Turns out there was both a gun in his pocket AND he was happy to see ya. (Image via Instagram)

ABOVE: Everyone go follow Russell Todd on IG — he has been feeding his fans lately.

BELOW: Keep reading for Green Day's tweaking of MAGA, Canadian court's thoughts on “groomer” and more ...

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong altered the lyrics in “American Idiot” to sing, “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda,” during the band’s performance on Ryan Seacrest’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. pic.twitter.com/eclNR7D83s

— CONSEQUENCE (@consequence) January 1, 2024

JOE.MY.GOD.: Happy 2024! Billie Joe Armstrong and Green Day tore into Trump in their Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve performance of “American Idiot.”

CP24: This makes sense and is long overdue — the term “groomer” has been deemed a potentionally actionable slur in Canada. I've always found it bizarre that people on social media can call anyone they dislike, usually anyone queer, a pedo or groomer without any fear of legal reprisal. (Twitter doesn't even ban it, obviously, since Elon Musk is a chaos agent.)

THE GUARDIAN: Same-sex couples in Estonia are free to wed from today on.

NBC NEWS: A round-up of 2023's top LGBTQ+ stories.

SOCIALITE LIFE: Anderson and Andy getting drunk on their CNN NYE telecast is giving Hunger Games to me.

GR8ERDAYS: The 20 most impactful celebrity deaths of 2023. Plus, the same list for every year back to 1976. I continue to believe 1977 and 2016 were the most cataclysmic.

Thoroughly post-mortem Cindy (GIF via GIPHY)