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Danny Drinkwater shows off hilarious ‘new look’ on Instagram as ex-Chelsea and Leicester midfielder searches for new club
Danny Drinkwater has shown off his latest hairstyle on Instagram as his search for a new club continues.
The Englishman looks like he is going for a daring new look after posting pictures to Instagram.
On his personal page, he took two snaps that were uploaded to his story.
The first saw the ex-Leicester star sporting a barnet of straggly curls before his next picture showed off a more eyebrow-raising haircut.
In what might be best described as the Robert Doback look from Step Brothers, Drinkwater had shaved off the top of his head but left the sides.
“New look?” he captioned the picture, including several laughing emojis.
While Drinkwater might have sported his fresh trim for a moment, it might be safe to say it did not hang around for long.
Instead, it appears that the midfielder is going clean-shaven, possibly preparing himself for a comeback to football.
The 33-year-old has been without a club for over a year now after his contract at Chelsea expired last summer.
Over five years at Stamford Bridge, he made just 23 appearances and just one after his debut campaign in 2017/18.
After winning the Premier League with Leicester in 2016, he joined Chelsea for £35million a year after the club’s grand success.
But he could never replicate the form that he showed at the King Power Stadium and was instead sent out on loan to various clubs including Aston Villa, Burnley and Kasimpasa in Turkey.
Off the pitch, Drinkwater has suffered several problems including being attacked outside a nightclub, headbutting a teammate and receiving a 20-month driving ban for drink-driving.
However, he is ready to put his troubled past behind him and find a new club.
Drinkwater said last week: “It’s been a really good year. It felt nice to open up last year, I got good feedback about that.
“But since then, nothing’s come up football wise that’s really excited me. I was getting offers but nothing sat right at the time.
“If you go back two or three years, to the Chelsea scenario, I was in such a rut.
“I’m probably hungrier to play football now than I’ve been in years. This year out, it’s helped me refresh and keep sharp mentally and physically. I’ve not wanted to play football this much since I was 16.
“I’ve missed the group environment, the banter, the routine. You can do a certain amount away from football but there’s certain things you don’t get.”
Hunter Biden told Devon Archer they would get ‘last laugh’ after conviction was thrown out: ‘Motherf—ers’ | Fox News
TownHall.com editor Katie Pavlich and former Clinton adviser Mark Penn discuss the impact of Hunter Biden’s legal woes on his father going into the 2024 race on ‘The Story.
Hunter Biden told his longtime friend and business partner Devon Archer that they would get the “last laugh” after Archer said that the judge threw out his conviction, according to 2018 text messages reviewed by Fox News Digital.
Archer, who is set to appear before the House Oversight Committee Monday and is reportedly preparing to tell lawmakers about President Biden’s interactions with dozens of Hunter’s business associates while he was serving as vice president, informed Hunter Biden in a November 2018 text message that the “judge threw out my conviction today.”
“Thank f—ing god! First good news in way too long my friend. I am so happy for you. I know its [sic] been a living hell but put it behind you now and take great steps forward,” Hunter replied.
“Love you brother,” Archer said.
Joe Biden (L), Hunter Biden (C), and Devon Archer (R) (Fox News)
Hunter then appeared to refer to the Department of Justice as “motherf—ers’ and said he and Archer will “have the last laugh.”
“I swear to god we’ll have the last laugh,” Hunter said.
“I know. And I mean it. Can I please come see you now that I’m not a felon!?!” Archer said. “Don’t answer that. Just when and where?”
Hunter joked that he liked Archer “better as a felon” and that he was in Newburyport, Massachusetts for the next week, but to call him.
U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams in Manhattan ruled on that day that evidence that was presented earlier that year against Archer did not show that he “knew that the bond issue was fraudulent, or that he received any personal benefit from it,” according to Reuters.
Abrams added that she was “left with an unwavering concern that Archer is innocent of the crimes charged.”
Hunter Biden and Devon Archer exchanged messages after Archer’s conviction was thrown out in November 2018. (Marco Polo)
The 2018 text exchange and thousands of emails exchanged between Hunter Biden, Archer, and dozens of business associates over the course of a decade will be front and center as Archer goes before the House Oversight Committee to testify behind closed-doors on his business dealings with Hunter and reportedly explosive allegations about the elder Biden joining his son on business calls and meeting with his business associates.
