TMZ Live - 11/10/26

I'm starting to speak. Welcome to TMZ Live. We now know the identity of the very famous celebrity who threatened to kill himself if a story came out about allegations that he sexually molested a number of women, including women as young as 15. His name is David Walliams and that story that he did not want to come out that he Threatened Suicide Over is now out in the UK. Two things. It's in the Guardian newspaper and the ITV documentary. They interviewed 30 people, and they have interviews with a couple of them. This one is from a woman, but then a girl, who kind of explains a little bit of how Walliams got close to her. Alex had gone to a Little Britain signing in London when she met Walliams. Her mum was with her and took this photograph. The first thing he said to me was, oh, you're a very attractive lady. But him just staring into my eyes the entire time, it felt like he didn't blink and it was just really intense. And so this was a long play that over a two-year period, according to her, basically he groomed her and then had sex with her. Right. And there are other victims that they speak to, alleged victims that they speak to in this documentary, not all underage, but all describing the same sort of... Long play, grooming, that they felt they underwent when they interacted with David. What you need to understand is how big of a celebrity he was in England. He was on Britain's Got Talent, which is their version of America's Got Talent. Simon Cowell is on the show. In fact, Simon Cowell's company created it. He wrote children's books for HarperCollins and was incredibly successful with these children's books. What he was most well-known for was Little Britain. I mean, 15 years ago, Little Britain was on everyone's television, and that's what really launched him to stardom. In that clip we just saw, that young girl is actually at a signing, and he's wearing a costume of one of the characters he plays on Little Britain. And he leveraged this star power to get close to these young girls, build a relationship, and eventually get close enough to where he could be intimate with them. And it's just a terrible story all around. Unfortunately, that clip we just saw is only the tip of the iceberg in that documentary. Now, the weird thing is that that. When you listen to the players here, ITV says, look, we had no idea when we ran Britain's Got Talent because the producers are in charge. The producers, Fremantle, they say, we had no idea. That's a great idea. Psycho, which is Simon Cowell's company, which created the show, said we had no idea. HarperCollins said no idea. But the weird thing is... They have been telling jokes about this very thing for 20 years. Openly, like award shows. Yes! They've made references to it. It's been an open secret. It's obviously been an open secret. Also, during Williams' time. This is an example. Let's just play an example of this. Four 15-year-olds. He's drunk. It's unpredictable. And it's probably going home with David Williams. He's laughing at the joke, and everyone in the room is laughing at the joke. And that's a joke about the award show being 15 years old. And that's why he's saying this show could likely go home with David Walliams. So, again, everyone knew during his time on Britain's Got Talent as well, he was kicked off the show for making lewd comments about a contestant that was caught on audio. So that seemed to be the straw that broke the camel's back. People here knew. It's just who was willing to do something about it. So what's interesting is there have not been any criminal... Charges brought against him at this point. Not an investigation as far as we know. Not even an investigation. And yes, this was in court in the UK, but that was just about whether or not they could put out this documentary, whether they could report and reveal his name. But there has not been, to this point, any criminal trial that he has faced. Now, this could trigger one, just the way a documentary in England triggered the Russell Brand case. Right. Here's another woman who has a similar story. We went into a side door of the house and he was leaning up against the counter. He just went silent. So he asked me to come over and gave me a hug. That's when he kissed me again. I hate this bit. He lifted my top up and then tried to put my hand down his trousers. And that's when I pulled away and said no. So, there are a lot of women who were making similar claims, saying that there was a pattern here. This feels so remarkably close to the Russell Brand story. Yeah, it really does, and it's interesting that the UK, he did stand trial, and you're right, it was sparked by investigations that were done. Um, where they spoke to the alleged victims. He's 55 years old, so I'm just thinking about, I don't know what the statute of limitations are in the UK, but... Well, Russell Brand's, the allegations there, they went back a long time, so it's very similar. It's very, very... By the way, this guy hung out with the Queen a lot. I mean, he