Jones recalled her less than exemplary experience on the sketch show in her new memoir, Leslie F*cking Jones

Leslie Jones isn’t harboring any nostalgia for her time in Studio 8H. Despite spending five seasons making jokes and occasionally gagging on fake blood every Saturday night, Jones—who recently hosted ABC’s Supermarket Sweep reboot—said in 2020 that she doesn’t miss her time on Saturday Night Live “at all.” “That job was like two jobs and very restrictive too. I wasn’t very free there,” she said, although she neglected to elaborate on exactly how constricted she felt in that particular interview.

In her new memoir Leslie F*cking Jones, however, the comedian isn’t holding back. In an interview with NPR to promote the book—out this week—Jones had some choice words for how her identity and the identities of her fellow cast mates were treated by the show.

“SNL, they take that one [trope] and they wring it. They wring it because that’s the machine. So whatever it is that I’m giving that they’re so happy about, they feel like it’s got to be that all the time or something like that. So it was like a caricature of myself,” she said. “Either I’m trying to love on the white boys or beat up on the white boys, or I’m doing something loud.”

While these character beats certainly speak to the show’s questionable history with Black performers—Jones, who left the show in 2019, is one of only eight Black women featured in all 48 seasons—the comic asserts that this hemming in applied to all cast members regardless of their race. “I was talking to another cast member that retired and they said ‘But in fairness, that’s how they do all of them. Not just the Black ones,’” she said, suggesting that this certainly happened to Taran Killam, who suddenly left the show (along with Jay Pharoah) ahead of its 42nd season. “Taran wanted to do so much other stuff, but they would only have Taran in those very masculine [roles] and singing and stuff and I said, ‘Oh! This is a machine.’” (Pharoah has also echoed Jones’ sentiments about being boxed in.)

Still, Jones tempered her statements by expressing her “love” for Lorne Michaels. “In his defense, I used to always be like, ‘He’s a puppet master. So he has to make the cast happy, he has to make the writers happy. He has to make the WGA happy. He has to make NBC happy. Then he has to make a family in Omaha, Nebraska, who’s watching the show happy,’” she said. “Imagine the strings that have to go out to him? So it’s a machine that has to work, you know?”

The romance comes nearly a month after Davidson and Chase Sui Wonders called it quits.

Pete Davidson is back in the dating game. According to multiple reports, he's now dating Outer Banks star Madelyn Cline.

At this point it's unclear how the two met or when things got started, but Us Weekly, citing a source, first reported on Friday that "they spent the night together at the Beverly Hills Hotel and then had a breakfast together there the next morning."

The pair, according to the outlet, were "really low-key and kept things casual, wearing baseball hats." TMZ then matched the report Saturday morning and, citing a source close to the Saturday Night Live alum, said they're officially an item.

The budding romance comes less than a month after Davidson called it quits with Chase Sui Wonders after 9 months of dating. A source at the time told ET, "Pete Davidson and Chase Sui Wonders have broken up and both of them are focusing on themselves."

Davidson and Wonders initially met on the set of Bodies Bodies Bodies in 2021, in which she plays his love interest. They were first linked together in December 2022, when they hit up a New York Rangers game at Madison Square Garden, and they confirmed their romance with a kiss the following month while at Universal Studios Hollywood.

As for Cline, she previously dated her Outer Banks co-star Chase Stokes. They dated for a little more than a year but split up in November 2021. A source at the time told ET that "it just wasn't working between them anymore," though they remained friendly after the split.

In an interview with Cosmopolitan earlier this year, the actress was asked if their real-life split made their on-screen romance (Cline plays Sarah Cameron and Stokes plays the show’s lead, John B.) awkward.

"We always said that the job remains untouched," she told the magazine. "Nothing else, personal or negative, will touch the job."

For the last nine months, Stokes has been dating country superstar Kelsea Ballerini.

No word if Davidson and Cline bonded over their exes sharing the same name.

