- Jacyln Hill slams claims her father is a leader of a cult.
- Shane Dawson gets real honest and confesses his struggles.
- Katy Perry's having a baby.
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What is up, you guys!
I'm Sussan Mourad.
- And I'm Emile Ennis Jr.
We're back here for Celebrity Lowdown.
- Big, comfy. (laughs) - On the big, comfy couch for
- [Hosts] Celebrity Lowdown.
- Give me a C!
- Okay, no C. - Absolutely not.
(laughs)
Absolutely not.
- Welcome back to the big, comfy couch.
You guys, we are so excited.
We have a really jam packed show in store for you today
so we're gonna just jump straight into the tea,
don't you think, Emile?
- Yes, I think we should.
- Kicking things off with Katy Perry.
Some really exciting news.
She's pregnant and is expecting her very first child
with Orlando Bloom this summer.
- Yes, so Katy dropped her brand new song
and music video for 'Never Worn White',
which included quite a massive Easter egg in the video,
a pregnancy announcement.
- That's as big as Easter eggs basically get (giggles).
- I mean, I think so.
- Near the end of the video,
Katy's actually seen holding her stomach
and then turning to the side
to reveal a beautiful baby bump.
- She shared the news via Instagram, writing,
"Let's just say it's gonna be a jam packed summer."
And also took to Instagram Live once the video was released
to further confirm the news.
- Best news this week, wasn't it?
- It was a shock.
I texted you, I was like,
- [Hosts] "Katy Perry's pregnant!"
(laughs)
- Yeah, definitely exciting news.
- Yeah, super exiting.
Now, moving on to our next story.
This week, Shane Dawson got really candid with fans
and opened up about the struggles he's facing.
- Yeah, so he took to his Instagram stories
in a series of clips, after posting this to his stories.
A little while earlier, saying,
"Sorry I haven't been online much.
Just been trying to figure out what I wanna do next.
A little creatively stuck.
But part two of the bling video is filmed
and we are editing it now."
But it's in his subsequent stories where he really opened up
to share his current struggles.
He started off by saying, quote,
"I just want to be honest about something.
And I feel like I've been saying
the same thing over and over this year,
which I'm sick of saying, but."
- [Sussan] He then went on to reveal this.
- I just feel weird, I feel off.
I feel like this whole year, so far,
I just haven't been
mentally all there.
I just feel kind of like creatively stuck,
a little confused, a little like.
I feel like I've just had a crossroad in my life,
with, what am I doing?
What do I wanna do, what do I wanna do next?
- Shane went on to say he was asking himself, quote,
"Why am I doing this?"
And has been in kind of a weird place with that.
So he's putting his energy in other things,
like his Shane Glossin' channel.
- Yeah, Shane then said that
it's not that he doesn't want to post on his main channel,
it's just that he doesn't have anything
that he's super passionate about, which we understand,
'cause everything he posts on his main channel,
you can tell he really is passionate about.
- Yeah, it's huge. - It's an event.
- It's an event, exactly.
So, he also said, while he has filmed things he does like,
and he thinks that they are good as well,
he's just not super passionate about them,
so he's, quote, "I'm just kinda waiting
for that idea to hit me."
And until then, he's gonna keep posting
on his Shane Glossin' channel.
- Shane then addressed when he thinks
he might be posting a makeup video,
acknowledging that he knows people have been upset
by the fact that he hadn't posted makeup related vids,
and opened up about the real reason why.
- And I'll do makeup soon.
I know people are mad about that.
But being, once again, super honest,
I just haven't been feeling very confident lately,
in a lot of ways.
And doing makeup is something
that is not fun for me right now
because I don't know if I could handle criticism about it.
Just being honest.
And also, my face, I don't really enjoy
looking at it in the mirror.
There's just a lot. (laughs)
- (sighs) Shane, you're being really hard on yourself.
I mean, everyone's really their worst critic
and I feel for him.
And then he went on to share
that he and Andrew had been editing the Bling Part Two video
and that it had taken longer than expected
because they filmed the video on a day
that Shane was really off, which is what he said,
after getting a comment that really bothered him.
- Anyway, he said he filmed it in that moment,
which really threw him off
because the comment really bothered him.
