Insiders have revealed that Madonna has a new lover in her life: 29-year-old boxer Josh Popper, according to the Daily Mail.
Popper is training one of Madonna’s children at NYC gym Bredwinners, according to the report, and has also starred on this season of Bravo’s reality TV show about the Hamptons, “Summer House.”
The 64-year-old split from her latest boy toy, skateborder and model Andrew Darnell, 23, just a few days ago, according to Paper Magazine.
On Popper’s Instagram page, he posted a series of photos of them together at his boxing gym a little over two weeks ago. In one of the snaps, the Queen of Pop can be seen wearing a long, black coat with her arm around Popper’s, her mouth touching his bicep.
The “Vogue” icon — never one to “bow down” to critics of her age-defying style — also follows Popper on Instagram.
The star is reportedly dating 29-year-old boxing coach, Josh Popper. Instagram/@_joshpopper She posed for a few snaps alongside him at his NYC boxing gym. Instagram/@_joshpopper
The Post has reached out to Madonna’s reps for comment.
The eternal “Material Girl” also shared the same photo of her hugging Popper’s arm in an Instagram story, writing in the caption, “In a male driven culture, there are always exceptions,” and followed up with another snap of her clutching a boxing bag, typing, “Hard to ignore the reality… that most women get demolished.”
On the website for his boxing gym, they describe Popper as a “lifelong athlete and a full-time coach.” They also added that, “Josh is no stranger to sports, but there is something about boxing that transcends his love for movement.”
The two have not announced their romance publicly and have yet to confirm or deny it.
The 29-year-old boxing coach has appeared on Bravo’s hit reality show, “Summer House.”Instagram/_joshpopper The Queen of Pop recently made headlines for appearing “unrecognizable” at the 2023 Grammy Awards. Getty Images for The Recording Academy The coach is a part of the Bredwinner’s gym in NYC. Instagram/_joshpopper
Madonna made headlines recently for her appearance at the 2023 Grammy Awards, after she showed up looking “unrecognizable” — according to vocal fans — during her speech introducing Sam Smith’s performance with Kim Petras.
A few weeks later, after publicly shouting down her critics on social media, Madonna tweeted that her surgical swelling had gone down — declaring that she looked “cute” as she showed off a close-up of her face on the social media platform.
“She tried to kind of play me on ‘Regis and Kelly,’ and I’m not the one, so [it] didn’t work out,” the singer claimed, before declaring that she will always love the influential Madonna, no matter what.
Meanwhile, Madonna is currently mourning the death of her brother, Anthony Ciccone, who passed away on Feb. 24. A source told Page Six that she had been footing the bill for her siblings’ time in a Michigan rehab center.
Actor Jansen Panettiere died of an enlarged heart last month at the age of 28, his family announced Monday.
The younger brother of “Scream” actress Hayden Panettiere died Feb. 19 at his home in Nyack, NY.
“Jansen’s heart could be seen in his eyes, and his charm in his brilliant, engaging smile; his soul in his masterful and revealing paintings, and the joy of life in his dry wit,” said his family in a statement to ABC News. “His charisma, warmth, compassion for others, and his creative spirit will live forever in our hearts and in the hearts of all whom he encountered.”
The family added, “Though it offers little solace, the Medical Examiner reported Jansen’s sudden passing was due to cardiomegaly (enlarged heart), coupled with aortic valve complications.”
Panettiere was found by a friend unresponsive and sitting upright in a chair, according to the police report obtained by The Post from the Orangetown Police Department. The friend called 911 and performed CPR on him.
The actor’s pals became concerned after Panettiere missed a business meeting earlier in the day, according to the report.
When EMTs arrived around 5 p.m., they found Panettiere lying on his back on the floor of his living room, not breathing and “cold to the touch,” according to the report. He was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.
His father, Alan Panettiere, told police he had spoken with his son the prior evening, and he “sounded okay.”
The medical examiner declined The Post’s request for confirmation of the family’s announcement. However, police confirmed there were “no obvious signs of trauma observed.”
Panettiere was an actor in his own right who boasted a lengthy Hollywood resume. He voiced many 2000s hits, like “Ice Age: The Meltdown,” “Blue’s Clues,” and “Robots.” He also appeared on one episode of “The Walking Dead” in 2019.
Jansen and his older sister, Hayden, 33, worked alongside each other on the Disney Channel original movie “Tiger Cruise” in 2004 and the family comedy “Racing Stripes” in 2005.
