Comedian Pete Davidson says grandfather abused him, jokes about his slow death
Davidson also mentioned that he wanted to be there for his mother. However, he went on to joke about his grandfather's condition and shared, he was 'lowkey thrilled' about his grandfather's cancer. "I'm like, die slow motherf**er," he further added.Davidson mentioned that his grandfather is battling emphysema, a chronic lung condition that makes breathing increasingly difficult. 'I hope he f**king rots,' he said. He further shared that it is a tough situation, and he is trying to remember the good times he had with his grandfather so he can hold on to them for his mother.- Ends
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Celebrities expecting in 2025: who's preparing for parenthood
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The model wrote in the Instagram reveal's comment, "welp, now everyone knows we had sex." When they were pictured on a PDA-filled vacation four months earlier, she and the former "Saturday Night Live" star made their romance public. Live Events Joe LoCicero and Gina Rodriguez Gina Rodriguez is expecting her second child with Joe LoCicero. Posing on the red carpet for the "Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 3" bout at Madison Square Garden in New York City on July 11, Rodriguez proudly flaunted her expanding baby belly. Since 2019, the former "Jane the Virgin" star and her spouse have been wed. Charlie Ray, their first child, was born in 2023. Cole Tucker and Vanessa Hudgens Vanessa Hudgens deserves congratulations! On July 12, the actress revealed that she and her husband, Cole Tucker, are expecting their second child. She shared pictures of the couple and the caption, "Round two!!!!" on Instagram as she showed off her growing baby bulge. Juan David Borrero and Jasmine Tookes Jasmine Tookes and Juan David Borrero are expecting their second child together. On July 9, the Victoria's Secret model announced the news on Instagram while flaunting her expanding baby bulge. She tagged her spouse in the caption and wrote, "Another little soul to love🤎." The California native acknowledged that her second pregnancy came as a bit of a surprise and is expecting a boy. She admitted to Vogue that she was a major planner. Both my spouse and I had always desired to have another child. It only came down to timing and when it made sense, which was when neither of us was travelling as much. In September 2021, Tookes and Borrero got married in Quito, Ecuador. In February 2023, the couple welcomed their daughter, Mia Victoria, into the world. André Murillo and Tori Kelly Tori Kelly and her spouse, André Murillo, are expecting their first child. In a July 9 interview, the "Paper Hearts" singer said, "This year has already been full of highs — getting to perform in stadiums all summer, writing the most personal songs of my career." I'm now able to begin a family with my wonderful hubby. We are eager to experience this small gift from God and are incredibly thankful for what lies ahead. May 2018 saw the couple's wedding. Theo Campbell and Olivia Kaiser Winner of "Love Island USA" Olivia Kaiser and "Love Island" alumnus Theo Campbell are expecting their first child together. On July 6, the couple posted a picture to Instagram with the comment, "Our sweetest little secret 🤍👶🏽✨🍼🌙." Embracing the peace, the love, and the wonder of the future, we have been relishing our time away from the grid. It's time to share the adventure with you now. Our baby will be here shortly 🤍. Kaiser disclosed that her due date is December 5 in a different post that was uploaded to her Instagram Story. In June 2024, she made her relationship with the UK reality personality official. He not only embraces me but also pushes me to be who I truly am. I'm never either too much or too little. At the time, Kaiser exclaimed on her Instagram Story, "I ❤️him." Sluss Hannah Ann and Funk Jake "Bachelor" graduate Jake Funk, an NFL athlete, and Hannah Ann Sluss are expecting their first child together. "Every day you grow is a blessing 🤍 The perfection of God's plan surpasses our wildest expectations. We're excited to meet you 👼, and we know God is involved in this tale," Sluss posted on Instagram on June 22. Funk wrote, "A blessing from God," after sharing his wife's post on his Instagram Stories. I adore you and our newest family member. In June 2024, the couple got married in Tuscany, Italy. Kayte Walsh and Kelsey Grammer The number of Kelsey Grammer's children is growing. Kayte Walsh, the actor's wife, is expecting Grammer's ninth child, their fourth together. On June 17, a source told the Daily Mail, "Kelsey is overjoyed to have time to enjoy being a father again." "Despite