was really, really... Hung out with the Queen a lot? Oh, there were multiple pictures of him with the Queen. He went to a lot of events that the Queen... Yeah, I mean... They weren't like friends. They didn't play poker. Right. No. Right, but that's how big he was in the UK, that he would always be at these events where Queen Elizabeth was, and now King Charles. He came out with a statement that, again, rings of Russell Brand, essentially saying that he has changed his life, he's gotten married, he has a child, and... Yes, I made stupid decisions and... Choices, but I was not not a predator not one and it's very similar to Russell Brand Well, one of our viewers is asking the question if people have been so open and willing to joke about this unlike Russell Brand Why wasn't something done sooner? Well, a lot of people are asking that question because if they're making jokes about it at comedy shows and then everybody's saying, we had no idea, there's something that's not aligning because why are they making those jokes? And the parallel you can usually draw is that there could have been people around him. I mean, this guy, David Walliams, is a polarizing figure in the UK. Somebody that big has people around him that could possibly be. Encouraging this kind of behavior and I think that's a that's the sentiment that we see in cases like this where a big person uses their stardom For their own benefit and ultimately harms younger people for it And I think we'll see that come to light in this case as well. Hi guys. I'm Daniel. I'm from the UK and To just lean into the viewer's question there, there's a real reason why lots of people didn't speak up, and that's money. Money made him hide what he was doing in plain sight. We've seen this repeat over and over again, and it shouldn't be allowed. The alleged victims deserve a voice and deserve a chance to be heard. And the fact that he's come out with a statement now, professing his innocence, well, why have you spent so much money and so much time trying to keep it Of UK publications, we were not allowed to speak on this, we were not allowed to talk about this because of the injunctions or potential injunctions that were going to come along. And he has sued multiple people, this is public record. For speaking out about him. So money is the answer. What has kept this under wraps and kept him away from public view? And what has brought this to light now is that people are feeling the courage and especially the alleged victims are feeling the courage and the will of the people to actually say, you know, star power does not mean you can do whatever you like. This is a playbook. We have seen in the UK, you've seen this in the States as well, with over and over and over again with celebrities really harnessing their star power to hide. their terrible, abhorrent behavior or alleged behavior. Well, Halle Berry's ex-husband wants money and he wants it from her and says that she owes him this money now because he is taking. More care of their son, Maceo. This is all after that fight that went down between Halle and Maceo back at the end of September. You remember that Olivier went and got a temporary restraining order. And because of that, he has more time now with their son. So it used to be 50-50 custody. After he got the TRO... The judge said essentially Halle will only have 18% she had the kid during weekends and could have no overnight. So he's saying, look, you know, if I'm taking care of the kid this long every month, I need more money. I have to feed him. I have to clothe him. I have to do all of this stuff. I guess I need 32% more money. He's not saying, he didn't put that number on it, but he's got the kid 32% more of the time. Yeah, the current arrangement is Halle pays him $8,000 a month plus a percentage of earnings she makes over $2 million a year. He's not putting a number down there, but he says he only makes $700 a month on acting residuals. So he basically is like, yeah, I have Maceo around more and I can't afford to sustain the lifestyle that he's used to. I'm not one, Chad, you know this about me, I'm not one to say I told you so. But we did stand here last week when Olivier filed the documents that showed how much he was making and how much his house costs. And he was in the hole. And I was like, I said, he's going to have to make up that money somewhere. The weird thing is that he's doing it now because next month there is a hearing on whether, on exactly what the custody arrangement should be. They're going to have a hearing and they're going to make a decision. This is temporary, this 18% she's got now. So next month, the judge is going to rule, okay, here's the permanent division. So it feels like. Why didn't you just wait a month? I'll tell you why, because he's got bills to pay this month. He says he's spending $17,000 a month. Yeah, but then he's going to have to go back in and then ask again. And then he'd have to change again. And we're talking about a month. It is possible the judge could say, no, just hold on until we've made this decision. Right. I mean, the judge could say. