Laura Lentz recollects the day husband Carl Lentz admitted to dishonest

Carl says he felt like he was “in an alternate universe” the day he was confronted by church management after a Hillsong staffer discovered texts on his pc that advised an affair between him and jewellery designer Ranin Karim and reported him. (Carl has by no means talked about her by title whereas speaking about his infidelity, however Ranin told her story a number of times.)

On Oct. 25, 2020, “Carl’s like, ‘Hey, can I speak to you for a second,” Laura, his spouse since 2003, recollects within the sequence, her first interview since each she and Carl had been fired from Hillsong. “As quickly as he shut the door and I noticed his face, my coronary heart simply dropped and I used to be like, I might inform it was one thing massive. I did not know what he was going to say, however…when he did, my complete world crashed.”

When Carl advised her he’d been “untrue,” Laura remembers asking him what that meant and if he was in love with this different girl. And in that “unbelievable” second, she provides, “I considered my youngsters. That was my first thought, then—it was so silly—however I considered our church and our employees. 

Carl remembers Laura uttering a sound that “was like no different cry I would ever heard.” He says that “she wasn’t mad, she was simply so damaged.”

Salman Rushdie is again within the highlight, 9 months after being critically injured in a stabbing.

The writer made a shock look Could 18 on the PEN America Literary Award Gala on the American Museum of Pure Historical past in New York Metropolis, the place he was honored with the Centenary Braveness Award. And whereas addressing the group, Rushdie, 75, who obtained a standing ovation as he appeared onstage, alluded to the horrific incident.

“Properly, hello everyone,” the novelist advised the group. “It is good to be again—versus not being again, which was additionally an possibility. I am fairly glad the cube rolled this fashion.”

Final August, Rushdie was making ready to talk at an occasion on the Chautauqua Establishment in Chautauqua, NY, when a man rushed the stage and stabbed him a number of instances in areas comparable to his face, neck, stomach and chest.

The assault left Rushdie blind in a single eye and in addition affected using one among his fingers. Quickly after the incident, the suspect, Hadi Mater, was charged with tried homicide and assault. He has pleaded not responsible and his case is pending.

Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard are taking a second to have fun. 

The couple rang in Jill’s thirty second birthday on Could 17, in the future earlier than the trailer for the documentary Duggar Household Secrets and techniques was launched.

Derick penned a candy message to his “beautiful” spouse of 9 years, writing on Instagram, “Life with you is enjoyable! I am grateful day-after-day for you, and I really like you to the moon and again!” 

Pairing the love be aware with a photograph of Jill holding a rabbit, he added, “P.S. One in every of these years I am going to bear in mind to get you 3 bunnies named Nibbles, Fluffy, and Edna in your birthday, such as you’ve at all times wished.”

The 19 Children and Counting alum—who shares sons Israel, 8, Samuel, 5, and Freddy, 10 months, with the lawyer—commented again, “Haha thanks babe! Love you a lot!”

It was the next day that Prime Video dropped the explosive trailer for the upcoming documentary Shiny Glad Folks: Duggar Household Secrets and techniques, which options Jill and Derick discussing her household’s conservative practices and non secular values.

Get able to levitate over Dua Lipa and her new flame’s Cannes Movie Competition 2023 arrival.

The “Bodily” singer and Romain Gavras made their pink carpet debut collectively on the Omar La Fraise (The King of Algiers) Could 19 premiere. For the event, Dua wore a one-shoulder, black robe that includes cut-outs throughout the entrance and a daring thigh slit. In the meantime, Romain, a filmmaker and music video director, donned a glossy black go well with.

The couple additionally weren’t shy with PDA, as Romain wrapped his arm Dua’s waist whereas posing for pictures. At one level, Dua and Romain seemed smitten as they shared fun.

Their outing comes two months after Dua and Romain have been noticed holding fingers at Paris Style Week. Previous to that, they have been seen in February leaving a Netflix social gathering for the 2023 BAFTA Movie Awards in London, in accordance with Entertainment Tonight.