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He’s become a minor celebrity in his time due to the sheer size of it, but Jonah Falcon has insisted that it’s all not glitz and glamour, despite what a lot of men may think.

The 54-year-old isn’t the first man with an unusually large penis to complain about its negative repercussions though, as Brit Matt Barr has explained how his day-to-day life is affected by his parts.

Falcon though, has claimed that his penis measures eight inches (20cm) when flaccid, and a whopping 13.5 inches (34cm) when erect, explaining that it’s ‘thicker than his wrist’.

The American is a podcast host and actor, and has even made an appearance on ITV’s This Morning to talk about his situation.

Apparently, the bloke’s slept with a few A-List celebrities as well, claiming: “I’ve slept with celebrities including Oscar nominees and Oscar winners. But I can’t talk about that.

“I can’t even say if it was men or women – it’s a very limited list so I don’t want to narrow it down too far. It wasn’t Meryl Streep – I’ll just leave it at that,” he stated.

Falcon has complained about the same things that people want him to do with it, such as measure it in front of them, which can get annoying, but above all, his dream career has been taken away from him.

Despite receiving offers to be part of the adult industry, he has turned them down over the years in favour of an acting career.

More specifically, in TV shows and feature length films, but the attention he has received for his penis size has stopped him from being cast.

He claimed that when directors or producers look him up online, they see articles and videos about his manhood, and are instantly turned off from hiring him.

Even though he is against getting into porn, Falcon has admitted that he has been offered money for pictures of his penis, and sex with people who are interested.

The American claimed that he accepted $500 (£385) to pose in underwear for some snaps for a woman, and that another paid $1,000 (£770) to have sex with him, things that he claims ‘feeds his ego’.

However, Falcon admitted that he prefers to hide his bulge, adding: “I tend to wear baggy or pleated pants to go ‘incognito’.”

And apparently, it hasn’t stopped growing, as he explained: “For some reason, it’s gotten thicker to the point that I can’t receive oral sex, and intercourse requires a very slow entry.

“It’s [also] harder to get absolutely fully erect – though that’s a function of age, I think.”

He has also previously revealed that he wants to donate his penis to the Icelandic Phallological Museum following his death.

And while the reality is we’ll all one day meet our end (yeah, I know, happy Monday), we can still have a good crack at going for as long as we can.

We all know Bryan Johnson is desperately working away at that. But it seems like spending millions and shocking your penis aren’t the only options in helping extend your life.

Nope, it can apparently be as simple as the foods you eat.

That’s because scientists have discovered a secret to the long life of the ‘world’s oldest person’ who ate the same thing three times a day.

Maria Branyas Morera lived to a whopping 117 years and 168 days before her death last August, having been named the oldest person in the world by Guinness World Records in January 2023.

And the US-born Spanish woman credited a lot of her longevity of life to luck which seems pretty fair enough.

“Luck and good genetics,” she had said, and it now seems that she was absolutely right.

Before Maria died, scientists had begun studying her microbiome and DNA. It’s now reported they determined her inherited genes allowed her cells to basically feel and behave as if they were a whopping 17 years younger.

Plus, according to the research led by University of Barcelona genetics professor Manel Esteller, her microbiota mirrored that of an infant child.

Maria had followed a pretty healthy lifestyle, and researchers pointed out that this helped her to take advantage of her rather unique genetic makeup. It’s pretty well known that the woman followed a Mediterranean diet, and this included her eating three yoghurts every day.

She totally avoided smoking and drinking alcohol, and her daughter, Rosa Moret, previously said she believed Maria lived so long because she was never ill.

As per local newspaper Ara, Estellar said that Maria’s ‘microbiome of a child’ and ‘privileged genome’ helped to cut her biological age, aiding in explaining just how she managed to live for so long.

The ailments she did battle with during her latter years were pretty much limited to joint pain and hearing loss.

It’s also said her enjoyment of going on walks and always surrounding herself with family and loved ones helped to prevent both physical and mental declines that could have cut down her over 117 years on Earth.

It’s hoped that the study into Maria helps to provide information in developing medications and treatments for age-related illnesses.

Ellis Matthews, 32, is currently being held in Mothers and Children Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok with her four-year-old son Cairo.

