The bone-headed cop is an overused comedic cliche, from The Simpsons‘ Chief Wiggum to Lt. Frank Drebin of Police Squad, but it has to be said that there’s some truth in every trope. And one TikToker seems to have had the misfortune of meeting the man who proves that sometimes fiction isn’t much different from fact.

User @bre_does_art had to air her frustration with others on the app after she had a unique encounter with a cop that’s equal parts frustrating and hilarious. Breanna wasn’t employing his services to solve a murder or locate a missing diamond, but simply to help her find where the local police station was and this oafish officer couldn’t even manage that.

Bre’s brush with the thickest member of the thin blue line began when she was pulled over by a cop one night because her tail light was broken. It wasn’t a big deal, though, as the cop gave her a fix-it ticket and all she had to do was get the issue sorted and then file the ticket at the police station. The only problem was that, come Tuesday when Bre went to do just that, she couldn’t find the station so she phoned them to get directions. Enter Deputy Dunderhead.

After clarifying that she wasn’t in an emergency, Bre explained that she was just inquiring how to get to the state police station. The dispatch cop’s response? “Steak? Why are you saying steak?” Upon Bre repeating her question, the cop groused: “Well, if you can’t find it, I guess I can send two officers to come get you, if you really can’t find it.” Bre again clarified that, no, that wasn’t necessary she was just looking for directions. “Why are you even going to the police department?” he grilled.

Bre stated that she needed a police officer to sign her fix-it ticket, to which the dispatcher deployed his dumbest retort yet. “It’s Monday, so they’re probably not even there,” the cop said confidently, displaying the detective nous that no doubt got him the job in the first place. A flabbergasted Bre then told him it was Tuesday to which he replied: “I said it’s Monday!” At this point, Bre decided she was probably better off on her own and ended the call.

In the end, Bre found her way there and after getting her ticket signed (by a cop who made her repeat herself) she handed it in and told the officer on desk about how Google Maps directs people to the local library instead of the police station, implying that this was a big issue that needs fixing. “Oh yeah, we know,” responded the officer, leading Bre to one final realization. As she concludes her video, “Okay, cool, so you’re all like this.”

TikTok couldn’t believe the empty-headedness of these officers, who appear to have transferred en masse from Springfield and graduated from the Police Academy films. “You should issue them a fix-it ticket,” quipped one commenter. “It’s like an episode of Parks and Recreation,” said another, aghast. Someone else may have solved what’s going on with the Maps address, though: “It probably used to take you to the police department but people found the library personnel to be more help in emergencies.”

The average score for a police officer intelligence test is 21, which translates to an IQ of 104, so that’s only slightly above the national average. What’s more, back in 2000 a man unsuccessfully attempted to sue the city of New York after his application to join the police was rejected because he scored 33 on his intelligence test, and he was deemed too smart for the job.

Clearly, a guy who doesn’t know what day it is and is daydreaming about a steak dinner while at work is a preferable choice.

Just when you thought Deadpool & Wolverine had claimed the crown and couldn’t ever be beaten, Daredevil: Born Again has come along and delivered what could be the most unexpected crossover cameo the MCU has ever given us.

Marvel Studios unveiled a first look at the much-anticipated relaunch of the Man Without Fear’s adventures at this August’s D23 — at least, to those in attendance. Unfortunately, the trailer has yet to be officially released online, but thanks to the wonders of leaks and first-hand reportage we know what the teaser contained.

On top of glimpses of Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock, Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin, and Jon Bernthal’s Punisher, not to mention the return of Bullseye, Karen Page, and Foggy Nelson, and the introduction of Muse and White Tiger, the trailer also confirmed another addition to the cast that’s left fans scratching their heads.

The Marvels star confirmed to return to the MCU for Daredevil: Born Again

Sorry, Channing Tatum. Move over, Wesley Snipes. The most out-of-left-field MCU cameo surely has to come from this Daredevil: Born Again trailer. The D23 first-look footage confirmed that Mohan Kapur will feature in the series, reprising his role as Yusuf Khan — father to Kamala “Ms. Marvel” Khan — from both Ms. Marvel and The Marvels.

