Celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton had a terrible cancer scare while writing his new book … and when we caught him out in NYC Tuesday, he revealed his No. 1 client, Kim Kardashian, was a big source of strength.

Chris told us Kim knows a lot about dealing with the disease because her dad, Robert Kardashian, died from esophageal cancer in 2003. As Chris’ mom — often referred to on social media as Momma Appleton — battled the same type of cancer, Chris was readily receptive to Kim’s support.

He said, “She helped me through it.”

He says he challenged himself to be more honest in his writing instead of just “editing a version” of himself.

Chris explained, “I actually just wanted to help people. And I wasn’t prepared to lose my voice without truly owning it first.”

Timothy Busfield is a free man — at least for now — after his lawyer had the prosecutor on the ropes, arguing the whole case was rooted in revenge by angry parents.

Busfield and his lawyer appeared Tuesday afternoon before an Albuquerque judge, taking apart the prosecutors’ evidence, piece by piece.

As we reported, Busfield has been charged with child sexual abuse, involving 2 boys who were part of the cast of “The Cleaning Lady” in 2022. Prosecutors claim Busfield touched them inappropriately.

Busfield’s lawyer, Amber Fayerberg, went line by line, addressing each accusation in the criminal complaint. She brought up the recording of an officer interviewing one of the boys — in audio TMZ first obtained — in which the child volunteers Busfield never touched him inappropriately.

Fayerberg went on to highlight, it would have been virtually impossible for Busfield to have interacted alone with the children, citing the boys’ on-set teacher and several witnesses who were there regularly who said they saw no such misconduct.

And that wasn’t all … Fayerberg addressed what the prosecutor actually put in the criminal complaint … that an actress on set said the mother of the boys told her if her kids were fired, she vowed revenge against Busfield. Both children were not brought back for the final season.

Busfield’s defense team pointed out the father of the two boys — identified in the state’s motion for pretrial detention as Ronald Rodis — is a disbarred attorney … he was convicted of federal conspiracy and wire fraud, pleading guilty in 2016.

Busfield’s wife, Melissa Gilbert, who was in attendance in court Tuesday, had tears streaming down her face as she heard the ruling.

Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara are expanding their family … because they have a baby girl at home … and she was born via surrogate.

The singer and actor now have three children together … and their newborn is named Mikey Moon Trainor.

In a social media post announcing her daughter, Meghan says … “Our baby girl Mikey Moon Trainor has finally made it to the world thanks to our incredible, superwoman surrogate.”

Meghan posted a ton of photos of the baby at home and in the hospital … so click through the gallery to see her growing family.