Peacock has officially greenlit the limited series order for “The Good Daughter,” a gripping psychological suspense thriller starring, and executive produced by Emmy Award-nominated actress Jessica Biel. The series is based on Karin Slaughter’s New York Times bestselling novel of the same name and is set to captivate audiences with its intense narrative and stellar cast.
Renowned author Karin Slaughter, known for her intricate storytelling in works like “Pieces of Her,” is set to take the helm as the writer for all episodes of “The Good Daughter.” Alongside Biel, the series will be executive produced by Emmy award-winning producer Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky, and Casey Haver for Made Up Stories, the production company behind hits like “Pieces of Her” and “Big Little Lies.”
Additionally, Biel’s Iron Ocean, in partnership with Michelle Purple, will serve as executive producers.”The Good Daughter” centers around sisters Charlotte and Samantha Quinn, portrayed by Jessica Biel, whose lives were forever altered by a tragic event twenty-eight years ago. When a new wave of violence strikes their small town of Pikeville, Charlotte, now a lawyer, finds herself at the forefront of the investigation, forcing her to confront long-buried secrets and traumas. As the case unfolds, both sisters grapple with the consequences of being the “good daughter” in the face of relentless turmoil.
Jessica Biel emphasized her excitement for the series saying, “I am thrilled to embark on this journey with such a talented team and bring Karin Slaughter’s gripping story to life on screen.”
“The Good Daughter” marks another collaboration between Made Up Stories and Karin Slaughter, following the success of their previous adaptation, “Pieces of Her.” With its compelling narrative and powerhouse cast, the series promises to deliver a thrilling viewing experience for audiences worldwide.
Produced by Made Up Stories in partnership with FIFTH SEASON, the limited drama series will join Peacock’s lineup of compelling originals, further solidifying their commitment to delivering premium content to its subscribers.
Fans eagerly anticipate diving into the suspenseful world of “The Good Daughter,” as Peacock gears up to bring this gripping tale to screens shortly.
After a Georgia Superior Court judge ruled that Fani Willis could continue as lead prosecutor in Donald Trump’s criminal election fraud case, the saga to remove the Fulton County district attorney isn’t quite over.
On Monday, defense attorneys representing Trump and eight co-defendants requested Judge Scott McAfee to allow an appeal of his ruling that Willis can remain as the top prosecutor in the racketeering case.
For two months, defense attorneys tried to remove Willis after it was revealed that she and Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she hired to lead the case, were involved in a romantic relationship. After a series of hearings to determine whether Willis financially benefited from Wade’s hire, Judge McAfee ultimately ruled that Willis could remain on the case as long as Wade stepped down.
“It’s an unforced error on the part of the prosecution. But those happen, and people still win the game at the end,” said U.S. Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I. The former Trump impeachment manager told theGrio, “Let’s move on, and let’s play ball.”
Plaskett said she thinks the public is unnecessarily “making a lot out of this” and is playing to “exactly what the Trump defense wants to happen.” She continued: “Rather than taking away from the fact that he and his co-conspirators attempted to change the results of an election in Georgia.”
Plaskett noted that, as a former prosecutor, she understands how colleagues can get romantically involved.
“I know the kind of hours that prosecutors put in. There isn’t a lot of time for interaction with outside individuals,” she explained. “This is a workplace where a lot of people — and both of these were single individuals — end up dating one another because who else are they going to date? They don’t have anywhere else to go because they’re so consumed with their own work.”
As an observation of the public scrutiny of Willis and what she does in her bedroom, the congresswoman added, “I think it’s very endemic of this country’s absolute obsessions with Black women’s reproductive parts, our sexuality and what happens with our vaj***ay’s.”
Legal and political experts tell theGrio the latest move by the defense to continue their efforts to remove Willis is an attempt to delay a credible case led by a Black female prosecutor.
Anthony Coley, a TV legal analyst and former Department of Justice official, said the defendants would do “anything to try to keep the case from moving forward.”
“Based on the extensive evidentiary record and the thoroughness of Judge McAfee’s ruling, this matter really should be over,” he told theGrio. “It’s time to move on to the real issue — the defendants’ efforts to steal an election, which has nothing to do with Fani Willis and Nathan Wade’s personal relationship.”
Trump and 14 of his allies are accused of conspiracy to commit election fraud and conspiracy to defraud the state, among dozens of others, in an alleged attempt to change the results of the 2020 presidential election in the Peach State.