Aside from the relative obscurity of the character — sorry, Yusuf, but Kamala’s mom Muneeba is the supreme Khan family member — the fact that the world of Ms. Marvel is crossing over with Daredevil at all is something of a head-scratcher. For starters, Born Again promises to be an extension of the street-level side of the MCU — inhabited by the Defenders, the Punisher, and Echo — rather than the cosmic side Kamala dwells in. On a geographic level, too, the Khans live in Jersey City, not Matt Murdock’s Hell’s Kitchen home turf.

What’s more, it’s surprising that the studio would elect to call back to The Marvels so soon after its infamous box office devastation last November. All signs had pointed to Marvel throwing the Brie Larson sequel under the bus — see Deadpool’s “You’re joining at kind of low-point” joke to Wolverine in D&W — and quietly cancelling projects like Captain Marvel 3, a Photon spinoff, and perhaps even the Young Avengers movie (notice the lack of an update at either Comic-Con or D23). And yet here Yusuf is to remind us of Marvel’s greatest financial failure.

Filming restarted on Born Again, after it was overhauled from top to bottom, in January 2024, so it’s not like this decision was made prior to The Marvels‘ release. Those who miss Ms. Marvel can likely take this as a good sign, then, that Kamala is still very much a tentpole figure of this franchise going forward. If we get a Daredevil/Ms. Marvel team-up before Daredevil/Spider-Man, though, then something’s definitely up with the timeline.

It’s been a tumultuous year for Kate Middleton, as — after briefly becoming the most talked-about person on the internet — the Princess of Wales officially confirmed she had been diagnosed with cancer back in March. Since then, Catherine has made a few much-praised public appearances — most recently her surprise attendance at Wimbledon — but it should be stressed that she’s not out of the woods yet.

As happens in times like this, it seems this health crisis has brought Kate closer together with her family — but only those immediately around her. Veteran Royal commentator Jennie Bond has claimed that Prince William and Kate are “a tight and strong unit” after 13 years of marriage and the events of this year have only made them stronger. On the other hand, Catherine is said to have essentially erased brother-in-law Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle from her thoughts. Both for the moment and potentially forever more.

“I’m sure cancer has made Catherine take a look at her life and her priorities,” Bond alleged. “And I think those priorities are firmly with her family, her husband and her children. I don’t think she has any room in her head or her heart to worry about the dramas of the past or anything that Harry and Meghan might say or do now… or in the future.”

This is just one way in which Harry and Meghan are being excluded from the Royal family. Another? King Charles and Queen Camilla are whisking everyone but them off on a family vacation — including the still-ill Kate.

Kate Middleton to leave England despite ongoing cancer battle

Summer holidays are a fixture of every family’s year, but they’re extra extravagant when you happen to be a Royal. The Windsors, for instance, make an annual tradition of embarking on a summertime retreat to the king’s sprawling Balmoral estate in Scotland. With Kate’s illness, it was speculated that William and company might not have joined in the fun this year, but as it happens the Waleses are all on board.

Both William and Kate will be accompanying their children — Prince George (11), Princess Charlotte (9), and Prince Louis (6) — on the Balmoral break, which Royal expert Angela Levin considers to be a sign of just how close Kate has become with her in-laws.

“She is going to Scotland to be with the family,” Levn said. “This is a huge move. Not only because she is obviously not well yet, but it shows she feels very comfortable with the Royal family.”

Levin went on to stress that Kate must feel entirely at ease with the king and queen consort if she’s willing to vacation with them while still suffering from her impacted health.

“She is very happy with the King and the Queen and she knows they will understand if she has to rest,” Levin continued. “She can say what she likes and be warmed. I think it’s wonderful she can do that. The children will be delighted also.”

Don’t expect the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their kids to hike around the Highlands with the Royals, though. Even so, Harry and Meghan probably aren’t too bummed, what with their own trip to Colombia coming up this August.

For the Royal Family, it seems each new day is a new opportunity for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to move another inch away from their relatives. No matter what they do, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s every decision seems to anger either Prince William or King Charles, or more usually both.

In the latest development in the saga of the most famous family fallout in the world, Harry and Meghan are coming under fire for… going on vacation? Later this month, the couple are due to visit Colombia, the latest international tour the two have undergone on behalf of their charity the Archewell Foundation and the Invictus Games.