The car Britney Spears drove during, perhaps, the most cataclysmic year of her life is now for sale ... meaning someone's getting the keys to one of the most photographed celeb vehicles of all time.

The iconic ride is Britney's black 2006 Mercedes-Benz CLK350, and it's been on display at the Volo Auto Museum in Illinois since 2011 -- but now it has a price tag of $70k.

The sporty convertible was once known as the most dangerous vehicle on the streets of L.A., because it's the one Brit was driving in 2007 as her life started to spiral out of control.

That was the year she zoomed through red lights while playing cat-and-mouse with paparazzi, went for countless late night joyrides and also had an infamous hit-and-run.

While it's far from a unique car, Brit's Benz became almost as recognizable as her as paps snapped hundreds of shots of it on the daily.

This dark stage in her life came to a head in January of 2008 when she was removed from her house by ambulance, and taken to a hospital -- and later that year she would be placed under the conservatorship that remained in place until 2021.

In other words, this car's been through the wringer ... which is exactly why it's been parked in a museum for all to see.

However, Volo's looking to unload the piece of pop star history, so it could be yours if you're game -- just drive carefully.

The original homeowner was worried that the actor would get overtaken by a spirit and "do some serious damage."

Kevin Bacon is sharing the spooky stipulation that came with purchasing land next to his Connecticut farm.

The actor, who first purchased his own rural farmland back in 1983, revealed on Rob Lowe's Literally podcast that he was prevented from buying a neighboring plot of land until he contractually agreed to "destroy" a house on it that the original owner believed was 'haunted.'

"One of the pieces that we bought had an old house in it and [the owner] didn't want me to own the house. It was an abandoned house that he had grown up in," Bacon explained. "We kind of went back and forth on it for a while and then, eventually, I said, 'Listen, you can't sell me a piece of land but not sell me the house that's on it. Like, that's just weird. What if you sell it and there's somebody that's just living, basically, right up in the backyard?'"

The owner, however, was hesitant to part with the property. As Bacon recalled, "He said, 'I can't sell it to you because it's haunted and I'm afraid that you'll get possessed and, you know, do some serious damage.'"

Bacon noted that they ended up going "back and forth on this haunted house thing" for a while until they "finally came to an agreement, in the contract, that I had to destroy it within a month" of purchasing the home.

Lowe, a supernatural expert in his own right, then interjected, "Please tell me you went and spent a night in the haunted house?"

"Not only did I not do that," Bacon replied, "But I went up there and there were some beautiful old pine boards and a bannister and I said to Kyra [Sedgwick], 'We've gotta take those out.' And she's like, 'No you're not. You're not putting those f---ing things in our house.'"

He also revealed why the owner believed the house to be haunted in the first place. "It was a long story that had to do with a Native American who, in the 1700s, had been murdered by a colonial soldier," he recounted. "[The owner] had had ghostbusters there. It was a whole long thing."

While he eventually acquired the land (along with a fair few goats and miniature ponies), Bacon has yet to actually see any supernatural activity. "You've been in scary movies and I always find that, when you're in a scary movie, everybody wants to know, well, have you ever seen a ghost? Do you believe in ghosts?" he said. "The thing I always say is, 'I would really love to but, as of yet, it hasn't happened. But I hope someday it will.'"

Lowe, who once claimed he'd talked to a real ghost while filming The Lowe Files with his sons, then proceeded to recount his own supernatural experiences from working on the series. "I wish that I had kept that house up," Bacon joked. "That would've been a great episode. Celebrity haunted house!"

Lowe answered, "I would've been there in a minute."

The recent NBA Hall of Fame inductee sat down with Shannon Sharpe and revisited a "rough" chapter in his relationship with the actress

Dwyane Wade is looking back at a painful moment in his past with wife Gabrielle Union — one that almost led to the end of their relationship.