“Devon Archer believes strongly in the rule of law and the democratic system, and is prepared to answer the Committee’s questions just as he has already answered similar questions from a federal grand jury, the Department of Justice, and several other government agencies in their investigations concerning the Biden family,” Archer’s attorney Matthew Schwartz said this past week.
Devon Archer golfing with Joe Biden and Hunter Biden in 2014 photo (Fox News)
Archer’s intimate knowledge of the business arrangements come after years of working closely with Hunter, including on the board of Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings with him, beginning in 2014.
He also co-founded investment firm Rosemont Seneca alongside the president’s son and Climate Envoy John Kerry’s stepson, Christopher Heinz. Archer served as managing director.
Archer co-founded BHR Partners in 2013— a joint-venture between Rosemont Seneca and Chinese investment firm Bohai Capital. BHR Partners is a Beijing-backed private equity firm controlled by Bank of China Limited.
Months after Hunter and Archer joined the Burisma board, Hunter expressed gratitude for Archer’s friendship in an unprompted email.
“Just wanted to let you know- at the risk of sounding melodramatic- how much I love you. You have been a great friend through thick and thin, and I wanted to make sure you know how much I appreciate it,”Hunter said to Archer. “I know I haven’t made it easy being my partner at times, but more than anyone outside my brother you have been there for me. And don’t worry I’m not planning on jumping off bridge or anything- just thought I should let you know how much your friendship means to me. Love, H”
Hunter Biden praised Devon Archer in a November 2014 email for always being there for him and said he wanted him to “know how much your friendship means to me.” (Fox News)
“Thank you my brother! I genuinely appreciate that and I’m really excited about what’s ahead for us and our families and very happy to being doing it with you,” Archer replied.
In April, Fox News Digital reported that at least four business partners, a vice president and two assistants at Rosemont Seneca Partners visited the White House more than 80 times when Biden was vice president, including Archer.
Archer visited Biden at least twice in 2009 and 2014 during his vice presidency. The December 2009 visit was a holiday reception at Biden’s vice presidential residence, and the April 2014 visit was with Biden in the West Wing.
President Joe Biden (L) and Hunter Biden (R) (Fox News)
Archer also played golf with Biden and Hunter at least once during the Obama administration in August 2014 in the Hamptons, four months after Hunter and Archer joined the board of Burisma Holdings. A few days after Biden returned from the infamous December 2015 Ukraine trip, Archer also attended Biden’s holiday party at Biden’s vice presidential residence along with Hunter, his longtime business partner Eric Schwerim, and Sebastian Momtazi, who also had a Burisma.com email address.
Fox News Digital previously reported that Biden met at least 14 of Hunter’s business associates while he was vice president.
Archer is facing legal issues of his own. Despite his conviction being thrown out in 2018, it was reinstated by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals a month before the 2020 election and he was sentenced to a year and a day prison last February.
He is expected to report to prison soon for his role in defrauding a Native American tribal entity and various investment advisory clients of tens of millions of dollars in connection with the issuance of bonds by the tribal entity and the subsequent sale of those bonds through “fraudulent and deceptive means,” according to the Department of Justice. He was convicted last February, but his sentence has been postponed by a series of appeals.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York on Saturday wrote to trial judge Ronnie Abrams requesting her to schedule a date for Archer to report to prison. However, a DOJ letter says Archer’s counsel argues it is “premature” to set a sentencing date, citing Archer mulling over further appeals.
Attorneys for Hunter Biden and Devon Archer did not respond to Fox News Digital inquiries on who is expected to have the “last laugh” after Archer testifies.
Fox News’ Brooke Singman and Jessica Chasmar contributed reporting.
Cameron Cawthorne is a politics editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Cameron.Cawthorne@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cam_cawthorne
Blake Lively sparks laughter after having to clarify who the father of her children is following confusing comment about her personal trainer | Daily Mail Online
Blake Lively sparks laughter after having to clarify who the father of her children is following confusing comment about her personal trainer
Blake Lively found herself in a comic snafu on Instagram that resulted in her having to clarify who the father of her children was.
When a fan asked the svelte star, ‘How have you had 4 kids?’ the Gossip Girl star jokingly responded by tagging her personal trainer, Don Saladino.
Quickly realizing that fans might misinterpret her joke, the blonde beauty, 35, clarified her comment.
‘Wait, no. That’s not how. He’s not the father,’ the Age Of Adaline star, who shares her four children with husband Ryan Reynolds, made sure to add.
