Some news items you might have missed:
• OUT: Karamo Brown, the ‘culture’ expert on Queer Eye, pulled out of PR appearances on The Today Show and CBS Mornings today due to fears of “bullying” saying in a message he’s been “mentally and emotionally abused for years.” The question is – bullied by whom – his co-stars?
• Queerty: International pop star Ricky Martin was hanging out with Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams in Milan and the internet was having it.
• The Advocate: A Trump appointed judge compared drag to blackface in a ruling allowing West Texas A&M University to ban drag shows on campus, arguing that drag “denigrates women in the same way that blackface denigrates African Americans.”
• Billboard: Bruno Mars scores his 10th #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with his latest single, “I Just Might.” The retro disco-flavored track is Mars’s first to debut at the top spot. Remember when radio was this listenable?
• Axios: Support among House Democrats for impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is skyrocketing, nearly doubling in the last week to 100 co-sponsors.
• NY Times: U.S. stock markets had their biggest drop in months as tensions over Trump’s threats to acquire Greenland mount.
• X: Trump now says he “doesn’t care” about the Nobel Peace Prize but insists the government of Norway “controls” the award (it doesn’t). He also mentions María Corina Machado, who gave him her Nobel Peace Prize, but clearly doesn’t remember her name.
REPORTER: Can you speak to your letter you wrote to the prime minster saying the Nobel Prize influenced your thinking on Greenland?
TRUMP: I don’t care about the Nobel Prize. First of all, a very fine woman felt that I deserved it and really wanted me to have the Nobel Prize,… pic.twitter.com/W9S2sJt466
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 20, 2026
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