HGTV star Leslie Davis blindsided fans when she dropped an engagement bombshell this week … no one knew she’d been divorced for years … and now she’s giving a more detailed timeline.

Leslie announced Wednesday she was engaged to Don Reidy, leading to all sorts of question about her prior marriage to Jacob Davis.

In a blog post Friday, Leslie says she and Jacob split in 2022 and kept the divorce private to protect their family and make it easier to raise their three sons … Kyler, Cash, and Cole.

Leslie says … “Okay…Okay… I know what you are all saying… ‘I didn’t even know you were divorced?’ Well, 1,000+ social media comments later, you all have a lot of questions.”

Leslie says … “Jacob and I will always share love for each other, just now in a new way, we have learned to become the best teammates, to lean on each other, to support each other’s new adventures, and always put our boys first.”

She adds … “With lots of changes, our priority was to always protect our family, which is why I have kept this part of my life private. And seriously, who even announces a divorce anyway LOL!”

Mickey Rourke’s beloved pup is facing a life-threatening health crisis … and the cost of essential surgery could be more than the actor can bear.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Mickey’s longtime dog, Ivan, is suffering from heart disease and needs an operation — one that doesn’t come cheap.

We’re told the procedure will cost around $10,000 … and Ivan could potentially require a second surgery costing an additional $6,000 to $8,000.

Making matters even more complicated … the actor is in dire straits and doesn’t have the money on hand to pay for the procedure. Mickey had just checked into a hotel with Ivan two weeks ago.

As you know … Mickey emphatically rejected a GoFundMe set up to help him stay afloat and avoid eviction — despite it raising more than $100K. A GoFundMe spox tells us donation refunds were issued January 14th, and donors will get 100 percent of their contributions back.

We’re told Mickey is now urgently looking for work to cover his dog’s heart surgery … but as we previously reported, he’s been reluctant to accept offers being presented to him by his manager.

Harvey and Charles are usually a tight team … but Michael Rapaport‘s “Traitors” comments stirred up some trouble in paradise — with the two men passionately debating on “TMZ Live.”

Our two colleagues discussed the reaction to Rapaport claiming Colton Underwood — a gay man who was looking for a wife on “The Bachelor” while he was still in the closet — would be an incredible secret-keeper … and that received quite a negative reaction from his costars. Michael later apologized to Colton.

Check out the clip … Harvey’s actually stepping up for Michael here — telling Charles that he thinks Michael’s referring to Colton keeping the secret from millions of people on national TV.

Charles tells Harvey he still thinks it’s a homophobic statement … and, if in Michael’s position, he would never say anything like that to Harvey or anyone else. He thinks it’s too close to mocking someone for not feeling comfortable living their truth out loud.

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