Melissa Rivers and son Cooper, 14, cover the June/July issue of AARP. The reality star, 47, opens up about coping with the loss of her beloved mother, legendary comedienne Joan Rivers, and the tough decision to let her go.

On where she is in the grieving process: “I’m still in that deification phase. You miss even the sh-ttiest things: I miss when she’d come in and rearrange my furniture and tell me how I ran my house wrong and criticize everything. I miss the criticism! I’m still in that phase.”

On the working relationship she had with her mother: “My mother and I each had our own lanes. She’d work on one thing, I’d work on another, and then we’d come up with the game plan. Suddenly it feels like the work hasn’t doubled; it’s tripled. There’s a new entity: the estate and the legacy. And there’s no map. I don’t want to blow it, so there’s a lot of pressure.”

On dealing with the loss of both her mother and creative partner: “I was part of a comedy team. I was the straight man. And now I’m a solo act. That’s the hard part. I’m trying to find my voice.”

On making the decision to let her mother go: “She had a living will and an advance directive that was very specific. My mother’s definition of quality of life was having all her faculties and being able to go on stage for one hour and, here was the kicker, be funny. As hard as it was, I knew the right decision.”

On her thoughts on moving forward in life without her parents: “When one parent dies, it’s a comma. When the second parent dies, it’s a period.”

For more from Melissa, go to AARP…

Prince William is being accused of sexism, and… I’m not really seeing it? Don’t get me wrong, I will accuse William of all sorts of things, and if you asked me if I thought William displayed a sexist attitude in general, I would probably agree. But in this particular instance, I think he just came across as dorky and like he was trying too hard to seem casual and “normal.” William sat down for an interview with BBC One. The interview will air on Saturday, but they’ve released some excerpted quotes, including one quote where William refers to Duchess Kate as “the missus.” That’s the scandal. The quotes:

When will William bring George to a football game? “I don’t know, I’ll have to pass that by the missus, see how I can get away with it! At the moment, being only 22 months, it’s a little bit early.”

He’s a big Aston Villa fan: “A long time ago, at school, I’d just got into football big time. I was looking round for clubs to support and all my friends at school were either Man U fans or Chelsea fans. I didn’t really want to follow the run of the mill teams, and I wanted to have a team that was more middle of the table, that could give me the more emotional rollercoaster moments – to be honest, now looking back, that was a bad idea. I could have had an easier time!!”

George & Charlotte can support who they like: “But if he supports Villa, it’d be fantastic…I’d love to go to the odd match with him in the future. It’ll probably end up being that Charlotte is the Villa fan, and George will go and support someone else!”

His work as President of the Football Association: “There’s a number of things that could do with being changed. I’d like to see racism stamped out for starters – in all competitions. I think, domestically we’re very good at it, and we’re a lot better to be than we used to be, and actually I think we’re now a leading light in it. There’s still much more to do, but I think we’re very good. I think the rest of Europe probably and the world have some catching up to do.”

[From Hello]

The Telegraph said William’s use of “the missus” was “casual sexism” and they actually make a pretty good point – that he’s playing into the idea that he’s one of the lads down at the pub, grateful for a few hours away from “the old ball and chain.” Which, let’s face it, really is how William thinks. He loves to get away from Kate and his children whenever possible so he can go off and do… whatever (Jecca Craig?). Now, all that being said, my first impression of his quotes were that William needs Kate’s “permission” about anything having to do with their kids. As in, she’s raising them and he’s a largely absent father.

Photos courtesy of WENN, BBC One.

For a couple of weeks now, several tabloids have been reporting on the alleged imminent demise of the Jennifer Garner-Ben Affleck marriage. And yesterday the New York Daily News published a story about how the two are “leading separate lives” citing several sources who claim that they hardly spen…      

For a couple of weeks now, several tabloids have been reporting on the alleged imminent demise of the Jennifer Garner-Ben Affleck marriage. And yesterday the New York Daily News published a story about how the two are “leading separate lives” citing several sources who claim that they hardly spen…      

I never watched American Idol (full-stop). But I remember the coverage of Idol when Mariah Carey was the judge. She was given this HUGE paycheck and then she just sort of sat there, barely able to give any contestant constructive criticism or say anything significant at all. Idol producers tried (and succeeded) to set up a “girl fight” between Mariah and Nicki Minaj (who was also a judge that year), and it seemed to me like Minaj actually came out ahead in that match-up. Like, Nicki was more popular with contestants, Nicki could actually talk to people about what they should change or keep and Nicki was actually engaged with the process while Mariah sat there, vapid as ever, unable to look beyond the butterflies floating around in her head.

So Mariah was asked yesterday if she would deign to appear on a show finale event for Idol and her response was… interesting. This is being called “shade” but Mariah is just outright insulting the show.

There is certainly no love lost between Mariah Carey and American Idol. The 45-year-old pop diva, who recently began her first concert residency in Las Vegas, said in a new interview that the reality show and singing competition series is “boring” and “fake” and that her time co-judging one season was the “worst experience” of her life.