He was also the voice of Truman X in Nickelodeon’s “The X’s,” an animated television series that aired from 2005 to 2006.
On his Instagram page, which is still public, Panettiere often shared photos of his artwork, which featured colorful, abstract prints. He also painted other items, such as shoes and jackets.
In an Instagram post from Jan. 24, he showed a picture of his older sister trying to give him a haircut with a slight smile on his face.
“Not the first haircut she’s tried to give me,” he wrote in the caption.
Hayden has faced her own struggles. Her ex, Wladimir Klitschko, obtained full custody of their daughter, Kaya, now 8. Panettiere said she made the decision to relinquish custody as she struggled with an alcohol and drug addiction.
“It was the hardest thing I could do,” Hayden told People last year. “But the best thing for my daughter was to make sure she was okay, take care of myself and make sure I could be a good mom to her. And sometimes that means letting go.”
She told the outlet she was offered “happy pills” before walking red carpets when she was just 15 years old, and throughout her career, she continued to drink heavily and occasionally take opioids.
She checked into rehab for eight months after giving birth to Kaya. Panettiere revealed she also sought treatment for postpartum depression.
In 2018, the “Nashville” star started dating Brian Hickerson, who was sentenced to 45 days in jail in 2021 for two felony counts of domestic violence.
Actor Woody Harrelson is coming under fire for sharing a coronavirus vaccine conspiracy during this weekend’s episode of “Saturday Night Live.”
Harrelson, 61, who hosted the show, made the statement during his opening monologue. It was his fifth time on stage as an SNL host.
He began to share a story with the audience about the “craziest script” that he had ever read before the COVID-19 pandemic, but got distracted by mentioning a lot of other details — like smoking weed and what kind of tree he was sitting under.
“So, the movie goes like this,” Harrelson finally said. “The biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes, and people can only come out if they take the cartel’s drugs and keep taking them over and over.”
He continued, “I threw the script away. I mean, who was going to believe that crazy idea? Being forced to do drugs? I do that voluntarily all day long.”
The Post reached out to reps for Harrelson and NBC’s Saturday Night Live.
Harrelson told a story about a movie script which some have criticized as “anti-vax.”Rosalind O’Connor/NBC via Getty Images
After his monologue, many viewers took to social media to blast him for the “joke.”
“I just read Woody Harrelson’s monologue,” one person tweeted. “I guess I’m not a good sport, anymore because I don’t find anti-vax jokes funny while we lost a good chunk of America due to stupid people spreading it to others.”
Another agreed, writing, “Re Woody Harrelson and #SNL, whenever anyone spews anti-vax stupidity, I always think of the countless videos of traumatized/crying doctors, nurses and hospital workers who were climbing over bodies in Covid’s early days. So yeah, f– Woody Harrelson.”
Someone else joked on Twitter, “It looks like Woody Harrelson announced his retirement last night.”
Some were bothered by his monologue, while others weren’t. Rosalind O’Connor/NBC via Getty Images
He wrote in response to the post, “So based. Nice work @nbcsnl!”
Singer Five Times August tweeted in his defense, typing, “Woody Harrelson just told the entire country on live TV exactly what happened over the last three years and people are still like ‘Yea right! Never gonna happen! Anti-vax conspiracy theory garbage!!’”
This isn’t the first time that Harrelson has spoken out about his thoughts regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020, he shared a conspiracy theory that linked 5G networks to the pandemic in an Instagram post that has been deleted.
The former “Cheers” star posted a report “about the negative effects of 5G,” admitting at the time that he hadn’t “fully vetted” it but found it “interesting.”
Her mommy has so many talents she can’t even begin to name them.
In a new TikTok video, Kim Kardashian’s eldest daughter, North West, 9, imitated her mom while making homemade pasta with a friend.
On their joint mom and daughter TikTok account, @kimandnorth, the little girl revealed that her mom “hates” crumbs, especially if any get into her bed.
“My mom hates to have this in bed,” West said as she kneaded the crumbly homemade pasta dough in the third part of the four-part TikTok series and jokingly sprinkled some over her head.
“She’d be like, ‘Oh my gosh, you put this crumby crumby crumbs in my bed, you can’t sleep in my bed!’” West imitated, using a funny voice filter.
West then explained that she would say that she didn’t even want to sleep in her mom’s bed anyway.