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the judge does say that. Right. Because we're talking literally a month. And he's not saying, Maceo's going to be out in the streets with me if. If you don't give me more than $8,000 a month. Your Honor, here's the sleeping bag that we're going to have to be in in our backyard. Right. This is Robert from L.A. It's so interesting because this seems like bizarro world in the sense that it's normally the woman who is trying to get money from the athlete, more child support from the entertainer, but now the roles have been, you know, reversed, and you have to wonder... If this was the play for Martinez the entire time, because the only way to get more child support is if he has the child more often. And how do you get the child more often? Well, you take it to court and say that there's issues with the relationship. Now you can go back. You're making it sound like he's set up the conflict between Maceo and Halle. I mean, that's what started it. That's crazy talk. Not checkers. I'm going to call him the new Kevin Federline. Oh, God. Jeez. Coming up. This is absolutely like a movie, so explain how this works. Does the Chinese government pick a beautiful woman and say... Go work at this company? Go work at this company and then nuzzle up to one of the most powerful guys in AI? Be right back. I'm starting to speak now. So the big question is, did NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang give away State secrets. Giveaway technology secrets to China when he had this affair, which he's admitted to, with a woman who... Some officials believe is actually a spy for the Chinese. She is a tech executive who nuzzled up and then sealed the deal and had an affair with him for a long time. Her company was doing in, you know, had business dealings with NVIDIA. So and there's talk that she might have a cover sabotaging things by actually getting some of these chips over to China. Right. What is at stake here and if NVIDIA is screwed, really the American economy is screwed. And so this is an affair that goes beyond just whatever is going on in Jensen's world. This now affects the entire country potentially. So joining us now to talk about what... We possibly lost here. What's at stake? Someone who understands China better than most. Nicholas Eftimiadis is a former CIA and State Department intelligence official, and he has written a book. It's called Chinese Intelligence Operations. Nicholas, welcome to TMZ Live. Thank you very much for having me. I appreciate it. Okay, so this is absolutely like a movie. So explain how this works. Does the Chinese government pick a beautiful woman and say... Go work at this company? Go work at this company and then nuzzle up to one of the most powerful guys in AI. How does this work? No, I think there's a little more in the way of opportunity here. So what happens is anyone who wants to move up in China, anyone who's a millionaire, anyone who's who's expanding, growing, developing businesses in China has to be either a member or closely associated with the Chinese Communist Party, the CCP. So. Typically, people are willing to do things to please government leadership. They're willing to do things to help China because it's in their interest to do it, often their economic interest to do it. Uh, despite, and this, including the fact that China has a law, right? Saying, you know, if asked, you must assist the intelligence services. Uh, so people are compelled to do it, whether or not they want to, but the government, the party makes it in their interest to do that. To do what? No, but to do what? To, to, okay, I'm picking you and here's your job. To- Right. In this case, it would have been, Hey, you know, I have access to Jensen Huang. Um, I've met him. I have access to him. I could continue access to him. And that starts a ball rolling within discussions within the Chinese government. Okay. What can we do? What are the things that we want to know from Jensen? So it could have been, we don't know if they approached her or she approached them. Likely they approached her when they saw their access and when they saw her access and said, listen, we want to talk to you about. What you might be able to do while you're close to Jensen. We've seen that you've had him for dinner many times. You know, can you tell us what that relationship is about? And from there, they start developing a plan. And from there, she receives tasking from the Ministry of State Security, specifically what they want to know. And from there, she, you know, she's probably coached on the relationship and how to nurture it and bring it forward. And this is what it appears the FBI picked up on in her communications back and forth with Beijing. So this is the part I don't get, Nicholas, because Jensen Wong, by clearly the success of his company, a very smart man. I would imagine that his company has security officials that deal, that look