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Ben Stein's not going to pile on Roseanne after her racist tweet got her show canceled -- in fact ... he sympathizes and believes her claim that Ambien made her do it.

The "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" actor was leaving Mr Chow in Bev Hills Friday night when he got asked about the Roseanne debacle ... he says it's not her fault and he feels sorry for her.

Unlike many other celebs, Stein doesn't think Barr's a racist but was just screwed up from her medicine ... and seems upset people are being mean to her.

As we reported ... ABC canned "Roseanne" shortly after her racist tweet went viral, but she claimed her comment was Ambien-induced. Ambien quickly denounced that.

Kanye West is playing peacemaker and putting a stop to the back-and-forth battle between Pusha T and Drake ... or so he hopes.

Kanye tweeted late Friday night that he's never been about beef -- he's about love -- and says "lines were crossed and it's not good for anyone" ... presumably referring to the ongoing rap beef between Pusha and Drake.

Ye then declared, "so this is dead now."

As we reported ... Pusha dropped a vicious diss track this week titled "The Story of Adidon" which featured album art of Drake in blackface and slammed him for being a deadbeat dad to his alleged secret son.

This came after Drake sent an invoice to Pusha for reviving his career, and his "Duppy Freestyle" took shots at Pusha and Kanye ... in response to Pusha T's song "Infrared" calling out Drizzy for using a ghostwriter.

Drake's done more than just financially support his baby mama and her son ... he's pulled out all the stops to be with him almost since birth.

Sources connected to Sophie Brussaux tell TMZ ... Drizzy wasn't present when she gave birth, but he's been actively involved since a paternity test confirmed he's the father. Our Drake sources say no paternity test has been taken yet ... but Sophie has a different story.

We're told Drake met his alleged son, Adonis, shortly after the test and has seen him multiple times.

Our sources say Drake's flown Sophie and Adonis to be with him. We're told Drake chartered a private jet for them on Christmas. Again, Drake has not publicly acknowledged he's the dad.

Kendall Jenner and Ben Simmons can't get enough of each other, even though they're acting like they're strangers.

Kendall and Ben hit up The Cheescake Factory Friday for lunch in L.A. at The Grove. They arrived separately and left separately.

They've been out together a bunch this week. They went to dinner Wednesday night at The Nice Guy and hit up a club later that night. They ended up at the fancy schmancy Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Bev Hills.

The creator of "The Larry Sanders Show" is baffled at everyone's reaction to Roseanne's racist tweet, because he says it was just a case of art imitating life.

We got Dennis Klein Friday night in WeHo leaving Craig's, and he was quick to say Roseanne's character is a woman who's a "pig and a slob" and he thinks that character embodies the person ... and everyone including ABC knew it from the get-go.

That said, Dennis thinks ABC always had a backup plan in case Roseanne went off the rails.

People usually say WTF gratuitously ... but in this case, WTF!!!

"Cruel Intentions" co-stars Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair went to a Pink Concert Friday night at The Forum in L.A. ... and it just doesn't seem real.

Sarah is 41 and Selma is 45, which just doesn't track with the pic.

The 2 women, who clearly coordinated their outfits, took their daughters to the concert.

Kylie Jenner is back in action, hitting up The Nice Guy in WeHo and looking like the whole pregnancy thing was just a dream.

Kylie showed up for a birthday party in a 2-piece satin suit ... pal Harry Hudson, a musician, turned 23. She arrived with her BFF Jordyn Woods.

Die-hard "Big Brother" fans might not be happy about this -- "The Amazing Race" just made some huge last-minute cuts to its upcoming all-BB edition ... including winners and fan favorites.

Our 'TAR' sources tell us ... America's Favorite Houseguest on Season 17, James Huling, and Season 18's Corey Brooks will no longer be partnering up on 'TAR' because CBS called them Thursday night to inform them they've been axed.