being unexpected, his unwavering support of Kayte during her pregnancy has rekindled a spark in their marriage that they both needed." "He has hung his hat up on that character and is ready for the next phase of his life after giving 'Frasier' one last try," the source added. He is eager to return to the active parenting style he once missed. The publication was able to secure photos of Grammer and a very pregnant Walsh strolling across London, seeming happier than ever. In February 2011, the pair tied the knot. Bianca Wallace and Ioan Gruffudd About two months after being married, on June 14, Ioan Gruffudd and his wife, Bianca Wallace, announced they were expecting a child. The pair shared a joint Instagram reveal with the message, "Baby Gruffudd poppin' out to say hello! 🤍." Wallace will have his first child, but he already has daughters Ella and Elsie from his previous marriage to Alice Evans. Zawe Ashton and Tom Hiddleston Zawe Ashton and her fiancé Tom Hiddleston are expecting their second child together. On June 7, the actress shared prenatal pictures with Vogue, revealing the news. Since 2022, she and the actor have been engaged. In the same year, they welcomed their first kid. Jack Lowden and Saoirse Ronan Saoirse Ronan is expecting a child. The "Little Woman" actress is expecting their first child together with her husband, Jack Lowden. On May 31, the Daily Mail was able to secure pictures of the expectant mother strolling around London with her bulge prominently displayed. In July 2024, Ronan and Lowden exchanged vows. Kirby, Vanessa Vanessa Kirby is making progress. While attending a photocall for her upcoming film, "The Fantastic Four: First Steps," in Mexico City on May 31, the "Crown" actress casually announced she was expecting her first child. Wearing a green metallic gown with a halter design, she flaunted her expanding baby bulge on the red carpet. Kirby grinned with her co-stars Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach after posing with one hand holding her bump. After two years of dating, Kirby and Paul Rabil became engaged, as Page Six exclusively reported in December 2024. Eastwood, Francesca On May 29, Francesca, Clint Eastwood's daughter, announced on Instagram that she was expecting her second child. She posted a professional black-and-white photo of herself holding her expanding tummy with the comment, "Wearing the dress my mum wore more pregnant with me." In the post, she also mentioned her mother, Frances Fisher. Together with her ex-boyfriend Alexander Wraith, Francesca is also the mother of a 6-year-old kid named Titan. In the second picture, the little kid posed by his mother, munching on a cookie while she gazed down at him with devotion. Lauren Bushnell Lane and Chris Lane Chris Lane and Lauren Bushnell Lane are growing their family once more! On May 29, the country music artist and the Bachelor Nation alumnus revealed on Instagram that they were expecting their third child. The happy couple shared a video from their family vacation in Florida, captioning it, "Party of 5 coming this November! 🤍." After the camera zoomed from "#3" written in the sand, Lauren turned sideways in the video to show a shadow of her growing tummy. The third child will join older brothers Dutton Walker (born June 8, 2021) and Baker West (born October 16, 2022). Cameron Hamilton and Lauren Speed Lauren Speed and Cameron Hamilton, stars of "Love is Blind," are expecting their first child together. In an interview with People that was published on May 26, the couple acknowledged that they used IVF to become pregnant. We've been trying to conceive for four years, so it's been a long time coming, Speed added. Season 1 of the Netflix series is where the couple first met and got married. Ollie Sutherland with Amber Desiree "AD" Smith Cam Newton and Jasmin Brown The team of Cam Newton is growing. Jasmin Brown, the ex-NFL player's fiancée, revealed she is expecting their second child together, as well as his ninth. On Mother's Day, the comedian posted a picture of herself holding her exposed baby bump on Instagram. Kicks and elbows 🤣🥰 Cheers to our expanding clan! Feeling ALL the love. She wrote, "#happymothersday," as the caption for the May 11 photo. The former quarterback for the Carolina Panthers already has eight children. Rocky A$AP and Rihanna After revealing her bump just hours before the Met Gala 2025 red carpet, Rihanna's representative confirmed to Page Six on May 5 that she is expecting her third child. By dressing in a Marc Jacobs outfit on the red carpet and baring her stomach at the afterparty that night, the singer reverted to her popular maternity look of the previous few years. In 2022 and 2023, respectively, she and