Hey, good morning. Welcome to the TMZ podcast. How’s everybody doing? Kay is here with us. ; Hey, happy Tuesday. ; This is your first time in the morning with us? ; No, I’ve done. ; Are you sure? No, you’ve done the afternoon, but the morning ; I’ve done more mornings than afternoons. Really? ; I’ve only probably done one afternoon.
; Well, then I was not there those days. You were doing the morning. ; Yes, you have. We’ve done a morning together. ; No, there’s no way. I Well, someone fact check that, please. Well, welcome Kay. So great to have you here. Always love having you. Kay is one of the funnest, nicest people in the office. ; Oh, wow.
; Whenever you walk by, she’s she’s a beam of light. So, ; wow. ; Great to have her on here. ; Thank you. I appreciate I wish I could say the same. I’m just kidding. ; You know what? ; I’m just kidding. ; Just because she said that, she didn’t hear me, but earlier I made a joke. You said, “One day I’ll get married.
” And I said, “I doubt it.” ; No, no. We’ll both get married and have, you know, good lives. So, speaking of marriage, ; okay, let’s talk about it. ; Let’s talk about it. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are tying the knot very soon, ; which means ; you got to think of some things. You got to think of the the prenuptual agreement whether or not you’re going to go for it and where most importantly where you’re going to draft it out of.
; Yes. Um they have a few options. Rhode Island, Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, New York. um in California as you know um Travis just bought a house in Missouri or in Kansas but he plays in Missouri but I thought that the Kansas City Chiefs now have moved onto the side of uh KC that’s in in Kansas instead of Missouri but anyway that’s more sports ; I can’t tell you cuz I don’t want ; they’re thinking about moving a stadium like the stadium I thought they already thought I thought that they already did it or I might be wrong
; not to Tony is an expert on this stuff so ; I’m sure he has properties in both Kansas and Missouri so you know, makes sense that they’re deciding those. You know, Taylor Swift has some roots down in Tennessee. And um, of course, you know, they probably all spend time out here in California.
Rhode Island in New York. Um, I guess ; she has a house in Rhode Island. ; Okay. Rhode Island is her ; and it is, by the way, it’s $125 million. And she paid ; Where in Rhode Island can you get a house for ; I believe it’s near the ocean. It’s near the ocean. It’s like on a hill. I wouldn’t pay more than 1 million for a house in Rhode Island.
Rhode Island’s, you know, the smallest state that we have. ; Yeah. ; In our country. ; Well, bottom line, to be honest with you, I and everybody else is mostly shocked that a prenup is even in discussion. ; You know what? I’m shocked too. You have two millionaires. I guess her net worth is two billion. So, ; is this 90 million? ; Yes.
Maybe she’s a little bit more richer. But, um, I’m I’m I’m very surprised as well. What are your thoughts on it? So, I think in and I was thinking about this this morning when I was recording the TMZ Minute, which was our radio minute of stories, ; okay? ; And I was thinking I bet you, you know, all of us, and I don’t want to say commoners, but all of us commoners, we’re like, oh, like prenups, like there’s no way that like it’s something that comes up in a relationship where someone loves each other that truly loves each other. Prenups, no way. But
in this world, I believe that celebrities, ; they they know what relationship I get in, no matter what marriage I jump into, ; a prenup is going to be something that has to happen regardless. I don’t even think that that it really matters to them that ; No. And you know what? Some people do look like marriage is a business deal.
Um, you know, people at that level in height, you know, I get it. You know, they want to make sure their assets are protected because anything can happen. And that’s where, you know, broke people. No, I’m just playing. But that’s where other people are like, “Oh, prenups are so like you’re you’re preparing for a breakup.
You’re preparing for something to go wrong. You’re having something in place when you shouldn’t go into the marriage thinking like that.” I understand that point of view. But if you’re really forward thinking and you’re kind of thinking like, you know what, life happens, people change, 30 years down the line, we might both not see each other like that.
Let me just make sure I have what I came in with protected and you have what you came in with protected as well. ; Going into a marriage without a prenup at this level is like going into a marriage um is like basically having no savings your entire life. So ; people have savings accounts, right? ; Okay, ; we all say they all say put money away, put money away, put money away for that rainy day and you say, “Well, my car is doing great. My house is great.
I don’t need to make any repairs.” That doesn’t mean you don’t stack money away just in case for when it does happen. Doesn’t mean you’re Doesn’t mean you’re planning on it happening, but it does happen. These things happen. Celebrities know more than anybody when this happens. Most notably, do you know who I’m going to say? ; Who? ; Kim Kardashian.
