an infant when she played Baby Rose Wilder, joked, "I don't want to brag, but I think I was the most pampered cast member there. They didn't let me get hot."

"Little House on the Prairie" was a Western family drama loosely based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's semi-autobiographical books. It follows the Ingalls family as it builds a life in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, during the late 19th century.

Landon starred as the Ingalls family patriarch, Charles. Karen Grassle played his wife, Caroline, and Gilbert portrayed their daughter, Laura. The series premiered on NBC in 1974 and ran for nine seasons, through 1983, followed by three television movies.

Ben Hollingsworth is all about giving his young kids the freedoms he grew up with.

During a recent interview with Fox News Digital, the 42-year-old actor discussed his participation in the upcoming Meet Cute Con, the latest season of "Virgin River" and how raising his kids in a small town affords them certain freedoms.

"Our kids are actually, we're able to kind of let them go off and be, like, be back at five, which I feel like is kind of gone away now," he explained. "It's really, really tricky to do that. You definitely can't do it in major cities, or you'll be arrested as a parent. Like, what are you doing? Letting your kid run across Ventura Boulevard? In LA, that doesn't fly."

He said he's "thankful" he is able to give his children the kind of life where they can play outside as long as they are "back by this time when the sun goes down," noting, "I'm happy to provide them with some of what I got growing up."

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Another way they have managed to keep their children out of the Hollywood bubble and grounded is by keeping them active in sports and through family activities, including hikes.

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The actor also shared that while shooting Season 3 of the show in British Columbia, Canada, his wife got pregnant with their third child and inspired their big life change.

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"I'll be transparent with you. I won't say where we are, but we did move out of a large center, and we actually did move to a very Virgin River-esque town because of 'Virgin River,'" he said. 

"We got pregnant with our third, and we made a decision to put down roots in a smaller place. And raising your kids in a small town is just, it's a luxury, and we're very happy that we're able to provide that for the kiddos."

He admitted that, for them, spending more time outside of Los Angeles happened "organically," noting that he isn't the only Hollywood star choosing to leave the city, citing Jana Kramer and Bethany Joy Lenz as examples.

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Hollingsworth also shared his excitement about participating in the upcoming Meet Cute Con at the Loveless Barn and Virgin Hotels Nashville between Nov. 6-8.

The "Small Town Swoon" themed event will bring together stars from "Virgin River," "One Tree Hill" and "The Way Home," providing fans with the warmth, romance and community they see on television in real-life.

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"I think community is the key," he said. "In today's world, we're losing that sense of community more and more every day, I feel like. And there's something really great about getting together and bringing a fan community together with some of the people that they're excited about, and they're used to seeing on the screen. They can meet and see in real life and ask questions that they've been dying to ask."

He is looking forward to meeting fans, noting it's the first time the entire cast of "Virgin River" has "gotten together as a cast to do this in the public," saying it "just felt right."

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"It felt really great. We love Nashville. Who doesn't love Nashville? They're doing it at this barn, and it's not gonna be this massive convention center," he added. "It's a small, intimate thing. So, everyone who comes is gonna be a few feet away from us. And that really kind of helped sell it to us that we should do one."

When it comes to the success of his own show, Hollingsworth cited the idea that it speaks to "a part of America that that we don't celebrate enough."

He explained that many television shows on Netflix and other streaming services tell stories of people in big cities, but as "more and more communities outside those centers have gained access" to these services, stories with "small town charm" and a "sense of community" have begun to resonate.

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"We really took off during the pandemic," he said. "Because I think just … that it was a comforting show, it is a comforting show. We really take pride in kind of supplying — it's almost like medicine for people. You don't need to take whatever to go to sleep. You can watch a nice episode of 'Virgin River' and it's like a warm fuzzy blanket, or a hug.

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"It's apple pie entertainment. And I mean that in the best way because we're not reinventing the wheel. We're doing something that's been done many times before, but we're making really good apple pie, I think. And so you know what you want, you know you're gonna love it, and we do it right."

Jessie James Decker knows the way to her man's heart, and it involves a little spice.

The country singer revealed how she won over her husband, Eric Decker, after just one weekend together.

"I mean, we all know he loves the jambalaya. That's how I sealed the deal and had him fall in love with me after one weekend," Jessie, co-author of "The Secret Sauce," told Fox News Digital.

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More than 13 years into their marriage, the former NFL wide receiver is still one of Jessie's biggest fans in the kitchen, although the singer admits that food isn't just fuel in the Decker household. It's practically a love language.

"I couldn't have married someone that didn't just enjoy food," Jessie emphasized. "And there's people out there that are like that. They're just like a meal's a meal. I'm like, it is an event. It's a celebration. Everything is."

When Jessie and Eric met, the country singer said he was "a Midwestern guy" who had never had Southern Cajun food.

Now, the "Cajun Queen" chapter of her new cookbook, "The Secret Sauce," which she wrote with her mother and sister, has earned a special place on his plate.

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"I would say the ‘Cajun Queen’ chapter is probably one of his favorites because that's what I started cooking because my mom pretty much fed us 90% Cajun growing up and … Cajun food has so much flavor."

He’s also become one of his wife's most trusted taste testers, although Jessie said he tends to tread lightly when a dish doesn't quite hit the mark.

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"He'll just be like, 'It's good, it's good,'" she said, explaining that he usually asks a tactful question rather than coming right out and saying he doesn't like something.

Eric has also supported his wife in a saucy way by posing nude with nothing but her cookbook covering him.

In a video posted to Jessie's Instagram, the former NFL star made some cheeky puns to promote her new cookbook. 

"Morning buns anyone?" he asked as the camera pulled back to reveal his backside covered by nude-colored underwear. "It's in 'The Secret Sauce.'