over all of their business dealings. Not to mention the fact that Jensen is very close to the president, and so he would have access to that intelligence. How does it go unchecked? How does he not think, okay, this woman works for this company that we know has ties to the Chinese government? How is it allowed to go forward? Right. Well, I gotta tell you, this is the problem. If there's any failure here. It's a clear failure by NVIDIA to understand what was happening and to compensate for it, right? They already knew that her company, Megaspeed, was, you know, they had it under investigation. The U.S. government did, the Department of Commerce. They knew that there were problem areas with her, and they knew she had a relationship with Chinese state-owned enterprises. So all that much is known. So why NVIDIA didn't understand and pick up on this and say, hey, boss, there's some things you need to be very concerned about. is beyond understanding. It's a complete failure on NVIDIA's security, their internal threat detection in multiple levels. And if they did know, and I mean, it sure seems like they did, there are so many videos now of her nuzzling up to him, kissing him on the cheek, rubbing his back, being with him, getting in the same car with him. There is so much out there. How did they not connect the dots and think about how problematic pillow talk could be? Yeah, well, as I said, it's a complete failure on the counterintelligence apparatus of NVIDIA for a start. And you know what? If the boss can act that way, that sends a message to the entire workforce. Wow, yeah. So that's the critical part here that we've lost. Yeah. Companies are in, look at his attitude is, oh, we have to sell with China, we have to work with China, we have to deal with China, right? He doesn't have a care in the world considering the security aspects of it, considering the aggressiveness, the militancy of the CCP regime. You know, none of that comes into his mind. It's all sales and money and work with China. So it's, you know, you can see the problem areas there as to whether you're thinking more. On a business relationship or security of the nation and clearly he's in the former camp So I'm just gonna throw out one theory here play devil's advocate or Jensen's advocate Is it possible Nicholas just saying is it possible that? He is aware of all those things that NVIDIA actually did tell him about her connections and they knew about this And he is, and he was sharing secrets, but giving them false information that he was feeding the China, knowing this, that was going back to China. Oh my God. And he was actually giving her false information. We in the intelligence community call this the wilderness of mirrors. Look, someone in the U.S. government leaked that information, what was happening, and that basically shut down, you know, the MSS operation when that information became public. However, it was an entire year the U.S. government knew about it. So you can then ask the question, were they feeding Jensen false information, watching it go back to the Ministry of State Security? You know, you don't know. And was Trump so unconcerned because he said, you know what? I'll tell Jensen we're going to do one, two, three, making the Chinese government react. So, I mean, this is how intelligence is played. And we feed false information back all the time. So Jensen can say to his wife, I was actually being a hero. Right, right. By having the affair and feeding her bad information. Exactly. It wasn't actually an affair. I was just trying to, I was doing my government, my national security. And I had to have the affair to accomplish it. You're welcome. Can you do that? Good luck with that one. Yeah, yeah. You're an expert on espionage and state-level problems, not necessarily marital. We really appreciate you coming on. Thank you, Nicholas. Thanks, Nicholas. Thank you very much for having me. Coming up, India Love, internet personality, a streamer, very popular online, she's got 5 million followers, while getting her hair done, made this declaration about her gay best friend. I want him to stop being giggle so bad. Be right back. TMZ's got every freaking thing. Big celebs, big stories, big events. Donald Rawlings took TMZ DC on a city tour. You know what the irony of this is? A black man takes a white person to the White House. No, it wasn't. It's TMZ. Okay, disclaimer before we play what India Love is saying about her best friend. This is crazy. This is... Just crazy, but she is saying it very seriously. India Love, internet personality, a streamer, very popular online. She's got 5 million followers. And while getting her hair done, made this declaration about her gay best friend. We had to stop talking for a few months. And then God brought us back together to church. I want him to stop being gizzled so bad. Because I feel like you can't, there is so, there is so many people I see on TikTok that used to be a former blah, blah, blah, and now they're married with kids. I feel like that's supposed