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‘7th Heaven’ Actors Listen to Co-Star Stephen Collins’ Sexual Misconduct Confession for the First Time: ‘He Would Be a Dead Man if That Was My Child’
“7th Heaven” actors Jeremy London and Kyle Searles reckon with co-star Stephen Collins‘ sexual misconduct for the first time in an episode of ID Discovery’s upcoming series “Hollywood Demons” (via The Daily Beast). Collins starred as patriarch Eric Camden on all 11 seasons of the family drama series. He confessed in 2014 to prior sexual misconduct with three underage girls.
Searles, who appeared in the last four seasons of “7th Heaven ” as Mac, says in “Hollywood Demons” that he admired Collins during the making of the show, explaining: “He would drive to work in a beautiful Toyota Prius every single morning when the man was making enough money that he could have been driving up in a Bentley. He could have been decked-out, dressed in the nines, but he was wearing what Jay Leno typically wears, with the blue jeans shirt and jeans. I always felt like I want to be like that. I need to model myself after him more.”
The documentary then shows Searles tearing up while watching Collins confess to sexual misconduct. The actor reacts to the admission by saying: “This is the first time that I’ve ever thought that he’s full of shit.”
“I have like, a knot in my stomach,” Searles adds. “My whole world changed when I had kids, my whole world view. And certainly my tolerance for this. I think that goes without being said. I just think that maybe I put him up on a professional pedestal a bit too much.”
London starred on “7th Heaven” for two seasons, debuting as minister Chandler Hampton in Season 7. He remembered Collins being “America’s dad” during the show’s run and said that his reaction to the allegations against Collins was that people were “messing with somebody that I love and care about.” London claims he was “fired” from “7th Heaven” after a DUI arrest in 2010. He was also accused of battering his ex-wife. London says these experiences painted him as “a bad person” and thus made him hesitant to believe Collins was capable of sexual misconduct since “I was put in the same position and I didn’t do anything.”
When “Hollywood Demons” producers finally play Collins’ confession to London, he reacts by saying: “It’s tough. It’s hard. I’m a dad, first and foremost, above everything else. And so my first thoughts always go to the children. Stephen Collins would be a dead man if that was my child.”
Collins confessed to sexual misconduct in a 2014 interview with Katie Couric that aired on ABC’s “20/20.” He admitted to exposing himself in 1973 to a 10-year-old girl. Collins was 25 years old at the time and told Couric that he immediately knew he had done something “unthinkably wrong.” He also confessed to exposing himself to a 13-year-old girl in 1982 and to a 14-year-old girl in 1994, although Collins stressed to Couric that he is not pedophile and said: “I’m absolutely not attracted, physically or sexually attracted to children.” He was never charged for the sexual misconduct because the cases were beyond the statute of limitations.
In the fallout from his confession, Collins was fired from his role in the comedy sequel “Ted 2” and was dropped from his recurring role on the ABC drama series “Scandal.”
“7th Heaven” actors Beverley Mitchell, David Gallagher and Mackenzie Rosman played three of Collins’ children on the series and addressed his sexual misconduct last year while starting a rewatch podcast for the show titled “Catching Up With The Camdens.”
“All forms of abuse, sexual abuse of any kind, it’s inexcusable,” Gallagher said. “And victims of abuse need to be shown compassion and they should be given support.”
“Hollywood Demons” airs March 24 on ID Discovery. Stream it online through Philo.com.
While the concept lost some of its relevance at the end of the Cold War, it is back in the spotlight with the return of Donald Trump and the war in Ukraine.
Are spheres of influence making a comeback on the international stage?
The concept lost relevance at the end of the Cold War but seems to be regaining interest with the return of Donald Trump to the White House and the war in Ukraine.
“The prolonged crisis in Ukraine has really brought the concept back into global conversations about geopolitics and security. And more recently, the return of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States has accentuated this concept,“ Iain Ferguson, assistant professor at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow, told Euronews.
A sphere of influence refers to a geographical area that a power has unilaterally declared to be its exclusive space and over which it exercises political, economic and military control.
The concept was defined at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, at which the European colonial powers shared out Africa – without of course consulting any Africans on what they thought about being colonised.
However, it had already been shaping international relations long before, when the United States adopted the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, which condemned all European colonial intervention in Latin and North America.
Catalyst for conflict
It is in Europe’s interest to prevent the formation of exclusive spheres of influence, says Sven Biscop, director of the Europe in the World programme at the Egmont Institute.
“The immediate threat of a sphere of influence is that you cut others off from resources and trade. For Europe, this is a problem because we are an export economy and we have to import most of our resources”, the researcher explained.
In his view, a global race by the major powers to establish spheres of influence would increase geopolitical tensions and risk triggering conflict.
Russia, China and the United States are looking to gain ground. The US President has threatened to annex Greenland and Canada, but this is about territorial expansion, not spheres of influence, Biscop said.
For its part, “Russia is trying to establish an exclusive sphere of influence by military means and abroad”, he added.
“China is intelligently gaining a lot of influence in the world, but mainly through an economic and political strategy. But this could only become an exclusive sphere of influence if other players, including the European Union, abandoned these countries to China. But this is not the case,“ he stated.
According to Biscop, the reappearance of spheres of influence is therefore not being observed on a global scale.
“Many countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are trying to maintain good relations with various major powers, including China, the United States and the EU. So, in a way, it’s exactly the opposite of exclusive spheres of influence.”
