TOP CLICKS: The week that was in viral stories

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The Toronto Sun takes you straight to the heart of the action.

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Whether it’s local news, provincial and national politics, or the worlds of celebrity and sports, we have you covered.

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Some stories set the world on fire. And these ones are the most popular online stories from the past seven days, clicked on by Sun readers like you.

Here are our top stories:

LILLEY: Canada’s delegation to Queen’s funeral spent almost $400,000 for hotel rooms alone

Of our Top 5 stories this week, three of them were from the lovely Brian Lilley, who shed light on how much it cost when Canada’s delegation attended the funeral of Queen Elizabeth. So we’re going to wrap them all up here in order to give love to some of our other top performers.

Nearly $400,000 were spent — on hotel rooms alone. But one number stood out like a flashing neon sign: the $6,000-a-night suite at the luxury Corinthia that housed some mystery delegate(s) – cough, cough, the Trudeaus – for five nights. So, $30,000 for not even a week’s worth accommodations? At a time when Canadians would give anything for a fraction of that to pay their grocery bills or mortgage and, you know, SURVIVE.

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Lilley channelled his inner Sherlock to try to figure out who shacked up in the fancy, schmanzy room but the PMO is keeping mum – likely because people would have a field day to learn it was Justin and Sophie lapping up the butler service as they sashayed along the marble floors.

Leak of Wisconsin volleyball players’ private images probed

University of Wisconsin police were investigating how private photos and video of members of the school’s national champion women’s volleyball team were circulated publicly without their consent.

That was a week ago – and authorities are still stumped as to how the photos were leaked as cops say it came from the phone of one of the players. Hacked – or something more awful?

Valerie Bertinelli ‘mortified’ by Matthew Perry’s make-out story

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Based on Valerie Bertinelli’s reaction, Matthew Perry did not give her a heads-up that he was going to reveal in his upcoming memoir that the two had a “long, elaborate make-out session” while her then-husband, the late Eddie Van Halen, was passed out drunk just a few feet away, Mark Daniell reported.

The Food Network star was teary and “mortified” when she took to TikTok to respond to the Friends star’s revelations. With so much of the book already released, is anyone going to actually buy it?

Paige Spiranac readies for Halloween; backs Brooks Koepka

Paige Spiranac, glamour golfer extraordinaire, showed off what she plans to wear for a Halloween costume contest: Street Fighter’s Cammy, Brad Hunter detailed.

But let’s save the dress-up for Monday and get back to her sport.

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The most followed golfer on Instagram defended LIV Golf star Brooks Koepka, who thought his career was done due to injuries.

Instead, he nabbed his first win on the Saudi-backed tour last weekend, which caught Koepka right in the feels – something Spiranac found surprisingly endearing.

Roster-juggling could see Filip Kral make his Maple Leafs debut during stay in California

Coach Sheldon Keefe changed up the Leafs’ roster a lot this past week, though the results weren’t what he had hoped for between Monday’s loss in Las Vegas and the team coming up short on Thursday in San Jose.

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Filip Kral was added to the defence that was at the minimum six men, shifted blue-liner Jake Muzzin to long-term injured reserve and moved right winger Kyle Clifford to injured reserve prior to the game versus the Golden Knights.

For Thursday’s game against the Sharks, Keefe went deep into his lineup to try to shake things up even further – to no avail.

What’s that saying? If it ain’t broke …

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