Maura Higgins gives definitive answer to whether she'd do “The Bachelorette”

Maura Higgins finally addresses fans pitching her to lead the next season of The Bachelorette.

Key Points

• The theory took off on Instagram after Deuxmoi posted the blind item with the caption, "She would be SO good as the Bachelorette!"

• Higgins initially commented on the post using the eyes emoji, but has since responded less cryptically.

Maura Higgins will not be looking for love on ABC anytime soon.

The reality star ofLove Islandfame finally addressed fans' pitching her to lead the next season ofThe Bachelorette, and it isn't good news for anyone still holding out hope.

"Absolutely not," Higgins responded when asked byEntertainment TonightWednesday if she would try her hand at giving out roses on the long-running dating competition series. "Come on guys, I'm 35!"

Higgins went on to add that she's not even looking for a relationship at the moment. "Do you know what? I'm so happy. I don't want a man," she told the outlet. "I don't want anyone in my space. I like to come home to my beautiful, clean house. I don't have to pick up their s---. I don't actually have time anyway.""I need to get my trophy so I can pop it in my free Birkin," the reality star joked, referring to her upcoming turn onDancing With the Starsseason 35.

Earlier it seemed as if Higgins' heart wasopen to the idea. The theory took off on Instagram afterDeuxmoi posted the blind itemwith the caption, "She would be SO good as The Bachelorette!"

"ABC exec friend said they are looking into getting Maura Higgins to be the new Bachelorette and do a live shooting of it," the post read. Higgins commented with the eyes emoji, which typically signifies intrigue — or suspicion. Some fans were excited by the proposition, while other commenters were hoping the show would go back to a non-famous lead.

The Irish reality star became a popular pick on social media afterthe network pulled its 22nd seasonin March following then-lead Taylor Frankie Paul'salleged domestic violence incident. (Utah authorities recently announced that theThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wivesstarwon't be facing new chargesin the wake of its investigation into the allegations.)

Higgins recently gained attention as the Faithful runner-up ofThe Traitorsseason 4, which was won by Traitor and fellow Love IslanderRob Rausch. (He ended upbuying Higgins a Hermès Birkin bagto apologize for betraying her.)

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But Higgins will clearly be more than occupied with making her way around the ballroom for DWTS' upcoming season. She and Ciara Miller ofSummer Housewere the first two contestants announcedduring Hulu's Get Real House event.

The remaining contestants will be unveiled at a later date.

Miller was also briefly the subject of buzz as a prospectiveBachelorettelead after she was caught in the maelstrom of headlines surroundingSummer Housecostars Amanda Batula and West Wilson'srumored, and ultimately confirmed, romance.

The news sent the show's fandom — and its cast — into a frenzy because of Wilson's very public breakup with Miller, who has been close friends with Batula for years. Although their brief dalliance following Wilson's addition to the cast in 2023 ended on less-than-friendly terms, the pair havemaintained a will-they-or-won't-they vibeever since.

TheSummer Housestarwas quick to shoot down the buzz. "F--- no," Miller recently toldGlamour."I'm way too private."

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Instead, Miller will follow in the footsteps of fellow Bravoleb Ariana Madix, who joinedDancing With the Starsin 2023 after it was revealed her boyfriend of 10 years, Tom Sandoval, had been carrying on an affair with her friend Raquel Leviss, a.k.a. “Scandoval.” Madix went on to take third place in season 32.

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Kesha celebrates Earth Day (a couple days late) with nude beach photos and a musing about aliens

On April 24, Kesha shared several photos of herself frolicking on a beach au naturel.

Key Points

• She referred to Earth Day, which was officially on April 22, in her post.

• The "We R Who We R" singer asked in one image, "Did anyone ever stop to think that maybe we are the aliens?"

Keshatook her own advice from the 2010 song "Take It Off" as she celebrated Earth Day.

The singer sharedseveral imageson April 24 — two days after the official date of April 22 — that showed her getting very close to nature, both on the beach and in the water, while wearing nothing at all.

"#earthday is every day," Kesha captioned the photos.