And the video kind of took a turn,
but either way he was going to lean into it
because it was honest.
- [Sussan] Well, on Friday, Shane did drop
that next video he mentioned,
titled 'Addressing My Weight Gain',
where he actually kicked off the video
with our recent Celebrity Lowdown story,
where we discussed Shane's first Bling video.
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- This week, Shane Dawson shared a brand new video
to his Shane Glossin' channel.
- Well, the video actually reveals a very strange addiction
and it's not about makeup
and it's probably not what you think.
It's about Shane's addition to bedazzling.
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And, also, his Tweet that week
about being criticized about his weight gain
Take a look.
- There was something else
that happened with Shane this week.
It involves someone leaving a comment
essentially shaming him about his body and his weight.
(birds tweeting)
- [Sussan] Shane then shared clips from multiple sources,
including our video, of people chiming in
with their thoughts on his Tweet about being shamed,
before sharing this.
- Okay, I know what you're thinking, Shane.
You don't have to show yourself at the gym
to justify the fact that you work out
because people are leaving you fat comments.
And that's not what I'm doing.
Yes, okay, it's kind of what I'm doing.
(laughing)
- [Sussan] Shane then opens up more about his Tweet,
his weight struggles and what he thinks about people
who leave those kind of comments,
before getting to the bling.
You can check out the whole video
on Shane's Shane Glossin' page.
But, coming back to what Shane shared earlier this week
on his Instagram stories.
As Shane continued to ponder, he then quickly said, quote,
"But I'm not sad, I don't want you guys
to think I'm depressed.
I'm really not sad, everything in life is great."
He then went on to finish with this.
- Kinda just waiting to see what my purpose is on earth.
You know what I mean?
- I do love how we don't see a lot of Shane,
but he does talk to us via his Insta stories.
He opens up and I know a lot of people
are wondering what he's going through.
So that fact he lets people in.
A lot of times, I feel people put this pressure
on these Celebs and these YouTubers.
And they constantly want content.
So, I kinda like that he's taking a break
and just figuring out what he's actually passionate about.
Because I'd rather you take some time away,
figure out what you're actually passionate about.
As opposed to some people, who just put content out
just to put content out, you know?
- Yeah, exactly.
And I feel like we all understand what it's like
when he said he's just waiting for that idea to hit him.
You know, because I feel like everyone that's creative
- Yeah. - Struggles with ideas.
Especially someone like Shane,
who, like you said, all his content is such an event,
so there's all this pressure
of the next thing I put out needs to be really, really big.
So, take your time and we'll be ready when you're ready.
- Right here.
But we must move on to another YouTuber, Jaclyn Hill,
who's had a pretty tough week on social media.
- Yeah, over this week she came out and apologized
for changes in the ingredients
in her Morphe Palette collaboration.
And she shared that she didn't know
about the ingredient changes,
which also meant the formula was, in fact, no longer vegan.
We did a whole newsfeed on the story
and covered it in DHR.
So, check it out on our channel
if you do wanna know more about that particular story.
- But what we're covering today is something else.
It stemmed from a Tweet and video posted
by a YouTube channel called Creepshow Art.
The lady who runs the account Tweeted,
"We need to talk about how Jaclyn Hill's father
is a full on cult leader in Africa,
because somehow no one informed me of this
and I just feel some kind of way.
At least her pathological lying makes sense now."
Clearly, Creepshow Art is not fond of Jaclyn
and obviously we don't support this Tweet in any way.
We're just reporting this story.
- But to explain further, with that particular Tweet,
Creepshow Art shared a link to a YouTube video she made,
titled, 'Jaclyn Hill's dad is a cult leader'.
Seriously, you guys, these are really crazy allegations
and nobody should be putting out that kind of information
if they can't 100% back it up.
Even if they could, the fact that people
wanna put that stuff out is beyond us.
- Yeah, we're not gonna break down
every detail in the video,
mainly because of Jaclyn's response,
which we are going to get to in a few minutes.
But, so you understand the full context of the story,
Creepshow Art went into a number of things that, together,
led her to believe that,
- [Creepshow] Jim, Jimmy boy, Jim Bulls over here
is a bona fide cult leader.
- To be honest, the video doesn't make
a lot of sense to us, personally.
