Table of contents for March 28, 2022 in Globe

FORMER NASCAR driver Danica Patrick is proving to be hell on wheels with the sudden crash of her lovein with boyfriend Carter Comstock after less than a year of dating. Carter’s the second hunk to get away in less than two years following her 2020 split from NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The sexy retired speedster, who turns 40 March 25, writes she and Comstock, 34, parked their romance months ago, saying: “We were together for a while, and unfortunately it didn’t work, but it doesn’t mean that it wasn’t a really fun time and we didn’t do a lot of really amazing things.” Patrick and the co-founder of the Freshly meal delivery biz hooked up last April. At the time, the retired Indy and NASCAR driver gushed, “I just always imagined…

SLY Suzanne Somers is no boob — she admits she has made thigh-high profits from sales of her ThighMaster! The leg-squeezing gadget claims to tone muscles and it also bulked up Suzanne’s bank account by as much as $300 million, according to the buxom beauty. “It’s $19.95 times 10 million” units initially sold, plus 5 million more,” she says. “So you kind of do the math.” The Three’s Company alum, 75, also reveals she and hubby Alan Hamel, 85, bought out their partners and still sell the device, which Suzanne hawked on infamous infomercials in the 1990s. She dishes she first got hooked on the ThighMaster so her legs would look good in Manolo Blahnik heels. “For someone who has played the dumbest blonde on television, I have a really good…

VENGEFUL Shelley Nicole Vaughn cruelly grinned as she hurled her ex-boyfriend’s pet pug off his Clearwater condo balcony — sending the three-year-old pup plummeting seven stories to his death, according to Florida lawmen. Heartsick Eric Adeson, 56, says he’s traumatized after watching “evil” Vaughn, 46, murder his “sweet” and “playful” Bucky! According to a criminal complaint, the liquored-up loser picked a fight with her ex and refused to leave his apartment. Adeson charges she first tossed his cell phone and keys over the railing — and then the shrew set her sights on his 13-pound pet! He chillingly claims, “She picked up Bucky and she just smiled and just threw them off the balcony.” The pooch landed on the asphalt parking lot below and did not survive. “I went down,…

Keeping up with former Playmate SHANNA MOAKLER, ex-wife of KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN’s rocker fiancé, TRAVIS BARKER, got more complicated. Days after her ex-boyfriend MATTHEW RONDEAU, 28, was arrested for domestic violence, the Celebrity Big Brother alum, 47, claims she’s now expecting his child. “I took a pregnancy test and it is positive,” asserts Shanna, who has a daughter, 16, and son, 18, with Barker, and a daughter, 22, with boxing champ OSCAR DE LA HOYA. Masters of Sex star MICHAEL SHEEN, 53, and girlfriend ANNA LUNDBERG, 27, are expecting their second baby. The Kissing Booth star JOEY KING, 22, got engaged to STEVEN PIET, 30, a producer she met shooting The Act in 2019. Also prepping for an aisle walk, Euphoria star SYDNEY SWEENEY, 24, got engaged to JONATHAN DAVINO, 37.…

CELEBRITY chef Ina Garten has been a staple of the Food Network since 2002. During the pandemic, she charmed fans by sipping a colossal cosmopolitan on social media. Now, the long-time Barefoot Contessa host has whipped up a new limited series for the cable channel. Be My Guest, in her East Hampton, N.Y., home, pairs the kitchen wiz cooking with pals. Here are ten things you don’t know about the 74-year-old cookbook author and TV foodie. 1At 15, she met future husband Jeffrey during a trip to visit her brother at Dartmouth College. They wed five years later. 2She earned a pilot’s license while Jeffrey served a four-year military tour during the Vietnam War. 3Her dietitian mother discouraged her from helping in the kitchen and urged her to instead focus…

CHOOSING the right bedtime snacks could help you slim down and get better shut-eye, according to one expert. Arizona-based sleep science coach Sanchita Sen says if you hit the sack while hungry, your body may not have sufficient energy to recharge, which can lead to the retention of fat cells. To promote weight loss, Sen suggests eating foods rich in sleep-promoting melatonin, such as bananas, cherries and tomatoes. Sen says nutrient-packed nibbles, including peanut butter, nuts, apples and whole wheat bread, can help maintain even blood sugar levels and lead to improved slumber. But she adds it’s best to eat small portions — just enough to sate your hunger — and nix anything spicy, fatty or fried to keep indigestion, heartburn or acid reflux from wrecking your rest.…