Carey was a judge on American Idol in 2013, during season 12, and has bashed the show before. She joined fellow newbie Nicki Minaj in what marked one of several casting shakeups for the series, once the top-rated show on primetime for years. Its ratings peaked in 2006 and declined ever since, falling more than 60 percent for the recent 14th season. FOX announced earlier this month that season 15 will be the last.

“I mean, it’s so boring and so fake,” Carey said in an interview with the Kyle & Jackie O show on Australian radio station KIIS-FM 1065 on Thursday. “I’m sorry, I just think it’s, you know, when I say it’s fake, I mean, it’s just like, you have to make up things to say about people. Half the time, the performances are good, you just be like ‘It was good.’ You just feel like ending it there, like, ‘It’s really good.’”

When asked if she would return to American Idol for a finale reunion, if one takes place, she said, “Hell, no! Absolutely not, that was the worst experience of my life.”

During her time on American Idol, Carey and Minaj were occasionally shown getting into several heated debates during the American Idol auditions and the live shows and sparked rumors of a feud. Their departure from the show was announced on the same day.

“I’m not gonna get into what it was, but let’s just say I don’t think they had any intentions for us to have a good experience doing that show…pinning two females against each other wasn’t cool,” Carey said on Kyle & Jackie O. “It should’ve been about the contestants instead of being about some non-existent feud that turned into like more ridiculousness and I would never want to be involved with it again. But everybody else can like it!”

[From E! News]

I think Mariah is pissed off because Nicki Minaj ended up looking more professional and more fan-friendly than The Butterfly Cartel. Mariah doesn’t care that she was pitted against another woman: that’s Mariah’s bread and butter. Mariah cares that she was pitted against another woman and Minaj WON. Mariah’s also pissed that Jennifer Lopez – Mariah’s long-time nemesis – has found such success as an Idol host. Mariah would never go to the same Idol-finale event as Jennifer Lopez. Or as Mariah says, “I don’t know her.”

Photos courtesy of WENN.

The Real Housewives of New York star Bethenny Frankel was photographed with daughter Bryn, 5, in New York City on Thursday (May 28).

While sitting at a park bench, the mother-daughter duo enjoyed a pretzel and frozen yogurt together.

Earlier this month, we spotted Bryn and her dad Jason Hoppy in NYC.

Reportedly, the ugly legal battle continues between the exes.

The reality star, 44, has been court-ordered to pay Jason’s legal bills — a whopping $100,000!

Not to mention, Bethenny is already shelling out nearly $12,000 a month in spousal support and $3,000 a month in child support, along with a majority of Bryn’s school tuition and medical bills.

Bethenny and Jason were wed in 2010, and split just two years later. In 2013, the Skinnygirl founder filed for divorce and the couple initially agreed to share custody of Bryn (before Bethenny attempted to get sole custody).

Since then, Jason has continued to reside in their luxurious Tribeca loft.

“I’m homeless,” Bethenny said during a recent episode of RHONY. “I’m totally without a home for over two years. And he lives in the apartment that I worked my whole life to buy. It just doesn’t make any sense.”

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Kristi! Happy Birthday! And yes… you’re right. The number is nothing. You mentioned your grandmother. And I remember her Hole In One. And she was, like, 100 at the time, literally, non? For you, it sounds like the perfect time to change, not just because people are changing around you but because…      

Kristi! Happy Birthday! And yes… you’re right. The number is nothing. You mentioned your grandmother. And I remember her Hole In One. And she was, like, 100 at the time, literally, non? For you, it sounds like the perfect time to change, not just because people are changing around you but because…      

Here are some photos of Kim Kardashian out and about with North West on Thursday on what is becoming a weekly ritual: getting pap’d on the way to North’s ballet class. True story: I only recently asked my mom why she never put me in ballet class and she said it was because I loved gymnastics too much (which is true). But looking at all of these celebrity photos of celeb kids going to ballet class, I feel like I missed out a little bit. I’ve never worn a tutu! Is it fun? North seems to enjoy her classes and her little ballerina outfits quite a bit. So cute. Note: North’s coat is a custom-made piece by Balmain. I’m sure it easily costs $500-plus.

As we discussed yesterday, Kim and Kanye might be exploring surrogacy as their fertility issues continue month after month. Us Weekly sources claimed Kim had tried IVF but it didn’t take, and Kim is really frustrated with how much drama has been going into conceiving for a second time. So, surrogacy might be one option. Another option? Adoption. According to OK! Magazine (massive side-eye), Kim and Kanye have been thinking about adopting from Armenia. OK! Mag gilds the lily a bit and actually goes so far as to claim that Kim and Ye are “exploring the feasibility of orphaned twins from Armenia.” Just my opinion: I think Kim and Ye would try surrogacy before adoption. That’s just the vibe I get.

And here’s an Instagram Kim posted of North’s bath time this week:

LOLZ

A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on May 27, 2015 at 9:34pm PDT

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and Instagram.

Dear Gossips,

Need your opinion. Check out the video below of Ian Somerhalder asking fans to stop following him and refusing to take photos with them.

On the one hand, what is he without his Twi-Hards… (even if some of them think he’s Zac Efron)? There has to be some gratitude. Which, you…