While on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast, the NBA Hall of Famer, 41, talked about the time when he had to tell Union, 50, that he had fathered his son Xavier with another woman during a break in their relationship.

Wade said that at the time, back in 2013, he moved to end their relationship, thinking it would be best for both of them.

“I tried to pussyfoot around it, I tried to break up with her,” Wade told Sharpe regarding Union. “‘Hey, things have been bad lately,’ ‘Hey, we’ve been having a little distance in our relationship anyway,’ I tried all of that. She kept showing up.”

And Wade knew it was imperative to have the “hard conversation” with the Bring It On star and talk to her about fathering a child with another woman.

“You’re thinking about it all, it’s all scary,” Wade said. “One, the whole situation is scary enough, you're a public figure. But you know that this is going to hurt someone that you’ve been building a relationship with and a life with.”

He continued, “No matter what people say on the outside, or what people want to think, ultimately you gotta sit with you, and you gotta sit with this person, and I had to sit with my wife and have this conversation.”

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Wade added that tumult coincided with the playoffs and was a “rough” time, but that he couldn’t have gotten through the situation without Union by his side.

Ultimately, the couple elected to move through their relationship difficulties and were engaged in Dec. 2013, marrying the following August. After dealing with years of infertility — which they frequently spoke openly about — they went on to welcome daughter Kaavia James Union-Wade via surrogate in 2018.

Wade shares two children with ex-wife Siovaughn Funches; Zaire, 21, and Zaya, 16, as well as Xavier, now 9, with Aja Metoyer. Wade is also the legal guardian of his nephew, Dahveon Morris, 21.

“It hasn’t been perfect, it will never be perfect but that was nine years ago,” Wade said of their past relationship struggles. “We go to therapy, we’ve had shouts about it, we’ve had regular conversations about, and so it’s been something that going to be something that I have to work at and work on.”

He added, “It doesn’t go away because years come or because I say ‘sorry.’ ”

In an essay for ­Time in 2021, the actress shared her own perspective on the couple's emotional journey.

"It should go without saying that we were not in a good place at the time that child was conceived," Union wrote. "But we were doing much better when he finally told me about the pregnancy. To say I was devastated is to pick a word on a low shelf for convenience."

She added, "There are people — strangers I will never meet — who have been upset that I have not previously talked about that trauma. I have not had words, and even after untold amounts of therapy I am not sure I have them now."

Still, Wade believes the experience is all part of their “story.”

“At the end of this day, this is my family, this is my story,” Wade told Sharpe. “We gonna get through this how we gonna get through it, but we gonna get through it.”

Adam Mac said local board members expressed concerns over his sexuality, so he bowed out of his upcoming concert.

Country stars Kelsea Ballerini, Maren Morris, Brandy Clark, and more have rallied around gay musician Adam Mac after he canceled an upcoming show at a Kentucky festival after local board members allegedly expressed concern over his sexuality.

In an Instagram video shared Thursday, Mac said after an unnamed "sweet" government employee worked to bring him on as a performer at the annual Logan County Tobacco and Heritage Festival, the same person later informed him that others were worried about his attendance there.

"She explained to me that there were some board members and some people in town who had questions about what kind of performance I would be putting on at the Tobacco Festival, and wanted to ensure that I would not be promoting homosexuality or sexuality in a family-friendly environment," he said. "I don't know what they expected I was going to do other than just come and put on a hell of a show, like we do. It was made aware to me that there were people in the town that were very upset that they would have a gay person headline the festival."

Mac added that he supported locals' rights to "not listen" to his music or "not come to the show," but said he was disturbed that others would make comments about him online and hold protests.

"[It's] just so disheartening, and I went back and forth all night long about what is the right thing to do, because a part of me feels like it would be letting down the people who need to see me most there in that space and the people who just were so excited for me to come home and put on a show," he said. "It also feels like if I don't do the show, I'm caving and letting those people win, which, also, if you know me is not something that I like to do. It's hard for me to say this, but I think the best move forward is to cancel the show and let them book someone else who will not be as controversial."

