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Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Yahoo
Sherri Papini Says Her 'Poor Mother' Was Taken 'Wildly Out of Context' in Doc: 'She Knows I Was Kidnapped'
In HBO's 'The Curious Case of Sherri Papini,' her mother Loretta Graeff is heard saying "It was not an abduction" Papini claimed during a new episode of 'The Viall Files' podcast that the quote was edited out of context and didn't reflect her mother's true beliefs She said her mother "definitely knows" she was kidnapped, despite Papini's 2022 guilty pleaSherri Papini — the California mom who admitted to faking her 2016 kidnapping — is pushing back on how her mother was portrayed in a new docuseries, claiming a quote that made headlines was taken "wildly out of context." In The Curious Case of Sherri Papini, Papini's mother Loretta Graeff is shown saying: 'It was not an abduction.' The quote appears to show Graeff doubting her daughter's version of events — a sentiment echoed by law enforcement and federal prosecutors, who ultimately revealed that Papini had orchestrated the entire disappearance herself. But now, Papini says the scene doesn't tell the whole story. 'My poor mother… when you don't have control over your own audio and it gets cut and clipped… it can be taken wildly out of context,' Papini, 42, said during a new episode of The Viall Files podcast. Pressed on whether her mother had changed her mind after initially expressing skepticism, Papini replied: 'Oh, no. My mom definitely knows that I was held captive and that I was kidnapped.' She added that while things were 'very confusing in the beginning,' her mother came to understand what 'actually happened' — and that the quote used in the documentary omitted that supposed clarification. The docuseries recounts the story that once gripped the nation: Papini disappeared while jogging near her Redding, Calif., home in November 2016. She resurfaced 22 days later on Thanksgiving morning, battered and shackled, claiming she had been abducted at gunpoint by two masked Hispanic women. That story unraveled in 2022 when federal investigators revealed Papini had been hiding out with a former boyfriend. She was charged with mail fraud and making false statements, later pleading guilty in a plea deal that sent her to prison for 18 months. She was released in 2023 to community confinement and remains under supervised release. In recent interviews — including the HBO project and her podcast appearance — Papini has positioned herself less as a manipulative hoaxster and more as a woman misrepresented by a hostile media, overzealous prosecutors and edited footage. The 42-year-old divorced mother-of-two says that her kidnapping wasn't a hoax, and that she only lied about the identity of her purported captor: her ex-boyfriend. She said she feared for her safety, and that her ex-husband Keith Papini would revoke her access to their children if she told the whole truth. (Papini's ex-boyfriend, James Reyes, has never been charged with a crime. He declined PEOPLE's request for comment in May, around when the documentary began airing.) Her alleged capture was preceded by a months-long emotional affair with James, she said, and she felt partially responsible for her circumstances after "leading him on," she said in the documentary. "I agreed with James to make up that someone else did it [in exchange for my release]," Papini claims. "It wasn't the right choice and I know that... I wish I would've told the truth from the day I was in the hospital — that it was James." Related: Why Sherri Papini's Own Mother Doesn't Believe Her New Story About Supposed Kidnapping Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. She calls the HBO project a 'trial by media,' noting that she never faced a criminal trial, and describes herself as living under a 'life sentence' of judgment. She also alleges that key evidence — such as interrogation audio in which, she claims, law enforcement guided her ex-boyfriend's responses — was left out of the final cut. Papini says she hopes her mother will publicly clarify her purported position if given the chance. 'I think given the opportunity, sure,' she said. But for many, the words spoken on-camera in the HBO series stand in sharp contrast to Papini's revised narrative. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Yahoo
