Freshly Brewed Buzz with Jamie Spears and Amber Riley
JAMIE SPEARS UNHINGED? Britney Spears is trying to remove her father Jamie from having control of her conservatorship, and now, a restaurant owner, James Ochs, is backing her claims that he is unhinged. Ochs, who partnered with her at Nyla, told Page Six: “I had a similar problem with Jamie. He didn’t have any say in the business, but a few days prior to the grand opening, out of the blue, he came storming into my office at 9 a.m. with an unknown young man and woman. He appeared to be either hungover or high, because he was literally bouncing off the walls. In front of my managers and chefs he announced that the young man and woman he was with would be hired as managers for Britney’s restaurant. He was so out of it and screaming.” (Page Six)
KIM KARDASHIAN WEST VISITS PRISON: Kim Kardashian West is working on prison reform again. This time, she’s hoping to help a death row inmate in a battle to fight his pending execution. She met with Julius Jones in Oklahoma Monday. (TMZ)
AMBER RILEY ENGAGED: Glee alum Amber Riley is engaged to boyfriend Desean Black. She shared the good news on IG, writing: “There was a time when I thought I didn’t want or deserve this kind of love. I’m looking at a man who changed my mind.” (ET)
MYSTERY DIRECTOR: Turns out, it was TV director (Parks & Rec) Tristram Shapeero who got busted trash-talking Lukas Gage‘s apartment during a Zoom audition the actor later leaked, per Page Six. Once Gage told Shapeero that he’d been unmuted, he apologized, Page Six reports. Gage reportedly got the gig. (Page Six)