KIM KARDASHIAN DRAMA CONTINUES TO EXPLODE

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Kim Kardashian




The cover story from the new issue of Us Weekly has all of the details on Kim Kardashian’s desperation to have ex Kris Humphries finally let her go as their divorce drama has dragged out to six times the length of their 72-day marriage. Only he, after all, can set her free to marry Kanye West before the pair’s baby arrives this summer. “Kris told his friends the pregnancy is the best thing to happen for him,” says the source. “He says he has all the power again.” Humphries’ delays have become so brazen that Kim’s divorce attorney Laura Wasser recently complained to the judge her client “is handcuffed to Mr. Humphries” and a Kim source accuses her bitter ex, 27, of making a sport of postponements. “Kris’ friends say he laughs about pushing back depositions because that stalls the whole case.”



For all their bling, the Kim and Kanye refuse to pay the $7 million a source says Humphries suggested it would take for him to walk away and grant Kim her freedom. As for his demand that she grant him an annulment on the grounds of fraud, a source says Kim refuses to tell the world she lied about being in love with the basketball player. At one point, her resolve did weaken to the point where she asked her attorney if she should just give in, says the source, “but she can’t legally anyway. It would be perjury.” Not to mention that an admission — true or not — would fulfill Humphries’ plan to publicly shame her. “If the annulment is granted and the prenup became null and void, the confidentiality clause would also go,” California matrimonial law expert Vikki Ziegler tells Us. “He could sell his story.” And, adds Ziegler, if the annulment is granted based on fraud, meaning Kim hoodwinked him into a $10 million wedding watched by 10.5 million E! viewers, “Kris may be able to file suit for damages.” So, Humphries will soon get the satisfaction of facing off with Kim in court. “Kim could be seven or eight months pregnant,” says the confidant. “And she’ll have to go into court and explain her love for someone else.”



Also featured in the issue are all of the details on the fight that led to Taylor Swift and Harry Styles’ split. Harry Styles’ Christmas gift to Taylor Swift, his girlfriend of six weeks, was a romantic Caribbean getaway. “The trip was a surprise,” says a Swift source. “He planned it and whisked her away.” And promptly broke her heart. The country darling, 23, and the One Direction heartthrob, 18, had a massive argument in the late hours of January 3. After two days of nonstop togetherness, Styles wanted a few moments alone the evening of January 3 — and headed off to a local bar. Explains the Swift source, “He got drunk and left Taylor on their boat for a few hours without telling her where he was going.” When Styles returned, he found Swift “crying and furious,” says the confidant. Styles’ attempts to explain fell on deaf ears. “She called him a d--k and accused him of running around with girls,” continues the Swift source. “But he didn’t do anything wrong!” With no resolution, the pair went to bed angry and come morning, she made a decision: to catch the first flight home. “She wanted to teach Harry a lesson,” says the friend. “She expected him to call and apologize. He didn’t.”



Also included below are this week’s Hot Stuff items which include the scoop on Jason Trawick planning to end things with Britney Spears for months, Jeremy Renner’s baby news, Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga having another showdown at a family function and Emily Maynard still texting with the new Bachelor Sean Lowe.






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BRITNEY SPEARS: Dumped by Jason


The pop star’s ex planned to leave her for months


Britney was blindsided! Though the singer, 31, said in a statement January 11 that she and fiance of one year Jason Trawick had “mutually agreed” to end their engagement, sources insist Britney Spears never saw it coming. “He had been planning to break up with her for months,” says an insider. Trawick, who also co-managed Spears’ career, “was using her. He made a big deal for her to get a residence spot at Caesars in Las Vegas, then finally had enough money to end it.” He also cut ties as her co-conservator, resigning just hours after split news broke. Adding to Spears’ angst? Her exit from The X Factor, announced less than 24 hours earlier. Though Spears says leaving was her decision, she was, in fact, fired, as Us first reported in December. Still, the embattled singer is trying to move past the drama. “She has her kids and a lot of work coming up,” says a pal. “And she’s going to be set up on dates with cute guys soon!”



Jeremy’s a Dad-to-Be


Jeremy Renner shared some big news with Eva Longoria on the smoking patio at the Golden Globes January 13: He’s going to be a father! The actor, 42, “was saying, ‘I’m going to fly in when her water breaks,’” two witnesses tell Hot Stuff. “Then Eva said, ‘I’m so blown away.’” Shocking, but true. Multiple sources confirm to Hot Stuff that an ex-girlfriend of the Bourne Legacy star is due to give birth next month. “They used to date but it wasn’t serious,” explains one insider, adding that the expectant mom is currently living in Renner’s L.A. home. “He’s being ultra-secretive about it, but she has been going on about her life and not hiding it.”



TERESA VS. MELISSA: THE REMATCH:

Showdown at Gia’s B-day Bash



Another family get-together, another battle between Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga. The Real Housewives of New Jersey sisters-in-law unleashed a new round of fury at Giudice’s daughter Gia’s 12th birthday festivities — a year after Giudice, 40, screamed at Gorga, 33, during Gia’s last birthday bash. “Melissa was invited and took her three kids,” a source tells Hot Stuff. “All of a sudden, Teresa started pointing her finger in Melissa’s face. She looked crazy! People could hear her yelling.” But Gorga didn’t take the bait. The source at the party (filmed for RHONJ at Space Odyssey USA in Englewood, New Jersey, on January 11) notes: “Melissa didn’t engage with Teresa. She just looked really uncomfortable.” Gorga’s rep had no comment.



Emily Still Texts Sean



Emily Maynard may have dumped Sean Lowe on TV, but the new Bachelor harbors no ill will toward her: The two even keep in touch! “She texted me before my first episode and said, ‘I’m in your corner,’” shares Lowe, 29. “She wishes me the best. And vice versa!” So who should the unlucky-in-love Maynard date? “A normal guy,” Lowe says of Maynard, 26, whose exes include Dale Earnhardt Jr., 38, And Jake Owen, 31. “She shouldn’t date a celebrity!”





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