Sherri Papini Says Her 'Poor Mother' Was Taken 'Wildly Out of Context' in Doc: 'She Knows I Was Kidnapped'
In HBO's 'The Curious Case of Sherri Papini,' her mother Loretta Graeff is heard saying "It was not an abduction" Papini claimed during a new episode of 'The Viall Files' podcast that the quote was edited out of context and didn't reflect her mother's true beliefs She said her mother "definitely knows" she was kidnapped, despite Papini's 2022 guilty pleaSherri Papini — the California mom who admitted to faking her 2016 kidnapping — is pushing back on how her mother was portrayed in a new docuseries, claiming a quote that made headlines was taken "wildly out of context." In The Curious Case of Sherri Papini, Papini's mother Loretta Graeff is shown saying: 'It was not an abduction.' The quote appears to show Graeff doubting her daughter's version of events — a sentiment echoed by law enforcement and federal prosecutors, who ultimately revealed that Papini had orchestrated the entire disappearance herself. But now, Papini says the scene doesn't tell the whole story. 'My poor mother… when you don't have control over your own audio and it gets cut and clipped… it can be taken wildly out of context,' Papini, 42, said during a new episode of The Viall Files podcast. Pressed on whether her mother had changed her mind after initially expressing skepticism, Papini replied: 'Oh, no. My mom definitely knows that I was held captive and that I was kidnapped.' She added that while things were 'very confusing in the beginning,' her mother came to understand what 'actually happened' — and that the quote used in the documentary omitted that supposed clarification. The docuseries recounts the story that once gripped the nation: Papini disappeared while jogging near her Redding, Calif., home in November 2016. She resurfaced 22 days later on Thanksgiving morning, battered and shackled, claiming she had been abducted at gunpoint by two masked Hispanic women. That story unraveled in 2022 when federal investigators revealed Papini had been hiding out with a former boyfriend. She was charged with mail fraud and making false statements, later pleading guilty in a plea deal that sent her to prison for 18 months. She was released in 2023 to community confinement and remains under supervised release. In recent interviews — including the HBO project and her podcast appearance — Papini has positioned herself less as a manipulative hoaxster and more as a woman misrepresented by a hostile media, overzealous prosecutors and edited footage. The 42-year-old divorced mother-of-two says that her kidnapping wasn't a hoax, and that she only lied about the identity of her purported captor: her ex-boyfriend. She said she feared for her safety, and that her ex-husband Keith Papini would revoke her access to their children if she told the whole truth. (Papini's ex-boyfriend, James Reyes, has never been charged with a crime. He declined PEOPLE's request for comment in May, around when the documentary began airing.) Her alleged capture was preceded by a months-long emotional affair with James, she said, and she felt partially responsible for her circumstances after "leading him on," she said in the documentary. "I agreed with James to make up that someone else did it [in exchange for my release]," Papini claims. "It wasn't the right choice and I know that... I wish I would've told the truth from the day I was in the hospital — that it was James." Related: Why Sherri Papini's Own Mother Doesn't Believe Her New Story About Supposed Kidnapping Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. She calls the HBO project a 'trial by media,' noting that she never faced a criminal trial, and describes herself as living under a 'life sentence' of judgment. She also alleges that key evidence — such as interrogation audio in which, she claims, law enforcement guided her ex-boyfriend's responses — was left out of the final cut. Papini says she hopes her mother will publicly clarify her purported position if given the chance. 'I think given the opportunity, sure,' she said. But for many, the words spoken on-camera in the HBO series stand in sharp contrast to Papini's revised narrative. Read the original article on People
