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Jessica Simpson Weighs In On That Subway Tuna Controversy – Deadline

Jessica Simpson isn’t chicken when it comes to making fun of herself.

The singer/actress sent out a tweet Friday in support of the Subway sandwich chain, which is under the gun from a lawsuit claiming there’s no tuna in its tuna sandwiches. The chain has vigorously denied the claims, saying there’s “no truth” to the allegations.

Simpson, of course, is famous for confusing a can of Chicken of the Sea tuna with the barnyard animal.

Simpson wrote in a tweet, “It’s OK @SUBWAY. It IS confusing.”

The original Simpson confusion occured in the MTV reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica. 

Simpson asked then-husband Nick Lachey, “Is this chicken that I have, or is this fish? I know it’s tuna, but it says chicken by the sea. Is that stupid? What is it called — chicken by the sea or in the sea?”

Lachey clarified it for her.

“Oh….” Simpson replied. “Oh, I understand now. I read it wrong.”

NBC has ordered a comedy pilot presentation starring Simpson. The single-camera project, inspired by Simpson’s life, is based on a pitch developed by Robin and Nick Bakay, with Nick Bakay (Two And A Half Men) writing the pilot script.

Ben Silverman’s Electus and Universal Television are producing. “I often find myself thinking that no one could ever make up the things that actually happen in my life — so between the real-life elements and a great team of writers, I think we’ll have people laughing!,” Simpson said.



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Armie Hammer’s estranged wife Elizabeth Chambers breaks silence on his cannibalism controversy

Elizabeth Chambers has broken her silence about the scandal surrounding her soon-to-be ex-husband, Armie Hammer.

Hammer, 34, has been under intense scrutiny after multiple women, some unidentified, have come forward claiming he’s shared his desire of twisted sex fantasies, including one alleged admission from him on social media that he is “100% a cannibal.” He has denied the claims.

In a bizarre twist, a new report noted that Hammer’s former “Call Me By Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino and co-star Timothee Chalamet are working on a project titled “Bones & All” which is reportedly about a woman who has the “urge to kill and eat the people that love her.”

Chambers caught wind of the movie’s plot on Instagram, where she subtly reacted for the first time.

ARMIE HAMMER’S EX-GIRLFRIEND SAYS ACTOR ‘HAS A DESIRE TO HURT WOMEN’

Elizabeth Chambers (left) and Armie Hammer (right) announced their split last July after 10 years of marriage.
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“No. Words.,” she commented from her verified Instagram account.

Chambers had previously remained mum on the drama for the past few weeks. Shortly after the House of Effie Instagram account leaked messages allegedly sent to a woman by Hammer that shared his desire of graphic BDSM acts, the father of two exited his upcoming movie role in “Shotgun Wedding,” also starring Jennifer Lopez.

Last week, one of Hammer’s ex-girlfriends, 23-year-old model Paige Lorenze, gave an interview to Fox News about her decision to end her months-long romance with the actor. She said she believes he “has a desire to hurt women.”

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Lorenze and Hammer struck up a romance last September in Los Angeles. The current college student said Hammer described it as a “polyamorous open relationship.” She said she consented to his BDSM desires during the four months they were together, but looks at it in hindsight as the opposite of “fun and safe.”

The ‘Call Me By Your Name’ actor exited a movie role for the upcoming film ‘Shotgun Wedding’ starring Jennifer Lopez amid the controversy.
(Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic)

“Right away he definitely did get into things and had me do things that weren’t my norm. He wanted me to only call him ‘Sir’ or ‘Daddy’ in the bedroom. He’s obviously a very kinky person and he made that very clear to me, but I thought it was going to be fun and safe,” she claimed to us.

Lorenze said she became disturbed after Hammer voiced his desire of eating her ribs.

“He was talking about finding a doctor to remove my ribs that I don’t need — the ribs that are on the bottom — and that he had a smoker at his house. He wanted to smoke them and eat them. He wondered how they would taste and he basically was like, ‘I bet you they would taste good.'”

She’s also shared photographs of a scar she has above her groin area in the shape of an “A.” She claimed the actor branded the letter on her skin with a knife.