For the EU, enlargement is a way of promoting its values. But, in his view, it is not a sphere of influence.
ADVERTISEMENT“Of course, enlargement increases the European Union’s power and influence. But enlargement does not create a sphere of influence. If another state joins the Union, it is part of us. There should be a sphere around us. It would not be part of us,” he stated.
Spheres of influence “are back in the geopolitical conversation in the 21st century. But it is very difficult to see how this translates into concrete political reality on the ground,” Iain Ferguson concluded.
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Rosie O’Donnell Questions ‘Why’ Donald Trump Won Every Swing State Considering He Is ‘Best Friends’ With a ‘Man Who Owns and Runs the Internet’: ‘I Would Hope that Would be Investigated’
Rosie O’Donnell is questioning how Donald Trump won every swing state in the 2024 presidential election considering his biggest supporter.
During an interview with RTÉ One’s “The Late Late Show,” O’Donnell said she questions “why” Trump “won every single swing state” during his reelection campaign considering one of his “best friends” and “biggest donors” was “a man who owns and runs the internet.” While never mentioned by name, O’Donnell is most likely referring to X owner Elon Musk.
“I would hope that would be investigated and that we would see whether or not it was an anomaly or something else that happened on election night in America when Kamala Harris was filling up stadiums with people who supported her and Donald Trump was not able to do that,” O’Donnell said. “So it’s curious to me, and as an American and a believer in democracy, I would hope that we would be able to look at all of the reasons why this happened in our country.”
Musk’s final tally toward the Trump campaign added up to more than $280 million. According to FEC filings, Musk was the biggest donor in the 2024 presidential race.
O’Donnell, who recently moved to Ireland to escape the current American political climate, said she stayed in the U.S. for Trump’s first term but decided to leave ahead of his reelection fearing his “ultimate power” with the Supreme Court on his side.
“He disbanded the Department of Education, and I have a child who has autism and that child will be denied services and many, many autistic children because the funding for these programs for special needs children comes from the federal government as well as the states,” O’Donnell said. “And it’s going to be disastrous for children on the spectrum. And that was terrifying. But the biggest reason that it was different than the first time he was in office is because of the Supreme Court giving him ultimate power, the powers of a king or a monarch. And that’s not what the United States is all about. And it’s a terrifying prospect. And in fact, what has happened since he’s taken office has been terrifying, I think for the world and definitely for the United States of America.”
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Tourist arrested, attacked by locals after scaling world-famous sacred Mayan temple, video shows
A tourist in Mexico is facing charges after he climbed stairs of one of the New Seven Wonders of the World before furious locals took justice into their own hands by beating the man.
Bystander footage shows the individual – who authorities have yet to name – scaling the side of the Temple of Kukulcan in Chichén Itzá in Yucatan last week.
The man was one of two separate visitors filmed climbing the pyramid on Thursday, as approximately 9,000 tourists flocked to the temple – referred to as El Castillo – to observe the spring equinox, according to local outlet Mexico News Daily.
MEXICO TOURIST WHACKED WITH STICK, HECKLED AFTER ILLEGALLY CLIMBING SACRED MAYAN PYRAMID
A tourist scales the side of the Temple of Kukulcan in Chichén Itzá as thousands of visitors flocked to the archeological site to witness the spring equinox in Yucatan, Mexico on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (@kevin_arsenault/TMX)
“He eluded us, even though we’re keeping watch on the western side of the temple,” a National Guard member told Mexico News Daily. “He ran past us. He’s clearly in good physical condition.”
Video shows one of the men scaling the steps as security guards chased after him. One of the trespassers, a 38-year-old German tourist, reportedly attempted to hide inside the pyramid chamber, but was found by authorities and escorted out of the historic site.
Mexican National Guard officers and personnel from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) attempted to shield the man, who was being attacked by the crowd as angry onlookers shouted that he should be “sacrificed” – referring to the human sacrifices that were once carried out at the top of the pyramid by the ancient Mayans, the local paper reported.
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People look at the pyramid of Chichen Itza in the southern Mexican state of Yucatan March 21, 2012. (REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
The incident comes as thousands of tourists flock to the Chichén Itzá to witness an event known as the Descent of the Feathered Serpent, a natural phenomenon where the sunlight casts a serpent-shaped shadow along the pyramid’s stairs, during the spring equinox.
The site hosts a four-day-long program featuring activities for guests to enjoy. However, the events do not include climbing the nearly 1,000-year-old pyramid, which was outlawed in 2006 to protect the structure.
The two tourists were arrested and face potential fines under Article 55 of the Federal Law on Archaeological, Artistic, and Historical Monuments and Zones of Mexico, according to Mexico News Daily.
US ISSUES MAJOR TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR MEXICAN BORDER STATE OVER CONCERNS WITH GUN BATTLES, IEDSUS ISSUES MAJOR TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR MEXICAN BORDER STATE OVER CONCERNS WITH GUN BATTLES, IEDS
The Temple of Kukulkan is seen in the archaeological site of Chichen Itza in the southern Mexican state of Yucatan March 21, 2012. (REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
A strikingly similar incident unfolded two years ago when a Polish tourist chose to scale the same pyramid.
The man was filmed running up the sacred temple’s stairs before a bystander whacked him with a stick as authorities placed him under arrest. The man was held in jail for 12 hours and fined 5,000 pesos, according to the Mexico Daily Post.
Chichén Itzá authorities did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.
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