New York Post, Sunday, November 15, 2020
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IF you’re the type who disap-
proves of acknowledging Christ-
mas before Thanksgiving, do not
look at today’s copy of Parade
magazine — which has Kurt
Russell and Goldie Hawn on
the cover as Santa and Mrs. Claus
from their new film “The Christ-
mas Chronicles 2.” The couple
reveals that years ago they took
their kids to a mall to see Santa,
but store St. Nick had left for the
day. Russell cast himself in the
role, putting on Santa’s outfit and
sitting in his chair. He was so
convincing in the part, their son
Wyatt (now 34) didn’t catch on.
Russell asked him, “ ‘What do
you want, little boy?’ ” Hawn said.Santa too soon?
“DEADPOOL 2” star Zazie
Beetz (above) is boarding Brad
Pitt’s next film “Bullet Train.”
According to Variety, the cast will
also include “Kick-Ass” star
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, with
David Leitch, director of
“Hobbs & Shaw,” behind the cam-
era. The movie’s based on a Japa-
nese novel, “Maria Beetle,” that
follows a group of hitmen and
assassins on a Tokyo train. After
that, Pitt will star with Emma
Stone in “La La Land” director
Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon.”We got the Beetz
THAT Lizzie Tisch’s LTD “curation consultancy” will open a pop-up
on Madison Avenue in the former Cartier boutique starting Wednesday... THAT Aly Raisman, Storm Reid and more are offering words of
kindness till Dec. 25 on clothing company Aerie’s hotline... THAT
celeb resort Baha Mar in the Bahamas will reopen Dec. 17... THAT art-
ist Linjie Deng is on the cover of Resident Magazine... THAT Sean
Connery will receive a special tribute from the Friars Club.
DISGRACED Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz
has “gone into hiding” after being fired from
the trendy church.
Lentz — who has preached to Kendall and
Kylie Jenner, Chris Pratt and Kevin Du-
rant, among many other stars — got the boot
last week after admitting that he’d been “un-
faithful in my marriage.”
Now we’re told he’s embarrassed and un-
reachable. “It’s like he’s gone into hiding,” a
source told Page Six. “He’s not returning any-
one’s phone calls. Friends have been trying to
encourage him to hire someone to navigate
this situation, but he’s not responding.”
Meanwhile, we’re told Justin Bieber starteddistancing himself from Lentz over a year ago.
“[Justin] quit going and it was pretty abrupt.
He separated from the church a while ago.
They used him,” the source said.
“They were opportunistic leeches. Carl ‘hip-
ster too-cool-for-school’ is a total used car
salesman type of guy.”
The first source suggested the pastor had
jacked Bieber’s rock star lifestyle.
“He was always living the pop star life, pop-
ping bottles on private planes. The infidelity
was not a surprise,” the source said.
“At one point, he was in Australia with Bie-
ber at a bar with his shirt off and doing shots... He’s New Age and modern, but shots and
taking off your clothes in public places? Come
on.”
Another insider confirmed that Bieber’s new
spiritual adviser is Judah Smith, who leads
Churchome.
In an interview with The Post, Lentz’s mis-
tress Ranin said that they’d had a five-month
relationship after meeting in Brooklyn in May.
“We were obsessed with each other,” she
said. “He was like a drug to me. I was a drug to
him.” She said that she spoke to him after he
was fired, and claims he told her, “My life is
over.”
Lentz did not get back to us. A rep for Bieber
did not comment.Shamed celeb pastor MIA
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We hear
SEAN “Diddy” Combs is work-
ing on his diving skills during lock-
down, but the producer may be in
too deep. Combs posted a video to
his TikTok account captioned
“been practicing my dive,” which
shows him in swim trunks at the
end of a pool (pictured), putting on
goggles and diving head, hands and
feet first into the water. The short
clip racked up more than 700,
views in under 20 hours and went
viral across mulitple platforms.
Twitter user @taddmike posted
the TikTok video, noting, “ABSOLUTELY HOWLING AT THIS VIDEO
OF DIDDY DIVING INTO A POOL LMAOOOOOOOOOOO.”Hilarious deep
‘dive’ into Diddy
A charity tie-in for Melissa McCarthy’s new HBO Max movie, “Su-
perintelligence,” turned into a p.r. blunder when fans noticed a contro-
versial recipient of the giving spree. The film’s promo-
tional campaign, dubbed 20 Days of Giving, pledged
to donate $20,000 to 20 charities, including Planned
Parenthood, the Trevor Project, Girls Who Code
and World Central Kitchen. Another was Exodus
Cry — which says it combats sex trafficking. But
its founder, Benjamin Nolot, has reportedly
made past homophobic and anti-abortion com-
ments on Twitter, including calling abortion a
“modern-day holocaust,” and gay marriage “an un-
speakable offense to God.” (He later wrote on gay mar-
riage, according to Exodus Cry’s site: “Today, like many, my views have
evolved and I have taken time to better understand the LGBTQ experi-
ence and listen to their voices.”) An HBO Max spokesperson told Page
Six: “We were made aware of the issues surrounding Exodus Cry and
have removed them from the list of partners associated with the 20
Days of Kindness campaign.” McCarthy posted a video on Insta-
gram to add: “There’s no other way to say it: we blew it... We made
a mistake, and we backed a charity that, upon proper vetting, stands
for everything that we do not.” She thanked “everyone on social me-
dia who said, ‘What are you doing? Are you sure you want to back
this?’ because the answer is no, we do not.” Exodus Cry’s site contends
it is nonpartisan and not anti-LGBTQ , racist or “religious extremist,”
but a “faith-based organization modeled on the character of Jesus.”Comedy in serious snafu
speakable offense to God.” (He later wrote on gay mar-
riage, according to Exodus Cry’s site: “Today, like many, my views have
evolved and I have taken time to better understand the LGBTQ experi-
ence and listen to their voices.”) An HBO Max spokesperson told Page
Six: “We were made aware of the issues surrounding Exodus Cry anddia who said, ‘What are you doing? Are you sure you want to back
this?’ because the answer is no, we do not.” Exodus Cry’s site contends
it is nonpartisan and not anti-LGBTQ , racist or “religious extremist,”
but a “faith-based organization modeled on the character of Jesus.”It’s Up-
per West Sider
Timothée Chalamet
in the hood... and
the hoodie! The rising
young star spent part
of his autumn Satur-
day biking in Hud-
son River
Park.LISTEN NOW!Listen now!
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