Governor Gavin Newsom‘s decision to ask the California Board of Parole to review the Erik and Lyle Menendez matter could make next month’s up-to-now critical resentencing hearing all but irrelevant.

As we reported, Newsom has asked the Parole Board to conduct a “risk assessment investigation” … this on the heels of TMZ’s “2 Angry Men” podcast in which Erik and Lyle appeared by phone to talk about what they’ve done with their lives behind bars for 35 years.

The Board will effectively conduct a parole hearing, in which they will assess whether the Menendez brothers pose an unreasonable risk to public safety. By doing so, the Board will necessarily review how Erik and Lyle have conducted themselves in prison.

Even if the Parole Board decides Erik and Lyle have been rehabilitated and pose no danger to society and recommends their release, it still has to be approved by the Governor. Fact is … Newsom has already asked the Board to conduct that review, so it will land on his desk regardless of what the judge does in the resentencing hearing.

The Governor already has a clemency petition on his desk, so it seems the decision on whether to free Erik and Lyle Menendez is now squarely in the hands of one man — Gavin Newsom.

TikToker Sarah C. Roberts is setting the record straight about her viral Elon Musk assassination video … telling TMZ she never had plans to off the DOGE leader — and that her taxes have in fact been paid.

The woman who went viral for joking someone should “X” Elon — a play on him renaming Twitter to the single-letter moniker — says she regrets “trying to make stupid jokes on the Internet” and she doesn’t condone any violence.

Sarah tells TMZ she was simply expressing her frustrations with the economy on TikTok, and realizes it wasn’t funny. She adds … “I thought it was protected under free speech but I certainly learned my lesson.”

And for haters wishing death upon her professional career … joke’s on them — she was laid off from the ad agency Wongdoody on Jan. 24, which explains her frustrations.

SR explains … “You get laid off and you hear about these other layoffs and you know it’s harder to get another job. When you don’t have a job, you don’t have much to do and you watch too much news, furthering your frustrations.”

On the topic of her taxes … the former ad agency director says her claim that she has refused to pay up in eight years was a complete exaggeration. She tells TMZ there were issues with her tax information in 2020 and 2021, leading to a delay in payment.

She claims she’s since caught up with New York state and New York City taxes … and is waiting for the IRS to get back to her regarding the past blip. She even says she’s owed money … and paid $35,000 in federal taxes — not including Social Security and Medicare — last year.

Sarah says she’s not too worried about the IRS investigating her … though she confirms she’s hiring a new CPA to make sure she has all her ducks in a row.

As for her TikTok career … she was banned from the site. But Sarah says she was never trying to become an “influencer” in the first place!

Khloe Kardashian says her mom had some advice for her dating game … and, it’s that if you want to get ahead in a relationship — ya gotta give a little!

The reality television star discussed a moment where Kris Jenner left her “mortified” … explaining she once brought some friends over — and, they talked about why a guy she was seeing wasn’t getting back to her.

Khloe says Kris asked her how many dates she’d been on with this guy — an L.A. basketball player who Khloe doesn’t name — and, after telling her mom one or two, KJ offered some NSFW unsolicited advice.