to happen. I'm not going to go to heaven. And like, you know, according to the Bible, this is what it's going to be. And like, I don't mean to be like touchy on the subject, but like, I want my friends, my people to understand what it is. I don't judge. I'm not judging. Overly not judging. But I definitely know the truth and I want you to follow the truth too. Decode this for me, please. I want you to stop being gizzle. I desperately want him to stop being gizzle, I guess is another way of saying gay. What is she saying? She's saying she basically, through church, as she knows the truth. God, the Bible, and she wants her best friend to stop being gay. So this is conversion therapy. It's a conversion therapy of sorts. And while I did say the disclaimer, like, I think this is crazy, the reality is, as I heard her saying it, I have heard this online a lot where people think this. I don't know. I don't know if she's actually, if her best friend didn't know yet. He knows now. We spoke to her a little while ago. She feels her comments were taken out of context. She does still stand by the fact that this is about religion and she maybe misspoke a little bit, but that her and this gay friend of hers are still friends. What it's gotten her in is hot water, though, because she's receiving a lot of death threats. But, I mean, she says she stands by the comments, but also claims they've been taken out of context. I don't get the out of context. I think she's just saying that to save face because at the end of the day, when she's in the clip, she's standing like 10 toes down on it. She's explaining in depth. Why she doesn't want her best friend to be gay anymore, that she wants him to live right as she says, that they weren't friends for a long time, that they reconciled. This is the, I want him to be saved. I want him to be saved. I don't want you to go to hell. And now that she's getting backlash, now it's... The weird thing about this is I'm, like, trying to process, like, what's going through my body right now? What am I thinking? I don't care. It's like, no, no, I mean, no, I'm actually really serious. No, I get your point. I get your point. It's like, I can't, I can't like get all upset that somebody is lying out. There are a lot of people who feel this way. I wouldn't be offended. Do you know what I mean? I'm like, well, you guys are both gay. So if your best friends came to you guys and said, we don't want you to be gay anymore. And like they went on a public podcast and said it with your name. You might be, would you, would you not feel a type of way? Okay, so they say that with your name. It's like, it's stupid, and she can say it. Would you still be friends with her? But if she's relying on religion, then that's... Look, there are people who have religious beliefs that I think are crazy. Right. And I'm not going to say I'm not going to be friends with somebody just because of your religious beliefs, even if I think they're nuts. Because if it's coming from, oh my God, I'm a God-fearing person, I think... Honestly, that's one of the most dangerous things, but the people who do that don't necessarily do it out of hatred, they do it out of fear. They do it out of fear, because, okay, oh my God, God will lead me down the F. Their beliefs, their beliefs, yes, their strong beliefs, yeah. A lot of religion is based in fear. Religion is based in fear. Live a certain way. Religion is based. Oh, you're going to go to the devil. Fear. Hades, yikes. Hi, my name is Mark Greimers. I'm located in Los Angeles. Yeah, honestly, what she said to her gay best friend was truly despicable because What if she's wrong? And what if he is in heaven? That's an eternity of awkwardness right there. That's that's something that I would never be able to deal with. But this is also why salons are not a safe space. You should never open up. Good point. Coming up. I think Pete Hegseth has earned impeachment. And I think that's more important for our troops than the politics of this. This is not coming from the Democratic side. It's coming from a Republican member of Congress Be right back. The effort to impeach Pete Hegseth is powering forward today, Representative Thomas Massie is introducing this and the first thing will be a vote tonight just to decide whether actually Congress goes forward with this now or they table it down the road, which seems to be As we've been saying, What you would think the Democrats want to do. Well, we'll talk about that in a minute. But He Xap today was absolutely defiant in the first press conference he's had in six months. They impeached President Trump over a perfect phone call. They impeached him again in his final week in office. Both times they failed. Now they're trying a third time. This time against a member of his cabinet. They will fail again. And if standing with President Trump puts me in that company, I'll take that company every day of the week. So he's strapping himself right to the president, which is not shocking. That's what you'd expect him to