her partner A$AP Rocky welcomed kids, RZA and Riot. Vick Hope and Calvin Harris Vick Hope, the wife of Calvin Harris, is expecting their first child together. On April 29, the British television host shared pictures of her expanding baby bulge on Instagram, confirming the wonderful news. In September 2023, Hope and the Grammy-winning DJ got married on a large English manor in front of friends and family. In Ibiza, the "Feel So Close" singer got down on one knee a year earlier. Angela Lanter and Matt Lanter In a joint Instagram post on April 21, Matt Lanter and his wife, Angela, revealed they were expecting their second child. The couple, who got married in 2013, posted a montage of their love events with the remark, "The story of us." MacKenlee Faire, the couple's daughter, found out she will be a big sister at the conclusion of the three-minute film. "You're expecting a child? I am expecting a sister. After she opened an ultrasound, she asked, and Angela said, "Well, you'll have a brother or sister." Caroline Wozniacki and David Lee David Lee and Carolina Wozniacki are expecting three children. Switching to zone defence officially! "We are so happy to welcome baby #3 soon!" the Grand Slam champion posted on Instagram on April 6. The former NBA All-Star and the Danish tennis player were married in 2019 and already have a son named James and a daughter named Olivia. Khesanio Hall and Mackenzie McKee Mackenzie McKee, star of "Teen Mom: The Next Chapter," and her fiancé, Khesanio Hall, are expecting twins. In March, she made the announcement on "The Drew Barrymore Show." She declared, "I am pregnant, but no one knows it." "There are two inside." McKee and her ex-husband Josh McKee also have children together, Broncs, Jaxie, and Gannon. Paige Taylour and Angulo Rivington In an Instagram post on March 24, "Zola" actor Taylour Paige revealed that she and her spouse, Rivington Angulo, are expecting their first child together. The actress wore a long-sleeved, all-white dress with a low neckline to flaunt her baby belly. She didn't add a caption to the image. After photographer Joshua Williams posted a TikTok video of Paige at the 2025 Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards on February 27 with her bump on display, the confirmation was made public. According to People, the "Magazine Dreams" heroine married her husband, a fashion designer, in October 2022. Joshua Kushner and Karlie Kloss On March 17, Karlie Kloss revealed her growing baby belly, revealing that she and husband Joshua Kushner are expecting their third child. In reference to boys Levi and Elijah, the model said in the description of Danielle Margherite's Instagram images, "Three's a party." Kloss gushed to Vogue that she and Kushner, who have been married since 2018, are "incredibly grateful" for their impending "blessing." Kimberly Stewart Kimberly Stewart, the daughter of Rod Stewart, said that she is expecting her second child. On March 16, she posted an Instagram picture with the remark, "Baby boy coming soon 🩵." Kimberly wore a floral outfit as she posed for an outdoor pregnancy session. Kimberly, who had a daughter named Delilah in 2011 with her ex-boyfriend Benicio Del Toro, did not disclose the identity of her second child's father. Jed Wyatt and Ellen Decker Jed Wyatt, a former cast member of "Bachelorette," announced on March 13 that his wife Ellen Decker is expecting their first child. "Mom and Dad!" is the title of the following chapter! The pair posted a joint Instagram announcement with this caption. We are finally able to divulge our little secret. The couple continued, "baby Wyatt, our biggest blessing coming summer '25." They were married in July 2024. Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Lauren Burnham Lauren Burnham and Arie Luyendyk Jr. of Bachelor Nation are expecting their fourth and last child. On March 10, Burnham posted on Instagram, "our last missing piece…coming this September👶🏼🤍." This came less than three weeks after Luyendyk disclosed that he had had his vasectomy in January 2022 reversed. The couple already had a daughter named Alessi and twins named Senna and Lux, who all accompanied their parents in the beachside announcement pictures. Although he first proposed to Becca Kufrin, Luyendyk and Burnham first crossed paths during his season of "The Bachelor" in 2018. Luyendyk rekindled his connection with Burnham and proposed to her after he and Kufrin broke up in front of the cameras. In January 2019, they were married. Lele Pons and Guaynaa Lele Pons, a former Vine celebrity and Season 32 contestant on "Dancing with the Stars," and her spouse, Guaynaa, are expecting their first child together. On March 9, the pair shared a number of maternity pictures with their followers on Instagram to confirm Pons' pregnancy. We are very excited to meet you! 