When reached for comment about the show, a Logan County Chamber of Commerce representative told EW, "Right now, at this time, we are not speaking about it."

However, several industry heavyweights — including Morris, Ballerini, and Clark — are supporting Mac.

"You are loved. I'm sorry this happened but glad you're sharing it here," wrote Morris, who recently stood with drag performers on stage amid an onslaught of anti-trans and anti-drag legislation around the country, and revealed that she's stepping back from country music amid growing prejudices in the genre.

Ballerini pushed back against the anti-LGBTQ sentiment, writing, "This is heartbreaking and so disappointing. I'm really sorry. You've got your army in these comments." RuPaul's Drag Race icon Ginger Minj also responded, calling the situation "ridiculous."

Clark, another queer member of the country music community, commented on Mac's post as well, calling it "heartbreaking" but stressing that "it is THEIR loss!!!!!"

"I have been and will always stand with my union members of the WGA, SAG, and DGA."

Matt Walsh is bidding bye-bye to the ballroom — at least for now.

The Veep actor, who was set to star on the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars, announced that he would not be competing on the dance program until the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike has officially been resolved.

"I am taking a pause from Dancing With the Stars until an agreement is made with the WGA," Walsh wrote in a statement published in an Instagram Story on Thursday. "I was excited to join the show and did so under the impression that it was not a WGA show and fell under a different agreement."

After learning otherwise, Walsh, who is a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), quickly sashayed off stage. "This morning when I was informed by my union, the WGA, that it is considered struck work, I walked out of my rehearsal," he said. "I have been and will always stand with my union members of the WGA, SAG, and [the Directors Guild of America]."

Walsh concluded, "Beyond our union artists, I am sensitive to the many people impacted by the strike, and I hope for a speedy and fair resolution and to one day work again with all the wonderful people I met at DWTS who tolerated my dancing."

DWTS, which typically employs at least one WGA writer each season, is considered a struck production by the WGA. In recent days, guild members have been picketing outside the show's rehearsals, with some signs directly criticizing Walsh's involvement, ahead of its Sept. 26 premiere.

Walsh isn't the only actor who has been called out for joining the show. Alyson Hannigan and Mira Sorvino have also come under fire for their involvement because they, too, are members of SAG-AFTRA. However, the pair are not technically violating any strike protocols by appearing on Dancing With the Stars because, as Sorvino explained, all reality, unscripted, and competition programs operate under a separate contract.

The WGA has been on strike since May 2 after failing to reach an agreement with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP). They are seeking higher wages as well as clearer contract provisions, overall protection for writers, and more.

Representatives for ABC did not immediately respond to EW's request for comment.

Matthew Scott Montgomery, who appeared in "So Random!" and other series, says he was subjected to shock therapy as part of his supposed treatment.

The Disney Channel put Matthew Scott Montgomery on the road to stardom more than a decade ago, but privately, the actor was grappling to come to terms with his true self.

Appearing on Tuesday’s episode of “Vulnerable With Christy Carlson Romano,” Montgomery recalled his decision to seek out so-called gay conversion therapy during his early years in Hollywood.

“In the environment that I grew up in, you’re taught that you deserve to be punished all the time,” said the North Carolina native, who appeared on “So Random!” and “Sonny With a Chance,” among other Disney Channel series.

“At the time, the career stuff was going so well that I was still in this broken prison brain of thinking: ‘I’m on red carpets. I’m on TV every week. This is too good. I should be punished on my days off.’”

He added: “Disney had nothing to do with it. It was not their idea. They didn’t know; no one knew. My cast mates did not know at the time.”

Montgomery said he visited a center in Los Angeles that was known for working with men in entertainment, though he didn’t identify anyone by name.

“Their selling point was, you look at any billboard in LA and see any male actor — they’ve been through these walls before,” he said. There, he was subjected to both electroshock therapy and hypnosis as part of his supposed treatment.