; No. ; Who? ; Jennifer Lopez. Uh ; oh. ; Ben Affleck, who did not have a prenup. ; But and then he gave her that house and she done sold it. And she’s so smart. I love ; Wait, wait, wait. Did the house actually sell? ; Oh, she’s selling it. She’s selling it, but it’s going it’s going to sell. But he he gave her that half.
Didn’t ask for nothing back. Nothing returned. Nothing no nothing but a handshake, I guess you can call it. And she’s so smart. She’s like, “Great. Thanks. Give me my extra money on the side.” And that’s what I call smart. ; But to be honest with you, I I like they they are a great example, ; Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez for a couple who honestly made it out pretty good without a prenup.
M ; when you look at for example Kevin Cosner last two years Kevin Cosner and I I forgot his wife’s his ex-wife’s name but it was a mess because there was a prenup in place but she still challenged the prenup not being enough money for ; rightfully so as she should have sometimes sometimes it’s just like I get it you what you came in with you should leave with but ; if there’s like during the marriage if you make a contrillion dollars and I was your wife through it all and I’m up at night with you and I’m cooking you
dinner and cleaning your clothes and XYZ XYZ. I don’t know their situation, but I’m basically supporting you in other ways. Maybe not contributing exactly to your businesses, but I’m supporting you in other ways. I should get a little chunk of the change. ; Yeah. ; If not more. ; I mean, not not not half.
Can we be honest here? ; Why not half? No, they let me give you an example here. So, I heard this from someone who who has a lot of money, okay? So, you spend your whole life, ; okay, ; building a business. You make millions of dollars. You finally, you build that business. You make sacrifices. You get to the top, ; okay? ; And she was what? She was hot.
She gets half. She was hot. Now she gets half of what you built. ; No. No. And you know what I what you built. And you know what I say to that? ; What? ; You know what? Actually, it’s not safe for work. ; It is a flawed system. Flawed system. ; A man being a man and not thinking what his mind and thinking with other parts of his body.
And you were the dummy who married a hot chick cuz she was hot. And now she and you didn’t think she was smart enough to to fool you because she going to use her looks to her advantage. Let’s be honest. And so you were the dummy and now you getting fooled. Now you mad. And now you don’t want to give up no money. No.
That’s why I’m like, judge, let him learn his lesson. ; Yeah, I I I get it. But at the end of the day, ; men got to start thinking with prenups are very ; There’s some gorgeous women out here just robbing dudes. And it’s because they’re using their looks to their advantage. And that’s why you see these NBA players, these NFL players, they get these hot chicks and they get babies and they get married and whatever.
And then they get robbed in the end and they’re like, “Oh, cry me a river.” ; Because they weren’t smart in the beginning. blinded by the looks ; and and I’m not saying that you what you guys are doing is wrong. HEY, ; NOT YOU GUYS. ; Play the system. ; Now, hold on now. ; Talking about women, ; okay? ; I’m saying I’m not saying that’s wrong.
Play the system. You know, play the game. Whoever loses loses here. ; And you know what? I should be doing that. ; But I’m being honest. You know, well, there are a couple celebrities I’ve had come in that I’ve tried to set Kay up with and she and she didn’t really, you know, you were like, “Next.” ; They weren’t cute enough to me.
I got to be I got to be attracted back. ; I was giving I was giving you a you know freebie like these guys have money. ; You’re right. Next time let’s let’s do it. Let’s take it seriously. ; But back to Taylor and Travis. So apparently Rhode Island is considered Yeah. the strongest overall fit for Taylor’s wealth level.
; New York’s being the weakest. ; Um Tennessee favorable for wealthy entertainers. I believe that the riskiest Yeah, New York. New York is the riskiest place for a prenup to be drafted because there’s closely um they they closely scrutinize prenups that judges do and sometimes invalidate them. So pick the state ; New York got real people in there and they understand like now ; I I love this for them like like what two smart people here and and props to Taylor too.
; It’s a business she’s very businessoriented. Yeah, because at any point ; she’s a smart girl, ; by the way. Marriage, it’s from marriage on is the money you make from the marriage on. Yes. ; That’s the prenup. That’s the ; There’s sometimes little areas where you can, you know what I mean? ; You can go backwards a little bit.
you can get in and and and get, you know, and maybe like if there was a business set up in the marriage and that business is projected to do well for the next ; 20 years after the marriage is being, you know, divorce is happening, maybe you could still get that little, you know, you can get some equity or whatever. I don’t know.