do. So let's get into whether this is actually a good idea or not. Yes. Joining us now to discuss this, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, a Navy veteran himself, Congressman Chris DeLuzio. Welcome back to TMZ Live. Hey, guys. Thanks for having me on. Appreciate it. So I want to throw something out at you because this has not made sense to me. If you do it now, um, you are, and you know, maybe you have the votes to impeach him fine, but in order to throw him out, uh, you gotta, you gotta get two thirds vote in the Senate and you don't have those votes. You got 45 members. You're never going to get 22 more. If you wait Wait till January 3rd. You will have as many as 56 members of the Senate and you only need 11 Republicans. So why are you doing it now when you know you're going to fail in the Senate when you have a fighting chance to do it January 3rd? Harvey, the short answer is this is happening because a Republican, Thomas Massie, is pushing this impeachment vote. You guys may remember he tried this in September and the speaker canceled votes because he was afraid Republicans would vote to impeach Pete Hegseth. So this is happening because a Republican member of Congress is pushing it. I think Pete Hegseth has earned impeachment. And I think that's more important for our troops than the politics of this. Because again, the grand strategy, whatever it may be, this is not coming from the Democratic side. It's coming from a Republican member of Congress, who I think feels pretty deeply about our Constitution and the fact that Pete Hegseth has violated it. So then is it just a matter of it's going to be put in front of you and you're going to vote the way you feel about it, even though, as Harvey pointed out, It's not going to make it through the Senate. But they're putting the piece of paper in front of you. You just feel like you have to vote the way you feel about this regardless of what the outcome is. So one, yes, but also I'm not so convinced you won't have some Republicans in the Senate vote like I think some Republicans might in the House this week. And again, if this happens in January, Harvey, which I think you're getting at, or you're hinting at. The numbers are much worse for Pete Hegseth. We'll have 54, 55, maybe 56 Democratic senators, maybe 260 in the House. The numbers are worse for Pete Hegseth if this drags into the new year. And the easy way out of this, man, Donald Trump should just fire this guy and spare the country the spectacle of this. But here's the problem with that. If you really want to get rid of Pete Hegseth and you don't want another Pete Hegseth 2.0, Then what you have to look at is until January 3rd, there are 53 Republicans in the Senate. And if Donald, if he does resign or if something does happen where remarkably the votes are there in the Senate, if it happens before January 3rd, Trump could get another person in when the Republicans still have a majority. If you wait until after January 3rd... The Democrats control the Senate, and they're not going to confirm a Pete Hegseth 2.0. So I kind of disagree with you that this isn't a political calculus. I think it is. Well, look, if Donald Trump wanted to get somebody in, he thought he'd get them through the Senate, he could fire Pete Hegseth and try to jam someone through the Senate. Right now, there's nothing that Congress could do to stop that. And yet, I'm not so convinced. He can get somebody like that through the Senate, even with Republican control right now. You got guys like Tom Tillis, Rand Paul, and I'm guessing some others at this point, maybe John Cornyn, who have said that Pete Hegseth has failed in this job. A couple of them have called for his removal even a couple of months ago. I don't think it's gotten better for Pete Hegseth after what the American people just said pretty clearly on Election Day last week. They want this war to end. They want our troops to come home. So, Congressman, you're right about what the citizens of America said last week in the election. I'm curious, on the Hill, if you've spoken to people across the aisle, is there a feeling now that it's okay to not be in lockstep with the president on everything? Whereas before, Republicans would absolutely do whatever the president wanted. Do they feel now after the election that maybe you can get, as you're saying, you think there's a chance that you could get enough Republicans to back this? My honest answer is we'll see. I mean, I hear some of those rumblings, but they'll have a chance with their votes and their actions to show if that's real or not. I'm not going to be a political advisor for Republican politicians, but man, looking at what just happened on Tuesday, you may want to create some distance if you want to have a political future in this country with a president who just saw the biggest shellacking at the midterm since, what, Watergate? And I was born in the mid-80s, so I wasn't even alive at that point. I was. So if I were those guys. He was. I was. Actually, what