"Need something hot and ready?" Eric asked as the camera pulled back to reveal him standing in front of a pizza oven wearing nude-colored underwear. "It's in 'The Secret Sauce.’"

It's become something of a tradition. Eric previously stripped down to promote Jessie's other cookbooks.

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With four children — Vivianne, Eric Jr., Forrest and Denver — and busy schedules packed with sports and school activities, Jessie said protecting family time takes effort.

One tradition, however, remains nonnegotiable: eating dinner together as a family.

"Something that I'll always protect is sitting down at the dinner table all together and eating and just talking about our day," she told Fox News Digital.

The family ritual includes bread and oil in the middle of the table and Denver's requests for more butter.

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"Those moments will just always be my favorite, and no matter what life brings, we always find our way at that dinner table," Jessie said.

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Jessie is sharing her family's culinary secrets in her fourth cookbook, "The Secret Sauce," written with her sister, Sydney Rae Bass, and their mother, Karen Parker.

The book celebrates the family's Southern, Sicilian and Cajun roots with recipes, entertaining tips and treasured traditions designed to bring loved ones together.

But cooking with family doesn't always mean following the rules.

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When asked who makes the biggest mess in the kitchen, Sydney didn't hesitate.

"No matter what, the mess is always Jessica. ... Jess and I, we don't fully follow directions in the kitchen. We kind of look at recipes and go, 'All right, I got it,' and then we kind of just throw our own little flair in there."

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Their mother, Karen Parker, told Fox News Digital the family once treated its recipes almost like a closely guarded superpower before deciding they were too special not to share with the world.

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"I really hope that when people cook these recipes and serve their family that they realize that they're creating their own traditions now," she said. "

So, these may have been our family's traditions, but now they belong to you."

"The Secret Sauce" is available now.

Kelly Clarkson’s public dispute with a Brooklyn small business over a $15,000 mechanical bird could damage the relatable image she has built over the past two decades, a crisis PR expert warned.

"There will certainly be some naysayers who think Clarkson was acting like a rich and famous prima donna and using her platform vindictively," Steve Honig, founder of The Honig Company, told Fox News Digital. 

"But most people will likely think that, for the most part, she acted accordingly and in many ways was a role model for standing up for oneself."

The controversy began after Clarkson claimed she was treated like Julia Roberts’ character in "Pretty Woman" while shopping at Art of Play in Brooklyn.

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Clarkson said an employee appeared to judge her based on her appearance and suggested she look at "something comparable" instead of the $15,000 mechanical bird she wanted to purchase. She also called the employee an "idiot" and said the store lost a major sale.

Art of Play, which sells puzzles, games, toys, books and other specialty items, responded to Clarkson's original social media post, saying the business had been bombarded with hateful messages from "8 million people" after the singer's accusations.

"Imagine our surprise when our small local business was suddenly attacked by 8 million people who have never visited our store. It’s been a surreal experience to be the focus of such widespread outrage after just one mention by a celebrity," the store wrote on its Instagram page Sunday afternoon. 

"Thanks to all our friends for their support and welcome to all the curious folks who discovered us amidst the drama. We’re going to keep our heads down and hopefully, we can clear things up with Kelly someday. As a talented popular singer once said ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.'"

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After Art of Play's Instagram post, Clarkson responded Sunday afternoon on X and Instagram stories to the store's assertion that the mechanical bird wasn't for sale.

"Cool, cool. Sure, it wasn't for sale. That's the narrative Art of Play is gonna go with," Clarkson wrote, adding a thumbs-up emoji.

"So the whole conversation we had when I asked you if it was for sale whilst pointing to the price tag hanging on the wall with the title Singing Bird didn't happen as you elevator eyed me saying in a condescending tone "yes, it’s for sale but it costs 15,000 dollars so if you’d like me to find something comparable for you I can." That all never happened and now it’s not for sale. Okay, cool. So you’re not only rude, you’re also a liar. Got it.

"And by the way, I obviously support small businesses because I was literally at a small business trying to purchase things. I love small businesses and know they are important and I always support them, but you don’t get a free pass to treat people less than in your store just because you are a small business. It’s not that hard to be kind. I never blast people but you my friend were an exception. Your store is really cool. Unfortunately, you aren’t."

Clarkson’s post also prompted criticism online, with some users accusing her of using her platform to target a small business. The store reportedly received a wave of negative Google reviews after the singer’s comments went viral.

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Art of Play shared another post on Instagram Sunday to "clarify one additional detail" about Clarkson's visit. 

"During the 5 minutes she spent in the store, she inquired about our mechanical bird puppet named Molly. We explained that while Molly is permanently attached to the wall and serves as a de facto mascot for our shop, a nearly identical automaton is owned by the creator of the machines, a brilliant artist named Bliss Kolb who lives in Seattle. He told us he would be willing to part with Molly’s twin for $15,000. We explained all of this to Kelly Clarkson.

"We also offered to show her a different singing bird automaton, made by a traditional clockmaking shop in Germany, that she could have taken home with her that day. It costs about $2,000. She did not stick around long enough to see it.

"We’ve reached out to Kelly directly to try and clear the air," the shop concluded. "We really do wish her the best and hope that someday we can all laugh about this misunderstanding."

Adam Rubin, co-owner of Art of Play and a children’s author, spoke with Fox News Digital inside the Brooklyn store Tuesday morning, claiming the singer has put his business in danger after their viral dispute.

Rubin claimed the backlash has extended beyond angry comments online, with people associated with the business allegedly facing threats and having their personal information exposed.

"We've got incredible support from our neighbors and fans over the past few days, and all of them have been attacked, threatened, doxed," he said. 

Evan Nierman, CEO of crisis PR firm Red Banyan, said Clarkson’s long-established reputation will likely protect her from any lasting damage but warned that continuing to discuss the dispute could change how some people view her.