Much like their trip to Nigeria this past spring, the tour has nothing to do with the Royal Family, so you’d think it surely couldn’t cause any upset back in England. But, as it turns out, that’s the whole problem in a nutshell.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle accused of showing “utter contempt” for the king with their renegade Not-Royal tour

According to a former Royal courtier who has elected to go unnamed, Harry and Meghan’s ongoing tours are a major “slap in the face” to King Charles. The issue is that the Sussexes’ international trips are extremely Royal-like in their function and perception, but they actually haven’t been formally sanctioned by the king nor are they affiliated with the Royals in any way, shape, or form.

As per what this unknown courtier told The Daily Beast, “I’m afraid it shows the utter contempt they have for the king and for very long-established ways of doing things.” The source continued, “This tour may well have the noblest intentions, but it is clearly not being carried out on behalf of Britain, and yet they still basically portray themselves as British royals.”

This isn’t the first time we’ve heard that Harry and Meghan’s trips are ruffling feathers, but the fact that they are following up their Nigeria visit with a tour of Colombia so soon is really sending a message to the Royals. And that message is allegedly that they are trying to burn down all their bridges back to the Royal bosom. “It shows you exactly why the royals want these two kept as far away as possible,” the insider claimed.

The courtier argued that these wholly unofficial tours are “disruptive” for the actual Royal tours that need to be planned out and undertaken, but also that the duke and duchess doing whatever they want without any kind of acknowledgement to the Royal household and not “running their plans past the palace is the stuff of true nightmares for the king’s aides.”

Slapping an ill 75-year-old sovereign around the face (even metaphorically) and then making his greatest fear come true? As novel ways of severing all family ties go, that’s right up there with the best of them.

What is the best cameo in Deadpool & Wolverine, and why is it Channing Tatum as Gambit? Although, on paper, having Henry Cavill as Wolverine Cavillerine and Chris Evans back as Johnny Storm should rank higher on the fan-service scale, somehow seeing the Magic Mike man dressed up as Remy LeBeau after literal decades of dying to play this character meant the most to hardcore Marvel-loving audiences.

With the Gambit gambit proving to be one of the most talked-about elements of the blockbuster threequel, is there a chance that Tatum’s long-held dream of starring in his very own movie as the card-carrying Cajun could finally come true? Who knows, but you’d better believe that he’s going to do his utmost to make it happen. Just nobody tell him that Kevin Feige might’ve already made up his mind…

Channing Tatum has talked to Kevin Feige about a Gambit movie, but Marvel’s X-Men reboot plans may kill it off (uh, again)

Variety caught up with Tatum on the red carpet of the premiere of his new movie, Blink Twice, at West Hollywood’s DGA, and naturally the topic of Gambit came up. When asked if his Deadpool & Wolverine walk-on part could possibly lead to the manifestation of a solo film as the much-loved mutant, after a decade since it was first pitched over at Fox, Tatum revealed that he’s hopeful for his chances.

“I sure hope so. From your mouth to God’s ears. Write it into existence, my friend. Please,” Tatum stated, before admitting that he’s definitely spoken with Marvel Studios about the idea. “I’ve course I’ve said it. I’ve been saying I want it for the last 10 years. It’s in Bob Iger and Kevin Feige’s hands. I pray to God.”

This is exciting to hear, but it should be noted that Marvel is also in the midst of developing an X-Men reboot, with screenwriter Michael Lesslie already working on the script. The key word there is “reboot,” with this expected to be a full relaunch of the superhero team set on Earth-616, so not a continuation of the Foxverse visited in Deadpool 3. What’s more, rumors indicate that the film could even introduce a new version of Gambit — Remy and Kitty Pryde are two characters currently linked to the reboot’s X-Men roster.

It’s possible that the MCU could be big enough for two Gambits — or three, including the X-Men ’97 version — but Tatum should maybe prepare himself for his D&W cameo to stand as his reward for trying to get a Gambit movie off the ground for years rather than a hint that it’s finally happening. But still, you have his number, Kevin Feige. Remember it.

We’ve heard of having butterflies in your stomach when you’re about to get married, but never like this.

TikTok user @fredasquith traumatized the app by sharing a truly trouser-ruining experience of his own that will hopefully teach us all a very valuable lesson: never exceed the recommended dosage. Fred begins his story, as many great storytellers have done before him, by telling us about his bowel movements. Or lack thereof. One night, before going to bed, Fred was in need of some… relief and so took two laxatives, despite the label advising you only take one.