Thailand is well-known for handing out harsh prison sentences to those who overstay their welcome in the country and Ms Matthews is the latest Brit to find herself victim of the rules.

We’ve even seen the Asian country hand out death sentences to visitors over the years, particularly over drug-related crimes, but some have managed to escape from the horrible conditions they are subject to.

Ms Matthews has found fame as a Tik Tok star who has amassed thousands of followers thanks to her somewhat controversial content where she brags of how her lifestyle in Thailand is funding by British taxpayers.

But on 3 March, the Lancashire mum was arrested by Thai immigration officials at her home in Pattaya after overstaying her visa which was cancelled on 21 February.

Speaking to The Daily Mail, she described how conditions have worsened for her during her time incarcerated.

She said: “This is hell on earth, it’s the worst prison that you can imagine. I’m locked up in a cell for most of the day with 16 other people and none of them speak English.

“It’s so hot and overcrowded that you can barely breathe. My skin is covered in rashes, both me and my son have got lice, terrible insect bites and there’s rats running around.

“We haven’t even got any access to medication. Nobody is helping me, and I’ve just been left here to rot.”

Ms Matthews has been told that once she buys herself a ticket back to the UK, she will be freed and deported safely, but the mum is fearful that her young son could be taken away by social services on her return to her home country.

And with no solution in sight, the 32-year-old is now refusing food in the hope that her conditions can change for the better.

She added: “I’m refusing to eat until I’m treated property and conditions here improve.

“I’ve not had any food for the past 48 hours and almost fainted on Sunday. But the guards don’t care, they have been shouting abuse at me and one of them even pushed me. My basic human rights are being denied and my hunger strike will continue until that changes.”

Given that she’s supposedly been fed ‘rat meat’ and rice that ‘makes you want to vomit’ in the prison, it’s perhaps no surprise that she’s gone off her food.

As one of his final acts as the 46th President of the United States, 82-year-old Biden issued a series of pardons intended to shield a slew of public figures from politically motivated attacks.

Among those handed absolutions were members of the team investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol and Covid response chief Dr Anthony Fauci.

Mark Milley, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was also granted a pardon alongside members of Biden’s own family – his brothers James and Frank Biden, his sister Valerie Biden Owens, and their respective spouses.

Why did Biden issue these pardons in the first place?

At the time, the Democratic politician claimed he was motivated by his relatives being ‘subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats’.

“Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end,” he explained, also issuing pardons for his sister-in-law Sara Jones Biden and his brother-in-law John Owens.

Meanwhile, Biden commuted the life sentence of indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, 80, who was convicted of killing two FBI agents nearly 50 years ago, as per a statement.

The act of clemency permits Peltier, who NBC News reports suffers from a decline in health, to finish the remainder of his sentence under home confinement rather than behind bars.

A spokesperson for Trump, 78, initially hit out at Biden’s pardons, describing them as the ‘greatest attack on America’s justice system in history’, as per the BBC.

“With the stroke of a pen, he [Biden] unilaterally shielded a group of political cronies from the scales of justice,” Taylor Budowich, Trump’s current Deputy Chief of Staff said via X.

“This is yet another dangerous and unreversible erosion of American norms.”

Now, Trump has declared all pardons issued by the former President to be ‘void, vacant, and of no further force or effect’.

Why did Trump annul Biden’s pardons?

Taking to his social media site, Truth Social, the Republican wrote: “The ‘Pardons’ that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen.

“In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them but, more importantly, he did not know anything about them!”

The businessman alleged that the ‘necessary Pardoning Documents’ were neither ‘explained’ nor approved by Biden, claiming he didn’t know anything about them or the people who may have committed crimes.

“Therefore, those on the Unselect Committee, who destroyed and deleted ALL evidence obtained during their two year Witch Hunt of me, and many other innocent people, should fully understand that they are subject to investigation at the highest level,” he scribed.

“The fact is, they were probably responsible for the Documents that were signed on their behalf without the knowledge or consent of the Worst President in the History of our Country, Crooked Joe Biden!”

In another post, Trump claimed the person who ‘controlled the Autopen’ during Biden’s term in office was ‘the real President’.

This claim was preceded by an image depicting the last three portraits of America’s past and sitting Presidents, the first and third being pictures of Trump following his 2016 and 2024 victories, respectively.