"Arguing with a boutique toy store over a $15,000 mechanical bird is not going to make or break the long-term reputation of a literal ‘American Idol,’" Nierman said. 

"Right or wrong, she initiated this conflict by telling her 9 million followers that the owners of the store are idiots who lost a huge sale and mistreated her.

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"Prior to this incident, she was perceived as a down-to-earth and relatable celebrity, but this acrimonious back and forth over social media is sullying everyone involved."

Honig argued that the dispute could ultimately strengthen Clarkson’s image because she presented herself as someone standing up to unfair treatment.

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"The dispute is more likely to strengthen Clarkson’s image than undermine it because she was standing up against being judged based on appearance," Honig said. "This was not really about a $15,000 item, but about how she says she was treated when she tried to buy it.

"Just as in ‘Pretty Woman,’ someone appeared to be judging a book by its cover."

Still, Honig acknowledged that the situation could become more damaging if the dispute continues.

"The only risk is if the dispute drags on and starts to look like a celebrity using her platform against a small business," he said.

Nierman also urged Clarkson to let the controversy fade rather than risk having the dispute overshadow her career.

"Clarkson has built up over two decades of goodwill since winning ‘American Idol.’ She has built a deep reservoir of trust, and her fans will give her the benefit of the doubt every time in a fight like this," he said.

"Every new round of arguing over Molly the Bird makes it more likely that the general American public will start to make conclusions about Clarkson and her character based on this dispute, which does not serve her.

"Clarkson should do what she can to move past this, since she wants the first thing people think about her to be her musical accomplishments and not a petty and protracted fight over a singing birdie."

Honig said Clarkson should eventually "declare victory and move on," while Nierman suggested she ask her supporters to stop harassing the store.

"Kelly’s silence has been helpful and the right move," Nierman said. "But if she really wanted to win the day and come out permanently ahead, she could call on her fans to stand down and leave the store and its employees alone."

A representative for Clarkson did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. 

Fox News Digital's Danielle Minnetian contributed to this report.

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A New Mexico judge on Friday dismissed actor/director Timothy Busfield’s indictment on child sexual abuse charges. 

District Court Judge Joseph Montano granted Busfield's motion to throw out the grand jury indictment. 

Busfield had been indicted on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor.

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In a court filing obtained by Fox News Digital, the judge found the prosecutor "failed to act in a fair and impartial manner," including by failing "to properly instruct the grand jury on the law for calling witnesses and in instructing the grand jurors on a procedure that effectively withheld requested witnesses.

"In doing so, the grand jury proceedings were conducted in a manner that violated grand jury statutes designed to protect the structural integrity of our grand jury system, and the presumption of prejudice applies.

"The State, however, remains free to institute new criminal proceedings against Defendant," the filing adds.

During a September hearing, Busfield’s attorney, Amanda Fayerberg, played audio recordings of grand jurors asking to hear from additional witnesses. She said prosecutors wrongly informed jurors that subpoenas would be needed, even though those witnesses were "present, available and willing to testify."

Bernalillo County District Attorney Greer Staley countered that the defense hadn’t followed the correct process for submitting evidence to a grand jury and that Busfield improperly and "excessively" tried to steer grand jurors toward favorable witnesses and exhibits during his three-hour testimony.

Nancy Laflin, communications director for the 2nd Judicial District Attorney, told Fox News Digital, "Our office has received the order and is evaluating our options to determine how we will proceed."

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Busfield has repeatedly denied the allegations against him. In an email Friday, Fayerberg told The Associated Press he was "relieved and grateful" after reading the judge’s decision.

When Busfield was indicted earlier this year, his attorney issued a statement to Fox News Digital, saying a "grand jury will indict a ham sandwich."

"What is deeply concerning is that the district attorney is choosing to proceed on a case that is fundamentally unsound and cannot be proven at trial. The detention hearing exposed fatal weaknesses in the state’s evidence, gaps that no amount of charging decisions can cure," Larry Stein said in February.

"This prosecution appears driven by something other than the facts or the law," he added. "Mr. Busfield will fight these charges at every stage and looks forward to testing the state’s case in open court — where evidence matters — not behind closed doors."

Busfield, 68, first surrendered to local authorities on child sex abuse charges Jan. 13, days after an arrest warrant was issued for the "West Wing" actor. He was held without bail at the time of his arrest on two counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor and one count of child abuse.

He denied the claims upon surrendering and is "determined to clear his name," according to a statement from Stein provided to Fox News Digital.

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Busfield was released Jan. 20. 

"You're authorized for release on your own recognizance with the conditions that you appear at all future court settings," Judge Murphy said. "You have not violated any laws."

Authorities had issued an arrest warrant for Busfield over allegations of misconduct from when he was working as a director on the set of the TV series "The Cleaning Lady."

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According to an arrest warrant obtained by Fox News Digital, 11-year-old twins allege that the director, whom they were told to call Uncle Tim on the set of "The Cleaning Lady," had touched them inappropriately. 

One twin claimed an incident had occurred while alone with Busfield in a bedroom on set, alleging he had been touched over his clothes on his genitals and bottom. The warrant further states that hospital professionals later informed the parents that the children showed signs of being "groomed."

Fox News Digital reached out to Busfield and his wife, Melissa Gilbert, for additional comment.

Fox News Digital's Lauryn Overhultz and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

James McAvoy is getting candid about what it was like filming "Band of Brothers" and why it wasn't his best experience on a set.

During a recent appearance on "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen," the actor was asked to rate his experience working on different projects, and when he was shown a picture of the show's cast, he said he was bullied during filming.