Caleb Reynolds, aka Beast Mode Cowboy, was also told he's no longer wanted for the upcoming season, and perhaps most shockingly ... former enemies turned friends -- Josh Martinez and Paul Abrahamian -- also got dropped from the cast.

We're told the news came as a huge surprise to the 'BB' alums because they'd all gone through the interview process and thought they were set ... but production just told them they are moving in a different direction.

On the bright side ... we've learned BB14 winner Ian Terry's been added to the cast, Rachel Reilly's still in and will team up with her sister Elissa, and past stars Da'Vonne Rogers and Bridgette Dunning will be a duo.

LaVar Ball has weighed in on the NFL's national anthem policy -- and it's not exactly what you'd expect.

"It's their league. If you don't want to do it, get out their league."

Don't get it twisted, Ball says he thinks the NFL has gone too far in requiring players on the field to stand ... but says the NFL has the right to create and enforce their own policies.

"That's why I got my own league," Ball tells TMZ Sports ... "Do what I want."

Ball is referring to his new junior basketball league, the JBA -- which he plans on running himself.

So, what's LaVar's policy on the national anthem going to be in his league?

Roseanne has gone away and come back a thousand times since her racist tweet, and Drake's taking mad heat over Sophie Brussaux's baby. So, we gotta ask ...

Tekashi69 is officially persona non grata -- permanently -- at the strip club where he incited a near brawl last week ... along with 2 more of L.A.'s hottest clubs.

The owner of Ace of Diamonds in WeHo tells TMZ ... the rapper was to blame for Monday night's glass-throwing incident -- video of which was posted on TMZ. As a result, Tekashi's banned from that establishment and 2 of the owner's other clubs ... Penthouse and Murano LA.

We're told 6ix9ine started trouble at AoD when he stopped tossing money at the dancers and began violently throwing bricks of cash at patrons ... hitting one in the head. The rapper refused to apologize and kept hurling money, which we're told led to someone throwing a glass at him.

We broke the story ... the chucked glass hit Tekashi's lady friend in the boobs, so she retaliated by firing a glass back before security whisked them away.

Don't let these two twinning pics of Carly Chaikin rattle your robot ... hack in and see if you can figure out the differences between these two similar cyber shots.

Nikki Bella played with fire when she tried messing with the paparazzi ... and it burned her ass.

Nikki tells TMZ ... a story floating around showing her "canoodling with a mystery man" on a Miami balcony does NOT mean she's interested in him. She says it was supposed to be a joke to mess with paps since they had been following her and the rest of the "Total Divas" crew for days.

Nikki says the bartender is a 21-year-old model the show hired to serve them drinks at their penthouse ... but by Thursday Nikki had had enough with the paps. With a little liquid courage, Nikki says she hatched a plan to bring the guy out on the balcony and do some faux flirting to screw with the photogs.

Paps snapped away and a story about her canoodling hit the web ... something she had NOT intended to happen. Nikki wants to set the record straight -- she is NOT dating anyone else right now. And as she told us already ... she's actively trying to work things out with John Cena.

Odell Beckham made 3 football fans LOSE THEIR MINDS when he took the time out of his day for a quick pic at the airport ... but there is one very minor problem here.

THAT'S NOT THE REAL ODELL -- IT'S A LOOK-ALIKE (aka FauxBJ ... or NOdell Beckham Jr.).

We're told the Beck-alike didn't exactly stop the fans from thinking he was the real #13 -- and totally played along when he was stopped at Nashville International Airport on Tuesday.

We're told the fans even asked FauxBJ whether he'd continue to play with the Giants or try to play for a new team this season, to which he replied "I plead the 5th."

Pretty hilarious actually ... hope he got an upgrade on the plane!!!

The dog days of summer are starting to heat up ... and these shirtless stars with pups will have you panting.

Whether they are em-barking on an adventure in Howlywood, raising the woof at a party, or just sitting and staying in bed ... these summer shots are making it ruff to look away!