In Touch Weekly August 5, 2024

TORCHBEARERS OF THE WEEK Most Memorable Olympic Moments As the world’s athletes converge in Paris, In Touch looks back on the best and worst events of the Games MICHAEL’S GOLDEN GAMES With 28 Olympic medals (23 of them gold), G.O.A.T. swimmer Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian of all time. In Beijing in 2008, he set the record for winning the most gold medals (eight) in one Games. KERRI’S TENACITY Who could forget the image of Kerri Strug being carried to the medals ceremony by coach Béla Károlyi at the 1996 Atlanta Games? Despite hurting her ankle during her first vault, Kerri completed a second one before collapsing in pain, in order to secure the gold for the American team. DREAM TEAM DOMINATES The first Olympic basketball squad to…

GOING GREEN Stateline, Nev., July 13 He can golf, too! Taylor Swift’s tight-end beau, TRAVIS KELCE, joined his brother, JASON KELCE, ALFONSO RIBEIRO, DJ KHALED and JIMMY FALLON for the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament. FYI, former tennis player Mardy Fish won. “Counting the days until our rematch,” said Fallon. SPONSORED CONTENT: GREAT CLIPS BOOK IT July 11 RIHANNA goes “back to school” for the new Fenty x Puma Creeper Phatty campaign. GREAT DAD July 23 JOEY FATONE brings his daughter, KLOEY, to Great Clips ahead of the first day of school. TONGUE IN CHEEK July 16 TYLER CAMERON does his best dog imitation. MAN’S BEST FRIEND Universal City, Calif., July 13 GLEN POWELL, DAISY EDGAR-JONES and CHARLIZE THERON meet a new friend at Theron’s Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP)…

“London & Amsterdam, a time was had,” Brittany Mahomes reports of her and husband Patrick Mahomes’ recent double date in Europe with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. (The singer took the stage for four nights at London’s Wembley Stadium from June 20 to 23, and performed for three nights in Amsterdam.) “Taylor and Brittany have gotten super close. It wouldn’t be a surprise if Taylor and Travis were asked to be the godparents,” says an insider, referring to Brittany’s recent announcement that she is expecting her third child with Patrick.…

HGTV’s Christina 3 DIVORCES IN 6 YEARS It’s another flop for former Flip or Flop star Christina Hall. Four months after Josh Hall declared on Instagram that he and Christina were “still going strong,” the pair, who married in October 2021, have filed for divorce. In paperwork submitted in Orange County, Calif., the HGTV stars cited “irreconcilable differences” as the cause of their split. “The feeling is that Christina rushed into this marriage without thinking it through,” an insider tells In Touch. “She follows her heart, obviously, and it always seems to end in heartbreak.” This is the third divorce for the 41-year-old, who was previously married to her Flip or Flop co-star Tarek El Moussa, dad to her two older kids, from 2009 to 2018, and went through a…

The wildest rumor of the summer so far involved Gwyneth Paltrow and Derek Blasberg, a writer and fashion industry personality who’s good friends with countless members of the Hollywood elite. Derek was named as the mystery celeb who allegedly fled one of Gwyneth’s homes after wrecking the place with an outrageously messy bowel movement. But now an even juicier rumor is making the rounds, not only in Hollywood but also in Washington, D.C. “The goss is… Michelle and Barack [Obama] are living separate lives, and Barack is f—ing Jennifer Aniston,” Lindsey Weber spilled while co-hosting a recent Who? Weekly podcast. Lindsey went on to share that “reliable sources” have been spreading the claim, though she acknowledged it “obviously could be made up.” In Touch can reveal what’s really going on.…

Usually at Wimbledon all eyes are on Centre Court. But on July 14, when Carlos Alcaraz of Spain faced off against Novak Djokovic of Serbia, heads were turned toward the royal box as Princess Kate, her daughter, Princess Charlotte, and Kate’s sister, Pippa Middleton, took their seats. Then, in a moment that gave the crowd — not to mention the millions of viewers at home — goose bumps, the Princess of Wales got a standing ovation. “She just lit up with a smile and waved to everyone. She was so moved,” says an eyewitness. “It was the moment the world had been waiting for.” MIRACLE COMEBACK This was only Kate’s second public appearance since she announced in March that she is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. Kate, 42, who has not…