Melissa Etheridge's family tragedy, Ellen DeGeneres shocked by haters, Khloe Kardashian shuts down pregnancy rumors
Naughty But Nice with Rob Shuter
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4.4 • 606 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Melissa Etheridge says her 21-year-old son Beckett has died after losing his battle with opioid addiction. Rob is joined by Us Weekly’s Marc Lupo to discuss the heartbreaking news. Plus, Ellen DeGeneres is "at the end of her rope" with the latest criticisms about her, Khloe Kardashian is speaking out amid rumors she’s expecting a baby with ex Tristan Thompson, and Mary-Kate Olsen's divorce is getting messy due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello, hello, hello, welcome to the naughty but nice show. I'm your host, Rob Shooter. |
| 0:19.1 | I'm a gossip columnist here in New York |
| 0:21.0 | City, bringing you the naughtiest but nicest celebrity dish, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. |
| 0:27.0 | Joining me today is our old friend, Mark Lupo, who's a senior editor at Us Weekly magazine. Mark, |
| 0:32.9 | are you there? Hello? |
| 0:34.1 | Rob! |
| 0:35.0 | Hey! So Mark, you were co-hosting with us for months, and then this awful virus happened, and we've been missing you, I think, for about eight weeks now. It's great to have you back. How are you doing? Rob, I feel so much better now that we are back together. Gosh, that's no pressure at all. Listen, we're going to jump right into the show because we've got some great exclusives today. Mark's got a ton of them from us weekly. We are packed today with celebrity gossip. |
| 1:02.6 | What's that I hear? It's the chimes of Big Ben, which means only one thing on this show. It means it is tea time. |
| 1:10.4 | Sad news to start the show today, Melissa Etheridge's son is dead at just 21 years old. |
| 1:18.0 | The news broke overnight. |
| 1:19.7 | Melissa has issued a statement saying the following, quote, |
| 1:23.7 | Today I join the hundreds of thousands of families who have lost loved ones to opioid addiction. |
| 1:32.3 | My son Beckett, who was just 21 years old, has struggled to overcome his addiction and finally succumbed to it today. |
| 1:41.8 | He will be missed by those who loved him, his family and his friends. She goes on to say |
| 1:47.0 | that she's absolutely heartbroken, but she is grateful for all the well wishes and condolences that |
| 1:54.4 | she has been sent. She added that this struggle he has been going on for years has now ended and thankfully he is now out of pain. |
| 2:04.8 | She adds to that she will sing again and singing has always healed her. Mark, what are you hearing |
| 2:12.5 | about this awful, awful story that broke overnight? Yes, Rob, it is a tragedy. Our sources tell us that Melissa is heartbroken, but she is leaning on her close friends |
| 2:23.3 | in this difficult time, and she is at peace that her son is now at peace. |
| 2:27.3 | Awful, isn't it? |
| 2:28.3 | So Melissa and her ex-partner, Julie Seifer, they met on the set of her video, Bring Me Some Water. |
| 2:35.7 | I love that song. |
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