Globe May 4, 2020

CAITLYN JENNER’s son Brandon reveals his then dad Bruce all but disappeared from his life after his father wed third wife Kris Jenner! Brandon, now 38, who’s mom was Bruce’s second wife, Linda Thompson, writes: “I didn’t see my father more than half a dozen times between the ages eight and 25,” in the book To Me, He Was Just Dad, about the kids of celebrities. “Sadly the infrequent exchanges felt more like staged photo opportunities than real bonding,” he says of picture sessions, many of them for holiday cards. He also notes that the former Olympic decathlon champ was a cheapskate who once bought him a $250 bike, but “made me promise I’d pay him back for it.” Noting that they’re closer since Bruce/Caitlyn’s sex change, Brandon believes “we…

BRAVE Nicole Kidman is going to adopt a son with hubby Keith Urban after repeated attempts to conceive with IVF treatment tragically failed, sources say! The 52-year-old actress and Keith, dad of her biological daughters, Sunday, 11, and Faith, 9, are reportedly looking for a boy through an agency. “Nicole was heartbroken that she wasn’t able to get pregnant after many years of trying and going through IVF,” spills an insider. The Aquaman actress gave birth to Sunday herself but used a surrogate for second daughter Faith. She was thrilled when Keith, 52, “said to her one day, ‘Why don’t we adopt?’” reveals the insider. “Nicole has always thought adoption was a beautiful way to create and expand a family, and there are so many children in need of a…

PRUDISH Disney censors working on a rerelease of the hit Splash just went overboard by covering up movie mermaid Daryl Hannah’s cute butt with fake computerized hair! The recent cover-up by the prissy stuffed shirts changed the 1984 flick’s PG rating to PG-13 for the Disney+ family streaming service. But some fans are outraged over the butt-banning in the flick about a mermaid (Hannah) who saves a boy from drowning and then falls in love with the guy — Tom Hanks — when they’re both grown. “This is ridiculous,” says a fan. “The nudity wasn’t sexual or offensive. These censors are nitwits.”…

NASCAR driver Kyle Larson crashed his career by uttering a racial slur during the livestreaming of a virtual race! With regular events canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, Kyle’s headset seemed to go on the blink during an iRacing competition on April 12 and he said: “You can’t hear me?” and then added the N-word. Shortly after, stock car circuit bigwigs suspended him indefinitely, and he was booted from his Chip Ganassi Racing team without pay. The 27-year-old driver later apologized, saying: “I wasn’t raised that way, and it’s just an awful thing to say.”…

MOVIE he-man Jason Statham was caught risking the safety of his two-year-old son, Jack, by transporting the tot on a minibike — WITH-OUT helmets — a flagrant violation of California’s traffic laws, says an expert. Photos show the gravelvoiced Fast & Furious hunk straddling a yellow motorized minibike, with the adorable hoodie-wearing Jack sitting between the actor’s legs and clutching the handlebar for dear life on the street in front of their Hollywood home on April 13. Private eye Paul Huebl says the 52-year-old, who played the macho limo driver in the Transporter epics, might expect an investigation and charges from the state’s Children and Family Services for the risky incident. “If he’s riding in the street and his kid doesn’t have a helmet, it’s technically a violation, and it…

EVEN after surgery to save her eye after a freak accident, Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie’s sight is fading and she needs to go under the knife again. Docs repaired the 48-year-old newsgal’s torn retina four months ago, but she says the fix was just temporary and her vision “certainly isn’t where it was, and I think it’s getting worse. I have to have a couple of follow-up surgeries.” The “expected” extra ops have had to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The morning co-host suffered the retina tear when her three-year-old son, Charley, accidentally smacked her eye with his toy train. “Eventually, I’ll be able to schedule those surgeries, and I’m hopeful there’ll be a big improvement,” she says. “I don’t think my eye will ever be the way…