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Andy Samberg says he and others who appear on Brooklyn Nine-Nine are in awe of fellow cast member Terry
Crews after the ex-football player’s testimony to U.S. senators last week about sexual assault. Crews testified Tuesday in Washington before the Senate Judiciary Committee about being groped at a party by a powerful Hollywood agent he is now suing. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., asked the actor, comedian and former athlete why he didn’t physically fight back. Crews explained that with the help of his wife, Rebecca, he has learned the benefits of nonviolence in America, especially as a black man. “We have a cast text chain and we were all texting him how incredible it was,” Samberg said of Crews’ testimony. “He’s a miracle.
Terry’s the best guy. I am proud to know him.” Los Angeles prosecutors declined to file charges against the agent, stating that the groping didn’t meet the criteria for a felony and that the February 2016 incident fell outside the statute of limitations to prosecute it as a misdemeanor. But in a now-deleted post on Instagram, rapper 50 Cent mocked Crews’ testimony. “LOL … Terry: I froze in fear. They would have had to take me to jail.” At a Starz event to support Power, a series 50 Cent appears on and executive produces, the rapper said: “You know what? When you put LOL behind any statement, it means you’re laughing out loud. That means it’s a joke. That’s it. Sometimes journalists leave those things out.” The rapper then walked away.
On his new album, Drake appears to confirm he is a father. The 31-year-old rapper from Canada released Scorpion on Friday. In two songs on his fifth album, he seems to address rumors that he fathered a son with a former French adult-film star. In “Emotionless,” Drake raps, “I wasn’t hiding my kid from the world, I was hiding the world from my kid.” In “March 14,” he uses a Michael Jackson reference to say, “She not my lover like Billie Jean, but the kid is mine.” The 25-track album features the singles “God’s Plan” and “Nice For What.” The album follows More Life from 2017. Emails seeking comment from Drake’s agent and his music publicist have not been returned.