Shaquille O’Neal pays for everybody… Camila Cabello sparks dating rumors… Blac Chyna’s revenge porn court… Ripley’s Believe It or Not! update… and Drake releases his seventh studio album

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When you see Shaquille O’Neal walking into a restaurant, follow him! He was on a dinner date at a fancy Chinese restaurant in NYC and when the bill came, Shaq said he wanted to pick up the tab for the entire restaurant. He told his server to keep it a secret until after he left. He took lots of pictures with people who asked and then disappeared into the night. Page Six says the bill for all 40 tables totaled well over $25K. Shaq is telling people it was more like $2500, but Page Six’s source says no….it was definitely $25K+.

Shaquille O’Neal pays more than $25k to settle entire NYC restaurant’s tab https://t.co/yWEi1Dv7hD
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) June 16, 2022

Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes broke up back in November. Shawn dealt with the breakup by releasing a sad song called “It’ll Be Okay” and then running off to Hawaii to meditate with some sexy shaman who blew smoke up his nose. Camila hung out with girlfriends and put the finishing touches on her “Familia” album. Six months after the breakup, Shawn and Camila were both booked to perform at Wango Tango a couple weeks ago. Rather than avoid each other and make it super awkward, Shawn and Camila actually had a lovely conversation. Sources say they seemed like “flirty best friends,” and let’s be honest….that’s what they seemed like throughout the 2 years of their relationship. And it doesn’t seem like that conversation led to reconciliation. Last night, paparazzi caught photos of Camila on a date with 30-year-old Austin Kevitch. He’s the CEO of a dating app called Lox Club, which is described as the “Jewish Raya.”

Camila Cabello sparked rumors of a fling with Lox Club CEO Austin Kevitch. See the photos. https://t.co/A4YZPOlSrG
— HollywoodLife (@HollywoodLife) June 17, 2022

Blac Chyna just lost her $100M lawsuit against the Kardashians, but she’s not done suing! Chyna is taking Rob to court over those naked photos he posted of her on Instagram after they broke up. Earlier this week, Rob filed court documents saying he and Chyna had come to an agreement to dismiss the case, but she has since changed her mind. The deal was, Chyna would drop her revenge porn lawsuit against Rob if he could help her get out of a separate lawsuit filed by another one of Chyna’s ex-boyfriends, Pilot Jones. Pilot accuses Rob and Chyna of outing him as gay, which he claimed exposed him to public threats. Chyna’s lawyers filed a motion saying Rob broke the law by revealing details of their ongoing settlement discussions, so the deal is off. Rob was hoping the judge would make Chyna stick to their settlement agreement, but the judge said no. So the revenge porn case goes to trial next month.

Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna appear headed for another trial in her revenge porn case against him. https://t.co/pL6aR33txp
— TMZ (@TMZ) June 17, 2022

Some people are always looking for a reason to be mad at Kim Kardashian. She was being destroyed in the press this week for damaging the iconic Marilyn Monroe dress when she wore it to the Met Gala last month. Pictures were posted of the stressed seams, missing sequins, emergency sewing marks, stretched fabric. It was a MESS ! How DARE Kim destroy a piece of fashion history!! Kim had borrowed the dress from Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, who bought it for $4.8M back in 2016. She had to lose 16 pounds in about 3 weeks to fit into it, and got slammed for that. And once she hobbled her way down the red carpet at the Met Gala, Kim changed into a replica so she wouldn’t risk ruining it. And now a rep for Ripley’s is coming to Kim’s defense. The rep said a report from 2017 states that “a number of the seams are pulled and worn. This is not surprising given how delicate the material is.” The rep said Ripley’s has displayed that dress on mannequins around the world, which also put the dress at risk of damage. So those photos weren’t from the damage Kim did. In fact, Ripley’s VP of Publishing and Licensing was with Kim and the dress the entire day of the gala and released this statement: “From the bottom of the Met steps, where Kim got into the dress, to the top where it was returned, the dress was in the same condition it started in.” So LEAVE KIM ALONE!

A rep for Ripley’s Believe It or Not! claims Marilyn Monroe’s iconic dress was not damaged by Kim Kardashian at the Met Gala:

“From the bottom of the Met steps, where Kim got into the dress, to the top where it was returned, the dress was in the same condition it started in.” pic.twitter.com/ftaT8h8E7v
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) June 16, 2022

Drake announced yesterday that he was dropping a surprise album called “Honestly, Nevermind” at midnight. Fans stayed up and listened to the entire thing and the verdict? Not good. Drake decided to switch things up and release house music and people were not pleased. Rather than spare his feelings, they let Drake know how they felt about it on Twitter. Among some of the comments, “Honestly Nevermind is quite frankly what drake should have done before he decided to release whatever the (BLANK) this album is.” Another posted, “Drake is in his laziest era and it will impact his legacy in the long run…” However, some are trying to have Drake’s back, giving him credit for pushing boundaries and not just giving people what they expect.