"On my first day on set, there was a ton of actors," he began. "It was one of those scenes with everybody in it, and we’re all at a bar, and I had a scene. And all these guys were in it for nine months, 10 months, and they get one line in one episode, and one line 10 episodes later. They were all pissed. I come in for one episode, and I’ve got an arc and scenes. I’ve got tons of lines."

When the photo, which featured many of his co-stars from the show, flashed on the screen, McAvoy got up to get a closer look, confirming that a specific actor was in the photo.

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"So, one of the guys in that picture decided to bully me on my first day as a professional actor out of acting school," he said. "He got him and his buddies to just stand pointing at me and laugh at me for like three minutes."

While he didn't name names, the photo featured Donnie Wahlberg, Kirk Acevedo, Scott Grimes, Neal McDonough, Adam James, Frank John Hughes, Philip Barantini and Ross McCall.

The "X-Men: First Class" star added that not everyone on set participated in the bullying, saying Dexter Fletcher and Robin Laing "took me aside, and they were like, ‘Come hang with us, man.'" 

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He went on to say that he would give the overall experience on the show a nine out of 10 but noted "that day felt like a two."

"Band of Brothers" is a 10-part miniseries that aired on HBO in 2001 and told the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. The show's storylines were based on interviews with real-life survivors of Easy Company, in addition to letters and journals of real soldiers.

After his one episode on the show, McAvoy shot to stardom with roles in "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," "Wanted," "Atonement" and in the "X-Men" franchise.

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When speaking about how he got the role in "X-Men," McAvoy admitted to the "Happy Sad Confused" podcast in September 2024 that when he was first approached about starring in the project, he and his wife had taken some time off after the birth of their first child.

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While he said they "weren't penniless" and weren't in debt, he admitted they "had pretty much nothing in the bank," and he needed to get back to work. His main priority was staying close to home to still be there for his son, which, combined with the script, was a big upside when he heard about "X-Men: First Class."

"There's only like 60 pages of it at this point, and I feel like it's good Jane Goldman did a great job," he said of the script. 

"It's good, but it's incomplete. Don't really know where it's going. But I was like, 'This is a three-picture deal. They're paying well. It's 40 minutes from my front door. I'm a fan of the original material. I get to be young Charles Xavier.' And I was like, ‘This is a no-brainer.’

"So, my agent phoned me, and she was like, 'What do you think?' and I was like, 'It's a work of genius. We're doing it.'"

Selma Blair is speaking out for the first time since her arrest.

On Friday, Blair's representative issued a lengthy statement to People, saying the actress "did not intend to harm anyone."

"Since Sunday night, the public account of what happened to Selma aboard a flight to New York has been built almost entirely on a police statement and a decade-old headline," the spokesperson said.

"A handful of journalists have taken the time to report on Selma as a human being rather than a headline, and we are grateful to them," the statement continued. "But fair reporting has been the exception, and in the space left by our silence, speculation has hardened into something being treated as fact. We can, however, correct the record on a few points already in public circulation. Selma Blair experienced a medical emergency on the flight. There was no attempt to open the door of the aircraft. Selma did not intend to harm anyone."

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In 2018, Blair revealed publicly that she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease.

"The suggestion by anyone that Selma does not have multiple sclerosis is outrageous. Her diagnosis has been public since 2018. What Selma has been able to do physically in the years since is nothing short of a miracle. She still has bad days, and she lives with pain daily," the statement continued. "Selma also has pseudobulbar affect, a neurological condition secondary to her MS, which bears directly on how a medical episode presents to people who do not know her. For the same reason, she travels with a service dog who doesn’t leave her side, and the authorities took her dog from her."

Blair's rep went on to share the list of projects the star has been involved in this year.

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"[Blair] has worked on seven film and television projects in 2026 alone, only a couple of which have been announced. She has launched a skin care line, a clothing line, and a line of eye-glass readers, each built around the idea of beauty and utility for people whose bodies do not always cooperate. She remains a visible and relentless advocate for disability rights, for the MS community, and this year for the Jewish community in the face of rising antisemitism, including from the stage of the ADL’s State of the Arts event at The Jewish Museum two weeks ago. Selma had never been arrested before Sunday night," the statement said.

It concluded, "There is much more to this story than has been reported, and we ask to consider the entirety of the facts before rushing to judgment, whether in the courtroom or in the court of public opinion."

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Blair still attended the 90s Con at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Conn. on Friday. Fox News Digital obtained video footage of the actress leaving the convention after taking photos.

In the video, Blair is seen with an entourage of people and her service dog. 

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Blair was arraigned Monday on two counts of second-degree assault stemming from accusations that she assaulted a nurse and a police officer after an incident involving crew members aboard a Delta Air Lines flight to New York City. Blair pleaded not guilty. 

The judge set bail at $20,000 cash/$60,000 bond/ $60,000 partially secured bond. She's expected in court in January 2027.

The actress was arrested Sunday.

"On Sunday October 11 at approximately 11pm at JFK Airport, PAPD responded to a call about a physically abusive passenger aboard Delta Airlines flight 938 which was parked at the gate after arrival from LAX," New York Port Authority officials confirmed to Fox News Digital.

"Suspect was identified as Selma Blair, a 54-year-old woman. She was taken into custody and transported to the hospital for evaluation."

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During her court appearance in Queens, Blair’s lawyer claimed the actress missed multiple doses of a "powerful" medication, the New York Post reported.

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"This was not an intentional assault," the outlet noted that her attorney, Shawn Barnes, said in court. "Ms. Blair missed several doses of… a powerful medication that controls severe neurological symptoms."

"Ms. Blair boarded this flight after being on set and working extensive hours and exhaustive hours in the days leading up to this flight," he added. "Additionally, at one point, during the flight, there was an incident where Miss Blair actually fell and hit her head," Barnes added, according to the NY Post. "These factors, coupled with altitude, resulted in a state of severe confusion and disorientation."