am I laughing about? So was I. Anyway. Sorry, guys. Okay, look. And I'm sorry for being so contentious, but I've been obsessed with it. It's just his way. I've been so obsessed with it. So the interesting thing to me is, and I've heard you being interviewed in the last couple of days, you know, talking about some of the actions he took, you know, bombing these fishing boats and whatnot. Yeah. Donald Trump. He runs the executive branch, and he runs the attorney general's department, he runs all of it, and it feels like in some way, by going after Hegseth, You're letting Trump off the hook and saying it's really Hegseth's fault and not the president's necessarily. Look, I think it's both. And I think both of them bear responsibility. Thank Donald Trump, of course, being commander in chief, does not relieve Pete Hegseth of his responsibility to follow the Constitution. And so I don't think it's either or. And again, Pete Hegseth is part of ignoring the Congress saying end these hostilities. We passed. A war powers resolution, you. basically a vote about the House and the Senate that says end the war in Iran, and he ignored it, as did the president. And so holding Pete Hegseth accountable does not foreclose holding Donald Trump accountable. But I think it does send a message to the rest of the cabinet. We're not going to turn a blind eye to you ignoring the law. And frankly, for a defense secretary, putting our troops in harm's way, recklessly ignoring the Congress, leaving military families abandoned as they did in Bahrain. I mean, there have to be consequences for failing in that job. Okay, well, look, we're out of time, but I've got to ask you one other thing. So there is an incoming member of Congress now who is a singer. I think he's a rapper. There is a current member of the House who is a drummer. And I'm wondering if, A, there is going to be a House of Reps band that you guys are going to assemble, and, B, if you have any contribution to that. I got nothing to offer. And these guys sound better than like the old school barbershop quartet stuff they used to have back in the day. So we'll see. I think Maxwell Frost is a drummer. He's a drummer. He's a really good drummer. Yeah, my man can play. Okay. Well, Charlie and Jacob will buy tickets. Great. Thanks for having me on, guys. We recommend tambourine if you want to join the band. Tambourine's real easy. You can do that. Cowbell. Give me the cowbell. That's all I got. Perfect. Thanks, Congressman. Appreciate it. Thanks, guys. Coming up. Russell Brand is sitting in a prison right now and he very well might be daydreaming about the scene that we're about to show you. Right before his trial started, he was here in the U.S. and threw what amounted to a going away party. Be right back. Russell Brand is sitting in a prison right now and he very well might be daydreaming about the scene that we're about to show you. You know, of course, he was convicted this week. One count of rape, three counts of sexual assault. Actually, it was last week, yes. He was sentenced this week. What we didn't know is that right before his trial started, he was here in the U.S. and through what amounted to a going-away party. Now, we've spoken to some people who were at this party in Florida. He didn't bill it as a going-away party, but the things he was saying to people during this event made it very clear that he was aware. In fact, I believe the quote was, I might be going away for a very long time. So this was right before he left to go back to the UK when the trial started. He was with, you know, some people, some friends, family, church members, and also a women's charity in the area that he had been supporting. And those are the people you see on the beach with him. So I guess... It is a good plan, especially if you think you're going to be going away for a long time. But that's what's so interesting, is that if he's fighting for his freedom, which he did, that feels like he's surrendering before it starts. Yeah, or you don't know what, and he, apparently he told people, you know, he was leaving it up to God, he's a very religious person at this point, but he clearly thought there was a chance. Yeah, but it almost seemed like he was just accepting his fate at this point and was just like, okay, well, I mean, might as well throw a going away party. I don't know. These pictures also seemed a little cult-like to me, just the way they were taken. Well, it's what he's wearing. It's what he's wearing, yeah. And the cross and the white shirt. And the cross and the white shirt and everything. And his long hair. Right. How did this come out now? I mean, why didn't it come out earlier? Well, when they had the party, nobody made it. We got these photos. We put this up on the site today, and we spoke to some of the people who were there. Now. The people who were there did not know Russell Brand 20 years ago. These are mostly... But they knew he was going to stand trial. Yes, they knew what he was standing trial for. As for how they felt about