In a TikTok video with a friend, North West imitated her mom, Kim Kardashian. kimandnorth/TikTok West announced that her mom, Kim Kardashian, does not like getting crumbs in her bed. kimandnorth/TikTok
“So, she doesn’t like crumbs in her bed,” she concluded of her mom.
West’s father is rapper Kanye West, who married Kardashian in 2014. Kardashian filed for divorce from the “All Falls Down” singer in 2021 after seven years of marriage, and their split was finalized last November. West has already moved on, “marrying” Yeezy designer Bianca Censori in a non-legal ceremony last month.
West was ordered to pay Kardashian $200,000 per month in child support, according to the divorce filing obtained by The Post.
Kardashian and West share four kids together — North, 9, Saint, 7, Chicago, 5, and Psalm, 3.
On the mom and daughter’s joint TikTok account, the two often recreate viral video trends together. kimandnorth/TikTok In the videos, West was making homemade pasta with her friend when she imitated mom. kimandnorth/TikTok
On Kim and North’s joint TikTok account, the two often make funny videos together, including ones of them doing viral dances together and other popular trends on the app, like when West dressed up as her father and the two sang to his song, “Bound 2.”
During a December 2022 appearance on the “Angie Martinez IRL” podcast, Kardashian spoke more about co-parenting with the designer and admitted that she often “protected him” for the sake of her children.
“I definitely protected him and I still will in the eyes of my kids for my kids,” she said at the time. “In my home, my kids don’t know anything that goes on in the outside world … I’m holding on by a thread.”
“I had the best dad, and I had the best memories and the greatest experience and that’s all I want for my kids as long as they can have that,” Kardashian said of her late father, Robert Kardashian. “That’s what I would want for them. If they don’t know the things that are being said or what’s happening in the world, why would I ever bring that energy to them? That’s really heavy grown-up s–t that they’re not ready to deal with.”
In the past, West has been known to make headlines for his social media posts. In December, the singer wrote a series of harmful anti-semitic tweets that were later removed from the platform. Twitter owner Elon Musk also suspended his account.
He continued his extremely offensive rant with InfoWars host Alex Jones just days later, praising Hitler and spewing more anti-semitic tropes.
West was later dropped by a number of brands including Adidas, who he had been releasing his Yeezy sneaker line with for nearly eight years.
Sting is still fond of sharing the hours-long tantric sex sessions he enjoys with his wife — three decades after making the risqué revelation.
“I don’t mind that at all — it’s very healthy,” the former frontman of The Police and grandfather of seven told The Sydney Morning Herald in an interview published Wednesday. “We didn’t discuss sex ever with my parents.”
“I’m fortunate in many, many respects, and having my health at this age is something I don’t take for granted,” he continued. “I’ve lost a lot of friends that didn’t make it this far, so I appreciate every day as it comes.”
The “Shape of My Heart” singer, 71, revealed in the early 1990s that he and wife Trudie Styler, 69, engaged in seven-hour tantric sex sessions.
Sting’s “My Songs Tour” returns to the US in April with a Las Vegas stint.Redferns
The couple has addressed the claim over time, with Sting admitting in 2014: “Seven hours includes a movie and dinner.”
“There is some truth to it in that the idea of tantric sex is that sex is a spiritual act,” the rocker told James Lipton on “Inside the Actors Studio” as Styler watched from the audience.
“I don’t know any purer and better way of expressing a love for another individual than sharing that wonderful, I call it sacrament. I would stand by it. Not seven hours. The idea,” he added.
Sting and Trudie Styler attend the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy party on Jan. 27, 2018.Getty Images for NARAS
Sting and Styler married on Aug. 20, 1992, and share four children: Brigitte, 39, Jake, 37, Eliot, 32, and Giacomo, 27. Sting also has two children with his first wife, Frances Tomelty: Joseph, 46, and Fuschia, 40.
In 2011, Styler claimed her husband’s initial statement was a “drunken boast” during an interview with fellow singer Bob Geldof for Q Magazine.
“At one point, the journalist asked how long they could go for, and Geldof said he was a three-minute man, but, as Sting did yoga, he could probably go for hours,” she told The Sun, per NME. “And Sting said, ‘Well, haven’t you heard of tantric sex?’”
Sting’s tantric sex confession originated from a 1990s interview alongside Bob Geldof. Getty Images
“So Sting explained that it is all about being intimate, about caring for your partner, really engaging in intimacy before you, you know… have sex. And that’s the premise of tantra, really. It’s simply engagement with your partner,” Styler explained.
