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Daily Mail
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Chrishell Stause reveals her 'last attempt' to start family with G Flip as she reflects on IVF 'hell'
Chrishell Stause has revealed she is making one 'last attempt' at getting pregnant with partner G Flip. The couple, who tied the knot in Las Vegas in 2023, have been very open about their desire to have children and the painful side-effects of the IVF process. Now, the Selling Sunset star, 43, has revealed post she doesn't wish to go through the 'hell' of IVF injections again, adding: 'Back on the IVF hell train. I think this may be my last attempt. There are other alternatives, but this route needed to be tried first bc of timing. So if it's meant to be, it will be. If not, pivot.' Alongside the caption, Chrishell included a photo of her follicle-stimulating hormone and the pen used to inject it into her body. Chrishell disclosed in April she and G Flip, 31, are 'actively trying' to expand their family and have taken medical steps towards their goal. 'I'm literally still bleeding from a shot I had to just give myself,' Chrishell shared while speaking to Us Weekly at the Tryst hotel opening in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. G Flip previously opened up about the desire to have children with Chrishell. The singer said on the People Every Day podcast in May 2022: 'I definitely see children in my future. Right now, me and Chrishell know where we are in the stages of our lives. And we're very transparent about that. 'I love children. I was a music teacher for years before I became a session drummer and then a solo artist. So I was like, I've always loved kids and yeah, definitely one day that'll be in the future.' Chrishell and G Flip first met at a Halloween party in 2021, approximately two years after the collapse of Chrishell's marriage to Justin Hartley. They started dating in March 2022 and went public with their relationship that May before getting married in secret the following year.
Daily Mail
7 hours ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
The fertility clinic where mothers-to-be can have one of Telegram tycoon Pavel Durov's children - as he promises to leave £17billion fortune to his '106 sons and daughters'
A Moscow fertility clinic claims to offer would-be mothers the chance to conceive a child by one of Russia 's most successful entrepreneurs for free. Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder of messaging platform Telegram, has fathered six children with three different partners. But the 40-year-old is believed to have around 100 more after he donated sperm on a mass scale to dozens of couples in 12 different countries. AltraVita IVF clinic - a facility located in Moscow's southwestern Akademicheskaya region known for its high concentration of scientific and educational establishments - boasts not only that it has samples of Durov's sperm, but that the tech tycoon will finance the whole procedure. 'Pavel Durov is willing to finance all the IVF protocols that use his sperm. It is a very generous contribution to society from someone who wants to help those dreaming of becoming parents,' the offer on AltraVita's website reads. Speaking to Russia's RTVI outlet, AltraVita CEO Sergei Yakovenko - also an associate professor of biophysics at the prestigious Moscow State University - confirmed the offer is real and explained he was a long-time friend of the Telegram founder. It comes after an earlier report last July by Russia's E1 news outlet claimed those interested in utilising Durov's sperm would have to shell out some 35,000 rubles (£330), not including the cost of insemination. Candidates would also reportedly have to meet a litany of requirements set out in an intensive questionnaire. In an interview this week with France 's Le Point magazine, the tech mogul declared he plans to leave his £17 billion fortune to all of his offspring, adding that he saw no difference between the children he conceived naturally and those who came from sperm donations. 'They are all my children and will all have the same rights', Durov said. 'I don't want them to tear each other apart after my death.' But none of them will get any cash for 30 years, he added. 'I want them to live like normal people, to build their lives on their own, to learn to trust themselves, to be able to create - not to be dependent on a bank account'. The billionaire first revealed that he had fathered several children via sperm donation last year after a Russian woman based in Switzerland claimed that he was the father to her three children. Irina Bolgar, 44, claimed in Russian Forbes that Durov had fathered her daughter and two sons, born in St Petersburg in 2013, 2016 and 2017, and that they carry his name. She also admitted knowing about Durov's sperm donation. In a post to his own Telegram profile last year, Durov addressed the claims he had fathered more than 100 children and said donating sperm was his 'civic duty'. He also explained how he came to be a sperm donor in the first place. 'Fifteen years ago, a friend of mine approached me with a weird request. He said that he and his wife couldn't have kids due to a fertility issue and asked me to donate sperm at a clinic for them to have a baby... 'The boss of the clinic told me that 'high quality donor material' was in short supply and that it was my civic duty to donate more sperm to anonymously help more couples,' he wrote. 