lifestyle SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2014 Gossip

Beyonce embarrassed to play her steamy new song for her mother

he 32-year-old singer has admitted she still mad at me.” The ‘Drunk in Love’ hitmaker, who has a Thasn’t played the sexy track - which appears 23-month-old daughter, Blue Ivy, with husband Jay on her recently released hit album ‘BEYONCE’ - Z, also revealed that the song was inspired by her for her mum Tina Knowles because the lyrics are so spouse’s attempts to woo her when they first met. salacious. On ‘Partition’, Beyonce sings of a romantic Beyonce made the admission in a new mini-docu- tryst with her lover in the back of a chauffeur-driven mentary ‘Liberation’, which she uploaded to car, with lyrics including: “Driver, roll up the partition YouTube in support of her fifth album. She said: “It please, I don’t need you seeing ‘Yonce on her knees.” takes me back to being in my car as a teenager. It The star explained: “I kinda had this whole fantasy of takes me back to when me and my husband first being in the car, and this whole movie played in my meet, and he tries to scoop me and he thinks I’m the head. I didn’t have a pen and paper. I got to the mic, hottest thing in the world. I’m like, ‘Oh, press record...’ “I was so embarrassed after I recorded the song because I’m just talking s**t. I’m like, ‘I can’t play this for my husband!’ I still haven’t played it for my mum. She’s going to be very

Khloe Kardashian doesn’t take herself seriously he reality TV star likes to joke on and off screen and often forgets some of the inti- Tmate things she discusses with her family when the cameras are rolling for their reality TV show ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’. She told the new issue of Cosmopolitan magazine: “I never take myself seriously. When I joke about my camel toe or my big vagina on TV, I don’t realise how many people are watching! I’m with my sis- ters and we’re the same off camera - that’s how sisters are. “Then I go out and someone will say, ‘Oh, my god I have a big vagina too!’ I’m like, ‘What?’ That’s when I can’t believe I said that out loud. “But I love to be silly and make people laugh. It’s a compliment, and liberating to think my sisters and I might make other women feel OK about talking about this stuff too.” The 29-year-old star is proud of her body after losing 30lbs and says she doesn’t dwell on what people say about her figure when they compare her to her sisters, Kim and Kourtney. She said: “I’m never going to be their size - I’m 5ft 10ins and they’re, like, 5ft. I was really tough on myself as a teenager. They were drop-dead gorgeous and never had weight issues, but I was the ‘chubby’ one. “I’m proud for losing weight when I wanted to and I’ve never resorted to surgery.” Discussing cosmetic enhancements, KhloÈ added: “I’m not against it - one day I probably will but it would be on my terms. “I won’t be bullied into it by social media or anyone else. I love my body and always have done.”