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The snapshots depicted her covering her chest as she waded into the water, combing through the sand, and flipping her hair back while she soaked up the sun, cartoon hearts placed strategically across her chest.

One image included the words, "Mother Nature is the divine feminine," while another had scrawled on it, "I am the infinite amount of things that I am made of."

Still another read, "Did anyone ever stop to think that maybe we are the aliens?"

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Kesha held up rocks in a cheeky photo that said, "The most grounded pop star these rocks have ever seen."

Several of her followers agreed that humans are the aliens.

Kesha toldEntertainment Weeklyin May 2025 that she was feeling freer than she had in years, after her 2023 release from the Kemosabe record label at RCA. The Grammy-nominated artist had fought to do so for a decade and then had her own Kesha Records.

"To finally be in a position where I'm on my own label, I'm a free woman," she said. "I have autonomy over my voice, my likeness, my mind, my body, my spirit. It has really been a game changer energetically, spiritually. From the moment I got my freedom, it literally was the most psychotic joyride."

She noted, "I'm just healing in real time in front of the whole world… my purpose is finally in my own hands, and I can do what I want with it."

Her sixth album,Period, came out last July.

"I feel likePeriodis reclaiming my throne as the most f---ing fun human being in pop music," the singer said. "I will take that title, and I will wear that crown."

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Why LeAnn Rimes' wedding anniversary was 'filled with tears and worry'

LeAnn RimesandEddie Cibrian's wedding anniversary was emotional for different reasons this year.

In a candidInstagram postThursday, April 23, the country music icon, who's been married to the "Sunset Beach" actor since 2011, shared that the couple's 15th anniversary came amid some strife in their home lives.

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"We got to step away for three days amidst work and some very tense, heart wrenching things happening at home with family," Rimes, 43, wrote alongside a photo of the couple posing together at a beach.

"It's been a different anniversary, one filled with tears and worry, but in between, there were moments of laughter and deep gratitude for this love of ours," Rimes continued. "Day by day, we walk hand in hand through the rollercoaster of life… and God, I'm so grateful that it's with each other."

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Maria Shriver Reveals Why She Doesn't 'Keep Up' with All the Stories, Movies and TV Shows About the Kennedy Family (Exclusive)

With the endless stream of Kennedy family portrayals in the media, including FX's recent hit series Love Story, the Shriver siblings are focused on what matters in their real lives

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• “If you tried to keep up with the amount of movies and TV shows and books on our larger family, that’s all your life would be about," Maria Shriver tells PEOPLE

• She and her brothers are instead spending their energy modeling their parents' legacy of service, or — as Tim Shriver puts it — working to "kick ass and make a difference"

The Shriver family — and their extended Kennedy family — is almost always in the news, most recently with the phenomenon of the hit FX seriesLove StoryaboutJFK Jr.andCarolyn Bessette, butMaria Shriveris clear about where their personal focus lies.

“If you tried to keep up with the amount of movies and TV shows and books on our larger family, that’s all your life would be about,” says Maria. “And if we went down that road, it’d be a full time job."

Four of the five children of Sargent Shriver and Eunice Kennedy Shriver — Bobby, 71; Maria, 70; Tim, 66; and Mark, 62 — recently spoke to PEOPLE at theLyndon B. Johnson Presidential Libraryabout their family roots and the surprise discovery of their father's long lost manuscript. It's now a published memoir titledWe Called It A Warthat details how the Shriver patriarch led the War on Poverty, a sweeping set of 1960s social programs to help low income Americans.

That, the Shriver siblings say, is their focus.

“We've all worked really hard to work together to support both of our parents and their vision and continue to honor their legacy, keep it alive,” notes Maria.

Maria foundedThe Sunday Paperand theWomen’s Alzheimer's Movement. Bobby is a philanthropist and co-founder of theRED campaignwithBono. Tim is the chairman of theSpecial Olympics. Mark, ahigh school president, also founded theSave the Children Action Network, and their younger brother Anthony, 60, runsBest Buddies International.

