Cancellations, overdoses, communism: What the bimini Bon Bloody Boulash is going on?

This is WHAT THE F*CK!, your weekly pop culture round-up of nail-biting news, need-to-know trends and never-to-be-ignored topics. Think of it as your own personally curated list, prepped and preened with things that deserve your undivided attention or disapproving glances. Allow us to do the hard work for you (we’re your own little tattle-tale) and let us show you what to check-out and check-off this week.

 

OH, NO JOJO!
Guest overdoses at Jojo Siwa’s Pride Party

Yes, this news seems too bizarre to be true but on Wednesday night JOJO SIWA’S Pride party put the LSD in LGBT when a 911 call was placed after a 30-year-old male partygoer supposedly overdosed. For 18-year-old Siwa, this is her first Pride month openly out in the public eye after she posted a pic back in January wearing a t-shirt that read “Best Gay Cousin Ever”. Media scandals and overdoses aside, we hope Siwa has a very happy Pride month!

 

WILL THEY MEAT AGAIN?
Call Me By Your Name sequel cancelled

It’s another devastating blow for the Oliver and Elio stan community this week, after CMBYN director Luca Guadagnino revealed that plans for a sequel have been put on hold. The director claimed that he would much rather focus on other endeavours in the pipeline, including the curious Bones & All, starring TIMOTHEE CHALAMET (at least that’s something to satiate us). The forthcoming alleged cannibalistic romance flick seems like a bizarre nod to the series of horrific claims about CMBYN star ARMIE HAMMER including that he is a certi cannibal. So for now we can always revisit Oliver and Elio via Wattpad fan-fic.

 

ADDING HER TWO CENTS
Paris Hilton opens Miami’s Bitcoin conference with a DJ set

It would appear that PARIS HILTON is our new cryptocurrency queen, the socialite/DJ/infamous enemy of LINDSAY LOHAN, took to the DJ booth this week to help kick off Miami’s Bitcoin conference. Previously known in the media for being “a bit of an airhead”, following the release of her documentary This Is Paris, a total brand reinvention has taken place. Next to JUICY COUTURE tracksuits and chihuahuas on her list of loves is now crypto and NFTs. “What the hell is all this?” you ask. Please don’t ask me, find a friend that spends too much time on Reddit instead. 

 

COMRADE GRIMES
Grimes chats AI and communism on Tik Tok

Celebrities this week have truly been acting up in the most peculiar way after GRIMES took to TikTok last week to declare that “enforced farming is really not a vibe.” Okay, we’re listening... The Oblivion singer, whose baby daddy is that bloke that totally flopped SNL, proceeds to spend 50 seconds explaining her “proposition for the communists” and how AI is basically the fastest way to communism. Perhaps a point has been made, I couldn’t really tell. It’s probably just another typical day in Grimes’ fantasy world.

 

BIMINI BON BOP
Bimini drops God Save This Queen

OI! The beast is released! Now I’m not about to get into the UK Drag Race rigor morris discourse, but OUR winner BIMINI BON BLOODY BOULASH has only gone and released her debut single God Save This Queen and I can confirm it goes very hard. A ballsy tune calling out toxic masculinity and celebrating being non-binary, with immaculate “it’s chewsday init” vibes. She’s my queen of Bri’ain, so give her a bleedin’ Grammy now and a falafel wrap!

 

Phoebe Shardlow

Phoebe Shardlow (23) is the Culture Editor of Check-Out, East London-residing, Prada heels clacking, fashion journo grad from CSM. Her graduating beauty magazine, Slap!, was a vivacious story of selfies, hot boys, gamy teeth and Kylie Minogue. She’s previously written for publications including Elle and CR Fashion Book. Her plans for 2021? To become the perfect amalgamation of Larry David and Maura Higgins from Love Island. 

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