New York Post
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Brooklyn Beckham's reality star ex spills all on his family amid rift with ‘toxic' David and Victoria
Brooklyn Beckham's ex remembers the good times with his famous family. 'Summer House' star Lexi Wood, who briefly dated Brooklyn, 26, in 2018, appeared on 'The Viall Files' podcast Wednesday and recalled her time being around the Beckhams before their current family feud. 11 Lexi Wood on Nick Viall's podcast. Nick Viall/Youtube 'It's so funny because those are the types of families that I'm used to. Like, families that are in the industry, that give each other advice, work with each other where they can, like that are so close — travel together, live together, they do so much together cause they understand that that mindset is your family has your back, period,' said Wood, who also dated Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber's son, Presley Gerber, in 2022. Wood called the Beckhams 'a beautiful family' and Brooklyn's mom, Victoria, a 'style icon.' 11 Brooklyn Beckham, Lexi Wood in West Hollywood in April 2018. Elite Images / BACKGRID 11 Brooklyn Beckham kisses Lexi Wood while getting a tattoo in 2018. Elite Images / BACKGRID 11 David Beckham, Brooklyn Beckham, Nicola Peltz and Victoria Beckham. victoriabeckham/Instagram Host Nick Viall asked Wood how she felt about dating Brooklyn when his dad, David, is considered 'one of the sexiest men alive.' 'I feel like he was just always Brooklyn's dad. I feel like immediately I didn't think anything of it. And then he just was his dad,' she replied. 11 Victoria and David Beckham. victoriabeckham/Instagram Wood, who said she met both of her famous exes through 'mutual friends,' explained that she spent more time with the Gerbers than the Beckhams because she was older when she dated Presley, 25. 'When Brooklyn and I were together, I think I was 20, so it was a little more like, we were hanging out together, so we didn't really spend too much time with the whole family unit,' she explained. 'We'd hang with Romeo,' Wood added of Brooklyn's 22-year-old brother. 11 Lexi Wood in the Page Six Studio. Sara Feigin for Page Six 11 David and Victoria Beckham with their four children. 'But both families have raised such great families and just being so close and having those same morals and values that i have so innately, it was just so nice being around them,' she said. The Bravo star also described herself as 'the type of ex where I'm actually friends with a lot of my exes and I actually want them to move on. I'm like, 'Go! Good for you!'' 'Especially with Brooklyn, he's in a great relationship and I'm so happy for him,' she said. 11 Brooklyn Beckham and his wife Nicola Peltz. nicolaannepeltzbeckham/Instagram Brooklyn and his wife, actress Nicola Peltz, recently had a falling out with his famous family. TMZ sources claimed the couple are 'fed up' with how Brooklyn's 'toxic' and 'narcissistic' parents treat them. Allegedly, the main reason for the family rift is that Brooklyn and Peltz, 30, don't approve of Romeo's relationship with his girlfriend, Kim Turnbull, whom Brooklyn allegedly dated years ago. 11 David Beckham, Victoria Beckham, Cruz Beckham, Harper Beckha, Nicola Peltz and Brooklyn Beckham at Victoria's Paris Fashion Week show in March 2023. Instagram/@victoriabeckham But David, 50, and Victoria, 51, are allegedly on Romeo's side because they 'trust' Turnbull around him. Amid the ongoing tension, Brooklyn and Peltz did not attend his dad's 50th birthday party in London last weekend with the rest of the family. 11 Brooklyn and Nicola skipped David's 50th birthday bash. @victoriabeckham/Instagram 11 Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz. nicolaannepeltzbeckham/Instagram In March, the couple also skipped David's birthday party at Cipriani Downtown Miami and Victoria's fashion show in Paris. None of the Beckhams have spoken publicly about the drama — but a source recently told The Sun that the family fallout is Victoria's 'worst nightmare.' 'The thought of any of her children falling out gives her sleepless nights,' the insider said about the mom of four.