“They would kind of do a hypnosis-y kind of thing where you would imagine scenarios,” he explained. “You imagine the world is post-apocalypse and it’s a decimated Earth, and the only person left on Earth is a straight man. ... You go and you walk up and hug a straight man. And when you hugged the straight man in my mind, they would zap my hands, like the electric shock.”

Conversion therapy, sometimes referred to as “reparative therapy,” is an unfounded and harmful practice that attempts to change an LGBTQ person’s sexuality or gender identity. It has been explicitly discredited by the American Psychological Association and other top medical groups.

At present, 22 U.S. states have banned conversion therapy ― which has been known to treat LGBTQ identity as though it were an addiction ― on minors. Last year, President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services to “explore guidance to clarify that federally-funded programs cannot offer so-called ‘conversion therapy.’”

However, as Montgomery’s remarks demonstrate, the practice continues to be promoted by some, especially within conservative religious communities. The actor described his parents as “very, very conservative,” and said they “were really upset” when he came out as gay at 18.

“My mom collapsed sobbing when she found out,” he said, adding that his father told him, “Being gay is a choice.”

Ultimately, Montgomery came to the realization that he could live as his authentic self after appearing in a production of Del Shores’ “Yellow,” in which he played a queer teenager who is taken in by a loving family after being rejected by his birth mother, a conservative Christian.

“That was the therapy I actually needed because I got the experience of what it was like to have a family not only love me, but celebrate me and really accept me,” he said.

These days, Montgomery’s career is once again on the upswing. Last year, it was announced that “Howdy, Neighbor!” — an LGBTQ-inclusive horror film featuring a script he’d written — had been picked up for production. He also recently reunited with Demi Lovato, a fellow Disney Channel veteran, on the Peacock documentary series “Unidentified.”

In his “Vulnerable” interview, he described Lovato as “my soulmate” and “the person who loves me the deepest,” and he credited the pop star with helping him “curate a life that was filled with love and art and expression.”

The recently reunited pop band appeared on an episode of 'Hot Ones' that was released on Thursday

*NSYNC almost went to a galaxy far, far away.

In an episode of Hot Ones that was released on Thursday, the recently reunited band opened up about how they were supposed to have a cameo in the 2002 Star Wars film Attack of the Clones but were cut from the final version.

Host Sean Evans asked the group featuring Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Justin Timberlake and Lance Bass to confirm if it was true that they played Jedi Knights in one scene in the movie starring Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor.

“Ask these guys,” Bass, 44, said sarcastically on Hot Ones, while gesturing to Kirkpatrick, 51, Chasez, 47, and Fatone, 46.

“We were the three!” Kirkpatrick confirmed, referring to himself, Chasez and Fatone. “It never made it to the screen.”

Timberlake, 42, revealed how jealous he and Bass were that they didn’t get to participate in the opportunity. “I think I remember us getting a call like, ‘You’re never going to believe what happened,'” the pop singer said. “Me and Lance were so butthurt.”

“But they got cut out anyway, so it doesn’t even matter,” Bass interjected, later mentioning that one of the reasons the scene was edited out was because of backlash from Star Wars fans.

Members of the “Bye Bye Bye” band explained that they briefly had to undergo fight training for the film. Fatone added, “The dumbest thing, though, is when we were doing the scenes, you literally are going ‘voom voom’ like an idiot.”

While Kirkpatrick said he’d wish they could watch the footage now, Fatone shared that he has been trying to get access to it. The singer/actor said, “I’ve asked Rick McCallum, the producer, ‘Where’s the footage?’ because I know he has it. So let’s get that footage please. I wanna see it!’"

Fatone and his brother Steven, who was also supposed to appear in the film, have opened up about the scene getting cut before. In a 2015 interview with Huffington Post, they explained that the hitmakers were asked to be in the film by McCallum’s daughter who was a fan.