But, again, just to give you guys
a full picture of the story,
Creepshow Art seems to think
she's located Jaclyn's dad on LinkedIn
and then proceeds to say this.
- [Creepshow] He says his current job is that he is God.
His job is that he's God, he's just God.
Which is a completely fine and normal thing
to put on a resume, on LinkedIn, anywhere.
- Yeah, not quite sure that's what he was saying.
And Creepshow Art went on to say herself
this was probably a reach to base her argument on.
- [Creepshow] Based on the fact that there isn't an image
and this page appears to be inactive,
I doubt that this is actually legitimate.
I doubt that this is actually a thing that he made.
- But, to get to the main part of Creepshow's video,
so we can get to Jaclyn's response,
which is what this story is all about,
Creepshow directed her attention
to Jim Eilers' website and claimed.
- [Creepshow] But what absolutely, positively is legitimate
and does show that he's a cult leader is JimEilers.org,
where he talks about, once again,
how he is God and we should worship him.
- Creepshow Art then read passages from the website
about Jim Eilers', quote,
"miracle healings on his crusades".
She reads a fair bit of it, but to it sum up,
she basically says a woman
with a broken back was brought to the crusade
and was healed when, quote, "God touched her mightily".
And another woman was, quote, "dying of AIDs",
and, quote, "as the word of God was preached,
she was totally healed by the power of God".
Now, this is where things get even more confusing.
From reading these statements,
Creepshow Art seems to have understood this.
- [Creepshow] Jaclyn Hill's father is now saying,
on his webpage, on his official webpage,
with the help of his employer, God,
he has single handedly cured someone who had a broken back.
- Like we said, it seems confusing,
there might be a disconnect with the information,
but we're not going to get into more detail
because we want to get to Jaclyn's response.
So, Jaclyn actually saw the Tweet and responded on Twitter.
And if you're wondering if she saw the video,
she addressed it in her Tweet.
Jaclyn Tweeted, quote, "This is absolutely disgusting.
I refuse to watch this video,
but just the title and the thumbnail is so awful.
What is wrong with you that you think it's okay
to even speak about my birth father
when I haven't even spoken to him in 10 years?
Mind your damn business.
Too far."
- Jaclyn then followed up with another Tweet in the thread,
saying, quote, "I understand that people don't like me.
They think I'm a liar and they feel
as though they can't trust me.
I can't change that.
But seriously, it's gone too far.
People have taken away all the fun
on social media and have made it so ugly.
I'm truly sick of seeing it every day."
- (sighs) Poor Jaclyn, I mean,
she really can't catch a break.
And so much drama is always going on online.
- Yeah.
- And people are just, so many followers were sympathizing
with her and really feel bad for her,
dealing with this kind of treatment online.
- One fan wrote, quote, "As bad and as wrong as this sounds,
I feel like this isn't going to stop 'til they break you
or at least run you off social media
or the beauty community completely".
To which Jaclyn replied,
"They are close to achieving that goal".
And fans were flooding Jaclyn's Tweet with support
and saying this is going too far.
Saying things like, "Yeah this is way too much.
To be digging so heavy into someone's personal life
has definitely crossed a line
and it's no longer about makeup at this point".
- And, "Wow, I'm so sorry.
I will never know why people come so hard for you".
While others were pointing out
that Jaclyn has now given this video
and Twitter user a platform, saying,
"You just gave two million access to a video about your dad.
You didn't win here."
And, "Wouldn't of even known this video existed
had you not brought attention to it".
Over on Creepshow Art's Tweet,
there were a lot of people there
also saying she'd gone too far.
Tweeting things like, "You really took it too far.
Disgusting".
- However, there were still some people
that seemed to think it was fine,
saying things like, "Haha, no.
This is all public info.
Don't like it, move on".
It's a lot and it is unfortunate because Jaclyn Hill,
I feel like there is something new every single week.
And when I say every single week,
I mean multiple times within the week.
I don't want it to ever become the case, though,
where social media and people's criticism of her,
her brand, whatever it is, pushes her away.
But, at the same time,
if it is starting to affect her mental health,
and it's getting that bad,
then maybe she should just step away.
At least for a while, which I think we said before.
- Yeah, I think she definitely,
she does talk about stepping away.