🤰🏼❤️🥹 We are pregnant! The united post was captioned, "We love you, Mom & Dad." Two years after she and the Puerto Rican rapper got married, the online personality's pregnancy was revealed. Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey On March 10, Olivia Culpo revealed that she is expecting her first child with husband Christian McCaffrey. She posted two black-and-white pregnant pictures to Instagram with the message, "next chapter, motherhood." When the model uploaded an Instagram photo dump featuring an image of the NFL player's palm on her belly in October 2024, it initially fuelled pregnancy rumours. Then, in February, she was spotted in Los Angeles ordering takeaway while holding her baby belly. Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald Jessa Duggar disclosed that she is expecting her sixth child with husband Ben Seewald. On March 7, the former "19 Kids and Counting" star revealed the news on Instagram, posting pictures from her most recent ultrasound. "We are halfway to embracing you 💞," Duggar, 32, wrote as the caption for the photo. Spurgeon , 9, Henry, 8, Ivy, 5, Fern, 3, and George, 14 months, are also the couple's children. Trisha Paytas and Moses Hacmon On March 6, Trisha Paytas announced that she and her husband, Moses Hacmon, are expecting their third child by posing for a photo shoot with a "Mamma Mia" theme. She said, "HERE WE GO AGAIN!" as the caption for adorable Instagram photos of her daughter Malibu and little Elvis. "Baby #3 will be born in July 2025 👶🏼." Since December 2021, the YouTuber and Hacmon have been wed. Cole Swindell and Courtney Swindell It was revealed that country music artist Cole Swindell and his spouse, Courtney, were expecting their first child together. On March 3, the pair shared pictures from a maternity session on Instagram with the caption, "Baby Swindell 🤍 2025." In June 2024, the couple exchanged vows. Wilmer Valderrama and Amanda Pacheco Wilmer Valderrama and Amanda Pacheco revealed that they are expecting their second child, two years after they welcomed their daughter Nakano. On February 27, the former cast member of "That '70s Show" and his fiancée told People that their second child is expected in the summer. The actor told the publication that he is "born to be a dad" and that parenthood has given him "a sense of purpose." He proposed to Pacheco in 2020. Sammi 'Sweetheart' Giancola and Justin May On February 23rd, Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola and her fiancé, Justin May, revealed they were expecting their first child. ✨Baby May Due August 2025✨🤰🏻 is the small secret that the "Jersey Shore: Family Vacation" star shared on Instagram. Following years of infertility struggles, this is the most amazing gift we could ever hope for! We are ecstatic to be able to tell you all about our small miracle at last! Giancola went on. "We are so excited to meet you, baby! 🫶🏼🥹💕 Our hearts have never been so full of love." Sanya Richards-Ross and Aaron Ross Aaron Ross, Sanya Richards-Ross's spouse, and she are expecting their third child together. On February 22, while celebrating her 40th birthday, the former "Real Housewives of Atlanta" actress announced the baby's arrival on Instagram. She posted a picture of her baby bulge on Instagram with the comment, "40 + 1 😳🤰🏾💙💕." Even though I knew this birthday would be unique, it was far more than I had anticipated. … I am going to become a mother of THREEEEEE AHHHHHHH! Cassie and Alex Fine On February 19, Cassie announced that she and her husband, Alex Fine, are growing their family by posing with their two girls. The expectant celebrity wrote "#3" as the caption for the Instagram post. In the adorable black-and-white photos, she and Fine stood with Frankie and Sunny, giving away that baby No. 3 is a boy with a blue heart emoji. Janet Von Schmeling and Jim Perez On February 17, Janet Von Schmeling, the estranged wife of Drake Bell, announced that she is expecting her second child. When she shared a sonogram on Instagram with the caption, "Our Rainbow Baby 🌈 September cannot come sooner ❤️," she alluded to a past miscarriage. In 2021, two years after the birth of their son Wyatt, von Schmeling filed for divorce from Bell. In October 2023, she declared her relationship with boyfriend Jim Perez public on Instagram. Sadie Robertson and Christian Huff On February 14, Sadie Robertson and her husband, Christian Huff, announced on Instagram that they were expecting their third child. The former "Duck Dynasty" star posted a picture of herself and Huff holding a set of ultrasound pictures while standing with their