The next morning, there was no change, so Fred decided to give the laxatives a helping hand by loading himself up on muesli — topped with dates, a banana, extra psyllium husk powder, and kefir yogurt to hopefully give his insides that extra kick. And yet it didn’t work. Then, in what is surely one of the bravest moves in human history, Fred elected to hop on a train for three hours, whereupon he downed even more fibrous food — including a grains and greens salad, 25 grapes, and two whole figs. At this point, Fred’s diet for the day is sounding like a nutritionist’s version of the 12 Days of Christmas, but still nothing happened.

But here comes the point of no return, the moment when Fred’s foolhardy hubris proved to be his undoing. The next line in Fred’s story deserves to be recorded among the most gut-wrenching lines in cinema, because as soon as he says it we all know tragedy is just around the corner.

“And then, we go view a wedding venue…” he states, ominously.

Fred explains that this was his and his fiance’s top choice for a wedding venue, so they were very keen to make a “really good impression.” Alas, Fred’s intestines apparently didn’t agree as this was the time his system finally decided to let rip. Joking that he wanted to inspect the venue’s bathroom facilities, Fred raced off to find the restroom — only to find a baby-changing cubicle was all that was available. “The heavens open,” is how our flushed-out friend puts it, before the worst thing that could possibly happen happens. “I look to my left,” he intones.”No toilet roll.”

Luckily, Fred was in the baby-changing cubicle, so he opened the baby-changing table to find… one solitary wipe. Thanks to some judicious and methodical usage of this small square of tissue that Fred blessedly spares us the details of, he emerged 15 full minutes later. “Then I go out and meet the guy who I’m supposed to be dealing with for my wedding for the next nine months,” Fred recalls, “and all he can see on my face… pure trauma.”

So, all in all, a good day and a bad day for poor Fred — he and his bride-to-be found their perfect wedding venue, but he may have scarred the wedding planner for life. In the comments, some question whether the fact the venue wasn’t fully stocked with toilet paper is actually a “red flag” — they are supposed to host parties after all. Others are taking a more empathetic moral from this whole sorry story. As one user summarized: “Be kind to everyone you meet for you don’t know what they are going through.”

They’re creepy and they’re kooky, Republican and spooky, they’re altogether ooky… They’re the Boebert family. And yet Lauren Boebert apparently never learned that those in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

The Coloradan representative, MAGA’s answer to Morticia Addams, started spewing more inflammatory nonsense on X this week when she claimed that “the Democrat Party has now fully morphed into the Hamas Party.” Boebert attempted to allege that presidential candidate Kamala Harris “couldn’t stomach a Jewish man on the ticket,” so she went with her official running mate, Tim Walz. “How could any Jewish American vote for this ticket?” was how Bobo ended her ridiculous rant.

Because apparently Boebert is either ignorant enough to still not know this or she’s deliberately and willfully spreading misinformation (in all likelihood, it’s probably a little from column a, a little from column b), here is your helpful daily reminder: Kamala Harris’ husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, is Jewish.

As this is a fairly well-known fact, Boebert’s mad mutterings were even more quickly dismissed than normal on this occasion, with replies wondering why she was “more ‘tin foil hat’ tonight than usual.”

Others accurately pointed out that Boebert and her fellow Trump Munsters would’ve been just as critical if Harris had appointed a Jewish running mate: “If she had chosen Shapiro you would be criticizing her for choosing a non-Christian.”

Instead of trying to erase Harris’ husband from existence, then, maybe Boebert should spend some more time focusing on her own family. “How could anyone with a shred of decency vote for a convicted felon? How could anyone with half a brain vote for you?” began one dissenter in a colorful counter-attack, before pointing out the many black sheep in the Boebert family tree.

Bobo’s critics often point out how she elected to support Donald Trump at his own criminal trial but didn’t do the same for her son, Tyler, when he was charged on 22 counts (including five felonies) — she even failed to get a lawyer to represent him in court. Her ex-husband, Jayson Boebert, similarly plead guilty to reckless endangerment this past June and, as the tweeter points out, her “mom is awaiting trial for felony trespass.” Although, to be entirely accurate, Boebert’s mother, Shawna Bentz, recently had a felony trespassing charge dismissed — after evading the authorities since 2016.

