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■ Jamie Foxx has spoken publicly for the first time since suffering a mysterious medical issue in April, saying in an Instagram video that he “went to hell and back.” Fighting back tears, the actor explained that he’d opted against giving earlier updates on his health because “I didn’t want you to see me like that,” with “tubes running out of me and trying to figure out if I was going to make it through.” Foxx, 55, thanked his family for staying “airtight” and not leaking details about his illness. He didn’t disclose the cause of his health crisis, but denied social media rumors that he’d been left paralyzed and blind. Foxx said he’s now “on the road to recovery” and “able to work.”
■ Fresh off news that she plans to divorce her husband of two years—luxury realtor Dalton Gomez—Ariana Grande has started dating her Wicked co-star Ethan Slater, People reports. Grande, 30, and Slater, 31, have been in London filming a two-part movie adaptation of the smash-hit Broadway musical. Slater married his high school sweetheart, Lilly Jay, in 2018, and they welcomed a baby boy in 2022. A source said the couple separated earlier this year. But Entertainment Tonight reports that Jay is “devastated” by news of her husband’s new love, with a source saying that “this is not the future she had in mind.” Slater shared an anniversary tribute to his wife last November, calling her his “best friend”; Grande liked the post.
■ Washington Commanders fans danced in the streets last week after much-loathed owner Daniel Snyder completed the sale of the football team for $6 billion. On the day his deal with private equity investor Josh Harris—co-owner of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and NHL’s New Jersey Devils—was approved by other NFL owners, Snyder was fined $60 million by the league for allegedly sexually harassing an employee and for withholding some $11 million in revenue. Sexual misconduct was allegedly rife in the franchise: A 2020 investigation by The Washington Post detailed accusations from 42 women employees of sexual harassment by Snyder or other execs. Snyder, the team’s owner for 24 years, denies all wrongdoing.