Juanita Tolliver, a political strategist, noted that the latest motion from the Trump team clearly shows that they “picked up on just how strongly the judge admonished District Attorney Willis.”
In his ruling allowing her to continue prosecuting the case as long as she or Wade stepped aside, Judge McAfee said both prosecutors made “bad choices” and had a “tremendous lapse in judgment.”
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Trump’s legal team, said Tolliver, is “pouncing on Judge McAfee’s own descriptions of Willis’ actions, including ‘legally improper’ comments from January when she spoke at a church, and her and Wade’s relationship as giving the ‘appearance of impropriety,’ for their latest legal maneuvering.”
Tolliver said the defense teams have two goals in their attempt to appeal Judge McAfee’s ruling: “To continue to distract from the fact that Trump is the one who is on trial” and “create yet another potential delay in Trump’s court proceedings as he attempts to run out the clock before the November election.”
While the judge has not yet set a trial date, Willis’ office requested that the trial start in early August. However, given the number of defendants in the racketeering criminal case, Congresswoman Plaskett said, “This is not anything that the American people should think is going to happen over the summer and an answer come before an election.”
Despite political interests in seeing Trump tried before Election Day on Nov. 5, she said the slow-moving pace of the court system is par for the course.
“We need to allow the process and what the Constitution has allowed defendants to have as their right to a vigorous and fair trial,” Plaskett told theGrio. “At the end of the day, after a jury is picked, he will be tried by a jury of his peers of other Americans who will listen to the evidence and his and the other co-defendants’ cases, and a decision will be made.
“It can’t be any faster for him than it is for everybody else,” she continued. “Unfortunately, when you have good attorneys or attorneys that know the process, they are, if you are outside of jail, going to potentially use every tool that’s available to them to support their clients.”
Although we normally highlight the ladies’ red carpet fashion (and deservedly so), we also think it right to highlight some of the men who put together some nice fits while having their talents recognized.
These are the best-dressed Black men of the 2024 awards season.
A complaint filed by a parent from Alice Independent School District has led to further charges against Agua Dulce high school teacher Jaden Charles, according to authorities.
On Tuesday, the Alice Police Department reported that Charles, a first-year teacher, is facing two counts of grooming in addition to the initial two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child filed by the Agua Dulce City Marshal’s Office earlier that day.
Chief Eden Garcia of the Alice Police Department revealed that the grooming charges stemmed from an investigation into allegations that Charles engaged in inappropriate behavior with students, specifically purchasing boys’ vaping accessories, intoxicating them, and then engaging in sexual activity.
According to City Marshal Joe Martinez revealed that the alleged instances occurred two years before Charles’ stint as a teacher. Authorities believe there could be up to 12 victims, all of whom are male.
Aggravated sexual assault of a minor, a first-degree crime, provides a potential punishment of 5 to 99 years in prison or life, whereas grooming, a third-degree felony, gets a sentence ranging from 2 to 10 years in jail.
Martinez added that Charles’ mother reported her son’s alleged wrongdoing to his office on Tuesday morning. Despite being in detention, Charles has been quiet. Martinez expressed confidence in the evidence gathered, calling the case “airtight.” Following her arrest, Charles was brought to the Alice Police Department to face charges.
Charles, who graduated from Texas A&M University-Kingsville in 2021, had leadership responsibilities at the institution, including sophomore class sponsor and UIL competition coordinator for both middle and high schools. She has since resigned from her position, citing the pending investigation.
When it comes to serving children the brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. continue to put their money where it counts. The fraternity recently announced a new $2 million fundraising initiative for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The announcement of the new fundraising initiative was made at a celebration of the fraternity’s alliance with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at the Vicennium Partnership Banquet at the Masonic Temple in Memphis, TN. The event was hosted by the Memphis (TN) Alumni Chapter, the University of Memphis Chapter, the Kappa Beta of Kappa Alpha Psi, and sponsored by the local Memphis Kappa Alpha Psi Achievement Foundation.
Through its programming including St. Jude Sunday of Hope and the annual St. Jude Walk/Run, held during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month each September, Kappa Alpha Psi has raised over $3 million over the last two decades for St. Jude in efforts to create impactful change in the lives of children worldwide with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.
According to the press release, the money raised by the fraternity helps ensure that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, so they can focus on helping their child live.