So put a witch’s shawl on, and get a broomstick you can crawl on, Lauren, and next time maybe think before you tweet. Strange, deranged, detained… That’s the Boebert family for you.

You have to hand it to the Meghan Markle haters, it’s impressive how even the most innocuous of interviews can be used as a stick to beat her with. This month, Prince Harry and his wife made their first joint televised interview since their infamous Oprah Winfrey chat in 2021 when they sat down with CBS Sunday Morning‘s Jane Pauley to discuss their new charitable project, The Parents’ Network.

Yes, the Duke and Ducchess of Sussex weren’t even appearing on our screens to bad-mouth the Royal family, and were instead discussing their new venture dedicated to helping out parents whose children have been affected by cyberbullying. Even so, that’s apparently still enough to trigger the anti-Meghan crowd into sharing some scandalous rumors that allege the duchess had a major meltdown behind the scenes.

Meghan Markle accused of major meltdown after her control is challenged

First, a recap. The most headline-grabbing exchange that emerged from the Sussexes’ CBS interview came when Pauley asked Meghan about her admittance to previously feeling “suicidal” when she spoke with Oprah. Markle admitted that she “wasn’t expecting” such a question, but she proceeded to give an honest and on-message answer that only threw the smallest shade on the Royals — she briefly noted that she’s only “scratched the surface” of her trauma.

According to one source, however, this left-field question offended Meghan more than it appeared. Royal author and expert Angela Levin claimed to GB News (via The Mirror) that, after the cameras stopped rolling, the duchess started “screaming” at producers in total “anger” and “fury” over the decision to dig into that part of her past.

“After the interview was over she was apparently screaming to the producers, very, very annoyed at what they had asked her,” Levin alleged. “You mustn’t do that with Meghan because she’s in control. But you could see she couldn’t contain her anger, her fury.”

As other commentators have done, Levin also spoke on Meghan’s body language during the segments of the interview when Harry chimed in which his own thoughts. Meghan’s demeanour has been accused of indicating that she was unhappy with her husband for taking charge, with Levin going so far as to claim that “she couldn’t stand Harry speaking.” As she put it:

“Just the same as in and out of the interview, she couldn’t stand Harry speaking. She would look at him with such harsh eyes and such a terrible expression on her face because she didn’t want him to talk, I imagine.”

Who knows, this supposed Meghan meltdown may well be true, but it would seem unlikely that she was truly bowled over by her own mental health struggles coming up in a conversation all about mental health struggles. Likewise, Meghan’s response to the apparently offensive question even stressed how she’s willing to talk about her own issues in order to encourage others to do so. Going by the on-camera evidence alone, Meghan and Harry appeared united in their decision to have a frank and open discussion with Pauley.

It seems that whatever the Sussexes do they’re not beating the allegations that there’s trouble brewing in their Californian paradise.

Deadpool & Wolverine has only gone and done it. Just when Marvel needed a mega $1 billion dollar hit, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman have come along to provide one, as the thrill-seeking threequel’s box office performance is so robust that it looks like it’s going to cross the coveted 10-figure mark by next weekend.

In other words, Marvel Studios is definitely going to feel emboldened to release some more R-rated movies under its formerly family-friendly brand. Before we find out whether there will be ultra-violence and f-bombs thrown into the Young Avengers film, however, it seems Sony is looking to quickly cash in on the Deadpool craze by slapping its own next superhero outing with a suddenly in-vogue mature rating.

You may well have forgotten this one was on its way at all, but Kraven the Hunter is coming this Dec. 13, the latest in the studio’s string of infamous Spider-Man-less Spider-Man spinoffs. This time around, Aaron Taylor-Johnson is the talented star attached to play a supervillain circle forced through a superhero square hole — the big game hunter from the comics has been reimagined as an animal-loving conservationist.

Not that he’s going to be dancing and singing with woodland animals like a Disney princess, though. With whispers of a new trailer being on the way, Sony has officially given the film an R-rating for “strong bloody violence and language.”

After denying the Venom movies a valid R-rating for years, unsurprisingly fans are getting pretty… savage over the fact that Sony is now handing all the blood and gore to Kraven of all films.

