Chelsea Handler's Dating Bombshell, Sydney Sweeney's Career Warning, Shia LaBeouf's Legal Mess & More
Plus a behind-the-scenes feud and an unexpected confession.
Hollywood served up a little bit of everything this week – alleged on-set drama, legal trouble, dating disasters, and some seriously unexpected confessions.
From Tom Hardy's rumored MobLand exit getting debunked and Shia LaBeouf's latest legal headache to Chelsea Handler blasting Bobby Flay as a "cheap" date, the celebrity news cycle stayed as chaotic as ever. Plus, Jennie Garth reveals the surprising trick she used to survive DWTS, Sydney Sweeney faces fresh scrutiny over Euphoria, and a rock star makes a deeply personal announcement.
This is HOLLYWOOD 411 by KEEPING TABS – let’s get into it.
TOM HARDY'S STILL IN THE MOB!
REPORTS that TOM HARDY was fired from the Paramount+ hit MobLand after he clashed with costar HELEN MIRREN are seemingly greatly exaggerated. The English dame, 80, took to Instagram after news broke that the actor, 48, was dumped to praise him with the simple message, “Love you now and always.” Though The Daily Mail sensationally - and erroneously - reported that Hardy was history, it was later confirmed that he had not been let go. In fact, talks are reportedly underway to bring him back “for season 3 and things are being worked through creatively.”
Still, it has also been reported that Tom was at odds with producers, including executive producer JEZ BUTTERWORTH. Tom “refused to come out of his trailer for hours at a time,” a source said. “He kept the cast waiting, [which is] a power play. Keeping PIERCE BROSNAN, Helen Mirren and others waiting is career suicide, would wager.”
Meanwhile, Variety reported that director and executive producer GUY RITCHIE “likes working with Tom. I’m sure Guy is probably pushing [producer] DAVID GLASSER to make it work.”
SHIA CHARGED FOR MARDI GRAS BRAWL
Tinseltown’s troubled bad boy SHIA LaBEOUF has been charged with three misdemeanor battery counts for brawling and spouting the gay slur “fa****s” at a New Orleans bar during Mardi Gras on Feb. 17. At the time, the Transformers star was released on bonds of $100,000 and $5,000 after agreeing to regular drug and booze checks and a rehab stint.
Later, he said of the brawl: “When I’m standing by myself and three gay dudes are next to me, touching my leg, I get scared. I’m sorry. If that’s homophobic then I’m that.” And he admitted: “I was drunk and then I felt infringed upon ... But I wasn’t in my right mind, and so it’s on me.” He also confessed to using the gay slur.
CHELSEA COOKS CHEF'S GOOSE
Celeb chef BOBBY FLAY just got roasted for being “cheap” and a “bad” date by motormouth funnygal CHELSEA HANDLER. A source says “someone hooked them up” and they were “flirting” over the phone when the kitchen roast-master insisted on ordering room service for Handler, who was at a hotel with some girlfriends.
“He knew the hotel well. He wanted to order... food for us,” says the blond jokester. “He was like, ‘Let me order your food for you. I love that hotel.’” The food came okay but so did the bill - leaving Chelsea steamed. “I’m like, ‘What?’” she recalls thinking when she got the tab. “And then somebody was like, ‘Oh yeah. He’s really cheap.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, I hate cheap.’”
JENNIE HYPNOTIZED FOR DANCING STINT
Former Beverly Hills, 90210 babe JENNIE GARTH placed fourth when she competed on Dancing With the Stars - but before she could swirl with pro partner DEREK HOUGH she had to be hypnotized so she wouldn’t “pee my pants.” The now 54-year-old beauty recalls her 2007 stint on season 5 of the hit competition, saying she got so freaked out when called to perform, she would wet her britches - and finally had to turn to hypnosis for help.
To her surprise, they made it to the semifinals, ultimately losing to champions JULIANNE HOUGH (Derek’s sister) and racing driver HELIO CASTRONEVES. “I think that that show ... really showed me how strong I was,” she says, “but I was so happy when I got kicked off because I did not like that kind of stress and the spotlight.”
DEATH, TOPLESSNESS ... AND MORE!
Emily in Paris actor PIERRE DENY died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which destroys nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. He was 69. Deny played mogul Louis de Léon, CEO of the fashion house JVMA. His daughters revealed his May 25 death, saying it was due to “a sudden and severe case of ALS.” The series, starring LILY COLLINS, is filming its sixth and final season.
SYDNEY SWEENEY recently flashed her boobs again on HBO’s Euphoria, but some believe the overexposure could wreck the 28-year-old beauty’s career. DAVE QUAST, a crisis and reputation management expert, says, “Euphoria clearly helped establish Sydney Sweeney as a fearless performer... and that’s part of why she broke through. The risk is ... when the public conversation focuses more on the sexualized aspects of the role than on the performance.” But he also notes “visibility is currency.”
CALEB SHOMO, the 33-year-old frontman for the group Beartooth, has made a shocking announcement - “I am a proudly gay man.” Shomo’s been wed for 14 years to wife FLEUR. On May 23, he noted: “I spent a decade burying feelings with alcohol,” adding he suffered “depression, self-hatred... and hopelessness” by hiding the truth. Fleur says she will “always support Caleb,” adding their “marriage was wonderful... full of so much fun, adventure & love.”