® 3 YEARS AFTER WHITNEY’S DEATH Bobbi Kristina WAS IT ATTEMPTED Suspicious New Tom Hanks Details Emerge $400 Million Amber & Johnny WILD WEDDING IN PARADISE RITA WALKS OUT AFTER 26 YEARS take it anymore” 4Name-calling and Bruce heated fights CHANGING 4 HIS NAME TO Shocker: No prenup! FEBRUARY 16, 2015 BELINDA ©2015 CBS Broadcasting Inc. BUZZ Hollywood gossip, hot off the presses CALL ME BRUCE’S BRAVE BELINDA! CHANGE! THE OLYMPIAN TAKES A NEW NAME — AND FINALLY CONFIRMS A STORY THAT STAR BROKE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO HE news is finally official, but as Star readers know, Bruce Jenner’s decision to become a woman has been in the works for years. And now that the cat’s out of the bag, Bruce is happily planning his new life — complete with a new name! TStar has learned that Bruce wants to be known as Belinda after he finishes transitioning. “Inside, he has Told You First! always been Belinda,” explains a source close to the 65-year-old Kardashian clan patriarch. “He has been planning this transformation for such a long time.” Star first broke the news of Bruce’s decision to become a woman back in 2013. And, while ex-wife Kris denied our report in numerous publications, Bruce’s actions said otherwise. In January 2014, the former Olympian underwent a “laryngeal shave” in According to reports, Kris “flipped order to smooth out his Adam’s apple – often said out” when Bruce announced he’s to be the first step in gender reassignment surgery. transitioning to a woman — but Kris has He went on to make noticeable changes to his known about his desire to be a woman appearance — from painting his nails to shaving since the beginning of their marriage. his legs to undergoing what appeared to be medical procedures to make his shape curvier. Oct. 28, 2013 Bruce also began telling family members about his plan, with some turning out to be more supportive than others. Star has learned, she was well aware of his transgender orientation back in 1991, when she married him. “She knew what he was all about, but he was her trophy husband — a gold medal-winning Olympic athlete,” says the insider. “He had told people before he even met Kris that he wanted to undergo the process of transitioning. But she talked him out of it.” Bruce regretted that decision — and resented Kris for years as a result of it. “Outside of the birth of their two daughters, his life was nothing but hell,” explains the insider. When sources close to Bruce confirmed on Jan. 30 that he is, in fact, becoming a woman — and will star in a documentary about his process — the father of six felt an overwhelming sense of relief. “He has such a sense of freedom now,” the source says. “He doesn’t have to hide anymore.” ★ February 16, 2015 Always packed with the most A-list stars, sizzling scoops and glamour! StarShots 42 Ratted Out By Her Own Brother: Inside 10–22 Katy Perry’s Teresa and Joe Giudice’s red-hot Super Bowl bitter betrayal. performance...and lots more! 46 Crowning Achievement! HotGossip Miss Universe 2015, Paulina Vega, talks to Star about her COPS 4 Star Dish key to victory. AND 30 Star Couples 48 Desperate ROBBERS “Ex-Housewives”: Fame- hungry Melanie Griffith CoverStories starts an unlikely friendship 1 Call Me Belinda! Bruce with Kris Jenner. Jenner takes on a new name. Here Comes Trouble 30 Private Island Wedding! 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HEY say the bonds of motherhood are forever, but apparently Sherri Shepherd didn’t get the memo. The former cohost of The View isT being called a deadbeat mom by her surrogate, Jessica Bartholomew, after the 47-year-old comic reneged on their agreement in the wake of her divorce from Lamar Sally. Now, for the first time, Jessica is speaking out, revealing her utter disgust over Sherri’s decision to abandon the baby she was once so desperate to have. “I just don’t understand how she can act like this baby is nonexistent. It just blows my mind,” Jessica said in an explosive interview. “She would call up and check on me during the pregnancy in the beginning. At the SHERRI 20-week appointment, she seemed very excited. I didn’t see any warning signs.” Jessica was contracted via a surrogacy SHEPHERD’S agency to carry Lamar Jr., born Aug. 5 and conceived using Lamar’s sperm and another woman’s egg. But when Sherri’s SURROGATE marriage to Lamar disintegrated last May, apparently so did her interest in the baby. “Sherri offered me a settlement of $150,000, but it was not to have her name on the birth certificate,” said Lamar. “I can’t do that to my son.” But in the end, it is 23-year-old waitress Jessica whose name is listed on the baby’s birth certificate, and it’s she who is on SPEAKS the hook for his care. “I am now listed as a noncustodial parent in California. I have a child-support case coming against me now,” Jessica admitted. DEADBEAT Since Lamar applied for state-funded MOTHER? health care, the government is also gunning for Jessica’s OUT! wages and sending her the tot’s medical bills. “What Sherri DITCHED HER did is horrific, and she should HUSBAND AND be punished,” fumes a source close to Jessica. “You can’t THEIR UNBORN hire someone to get preg- BABY, LEAVING nant for you and then at the Destitute, Sherri’s “THE REAL MOM” last minute say, ‘Oops, sorry. ex, Lamar, has I changed my mind!’ Jessica resorted to TO PICK UP THE was trying to help Sherri and welfare and PIECES...AND Lamar, and this is how Sherri Medi-Cal to care for little Lamar Jr. repays her? It’s appalling.” ★ FOOT THE BILL. JONATHAN ALCORN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM JONATHAN 4 Star FEBRUARY 16, 2015 Kris’ Divorce FACE-LIFT NO. 2? Bad bug or a good doc? Kris Jenner claims that she spent three weeks laid up with the flu, but Star can reveal that the newly single Kardashian matriarch was actually recovering from her postbreakup face-lift! “In the wake of her divorce from Bruce, Kris felt like she looked really run-down and exhausted, so she scheduled an emergency overhaul after the holidays,” dishes a tipster. “She stayed under the radar because she knew people would pick her apart if she went out in public with a puffy face.” In 2011, Kris admitted to having a face-lift prior to Kim’s wedding to Kris Humphries, and while she isn’t copping to NOW a nip-and-tuck this time around, plastic surgeon Dr. Anthony Youn says she seems to have gone under the knife. “She looks like she’s had a brow lift and her jawline is incredibly sharp for 59-year-old, and could be due to the pulling effect of a face-lift,” says Dr.