'Fast forward to 2024, my past donating activity has helped over a hundred couples in 12 countries to have kids. Moreover, many years after I stopped being a donor, at least one IVF clinic still has my frozen sperm available for anonymous use by families who want to have kids,' he said, likely in reference to AltraVita. He went on to explain that he planned to 'open source' his DNA, enabling his biological children worldwide to find and connect with one another. Durov, whose messaging platform has over one billion monthly active users around the world, has been dubbed the Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk of Russia. His fortune is estimated at up to £17billion and he remains the sole owner of Telegram despite widespread pressure to sell the business. Born in Russia, Durov spent many of his childhood years in Italy before returning to his homeland when his father, a scholar in ancient Roman literature, landed a new job at St Petersburg University. At the age of 21, he set up VKontakte (In Contact), a social media site that came to be known as the 'Facebook of Russia'. When he refused to provide data on Ukrainian protestors to Russian security agencies in 2014, he was effectively forced to relinquish control of VKontakte. This, he said, was the main factor that motivated him to leave Russia for good. It was the Russian government's desire to censor and surveil, and the absence of any secure form of online communication network in Russia, that gave Durov the idea for Telegram. The entrepreneur launched Telegram but struggled to settle in several cities, including Berlin, London and San Francisco, because of 'bureaucratic hurdles' put in his way. He retains dual French and Emirati citizenship, but ultimately decided to headquarter Telegram in Dubai rather than Paris. 'I chose Dubai because I can manage a global company there much more efficiently,' he told Le Point. 'Unlike France, where bureaucracy is heavy, Dubai offers an agile environment. The procedures are automated there, supported by artificial intelligence, and almost everything is done online. Even justice is faster there. 'In France, a simple tax investigation can freeze a company's accounts for years, until it suffocates, even if it is later cleared. This kind of heaviness kills the entrepreneurial spirit,' he said. Last year, the tech mogul was detained and charged by French authorities amid an investigation into crimes related to child pornography, drug trafficking and fraudulent transactions associated with his app. In March, he denied any wrongdoing and recounted his frustration to Le Point earlier this week. 'It's totally absurd. Just because criminals use our messaging service among many others doesn't make those who run it criminals... Nothing has ever been proven showing that I am, even for a second, guilty of anything,' he said.
Daily Mail
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Selling Sunset star Chrishell Stause reveals her 'last attempt' to start family with Aussie partner G Flip - as she shares IVF 'hell'
Chrishell Stause has revealed she is making one 'last attempt' at getting pregnant via IVF so she can expand her family with partner G Flip. The couple, who tied the knot in Las Vegas in 2023, have been very open about their desire to have children and the painful side-effects of the fertility process. Now, the Selling Sunset star, 43, has confessed in an Instagram post she doesn't wish to go through the 'hell' of IVF injections again, and is giving it one last chance. 'Back on the IVF hell train. I think this may be my last attempt,' she began. 'There are other alternatives, but this route needed to be tried first bc of timing. So if it's meant to be, it will be. If not, pivot.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Along with the caption, Chrishell included a photo of her follicle-stimulating hormone and the pen used to inject it into her body. According to CCRM Fertility, a Follistim Pen is used to induce ovulation and is responsible for stimulating growth and the maturation of the eggs. The post comes after Chrishell revealed a painful side effect of her fertility process with her nonbinary spouse G Flip. Chrishell disclosed in April she and G Flip, 31, are 'actively trying' to expand their family and have taken medical steps towards their goal. 'I'm literally still bleeding from a shot I had to just give myself,' Chrishell shared while speaking to Us Weekly at the Tryst hotel opening in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The development came nearly three years after G Flip, who uses 'they/them' pronouns, openly declared a desire to have children with Chrishell. 'I definitely see children in my future,' G Flip said on the PEOPLE Every Day podcast in May 2022, the month Chrishell announced their relationship on Selling Sunset. 'Right now, me and Chrishell know where we are in the stages of our lives. And we're very transparent about that,' the Australian singer added. 'I love children. I was a music teacher for years before I became a session drummer and then a solo artist. 'So I was like, I've always loved kids and yeah, definitely one day that'll be in the future.' Chrishell and G Flip first met at a Halloween party in 2021, approximately two years after the collapse of Chrishell's marriage to This Is Us star Justin Hartley. G Flip and Chrishell started dating in March 2022 and went public with their relationship that May before getting married in secret the following year.
