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‘Twilight’ Baby! Ashley Greene Shares Parenting Advice She’d Take From Bella

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Just like Bella? While Ashley Greene is excited to forge her own motherhood path upon her first child’s birth, there is one lesson that the Twilight star would follow from Bella Swan.

“The one thing I’ll take from Bella and her relationship with [daughter] Renesmee is kind of the fierce protectiveness and loyalty that she has to this child,” Greene, 35, told InStyle in an interview published on Thursday, July 28. “I think that is something that innately comes with being a mother, for sure.”

The Christmas on My Mind actress — who announced her pregnancy earlier this year — notably played Alice Cullen in the Twilight franchise. The movie franchise, which premiered in 2008, followed teenager Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) after she moved to Forks, Washington and quickly formed a connection with vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and his coven. As Bella and Edward’s star-crossed romance heated up, the pair went on to get married in Breaking Dawn before conceiving their firstborn (played by Mackenzie Foy).

Renesmee — named for matriarch Esme Cullen and Bella’s mom Renée — and her hybrid existence became a fixture in the final film after the Volturi coven aimed to hunt her down, citing the Cullens had violated the agreement not to turn a human child into a vampire. As the family went on the run, Bella’s motherhood instincts kicked into high gear — even gaining a new power of becoming a shield.

In addition to learning from Bella’s fierce loyalty, Greene told the magazine that she primarily planned to take “things as they come.”

The Florida native added: “One of the things my mom told me that is most exciting is being able to see your child blossom into their own unique human being. No matter what you do, they are kind of their own human. She also said there’s something really magical about becoming a kid again yourself. You get to see the world through this person’s eyes, and the way that they view the world is so beautiful and so special.”

Us Weekly confirmed in March that the Pan Am alum and husband Paul Khoury are expecting a baby nearly four years after their romantic nuptials.

“We’re not having kids in the near-near future, but before we have children, I just want to kind of get certain things set and implement certain things into our lifestyle now,” the “Twilight Effect” podcast host previously told Us in February 2020 about their family planning timeline.

Greene isn’t the only Twilight star who is gearing up to expand her brood. Kellan Lutz, who played Emmett Cullen, announced in February that his wife, Brittany Gonzalez, is pregnant with baby No. 2. Peter Facinelli, who played patriarch Carlisle Cullen, is also expecting a baby after fiancée Lily Anne Harrison revealed last month that she’s pregnant with their first child. (Facinelli also shares three older daughters with ex-wife Jennie Garth.)

“We have this kind of family bond. I could not see this person for five years, and then talk to them, and it’s like you pick up right where you left off,” Greene told InStyle in July, noting she’d be “down” for a next-generation Twilight playgroup when their respective little ones are born.

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Ariel Slams Zach for How He Handled Fantasy Suites: ‘You Took Away My Agency’

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Getting proper closure. Ariel Frenkel reunited with Zach Shallcross during the live finale of The Bachelor on Monday, March 27 — and didn’t hold back when it came to her feelings about fantasy suites.

Ariel, 28, first told Jesse Palmer that she was “really hurt” to learn Zach, 26, had sex with Gabi Elnicki. after telling the New Yorker that he planned not to sleep with her, Kaity Biggar or Gabi. When Zach joined her on stage, Ariel noted it was “really difficult” to be “left in the dark” in Thailand.

“It was really difficult to see that you weren’t honest with me. I committed to being in an open relationship — that’s what it is, that’s what I want to call it,” she said. “And when the parameters of an open relationship change, I should be the first to know. I should have not been left in the dark, standing up there in Thailand at the rose ceremony when you had ample time to tell me about everything before I left. So, I just really want to know why the other women were given grace and honesty — and that is something you really pride yourself on — and why I wasn’t given that same respect?”

Zach said he has a lot of regrets about how he handled that week. “I was going through a lot mentally and I didn’t know the right way to handle everything,” he said. “You’re right. I should have told you — probably first. … There’s no excuse for it.”

While she appreciated his apology, Ariel accused Zach of taking away her “agency” in the relationship.

“You took away my agency and you took away my ability to even have a conversation. If you had waited, you would have found out that I was on the same page as you,” she added. “And I think by putting sex off the table, you made the entire week about sex, and it didn’t need to be like that.”

