5 Facts About Elaine Chappelle, Dave Chappelle’s Wife
Dave Chappelle may be one of the most popular comedians in the world, but to his wife Elaine, he's just Dave.Chappelle had his big break with his Comedy Central Show Chappelle Show which ran from 2003 to 2005. The show was enormously popular and put Chappelle on the map. Chappelle’s Show was scheduled to have a third season after the success of the first two seasons but that never happened. RELATED: Why Dave Chappelle Walked Away From $50 Million Dollars …Instead, Chappelle famously walked away from the series and a $50 million paycheck. He abruptly left during production in 2006, effectively breaking his contract with Comedy Central. He was reportedly unhappy with the direction the show had taken and needed to step away.But there has been one person who has been with the comedian through it all and that's his wife, Elaine.Dave and Elaine Chappelle Prioritize Family Over MoneyIn an interview with Time, Chappelle spoke about moving to Ohio and walking away from his show, saying, "Coming here, I don't have the distractions of fame. It quiets the ego down. I'm interested in the kind of person I've got to become. I want to be well-rounded, and the industry is a place of extremes. I want to be well-balanced. I've got to check my intentions, man.”RELATED: Best Dating Quotes to to Keep You Motivated in Your Search for LoveThere was much speculation during this time in Chappelle’s life. Fans couldn’t fathom the idea that he’d walk away from his popular and successful show and $50 million. People thought he must have a drug or alcohol problem. Others thought it was a mental health issue that led comedian Dave Chappelle to walk away from it all. That wasn’t the case at all. Chappelle simply reprioritized his life in a way that was better for himself and his family.Through the media circus that followed Dave Chappelle’s wife Elaine Mendoza stood by him. Dave and Elaine have been married for 21 years. They tied the knot in 2001 and have two sons, Sulayman and Ibrahim, and one daughter, Sanaa. Who is Elaine Chappelle? Goalcast Archive Dave Chappelle’s wife Elaine Mendoza was born on August 31, 1974, to devout Christian Filipino parents. (Dave converted to Islam in 1991.) She grew up in Brooklyn and according to various sources, once planned to become a professional chef. Dave and Elaine Chappelle met more than 20 years ago, so she would have been in her 20s. After meeting and falling in love with Dave Chappelle, Elaine chose to devote herself to raising the couple’s three children.How Did Dave Chappelle and Elaine Meet? Goalcast Archive During an interview with Howard Stern in the early 2000s, Dave Chappelle revealed that he met his then-girlfriend Elaine Mendoza in Brooklyn and at the time he said she was pregnant with his baby. He said that he was immediately interested in her, but she took some time to get to know Dave before committing to the relationship. RELATED: Dave Chappelle Talks About His Worst ExperienceHe also revealed that she was Filipino, which led Stern and his co-host Robin Quivers to make some distasteful jokes about Asian stereotypes. Up until this point Dave Chappelle had been a regular guest on Stern’s show and even credited the exposure Stern gave him with helping his career. After they made those so-called jokes about the future Elaine Chappelle, he has continually refused to ever appear on Stern’s show again. Though he publicly says it’s because the show tapes too early in the morning, it feels like he's showing where his loyalties lie – with his wife Elaine Chappelle.Elaine is Dave Chappelle’s Support System Goalcast Archive Dave and Elaine Chappelle have a strong marriage that has lasted more than two decades so far. Over the years, Dave Chappelle has made many comments about how his wife is his support system. In his final interview with Howard Stern, Chappelle said, “She was with me when I was poor.”For a celebrity like Chappelle, it is especially important to have a strong support system in place. Fans and the media can be brutal to a public figure like Elaine Chappelle’s husband. She has been with Dave through some rocky parts of his career including when he walked away from Chappelle’s Show and the more recent controversy over the anti-trans content in his standup routine. RELATED: Relationship Goals: Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel Stepped Back to Leap ForwardHe appreciates the perspective Elaine Chappelle brings to his life and said, "My wife, if it gets real bad, she’ll let me know, like, ‘Oh, you should look into this.’ But for the most part, I try not to pay attention to it because you don’t want to be careful as a comedian. I try to keep my business small enough so it can still be authentic enough.”Speaking of that $50 million Chappelle walked away from when he quit Chapelle’s Show and voided his contract with Comedy Central – Chappelle did an interview with Conan O’Brien in 2006 during which he talked about it, saying, “My wife’s still a little salty… She’s not mad at me, but don’t think you’re going to walk away from $50 million and your wife’s just gonna be cool with it.”Where the Married Couple is Today Goalcast ArchiveDave and Elaine Chappelle and their three children live on a 65-acre farm in Yellow Springs, Ohio, which is located about 20 miles from the Dayton Metropolitan area. In 2006, Chappelle said, “I used to be cable’s hottest star and now I’m just a Yellow Springs guy. It turns out you don't need $50 million to live around these parts, just a nice smile and a kind way about you. You guys are the best neighbors ever. That's why I came back and that's why I'm staying.”RELATED: Why Setting Relationship Goals Is Important And How To Do ItChappelle grew up in Yellow Springs, where his father was the dean of students at Antioch College. By all accounts, Dave and Elaine Chappelle are living a peaceful, quiet, and normal life in Ohio with their children. She keeps out of the spotlight and doesn’t have any social media accounts. They appear to be a grounded couple with mutual love and respect for each other and that’s a beautiful thing. KEEP READING: Relationship Goals: Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost Make Their Differences Work
Family Dog Keeps Daughters Safe After They Were Stranded and Lost in Woods
A goldendoodle named Artemis came to the rescue of his human siblings recently. One evening, Mary Bourg from Folsom Louisiana, was frantic. Her young daughters, Abigail, 7, and Cecilia, 4, has been out playing with their dog Artemis while she finished working but by the time the sun was setting, they hadn’t come home yet, and she was understandably worried. She called out for them. She roamed the six acres of property their home is on.“I had the worst thoughts. I just didn’t let those thoughts stick around very long because I couldn’t handle that. That feeling of just, 'Oh my gosh, what could happen to them, where are they,” their mother, 31, told WWLTV. “You start feeling the worst in those split seconds, too long," Mary wondered if they’d fallen in the creek or if one of the wild boars that roam their property had gotten to them and injured–or worse–them.RELATED: Strangers Help Impoverished Veteran Reunite With His Dogs — He Has an Incredibly Emotional Response to Their Kindness“I’d been running around our property, and I was calling for them,” Mary, told Today.com on Dec. 20. “Usually, they come running with Artemis leading the way.”“I began to think the worst,” Mary continued “My mind was just racing.”Heroic BarkingMary tried to calm her shaking hands as she dialed 911 to report that her two young daughters were missing. She also asked for help in a local Facebook group.“Originally, I was very confident we were going to find them in the woods,” their father Justin Bourg said. “That’s their favorite place to go play but once hour three, three and a half was kind of creeping up on us on the clock I was getting more dark thoughts.” And then, four hours later, their girls were home with their beloved three-year-old Goldendoodle Artemis leading the way. RELATED: Homeless Man Caught Giving His Dogs a Birthday Party – His Neighbors Step in and Change His LifeMary and Justin found out that when the sisters realized they were lost, they stayed in the same place, sat down, and played games. “Abigail was laying on top of Artemis holding his collar and just snuggled up with him and Cecilia was laying with her head on Abigail’s stomach, and they were just kind of dug in for the night," Justin Bourg said.The dog’s barking attracted people searching for Abigail and Cecilia. Artemis also ran circles around the girls when volunteers from the Facebook group got close to the girls.The Incredible Bond of Dogs and Humans(TODAY)“He was pouncing around them and growling,” a neighbor named Rooster Cowart said. “He was not going to let me get to them at all.”Cowart is also convinced that Artemis protected Abigail and Cecilia from an aggressive wild boar that he’d crossed paths with while he tried to find the girls.As a reward for his heroism, Artemis ate a raw steak. He’s also been given all kinds of treats from his fans and a free blueberry facial at the vet.But the Bourgs learned a valuable lesson and while they don’t want to curb their daughters’ curiosity and love for the outdoors, they realize that they should be wearing tracking devices. The couple is also investigating installing security cameras around their property for safety.“I don’t want to traumatize them — I want to keep that adventure mentality, but also have a head about it and be smart,” Justin Bourg told the local NBC affiliate WDSU. “"We’re definitely going to look into some tracker watches or tracking equipment if they are out here and I’m going to do a better job of teaching them about the elements out here,” Justin said. “I was hoping to have a little more time but looks like they’re ready to do a lot more exploring, I’m going to do a better job of teaching them about the elements out there.” And since the incident, Abigail has wanted Artemis to sleep in her bed with her."They've gotten much closer," Mary said. "It's like she understands what he did for them. Animals are a lot smarter than we give them credit for."KEEP READING:Video Of How Poor Street Vendor Treats Stray Dogs Goes Viral For All The Right Reasons
Elon Musk Now Owns Twitter and 6 Other Weird Facts - Is He The IRL Tony Stark?
