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Inside Caitlyn Jenner’s close friendship with Sophia Hutchins before shocking death

Sophia Hutchins and Caitlyn Jenner had an extremely close friendship before the former died in a shocking accident.
On Wednesday, the 29-year-old was driving an ATV near Jenner’s Malibu, Calif., mansion when she hit the bumper of a moving vehicle.
The collision threw Hutchins down a 350-foot ravine, where she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Jenner has yet to issue a statement regarding Hutchins’ tragic passing.
The duo enjoyed a decade of friendship, with Hutchins describing the retired athlete as her “partner” in life in 2018.
Revisit their relationship below.
2015
Hutchins and Jenner met in 2015 through their mutual hairstylist and makeup artist, the same year the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” alum came out as transgender.
“He was doing my hair one day and he said, ‘I’m going to a photoshoot right after this and Caitlyn is going to be there and Caitlyn would like to meet you,’” Hutchins recalled to “Juicy Scoop” podcast listeners in 2020.
She noted that the duo immediately “got really close as friends.”
2016
In 2016, Hutchins credited her Olympian pal as inspiring her own transition.
Jenner “made it so much more real,” the Pepperdine University student wrote in a research article for the university.
“Like, normal and successful people do this and people are OK when they do it,” Hutchins, who graduated from the university with a degree in finance and economics, added.
2017
Hutchins became Jenner’s manager in 2017 — a role previously filled by the reality star’s ex-wife Kris Jenner.
“I learned a lot about what was going on in Caitlyn’s life and I just felt it was a financial s—tshow — so much money was being thrown everywhere — and nobody was really running the show,” Hutchins explained to Heather McDonald in 2020.
“She didn’t have a manager,” she continued. “Kris wasn’t doing it anymore since they divorced and I felt I could do a really good job.”
As the duo made headlines for outings together in 2017, Jenner’s rep insisted to Page Six that the pair were “just friends.”
2018
Hutchins confirmed their platonic status the following year by replying with an eye-roll emoji when an Instagram user asked whether she was dating Jenner.
She elaborated in a “Hidden Truth” podcast interview, saying, “I would not say we’re dating. I would say we’re partners. I would not use the word ‘girlfriend.’ I would not say the word ‘dating.’”
“We’re partners in everything we do,” she continued. “We’re inseparable. We’re business partners. We live together. We share a dog. We share family, we share a life together. We’re not going to [label it].”
After Hutchins referred to them as “two souls that are a fantastic match,” the pals continued to put their friendship on display, from Mexico trips to joint Fashion Week appearances.
2019
Hutchins was present in October 2019 when Jenner celebrated her 70th birthday with a family-filled bash.
When Jenner joined “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here” that same year, Hutchins felt “weird” celebrating Thanksgiving without her.
“I’m hosting it at our house with some of my family and my good friend and his family, so it’s going to be different this year,” she told Page Six at the time.
Hutchins confirmed to the New York Times in December 2019 that she and Jenner were “never romantically involved.”
2020
In Hutchins’ “Juicy Scoop” interview, she also revealed Jenner once walked in on with her with a guy, whom Jenner allegedly “knew was there.”
She claimed, “We had to put a lock on my door because Caitlyn decided to barge into my room while I had a friend over. It’s kind of like living with your parents and I’m like oh, this might be a turning point where I might need to move out.”
“I don’t want to leave her by herself, but she also knows that I’m getting older and I want to be able to have my own life,” Hutchins added.
2021
Hutchins insisted again in 2021 that she and Jenner had a platonic dynamic.
“There’s no hanky panky,” she told People at the time. “I feel like I’ve been saying that for the past five years.”
At the time, Hutchins compared the “I Am Cait” alum to her parent.
2022
When Hutchins and Jenner appeared on the “Full Send” podcast in 2022, the latter called Hutchins “the most amazing” and “smartest person.”
Jenner added that Hutchins is “the brains behind” her career.
For Jenner’s birthday that year, Hutchins called her “the best … mentor, chosen family [and] the most genuine human being” in a touching Instagram tribute.
2023
Hutchins continued giving glimpses of her life with Jenner via social media.
In 2023, she joked about needing to “golf with worse people” after playing with Jenner and “getting [her] ass kicked.”
2024
Hutchins, a political surrogate for President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, blasted the LGBTQ+ community that year as “toxic” and “bulls–t” — and Jenner made headlines for defending her against backlash.
The former track star agreed in June 2024 that the community is “a joke.”
Four months later, Hutchins attended Jenner’s birthday party.
2025
Jenner’s social media was flooded with condolences after Hutchins died.
Her late pal’s final social media upload, posted in April 2025, was about “healing.”
Hutchins fixed a broken candelabra in before-and-after photos at the time, jokingly referring to herself as “Dr. Hutchins.”
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Melissa Gilbert advocates for young stars to be protected after Hayden Panettiere’s death

