Freshly Brewed Buzz with Larry King and Rachel Lindsay
LARRY KING’S WIFE TO CONTEST WILL: Larry King’s wife Shawn will contest his will. The late TV personality secretly changed his will so that his $2 million estate went to his five children, two of whom are now dead. Shawn was not included. Sources tell ET she will take the case to court. King reportedly made the move on the sly two months after she filed for divorce from him. (ET)
RACHEL LINDSAY ON CHRIS HARRISON: Rachel Lindsay thinks Chris Harrison did the right thing when he stepped aside from hosting duties on Bachelor Nation. He did so after an outcry following an interview with her in which he defended Rachael Kirkconnell’s racist social media posts resurfaced. “Like he said, he needs to take time to get educated and on a profound and productive level to use his word,” she said. “And I think he needs to understand what was done, what was wrong, and what he said in that interview, and he needs time. He’s stepped away to do that.” (People)
KATE GOSSELIN SELLS KATE PLUS EIGHT HOME: Kate Gosselin unloaded a piece of television history. The reality star sold the whom that Kate Plus 8 was filmed in for about $1.1 million. The home boasted six bedrooms and sat on 23 acres in Wernersville, Pennsylvania. (People)
VANESSA BELL CALLOWAY TALKS COMING TO AMERICA: Vanessa Bell Calloway thinks she lost the lead role in Coming to America because of her skin tone. The starring female role went to Shari Headley. “When you have white people hiring black people in movies, sometimes a certain look is wanted,” Calloway, 67, tells Page Six. Calloway was under impression that the film’s team “wanted a light-skinned girl. I just wasn’t light enough, even though Eddie Murphy had the final say on who played Lisa.” (Page Six)