Blair was restrained on a stretcher at the airport but freed her leg, and allegedly kicked an officer in the face, neck and chest, causing substantial swelling, court documents said.

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A nurse at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where Blair was taken, alleged that the actress kicked her in the chest while moving her.

Delta confirmed that law enforcement officials responded to an incident upon arrival to John F. Kennedy International Airport, a flight which departed out of Los Angeles earlier in the day.

"Delta has zero tolerance for unruly or unlawful behavior, as the safety of our customers and crew always comes first," Delta said in a statement.

Additionally, there was no operational impact on the flight as it landed ahead of schedule at JFK, Delta said.

Sources told TMZ that Blair allegedly punched one flight attendant and bit another in the middle of the flight.

Law enforcement officials confirmed Blair was also separately served with a summons by the FBI, and is currently facing one charge of assault.

Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this report.

Josh Brolin said he wasn’t taken seriously as an actor until 2007’s Oscar-winning "No Country for Old Men" — and in the years before landing the movie, he had a short career as a full-time stock trader.

The 58-year-old son of actor James Brolin told Theo Von on his "This Past Weekend" podcast that despite early success on "The Goonies," his career in Hollywood was going nowhere.

Before he was cast as Brand in "The Goonies," he said he went to "350 auditions," and people told him, "It's not for you."

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He said the '80s classic was his first time ever in front of a camera, admitting, "I ruined the first day of shooting 'cause I couldn’t stop laughing" because he was so nervous.

Steven Spielberg told him to "take a breath" on the first day, because "we need to get through this."

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Soon after making "The Goonies," he went to New York to study acting and do theater. He said that he "took it seriously," and he "had 22 years of taking it seriously because nobody was interested until really I did ‘No Country,’ and then ‘No Country’ kind of changed s---."

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During that period, Brolin said he worked as a landscaper for a year and then became a stock trader when he was 30, "for almost five years full-time."

"I was really good at it," he admitted, explaining that he worked from home using three screens, "four tabs per screen."

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He said he did both swing trading and day trading.

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"I made more money in those four years, really … than I had made in 20 years acting. But I didn’t really make hardly anything acting."

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"Day trading I loved, man," he added.

Even after he found critical acclaim in the industry, the money wasn’t blowing him away.

For "No Country for Old Men," he said he was paid $100,000, "so I cleared what, $30,000? That’s not considered a great year."

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But his Hollywood career began to turn around quickly after that.

While filming "No Country for Old Men," Brolin said he sent in an audition tape for "American Gangster" with his 16-year-old son playing Denzel Washington’s part.

"And that’s the last audition I ever did," he said.

Brolin is now starring in the thriller "Whalefall," about a diver who is swallowed by a whale. Brolin plays the main character's estranged father. 

Joe Manganiello released his new memoir, "Bloodlines," which is already receiving a lot of buzz online.

From revealing details about his divorce from Sofía Vergara, the seven-year-long mystery illness that nearly took his life and Tom Cruise's alleged involvement in the star being nixed in the "Reacher" series, below are the biggest bombshells from "Bloodlines: A Memoir."

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Manganiello and Vergara married in 2015 and announced their separation in 2023. Their divorce was finalized in 2024.

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In his memoir, Manganiello detailed that he proposed to her in Spanish in Kauai, Hawaii, and the next year they were married. They planned on starting a family.

"She told me that when we first met, she wasn’t thinking about having more children, but she had sworn that if she ever remarried and her husband wanted kids, she’d do it," Manganiello wrote. "It was clear right away how we felt about each other, so at the urging of her doctor, before we were even engaged, we began trying via IVF."

Manganiello said that after two years of trying to have a child, they were unsuccessful. The former couple even entertained the idea of having a surrogate, but $200,000 later, they decided it was not the right time due to Manganiello's "mystery illness."

A year after the couple tied the knot, Manganiello was admitted into the hospital for two months straight.

"To visit me, Sofía had to lie down out of sight in the back of her assistant’s car, until they were sure they had lost the paparazzi, before heading to the hospital where she would disguise herself in a wig and hat and sneak in through the loading dock," Manganiello wrote.

It was Vergara who made the lifesaving decision to have the doctor remove Manganiello's large intestine so he would survive.

"While I was under, they called Sofía, who, as my next of kin, had to choose what she thought I would want the doctors to do. She made the brutal but lifesaving decision to allow my entire large intestine to be removed and a hole to be cut into my abdomen to divert my small intestine."

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"When I woke up after the ten-hour procedure, she was there at the foot of my bed to inform me that the surgery had saved my life but had left me with an ostomy bag for an indefinite amount of time, possibly forever," he wrote.

Manganiello credits his illness for contributing to his marriage with Vergara falling apart.

"I started to live separately on the opposite side of the house during the day, and with the loss of my enthusiasm for life and the death of the dream of her and me becoming parents together, the fire between us began to go out," he said, referring to the period after he was released from the hospital.

Manganiello was admitted into the hospital for two months straight after a year of symptoms from his "mystery illness." He lost 60 pounds in two weeks after having his large intestine removed to save his life.

In his memoir, he wrote that a Cuba-based shaman told him he was "sick" and "something is wrong with his intestines." At the time, Manganiello said members of his close family did not even know the extent of his illness and gave Vergara a "side-eye" that was "equal parts fear, anger, and disbelief."

The shaman then said that an ex from Vergara's past who still had romantic feelings for her put a curse on Manganiello.

"'Someone from your past is still in love with you. He put a voodoo curse on your husband. He did it in New Orleans,'" Manganiello recalled the shaman telling him.

He continued, "'Your husband needs to be cleansed and protected. I can do this. I can help him. But I need to see him for two days, and I cannot come to the United States. Can he meet me somewhere else? I could meet him in Ecuador.'"