Fans worried that Post Malone may be losing weight because he’s abusing drugs and alcohol could be the ones who are “Paranoid.”
The 27-year-old singer, who is in recovery for alcoholism, has noticeably shed several pounds. A recent video of him, wearing a T-shirt and shorts onstage in Australia, has some fans worried that illness or even addiction could be the cause.
But Malone, whose real name is Austin Post, is actually doing quite well, a source told TMZ on Tuesday. They claimed he began his weight loss journey to slim down for a movie role but has been maintaining a diet and exercise routine ever since.
Malone has been on tour since September and running around the stage throughout his 90-minute set, which they say could also be helping to keep the weight off.
In a comment on an Instagram video, his dad, Rich Post, even assured fans who worried about Malone that his son is the “healthiest he’s been in years! Mentally and physically.”
The Post has contacted a representative for Malone for comment.
Post Malone performs in Australia recently, where he showed off a more fit figure.Richard Nicholson/Shutterstock
Malone faced a similar situation in 2020 when fans feared for his health after he was seen falling onstage while belting “I Fall Apart” in a viral video.
“I’m not on drugs and I feel the best I’ve ever f—king felt in my life,” he told concertgoers in Los Angeles. “And that’s why I can bust my ass for these shows, and f—king fall on the floor, and do all that fun s—t.”
The Grammy-nominated “Circles” singer was hospitalized in September 2022 after suffering a nasty onstage fall a week prior during a show in St. Louis.
Fan-captured footage showed Malone walking down a ramp when he stepped into a hole that wasn’t covered. He quickly fell to the stage and could be heard moaning in pain.
Malone, shown performing in Australia on Feb. 2, has been on tour since September.WireImage
He apologized profusely for canceling a subsequent Boston concert an hour before it was supposed to start but told fans that he was “having a very difficult time breathing, and there’s like a stabbing pain whenever I breathe or move.”
Malone and his fiancé, whose identity he keeps under wraps for privacy reasons, welcomed their first daughter around May 2022.
Tony and Emmy-nominated actor Charles Kimbrough has died at the age of 86.
The beloved actor died in Culver City in California on January 11, which was confirmed by his son, Jim Kimbrough, according to Deadline.
Kimbrough was known for playing “uptight” characters such as Harry in Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Company” which would earn him a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor.
The actor rocketed into the mainstream in 1988 when he starred in the CBS sitcom “Murphy Brown” as news anchor Jim Dial. Kimbrough stayed with the show for 10 seasons and returned for three episodes when the show was rebooted in 2018.
The actor was nominated for a 1990 Emmy award for his role.
The former actor rocketed into the mainstream in 1988 when he starred in the CBS sitcom “Murphy Brown” as news anchor Jim Dial. CBS via Getty Images Kimbrough was known for playing “uptight” characters such as Harry in Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Company” which would earn him a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor.CBS via Getty Images
Kimbrough also appeared as the gargoyle named Victor in Disney’s 1996 animated adaptation of “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” and reprised his role for the films’ sequel and several video game adaptations.
The cause of death has not been announced. No funeral plans have been announced.
Lisa Marie Presley’s friends are certain that she would be “pissed” by her mother’s attempts to take charge of her estate.
It has been just over two weeks since Lisa Marie, the only daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, died at age 54 on January 12 after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest at her Calabasas, California home.
Lisa Marie died on January 12, 2023, after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest at her Calabasas, California, home.Photographer: Robert Sebree Lisa Marie Presley did not want to sit with her estranged mother, Priscilla Presley, at the Golden Globes, a friend said, but the Hollywood Foreign Press forced their hands. Shutterstock for HFPA
The friend added that mother and daughter did not even want to sit close to each other at the Golden Globes last month to celebrate the nominated movie “Elvis,” saying: “Lisa didn’t want to have anything to do with her mom. She was basically estranged from Priscilla for the last seven to eight years. They only talked when there was no option.
“At the Golden Globes, they were made to sit together by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association … Lisa didn’t even go with Priscilla, Jerry Schilling [a longtime Elvis friend] was her chaperone. The HFP pushed [mother and daughter] together.”
Priscilla Presley and son Navarone Garibaldi, who had fallen out with his sister Lisa Marie Presley before her death, friends said.Ethan Miller
The HFP declined to comment, as did a rep for the Elvis estate.
According to Priscilla’s petition, seen by The Post, Lisa Marie wrote a living will in 1993 and amended it in 2010, making Priscilla, 77, a co-trustee alongside her former business manager Barry Siegel, whom she later sued for mismanagement.