Instead of Biden in the second image to mark his 2020 triumph, Trump replaced this with a picture of Biden’s autopen signature.

Elon Musk and Vice President JD Vance have both shared the insinuating image on their respective social media accounts, with the former following it up with a bullseye and laughing face.

What is an autopen?

According to Business Standard, an autopen has been utilised by high-level officials since the 1950s.

It allows for mechanical signatures to be issued by authority figures when they are personally unavailable by tracing a pre-programmed signature template.

Biden, Barack Obama and Harry Truman are three former Presidents who have utilised the autopen, as per The Sun.

Previously, Former President George W. Bush tasked the Justice Department to review the legality of autopen signatures, with the government’s lawyers concluding it was legal, as per The New York Post.

However, it’s understood there is no definitive court ruling on whether a pardon signed by autopen without direct approval or knowledge is legally valid, therefore leaving Trump’s challenge open to legal scrutiny.

The POTUS announced news of the action on Truth Social on March 15, stating he had made the order to the US military after rebels attacking Red Sea shipping had waged an ‘unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American, and other, ships, aircraft, and drones’.

The Houthi group controls Sanaa and the north-west of Yemen, though it is not recognized internationally as the country’s government. The rebels began targeting vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in 2023 as they sought to show support for Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas, which is ongoing in Gaza.

Trump described his predecessor Joe Biden’s response to the group as ‘weak’, adding: “The Houthi attack on American vessels will not be tolerated. We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective.”

The airstrikes resulted in the deaths of at least 53 people and left almost 100 others injured, according to latest figures from the Houthi-run health ministry.

In response to the attacks, the rebel group not only said it would continue to target Red Sea shipping until Israel lifted its blockade of Gaza, but that it had responded to the US air strikes by attacking an American aircraft carrier group.

The Houthis claimed they had launched 18 missiles and a drone at the ‘aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying warships’, which were located in the Red Sea. Later, the group claimed it had fired a second round.

The rebels made clear they would continue to attack US ships as long as the US continues to target Yemen, saying: “This aggression will not go without response and our Yemeni armed forces are ready to answer escalation with further escalation.”

The warning from the Houthis comes despite the fact Trump said in his initial Truth Social post that continued attacks would only lead to even further action.

In a message aimed directly to Houthi rebels, the president wrote in all caps: “YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON’T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!”

Since the Houthis began seeking targets in the Red Sea , they have sunk at least two vessels, seized one, and killed four crew members, BBC News reports.

The 78-year-old Republican expressed his eagerness last month to send convicted criminals of any nationality to a notoriously violent ‘mega-prison’ in El Salvador, where inmates are denied visitation rights and are never allowed outside.

Now, more than 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan criminal organization have been flown to the Central American country, despite US District Judge James E. Boasberg having temporarily halted the deportations to having taken place on Saturday (March 15).

The order came after Trump attempted to force them through via a wartime declaration designed in the 18th century that would assist in deporting the alleged gang members.

After Boasberg informed the Trump administration that his ruling meant that all flights should be halted for the time being, he was informed by attorneys that two flights were already in the air.

One was bound for El Salvador while the other was jetting to Honduras. Despite verbal instructions, the planes weren’t turned around.

Taking to Twitter yesterday (March 16), President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador reacted to a post about Trump disobeying court orders. He wrote: “Oopsie…Too late.”

However, White House secretary Karoline Leavitt issued a statement to say that Trump and his administration ‘did not refuse to comply with a court order’.

Posting on social media about his new arrivals, Bukele wrote: “Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country. They were immediately transferred to CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center, for a period of one year (renewable).

“The United States will pay a very low fee for them, but a high one for us.

“Over time, these actions, combined with the production already being generated by more than 40,000 inmates engaged in various workshops and labor under the Zero Idleness program, will help make our prison system self-sustainable. As of today, it costs $200 million per year.”

He continued: “On this occasion, the U.S. has also sent us 23 MS-13 members wanted by Salvadoran justice, including two ringleaders. One of them is a member of the criminal organization’s highest structure.

This will help us finalize intelligence gathering and go after the last remnants of MS-13, including its former and new members, money, weapons, drugs, hideouts, collaborators, and sponsors.

