Trigger Warning: The article contains mention of death and suicide. 

Malaika Arora, who shares a close bond with her family, has gone through a tough phase in her personal life. Months after her break-up with Arjun Kapoor, the actress-model lost her father, Anil Mehta, in September this year. She now seems to have moved on. Malaika recently expressed that moving on after dad Anil Mehta’s demise wasn’t easy. The actress revealed that she is working on something special and noted that we need to keep going forward.

In a recent statement to the media, Malaika Arora opened up on her father Anil Mehta’s death and how she has processed the loss in recent months.

“We all need to keep moving forward…That’s what my father would have wanted for me. I’m grateful for the time I took to process the loss. It wasn’t easy, but it’s important to give ourselves space to heal,” Malaika said.

The 51-year-old actress further shared that returning to work keeps her “focused” and improves her mental health. She added that work gives her clarity about taking care of her mother and family.

Talking about her work, Malaika Arora continued that she is excited to explore her creative side in her upcoming brand collaborations. Malaika also revealed that she has “something special” to be announced soon which will be an ode to her late father.

Malaika Arora’s father Anil Mehta was found dead at his Mumbai residence on September 11, 2024. He allegedly jumped off the sixth floor of his building in Bandra. A postmortem report suggested that he died due to multiple injuries. His cremation service was held at Santacruz Hindu Crematorium in the city on September 12. 

Anil Mehta is survived by his wife Joyce Polycarp, and two daughters, Malaika Arora and Amrita Arora. Meanwhile, Malaika respectfully parted ways with her former boyfriend, actor Arjun Kapoor in May 2024.

Disclaimer: If you know someone who is having suicidal thoughts, anxiety, going through depression, or suffering from a serious mental illness, reach out to a nearby doctor, mental health expert, or an NGO for immediate help.​ There are several helplines available for the same.

Trigger Warning: The article contains mentions of death threats.

When reality shows air, stories about the show’s stars receiving any type of threat have become a common theme and TLC’s Toddler’s & Tiara was no stranger to that. The venture’s alums talked about the disturbing threats they received and the food issues they dealt with after the show aired.

On Vice’s Dark Side of Reality TV’s Tuesday episode many stars of the show appeared and talked about their experiences. A pageant mom, Kelly Lyerly who was featured on the show in 2012 and 2013 with her two daughters “Taira Twins” Alycesaundra and Giavanna Lyerly, talked about receiving death threats for a long period.

Lyerly said that people would say to her that her children were going to hate her, that she was a “terrible mother,” and that she “exploited” her children.

The series ran from 2009 to 2013 and was also revived in 2016 for one season, which again sparked the attention towards it. 

She said that she recently received the death threat again and this time an individual called her on her phone and told her that they were “gonna kill” her.

Darci McHenry shared that social media had been the real problem, even at that time when she a on the show with her daughter, Devin. Devin’s body-painted cheetah look in the series reportedly garnered virality online.

McHenry revealed about getting private messages on Devin’s fan pages. She talked about receiving things like videos and that opened them to receiving some “pretty creepy correspondences.”

She added, “The comments were getting crazier and crazier. Things like comments from grown men and ‘Oh my god, look at that sexy thing!'” McHenry shared that she blocks them.

She said that she was not going to look at a video of a person enjoying themselves to the picture of her daughter, she does not need to witness that.

John Krasinski has been named People’s 2024 Sexiest Man Alive, and in all honesty, we feel he’s a very well-deserved victor. The actor, who rose to fame as the original rizz master Jim Halpert in the US version of The Office, told the outlet that he didn’t really know what to think of the honor when he got the news.

“Just immediate blackout, actually. Zero thoughts,” he described his feelings upon learning that he would be taking on the mantle from People Magazine’s 2023 Sexiest Man Alive, Patrick Dempsey. For a minute, Krasinski admitted he even thought he was being pranked. “That’s not how I wake up, thinking, ‘Is this the day that I’ll be asked to be Sexiest Man Alive?’ And yet it was the day you guys did it. You guys have really raised the bar for me.”