Donnie Wahlberg was the ‘good son’ growing up he 44-year-old actor watched many of his siblings, including fellow Tfamous brother Mark Wahlberg, arrested numerous times while a youngster in Massachusetts, but the ‘Blue Bloods’ star tried not to fol- low in their mischievous footsteps. He said: “Most of my interaction with the police when I was young was when they arresting my family members. Fortunately, I was rarely in their cars myself. I was the god son, I guess ... I did- n’t like being in trouble.” While Donnie worked hard to stay out of trouble, his family’s criminal reputation often led to him being stopped and searched by local police officers. He recalled: “I still knew all the cops from my area because they had arrested all my brothers, so when I walked down the street they would watch me to see if I had a knife and check what I was up to. “Luckily, I was usually going to baseball or something else productive.” The actor’s run-ins with the law have prepared him well for his role as police detective Danny Reagan in hit show ‘Blue Bloods’, a part he feels he was des- tined to play. He told the Metro newspaper: “I think now that I am in my for- ties I’m playing the role I was born to play and I can finally be convincing as a policeman or detective.” fans left disappointed Cate Blanchett he ‘’ singer’s loyal followers shelled out a Thefty sum to mingle with the star ahead of her Planet Hollywood residency concert in but were won’t have cosmetic surgery less than pleased with their impersonal encounter with their idol. The disgruntled fans had purchased an exclusive to reverse ageing process VIP package to sit front row at Britney’s ‘’ concert as well as meet her and receive one-of-a-kind merchandise. he 44-year-old actress isn’t worried about getting older and has no intention of having any A source told RadarOnline.com: “Fans were told before the Tcosmetic procedures to try and make her look younger. Cate told the latest French issue of meet-and-greet that they were not to hug or touch Britney Marie Claire magazine: “[I’m not scared of growing old.] Should I be? What for? Who would without her permission and they weren’t allowed to bring want a face that hasn’t seen or lived properly, hasn’t got any wrinkles that come with age, experi- her any gifts. And then once they finally got to meet her it ence and laughter? Not me, anyway. We’re all travelling in the same direction.” The ‘Blue Jasmine’ was like, smile, take a photo, goodbye. Each person literally star also opened up about her and her husband Andrew Upton’s three sons, Roman, Ignatius got, like, three seconds with her.” In addition to being and Dashiell, describing her kids as “magnificent boys”. And Cate insists it’s important to her that imposed with a number of restrictions, the excitable fans they remain grounded despite their privileged upbringing. She said: “If they know how to cut were further deflated after being greeted with a despon- wood, light a fire, ride horses and will always help an old lady cross the road, then we won’t have dent Britney, who “barely spoke”. The insider added: “Fans done too badly as parents.” Cate is originally from Melbourne, Australia, and now lives with her were a flashy meet-and-greet with Britney but family at the 1877 Bulwarra sandstone mansion located in the harbour-side Sydney suburb instead it was just awkward and uncomfortable. She barely Hunters Hill. The Academy Award-winning actress is proud to be an Australian and believes she spoke. She just smiled and nodded and said ‘thank you’ a and her countrymen are “good company” and great fun. She mused: “I don’t think Australians are lot.” The 32-year-old songstress kicked off her two-year resi- any less pretentious than other people. But it’s true that we’re generally good company and we dency in Las Vegas last Friday in front of a star-studded don’t pay attention to social class.” crowd including , and Mario Lopez. Alfonso Ribeiro remembers James Avery because Lamar Odom of their love of jazz music worried his alleged drug use and infidelities he 42-year-old actor claims listening to “incredible” music together he basketball player was left heartbroken after his wife Khloe Twill be his fondest memory of his ‘Fresh Prince of Bel Air’ co-star fol- TKardashian filed for divorce last month, and he’s now concerned he lowing his death aged 68 on Tuesday after complications during open will be portrayed in a negative light on her reality TV show as the heart surgery. Speaking about his memories of James - who played Uncle break-down of their marriage will feature heavily on the programme. A Phil in the popular 1990s US sitcom - Alfonso told TMZ: “My fondest memo- source told RadarOnline.com: “The last thing Lamar needs in his life is to ry would pretty much be the days in which he would play his incredible jazz be portrayed as a schmuck. Khloe has assured him that it won’t be bad, music. I would always go in his dressing room and he would have the most but how can it not be? The end of the marriage is going to be Khloe’s amazing jazz music playing. “I’ve learnt a lot about some great old school main storyline next season and Lamar is afraid that his drug use and jazz musicians through Avery, and he will be missed by many.” The tribute cheating will be addressed on the show. “At the same time, he is trying to comes after Alfonso, who played James’ on-screen son Carlton Banks in make a career comeback and he thinks this is going to hinder and hurt ‘Fresh Prince of Bel Air’, took to his Facebook page to break the news of his those efforts. He feels he’s going to be used to get ratings for the pal’s death and praised the late actor for being a “wonderful father figure” Kardashians.” Khloe called time on their four-year marriage after allega- to him. He wrote: “The world has lost a truly special man. I am very sad- tions came to light early last year that her troubled beau had cheated on dened to say that James Avery has passed. Even though he played my her with multiple women and had also been battling a crack cocaine father on TV, he was a wonderful father figure to me in life. He will be addiction. deeply missed.”