two daughters. She said as the announcement's caption, "We are so happy to have another little love join the Huff family 🤍." Honey, born in May 2021, and Heaven, born in May 2023, are the couple's children. They were married in November 2019. Jesse McCartney and Katie Peterson On Valentine's Day in February, Jesse McCartney and his wife Katie Peterson revealed they were expecting their first child together. The couple shared pictures of Peterson's expanding baby belly on Instagram. They captioned the photo, "Our little Valentine 🌹🧸 is coming 8/8 xo, just kidding." After dating since 2012, the couple were married in October 2021. Hillary Scott and Chris Tyrrell On February 13, Hillary Scott announced that she and her husband, Chris Tyrrell, are growing their family again. The 38-year-old Lady A singer revealed on Instagram that she is expecting the couple's fourth child by sharing a picture of her three other daughters, Eisele Kaye, 11, and twins Emory JoAnn and Betsy Mack, 7, showing off their wrists. Each of the girls wore a friendship bracelet that said "big sister." Scott captioned the photo, saying, "Chris, Eisele, Emory, Betsy, and I are thrilled to announce that this summer our family will be complete with the most precious little SISTER joining the family." "I am once again dusting off that maternity bin from the storage room. 😅." "Four daughters. 🥰 We are grateful that God has blessed us with a family of young women, and I am overjoyed that my husband is still, in my opinion, the coolest girl parent! "We have been anticipating this day and would appreciate your prayers for a safe and healthy journey to bring her here," she said. Jen and Zac Affleck The TikTok influencer revealed on February 11 that Jen Affleck and her husband Zac are expecting their third child together. The "Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" star told People, "I've always dreamed of having a big family, and seeing that dream come true is both exciting and fulfilling." "The thought of raising three children while pursuing my career can be intimidating, but I want to show mothers and women that they can accomplish anything they set their minds to, no matter how impossible it may seem." Jen went on, "I was a few days late, and even though it was unexpected, we both felt like there was another baby waiting for us." "After a really crazy year, we were really excited and felt a lot of emotions." Serayah and Joey Bada$$ On February 5, Serayah strutted the runway at the Adore Me fashion show, flaunting her expanding baby belly. Since early 2023, the former "Empire" star has been dating rapper Joey BadA$$. Madison LeCroy and Brett Randle The "Southern Charm" star Madison LeCroy and her husband Brett Randle are expecting their first child together. The Bravolebrity wrote, "And just like that… our world is changing in the most magical way!" as the caption for her February 6 pregnancy surprise on Instagram. The greatest moment of our lives was when we saw "Pregnant" on this @clearblue test. Little one, we are very excited to meet you! Hudson, the reality star's son from a previous marriage, is already hers. Josh Peck and Paige O'Brien Josh Peck is expecting their third kid with his wife, Paige O'Brien! On February 3, the "Drake and Josh" alumnus shared a mirror photo of himself and his spouse on Instagram to share the news. He joked in the caption of the photo he shared with O'Brien, "I finally get a minivan. #3." The cinematographer also shared a picture of herself holding her growing baby bulge on Instagram to share the news. She wrote, "🐣," as the caption. Max (born in 2018) and Shai (born in 2022) are two sons that Peck and O'Brien are already proud to have. Lauren Alaina and Cam Arnold On January 22, Lauren Alaina told People that she is expecting their first child together with husband Cam Arnold. The country singer stated that she would name the child after a family member, but she did not disclose the sex of her impending birth. Since February 2024, she and Arnold have been wed. Jesy Nelson and Zion Foster Known for her time with the band Little Mix, Jesy Nelson announced her pregnancy on Instagram on January 12th, saying, "She's eating for three now 👶👶," in reference to a picture of her partner holding her growing baby bulge. Teddy Swims and Raiche Wright Teddy Swims and Raiche Wright, his girlfriend, revealed they were expecting their first child. On January 9, the pair posted pictures to Instagram of Wright flaunting her baby belly on the beach in a red gingham bikini. The singer of "Lose Control" was seen sitting with her on a beach chair and holding her belly in another adorable photo. They captioned the pregnancy announcement, saying, "We can't wait