Melissa Willets
Location
St. Augustine, FL
School
Bucknell University
Expertise
Celebrities, Health, Pregnancy, Parenting
- Melissa has interviewed a range of celebrities from Renee Zellweger to Kristen Bell.
- Her essays on parenting have gone viral, and been picked up by Yahoo and the Daily Mail.
- She has been a vegetarian for 30 years.
Experience
Melissa has worked as a professional writer for 12 years. She has previously written for Parents.com, PopSugar, and BabyCenter. Her work has been featured on Today.com, Good Morning America, BBC radio, HLN, HuffPost Live, and in The Washington Post and The New York Times. She feels lucky to get to write about her passions: parenting, pop culture, and health and wellness. With five kids, and a lifelong commitment to a daily practice of yoga and keeping up with Hollywood, she can sometimes find time to enjoy her other favorite pastime, which is drinking coffee.
Education
Melissa's father gave her the best advice on her education: Study what you love. And so she did, and continues to live by this mantra. She earned a B.A from Bucknell University.
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Stories By Melissa Willets
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Trump may gain access to Twitter as Elon Musk is poised to take control of the app that has roughly 330 million users worldwide — just in time for midterms.
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Joe Biden got people talking during a hot mic moment while visiting Florida after Hurricane Ian, but it was Governor Ron DeSantis who stole the show.
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One thing we learned when Queen Elizabeth died is that an heir immediately takes over as monarch. It takes a hot minute for a coronation to be carried out.
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Kate Middleton has been married to Prince William since 2011, but there was a time when the established senior royal couple was getting to know one another.
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Donald Trump's emotional reaction to the death of the Queen may have caught people off guard. In part, the former president said, "there was nobody like her!"
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Kate's color will have legions of admirers copying the look. Indeed, the Princess of Wales donned a hue to remind you of autumn leaves and pumpkin spice lattes.
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The U.S. sent Ukraine $3 billion to fight against Russia. Florida faces the costliest hurricane damage ever. Donald Trump Jr.'s tweet spurs strong reactions.
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What would Kendall Jenner be wearing? Well, in many cases, the star's fashion prowess would start to eclipse her sisters' and a red carpet starlet was born.
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You didn't have Ron DeSantis riffing on Nancy Sinatra while touring hurricane damage on your bingo card. He did just that. Twitter's having a blast.
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Twitter was chomping at the bit to share its take on the suit and immense sum Donald Trump, whose Sharpie antics won the internet, seeks to collect from CNN.
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Joe Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he was partially raised. His family moved to New Castle, Delaware, where he spent the rest of his childhood.
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When Donald Trump got COVID in October of 2020, we were in a different place as a nation. The first vaccines wouldn't be administered for another two months.
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Kim Kardashian is trending for an unexpected reason. The SKIMS mogul's in trouble with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is now set to pay a hefty sum.
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Hillary Clinton is adamant that another White House bid is not in the cards. But her swearing off another campaign for the top job hasn't stopped speculation.
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Kamala Harris boasting about "an alliance with the Republic of North Korea" at the border of the DMZ in South Korea got the attention of Donald Trump.
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On the eve of the Queen's funeral, King Charles III, queen consort Camilla and the Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Kate, posed for a portrait.
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Kamala Harris has stepped in it as tensions are already high among Hurricane Ian survivors. The second-in-command talked about relief efforts.
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King Charles' pick for his communications secretary has some people worked up due to the former co-editor's position at tabloids that knocked senior royals.
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Flash back to 2017 and it was another magazine cover featuring the duchess that had everyone talking. That time, Meghan appeared on Vanity Fair's October cover.
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Meghan Markle didn't adjust well to royal life by anyone's estimation — even her own. As she said, "I was an actress. My entire job was 'Tell me where to stand.
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Kate Middleton knows how to dress for any occasion. Take her arrival in Wales this week, which marked the new Princess of Wales' first foray into the country.
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The New York Times writer Maggie Haberman has a new book out on Donald Trump called "Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America."
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The star's reality series "The Kardashians" scored Hulu its biggest premiere viewership. When it comes to Kardashian's newest venture, fans aren't feeling it.
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Joe Biden has probably made peace with the fact that he is gaffe-prone, as have his supporters. Voters sure didn't mind that the Democrats is a slip-up machine.
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Ivanka Trump's modeling days may be far behind her, but the former first daughter's fashion is well-regarded by many. The mom of three dresses to impress.
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Whatever Melania does, people will tear her apart and celebrate it alike. This is the case with her NFT game expanding to offer Christmas ornaments for charity.
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Kate Middleton and Princess Diana have a lot in common. As two of the most important people in William's life, they've held the same title, Princess of Wales.