"The whole thing felt surreal for us," the *NSYNC member said.

While Steven shared that they wore Jedi robes and Padawan braids, and shot two scenes, including a climatic battle sequence, he added that it ultimately got cut “for two reasons.” He explained that while the cameo was still a rumor, the strong, negative reaction from Star Wars fans contributed to the decision, as well as SAG-AFTRA policies involving extras.

Joey Fatone also spoke about the scene's removal at Fandemic Tour Atlanta, per a video of his panel at Fandemic Dead 2022. He said, "They cut it out because we were [SAG-AFTRA members]. Usually, they have to pay the SAG rights to it. We only signed a confidential thing — which we didn't say anything — but they had to cut us out of it."

Although it was cut, the possible scene still inspired a Saturday Night Live sketch at the time.

The “It’s Gonna Be Me” group recently reunited at the MTV VMAs after teasing a potential reunion.

Since their appearance at the award show, where they presented Taylor Swift with the award for best pop video, their first new song together as a band since 2002 has been confirmed.

The release of the Trolls Band Together trailer revealed the fivesome worked on the song “Better Place” for the soundtrack.

The new track will officially be released on Sept. 29.

The actor's family confirmed his death in a statement to PEOPLE on Monday, July 31 after Cloud died at their home in Oakland, California

Angus Cloud's cause of death has been revealed close to two months after the Euphoria star died at 25.

Cloud, who starred as Fezco on the hit HBO series, died of acute intoxication following an accidental overdose, the Alameda County Coroner tells PEOPLE.

The actor had cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, and benzodiazepines (depressant drugs often used to treat conditions such as anxiety disorders, insomnia, and seizures) in his system at the time of his death.

News of Cloud's death first broke on Monday, July 31. In a statement to PEOPLE at the time, the actor's family confirmed he died at their home in Oakland, California.

"It is with the heaviest heart that we had to say goodbye to an incredible human today,” their statement read. “As an artist, a friend, a brother and a son, Angus was special to all of us in so many ways."

The family noted that Cloud’s father died the week prior and the actor “intensely struggled with this loss.”

“The only comfort we have is knowing Angus is now reunited with his dad, who was his best friend,” the family continued. “Angus was open about his battle with mental health and we hope that his passing can be a reminder to others that they are not alone and should not fight this on their own in silence. We hope the world remembers him for his humor, laughter and love for everyone."

Four days later, his mother, Lisa Cloud, spoke out on Facebook and stated that her son's death wasn't "intentional."

"Although my son was in deep grief about his father's untimely death from mesothelioma, his last day was a joyful one. He was reorganizing his room and placing items around the house with intent to stay a while in the home he loved," she wrote in the post. "He spoke of his intent to help provide for his sisters at college, and also help his mom emotionally and financially. He did not intend to end his life."

"When we hugged goodnight we said how much we loved each other and he said he would see me in the morning," she continued. "I don't know if or what he may have put in his body after that. I only know that he put his head on the desk where he was working on art project's, fell asleep and didn't wake up."

Lisa also emphasized that while her son may have "overdosed accidentally and tragically," it is "abundantly clear that he did not intend to check out of this world."

She has since kept his legacy alive by sharing memories of him on social media.

In early August, Lisa posted a throwback video of her son before he was spotted on the streets of New York City and found fame. "It really captures my son's extraordinary spirit," she wrote of the video that ultimately led to his big break on Euphoria.

A few days later, Lisa expressed her gratitude to their "Oakland tribe" for the "beautiful and bountiful art on the streets and walls of 'the Town,'" and shared a touching message about her son's legacy.

"Angus’s flame burned bright and powerful. His message of love and kindness reached far beyond his hometown circle of friends. Thousands of people he never met feel love for him because his heart, spirit, humor and kindness was like a lighthouse personified. The people he touched outside of his circle are also mourning the loss of our beloved friend, son, brother, nephew," she wrote. "Please know that Angus didn’t plan to leave us. He would never have wanted to cause the pain and loss we experience. Please know that Angus would want everyone of us to thrive, love and create."