*This article was updated on October 28, 2022.It’s true. The unthinkable has happened: Elon Musk officially owns Twitter. Welcome to the wild, wild west of social media. The internet is exploding with the news and what will happen to one of the most popular social media platforms. Elon Musk is everywhere lately. Twitter owner after a very drawn out, public, and complicated deal, SpaceX's most recent rocket is in orbit, and he recently welcomed twins with an executive at one of his companies, just weeks after he welcomed a second child with his ex-girlfriend Grimes. That's a lot in one lifetime, but this is only a few months in the life of the Tesla co-founder. RELATED: Elon Musk: The Life Story of the Boy Who Changed the FutureEven Musk's dad made headlines for secretly fathering a second child with his stepdaughter (whom he raised from when she was four). Suffice it to say, it's impossible to escape Elon Musk or the Musk name. Musk certainly knows how to make news and has a legion of devoted fans to prove it.Musk has often been called the real-life Tony Stark. Love him, hate him, or even if you’re ambivalent towards him, he’s built an impressive resume during his 51 years as co-founder of PayPal, founder of space exploration company SpaceX, the head of luxury electric car company Tesla Motors, and now Twitter owner. He is a fascinating man who is unapologetically himself. Elon Musk Buys Twitter Musk's first tweet after the purchase was, "The bird is freed!"Musk, a free speech enthusiast has been vocal against what he considers "censorship that goes far beyond the law" and Twitter's "left-wing bias." Previously Twitter regulated tweets and banned users that were considered spreading hate speech or disinformation. Other goals to "improve Twitter" include getting rid of bots and making the algorithm for how Twitter shows news available to everyone. No word yet on how these goals will be implemented. Get ready for some changes, they are happening fast! In Musk's first few hours as owner, he has fired Twitter's company’s chief executive, Parag Agarwal; chief financial officer Ned Segal; general counsel Sean Edgett; and Vijaya Gadde, the head of legal policy, trust, and safety. Elon Musk joined Twitter as @elonmusk in 2009 and is an active member of the social media platform. He’s at times amusing, at other times enigmatic, and at still other times, controversial. He frequently posts memes, trolls other users, promotes his various business endeavors, and comments on pop culture and politics. Musk’s Twitter bio reads: Mars & Cars, Chips & Dip. He has more than 100 million followers as of this writing.The $44 billion dollar acquisition was a long time in the making. Musk talked about buying Twitter as early as 2017. He got serious about that plan in January 2022, when he started buying up shares of Twitter’s stock, amassing a 5% stake in the company in March. By the following month, he had a 9.13% share in the company, which made him the company’s largest shareholder. It looked like he might attempt a takeover of the company. When he revealed his position as Twitter’s largest shareholder, the company’s stock surged to the largest amount in one day since its IPO in 2013. Musk began publicly debating Twitter’s freedom of speech (or in Musk’s eyes, lack thereof). He mused that he might start a rival site. By this time, he owned 7.5% of the company. Then on April 13, 2022, Musk offered $44 billion and launched a takeover bid to try and buy all of Twitter’s stock.Twitter retaliated by putting a shareholder’s rights plan in place to make it harder for any one individual to own more than 15% of the company without approval from its board of directors. Musk offered $46.5 billion for Twitter. Immediately following that news, Tesla’s stock sank by more than $125 billion, causing Musk to lose $30 billion of his net worth. RELATED: Elon Musk Says This One Habit Is the Secret to Becoming SuccessfulAbout a month after he made his intentions to take over Twitter clear, he put the deal on hold, claiming that too many of the site’s daily active users were spam accounts. This caused Twitter’s share price to fall by more than 10%.In July 2022, Musk sent a