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“We all work with each other,” Maria explains. “We go to visit Mark's school. We work at Save the Children. I work at Special Olympics — Bobby's on the board, he raises a lot of the money. And if we went down that [other] road, it'd be a full-time job.”

Adds Mark, “Daddy said, 'Don't pay any attention to it. Go do your work. If you can, go to mass.' And that's where you get the results.”

“Daddy really understood that there was a larger narrative out there," Tim says. "But his job was to kick ass and make a difference. And that relentless focus on making the difference in whatever way he could, whether it produced a child who has a head start, that was what mattered. The question is, did you make a difference?"

As Maria puts it, “I think it's a really good lesson. It's noisy out there. And you can get pulled in a hundred different directions by a hundred different people and then end up in a mess yourself. Or you can stay focused. It’s a message I say to my kids.”

With 19 kids and 10 grandkids between them, the Shriver siblings are building a dynasty of good deeds all on their own. "If you give your kids something that's real, not BS, not veneer, not flash, they keep coming back," says Tim. "Our parents gave us the privilege of being involved in work that matters, so our kids, I hope will feel that."

For more on the Shriver siblings and their father Sargent's new memoir, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.

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'The Devil Wears Prada 2' puts a spotlight on Italy's fashion capital

MILAN (AP) —Pradamay have a title role in “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” which premieres in Italy’s fashion capital on Thursday, but fashion at large gets a spotlight andMilana supporting role.

Italy The Devil Wears Prada 2

The film evokes Prada without being about the storied fashion house that has become synonymous with Milan. In homage,Meryl StreepandAnna Wintourboth wear Prada on a current Vogue cover celebrating the film about a demanding fashion editor.

But when part of the movie was shot in Milan during fashion week last September, aDolce & Gabbanarunway show, not Prada, was the backdrop for a scene featuring Streep and Stanley Tucci.

‘’When you think of Prada, when you think of the Prada brand, you also think of Milan. This is obviously good for the fashion system,’’ said Tommaso Sacchi, Milan’s counselor for culture. “It’s a film that is good for the city.’’

Fans converge on film pop-up

That enthusiasm is spilling over to a pop-up at Milan’s main department store, where aficionados of the film and fashionistas have flocked to take selfies at a replica of fictitious fashion editor Miranda Priestly’s desk and against the backdrop of a faux Runway magazine mock-up cover.

VIPs attending the film's Italian premiere on Thursday, ahead of its global release next week, will attend a cocktail in the space.

The Rinascente CEO, Mariella Elia, said the response to the pop-up — which is announced by giant statues of the iconic red pumps outside the store — shows that people have “a desire for lightness.”

“It’s not just about buying, it’s really about reviving what fashion represents … a desire to have a stylish flair once again, a desire for joy, too — perhaps in contrast with the current economic and international moment that humanity is experiencing,’’ Elia said.

On a recent day, the space filled with people browsing limited edition T-shirts with famous phrases from the first film like, “Is there some reason my coffee isn’t here?”

Valentina Cattivelli, a professor, said she wasn’t trying to channel Priestly as she sat behind the replica of her desk. It included an inbox full of other lines from the original film, including Priestly's dismissive, “That’s all.’’

“No, I’m not so cruel in my daily life, but I appreciate her professional style and also her fashion and the taste for fashion. But not her sarcasm or cruelty, no,” Cattivelli said.

Where Prada meets the film

The Prada brand was founded a few steps away, in the stately Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery, by Miuccia Prada’s grandfather. The shopping arcade today is anchored by two Prada flagship stores.

Miuccia Prada transformed the brand into a fashion juggernaut, turning the infamous ugly chic aesthetic into must-have or must-emulate looks and accessories that bring intellectual heft to runway fashion — a theme of the original movie, which offered a peek beyond fashion-world frivolity.

“There is a close relationship between the ‘Devil Wears Prada’ franchise and Prada, because by evoking Prada from the very title, it evokes a fashion that makes you dream, a fashion that makes you feel elegant, a fashion that makes you feel good, a fashion that gives you an allure,’’ said Annarita Briganti, a fashion journalist who wrote a book about Prada for Rizzoli’s Made in Italy editions.

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