Fans will recall Ariel was eliminated by Zach at the rose ceremony during the March 20 episode of the ABC show after she had the first overnight date.

“What feels right to me is not to explore sexual connections with three different women before falling in love,” he explained before their date. “When sex is involved, it can cause so many additional hurdles and real feelings are at stake. Now don’t get me wrong, it’s difficult because I have a physical connection with [Ariel, Kaity and Gabi].”

Following their date, Zach confirmed that he and Ariel did not sleep together.

“My relationship with Ariel is so much stronger and I have so much more clarity. This was a very important night for us,” he said in a confessional. “I came into this week not wanting to involve sex and with Ariel, it was more difficult than I could have ever imagined. But we both agreed on it and it was very important to just have conversations and not have sex involved. I think it was the right decision.”

During his subsequent date with Gabi, however, Zach broke his own rule.

“It was very special, it was important and it was what we both wanted and needed for the relationship,” Zach told the audience. “I feel terrible because, obviously, I’ve gone against my word and I have fears with how Kaity would feel, how would Ariel feel. I have a guilt about the whole week now.”

While Kaity was informed during the third overnight date about what happened, Ariel went home without learning Zach had sex with Gabi.

“This was easily the hardest thing I’ve had to do,” Zach told Ariel after she didn’t receive a rose. “And I want you to know that I appreciate you more than you know. And you are one of the most interesting, intriguing, beautiful, respectful, mature, intelligent women I’ve ever met and I’m blessed to know you.”

After thanking Zach for “making it easy” for her to open up, Ariel admitted it “hurt a lot” to say goodbye to the lead. “I’m hurt because I know, like, how great of a person he is,” she said in the limo. “And I know that I felt this way for the first time in a while for a reason. It’s like that future and that life that you envision is just, like, gone in a cloud, in a way.”

The Bachelor finale continues live on ABC until 11 p.m. ET.

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Why Vanessa Lachey Is Standing by Nick Amid His Legal Woes: Details

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Sticking by her man — but not condoning his behavior. Vanessa Lachey (née Minnillo) is supporting husband Nick Lachey amid his legal drama, but that doesn’t mean she approves of it all.

“Vanessa likes to look at the bright side of things. She stands by Nick, but she agrees that he didn’t handle the situation correctly,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly, referring to the 98 Degrees singer’s March 2022 altercation with a celebrity photographer.

“He behaved inappropriately,” the insider continues. “She says this whole ordeal has been a wake up call and that we can all learn from it, especially Nick.”

The “Hardest Thing” crooner, 49 — who has been married to his Love Is Blind cohost since 2011 — is currently facing the consequences of the incident, which occurred last year in Beverly Hills. Nick, who allegedly attempted to break paparazzo Jody Santos’ car window and grab her phone at the time, is “participating in LADA’s Prefiling Diversion program” a spokesperson for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office told Us in a statement on Wednesday, March 22.

“As part of these conditions he must participate in anger management classes and attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings,” the spokesperson continued. “Successful completion of the Prefiling Diversion Program will result in no criminal charges being filed.”

Nick, for his part, acknowledged his wrongdoings in a tweet one day after the March 2022 altercation.

“Last night, after enjoying a great dinner with my wife and our dear friend, the paparazzi harassed us as we walked back to our hotel,” he tweeted at the time. “I clearly overreacted. I’ve been in this game long enough to know that their antics are sadly part of the deal. Stupid of me. Done.”

Santos, for her part, recalled the incident in an interview with the Daily Mail on Tuesday, March 21.

“In all my years of photographing celebrities, no one has ever tried to hit me,” she claimed. “I am just relieved that I rolled up my window as fast as I did, otherwise he would have knocked me out. No doubt about it.”

Days after the news of his mandatory AA and anger management classes broke last week, Vanessa, 42, showed her love for her husband and their three children via Instagram.

Taking to Instagram on Friday, March 24, Nick shared a series of photos with their kids — sons Camden, 10, and Phoenix, 6, and daughter Brooklyn, 8 — while on “daddy duty” in Hawaii, where the family lives.

“Holdin down the fort!” the former TRL VJ, who films NCIS: Hawai’i in the tropical locale, replied. “Mama’s almost done!!!!”

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