After Lisa Marie’s death, Priscilla discovered an amendment that had been added in 2016, axing both Priscilla and Siegel as co-trustees and replacing them with Lisa Marie’s daughter Riley Keough; son Benjamin Keough, who died by suicide in 2020; and her twin girls, Finley and Harper Lockwood, now 14.
Lisa Marie was buried next to her son, Benjamin Keough, and father, Elvis Presley, at Graceland.Getty Images
Priscilla Presley leads her family to Lisa Marie Presley’s memorial service at Graceland. BACKGRID
Priscilla was accompanied by her son, Navarone Garibaldi at the memorial service. BACKGRID
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People were seen walking toward Lisa Marie’s memorial service. BACKGRID
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Priscilla is now contesting the will’s validity.
“Lisa would be pissed!” said one longtime friend of Lisa Marie, who was close to her for more than 12 years. “She would be so upset that Priscilla is doing this. Riley is an amazing trustee … and Lisa’s youngest daughters are in the best of hands with her.”
The friend laid bare the difficult relationship between Lisa Marie and her mother, adding: “I know with Lisa and Priscilla that they always had a strange relationship. They were often estranged.
Lisa Marie’s ex-husband Michael Lockwood was not on the guest list for her funeral, but Priscilla invited him, friends said.AFP via Getty Images
“It was quite often Priscilla, Lisa Marie’s half-brother, Navarone, and her ex-husband Michael Lockwood together in one corner … It was always a bone of contention for Lisa.
“But I was shocked to see a filing for the trust from the Priscilla side.”
Indeed, Lockwood, with whom Lisa Marie had been embroiled in a lengthy divorce and custody battle which only ended in October, was invited to her funeral at the behest of Priscilla, according to the friend. “Neither Navarone nor Michael were on the guest list. Michael said he had to chaperone the twins, [but] he didn’t even have a seat, and Priscilla sorted it out.”
Lisa Marie’s son, Benjamin (second from right), was also named as a trustee when she amended her will before he passed away in 2020.Getty Images
Priscilla, Lockwood, and Garibaldi also share the same publicist, who declined to comment.
This week, Joel Weinshanker, a managing partner at Elvis Presley Enterprises, told SiriusXM’s Elvis Radio that Lisa Marie was “very very certain” that her estate should be left to her children, revealing: said: ‘[It] was always Riley and Ben.
“There was never a question in her mind that they would be the stewards, that they would look at it exactly the way she did. Obviously, when Ben passed, it really sat with Riley.
Lisa Marie amended her will to make her eldest daughter Riley Keough a trustee of her estate. Getty Images for ELLE
“Although Riley is a movie star [and] an award-winning director, she had always had an interest and had always known that one day, she would be in charge of [things].”
To this, Priscilla spoke out Friday in a comment to The Post: “I loved Elvis very much as he loved me. Lisa is a result of our love. For anyone to think anything differently would be a travesty of the family legacy and would be disrespectful of what Elvis left behind in his life. There is an individual that bought their way into the family enterprise that is trying to speak on behalf of our family. This person is not a representative of Elvis or our family.
“Please allow us the time we need to work together and sort this out. Please ignore ‘the noise.’ As I have always been there for Elvis’ legacy, our family and the fans, I will continue to forge a pathway forward with respect, honesty, dignity, integrity and love.”
Riley Keough recently welcomed a baby girl with her husband Ben Petersen-Smith. Getty Images for W Magazine
Reps for Riley were unavailable for comment.
As The Post previously reported, Priscilla and Lisa Marie had a difficult relationship for many years. Former Scientologist Karen de la Carrierre claimed that Priscila would drop off Lisa Marie with her for “auditing” or counseling, when the girl was just 9 or 10, with the directive “Handle her.”
The friend said that Lisa Marie had also had a “falling out” with her brother Navarone, whose father was Priscilla’s ex boyfriend Marco Garibaldi, a couple of years ago. whose father was Priscilla’s ex boyfriend Marco Garibaldi, a couple of years ago, claiming: “He wrote some vile social media post on her, which he later deleted.”
Garibaldi, 35, even managed to spill the beans on his niece Riley’s newborn baby daughter’s name, Tupelo – after Elvis’ hometown in Mississippi – in an Instagram Live session, as spotted by eagle-eyed fans online.