those charges, they most of them told us they didn't know him back then. Did they have a cake? They couldn't speak on it. I don't know if there was a cake. Well, I just... My name is Sierra. I'm from Vancouver. I think what we see with Russell Brown, we've seen with a lot of famous celebrities who are found guilty of things. They kind of know that it's a possibility that they're going to go to prison or that they're going to be found guilty of things, but they're hoping that their celebrity will almost allow them to avoid the consequences of what they've done. And we see a lot of them also turn to religion and church because I think that they think it'll look better for them and they'll get more support that way. Maybe true. Maybe he thought that. Maybe true. But clearly he was preparing. I mean, I just keep going back to my days covering O.J. Simpson. He thought he was going to be found not guilty. I thought that's nuts. And he did. And he was. Coming up. In your victory speech, one of the things you said was, I think we got a free Diddy. Do you still stand by that? I said I want to make New York exciting again. But you said Diddy. I said I want to make New York exciting again. Be right back. On the TMZ Celebrity Tour, we've seen huge stars like Kevin Hart, Ben Affleck, The Rock, and Jamie Foxx. So head to TMZTour.com and book your tickets for the TMZ Celebrity Tour. One of the new members of Congress has an agenda that I would not have expected from a member of Congress at all, except in the case of Representative-elect Anthony Constantino, who, if you'd seen anything of his campaign, Says some really outrageous things. He also raps from time to time. I'm not going to speak to the quality of that rapping, but he does. But we caught up with him in D.C. today. A lot of the freshman Congress members are there getting their bearings, going to orientations and such, taking photos. And we talked to him about a very famous New York resident, and that would be Diddy. What Representative Constantino wants to do. I don't know if anybody else in Congress is saying that. In your victory speech, one of the things you said was, I think we got a free Diddy. You still stand by that? I said I don't want to make New York exciting again. But you said, did he? I said, I want to make New York exciting again. And he made New York exciting. And he's scheduled to be released in two years. And a lot of people got interesting opinions on that. So I said, we should consider looking at it. We should take a look at it. We got to make New York exciting. What would having him come back do to New York? People came there to work with him. People came there to make it exciting. New York City in particular is going down the tubes. Upstate's going down the tubes. All the buildings are empty. I filled up eight buildings with... Machinery with jobs. I like creating jobs. He was a job creator. His district is upstate New York, not New York City. But I think he's talking about the whole state. He's talking about the entire state. And by the way, Diddy's not moving to Ithaca. If he comes back to New York, he's going to New York City. And it's like, it's kind of nuts to say this right now. Diddy and Ithaca, considering what Ithaca's been in the news for. Oh, there you go. But anyway, I didn't even think of that. Yes. Oh, my God, I didn't even think of that. So, yes, Representative Constantino says, Look, does he actually believe this? I think he does. He seems to believe it. I think he does. But also to say, I mean, to say making it more exciting again, weird. But then to say he'll bring jobs. So it's like Diddy is going to... Pull a Martha Stewart. And by the way, Jacob did challenge him and say, did you watch the trial? Did you hear any of the things that were alleged? And he admitted he didn't follow the trial necessarily. He's going to be an interesting person for Jacob and Charlie to follow. Yeah. Coming up. It's got to be pretty exciting to be a young actor who is being considered to be the next James Bond. Jack Loudon. Action star. Yeah, but this video probably isn't going to help his chances of... Oh, be right back. It's got to be pretty exciting to be a young actor who is being considered to be the next James Bond. Jack Loudon. Action star. Yeah, Jack Loudon is one of the leading contenders. But this video probably isn't going to help his chances. He was working on the set of Slow Horses, riding a bicycle, and clearly... Struggling. Well, maybe this is a metaphor for slow horses. Are we sure this wasn't part of the, that wasn't scripted for him all that way? No, that's what he says to the James Bond producers. No, you guys read that all wrong. It was all scripted. They wanted me to do a Joe Biden. So I said, okay. Okay. Um, And then he says to them, well, you guys have stunt people for that anyway, right? I mean, I wouldn't have to do all that. Ah, yeah. Callum Turner, definitely feeling good about that. Robert Pattinson, they're feeling good about that. Absolutely. We will see you tomorrow.