Emily Leibert

New York

writer @thecut. previously @jezebel. i write about bodies and how we use them. work in @teenvogue, @allure_magazine, @refinery29, @glamourmag, etc

Articles

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Daughter Was Reportedly Arrested While Protesting

2 days ago | thecut.com | Emily Leibert

Photo: Marc Piasecki/GC Images Last week, a group of Columbia University students and graduates held a pro-Palestine liberation protest at the school’s Butler Library. According to the New York Post, nearly 80 people were forcefully arrested and escorted out of the library in handcuffs, though exact numbers and identities have not been confirmed. Among them, apparently, was Ramona Sarsgaard, the daughter of actors Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard.
How the Celebs Celebrated Mother’s Day

2 days ago | thecut.com | Emily Leibert

Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images Over the weekend, a lot of celebrities honored their moms, mothers-in-law, and grandmothers for Mother’s Day. They partied, hard-launched twins, were treated to a surprise mariachi-band serenade, and expressed gratitude the way they know best: posting 20-photo carousels of themselves and their loved ones to Instagram. Here’s what everyone did.
Maren Morris on Releasing ‘Dreamsicle’ Album

6 days ago | thecut.com | Emily Leibert

Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Emily Leibert If you look closely, you can see that Maren Morris has a tiny, fine-line tattoo of a martini glass on her right forearm. Within minutes of sitting down beside me, she shrugs up a sleeve of her blazer to show me her ink.
Leonardo DiCaprio Makes Met Gala Debut With Vittoria Ceretti

6 days ago | thecut.com | Emily Leibert

Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images There are several giants in the world of pop culture who have never walked the studded steps of the Met. Ryan Gosling, for one, has yet to bring his Kenergy to the event; country legend and Dollywood groundskeeper Dolly Parton hasn’t been; and, strangely, neither has model enthusiast and Academy Award–winner Leonardo DiCaprio.
Liam Payne’s Ex Cheryl Cole Will Manage His $32.3 Million Estate

1 week ago | thecut.com | Emily Leibert

Photo: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images for Atlantis The Royal Seven months after Liam Payne fell to his death in Buenos Aires, the former One Direction star’s estate has been settled. According to reports in The Guardian and BBC News, Payne did not have a will in place at the time of his death, so his $32.3 million worth of assets and property will automatically be overseen by his former partner Cheryl Cole along with music-industry lawyer Richard Mark Bray.
What’s Up With Khloé Kardashian’s Pantry?

1 week ago | thecut.com | Emily Leibert

Khloé Kardashian shows off her grocery store, I mean kitchen pantry. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Khloe Kardashian/Youtube Throughout her reality-television tenure (Kourtney & Khloé Take the Hamptons, anyone?), Khloé Kardashian has shown us quite a lot about her life: her sparse dating roster; her awkward reunion with ex-husband Lamar Odom. But if you’ve been holding your breath for a Kardashian pantry tour (I have not), today you can finally exhale.
Bebe Rexha and Azealia Banks’s Twitter Feud, Explained

1 week ago | thecut.com | Emily Leibert

Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Monday night was set to be a special one for Bebe Rexha. The singer, who’s been consistently releasing music for a decade, finally made Anna Wintour’s coveted Met Gala guest list. Marking her debut at the glitzy event, she marched up the carpeted Met steps in head-to-toe Christian Siriano, including a dramatic tulle skirt and fishnet gloves. But some social-media users — namely, Azealia Banks — took the opportunity to criticize Rexha’s appearance.
Now Why Is Kylie Jenner Taping Her Feet Into Stilettos?

1 week ago | thecut.com | Emily Leibert

Photo: Getty Images If the Kardashian-Jenners love anything, it’s contorting their bodies in the name of the Met Gala. Last year, for example, Kim Kardashian attended in a corset so tight that she called breathing in it “an art form.” Now, it looks as though Kylie Jenner is hopping on that train with a slight wardrobe malfunction at Monday night’s event. Jenner attended the 2025 Met Gala in a suited Ferragamo gown designed by creative director Maximilian Davis.
Andrew Garfield Picked Up Monica Barbaro After the Met Gala

1 week ago | thecut.com | Emily Leibert

Photo: Getty Images Andrew Garfield and Monica Barbaro have been keeping things relatively low-key. But picking up your rumored girlfriend from the Met Gala after-parties at a hotel swarming with paparazzi is … hardly that?
Now Why Is Kylie Jenner Taping Her Feet Into Stilettos?

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Emily Leibert

3 hours agoKylie Jenner Yacht Do You Think of Me & Hailey’s Bikini Bods?!? Kylie Jenner was looking mighty fine and living her best yacht life -- ditching mom duty for designer bikinis alongside fellow mama Hailey Bieber as …5 hours agoSabrina Carpenter and Jenna Ortega Give a Lesson in Platonic Couples Dressing at the 2025 Met Gala After-PartyCombined, their respective looks would create one full tuxedo.