“Our friends at Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. have humbled us with their dedication and sense of service over the past 20 years in their support of the kids and families of St. Jude,” said Richard C. Shadyac Jr., President and CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “With this latest commitment, together, they are not only building a legacy – but they are helping save lives and create hope where it is needed most. Thanks to this partnership, St. Jude can impact more of the 400,000 kids around the world with cancer and other life-threatening diseases each year.”
“We value our partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and this new fundraising commitment will further help us support research and treatment of catastrophic childhood diseases and illness,” said Jimmy McMikle, Kappa Alpha Psi’s Grand Polemarch [International President]. “I encourage our members, affiliates, and friends across the globe to help the fraternity continue our efforts to assist St. Jude in fulfilling its vision.”
The fraternity’s new goal is to raise the additional $2 million in the next three years.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two former Mississippi sheriff’s deputies have each been sentenced for their part in torturing two Black men after a neighbor complained that the men were staying in a home with a white woman.
Hunter Elward and Jeffrey Middleton were sentenced Tuesday by a federal judge in Jackson.
Elward received about 20 years in prison, while Middleton received more than 17 years behind bars. Four other former law enforcement officers are set for sentencing in the case later this week.
All six of the former officers pleaded guilty to several federal charges in August. They admitted to torturing Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker in January 2023.
(From top left) former Rankin County sheriff’s deputies Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton and Daniel Opdyke plus former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield in August 2023 appearing at the Rankin County Circuit Court in Brandon, Mississippi. (Photos: Rogelio V. Solis/AP, File)
Hunter Elward, 31, was given a 241-month sentence by U.S. District Judge Tom Lee. The judge is also due to sentence four other ex-officers who admitted to torturing Jenkins and Parker after a neighbor complained that the men were staying in a home with a white woman.
Before sentencing, Lee called Elward’s crimes “egregious and despicable,” and said a “sentence at the top of the guidelines range is justified — is more than justified.” He continued: “It’s what the defendant deserves. It’s what the community and the defendant’s victims deserve.”
In January 2023, the group of six burst into a Rankin County home without a warrant and assaulted Jenkins and Parker with stun guns, a sex toy and other objects. Elward admitted to shoving a gun into Jenkins’ mouth and firing in a “mock execution” that went awry.
The terror began on Jan. 24, 2023, with a racist call for extrajudicial violence when a white person phoned Rankin County Deputy Brett McAlpin and complained that two Black men were staying with a white woman at a house in Braxton. McAlpin told Deputy Christian Dedmon, who texted a group of white deputies so willing to use excessive force they called themselves “The Goon Squad.”
Once inside, they handcuffed Jenkins and his friend Parker and poured milk, alcohol and chocolate syrup over their faces. They forced them to strip naked and shower together to conceal the mess. They mocked the victims with racial slurs and shocked them with stun guns.
After Elward shot Jenkins in the mouth, they devised a coverup that included planting drugs and a gun. False charges stood against Jenkins and Parker for months. Jenkins suffered a lacerated tongue and broken jaw.
Michael Corey Jenkins speaks outside the federal courthouse in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Last March, months before federal prosecutors announced charges in August, an investigation by The Associated Press linked some of the deputies to at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries.
Jenkins is a musician, and his injuries have prevented him from singing as he used to. He also said he has trouble speaking and eating. Parker said he relives the episode in his nightmares.
Both men, who were sitting in the front row, called for the “stiffest of sentences.” Their attorney, Malik Shabazz, said they were too traumatized to speak in court, and he read statements on their behalf.
“I am hurt. I am broken,” Jenkins wrote in his statement. “They tried to take my manhood from me. They did some unimaginable things to me, and the effects will linger for the rest of my life.”
Elward, who wore a dark blue jumpsuit with tape obscuring the name of the facility where he is housed, said before being sentenced that he wouldn’t make excuses. He turned to address Jenkins and Parker and looked at them directly.
“I don’t want to get too personal. I see you every night, and I can’t go back and do what’s right,” Elward said. “I am so sorry for what I did.”
Parker then stood up and said, “I forgive you.”
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Elward’s attorney, Joe Hollomon, said his client first witnessed Rankin County deputies turn a blind eye to misconduct in 2017.
“It became the new norm, it became institutional,” Hollomon said. “Hunter was initiated into a culture of corruption at the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office.”
During a speech Tuesday at the University of Georgia, FBI director Christopher Wray spoke about the federal investigation into the “unspeakable crimes” committed by the six former law enforcement officers in Mississippi.
“It’s hard to imagine a more atrocious set of civil rights violations than those carried out by these guys,” Wray said, according to prepared remarks. “But on the flip side, it’s hard to imagine more important work than investigating those crimes and seeking justice for the victims.”
