With underage model, Gloria Allred has Tyga by the tail
Also in Tattle: Ellen DeGeneres, Taylor Swift, Meredith Vieira, Victoria Justice, Kelly Rohrbach and Mel Gibson
Very busy attorney Gloria Allred, a Penn alum for those of you interested in local connections, has another new client.
And that can only mean some dude is in trouble.
The dude is Tyga, Kylie Jenner's ex, and Allred's client is model Molly O'Malia.
Tyga is 26. Kylie is 18.
Molly is 14.
(Tyga, you're going in the wrong direction.)
TMZ.com reports that Tyga had repeatedly tried to contact Molly, OK! ran a story about the contacts, and the story claimed Kylie busted him for trying to dip his toe in the kiddie pool.
Allred held a news conference in NYC with Molly, and railed against OK! for poorly pixelating Molly's image.
(It's an unfortunate fact of journalism today that most of the pixelators have been laid off.)
Allred claimed people (with way too much time on their hands) figured out that the pixelatee was Molly, and have been hounding her about becoming the other woman (okay, girl) in a Kylie, Tyga triangle.
Molly says Tyga reached out to her through Instagram and she got back to him because she thought he was interested in her music. She's not just a model, you see, but also a singer see.
TMZ says Molly got skeeved when Tyga allegedly asked to FaceTime.
People magazine said Molly's mom got skeeved when Tyga asked the 14-year-old for her phone number and when she would be coming to L.A.
Allred said that OK's allegation that Tyga and Molly were "hooking up" is a lie which paints Molly "in a completely false light" and was exploitive of a minor.
So far, no mention of a lawsuit.
There's time.
TATTBITS
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Producers of the People's Choice Awards announced yesterday that Ellen will be recognized as the Favorite Humanitarian at tomorrow night's ceremony. The honor comes with a $200,000 donation from Walgreens, which DeGeneres is directing toward the hospital.
She joked that the award "sums me up perfectly as I am both a human and an itarian."
(Rim shot.)
* E! News reports that Taylor Swift and DJ BF Calvin Harris are mansioning up at his Beverly Hills home.
Shacking up seemed so crass.
The couple is even talking about a possible engagement.
Thought a nearby provider of marriage licenses, "I've got a blank space, baby . . . "
* CBSnews.com says that Meredith Vieira announced yesterday that her daytime talk show has been canceled.
"I am so sorry to see our show come to an end after this season, but I am also incredibly proud of the work our staff has done and forever grateful to our supportive viewers," Vieira said in a statement about the syndicated series. "We promise to spend our final weeks producing the best broadcast we know how. And have a blast doing so!"
After the show wraps season 2, Vieira will head to Rio to help cover the Summer Olympics for NBC.
* EW.com reports that Fox has tapped Victoria Justice and Ryan McCartan to star as lost lovers Janet and Brad (originally Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick) in a TV adaptation of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."
The pair will star opposite Laverne Cox, who will p[lay Dr. Frank-N-Furter (originally Tim Curry).
The two-hour TV event will air in the fall of 2016.
We can wait.
* Us Weekly reported yesterday that Leonardo DiCaprio and Kelly Rohrbach have broken up after a few months of dating.
But when every door closes another locker opens: Rohrbach has been cast to fill out Pamela Anderson's swimsuit in the "Baywatch" movie remake.
- Daily News wire services
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