Manganiello was stunned by the shaman's comments.

"I looked at Sofía, trying to comprehend how the f–k this guy could possibly know any of this," he wrote. "None of this had been mentioned in the press. No one knew."

Manganiello began racking his brain, trying to figure out what ex it could be. He eventually believed it could have been "the guy she was with right before me."

Vergara and Nick Loeb called off their engagement in 2014. That same year, Vergara began dating Manganiello. He wrote in his memoir that Loeb suffered a "horrendous car wreck" while he was dating Vergara and began to question if his ex-wife was the cursed one.

"The thought crossed my mind maybe it was Sofía who was cursed, cursed by some man in her past who couldn’t have her, so he put some sort of hex on her so that for the rest of her life, she’d transmit it to any man who got together with her," Manganiello wrote.

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He continued, "I was fully aware of how crazy it was for me to seriously entertain thoughts this bizarre, but then again, how did the shaman know all of that about me?"

Loeb shared a statement with Page Six after learning of Manganiello's accusations. "I pray they find Jesus — not another shaman," he told the outlet.

Manganiello recounted the moment he told Vergara that he was "leaving the marriage."

"After she left for a vacation in Italy with her friend, I found a place to live, got the keys, and ordered a bed and a TV to be delivered that weekend. I then had everything I owned packed up and moved out," he wrote.

Manganiello clarified that it was only after he moved out of their home in Beverly Hills to a new place in Venice Beach that he filed for divorce.

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He also wrote about a $500,000 loan he took from Vergara to prevent the bond company from taking over the 2019 movie, "Bottom of the 9th," after "a major budgetary error was discovered headed into the postproduction phase."

"Because I was also the producer and star, I felt as though saving the film was my responsibility, and when I began the process of lining up a bank loan, Sofía offered to lend me the money with 0 percent interest," Manganiello wrote. "I’d never in my life taken a dime from anyone I’d ever dated, let alone her, but I swallowed what little of my pride I had left and accepted."

At the time of the divorce, he still owed Vergara $400,000.

Manganiello addressed the comments Vergara made about their divorce in the media, and called them "annoying" in his memoir. "But at the end of the day, they didn’t really matter as long as they didn’t ultimately hurt my career," he emphasized.

Manganiello made some harsh claims about Vergara's departing words to him.

"What bothered me more were the things said in a surgical attempt to hurt me as I walked out the door. She told me that I was wrong, that I wasn’t healthy after all, and that I was going to get sick again. She also let me know that in her opinion, no one was going to love me when they found out the full extent of what I had," he wrote.

"That was the last time I ever spoke to her," he clarified.

Manganiello accused Vergara's ex, Tom Cruise, of getting in the way of his involvement in the Prime series, "Reacher."

In his memoir, Manganiello wrote that Amazon executives were set on him for the role of Lee Child, but the part suddenly went to someone else. He suspects Cruise was involved in that decision.

Cruise, "an executive producer [on the show], could have potentially come in over the top and vetoed my being cast on account of Sofía," Manganiello wrote.

Vergara and Cruise allegedly dated in 2005, a decade before Manganiello and the "Modern Family" star tied the knot. On IMDb Pro, Cruise is not listed as an executive producer on the "Reacher" series.

Vergara's representative did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

Prince Harry has spent years publicly unpacking his grief over the death of his mother, Princess Diana. But his latest revelations have sparked renewed skepticism among royal experts.

The Duke of Sussex opened up about how losing his mother when he was 12 affected his life in a new MasterClass course titled "Redefining Grief: Building Resilience Through Loss," which debuted Oct. 8.

In the course, Harry spoke with neuroscientist and grief expert Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor about how grief can affect the brain and body.

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The Daily Mail reported that Harry pocketed $100,000, plus a share of subscription revenue for his class. A source told the outlet, "I'd encourage everyone to watch it before casting any judgment," adding that he should not be criticized at length for "speaking from the heart." 

Forbes previously reported that most MasterClass instructors get at least $100,000 and a share of at least 30% of revenue.

The Daily Mail reported that a spokesperson confirmed Harry was paid by MasterClass but declined to comment further. Past stars featured on the platform include Martin Scorsese, Gordon Ramsay and Hillary Clinton, among others.

Fox News Digital reached out to Archewell and MasterClass for comment.

Several royal experts told Fox News Digital that Harry's decision to repeatedly revisit his grief through books, interviews and media projects has fueled debate over whether the 42-year-old is profiting from the tragedy he shares with his brother, Prince William, who has largely chosen to grieve outside the spotlight.

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"Prince Harry has spoken extensively about his emotional scars and unresolved grief surrounding the death of his mother," British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard told Fox News Digital.

"However, Harry continuously paints himself a victim," Chard said. "Blame always falls on someone else. He realizes people's interest in Diana and, let's not forget, it makes a quick buck. It's seen as a cash grab, cashing in on his mother's death. It plays into the reported title 'Grief Grifter.'"

"The public understands the heartache Harry and William must have endured after their mother passed away," Chard said. "Grief affects people in different ways, and both boys endured divergent paths of grief."

According to People magazine, MasterClass approached Harry about developing a class on grief in 2025. The course was filmed in California during the summer of 2026, before Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, traveled back to the U.K.

People reported that the course, released ahead of World Mental Health Day on Oct. 10, supports two charities: Scotty's Little Soldiers, a U.K. organization that helps children and young people whose parents died during or after service in the British Armed Forces, and Comfort Zone Camp, a U.S. nonprofit that provides bereavement camps for grieving children.

According to The Times, William does not plan to make a film about Diana to mark the 30th anniversary of her death in 2027, in part to avoid further conflict with Harry. The outlet also reported that William has declined several offers to make or appear in documentaries about his mother.