Elward was also sentenced for his role in an assault on another person that took place weeks before Jenkins and Parker were tortured. For the first time Tuesday, prosecutors identified the victim as Alan Schmidt and read a statement from him detailing what happened to him on Dec. 4, 2022.
During a traffic stop that night, Schmidt said Rankin County deputies accused him of possessing stolen property. They pulled him from the car and beat him. Then, Dedmon forced him to his knees and tried to insert his genitals into Schmidt’s mouth, as Elward watched.
“I pray every day that I can forgive them one day and hopefully forget the humiliation and the evil physical and sexual assault that I endured,” Schmidt wrote. “I know that I’m not their only victim, and I pray for each victim that has crossed paths with the Goon Squad members.”
The officers charged with torturing Parker and Jenkins include Elward, McAlpin, Dedmon, Jeffrey Middleton and Daniel Opdyke of the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department and Joshua Hartfield, a Richland police officer. They have pleaded guilty to numerous federal and state charges.
Eddie Terrell Parker speaks outside the federal courthouse in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, March 19, 2024. A former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to about 20 years in prison for his part in torturing Parker and Michael Corey Jenkins in a racist assault. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
On the federal charges, all the former officers are facing potentially decades-long prison sentences. They also agreed to prosecutor-recommended sentences ranging from five to 30 years in state court. Time served for separate convictions at the state level will run concurrently with the potentially longer federal sentences.
The majority-white Rankin County is just east of the state capital, Jackson, home to one of the highest percentages of Black residents of any major U.S. city.
The officers warned Jenkins and Parker to “stay out of Rankin County and go back to Jackson or ‘their side’ of the Pearl River,” court documents say, referencing an area with higher concentrations of Black residents.
For months, Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey, whose deputies committed the crimes, said little about the episode. After the officers pleaded guilty in August, Bailey said the officers had gone rogue and promised to change the department. Jenkins and Parker have called for his resignation, and they have filed a $400 million civil lawsuit against the department.
Just when it looked like Jonathan Majors’ legal issues were coming to a close, new life has been breathed into them, thanks to a new civil suit filed by his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari.
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On Tuesday, Majors was sued for malicious prosecution, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault and battery. Jabbari is seeking “compensatory damages and punitive damages in an amount that is to be determined at trial,” per an exclusive report by Rolling Stone.
Allegations in the suit stem from incidents that allegedly happened between 2021 — after they first met on the set of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania which was filming in London — and 2023. Specifically, an alleged physical altercation between that two that occurred in September 2022 is paramount in this civil suit.
You may recall this particular incident was briefly referenced during Majors’ domestic dispute trial in 2023.
Rolling Stone has more:
Majors is accused of throwing Jabbari onto the hood of a car, covering her mouth as she shouted for help. After bringing her back inside their home, he allegedly banged her “head against the marble floor while strangling her until she felt she could no longer breathe,” according to court documents. Majors allegedly threatened to kill Jabbari, who sustained a head injury and could “barely move without pain … [and] have a constant ringing headache.”
The defamation allegation stems from comments Majors and his lawyer Priya Chaudhry made in the aftermath of the domestic dispute case. Jabbari’s legal team specifically referenced a statement in his ABC interview with Lindsay Davis in which he denied ever hitting a woman (“My hands have never struck a woman”) and an interview Chaudhry did with The Cut in which she allegedly said, “Honestly, I don’t give a shit…The idea that I should coddle [Jabbari feels like suggesting] I should coddle the woman who accused Emmett Till.”
The malicious prosecution allegation stems from the action Majors’ took in June 2023, when he filed a cross-complaint against Jabbari and alleged that she was the aggressor in the March 2023 incident that spawned his criminal trial.
The other three charges stem from the incidents that allegedly happened in June, August and September 2022 while the couple was in London — one of which involved Majors allegedly losing his temper and throwing things at Jabbari after she invited friends over to their house after a night out at a pub. (This incident was brought up in Majors’ criminal trial but the physicality was overshadowed by comments Majors’ allegedly made to Jabbari about needing her behavior to be more like Coretta Scott King and Michelle Obama.)
Another incident, which was also briefly referenced in the criminal case, happened in September 2022 but could not be discussed in detail during the criminal case but text messages in the aftermath were admitted to be dissected thanks to Chaudhry’s line of questioning during her cross-examination of Jabbari.