; Yeah. All right. Well, moving on. Uh, I’d love to talk prenups with you for the rest of the day. I would, ; you know, and when you do get your first prenup, come to me. ; I’mma call you. ; Yeah. ; I’m call you going to shoot the wedding, so you’re going to be there. ; Yeah. I might film the wedding.
Shoot and film. ; Okay. Film the wedding. ; Choice of words. ; Choice of words. Man, ; I meant he’s going to film the wedding. He We were just talking before we put cameras up that he films. ; Well, actually, if you are so as good as you say, there won’t be a prenup, ; right? The love will blind him. ; No, my my mind is going to be smart and set myself up.
; Yeah. All right. Well, moving on to Brad Pitt. He is under fire. Uh, as we know his his his daughter, can we say daughter? So, so, so just so you know, Angelina Jolie adopted Zahara. ; Uh, Zahara or Zahara? ; I would say Zahara. ; Zahara. I’m sorry. That’s what I said this morning. Actually, to Rhode Island.
Uh, Zahara ; was adopted when she was 7 months old by Jolie before the marriage. ; Am I correct about that? I want to make sure I’m correct about So, Angela Angelina Jolie adopted uh Zahara when she was 7 months. And then later on when she married uh Brad Pitt, he um legally adopted her and another child that was adopted by Angelina Jolie.
; Um and of course, you know, they went on and had their own. But um ; yes, so he has uh been a little playing deadbeat these days. Um, and I get it, arangement, relationships happen, but he did not show up. And so much so that he went on to not even contact the family to show up to Zahara’s um, college graduation.
She just graduated from Spellman College. Congratulations to her. She ; That’s Atlanta, right? ; Atlanta. She is um, she just crossed AKA. Um, the shorty I’m in as well. ; Oh, wow. ; Um, yes. So, she just crossed AKA not too long ago and we saw Angelina Jolie at that ceremony as well as Jazelle Bryant from Real House of PTOAC with her daughter crossing in the same line.
Um, but Brad Pitt was MIA and he did not show up and our sources tell us that he didn’t even give a call, text um or email or mail uh away to get any tickets to this graduation ceremony, which sucks. ; Before or after? ; Before or after. And and supposedly, you know, she she recently dropped the pit name from her name.
Now she just goes by Zahara Mar Marley Jolie. ; Not just her, the other two siblings. ; Yes. The other two as well, ; which is uh Shiloh dropped Pit. ; Um Viven also. ; Yes. Vivian. Yeah. So there’s some there’s some something going on. Um they call it, you know, he’s estranged from them. Um, but you know, it makes it makes me it hurts my heart because I’ve gone through the same thing where when your parents can’t get along and they don’t see eye to eye, so one chooses not to show up and the only person that suffers as a child.
; Really sad. Really sad. I mean, like, think about it. Like I I’m looking back at my graduation. ; Can you imagine like my dad not showing up? ; Yeah. ; You know, and and like this this really like they they had arrangement before, but this really puts the nail in the coffin here.
And there is a source who who gave a quote about this saying Zahara’s mom and siblings who have been involved over the four-year special years were present in cheering her and her Spellelman sisters on. Nothing prevented him from showing up for her or even or ever visiting her. The day was all about her accomplishments, not whether he was willing to attend.
And uh also um they say that he believed outreach would be quote unwelcome due to ongoing hostility tied to Angelina Jolie. ; You know what I have two thoughts on this one. I think it yes is sad because no one suffers but the child. So having two now that I’m adult having two grown adults who can’t get it together is quite sad because you’re only hindering the success and love of the child.
But two, now that I am an adult and Zahara is very much an adult. She’s graduating from college, not high school. Um, she’s an adult. So, yes, I kind of get Brad on one side. He’s just like, you know what, if they’re not talking to me, you know, and they don’t want to accept, you know, me reaching out or I, you know, he didn’t reach out in this instance, but who says he hasn’t reached out, you know, recently in the past about anything else.
But if they’re kind of like, we don’t mess with you, then I get it. It’s like, I wouldn’t be welcome there. I would go and maybe they wouldn’t even speak to me and that would be a whole moment because it’s not like they’re just regular people. people would see that and you know it would become a story. It would. So I get a lot of publicity. Yeah. So I get that half.
Um and hopefully he just does things on the side. Maybe ; hopefully we don’t know yet, but hopefully he reached out and sent her a graduation gift. Hopefully some money. Um but you know, I didn’t get to walk for um college graduation. I graduated in May 2020, but I could only imagine the money I was going to get.