AFTER settling his sex abuse lawsuit, Prince Andrew is being pressured to spill his guts to the FBI on everything he knows about his late sex trafficking pal Jeffrey Epstein, sources tell GLOBE. The two-faced prince thought he was off the hook and wouldn’t have to reveal all in a deposition after paying an estimated $16 million hush-money settlement to Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a former Epstein sex slave who claims then 41-year-old Andrew raped her when she was 17 in 2001. While Andrew, 62, admitted no wrongdoing, he vows to help sex abuse victims as part of the deal. But as GLOBE has reported, the disgraced duke has been stonewalling the FBI for more than a year while claiming he wants to cooperate. “Andrew has denied knowing anything about Epstein’s…

LONELY Sally Field hasn’t had a steady guy in decades and is now looking for love at the feisty age of 75. The Amazing Spider-Man actress hasn’t had a serious relationship since her second marriage to producer Alan Greisman crashed in 1994 and “friends tell her to stop wasting time and get looking — and that’s what she’s doing,” spills an insider. “She still believes in marriage and wouldn’t be averse to giving it another try because it’s never too late.” The only excitement in her life is the upcoming filming of 80 for Brady, a road-trip flick co-starring pals Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Rita Moreno. “She’s got this project coming up and a zest for life that wasn’t there a year or so ago,” spills an insider. The…

SINGER Aaron Carter’s ex-fiancée and baby mama Melanie Martin has smacked him with a restraining order charging he’s a pill-popping monster who broke three of her ribs in a violent fit of jealousy. The 30-year-old, Bulgarian-born model-bartender, mom of his four-month-old son, Prince, says: “We had a fight about me talking to another man while we were broken up. “He punched me in the left rib and pushed me. I didn’t feel the pain until a few days later.” She blames the I Love Candy singer’s “aggression” on taking “too many of his prescription pills.” He has not publicly responded to her charges.…

REALITY mess Mama June Shannon can’t seem to get a break — her new beau Justin Stroud has been busted for owing $10,000 in child support. MTV’s Road to Redemption star June, 42, who shot to reality TV fame as the mom of Honey Boo Boo, a.k.a. Alana Thompson, now 16, skipped off to California with Justin, 34, in October. Apparently, he left an arrest warrant behind. He was busted in Florida and extradited to Alabama, where he’ll face probation violations on burglary and drug charges and his child support. Justin was photographed in cuffs with a sour look on his puss after he was busted when he and June, who has battled weight and drug issues, pulled into a gas station. “Next thing you know, police pull in and…

COWBOY SAM LASSOS CUMBERBATCH ‘POS’ It’s a rootin’ tootin’ Hollywood showdown! Rough and always ready, 1883 star SAM ELLIOTT, 77, is shooting bullets at The Power of the Dog, the Oscar-nominated film about a sadistic rancher in 1925 Montana! Sam’s barking the flick’s a load of horse crap! Literally calling the period piece starring Brit-born actor BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH a “piece of sh*t,” salty Sam took aim at the Oscar frontrunner, grousing its cowboys look more like Chippendales dancers wearing “bow ties and not much else.” Yikes. “That’s what all these f*cking cowboys in that movie looked like,” blasts the American actor, who stars alongside TIM McGRAW and FAITH HILL in Yellowstone’s hit prequel. “They’re running around in chaps and no shirt. Where’s the Western in this Western?” he barks. “I…

TRAIN-WRECK Mob Wives star Renee Graziano is getting back on track from her pill-popping ways with the help of a fellow reality celeb with his own history of addiction issues — Hills alum Jason Wahler! Renee, 52, calls Jason, 35, an “amazing man” whose “knowledge and wisdom are beyond measure!” The VH1 personality, who was arrested for a DUI in January, says she suffers from anxiety, depression and a history of abusive relationships.…

ARIES March 21 - April 20 Keep a lid on your temper Monday, when you’re liable to go off like a rocket over a situation that will resolve itself by midweek! Deep breaths, Ram! Single and seeking? Look for new love at the place you stop for gas or snacks — that smiling stranger could be your soul mate! The number 5 is lucky Saturday. GEMINI May 22 - June 21 The cosmos reveals the truth about a secret situation midweek and it could draw you closer to a friend, Twin. A medical mystery is also cleared up with answers arriving by the weekend! Stick to the budget while Mercury visits Aries to see your savings grow. But be careful not to invest in anything shady! LEO July 23 -…

