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• Deadline was first to break the news.
  — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
• Amanda was the one to break the news to her.
  — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
• Variety was first to break the news.
  — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026
• He was told Elio had died in Allen and had to break the news to his dad.
  — Imelda García, Dallas News, 11 May 2023
• His Poison bandmates took to the stage to break the news and the show went on as planned.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022
• Gomez brings a Bratz doll to life when a young girl’s parents break the news of their divorce.
  — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 15 May 2022
• Fenton texted him to break the news that same day, Cunningham said.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2022
• John de Lancie then beamed in to the chat to break the news of Q’s return.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2021
• After the storm passed, Hudson had to break the news about the ring to his girlfriend.
  — Jason Hahn, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2022
• Jones had to call her mom and break the news that her firstborn child had cancer at just 24 years old.
  — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
• Watch Goldberg break the news to the show's audience in the video at the top of this post.
  — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025
• Whelan flatlined, and Reyes had to break the news to Jet and the rest of the team.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
• Mare finds Freddie’s body, dead from an overdose, and has to break the news to Beth.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 May 2021
• Gov Ball had to break the news to fans that Roddy would not be performing.
  — Katrina Nattress, SPIN, 12 June 2022
• That's when the family had to break the news about Imani Furman.
  — Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
• The Hollywood Reporter was the first to break the news.
  — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2026
• Suga was the first to break the news to his fans, posting on the Weverse fan platform.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2024
• Soon afterward, Iris said, an officer took him aside to break the news.
  — Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2024
• Variety was the first to break the news about Knobloch’s appointment.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2022
• Steinfeld took to Substack to break the news herself.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2025
• Trent Williams couldn’t bear to break the news to 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan.
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2021
• Rollins was left to break the news to Shalondra’s children, ages 13 and 15.
  — Liz Szabo, USA TODAY, 30 May 2021
• To lighten the blow, Chase, 79, would break the news to them over lunches or dinners.
  — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
• Fox News Digital was the first to break the news of the settlement.
  — Jack Dunn, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
• Locsin shared that four of her son’s brothers in service knocked on her door Thursday night to break the news.
  — Jasmine Mendez follow, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2026
• Hyland had to break the news from Florida while her kids were in Pittsburgh.
  — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
• The Hollywood Reporter was first to break the news of Ling’s death.
  — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 July 2026
• Krista Lieber, Megan's twin sister, would have to break the news about their mother's death to the children.
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2022
• The couple then break the news to mother-in-law Michelle Duggar, who is overjoyed.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2022
• One day in fifth grade, a teacher gathered his class to break the news that one of their classmates had been in a tragic accident.
  — Wil S. Hylton, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2022