ARMIE HAMMER’S EX COURTNEY VUCEKOVICH CLAIMS HE WANTED TO ‘BARBECUE AND EAT’ HER RIBS AMID MESSAGING SCANDAL

“These assertions about Mr. Hammer are patently untrue. Any interactions with this person, or any partner of his, were completely consensual in that they were fully discussed, agreed upon, and mutually participatory. The stories being perpetuated in the media are a misguided attempt to present a one-sided narrative with the goal of tarnishing Mr. Hammer’s reputation, and communications from the individuals involved prove that,” Hammer’s attorney, Andrew Brettler, told Fox News in a statement.

Paige Lorenze (left) told Fox News the actor wanted to ‘smoke’ and ‘eat’ her ribs during their relationship last fall.
(Paige Lorenze Instagram/Getty)

Lorenze went on to allege that Hammer was “really obsessed with biting and leaving marks on me and bruising me.” She claimed the “Rebececa” star would “always brag” about her bruises and asked her to “show them off.”

Lorenze told Fox News she met Hammer’s family in Texas over Thanksgiving. This gave her a sense that the relationship could be “long-term” as Hammer sugggested, but she put an end to the relationship in December after she began “to feel really sick to my stomach, anxious, and very strange,” she said.

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Another woman named Courtney Vucekovich also claimed Hammer wanted to “barbecue” and “eat” her ribs. Meanwhile, writer Jessica Ciencin Henriquez who also reportedly dated Hammer last fall said on Instagram she believes the messages are “real.” 

Last July, Hammer and Chambers, announced their split on social media. They share two children together: daughter Harper Grace, 5, and son Ford Douglas Armand, 3.

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Hammer is best known for his roles in “The Social Network” and “Call Me by Your Name,” which earned him a Golden Globe nomination in 2018. His recent appearances include an episode of HBO’s “We Are Who We Are” and Netflix’s “Rebecca” remake.



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Amy Schumer explains her part in Hilaria Baldwin controversy

It may feel like ages ago in the current news cycle but it was actually just last month. And in case you forgot, it sort of all started with comedian Amy Schumer poking fun at Baldwin posing in lingerie with her baby.

Now Schumer is speaking out about the story that consumed the internet.

“I feel like it was so insane and entertaining that I think Hilaria is probably the only person who is happy about the insurrection in the Capitol, because it distracted [people] from that,” Schumer told “Entertainment Tonight” before adding, “She is amazing and I wish her and her family the best. I hope she gets to visit Spain as much as she wants.”
Baldwin took issue with Schumer and others for mocking her for being proud of her post baby body. The former ballroom dancer and wife of Alec Baldwin welcomed her fifth child in September and shortly after posted a photo wearing lingerie while holding her baby boy.

Schumer re-posted the image on her Instagram account with a cheeky caption. But Baldwin didn’t see humor in Schumer’s post and took to her own Instagram page with a video message calling out Schumer and body shamers. It was then that commenters began noticing that Baldwin’s usual Spanish accent was noticeably absent.

That’s when her heritage began to be called into question, with people pointing out that she grew up in Boston, despite multiple online biographies citing she was born and raised in Spain. Although her family does live on the Spanish island of Mallorca now, they are from America. Videos from Baldwin’s television appearances began to circulate, one from the “Today Show” in which Baldwin forgets the English word for cucumber, and even her husband saying on a late night appearance that she hailed from Spain.

It was then Schumer poked fun at Baldwin again on Instagram in a since deleted post.

“I just felt like everybody else watching it. Just like, ‘What is going on?’ I thought we were still kinda playing, so I wrote, ‘Hey, look, I love Spain too.’ But then it became this whole big thing and people were really upset so I just took it down [too],” Schumer explained.

“Look, she’s a mom. She has a million and a half kids, and that’s really hard,” Schumer added. “So I just, I don’t want them to be going through a bad time. But also, you can’t just pretend you’re from Spain.”

In an interview with The New York Times, Baldwin says she has never claimed she was from Spain and that she has spent so much time overseas throughout her life that it’s only natural she has developed an accent.

Since the controversy Baldwin has laid low and has not posted on her Instagram page since late December.

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