{"id":76607,"date":"2025-08-12T07:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T07:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/76607\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T07:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T07:06:08","slug":"lukas-gage-shades-chris-appleton-in-exes-book-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/76607\/","title":{"rendered":"Lukas Gage Shades Chris Appleton in Exes&#8217; Book Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Lukas Gage<br \/>\n                          My Ex Announced A Book After Mine &#8230;<br \/>\n                          What Are the Chances?!?<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published August 11, 2025 6:20 PM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                Updated August 11, 2025 9:44 PM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/d48c04e063ed4cf398d9d7e976f6b213_md.jpg\" alt=\"lukas-gage-kal-08-11-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZ.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/lukas-gage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lukas Gage<\/a> is reacting to his ex-husband <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/chris-appleton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Appleton<\/a> announcing an upcoming self-help memoir on the heels of Lukas&#8217; upcoming book &#8230; and it sounds like he&#8217;s throwing some shade.<\/p>\n<p>We got the actor outside DOGPOUND Gym in West Hollywood on Monday and our photog asked him about Chris recently announcing a self-help memoir.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250808_3a412e3ec5cc47e28631e6b512cd192f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:8ec8a492-a212-4e10-b60b-c346540b294b\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3a412e3ec5cc47e28631e6b512cd192f_md.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Appleton magazine cover Hanover Square Press\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lukas says he didn&#8217;t know about it but feels &#8220;honored&#8221; to be so &#8220;influential&#8221; with the timing of his ex&#8217;s book.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LG&#8217;s book, &#8220;I Wrote This For Attention,&#8221; is due out in October and Chris&#8217; &#8220;Your Roots Don&#8217;t Define You,&#8221; drops in January &#8230; just 3 months after Lukas&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dc92cd87d9a547b0b22faa41be23b536_md.jpg\" alt=\"lukas-chris-tmz-tv\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZ.com<\/p>\n<p>We asked Lukas some follow-up questions, but it seemed like he didn&#8217;t want to take any more perceived shots at Chris &#8230; though he may have sarcastically said the timing was &#8220;coincidental.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is on par for Lukas &#8230; he seemingly threw some shade at Chris last year with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/01\/08\/lukas-gage-praises-new-white-lotus-cast-shade-estranged-husband-chris-appleton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a comment about dating apps<\/a>, but then clarified there was no ill intent.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8e371212bdeb49ebaaeb7828593e2502_md.jpg\" alt=\"010524_lukas_gage_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><br \/>\n                      1\/7\/24<\/p>\n<p>                    TMZ.com<\/p>\n<p>Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ &#8230; Lukas, and people on his team, aren&#8217;t happy about the timing of Chris&#8217; book release.<\/p>\n<p>We broke the story &#8230; Chris, a celebrity hairstylist who works with the Kardashians, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/11\/13\/kim-kardashian-hairstylist-chris-appleton-lukas-gage-divorce-split-breakup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">filed for a divorce from Lukas<\/a> back in November 2023 after only 6 months of marriage. The divorce was finalized in June 2024.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/b4a0cb0a524b4ffd84c826c0b86c2a49_md.jpg\" alt=\"041125_chris_appleton_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZ.com<\/p>\n<p>Lukas isn&#8217;t sure if he&#8217;s getting name-dropped in Chris&#8217; book &#8230; and we also asked about how things stand between them &#8230; check out the clip.<\/p>\n<p>Happy reading, all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lukas Gage My Ex Announced A Book After Mine &#8230; What Are the Chances?!? 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