Perth Now
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Lisa Vanderpump urges fans to 'uplift' reality TV stars
Lisa Vanderpump has urged fans to stop cyberbullying reality stars. The 64-year-old TV personality has taken to social media to hit back at critics on social media, urging fans to "uplift" rather than "tear down" reality stars. Lisa - who has appeared on a host of reality shows, including 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills ' and 'Vanderpump Rules' - wrote on Instagram: "To all of our wonderful fans: I'm so grateful for your passion and support for my shows. But I must say this—no one deserves to be bullied, harassed, or targeted online. The cast members are human beings, with real feelings, doing their best in a high-pressure environment. Healthy conversation is welcomed, but cruelty is not. Let's uplift, not tear down. Kindness always wins. #StopCyberBullying (sic)" Season 12 of 'Vanderpump Rules' is returning with an all-new cast, and Lisa previously predicted that the show will have a "different energy". The reality TV star told E! News: "I think everything we do is going to have a different energy to it. "Not gonna try and compete with the old 'Vanderpump Rules'. It's just gonna be totally different there. "Still, we'll go back to the premise of the complications of running a restaurant and the staff in it. And that always has a story to tell." Lisa had a "wonderful experience" filming with the show's original cast. But she recognises that now is the perfect time to make a change. The TV star - who has also appeared in a series of 'Vanderpump Rules' spin-off shows - said: "It was time to do something different. Stories were kind of closing up a little bit. I think people, they weren't that shocked that we decided to do this now." Meanwhile, Alex Baskin - the executive producer of 'Vanderpump Rules' - recently encouraged fans to approach the new season with an open mind. Speaking on 'The Viall Files' podcast, Alex explained: "I'm excited about it. "The big thing that I keep emphasising is we are not trying to do the thing that we did before. We're not trying to make the show that we did before. You can't do that. It's very big shoes to fill."
Time of India
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Chris Hughes and JoJo Siwa sharing jewellery? Fans speculate that the duo may be 'more than friends'
On the never-ending list of big celebrity breakups, JoJo Siwa and ex Kath Ebbs have joined the list recently. In a video uploaded on a famous online streaming platform that has now gone viral, Kath Ebbs shared her side of the story and confirmed that the two have parted ways. The breakup news comes amid rumours of a chemistry between Siwa and co-star Chris Hughes on ' Celebrity Big Brother UK '. In the latest turn of events, fans have been speculating that Chris and JoJo have been wearing each other's jewellery ever since they parted ways after the show's climax. Is JoJo wearing Hughes' ring around her neck? Both JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes made it to the final round of the show and have been adamantly denying any rumours about the two of them being more than friends. While they have denied any connection, fans have been speculating online that something more is going on. They both also spent the whole time together up until the moment that the ' Dance Moms ' star had to leave for Los Angeles, as reported by The Mirror. Not only that, but in a recent story that was uploaded on her personal social media account, Siwa can also be seen wearing a necklace with a ring hanging from it that seemed similar to what Chris Hughes wears. Fans have been debating whether the ring is a parting gift from Hughes to the singer. Fans also noticed in recent photos and videos of Chris Hughes that the man seems to be wearing a bracelet that may have belonged to Siwa. JoJo's side of the breakup with Kath Ebbs JoJo recently got candid on 'The Viall Files' podcast and shared her side of the story in her breakup with Kath Ebbs. The latter had claimed in the video that the chemistry between Hughes and Siwa was not 'fabricated'. JoJo, however, denied all allegations and shared that the breakup had no connection to Hughes. She shared that "Chris does not have absolutely anything to do with it. Chris and I are friends. We have a very great friendship. It's a very strange, like, 'you were meant to be in my life' kind of thing. We have a very special bond." She also revealed that she will not be sharing much about her relationship and breakup with Ebbs, as the latter has requested not to be talked about in public. She stated that "They've asked not to be spoken about. I told them, Look, that's going to make me look like I'm avoidant of the situation — I'm not." She shared that she had been feeling like this for a while and that seeing Kath after so long after the show provided her more clarity. She continued, "When I saw them again after the show, everything that I had been feeling got validated very quickly." Future plans for the singer The 'Dance Moms' star is not stopping at any cost, even through the dating rumours. JoJo Siwa recently took to her social media platforms to share a video of her dancing and sharing that she is already practising for new music and new choreography. She posted the video with the caption that read, 'Straight home from Big Brother, straight into prepping my next music video choreography for tomorrow's rehearsal!'