"Honor your grief but remember that Angus lives on in our hearts. Love is the force that binds us together. The value of life isn’t measured by how many days you live, it is measured by how you live those days," she continued. "The 25 years Conor Angus Cloud Hickey spent in this life is immensely valuable. His beautiful body is no longer with us, but his spirit is free and unencumbered now."

Cloud portrayed Fezco, a drug dealer, on HBO’s Euphoria for two seasons. In addition to Euphoria, Cloud appeared in movies including The Line and North Hollywood as well as music videos for Becky G, Karol G and Juice WRLD.

If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.

Asha Daniels is suing the Grammy winner and her team one month after similar litigation was filed by former dancers. A rep for Lizzo denies the two have even met

A fashion designer who toured with Lizzo earlier this year has filed suit against the singer and members of her team, alleging that while Lizzo preached body positivity and inclusion, her employees were forced to work in a “racist and sexualized” environment.

Asha Daniels filed suit in Los Angeles on Thursday against the star, her production company, her wardrobe manager Amanda Nomura and her tour manager Carlina Gugliotta, alleging, among other things, that they made racist and fat-phobic remarks and denied her medical care, leading to anxiety and PTSD.

“I felt like I was living in a madhouse. It was totally shocking,” Daniels, 35, told NBC News. “I was listening to this Black woman on this huge stage have this message of self-love and caring for others and being empathetic and being strong and standing up for others. And I was witnessing myself, the dancers and the background vocalists and my local team in every city be harassed and bullied regularly.”

Daniels claims in the suit, which was obtained by PEOPLE, that she designed custom pieces for the dancers on Lizzo’s tour in September 2022, and was asked to join the tour a few months later to help keep the costumes in good shape.

The designer alleges she was “looking forward” to working with the Grammy-winning singer, 35, as she admired her values — but instead faced a rash of alleged harassment from Lizzo’s team.

The allegations are similar to that of a previous suit filed in August by three of Lizzo’s former dancers who claim the tour was rife with sexual, racial and religious harassment. The “Truth Hurts” singer has refuted all claims against her, saying on social media that she is “not the villain that people and the media have portrayed me to be these last few days.”

“Lizzo is the boss so the buck stops with her,” Daniels’ lawyer, Ron Zambrano, said in a statement. “She has created a sexualized and racially charged environment on her tours that her management staff sees as condoning such behavior, and so it continues unchecked. Lizzo certainly knows what’s going on but chooses not to put an end to this disgusting and illegal conduct and participates herself.”

Lizzo's rep Stefan Friedman tells PEOPLE in a statement: “As Lizzo receives a Humanitarian Award tonight from the Black Music Action Coalition for the incredible charitable work she has done to lift up all people, an ambulance-chasing lawyer tries to sully this honor by recruiting someone to file a bogus, absurd publicity-stunt lawsuit who, wait for it, never actually met or even spoke with Lizzo. We will pay this as much attention as it deserves. None.”

In Daniels’ suit, she alleges she joined the tour in February, and often had to work lengthy shifts seven days a week, during which she was allegedly denied breaks. The suit also claims that Daniels was instructed to never interact directly with Lizzo so as not to make her “jealous,” and was told she should not “dress attractively” in front of the “About Damn Time” singer.

The filing claims Daniels witnessed a “culture of racism and bullying,” and that she’d watch as Lizzo’s stage crew, comprised mainly of white men, would “lewdly gawk, sneer and giggle” as the Black dancers hurried through outfit changes with little to no privacy.

Daniels claims she took her concerns to Nomura, her supervisor, but was told to leave it alone. She also alleges that Nomura often made “racist and fat-phobic comments,” and that Nomura would mock not only Lizzo’s dancers, but Lizzo herself, by doing impressions and by calling Black women on the tour “dumb,” “useless” and “fat.”

