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Stars are reacting to Los Angeles public schools being closed on Tuesday after the police received a “credible” bomb threat. See celebrity reactions below to the threat affecting the LAUSD schools.

“What kind of world do we live in?” tweeted Alyssa Milano, who also included a sad face emoji with her message. Alongside an angry face emoji, Holly Robinson Peete wrote, “It’s insanity out here for working LA parents.”

Other celebrities living in Los Angeles also tweeted the urgent news to their fans about the Los Angeles Unified School District campuses being shut down. “All #LAUSD schools are closed today and students are sent home due to bomb threat called in to several schools,” wrote Christina Milian, adding, “Be Safe Guys.” “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Kyle Richards alerted followers, “In case anyone hasn’t seen this in Los Angeles,” and accompanied her note with a screenshot of news coverage that read, “L.A. Board Of Ed: Please Do Not Send Your Children To School.”

Paula Abdul tweeted, “Hope all parents/guardians of #LAUSD students got message to NOT send your kids to school today. SO grateful for this safety measure!” And Brandi Glanville similarly pointed out, “LA USD bomb threat at over 900 schools do not take your kids to school today!!!”

Gossip Cop will continue to follow this scary breaking news, and update with more celebrity reactions.

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Ed Sheeran is literally saving lives with his music. A British teenager says the singer’s debut album helped him overcome a battle with anorexia that began when he was just 12 years old.

Ashton Wyss, now 17, says that professional treatment he received for his anorexia never stuck. But in 2011, he began repeatedly listening to Sheeran’s debut album, +, and felt the urge to eat again. “As soon as I played the album, I could feel my mood lifting,” shares Wyss, adding that Sheeran’s music “became my coping mechanism. It helped me to let my feelings out instead of trapping them inside which makes me feel worse.”

By early 2012, Wyss had returned to his normal weight. He’s even studying now at the Access to Music College in London and hopes to follow in Sheeran’s footsteps as a musician. “It’s my dream to meet him,” Wyss admits to the Mirror. “The closest I came was when I waited for hours after a gig for him to appear. I nearly got a selfie but at the last second a girl jumped in front, so you can just see me in the background.”

Wyss is not the only person to use pop music get through health woes. As Gossip Cop has reported, a fan named Ronnie Brower said in March that Taylor Swift’s music helped him lose more than 400 pounds, while in 2012 Justin Bieber vowed to meet 11-year-old Megan Ham, whose rare neurological disorder seemed to improve whenever she listened to his music.

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President Obama has a brief moment of narcissism when he tells Bear Grylls he’s “pretty ripped” on his upcoming episode of “Running Wild With Bear Grylls.” Watch below!

In a new preview, Grylls asks Obama to sign something for his wife, but pulls out a bottle opener with a figurine of the president on top and tells him, “This was the only thing I could get in the airport… The thing is you look ripped.” Obama immediately cracks back, “I’m pretty ripped, actually.”

The president continues his self-love by declaring he’s “fairly cut,” but also takes the opportunity to poke fun at himself. “It’s possible that bottle opener is a little dated,” he jokes. “I noticed, for example, that there was no gray hair on the Obama figurine. And clearly, the presidency has taken a little bit of a toll.”

As Gossip Cop has reported, Obama’s time with Grylls was filmed in the Alaskan wilderness in September. A previously released clip showed the pair eating a bloody salmon carcass that was previously gnawed on by a grizzly bear. The adventure will air in full on Thursday.

The release of the new teaser comes just one day after David Spade criticized Obama for spending time on a reality show. Watch the video of President Obama talking about his ripped body below and tell Gossip Cop what you think.