notice of his termination of the deal to purchase Twitter. The company’s board of directors remain committed to holding Musk to his deal as of this writing and have filed a lawsuit against Musk in Delaware, citing his breach of a legally binding agreement to buy TwitterElon Musk’s Family and EducationElon Reeve Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1971 during the era of apartheid. His mother, Maye Musk, is a Canadian-born model. His father, Errol Musk, is an entrepreneur who, among other endeavors, was half-owner of a diamond mine in Zambia. Elon has a younger brother, Kimbal, a sister, Tosca, as well as a stepsister, half-sister, and half-brother on his father’s side. His parents divorced in 1980, and after living with his father for a few years in his teens, became estranged from him.Musk became interested in computers and video games as a kid. When he was 12, he created a videogame called Blastar and sold the code (he wrote it in BASIC) for $500. After high school, he applied to emigrate to his mother’s native Canada. While he waited, he enrolled at the University of Pretoria for a semester so that he could avoid mandatory service in the South African military. RELATED: Elon Musk Says This Surprising Thing Helped Him Become A Billionaire, Offers Unusual Parenting Lesson In The ProcessMusk moved to Canada in 1989 to attend Queen’s University in Ontario for two years. He then transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a BA in physics and a BS in economics. During the summer before his senior year, he worked two internships in California’s Silicon Valley. One was at a startup called Pinnacle Research Institute which was in the field of energy storage, and one was at Rocket Science Games. After graduating from Penn, he enrolled in Stanford University’s Ph.D. program in materials science. He dropped out after two days and decided he’d be better off taking advantage of this new thing called the internet and launching a startup. Elon Musk’s Early CareerElon Musk borrowed money from his father and founded Zip2, a software company, with his brother and friend Greg Kouri in 1995. Zip2 put together and sold an internet city guide for the newspaper industry, including yellow pages, maps, and directions. At this point in his life, Elon was broke and slept on the couch in his offices and showered at the local YMCA rather than renting an apartment, Vanity Fair reported. RELATED: 3 Incredible Times Elon Musk Failed and Still Came out on TopIn 1999, the company Musk co-founded sold to Compaq for $307 million in cash. Musk owned seven percent of Zip2’s stock which was equal to $22 million. He was on his way to becoming the richest person in the world, and he was 28 years old. Elon Musk's Involvement With the PayPal MafiaAfter the sale of Zip2 in 1999, Elon Musk immediately co-founded an online financial service and payment by email company called X.com. The company was one of the first online banks to be federally insured. In 2000, X.com merged with another online bank called Confinity to reduce competition. Confinity was founded by Peter Thiel and Max Levchin and had its own money-transfer service, called PayPal and Musk was the CEO. However, by September 2000, the board of directors replaced Musk with Thiel as CEO. RELATED: How to be Successful: 16 Habits to Help You Succeed in LifeIn September 2001 the company was renamed PayPal. eBay acquired PayPal for $1.5 billion in stock in 2002. Musk was once again the largest shareholder and his 11.72% of shares in PayPal were worth $175.8 million. Musk, Levchin, and Thiel are commonly referred to as the PayPal Mafia as all three went on to further and even greater successes. How Did Elon Musk Get So Rich With SpaceX?Elon Musk is a serial entrepreneur who is not only brilliant but also had the fortune of being in the right place at the right time (several times). Musk was fresh out of college when the first dot-com boom took place and Zip2 and PayPal were part of that. After PayPal sold to eBay, Musk’s net worth was nearly $200 million. From there, he dove into his interest in space exploration and founded SpaceX in 2003. He identified and took advantage of the opportunities