to meet you baby 🤍✨." After igniting romance rumours in February, the "Devil in a Dress" singer officially announced his relationship with Wright in July 2024. Coi Leray and Trippie Redd In a January 1 Instagram slideshow, rapper Coi Leray revealed her growing baby bulge and referred to herself as a "rock star mommy." "We're ready for 2025," she exclaimed. Trippie Redd, her partner and fellow rapper, did not post his own announcement on social media at the time, although Leray did include pictures of him in the carousel. Garrett and Alex Yrigoyen "Bachelorette" alum On January 1, Garrett Yrigoyen and his spouse, Alex Yrigoyen, revealed that they would be welcoming their first child this summer. In the caption of their simultaneous Instagram reveal, the couple said, "Our greatest blessing coming June 2025." "We are incredibly thankful and thrilled." Three years after the Bachelor Nation member's high-profile split from Becca Kufrin, Garret married Alex in Hawaii in November 2023. Don Benjamin and Liane V Benjamin Don Benjamin and his wife, Liane V. Benjamin, posted a joyful Instagram reel of their baby Zaia on January 1st with the message, "New year, new blessing on the way." In the social media post, the model proudly displayed pictures from his partner's ultrasound visit. In January 2023, he and Liane welcomed their daughter into the world. They were married in August 2021. Candace Owens and George Farmer Candace Owens said that she and her husband, George Farmer, were expecting their fourth child. The political analyst posted the thrilling news on her YouTube channel on January 6. "Yes, I am either still [pregnant] or I am pregnant again. It doesn't seem like an announcement to me. "If I weren't pregnant, it would be an announcement!" she jokingly said in the video. "My fans will be happy to hear that Savage Candace is back!" "And," Owens said. Officially, I'm too pregnant to do this. When I am expecting a boy, I simply get a bit fighty. I'm prepared for combat. I'm prepared to engage in hood rat activities with my pals. Farmer and Owens married in 2019 and have three children together.
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Coldplay Kiss Cam Fiasco Finds A Fan In Ryanair Airline: "Splitting Up Couples"
Andy Byron, the CEO of Cincinnati-based tech firm Astronomer and the company's Chief Public Officer, Kristen Cabot, was recently caught on camera sharing a cosy moment during a Coldplay concert. The awkward moment went viral on social media platforms such as TikTok, Reddit, and X. While some criticised them, others were amused. Taking a hilarious dig at the incident, Ryanair - an Irish airline - shared a tweet, "Ryanair Coldplay splitting up couples." Ryanair Tweets About Coldplay Concert Viral Kiss Cam Video The joke compares Ryanair's policy of randomly seating passengers - often separating couples unless they pay extra - with the viral Coldplay concert video where a "kiss cam" shows the duo together during the song Another's Arms by the band. Ryanair🤝Coldplay splitting up couples — Ryanair (@Ryanair) July 18, 2025 And the airlines response to the recent viral incident of Andy Byron and Kristen Cabot further has also become the internet's favourite. And the internet responded to it the only way it knows how - by turning a tweet into a comedy goldmine. "I've been waiting for your post (laughing emoji)," says a X user. Another user wrote, "Damn brah! hahaa." Another X user posted, "Hilarious". Know The Story The Irish airline grabbed headlines in May 2025 when they refused a couple to be seated together for not paying extra money to reserve seats. According to the Daily Mail, Scott McCormick and his girlfriend, Helena Boshwick, both 33, were set to fly from Birmingham Airport on May 1 to Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The couple chose not to reserve seats, which can cost somewhere between 4.50 and 33 euros, so they took the risk. "We checked in the night before, and we didn't reserve a seat, but you normally just get a random one. Me and my partner thought it's not that much of a problem if we're not sitting together for a two-hour flight, we're adults here," McCormick told Daily Mail. He further added that the lady scanned the couple's boarding passes and was asked to step aside, even when they were the first ones to get ready for boarding. "When everyone boarded, she said, 'The plane is full, there's only one seat remaining and we will have to reimburse you for the other seat or you'll have to get on the next flight'." The couple claimed that the airlines did not show any compassion, nor did they reimburse for the flight tickets. He felt that the behaviour was discriminatory and that the couple were singled out.