INTREPID iguana hunter Mike Kimmel has set his sights on ridding Florida of the green menaces — and claims he’s killed nearly 90 of the giant lizards in one day! Kimmel, 33, who operates Martin County Trapping & Wildlife Rescue, has spent nearly a decade culling the invasive species, which is native to Central and South America and has plagued the Sunshine State since the early ’60s. The hired gun patrols municipalities, golf courses and residential properties with his canine sidekick, Otto, and targets the rampaging reptiles. And the pro trapper says the biggest one he’s ever bagged was an astonishing six feet long and weighed a whopping 18 pounds! Adult iguanas can lay up to 70 eggs a year, have no natural predators in Florida and create massive, interconnected…

The Inside Story on Great Sex! This week I got a letter from a reader in Texas about a “little secret” that has made her sex life with her husband absolutely explosive! Tina writes: Dear Karen, For years, my husband and I had a great love life. He was sexy and passionate and so confident. But when he reached his 50s, he lost his spark in the bedroom. The few times we did have sex, his erection was definitely softer, leaving us both unsatisfied. He tried every product out there; prescriptions, testosterone, even those enhancement pills… but nothing worked. This is terrible, but I found myself thinking ‘’My strong, passionate husband has become a sexual weakling.’’ I had no idea it would all turn around in just 3 weeks! Last…

NEW Jersey resident Michael Spressler came into an estimated 4,000 clams when he bit into a mollusk at Cape May’s Lobster House and found a huge natural pearl inside! THE number of people who dream in black and white has declined by 15 percent since the advent of color TV. Now about 12 percent of the population’s dreams are not colorized. TOM HANKS was not paid for his work in 1994’s Forrest Gump. Instead of salary, the actor took a percentage of the film’s revenue — and has earned an estimated $40 million! SAN Diego Zoo is home to the world’s largest porcupine puppet, Percy, who just made his first official appearance. The critter, who stands two stories tall, was designed by Muppet masters Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.…

WHIPPED Jason Momoa has pulled off a minor miracle in pulling his fractured marriage to Lisa Bonet back from the brink — but friends tell GLOBE she’s making him eat so much crow his friends hardly recognize him! The Aquaman he-man, 42, and the A Different World stunner, 54, announced their sudden split in January after being together for 16 years and married since 2017. But sources say Jason has already moved out of the doghouse and back into their Topanga, Calif., home. “He’s managed to convince her to let him move back in on a trial basis — and she’s saying it’s so they can coparent better,” spills an insider. “He’s got a lot of work to do before she lets him all the way back in, because he…

MODERN Family alum Ariel Winter, 24 — who has struggled with food issues and depression — is taking over from Demi Lovato in the role of an eating-obsessed food stylist in the new NBC sitcom Hungry! Demi, 29, who has ALSO grappled with body image, reportedly dumped the role over scheduling conflicts. But Demi will still be pushing some weight around as an executive producer on the comedy series about a group of friends bonding over eating disorders.…

SURE seems like Downton Abbey is cursed! Dalton Mills, an old industrial site used as sets for the popular English series and spinoff movies, mysteriously erupted into hellish flames and burned to the ground — despite 543 functioning sprinklers — just weeks after $200,000 worth of relics used as props vanished! No one’s officially blaming evil spirits, but LADY FIONA CARNARVON, the reallife countess who reigns over High-clere Castle, insists the place TV fans know as Downton Abbey “is haunted.” Lady Fiona claims folks visiting her ancestral home keep “hearing footsteps but when we’ve called out, nobody’s there. A priest blessed one ghost I saw and wished him on his way. I live with people who’ve lived here before.” Fiona, who works as a financial auditor, also reveals, “Our Labradors…

PAWN Stars bossman Rick Harrison is caught in a nasty feud with his own mother, who charges he duped her into signing over the majority ownership in the TV gold mine and has since stiffed her on payments! In shocking court papers Joanne Harrison, 81, and widow of the Las Vegas Gold & Silver Pawn Shop founder Richard “The Old Man” Harrison, who died in 2018, accuses Rick of stopping her $25,000 monthly payments. She also charges Rick, one of her three sons, hoodwinked her into signing over her shares of the shop seen on the History Channel show when she was seriously ill in Valley Hospital two years ago. “While Joanne was in the hospital recovering from her coma, Rick apparently made her sign over her 51 percent ownership…

BLOATED sex brute Harvey Weinstein has been caught committing a new offense — prison officials found his secret jailhouse stash of Milk Duds! The 70-year-old former Hollywood honcho — who is serving a 23-year sentence in New York on two counts of rape and sexual assault while awaiting trial in Los Angeles on further charges — calls it “an innocent misunderstanding … I am sincerely sorry.” The commotion over the caramel contraband occurred after guards discovered the dude’s disallowed Duds in his cell.…