Melissa Gilbert fiercely advocated for child stars to be protected after Hayden Panettiere tragically died last week
“Within one year, Michelle Trachtenberg, Daveigh Chase and Hayden Panettiere have died,” the “Little House on the Prairie” alum wrote via a Substack essay titled “Enough Is Enough.”
“Three former female child actors of the same generation are gone. Tragically, heartbreakingly, agonizingly too soon,” she continued.
“They are gone and the question I have been turning over and over in my head is, ‘WHY?’ Why are these three sweet, wildly talented, vibrant, vital young women gone?”
The producer, 62, admitted that though she didn’t know Panettiere personally, she briefly worked with both Trachtenberg and Chase.
Trachtenberg died at age 39 in February 2025 from complications of diabetes mellitus, while Chase died on June 16 at the age of 36 from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
As for Panettiere, she was found dead on Aug. 16 at a Greenville, South Carolina, Airbnb she was staying at with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Brian Hickerson. She was 36.
Gilbert said she takes the deaths personally because it feels like she “was them.” She then listed several other former child stars, including Brooke Shields, Dakota Fanning, Ellie Fanning and Drew Barrymore “to name a few.”
“We are all members of the same tribe; Female Former Child Performers, and when one of us dies, it runs through all of us like an electrical current,” she penned. “When three of us die so close together, something is very, very wrong.”
The former “When Calls the Heart” actress explained how she and former child stars “know the stories of how the entertainment industry uses, abuses, exploits and then throws away its youngest.”
“But for some reason, this trend is getting worse,” she added. “My thinking is that it is tied to the invention of the mobile phone.”
Gilbert argued that actors suffer from a lack of privacy while out in public and in the media, posing the question, “How do we fix or end this before someone else dies?”
She also got candid about growing up in the entertainment industry and on the “Little House on the Prairie,” writing, “I can’t tell you how many times I worked while horribly sick, injured or worse.”
The “When We Last Spoke” star explained how her father died when she was 11 years old and how she returned to work “within months.”
“And not one single adult on that set discussed it with me or offered condolences,” Gilbert, who portrayed Laura Ingalls on the beloved western series, added. “I later found out that the fear was I would become too upset to work. I was eleven, my Daddy had just died and I was shattered.”
“Thank God my character cried in every single episode. That, as twisted as it sounds, was my therapy. My release.”
Gilbert suggested that all former child stars should come together to “enact real, substantive change,” explaining that free mental health resources for actors should be a top priority.
She concluded her emotional essay, sharing that she has “an image” of Panettiere’s 11-year-old daughter, Kaya, growing up without her mom.
The pre-teen has grown up in Ukraine with her father, Wladimir Klitschko, after the late actress gave up custody in 2018 due to her ongoing battle with postpartum depression and addiction. However, Panettiere maintained a strong bond with Kaya and often visited with her.
“And now I am weeping as I type this and I just want to scream from the rooftops,” Gilbert signed off, adding, “ENOUGH!”
Gilbert’s passionate essay came after her husband, Timothy Busfield, 69, was charged in a child sex abuse case back in June.
On Jan. 13, the “West Wing” actor was arrested on charges of criminal sexual contact of a minor and child from incidents with two twin boy child stars dating back to 2022.
Busfield denied the allegations against him, telling police at the time of his arrest that it was “highly likely that he would have” had contact with the two victims, who were 7 years old at the time.
Gilbert has stood by the “Thirtysomething” star’s side, with her rep previously telling Page Six, “Melissa stands with and supports her husband and will address the public at an appropriate time.”
She also claimed that Busfield was “the last person in the world who would hurt a child,” telling “Good Morning America” in April that she was “100% confident” he would be exonerated.
Busfield will go to trial in May 2027.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.
If you or someone you care about is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
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‘DWTS’ alum Peta Murgatroyd reveals how family’s adjusting after move to Florida

Peta Murgatroyd revealed she and her family — including husband Maksim Chmerkovskiy — are enjoying a “great lifestyle” in Florida after moving from Los Angeles.
“We’ve always loved Florida, we’ve always loved the lifestyle here,” the “Dancing With the Stars” alum said in a since-expired Instagram Stories upload on Friday, per Us Weekly.
“We fell in love with Boca because it, kind of, has everything, the best of everything,” the pro dancer, 40, said, sharing that they’re “really close to Miami” and “have the beach” nearby.
Murgatroyd, who was born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, also cited “really top-rated schools” and “amazing sports” for their sons — Shai, 9, Rio, 3, and Milan, 2.
The two-time Mirrorball champ admitted that she thought she “would have a bigger problem” with the heat and shared that people told her, “You’re gonna come back to Cali.”
Still, she’s happy with the cross-country move, noting, “Cali will always be a home of ours because we lived there for 20 years but, right now, I think this is what our fam needs and we are loving every second.”
“It’s the best,” she divulged.
Murgatroyd also gushed over the “very sweet, very nice, very accommodating” neighbors she’s encountered, claiming “this never happened over there” in LA and that the Florida “mothers are all really nice.”
“I wanted Shai to have the childhood that I had and I can see it happening. He has playdates, he has boys knocking on our door, saying ‘Hey come play, let’s go ride our bikes,’” she said. “It’s the best thing for me, and it’s all I want. I’m so happy.”
Not only that, but she noted the convenience of having nearby friends for her children and “a CVS or Walgreens on every corner,” saying, “I love it; I feel like at this stage of my life with three boys, I’m about convenience.”
Murgatroyd and Chmerkovskiy, 46, detailed their move in an emotional YouTube video in June, saying at the time that it was “the best decision” for their young family.
“There are tears you don’t expect, goodbyes that hit harder than you imagined, and moments where you wonder if you’re making the right decision,” she wrote in an Instagram post at the time. “But sometimes you have to leave what’s comfortable to find what’s meant for you.”
In a separate Instagram post, Murgatroyd reflected on the “fun ride” of living in LA in their $18K-a-month home but said “we have to move on to new things, new life and new adventures, and make new memories.
The “DWTS” couple married in July 2017 and have since moved on from the long-running competition show.
Murgatroyd last competed on Season 32 in 2023 and Chmerkovskiy — a one-time winner — last competed on Season 25 in 2017.
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