“As always, we continue advancing in the fight against organized crime. But this time, we are also helping our allies, making our prison system self-sustainable, and obtaining vital intelligence to make our country an even safer place. All in a single action.”

Adding: “May God bless El Salvador, and may God bless the United States.”

Concerns have been raised over the welfare of the Canadian ‘Baby’ singer since his trip to New York last month, with his following worried over his physical appearance, then again on Thursday (March 13), due to a cryptic Instagram post.

In a heartbreaking admission, the 31-year-old took to the social media site and hinted that he has imposter syndrome over his rapid rise to fame, writing last week: “People told me my whole life ‘wow Justin you deserve that’.

“And I personally have always felt unworthy, like I was a fraud, like when people told me I deserve something.

“It made me feel sneaky like, damn if they only knew my thoughts. How judgmental I am, how selfish I really am… They wouldn’t be saying this.

“I say all this to say, if you feel sneaky, welcome to the club. I definitely feel unequipped and unqualified most days.”

Now, in a similar tone the two-time Grammy-winner took to the platform again to break his silence on ‘all of the hurt’ that has experienced.

“I WAS ALWAYS TOLD WHEN I WAS A KID NOT TO HATE BUT IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WASNT ALLOWED TO HAVE IT AND SO I DIDNT TELL ANYONE IVE HAD IT,” Bieber wrote.

“WHICH MADE ME FEEL LIKE LIKE I HAVE BEEN DROWNING FEELING UNSAFE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT.

“I THINK WE CAN ONLY LET HATE GO BY FIRST ACKNOWLEDGING ITS THERE HOW COULDNT WE FEEL HATE FROM ALL OF THE HURT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED?”

The singer has taken to his Instagram frequently over the last few weeks to post cryptic messages, with one confessing that it was ‘time to grow up’ in February.

It comes after the father-of-one welcomed the birth of his son, Jack Blues, with wife, Hailey Bieber in August.

At the time, Bieber’s reps said the celeb has had a ‘very transformative’ year, having severed ties with close friends and business relationships ‘that no longer serve him’.

His representatives also slammed allegations that he was on drugs as ‘absolutely not true’, adding that he is actually ‘in one of the best places in his life’.

They continued to explain Bieber has been working on some new music while juggling parenthood and called the baseless rumors as ‘exhausting and pitiful’.

“[D]espite the obvious truth,” the rep continued, “people are committed to keeping negative, salacious, harmful narratives alive.”

Earlier this week, Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, to share a lengthy post about his thoughts on the neighboring nation.

The US president penned: “Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on ‘Electricity’ coming into the United States, I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to add an ADDITIONAL 25% Tariff, to 50%, on all STEEL and ALUMINUM COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM CANADA, ONE OF THE HIGHEST TARIFFING NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.”

Trump went on to say: “This will go into effect TOMORROW MORNING, March 12th. Also, Canada must immediately drop their Anti-American Farmer Tariff of 250% to 390% on various U.S. dairy products, which has long been considered outrageous. I will shortly be declaring a National Emergency on Electricity within the threatened area. This will allow the U.S to quickly do what has to be done to alleviate this abusive threat from Canada.”

He also warned that he will ‘substantially increase’ on 2 April and ‘permanently shut down the automobile manufacturing business in Canada’.

However, what Trump claimed appears to be incorrect.

In fact, Canada is actually a low-tariff country compared to many others in the world.

The World Bank figures show that Canada had a lower average tariff rate than the US in 2022, and of 137 published countries, Canada was 102nd from the top in the most tariffed countries.

Scott Lincicome, vice president of general economics and trade at the Cato Institute think tank, refuted Trump’s claim, calling it ‘nonsense’.

However, Daniel Schwanen, senior vice president at the C.D. Howe Institute in Canada, said that Canada’s high dairy and poultry tariff makes Trump’s claim contain ‘a grain or an element of truth’, but it’s still ‘wrong as a general statement’.

“It would be really unfortunate if people got the impression that Canada is in general a high-tariff country, especially vis-à-vis American products. That’s not the case. It is the case with respect to, really, a sliver of trade,” Schwanen said as per CNN.

Trump has recently been engaged in ‘trade wars’ with allies of the US, such as Canada, Mexico, and the European Union.

He has insisted his moves will be better for American citizens and businesses, but there have been some reservations.