Telegraph
a day ago
- Business
- Telegraph
Russian tech billionaire claims to have fathered 100 children
As birth rates around the world tumble, one Russian technology tycoon is doing his best to reverse the trend. Pavel Durov, the entrepreneur behind controversial messaging app Telegram claims he has fathered more than 100 children and has promised to split his fortune between them equally when he dies. Mr Durov, the 40-year-old social media and cryptocurrency entrepreneur, said he would divide his estimated $14bn (£10bn) wealth between his biological children and dozens of others conceived through sperm donations. Mr Durov has six children by three partners but has fathered many more through donations. Mr Durov said in a rare interview he had recently written a will that would provide $170m to each of his children. 'I wrote my will very recently,' he told France's Le Point magazine. 'I decided that my children would not have access to my fortune until a period of 30 years has elapsed. 'I want them to live like normal people, to build themselves up alone, to learn to trust themselves, to be able to create, not to be dependent on a bank account. 'I want to specify that I make no difference between my children: there are those who were conceived naturally and those who come from my sperm donations. They are all my children and will all have the same rights.' Mr Durov has previously said he had been donating sperm for 15 years and is now the father of 100 children in 12 countries. Last year, a clinic in Moscow began advertising its supply of Mr Durov's sperm and offering free IVF for women willing to have a child with 'one of the most famous and successful entrepreneurs of our time'. The AltraVita clinic said: 'Pavel Durov is willing to finance all the IVF protocols that use his sperm. It is a very generous contribution to society from someone who wants to help those dreaming of becoming parents.' Mr Durov's 100 children rank him among the world's top sperm donors, though he is not the most prolific. Jonathan Jacob Meijer, a Dutch YouTuber, reportedly fathered 1,000 children, according to Netflix, although he insists it is only 550. Mr Durov is not the only technology entrepreneur to advocate having a large number of children. Elon Musk is reported to have at least 14 children, who he has referred to as his 'legion' and has pushed 'smart people' to have more offspring. 'A collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilisation faces by far,' Mr Musk said in 2022. In the US, a 'pro-natalist' movement has emerged amongst conservatives urging people to have more children in order to tackle declining birth rates. 'I want more babies in the United States of America,' JD Vance said in his first address as vice president in January. Mr Durov founded VKontakte, known as Russia's Facebook, before he left the business and Russia under pressure from the Kremlin in 2014. He later founded Telegram, an encrypted messaging app used by more than 1bn people, as well as a cryptocurrency. Telegram has repeatedly faced criticism for its light-touch content moderation and last year Mr Durov was charged in France with complicity in spreading child abuse online and allowing drug trafficking. He has denied the charges and told Le Point they were 'totally absurd'. Mr Durov runs Telegram, which only has around 50 staff, from Dubai, although since his arrest in France he has been barred from leaving the country. Born in the Soviet Union, he now has French and Emirati citizenship. Despite his vast paper fortune, he is known for his minimalist lifestyle, strict diet and veganism. He told Le Point he did not own a 'house, yacht or private jet', although he enjoyed staying in 'beautiful hotels'. The billionaire is also fitness guru. He told Le Point he begins his day with 300 push-ups and 300 squats and posts videos to his Instagram of his ice baths. His arrest last August at Le Bourget airport fractured a previously friendly relationship with the French state. Mr Durov's French citizenship application was fast-tracked by Emmanuel Macron, an active Telegram user, who had previously personally spoken with the billionaire over the app. Speaking to Le Point, Mr Durov said he was 'interrogated relentlessly' for four days after his arrest and left in a small cell on a concrete bed, which was kept constantly lit. He said he had been 'very disappointed' with Mr Macron's leadership and described France as a 'Potemkin village'.
BBC News
a day ago
- Health
- BBC News
Plan to cut free IVF to one-cycle across Greater Manchester
The number of NHS-funded IVF cycles available in parts of Greater Manchester could drop to one under new plans for a "consistent approach" across the cycles are currently available for women in Tameside, while two are on offer in Salford, Wigan and remaining six boroughs - including Oldham where the first "test tube baby" Louise Brown was born due to in vitro fertilization (IVF) in 1978 - already only offer one cycle for region's residents are being urged to take part in a six-week public consultation on the proposed changes, which the NHS said would make it "fair for everyone" and "affordable" for the health service. NHS Greater Manchester is proposing one full IVF cycle to eligible women aged 39 and under - plus an additional attempt if the first cycle is cancelled or said the "inconsistency stems from historic commissioning arrangements" and it was reviewing the policies to "ensure a consistent and fair approach for everyone, regardless of where they live".The planned measure was "affordable for the NHS now and in the future", it added. 'Deeply personal' There are no changes planned to the eligibility criteria or the current offer of one cycle for women aged Sheerin, chief commissioning officer at NHS Greater Manchester, said "fertility is a deeply personal and often emotional topic, which is why this consultation is so important"."Whether you've had experience with IVF, are considering fertility treatment, or simply want to share your perspective, please take part and share your views."The consultation is available online and sessions will be held locally until the consultation ends on 29 July. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow BBC Manchester on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