Rolling Stone details the alleged September incident:
On Sept. 20, 2022, Majors “became physically aggressive” the suit claims, when “Majors pushed Grace so hard that it bruised her backside.” Jabbari attempted to leave the house and Majors allegedly “picked Grace up in the air and threw her against the hood of her car,” according to court documents. “Grace began shouting for help. Majors then forcefully grabbed Grace, placing her in a headlock and put his hand over her mouth to prevent someone from hearing her cries for help.
He brought Grace back into their house and held his hands around her neck, stating that he wanted to kill her, and that he was going to kill her. Majors then started hitting Grace’s head against the marble floor while strangling her until she felt she could no longer breathe.”
The alleged June incident transpired after Majors’ allegedly began yelling at Jabbari and “pinned her arms to her side before shoving her against a shower door and throwing her against a wall, which caused her to hit her head, the suit claims. Later, Majors threw candles and objects around their bedroom.”
In a statement regarding the suit, Jabbari’s attorney Brittany Henderson wrote:
“When publicly confronted with Grace’s numerous allegations of abuse, Majors has called her a liar at every turn and very specifically claimed that he has never put his hands on a woman, with the goal of convincing the world that Grace is not a victim of domestic abuse but instead a crazy liar who should be treated as such.It takes true bravery to hold someone with this level of power and acclaim accountable. Bravery that Grace Jabbari has demonstrated at every stage of the legal process. We strongly believe that through this action, truth and transparency will bring Grace the justice that she deserves.”
Warner Bros. Pictures has recently released the second trailer for the highly anticipated “FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA,” which provides a deeper look into the dystopian world created by Academy Award-winning genius George Miller. Set to be released in theaters on May 24, 2024, this standalone action-adventure promises to reveal the origins of the powerful figure Furiosa, played by Anya Taylor-Joy.
The film, directed by George Miller, depicts the adventure of young Furiosa, who is pulled away from her shelter in the Green Place of Many Mothers and pushed into the chaotic Wasteland. Captured by the terrifying Warlord Dementus and his Biker Horde, Furiosa becomes embroiled in a war for supremacy as the dictators’ Warlord Dementus and The Immortan Joe vie for possession of the Citadel.
Anya Taylor-Joy stars as the title character, with magnetic Chris Hemsworth, Alyla Browne, and Tom Burke rounding out the cast. With a story written by Miller and Nico Lathouris, the picture promises to dive into the character’s past while still providing the adrenaline-fueled action fans expect from the Mad Max universe.
Behind the scenes, George Miller has created an impressive creative team that includes first assistant director PJ Voeten, director of photography Simon Duggan, and composer Tom Holkenborg.
Notably, the film reunites Miller with several of his acclaimed collaborators from “Mad Max: Fury Road,” such as editor Margaret Sixel and production designer Colin Gibson, assuring continuity in the franchise’s signature visual and narrative themes.”FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA” is a spectacular return to the beloved dystopian universe, offering an exhilarating voyage through the bleak landscapes and dramatic conflicts that define the Mad Max franchise.
As the countdown to its theatrical premiere begins, fans eagerly await the next installment in this epic story of survival and redemption.
Growing up in Louisiana, on the West Bank of the Mississippi River, Jocyntia “Jo” Banner and her sister Joyceia “Joy” Banner learned about the 1811 revolt by enslaved people from their grandmother. Their matriarch said the heads of those who rebelled and fought for their freedom were cut off and put on stakes along the Mississippi River. The story, Banner said, had been passed down in her family from generation to generation through oral tradition, but it’s not just folklore.
(Left to right) Jo Banner and Joy Banner, founders of The Descendants Project. (Photo credit: Screenshot/YouTube.com/TheWeatherChannel)
The 1811 revolt began at the Woodland Plantation in LaPlace, Louisiana. Charles Deslondes and about 25 other enslaved people attacked Manuel Andry and his son, killing the son. As they marched toward New Orleans, enslaved people from other plantations joined them, with the crowd of rebels growing to more than 500. The group was stopped by the military and captured. Some were put on trial and executed.
“They were freedom fighters,” Jo Banner said of the 1811 revolt participants. “They were trying to save their lives and the lives of their family.”
And now the Banner sisters are working to save their history as the new owners of that plantation that was home to what has been described as the largest uprising of enslaved people in American history.