Tensions between the two countries have increased, with the US inflicting 25 percent tariffs on goods, including steel and aluminum, which Canada has been unhappy about and responded with its own tariffs on the US.

To sweeten the deal, Trump said Canada can dodge the tariff hikes entirely – if it becomes the US’ ‘cherished 51st state’.

It’s a tense situation.

Damon, 54, has an uncanny resemblance to another Hollywood star, who was even cast in one of Damon’s movies as his younger self.

Damon and his lookalike are one of a few celebrity doppelgängers. For example, Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson look so alike, they’re even considering taking a DNA test to see if they’re actually brothers.

Meanwhile, Jessica Chastain and Bryce Dallas Howard, and Natalie Portman and Keira Knightley also have a strong resemblance.

Damon’s doppleganger is, of course, Jesse Plemons – and once you see it, it’s hard to un-see.

Plemons has previously commented on the resemblance he shares with Damon, admitting there are definitely ‘worse things to be called’.

Speaking on The Today Show, he continued: “It’s definitely flattering. But yeah, throughout the course of my career, I’ve had various Matt Damon-associated nicknames and such.”

Damon himself has now weighed in on the matter, and he’s more than aware of the comparisons that have been made.

In an interview with Access Hollywood for the release of his movie The Instigators, Damon was asked if he agrees with the comparisons.

He responded: “Sure, yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely.”

The actor pointed out that Plemons was even cast as a younger version of his character in the 2000 movie All the Pretty Horses, before his scene got cut.

Damon recalled how the crew was ‘freaking out’ when Plemons came to set to film, adding: “Five people came up to me before I met him and said, ‘You’re not gonna believe how much this kid looks like you’.”

Even Damon himself was blown away by the resemblance when they finally met, so much so that the pair decided to take a picture together.

“I couldn’t believe it. He looked more like me than I did when I was little,” the actor said.

“Like my little 11-year-old face did not look like it [was going to become me]. He looked exactly like me. I was like, ‘This is really weird’.”

Casey Affleck, who stars alongside Damon in The Instigators, added that Plemons and Damon even speak similarly and have ‘similar mannerisms’.

Describing Plemons as a ‘great actor’, Damon said he’s ‘proud of the comparison’, though he noted no one has tried to cast them as brothers in more recent years.

Sharing his thoughts on why, Damon said: “I think he’s so much younger than me. He’s got to be 20 years younger than me, or almost that. But I would love to do something with him. I think he’s great.”

Cyrus and 35-year-old Hemsworth met on the set of the 2010 movie The Last Song, and having starred in the romantic film together, it trickled its way into real life.

Concerned Hemsworth, who was 19 at the time, would consider her a ‘loser’, Cyrus told him she’d already lost her virginity to someone else.

“I couldn’t think of anyone so I just made somebody up that I knew but we’d never actually had sex before,” she said.

While appearing as a guest on the hit Call Her Daddy podcast with host Alex Cooper, the 32-year-old admitted that she had lied to her ex-husband Liam Hemsworth about having sex with a guy she met – while never telling him about a hook-up she had with her girl friends years earlier.

She ‘held on’ to the lie for nearly 10 years, but was forced to own up when one of Hemsworth’s friends ended up marrying the man she claimed to have lost her virginity to.

“So then [Hemsworth] was like, ‘Now my friend is marrying someone you’ve hooked up with’,” Cyrus recalled. “So then ― when I was like 24 ― I had to say that I lied when I was 16.”

But that wasn’t the only thing she kept quiet.

She also spoke about her love life and explained that she was actually ‘attracted to girls way before [she] was ever attracted to guys’.

Cyrus continued: “I was like 11 or 12, my friends were starting to tell me what they were doing with guys and I didn’t really understand it ― so I got most of my girlfriends to hook up with me.”

“The first time I ever hooked up with anyone was with a girl — two of them,” Cyrus revealed.

The ‘Wrecking Ball’ hitmaker explained that these hookups went ‘past first base’, and revealed while on the podcast that she ‘didn’t go all the way with a dude’ until she was 16 years old.

“But I ended up marrying the guy, so that’s pretty crazy,” she continued.

Cyrus and Hemsworth went on to get married in 2018, but ultimately split less than a year later as a representative said they wanted to ‘focus on themselves and careers’.