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Our memories are biased, unreliable, extensively rewritten – and that's a good thing
Milan Kundera opens his novel The Book of Laughter and Forgetting with a scene from the winter of 1948. Klement Gottwald, leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, is giving a speech to the masses from a palace balcony, surrounded by fellow party members. Comrade Vladimir Clementis thoughtfully places his fur hat on Gottwald's bare head; the hat then features in an iconic photograph. Four years later, Clementis is found guilty of being a bourgeois nationalist and hanged. His ashes are strewn on a Prague street. The propaganda section of the party removes him from written history and erases him from the photograph. 'Nothing remains of Clementis,' writes Kundera, 'but the fur hat on Gottwald's head'. Efforts to enforce political forgetting are often associated with totalitarian regimes. The state endeavours to control not only its citizens, but also the past. To create a narrative that glorifies the present and idealises the future, history must be rewritten or even completely obliterated. In a famous article on 'the totalitarian ego', the social psychologist Anthony Greenwald argued that individual selves operate in the same way. We deploy an array of cognitive biases to maintain a sense of control, and to shape and reshape our personal history. We distort the present and fabricate the past to ensure we remain the heroes of our life narratives. Likening the individual to a destructive political system might sound extreme, but it has an element of truth. Memory Lane, a new book by Irish psychology researchers Ciara Greene and Gillian Murphy, shows how autobiographical memory has a capacity to rewrite history that is almost Stalinesque. There is no shortage of books on memory, from self-help guides for the anxiously ageing to scholarly works of history. Memory Lane is distinctive for taking the standpoint of applied cognitive psychology. Emphasising how memory functions in everyday life, Greene and Murphy explore the processes of memory and the influences that shape them. What memory is not The key message of the book is that the memory system is not a recording device. We may be tempted to see memory as a vault where past experience is faithfully preserved, but in fact it is fundamentally reconstructive. Memories are constantly revised in acts of recollection. They change in predictable ways over time, moulded by new information, our prior beliefs and current emotions, other people's versions of events, or an interviewer's leading questions. According to Greene and Murphy's preferred analogy, memory is like a Lego tower. A memory is initially constructed from a set of elements, but over time some will be lost as the structure simplifies to preserve the gist of the event. Elements may also be added as new information is incorporated and the memory is refashioned to align with the person's beliefs and expectations. The malleability of memory might look like a weakness, especially by comparison to digital records. Memory Lane presents it as a strength. Humans did not evolve to log objective truths for posterity, but to operate flexibly in a complex and changing world. From an adaptive standpoint, the past only matters insofar as it helps us function in the present. Our knowledge should be updated by new information. We should assimilate experiences to already learned patterns. And we should be tuned to our social environment, rather than insulated from it. 'If all our memories existed in some kind of mental quarantine, separate from the rest of our knowledge and experiences,' the authors write, 'it would be like using a slow, inefficient computer program that could only show you one file at a time, never drawing connections or updating incorrect impressions.' Simplifying and discarding memories is also beneficial because our cognitive capacity is limited. It is better to filter out what matters from the deluge of past experiences than to be overwhelmed with irrelevancies. Greene and Murphy present the case of a woman with exceptional autobiographical memory, who is plagued by the triggering of obsolete memories. Forgetting doesn't merely de-clutter memory; it also serves emotional ends. Selectively deleting unpleasant memories increases happiness. Sanding off out-of-character experiences fosters a clear and stable sense of self. 