Um but you know, it’s two sides of it. the parents need to be grown and reconciled some type of way for the betterment of the children. Um but on the other half, the children are grown now. And um if he wanted to come, it has nothing to do with Angelina Jolie. He didn’t even have to speak to her.
He could have reached out to Zahara himself and made it made sure that he was present some way somehow for her. ; Well, this makes me just think that something really really went wrong over the years. There’s a lot we definitely don’t know about. Yeah, ; I know that the most notable uh situation that was spoken about in this whole estrangement was the do you remember this the plane trip where he allegedly was abusive on the plane? ; I have no idea about these two ; and he was and and nothing no charges were brought or anything. No, I don’t.
that that’s been the long that’s been the long time story about what went wrong and that looking back and hearing that story that nothing was proven and nothing was unproven. Does that make sense? ; Okay. ; And now seeing the kids who were on the flight that time now dropping his name and we don’t know what else happened.
And if that happened on a plane where there were public people like pilots on there, then potentially there were other times all the way up to 2016. And that’s a tough situation, you know, and he does have to be the better person, but maybe he thought that right now it’s just not the time to do that.
And again, like you said, you made a really good point that if he shows up, it becomes a huge spotlight on him. Yes. ; Being at this event. ; And like I said, we’re not too in the know, so we can only go off what we know. uh what sources are telling us, who knows what happens be behind closed doors.
Um so until then, until like the truth comes to light, you can only, you know, give so much of the benefit of the doubt. ; Sweet. All right. Well, we were going to have one more story, but we’re out of time. We had a lot to talk about today. We do have comments, though. So, uh on the swift Kelsey prenup, Miss Chiefs fan Oh, okay.
This is going to be ; bias. Their quote prenup is nobody’s business. Leave them alone. ; You leave them alone. No, ; I get it. I get it. I know. But like we’re TMZ and you’re watching TMZ. So what what do you expect? Uh Justin Harris, everything Taylor Swift does looks like it must be a business deal just because she is so successful.
I’d say 25% but not half. ; Yeah, she’s a very smart girl. Very smart girl. ; Even 25% of $2 million. ; She knows what she can do and she’s like, “Okay, this little football player is going to Anything can happen. He’s a liability. I’m not going to lie.” ; St. Elmo’s fire. They aren’t doing a prenup. She is way richer than him.
No, no, no, no. That’s the whole point. She is richer than ; you delete preach K. ; Oh, whatever. Brad Pitt on that story. Danny said for the Swift Kelsey pre um Oh, wait. I’m sorry. This is this about Oh. Oh, this is a double comment here. Okay. Danny says, “For the Swift Kelsey prenup, preach.” K. ; All right.
Now, Danny ; and then, “Bro, Brad, grow up.” ; Brad, grow up. ; I agree. Like it doesn’t matter what’s happened, you need to like be the better person. So ; yeah, come on, Brad. Bro, attend your daughter’s graduation, man. ; Yeah, that is what that was. ; Or at least send her a couple thousand. Yes, ; that’s all. Or a car.
That’s all I’m saying. ; All right, thanks everybody. Thank you, K. ; All right, y’all. Have a good day, Branson. ; Yeah, we’ll see you back here in the afternoon, everybody. Thank you so much. See you.
High-Stakes Romance and Broken Bonds: Inside Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Billion-Dollar Prenup Choices and Brad Pitt’s Total Absence from Daughter Zahara’s Graduation
The high-pressure world of elite celebrity culture has been thrust back into the public eye, revealing the stark contrast between the creation of new legal unions and the painful dissolution of historic family bonds. In a revealing discussion on the inner workings of Hollywood’s elite, media commentators have pulled back the curtain on two massive developing stories dominating current affairs. On one side, pop music titan Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce are reportedly taking aggressive steps to lock down their massive financial assets ahead of their highly anticipated wedding. On the other side, a deeply painful family fracture has played out in real time as Hollywood icon Brad Pitt was completely absent from his daughter Zahara Marley Jolie’s historic college graduation ceremony.
As Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce prepare to officially tie the knot, the discussion surrounding their upcoming nuptials has shifted dramatically from romantic wedding planning to high-stakes contract architecture. For ordinary people, the concept of a prenuptial agreement can often carry a negative stigma, signaling a lack of faith or preparing for an inevitable relationship failure. However, in the multi-billion-dollar atmosphere inhabited by Swift and Kelce, a prenup is not an emotional statement; it is an absolute business necessity. With Taylor Swift’s personal net worth surging past the two-billion-dollar milestone, and Travis Kelce holding a multi-million-dollar empire of his own through NFL contracts and massive corporate endorsements, their upcoming union is being viewed through a deeply pragmatic legal lens.