‘He’s just the one who helps me fit into (some of) my clothes again after. He’s an even better person and friend than trainer. And that’s saying a lot,’ Blake added with a black heart.
You are not the father: Blake Lively had to set the record straight on Instagram about the father of her children, jokingly clarifying that her personal trainer wasn’t the father of her children
X,0,X,0: The Gossip Girl star humorously explained that her personal trainer helped her snap back to a pre-baby body quickly after her four pregnancies
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star found love with the real father of her children, Ryan Reynolds, after the pair co-starred on the film Green Lantern.
However, when they shot the critically panned superhero movie in 2010, they were both with other people.
Blake was dating her Gossip Girl co-star Penn Badgley at the time, while the Deadpool star was married to Scarlett Johansson.
Things weren’t exactly smooth sailing for the future husband and wife duo at the time, with the Free Guy star recounting to Entertainment Weekly how he actually bonded with Blake when they were on a double date with other people.
‘We were buddies then. I remember it was funny because, for about a year after Green Lantern had come and gone and all that stuff, we were both single,’ the Aviation Gin founder recalled.
‘We went on a double date. She was on a date with another guy, and I was on a date with another girl. That was the most awkward date [from their perspective] probably because we were just like fireworks coming across,’ the Deadpool 2 star joked.
The couple that the internet has now deemed ‘goals’ officially started dating in the fall of 2011.
They tied the knot in a secret wedding in September 2012.
Couple goals: Ryan and Blake frequently post loving roasts about each other on social media to the delight of fans; seen in February 2022
You are the father: The Red Notice star is the real father of Blake’s four children; seen in November 2022
Now known for their playful roasts aimed at each other on Instagram, Blake and Ryan have had four children together since they tied the knot in 2012.
The Proposal star revealed to GQ when he realized that Blake was his soulmate.
‘We were hanging out at this little restaurant in Tribeca that’s open really late, and this song came on and I was just like, ‘Want to dance?’ he explained.
Adding that halfway through the dance, he thought, ‘Oh, I think I just crossed a line,’ Ryan said he walked Blake home.
‘And, uh, you know, I don’t really need to go into what happened after that,’ Ryan joked.
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Blake Lively sparks laughter after having to clarify who the father of her children is following confusing comment about her personal trainer
Katie Price poses with very distracted lads in hilarious snap during nightclub appearance
Katie Price showed off the results of her recent surgery in a special nightclub appearance.
The former glamour model took the time for a meet and greet with her younger fans, however the event may have gone a bit awry.
Switch NightclubKatie Price made a special nightclub appearance with a meet and greet[/caption]
katieprice/InstagramThe star was on a mission to get the ‘biggest boobs in Britain’[/caption]
As, Katie, 44, posed for the cameras, her male fans were seemingly unable to take their eyes off her new boobs.
In several snaps from the event posted by the venue, she posed with several groups of fans.
The My Mucky Mansion star was in Castleblayney at the Switch Nightclub on Sunday for a special bank holiday event.
However, the young men appeared to be more interested in her bosom area as she flaunted her new assets during the meet and greet.
The reality star previously went under the knife for her 16th surgery in a bid to get the “biggest breasts in Britain”.
The 44-year-old’s ample assets are believed to have been enlarged to a massive 2120 CC implants.
Before flying out to Belgium for surgery, a source told The Sun: “Katie is getting massive 2120 CC implants.
“She wants to have the biggest boobs in the country, and these will certainly set her on her way to that goal.”
This comes after The Sun revealed her Mucky Mansion series on Channel 4 is facing the axe.
The broadcaster has failed to snap up a third series after the show lost 300,000 viewers – leaving the reality star‘s future up in the air.
Seven episodes have already aired showing her get to work on renovating her crumbling mansion to turn it into her dream family home.
The property has some major ups and downs. In 2020, the mansion fell into disrepair after intruders ransacked it and caused damage throughout the home.
Katie was followed by TV crews as she embarked on reviving her “ruined” home, which she bought for £1.3million in 2014
It is now thought to be worth more than £3m after a collapsed ceiling and flooded kitchen were fixed.
Switch NightclubHer young fans struggled to keep their eyes off her ample assets[/caption]
InstagramKatie has been happily showing off the results of her recent breast implant operation[/caption]
GettyShe went under the knife again for her 16th operation on the bosom area[/caption]