And there probably have been times
that she has, for brief periods.
But I feel like, for her mental health,
'cause this is a lot to deal with for anyone,
let alone someone who's been through
so many multiple dramas on social media.
Maybe she does just need a break,
just to get herself in a really strong place, mentally.
And to a place where, things like this, it's just horrible.
- It's horrible, but we're sending you so much love, Jaclyn,
and we have to move on to our rapid fire round.
- We're gonna keep it short
because we've covered a lot of news already.
But this week, North West rapped
at her dad, Yeezy's, Season Eight fashion show
at Paris Fashion Week.
However, believe it or not, there was some drama afterwards.
- [Emile] Yeah, she recreated ZaZa's 'What I do'
and ZaZa's mom took to Instagram to say many things,
including, in all respect,
"please show love and support to the original first".
- Yeah, people were going off in the comments,
but Kim responded to Zaza's mom, saying she didn't mean
to not give credit where credit was due
and would love for the girls to meet soon.
And then Zaza's mom responded saying,
"it's always love" and "let's make it happen".
So it was a happy ending, in the end.
- It was a happy ending.
Now, we talked about Katy Perry
and her new happy bundle of joy,
but she also shared some insights
on her and Taylor's friendship.
Before announcing her pregnancy,
Katy Perry spoke out to Stellar magazine
and was super transparent about the fact
that scheduling plays a big role in their lack of closeness.
- [Sussan] She said, quote, "We don't have
a very close relationship because we are very busy.
But we text a lot".
- Okay.
- I thought that was pretty cool.
- That's pretty cool.
I wanna read those texts. - Like to see those texts.
- [Emile] Right?
- [Sussan] Yeah! (laughs)
- But, we do have some exciting news to tell you guys.
- Yes!
Obviously, we're here, Celebrity Lowdown,
the big, comfy couch every single week.
But Clevver Music is one of our sister channels,
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If you don't know what Clevver Music is,
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We're gonna get you everything you need
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- Yes, music tea!
Tea flavored music.
- No, no.
- Tea with the flavor of music, does that make any sense?
No? (laughs)
You guys, it is time to discuss our emoji challenge.
Now, last week you guys has a lot of fun with it.
We had so many comments in the comment section.
Of course, a lot of you would have noticed,
we had some things on set.
- Yes.
- That were fruits and vegetables.
And so many of you got them correct.
We're gonna start popping, popping, popping
a lot of them up on the screen right now.
But what we had was one eggplant, two lemons,
one orange, three bananas, two apples.
Some of you pointed out
that there was a green one and a red one.
And also one pineapple.
Now, so many of you, like I said, got it right.
Also, a lot of you guys had a lot of really funny jokes
about the eggplant being behind me.
- I mean, the placement wasn't ideal.
- (laughs) I thought it was hilarious, personally.
Some of you also noticed
that it got flipped during the show, which it did,
which was really.
I mean, you're paying attention.
- You are paying attention.
- And we love that. - Yeah, we love that.
- We love that.
So thank you so much for dropping those comments.
We've got a giveaway/sweepstakes
coming up in the next two weeks,
so make sure you stay tuned for that.
- Yes.
- For your chance to win some amazing YouTuber merch.
But, for this week, if you've been paying attention
from the beginning to the end,
we're gonna keep it old school,
'cause we had a lot going on last week.
- Yeah.
- We had some hidden emojis.
- Yeah.
- And all you need to do is drop them
in the comment section below, it's that easy.
- That's all you have to do.
But, guys, we must move on
to some celebrity birthdays happening next week.
- Who's birthday's coming up?
- Yeah, so many birthdays happening this week.
Coming up, Keemstar, happy birthday to you.
Suga from BTS and Tristan Thompson.
- (laughs) Happy birthday
to all of our lovely birthday people.
(laughs)
You guys, thank you so much for joining us
for today's episode of Celebrity Lowdown.
Make sure you stay watching 'til the very end.
Emile's got something that he's gonna wanna mention
that you need to. - Yes, very special message.
- And you'll only know, and we'll know if you know.
Just keep watching.
- [Emile] Yeah.
- We'll know if, yeah, we'll know.
We know.
See you soon, guys.
See you in the comments.
- Bye, guys. - Bye.
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