“Temptation Island” star Shanté Glover’s tumultuous relationship with Brion Whitley finally bit the dust earlier this month — but her girls had clearly been bracing for the blowup long before it hit.

TMZ caught up with Shanté’s costars Ashley Moore and Tayler Byrd — and they make it clear they tried steering her away from Brion back on the island … especially after he got real cozy with not one, but two tempters, Alex and Courtney, in that infamous threesome.

ICYMI, Shanté did go back to Brion after the show — despite all the drama — and while he tried to redeem things, even recently telling us he regretted the whole threesome mess, it clearly wasn’t enough to keep things afloat.

Despite all, the duo make it clear to us they’ve been blowing up her phone with calls and texts since she’s in a different state, making sure their girl knows she’s not going through the breakup blues alone.

A baseball autographed by Pope Francis is being auctioned off to the highest bidder in the wake of his death … and it could end up selling for over five figures.

The late pontiff signed a baseball several years ago … scribbling “Francisco” in black felt-tip pen on a Rawlings MLB ball … and now that he’s dead, the souvenir is hitting the open market.

The baseball is going up for sale through RR Auction … where it’s expected to fetch at least $15,000.

Randy’s been collecting signed Major League baseballs from world leaders and heads of state since 1996, starting with Bill Clinton … and he says he has more than 450 signed balls in his collection.

The auction house tells us the winning bidder will also take home Kaplan’s correspondence with Vatican officials regarding his efforts to get Francis and Benedict XVI to sign.

One of the letters is from Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson and it reads, in part: “Regretfully, I opened the boxes with the baseballs before reading your message. Not knowing they were from you, I signed them before reading your letter with instructions to have the Popes sign the two baseballs. Sorry about the oversight, if you have other baseballs, kindly send them.”

Francis died Monday from a stroke and heart failure at age 88.

Cash Money Records original Hot Boy B.G. says he learned about Birdman and Toni Braxton‘s marriage straight from the source — that broke the story, not the happy couple exchanging the nuptials!!!

TMZ Hip Hop recently caught up with Chopper City’s finest in NYC and quizzed him about the secretive marriage that’s been bubbling for roughly 8 months.

B.G. couldn’t contain his LOL’s but says he was hipped from all the alerts buzzing on the internet.

If you remember, Birdman was there to greet B.G. when he was sprung from prison in Sept. 2023 after serving 14 years — it’s wild to think he wasn’t asked to be a groomsman!!!

B.G.’s been on go-mode ever since … he was out in New York promoting his new “Freedom of Speech” album, which he says was inspired by all the hula hoops he had to jump through in order to simply rap!!!

He also sent a shout-out to Lil Durk, who’s currently battling a murder-for-hire charge. B.G. tells us hip hop music has given so many inner-city kids a way out of the ghetto, so he goes hard for anyone trapped in the belly of the beast.

We also got B.G.’s thoughts on Lil Wayne swearing off Super Bowl performances forever after he got snubbed in their own city of New Orleans.

B.G. believes Weezy F. will develop the hunger for the Big Sunday showdown down the line but just needs time to shake off the hurt after Kendrick Lamar got the nod.

One person B.G. doesn’t want to see in NOLA again, however, is Zion Williamson.