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Meanwhile, Harry is considering several projects to mark the 30th anniversary of Diana's death, according to People magazine. While several ideas are under discussion, the outlet reported that no documentary has been finalized or confirmed. Several sources told People that Harry has reached out to family members and friends of his late mother.

The class also arrived just weeks after Princess Diana's younger brother, Charles Spencer, released his memoir, "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister."

At the beginning of the course, Harry recalled his reaction to learning of his mother's death.

"I didn't cry when I was told my mom died, only at her burial, and then not again for nearly two decades," he said, as quoted by People. "I was convinced that was strength, but it wasn't. It was a 12-year-old boy with no permission to fall apart and no roadmap for how to heal."

"You would think I had the best help in the world," Harry said. "I'm a prince for God's sake. But I was still grieving and didn't have any place to put those feelings."

In his 2023 memoir, "Spare," Harry wrote that his father, King Charles III, didn't hug him after telling him Diana had died.

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"Pa didn't hug me," Harry wrote. "He wasn't great at showing emotions under normal circumstances. How could he be expected to show them in such a crisis? His hand did fall once more on my knee, and he said, 'It's going to be OK.' That was quite a lot for him. Fatherly, hopeful, kind. And so very untrue."

For some royal experts, however, the issue isn't whether Harry has a right to discuss his grief, but his decision to repeatedly revisit it publicly.

"Sadly, Harry hasn't dealt well at all with his grief," British royal expert Hilary Fordwich told Fox News Digital. 

Fordwich echoed Chard's criticism, saying Harry has faced accusations of being a "grief grifter" for repeatedly discussing his mother's death through public projects that could generate revenue.

"What mother would want her child to be miserable and mourning so many years later?" Fordwich asked.

Other royal commentators see Harry's decision differently. Royal broadcaster Ian Pelham Turner told Fox News Digital that Harry is using his platform to raise awareness of mental health issues and encourage others to discuss their experiences and seek help.

"I feel this is not a ploy on his part to create attention or sympathy from the public," Turner said. "I see it as an act of bravery on his part to distance himself from former royal trappings and show himself as most people see him: a man of the people."

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Harry also said he spent years feeling that experiencing happiness would mean betraying his mother's memory.

"I'd spent so long emotionally numb, to a large extent, because I felt disloyal and guilty for the possibility of being happy and joyful without her," Harry said. "I felt like I had to be sad, and I had to be emotionally numb in order to prove to her that I missed her."

"But the reality is, what I discovered was actually she just wanted me to be happy," Harry said. "And that was a huge mental shift for me. It freed me, and it gave me a whole different outlook on life."

In the course, Harry also described his experience after moving to Canada with his wife, Meghan Markle, and their son, Prince Archie, in late 2019. The couple stepped back from their roles as senior working royals in 2020, citing intrusive British media coverage and a lack of support from the palace as reasons for their departure.

Harry said he experienced an "adrenaline crash."

"We moved to Canada to get some space away from everything, just to be able to think," Harry said. "Being in Canada, away from the stressful environment where presumably my body was just pumped full of adrenaline, within two or three days, I experienced this adrenaline crash — something that I'd never experienced before."

"It was as if I needed stress in order to get the adrenaline to make my brain function because I became useless around the house," Harry said. "I actually slipped into depression for about two weeks and I felt like I couldn't function without adrenaline."

Harry's disclosure that he experienced depression shortly after leaving royal life caught Chard's attention.

"The new narrative that he was depressed for a couple of weeks after leaving the British royal family is slightly suspect and does not resonate with his 'Freedom Flight,'" Chard said. "Harry wears his heart on his sleeve, and many doubt he'd forgotten to state this information in his previous memoir, documentaries and interviews."

"This is definitely new information and slightly changes the narrative," Chard said.

Harry also said that carrying out royal duties triggered anxiety and panic attacks.

"There was a time where public engagements just created absolute panic right from beginning to end," Harry said. "The panic was having to put my suit, jacket, and tie on and suddenly feel suffocated. The panic was going from A to B, getting out of the car in front of all the cameras and the clicks.

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"I started to realize that I had become seriously depleted when just putting a simple dress shirt on — the tightening of the collar — literally felt like I was suffocating, and I would be experiencing panic attacks just in the car on the way to work," Harry said. "And that's when I realized, OK, there's something bigger, there's something else that you need to look into here."

Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told Fox News Digital he believes Harry will continue discussing Diana's death if he moves forward with a documentary about his mother.

"There is no doubt he is likely to continue emphasizing his vulnerability after Princess Diana's death," Fitzwilliams said. "We saw the emotional Harry on MasterClass, yet again."

Harry also credited therapy with helping him confront grief he had carried for decades.

"I learned more about myself in two or three sessions than I had done in 20 years," Harry said. "First of all, she helped me accept and acknowledge that I was grieving and that it was okay to grieve and that what happened to me was really quite hard."

Nearly three decades after Diana's death, Harry and William continue to take different approaches to honoring their mother's memory — one through public revelations, the other largely away from the spotlight.

Michael Douglas' basic instincts kicked in at the right time and right place.

While chatting on the "Joe Rogan Experience," Douglas, 82, recalled thwarting a near-death experience with a cult.

Douglas explained that the cult tried to "create a cathartic moment, being all together, kind of an emotional moment."

"They invited me for dinner, and then they said, 'Well, with a lady friend,' they said ... 'We've been trying to reach you,'" he recalled. 

"We got to dessert, and they said, 'We've been trying to reach you, and you just don't get it. You don't get it. So, you're going to have to be eliminated.'"

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When Rogan asked what it was that Douglas "didn't get," he explained that "they wanted … to join, to give yourself up, to be part of it."