Not even an R-rating can beat the garbage allegations.

The best way to take down a macho-Marvel movie looking to impress you with its bloody violence and antler-throne? Cutesy condescension.

R-rated? More like F for failure, amiright!

To be entirely fair to Kraven, this one has long been rumored to be rated R, so it’s not like this is something Sony pulled out of nowhere in the wake of Deadpool — although the studio may well have been waiting to see how Marvel’s experiment did first before making it official. In any case, believe it or not, there actually some people out there willing to give this a chance. If only for potential future James Bond, Taylor-Johnson.

Who knows, maybe Kraven will indeed surprise us this December… Or maybe it will be the second slice of stale Sony bread in the Madame Web-Deadpool 3-Kraven sandwich that is the Marvel movie line-up of 2024.

“You’ll love this, there’s a twist at the end!” Such is the ominous line we’ve all regrettably been told by a friend before watching a movie. Arguably, the fact that we know there’s a twist at the end is a spoiler in and of itself as we’re no doubt going to spend the whole time trying to guess what the twist will be.

And yet, that is the exact promise I am going to give to you now, as I am that certain you won’t guess the twist at the end of this TikTok. User @lil_tachy aka Kirsten gripped anyone scrolling through their FYPs in a stranglehold with her story, which provided all the unexpected turns of an M. Night Shyamalan movie but in a fraction of the time. Honestly, why are you even going to see Trap in theaters when you can get the same experience in five minutes by watching this video?

Kirsten kicks off by telling us about a fight she had with her fiancée, which while domestic and small of scale, nonetheless gets you hooked. In what seems like a major red flag, Kirsten explains that her fiancée, Bailey, started implying that she was unhygienic and complained that Kirsten wasn’t wiping herself properly after going to the bathroom. As her remarks were so mortifying and uncalled for, this spawned a massive argument that caused Kirsten to decide to sleep at her family home for the night.

Once she got there, though, it turned out her dad had reached out to Bailey as he thought they shouldn’t end the night angry with each other. Feeling a little betrayed by her father and famished after hours of screaming at her fiancée, Kirsten first went to fetch a bowl of cereal before hashing it out with Bailey some more. However, a tragic trip meant Kirsten spilled her much-needed cereal all over her bedroom floor. And this is where the story takes a turn away from the domestic drama genre into creature feature horror.

Kirsten’s dad is extremely agitated when he rushes in after hearing her yell at dropping her food, and he seems angrier than she would’ve expected. “No, Kirsten, you don’t understand” he intones, ominously. “The ants.” It’s then that Kirsten looks down at her feet and sees that the floor has simply become a sheet of black as a horde of ravenous ants have emerged from the floorboards to swarm over the spilled sugary cereal in their hideous creepy-crawly droves.

“And then I woke up,” Kirsten ends her story time, with a grin. “Because those are the kinds of dreams I have when I take Benadryl.”

To quote the immortal meme, she really had us in the first half, not gonna lie. In the comments, Kirsten confirms that, yes, all of that was indeed something spat out by her drug-addled subconscious. So, no, thankfully her dad’s house is definitely not the center of what Kirsten dubbed “ant armageddon” and her fiancee Bailey is really not that toxic. “My fiancée is wonderful and she would never say some stupid shit like this,” she assured one user.

Kirsten’s probably not the only one out there who has had some crazy vivid dreams after taking Benadryl, as allergy medicine that contain antihistamines are known to sometimes cause nightmares. Even so, it’s probably safe to bet that no one has had a Benadryl dream quite like this one before.

Kirsten should probably expect a phone call from a certain director any day now, as he may have just found the plot for his next film. Coming to cinemas in 2025, M. Night Shyamalan presents… Ant.

There’s nothing that can tear up a family quite like money, even — or maybe especially — for a family as rich as the Royals. Even though the Windsors are so wealthy they could easily live the Scrooge McDuck dream life and swim around in gold coins all day, it seems an influx of new cash is fueling yet another feud between estranged siblings Prince William and Prince Harry.

The brothers might be seen as the youngsters of the British monarchy, but they are both well on their way to middle-aged. William is currently 42 years old, while Harry is gearing up to celebrate his big 4-0 this September. At least in his case, turning 40 will come with a nice little gift to soften the blow, even if his birthday windfall is leaving big bro William fuming.

