Engagement Ring

HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW

The Malibu fire was one of the biggest stories coming out of Hollywood this week and here’s what we know. While it was reported that Cher had to evacuate her beachfront mansion, what WASN’T reported was that she picked up the tab for some less affluent residents to stay at a hotel a few miles down from the evacuation zone in nearby Santa Monica. My source says that when Cher heard through the grapevine that a few older residents were being brought to shelter, she arranged to pick up their tab for a hotel until the area was safe to return to and insisted on doing her good deed anonymously.

Selena Gomez had an especially good week, getting engaged and getting a Golden Globe nomination for Only Murders in the Building. While she posted a massive diamond engagement ring from new fiance Benny Blanco, we just heard that this wasn’t the first ring he used to pop the question. Benny actually proposed weeks before, but the ring he had custom made wasn’t ready, so he used a lab created diamond ring and explained that her actual ring was on the way. My source says that Benny wanted to propose on a specific day and time since he’s big into numerology, so that’s why he was forced to use a substitute ring when he asked Selena to marry him.

Donald Trump Jr. made the news after he ended his engagement to Kimberly Guilfoyle and went public with Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson. While this is hardly news to our loyal readers (since we wrote up this months ago) we just heard this: No sooner did Junior officially dump Kim, but he’s now planning to propose to Bettina and he wants a White House wedding in 2025! My inside source reveals that Donald Sr. LOVES the idea of having his son marry in the White House.

Taylor Swift was talked about this week since her highly successful Eras tour just ended. We just heard that while Taylor is taking some time off from performing her hiatus won’t be that long. She’s working on a pay per view live concert from Las Vegas which will likely take place in mid 2025 if all of the arrangements can be worked out.

Another huge story of the week was Megan Fox dumping her boyfriend Machine Gun Kelly even though she’s nearly in her third trimester of pregnancy with his baby. We had the scoop that she was pregnant and we also had the scoop she was having a girl. Here’s what we know. While we also previously reported that the couple were still having some issues we just heard that Megan is planning to sue for full custody and child support and my source says she’s confident she will get it because she allegedly has some very unflattering information on MGK. My source adds that this split was a long time coming and that Megan and MGK are now only communicating through their respective attorneys.

Finally, Donald Trump made headlines for so many reasons including being named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. Here’s the latest on Donald. He’s always been like a month to a flame when it comes to people who have more money and social standing than he does, and now he’s finally being welcomed into their social circles. My source says that behind the scenes, a campaign is being conducted to butter him. up. Donald was even invited to become a member of The Union Club, one of the oldest and most exclusive social clubs in NYC. Ironically, Donald is the only Republican president whose portrait isn’t hanging in the club, but all of that is about to change since people have seemed to finally figure out the easiest way to manipulate narcissist Donald is to shower him with compliments.

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LAUREN SANCHEZ IS TAKING NO CHANCES WITH THAT RING

She’s marrying one of the world’s wealthiest men, but the 20 PLUS carat diamond engagement ring Lauren Sanchez is flaunting all over her European summer vacation is FAKE! Although Lauren and her fiancée Jeff Bezos travel with more security than a small nation, she’s smart enough to keep her real ring safely stashed in a vault. Lauren is well aware that even the wealthiest people have been robbed while vacationing in Europe (oil heiress Barbara Davis and Kim Kardashian are just two victims of jewel heists.) According to my source, Lauren had an exact duplicate of her ring created. Not only is she concerned about a jewel heist, but she doesn’t want to risk LOSING the ring in the ocean while she’s jumping off her yacht in the Mediterranean.

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BETHENNY FRANKEL: FLIRTING WITH DISASTER?

Are we alone in thinking it’s not a great idea to go to the beach wearing a million dollar ring? Former Real Housewife Bethenny Frankel, 50, is being very coy about her sudden engagement to her boyfriend Paul Bernon, 43, but she’s been happily flashing a HUGE ring. So huge, that observers have been estimating its value at around a million dollars. Her new fiancé Paul is a real estate developer and comes from a wealthy family, but his net worth is estimated at less than half of Bethenny’s, so the ring is QUITE generous. Why Bethenny would choose to casually wear this ring on a Boca Raton beach is puzzling. Would YOU put on a million dollar ring to go the beach? Does she think it’s not worth that much? IS it not as valuable as it looks? One errant wave and it could slide right off her finger…

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COULD KANYE WEST’S PROPOSAL HAVE BEEN MORE OVER THE TOP?