'Hindsight bias' boosts this feeling of personal continuity by bringing our recollections into line with our current beliefs. Revisionist history it may be, but it is carried out in the service of personal identity. Eyewitness memories and misinformation Memory Lane pays special attention to situations in which memory errors have serious consequences, such as eyewitness testimony. Innocent people can be convicted on the basis of inaccurate eyewitness identifications. An array of biases make these more likely and they are especially common in interracial contexts. Recollections can also be influenced by the testimony of other witnesses, and even by the language used during questioning. In a classic study, participants who viewed videos of car accidents estimated the car's speed as substantially faster when the cars were described as having 'smashed' rather than 'contacted'. These distortions are not temporary: new information overwrites and overrides the original memory. Misinformation works in a similar way and with equally dire consequences, such as vaccination avoidance. False information not only modifies existing memories but can even produce false memories, especially when it aligns with our preexisting beliefs and ideologies. Greene and Murphy present intriguing experimental evidence that false memories are prevalent and easy to implant. Children and older adults seem especially susceptible to misinformation, but no one is immune, regardless of education or intelligence. Reassuringly, perhaps, digital image manipulation and deepfake videos are no more likely to induce false memories than good old-fashioned verbiage. A doctored picture may not be worth a thousand words when it comes to warping memory. Memory Lane devotes some time to the ' memory wars ' of the 1980s and 1990s, when debate raged over the existence of repressed memories. Greene and Murphy argue the now mainstream view that many traumatic memories supposedly recovered in therapy were false memories induced by therapists. Memories for traumatic events are not repressed, they argue, and traumatic memories are neither qualitatively different from other memories, nor stored separately from them. Here the science of memory runs contrary to the wildly popular claims of writers such as psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, author of the bestseller The Body Keeps the Score. Misunderstanding memory The authors of Memory Lane contend that we hold memory to unrealistic standards of accuracy, completeness and stability. When people misremember the past or change their recollections, we query their honesty or mental health. When our own memories are hazy, we worry about cognitive decline. Greene and Murphy argue that it is in the very nature of memory to be fallible, malleable and limited. This message is heartening, but it does not clarify why we would expect memory to be more capacious, coherent and durable in the first place. Nor does it explain why we persist with this wrongheaded expectation, despite so much evidence to the contrary. The authors hint that our mistake might have its roots in dominant metaphors of memory. If we now understand the mind as computer-like, we will see memories as digital traces that sit, silent and unchanging, in a vast storage system. 'Many of the catastrophic consequences of memory distortion arise not because our individual memories are terrible,' they argue, 'but because we have unrealistic expectations about how memory works, treating it as a video camera rather than a reconstruction.' In earlier times, when memory was likened to a telephone switchboard or to books or, for the ancient Greeks, to wax tablets, memory errors and erasures may have seemed less surprising and more tolerable. These shifting technological analogies, explored historically in Douwe Draaisma's Metaphors of Memory, may partly account for our extravagant expectations for memory. Expecting silicon chip performance from carbon-based organisms, who evolved to care more about adaptation than truth, would be foolish. But there is surely more to this than metaphor. All aspects of our lives are increasingly recorded and datafied, a process that demands objectivity, accuracy and consistency. The recorded facts of the matter determine who should be rewarded, punished and regulated. The bounded and mutable nature of human memory presents a challenge to this digital regime. Human memory is also increasingly taxed by the overwhelming and accelerating volume of information that assails us. Our frustration with its limitations reflects the desperate mismatch we feel between human nature and the impersonal systems of data in which we live. Greene and Murphy urge us to relax. We should be humbler about our memory, and more realistic and forgiving about the memories of others. We should not be judgemental about the errors and inconsistencies of friends, or overconfident about our own recollections. And we should remember that, although memory is fallible, it is fallible in beneficial ways. A person whose memory system always kept an accurate record of our lives would be profoundly impaired, Greene and Murphy argue. Such a person 'would struggle to plan for the future, learn from the past, or respond flexibly to unexpected events'. Brimming with insights such as these, Memory Lane offers an informative and readable account of how the apparent weaknesses of human memory may be strengths in disguise.