During the last few years, the Banners had been in talks with the owner of the Woodland Plantation, Timothy Sheehan, about the importance of preserving Black history in the River Parishes, Jo Banner said. In 2023, Sheehan contacted the Banner sisters and told them he planned to put the property up for sale and asked if they were interested in purchasing it. According to records in the St. John the Baptist Parish Clerk of Court Office, the sisters bought the plantation for $750,000 in January.
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Last month, the Banners, founders of The Descendants Project, a nonprofit created to “preserve and protect the health, land, and lives of the Black descendant community located in Louisiana’s River Parishes,” bought the Woodland Plantation, locatedin St. John the Baptist Parish. The main building is 4,000 square feet and sits on four acres.
Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir, an associate professor of history at Xavier University, said “it’s amazingly powerful” that generations after the 1811 revolt, the descendants of the enslaved have the “right to tell the stories of their generation, of their legacy.”
“It gives the lives of those who lived at that time justice for what they were doing,” Sinegal-DeCuir said. “It just turns Louisiana history on its head because now we are able to tell the story of resilience, of reliance in the community, of hope, of strength, of all those things that other narratives buried down.”
Sinegal-DeCuir said the 1811 revolt demonstrated that enslaved people were “not happy slaves on the master’s plantation.”
“We wanted more. We aspired for more, and we were going to fight for more,” she said. “They were willing to die for what they believed in because I think they had a greater understanding of how it would impact their descendants later on.”
The Banners plan to operate the Woodland Plantation in a way that recognizes the history of the enslaved descendant community there, offering genealogy resources for those in the community who may be interested in researching their ancestry, and providing a space to have conversations about environmental injustice, Jo Banner said.
Woodland Plantation House in LaPlace, Louisiana. (Photo credit: Infrogmation of New Orleans, 24 February, 2016)
Recently, The Descendants Project has been fighting to keep Greenfield Louisiana LLC, a grain elevator export company, from building a plant in the Louisiana River Parishes area already oversaturated with oil and chemical companies, giving the community the sobering moniker of Cancer Alley.
The industrial companies that populate Cancer Alley are along the same route that Deslondes and the rebels of the 1811 revolt took during their journey that started at the Woodland Plantation, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
“Knowing that home’s history and everything that happened, that our names are going to be put in the paperwork of this home, that you’re going to see it going all the way from the 1700s and white ownership and all of a sudden that they got more melanin on that title history, we’re already seeing how impactful that is for us to be in this space just as Black women,” Jo Banner said. “We’re going to provide access to the history in a way that Black people can feel welcome in the space.”
As the mystery surrounding Princess Kate Middleton’s whereabouts continues, the palace only seems to be making matters worse. Whoever is managing their PR is dropping the ball big time, leaving people with more questions than answers. And if you think Black people aren’t part of the conversation, think again. Social media is buzzing with hilarious videos featuring Black folks getting their Sherlock Holmes on trying to get to the bottom of the case of the missing princess.
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The latest chapter in the drama is a video released Monday by TMZ, which they say captures Princess Kate and Prince William shopping at a farmer’s market near their home. But while someone thought a grainy video of a smiling Kate would calm people down, it only got them riled TF up.
Take TikToker @kevonstage, who doesn’t believe royals are out here doing their own shopping.
“They don’t seem real just walking,” he said. “Ya’ll don’t look like you ever bought a thing with ya’ll own money. Do you know how to swipe a card or tap it?”
People in the comments couldn’t help but chime in, questioning why no one is stopping to take pictures of Middleton (if it’s really her), especially surrounding all of the controversy about her absence.
Other amateur sleuths, like @talleyberrybaby question why the palace would release a casual “deep-fried video” rather than make Kate’s appearance more of a press event.
“If today was the day that they were going to decide to show us that Kate Middleton was alive, it would have been an event. People would have been expected to be there,” she said. “She just wouldn’t have been TMZ casually videographered walking around the goddamn farmer’s market.”
She was also swift enough to call out the fact that Kate is seen carrying bags in the video, a no-no for a patient post abdominal surgery and something she believes her royal husband should know.
“You mean to tell me, your woman just had a surgery that she’s recovering from…and you got her carrying groceries? You got her carrying the Piggly Wiggly bags? That don’t make no sense to me,” she wonders.
Others are alleging that TMZ’s video is actually from December, pointing out that the wooden booths behind the royal couple are only up in the area around the holidays.
“im gonna need her to get on a live and hold up that day’s newspaper,” wrote one commenter.
Whether the video is real or fake has yet to be determined. But we’ll definitely keep watching these hilarious Black creators posts for updates.