For someone who hates paparazzi and says he wants nothing to do with the Kardashian reality show, Kanye West is acting awfully strange. If he really wanted to be left alone, why did he spend a small fortune to rent a baseball stadium and hire an orchestra and have cameras everywhere filming while he proposed to the mother of his child with a 15 carat diamond ring! He made a spectacular event out of what could have been an intimate moment- does this sound like a guy who wants his privacy?

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JENNIFER ANISTON DOESN’T WANT TO COMPETE IN THE ENGAGEMENT RING OLYMPICS

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We’re not surprised that Jennifer Aniston isn’t thrusting her new engagement ring in paparazzi faces. It seems we’ve gotten accustomed to shallow celebrities who only feel worthy if they have a gigantic ring bigger than anyone else’s to prove their superiority. It’s a vulgar display of one-up-manship when the real issue should be love and happiness. Of course, Kim Kardashian and her exaggerated million dollar ring is a prime example of that type of vanity. Look how long her showy marriage lasted. Jennifer doesn’t need her ego inflated with a jumbo ring. She’s happy with her man, Justin Theroux, and whatever he gave her. (Above, Jennifer is running lines with Emma Roberts and Jason Sudeikis for “We’re The Millers.”)

ANGELINA’S RING WAS WORTH WAITING A YEAR FOR


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We’ve seen a lot of oversize diamond rings flashed around Hollywood and they all supposedly had astronomical prices. It was doubtful that the gems were top quality and obviously the value was exaggerated. BIG isn’t everything. Angelina Jolie’s engagement ring is different. It’s spectacular in its design simplicity and obvious quality and almost has an art deco feeling. Brad did an artful job of designing – it’s even better than the ring he did for Jennifer Aniston. And nobody’s bragging about the high price. This exquisite ring is going to be knocked off like crazy – somebody in China is probably already wearing one.

KIM KARDASHIAN ROCKS A FAKE DIAMOND RING WHEN SHE’S IN THE MOOD

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Kim Kardashian didn’t forget to put her ridiculously big two million dollar ring on when she went out to lunch with fiancee Kris Humphries, and we’re betting it’s the REAL THING. Kim has two rings – the expensive one and an exact copy that is FAKE. She wears the real one when she’s not alone and feels totally safe, but puts on the fake one for all other occasions. So you never really know what you’re looking at.

KIM KARDASHIAN AND KRIS HUMPHRIES SHOP COSTCO FOR THEIR PARTY

Kim Kardashian and her fiancee Kris Humphries and THE RING are in Minneapolis visiting his family and the couple was seen loading up on items for a cookout on Saturday – at Costco! According to our hardworking pal CJ at the Star Tribune, they had a cart full of bratwurst, chips, soda, etc when they paused at a bin full of watermelons. Kris turned to Kim and asked “How do you tell when a watermelon is ripe?” Kim made an “I don’t know” face, but a helpful stranger offered “I can help you” and showed them how to tap the melons for the ripe sound. Imagine tapping watermelons at Costco wearing a two million dollar ring!

KIM KARDASHIAN’S PANTIES ATTRACT MORE ATTENTION THAN HER RING

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Kim Kardashian figured all eyes would be glued to her 2 million dollar engagement ring when she appeared as a guest judge on the Project Runway show -so it wouldn’t matter that her dress was ridiculously short and tight and she had to sit on a stool. The ring was distracting, but not enough to draw attention away from her white underwear. We wonder if she needs a security guard wherever she goes wearing that ring…

MARK BALLAS AND PIA TOSCANO COULDN’T BE ENGAGED, COULD THEY?

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They’ve only been dating for a few months, but Dancing with the Stars’ Mark Ballas and American Idol contestant Pia Toscano’s night out with Kim Kardashian has fueled a startling rumor. The happy group dined at Katsuya and Mark walked out carrying a bottle of champagne that Kim gave him and Pia was sporting a sparkling ring on her finger. Does that add up to an engagement? You be the judge.