The suit also claims that Daniels was twice denied medical care while at work; in the first instance, she and Nomura were moving a heavy rack of clothing when Nomura allegedly rolled the rack over Daniels’ foot. After Daniels complained of being in pain, Nomura — who is also being sued for assault — allegedly shoved her into the rack and scolded her for making “excuses.” Daniels claims she rolled her ankle in the incident, and was later forced by Nomura to wear “painful” tennis shoes instead of the orthopedic shoes she’d come to work in.

Later, Daniels also claims that on the day she was fired, she suffered an allergic reaction, but was denied medical care by Nomura and the management team.

Elsewhere in the filing, Daniels claims a manager sent a graphic photo to a group chat with dozens of people, and that the crew “openly” discussed “hiring sex workers for lewd acts, attending sex shows, and buying hard drugs” during a tour stop in Amsterdam.

Daniels says she voiced her concerns to Gugliotta, who was sympathetic, but who also allegedly told her after she was fired that Nomura “wanted [her] gone” for speaking up.

The suit says Daniels “suffered constant anxiety and panic attacks during the tour from the racist and sexual environments,” and “continues to suffer ongoing anxiety and PTSD after the tour,” as well as “migraines and migraine-induced eye twitch and ocular distortions, brain fog and fatigue.”

The new filing comes one month after the suit filed by three of Lizzo’s dancers, who are each named in Daniels’ suit. Daniels’ filing claims she watched as Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez were “forced to change in and out of their clothing in small, tight, changing areas… with little to no privacy whatsoever.”

Lizzo’s attorney Marty Singer has said his client plans to sue for “malicious prosecution.”

Joe Jonas has fired back at Sophie Turner, saying Sophie is the one who has crossed the line, violating an order by a Florida judge by trying to take their kids permanently to England.

Joe's rep just issued a lengthy statement, in response to Sophie's claim Joe has "abducted" their kids by refusing to hand over their passports so they can return to England per their agreement.

Joe's response ... "After multiple conversations with Sophie, Joe initiated divorce proceedings in Florida, as Florida is the appropriate jurisdiction for the case. Sophie was aware that Joe was going to file for divorce. The Florida Court has already entered an order that restricts both parents from relocating the children. Sophie was served with this order on September 6, 2023, more than two weeks ago."

So, Joe is saying Sophie's position would squarely violate the Florida order keeping the kids where they are.

He also makes it clear ... although he believes the kids' home is in the United States, he's open to sharing custody with her, even if she moves permanently to England. "Joe is seeking shared parenting with the kids so that they are raised by both their mother and father, and is of course also okay with the kids being raised both in the U.S. and the UK. The children were born in the U.S. and have spent the vast majority of their lives in the U.S. They are American citizens."

Joe's rep says their team is surprised by Sophie's latest move ... "Joe and Sophie had a cordial meeting this past Sunday in New York, when Sophie came to New York to be with the kids. They have been with her since that meeting. Joe's impression of the meeting was that they had reached an understanding that they would work together towards an amicable co-parenting setup."

And then, the turn ... "Less than 24 hours later, Sophie advised that she wanted to take the children permanently to the UK. Thereafter, she demanded via this filing that Joe hand over the children’s passports so that she could take them out of the country immediately. If he complies, Joe will be in violation of the Florida Court order."

Joe also takes issue with the allegation he is effectively abducting the kids ... "This is an unfortunate legal disagreement about a marriage that is sadly ending. When language like "abduction" is used, it is misleading at best, and a serious abuse of the legal system at worst. The children were not abducted. After being in Joe's care for the past three months at the agreement of both parties, the children are currently with their mother. Sophie is making this claim only to move the divorce proceedings to the UK and to remove the children from the U.S. permanently."

The legal reality ... now that they are no longer a family living together, their deal is not binding on the divorce judge. The North Star for divorce judges is what is in the best interests of the children.