Legal experts and insiders reveal that the couple is meticulously assessing which state jurisdiction will host the drafting and execution of their prenuptial agreement, as state laws heavily dictate how post-marital wealth is protected or divided. Among the top contenders are Rhode Island, Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, New York, and California—all locations where the couple holds significant roots or multi-million-dollar real estate portfolios. Interestingly, legal analysts note that Rhode Island stands out as arguably the strongest and most protective overall legal fit for Taylor’s unprecedented wealth level. Swift notoriously owns a massive, iconic $125 million oceanfront mansion perched on a hill in Rhode Island, a property that represents just a fraction of her expansive real estate empire.
Conversely, New York is being flagged by legal teams as the absolute riskiest and weakest jurisdiction for high-net-worth individuals to draft a prenup. New York matrimonial judges are notorious for subjecting prenuptial agreements to extreme, microscopic scrutiny, frequently invalidating clauses or throwing out agreements entirely if they deem the terms to be structurally unfair to one party over time. Tennessee remains a highly favorable backup option due to its entertainer-friendly asset laws, while Missouri and Kansas remain vital focal points due to Kelce’s real estate investments and his career with the Chiefs. Because marital property laws generally govern the distribution of wealth and business equity generated during the marriage, Swift’s legal team is taking no chances. The multi-billion-dollar prenup is designed to establish an absolute firewall around her compounding empire, proving that even the world’s biggest romance can be managed with the precision of a corporate merger.
While Swift and Kelce build a legal fortress for their future, a tragic window into the long-term fallout of celebrity divorce has opened regarding the family of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The profound emotional cost of their highly publicized, decade-long separation fell squarely on their children recently at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Zahara Marley Jolie, who was adopted by Angelina Jolie at just seven months old before being legally adopted by Brad Pitt during their subsequent marriage, celebrated her historic college graduation. Zahara reached a major milestone by successfully crossing into the Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) sorority, an achievement celebrated with immense pride by her mother, Angelina Jolie, who was spotted in the crowd cheering enthusiastically alongside other prominent celebrity families.
However, the joyous occasion was marred by a glaring and painful void: Brad Pitt was completely missing in action. According to internal sources, the Oscar-winning actor did not attend the ceremony, nor did he make any attempt to contact Zahara or the family via phone call, text message, email, or traditional mail to congratulate her or request tickets. This total silence before, during, and after the graduation has sent a clear message to the public regarding the absolute finality of the estrangement.
The depth of the fracture within the Jolie-Pitt household has grown increasingly undeniable. In a striking move of public solidarity and personal independence, Zahara, along with her siblings Shiloh and Vivienne, have officially and legally dropped the “Pitt” surname from their identities. Zahara now proudly goes by Zahara Marley Jolie, a symbolic and legal shedding of her father’s name that points to a deeply rooted pain behind closed doors. Sources close to Brad Pitt have attempted to defend his total absence by claiming the actor believed any personal outreach or physical attendance would be completely unwelcome due to the toxic, ongoing hostility tied directly to Angelina Jolie. Insiders claimed Pitt feared his presence would hijack the media narrative, turning a day meant to celebrate his daughter’s academic triumphs into a circus centered on his fractured past.
Yet, critics and family supporters refuse to accept that excuse, arguing that a truly committed father could have bypassed Jolie entirely, reaching out to his adult daughter directly to show his support. The roots of this intense family alienation trace back to a infamous and traumatic 2016 private plane flight, during which Pitt was accused of being physically and verbally abusive toward Jolie and the children. While no criminal charges were ultimately brought against the actor following federal investigations, the long-term psychological impact on the children who were present on that flight is becoming starkly apparent as they reach adulthood.
Ultimately, these parallel stories expose the dual realities of life in the blinding spotlight of global fame. For Taylor Swift, immense wealth requires cold, calculated contractual boundaries to ensure her empire remains untouched by the unpredictable nature of human relationships. For the Jolie-Pitt family, no amount of fame, wealth, or historical Hollywood success can mend the collateral damage of a broken home when pride and past traumas prevent adults from showing up for the moments that matter most. As the public watches both a multi-billion-dollar legal union take shape and a historic family legacy crumble, the true complexity of celebrity life stands fully revealed.