his life and career put him in the path of, including Tesla Motors. The company was founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in 2003. Musk joined the company not long after, investing $6.5 million of his own money into the company, which made him the majority shareholder. As a result, Elon Musk was made the Chairman of the board of directors. RELATED: What Is ‘BDE’ and What Are the Signs You Have It?Musk is also the founder of several other companies including the neurotechnology startup company Neuralink, which aims to artificial intelligence chips that can be embedded in human brains to make it easier for people to merge with machines. He also founded The Boring Company, in 2017 to construct tunnels to improve heavy vehicular traffic.We cannot talk about the facts about Elon Musk without mentioning his incredible $198 billion net worth. According to Celebrity Net Worth, this makes Elon Musk the richest person in the world. Musk owns 48% of SpaceX, valued at $46 billion, and 22% of Tesla, and in 2020 his net worth skyrocketed, increasing $142 billion that year. Elon Musk Joins Tesla MotorsWhen Elon Musk was first Chairman of Tesla’s board of directors, he was not involved in the day-to-day operations of the company. However, conflicts between Martin Eberhard and the board of directors, coupled with the 2008 financial crisis, led to Eberhard being fired from the company he co-founded. RELATED: Why Being Financially Organized Can Help Your Motivation and Emotional Well-BeingMusk was made the CEO in 2008. As Tesla CEO he oversaw the development of the Tesla model called the Roadster, an all-electric sports car in 2008. In 2017, the mass market sedan, the Model 2 was released and became the best-selling plug-in electric car in the world. Elon Musk is the longest-tenured CEO of a car company in the world. Tesla made its IPO in 2010 and by 2020, was the most valuable carmaker in the world. In October 2021, Tesla had a market cap of $1 trillion, becoming just the sixth US-based company to reach that milestone. At Tesla Musk is changing the way the world perceives electric cars.Elon Musk’s Relationships and ChildrenNo look at facts about Elon Musk would be complete without a look at his relationships, marriages, and children. Musk met his first wife, Justine Musk (nee Wilson) while studying at Queen’s University in Canada. They married in 2002. Elon and Justine had six children. Their first child died at 10 weeks old of sudden infant death syndrome. In 2004 they had twins and in 2006 triplets via IVF. Elon and Justine divorced in 2008. That same year, Elon began dating actress Talulah Riley. They married in 2010. In 2012, they divorced. The following year, in 2013, they remarried each other. In December 2014 he filed for divorce a second time, but that request was removed. Elon and Talulah divorced for the second and final time in 2016. He moved on to actress Amber Heard, whom he dated for a few months in 2017.RELATED: Elon Musk Has a New Girlfriend, and the Quirky Way They Met Shows He’s a True SapiosexualIn 2018, Musk revealed that he’d been dating musician Grimes. The couple’s first son, a son they named X AEA-XII, was born in 2020. In December 2021, the couple had a daughter named Exa Dark Sidrael via surrogate. Grimes and Musk broke up a few months before their daughter was born. Then, in July 2022, Insider published legal documents that revealed Musk and Neuralink executive, Shivon Zils, had twins together. As of this writing, Elon Musk has nine children with three different women. Lessons We Can Learn From Elon Musk's SuccessElon Musk is incredibly successful. He knows his strength, what his value and interests are, and relentlessly pursues projects that he can dive into, grow the value of, and sell at a huge profit. Some people say he marches to the beat of his own drum, but that's true of any truly successful person, especially creative ones. Musk may be an engineer at heart, but he's also highly creative in the way he applies his strengths to his endeavors. KEEP READING:Elon Musk Shared the Most Refreshing, No-BS Productivity Tips with Tesla Employees
Whatever Happened to Arnold Schwarzenegger's Secret Love Child?