Prince Harry to receive more than his brother from Royal inheritance, and William is reportedly not pleased

Grandparents are always giving their grandkids money, but when it comes to the Royal Family we’re not talking about the note your grandma slipped into your birthday card. The Queen Mother established a trust fund for her great-grandchildren prior to her passing in 2002, into which she invested what’s believed to be the majority of her £70 million estate. When Harry turns 40, he’ll finally inherit his slice of the fund, which is placed at 10% of the entire sum — so that means he’ll come away with a cool £7 million.

Here’s the rub, though: William is understood to have received a much less substantial amount for his own 40th birthday, due to his reaping significant earnings from the Royals’ Duchy of Cornwall estate (which he recently elected not to disclose tax information about). Unsurprisingly, then, Harry bringing home so much cash while not doing anything for the Royals except drum up endless scandalous headlines is not exactly sitting well with the Prince of Wales.

“William’s pretty disgusted that once again Harry’s going to be cashing out and taking millions back to his Montecito home without lifting a finger for it,” a supposed Royal insider told Closer. “There’s nothing he can do about it, aside from shaking his head, but if it were up to him, Harry would not be getting this payday.”

The insider continued, “William doesn’t think his brother is in any position to be getting this handout and he’s letting it be known that he thinks it’s a pretty rotten situation.”

William isn’t the only one not happy about Harry’s inheritance, as the question of whether the Queen Mother would even want him to have the money were she alive today has generated a lot of debate.

“I’m pretty sure that the late Queen Mother never dreamed that Prince Harry would stand down from full-time Royal duties,” expert Helena Chard told Fox News Digital. “She would have assumed that he would always have been Prince William’s right-hand man. I imagine there are a lot of mixed feelings regarding the inheritance split.”

There might be mixed feelings at Buckingham Palace, but probably very happy feelings at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s mansion in Montecito. No doubt Harry’s counting down the days until his big birthday on Sep. 15.

Tim Walz is officially Kamala Harris’ running mate, and the country is practically weeping for joy. Not because he’s necessarily the most exciting choice Harris could’ve made, but because he’s just so darn drama-free.

A decade ago, we would never have guessed how much of a blessed relief it would be that a potential president or vice president was aggressively ordinary, but after it looked for a hot minute there like our only choices were an orange-hued affront to democracy and a well-intentioned if worn-out octogenarian, the presence of an archetypal good egg like Walz on the ballot is a reason to celebrate.

Social media is already starting to refer to Walz as “America’s dad,” and for the ultimate evidence of that we only need to look at a series of tweets he shared last October. In what could’ve been sent by your own father in the family group chat, Walz decided to enlighten the people of X with the wholesome saga of his dog, Scout, locking himself in his and his wife’s bedroom.

The governor of Minnesota shared the epic story in three tweets: first, his wife texting him to let him know what had happened, a photo of the dog being retrieved through the window, and then an adorable snap of Scout looking happy now that he’d been freed.

Although this is the stuff of WhatsApp chats with dads up and down the country, it cannot be stressed enough how different this is from the typical bile that our elected officials tweet about these days. Just look at the belligerent lies and bone-headed idiocy the likes of Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert spread on social media daily. And we know one potential Republican running mate would’ve handled this situation a lot differently. As one comment on this Reddit thread quipped, “Kristi Noem would have just tossed a grenade through the window.”

Everyday dog antics this might be, but the fact that the one of the most notable things Walz has done online is tweet about his prankster of a pooch is actually restoring people’s faith in the future of America. “The kind of shenanigans our country actually needs,” wrote one. Others are amazed at how different Harris and Walz are from Trump and his GOP ghouls: “Walz and Harris are humans with human problems. Modern republicans are caricatures of people in The Boys.”

Not to get ahead of ourselves, but some are even beginning to dare to dream of a time when we might not have to fear for what the next political calamity will be. “I realized recently that I don’t remember what it feels like to not spend my day worrying about what tomorrow might look like,” reads one comment, in what might be the most profound response to a thread about dogs being dumb in the internet’s history.

Tim Walz, thank you for not being a family pet-killing crazy man. And Scout, keep doing what you’re doing. America needs you both.