"They were going to whack me," he said. "I remember there was a long silence, and I said, 'Well, you've done it, haven't you?' And they said, 'Yeah,' ... and a big, long pause.

"My girlfriend just started falling apart, peeing in her pants and all that."

Douglas admitted they thought they "were going to get killed," but, instead, he was allowed to simply walk away.

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"Then I said, 'I'm going to leave now,' and they said, 'Yeah, you better.'"

He said there was a moment when if he made "any sudden movement," he could have easily been killed.

"It's strange," he remembered. "I've never had many experiences, but there's numbness. … Kind of this whole numbness just comes over you, or it did in my case. Just was frozen."

When asked what cult it was, Douglas claimed that it was led by Mel Lyman, noting that he alerted the police after the ordeal.

Douglas also talked to the podcaster about his time living in a commune in Santa Barbara during his "hippie days."

"It was called Mountain Drive, a whole community," Douglas explained. "It was organic. People lived, you know, it wasn't formal."

The Academy Award winner wrote about secret affairs; heavy cocaine and alcohol use; a "rehab or divorce" ultimatum from his first wife, Diandra; and the painful family struggles that followed him from childhood into fatherhood in his new memoir, "One Helluva Ride."

Douglas described his father, Hollywood icon Kirk Douglas, as a powerful but volatile presence.

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"Kirk Douglas was my father, a flawed man with a ferocious temper and a burning ambition," he wrote.

Douglas admitted that his father’s behavior left him and brother Joel frightened. He recalled Kirk saying, "I yell and scream because I care," and Douglas wrote that Joel endured more of the abuse.

The "Wall Street" star also described the darkest years of his son Cameron’s addiction.

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"When he was really strung out in New York, I decided I was going to kidnap him and force him into rehab," he wrote.

Douglas said Cameron was addicted to cocaine and heroin, dealt methamphetamine and carried a Glock for protection. During one incident, Cameron flashed the weapon at a drugstore and was nearly shot by police.

At one point, Douglas says he arranged for two large men to help abduct Cameron and force him into rehab.

"When we came back, I asked to hold the leash. Cam figured it out. He looked at me, like, ‘Dad, how could you?’ Like I had broken his heart. Again."

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Cameron realized what was happening and resisted, so Douglas threw the plan out of the window.

Cameron later served seven years in prison after a federal drug case. Douglas wrote that his son’s heroin relapse behind bars led a judge to add 4½ to his sentence, and Cameron spent two years in solitary confinement.

Fox News Digital's Christina Dugan Ramirez contributed to this report.

Billy Joel's touring future remains uncertain due to his ongoing health issues.

Joel, 77, revealed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that he's also not allowed to drive a vehicle after being diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) in 2025.

"What the neurologist told me, every time you do a show, it’s like you’re getting a concussion," Joel said.

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When asked about his current status, Joel said that his "health is good," but still isn't sure when he'll be able to tour again.

"I have this thing called hydrocephalus," he told the outlet. "It used to be called water on the brain, so it affects your balance, it affects your memory, it affects your vision, your hearing. But I’m OK."

"They call it a brain disorder, but it’s not that serious. It’s just something that affects your balance mostly."

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As far as going back on the road again, Joel admitted he can't perform quite like how he used to.

"I have to take a series of tests before I know, but I can’t drive right now," he said. "I’m not allowed to drive. And I can’t do performances because what the neurologist told me, every time you do a show, it’s like you’re getting a concussion."

He added, "So they have to test me further to see if I can go back and do performing again, which I would like to be able to do."

The "Uptown Girl" singer underwent brain surgery after revealing his normal pressure hydrocephalus diagnosis in May 2025. NPH affects his vision, hearing and balance, according to a statement Joel released on social media at the time.

He delved more into his recovery process during a recent appearance on his self-titled SiriusXM show, "The Billy Joel Channel," and said doctors told him that performing loud rock 'n' roll music caused damage to his brain nerves.

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Joel remembered his medical team saying, "Well, we drill a hole through your skull, and we stick a shunt inside your brain."

"I didn't want to do that, but then I read up on it and I realized it can help improve your balance and can help your memory," he noted. "You know, I don't want to lose my marbles. It's hard to tell what's age and what's a condition, so I agreed to do the shunt and I had a surgery. And they implanted a shunt in my brain, and it actually improved things."

"My memory got better. My balance got a little better. My ability to function was better, and I realized, and the doctors told me this, because of my job, which is playing rock and roll music very loud, that it was giving me something like a concussion every time I did a show."

Joel shared more about his diagnosis ahead of the sale of more than 70 lots from his personal collection of motorcycles heading to the auction block next month with Gooding Christie's.

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"Well, I ended up having over a hundred motorcycles, and the truth is you can only ride one at a time. I’m into my 70s now, and I realized I can’t ride as much as I used to," he told the outlet. "I don’t want to die like a bug on a windshield. So I thought I’d put a lot of them on auction."

"And also I have a condition called hydrocephalus, which makes driving a little bit iffy. So I realized it’s time for me to turn it over to somebody else."

The collection includes a number of his most cherished motorcycles, in addition to Ducati, BMW, Moto Guzzi, Harley-Davidson, Yamaha, Triumph, Honda, Kawasaki, and more.

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"One of the stars of the sale is a 1978 Triumph T140 Bonneville that was gifted to Billy Joel by Madison Square Garden to commemorate 150 sold out shows," Gooding Christie's founder David Gooding explained to Fox News Digital of the bike, which is expected to retrieve anywhere from $10,000 - $15,000.

"He still holds the record for the most sold out show of anyone ever at Madison Square Garden. And this bike is painted with a keyboard on the tank. It's really, really a special, special item."

Motorcycles from the auction – which is slated for Nov. 20-21 – will be on display at the Javits Center in New York.