Elvis Presley — seen with Priscilla and baby Lisa Marie after her birth on February 1, 1968 — left Graceland to his daughter.Bettmann Archive
Riley only broke the news of her daughter’s birth at her mother’s funeral when she wrote in a speech, read by her husband Ben Smith-Petersen Smith as she was too grief-stricken to speak, “I hope I can love my daughter the way you loved me.”
Garibaldi admitted after his sister’s passing in an Instagram post: “I wish things had been different between us. Regardless, you are my sister and I’m sending love and prayers for your journey home.”
Priscilla has given auctioneer Brigitte Kruse power of attorney. REUTERS
“However, Riley has been so good with the twins,” he added. Garibaldi was unavailable for comment.
According to the court filing, Priscilla has appointed Brigitte Kruse, a memorabilia auctioneer, as attorney-in-fact for her on the will petition.
David A. Esquibias, an LA-based probate attorney, told The Post this means Kruse has been given power of attorney.
Priscilla and Kruse worked together on a collection of personal jewelry that once belonged to Elvis and his manager, Col. Tom Parker.REUTERS
Kruse and her husband started Kruse GWS Auctions Inc. in 2009, according to the company’s website. They have collaborated with Priscilla on Elvis memorabilia auctions in the past, though it’s unclear what the terms of their financial partnership may be. Photos of Priscilla and Kruse last August show them preparing to sell jewelry that once belonged to Elvis and his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
The pal said: “I don’t know what Kruse’s reasons are, but I think this all boils down to Graceland. It’s all a bid for control.”
Lisa Marie owned Graceland, which will now go to her children.
Esquibias added that he thinks that Priscilla has a good chance of winning her legal challenge — particularly because she did not receive notice of the amendment while her daughter was alive, as was required.
Lisa Marie owned Graceland, which will now go to her children.Redferns
The petition also notes that Priscilla’s name is misspelled in the document, alleges the amendment was not witnessed or notarized, and questions the authenticity of Lisa Marie’s signature.
However, another high-profile probate lawyer in LA, who declined to be named, disagreed, telling The Post: “Priscila will have to show that Lisa Marie didn’t have the capacity, or it was not her signature or she was pressured to amend the agreement. This will be very hard for her to prove. It’s certainly not uncommon not to give notice of an amendment of a Trust.
“The probate court will look at what is fair and what Lisa Marie wanted. It’s clear what she wanted.”
Attorneys for Riley have yet to respond in the case.
“It’s so sad and upsetting,” said the friend. “They should be a family together united and bonding and healing.”
“Rumor Has It” Adele and Sam Smith might be one and the same.
Smith — who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns — confessed to Drew Barrymore, 47, that the craziest rumor they’ve ever heard about themselves is that they are secretly Adele in drag.
“Everyone seems to think that I’m Adele in drag,” the 30-year-old singer said on “The Drew Barrymore Show.”
“‘Cause we’ve never been seen in the same room together, and if you slow down her voice it sounds maybe a bit like mine. So people think that we’re the same person and I’m just in drag right now,” they continued.
The conspiracy theory that Smith and Adele, 34, are the same person seems to have started circulating the internet in 2018 when one person posted a video of Adele’s music slowed down, which ended up sounding like Smith.
Sam Smith addressed rumors that they’re actually Adele.Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images
“Did you know that when you slow down Adele it’s actually Sam Smith,” the user tweeted along with video “evidence.”
Around the same time, another user pointed out that Smith and Adele both didn’t attend the Grammys that year.
“Anyone notice that Adele isn’t at the Grammys this year? It’s because Adele and Sam Smith are the same person and you’ll never see them both in the same place at the same time,” the person tweeted.
Other fans weren’t so sure about the rumors.
“Nobody ever, in their wildest fever dream, while drunk and high on opioids has EVER said Sam Smith is Adele in drag,” one person said. “The VOICE? For sure pitched sounds like it. But physically? Even a blind man wouldn’t make that mistake.”
Sam Smith on “The Drew Barrymore Show.”The Drew Barrymore ShowAdele attends The BRIT Awards 2022 on February 8, 2022, in London, England.Samir Hussein/WireImage
“One thing is ‘hey, they sound similar!’ and another one is ‘Adele is Sam Smith in drag!’ Not quite the same,” another tweeted.
“I want Adele’s reaction to what Sam smith said,” someone joked.
While Adele and Smith are both London-born singers, that’s about the extent of their similarities.
Smith’s album “Gloria” will be released on Jan. 27.
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