It’s been 11 years since the Los Angeles Times revealed that Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a love child with his housekeeper Mildred which shocked the world and precipitated his divorce from Maria Shriver. Even more shocking than the revelation itself was the fact that he’d been able to keep it a secret for more than a decade. Schwarzenegger’s life imploded after his son Joseph Baena’s identity was revealed. RELATED: The Way Arnold Schwarzenegger Responded to a Depressed Fan is a Powerful Lesson in EmpathyIn the time since then, Schwarzenegger has revived his acting career and owned up to the mistakes he made. He’s rebuilt his life from the ashes of the bomb that went off in it. He’s built a relationship with his son Joseph and showed that even though he made a mistake in having an affair while married, he’s a man of character who can admit when he was wrong and take steps to make it right again. Schwarzenegger has five children – Joseph Baena with Mildred Baena and Patrick, Katherine, Christopher, and Christina Schwarzenegger with Maria Shriver. Where is Joseph Baena today and what’s he up to? Is he following in his famous father’s footsteps or forging his own way in the world? Joseph Baena Graduated From CollegeThey grow up so fast! Joseph Baena graduated from Pepperdine University in Malibu in 2019 and reportedly has aspirations to follow in his dad’s footsteps by becoming an actor. In the meantime, he needed to earn some cold hard cash, so he got a job in real estate. His father may be worth $450 million according to Celebrity Net Worth, but he’s not doling out handouts to his 24-year-old son.RELATED: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Life Story: From Body Builder to “The Governator”On Sophia and Sistine Stallone’s podcast Unwaxed, Baena said, “I’m really grateful that my dad helped me get through college,” Baena started. “But right when college was done, it was just like, ‘You go. You’re on your own.’ I was like, ‘Oh, s***.’” Baena needed to find a way to make money until his acting career started delivering returns.Baena Now Works In Real Estate When Joseph Baena graduated from college, he wanted to be an actor. However, faced with a need to make money, he started an internship at a real estate firm. During the Unwaxed podcast, he said, “So yeah, I needed a job, and I was not getting any of the acting roles that I thought I was going to get, and like starting to get paid. I was like, ‘I need to do something.’ So, I started interning at this real estate company.”RELATED: Arnold Schwarzenegger Reveals The Truth About His Secret Son, Joseph BaenaBaena got a job at ARIA Properties. Though he still has ambitions to act and become a movie star, he’s doing well in his career and has even found out that he likes it, saying, “I went in there. I was like, ‘I want to just learn as much as possible while making some kind of income.’ And then I enjoyed it and was like, ‘Oh, I think I can do this pretty well.’ So, I got my license.” He became a licensed real estate agent in 2021. Baena’s Instagram reveals that he sold his first home in early 2022. He captioned the picture celebrating the event: “SOLD!!! Congratulations to my clients for trusting myself and @aria_properties to sell their beautiful Santa Monica Property!”He’s a Multi-Hyphenate Like His DadArnold Schwarzenegger is a former bodybuilder, actor, real estate mogul, and former governor of California. Joseph Baena is following in his father’s footsteps by also being a multi-hyphenate young man pursuing multiple ambitions. In Baena’s case, he’s a real estate agent, model, actor, podcaster, and bodybuilder. RELATED: Arnold Schwarzenegger: No One Can Do It AloneHis IMDB profile reveals he appeared in the TV miniseries Off the Grid and in the film Chariot. He’s got a few movies he’s filming now including Encounters and Bully High.He launched his podcast Opposite Ends earlier this year with tech entrepreneur, Jaibir Nihal Singh. They interview successful guests to discuss their careers, what they did, what they learned, and what it took them to achieve their goals. He’s also following in his dad’s footsteps of being a serious bodybuilder. A quick glimpse at his social media reveals the budding actor posing in classic weightlifting poses like his dad did back in his Mr. Olympia days.Is Joseph Baena Single?In January 2022, Joseph Baena admitted on the Unwaxed podcast that he had been single for about a year and a half after trying out the dating apps Hinge and Raya. He also admitted that he’s only had three relationships in his life so far. RELATED: Chris Pratt’s Tragic Divorce Taught Him One Crucial Thing before Marrying Katherine SchwarzeneggerHe dated a girl for three years from his junior year in high school until the end of his first year of college. Then he dated another girl for a year and a half starting his junior year in college. And finally, he dated Malibu Juice Club founder Nicky Dodaj, whom he met at Pepperdine for a couple of years. Why Doesn’t He Use The Schwarzenegger Name?Joseph Baena is on the cover of the March 2022 issue of Men’s Health magazine, where he opens up about his famous dad and the fact that he’s following in his footsteps as an actor and bodybuilder. RELATED: Arnold Schwarzenegger: Don’t Ever Look For ShortcutsIn the interview, he reveals why he doesn’t use his father’s last name, saying, "When I go to auditions, they don't know who I am because we don't have the same last name.” Another benefit to this strategy is that when Baena does book a role he knows it was all him and not his famous name. Baena also said that his dad Arnold Schwarzenegger is old-school and doesn’t believe in handouts. He said, “He believes hard work pays off, and so do I. I love the word honor, and I'm very prideful in the sense that if I use my dad's contacts or ask him for favors, I wonder what honor is that gonna bring me?"KEEP READING: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Secret Child Broke His Family
