The “16 and Pregnant” abortion special, “No Easy Decision,” will air tonight on MTV at 11:30 pm EST. As we’ve heard, it follows 19 year-old castmember Markai Durham as she makes the choice to abort her second pregnancy. Durham claims that her second pregnancy was a legitimate accident when she forgot to get a follow-up birth control shot and didn’t realize that she needed another one at that point. She has a Facebook page administered by a friend through which she’s been discussing the special and defending herself. MTV has supposedly barred Durham from doing interviews ahead of the special, and The NY Post reports that the show has not been released to the press ahead of the air date. Pro-life groups are upset at something they perceive will glorify abortion.
MTV — first accused of glamorizing teen pregnancy with “16 and Pregnant” — is now facing charges it’s promoting abortion with a controversial new show airing tonight.
On the show, Markai Durham, who was first seen last month on “16 and Pregnant,” discovers she is expecting again and must decide whether to have the baby.
Her decision to terminate the pregnancy is the centerpiece of “No Easy Decision” and has pro-lifers up in arms. The show is so unusual, MTV scheduled it to air at 11:30 p.m. — well past the bedtimes of the network’s youngest fans.
TV did not make the show available to the media before it airs and has forbidden Markai to give interviews about the subject.
Still, in social media postings, the 19-year-old Florida girl has been preparing fans for the intense drama.
“I get sad from time to time thinking about it but then everything happens for a reason,” she wrote. “God gave me 3 paths to take abortion, adoption, or raising this baby along with another.
“I chose this path and I think about how stressing things would have been if I haven’t made the one I’ve made.”
Markai, who gave birth to daughter Za’karia in October 2009, has been seeing a therapist to cope with her feelings, and spent the past week answering questions about her decision on Formspring.com, where other “16 and Pregnant” alums connect with their fans.
In a posting Christmas Eve, the teen, who admits that, in the past, she abused drugs and slept with “different men every other night,” says she and boyfriend James were using birth control when the second pregnancy occurred.
“I just never knew it ran out,” she wrote. “They give you a time limit to get the shot again. [It's] like days-days, so I thought I had time. I guess not.”
In recent months, MTV has promised to tackle “all sides” of the hot-button teen pregnancy issue.
But pro-life blogger Jill Stanek says she expects a one-sided portrayal.
“This apparently means the pro-life perspective will simply get tackled,” she writes, noting that the official Web site only links to pro-choice groups, including the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
Stanek also points out that the show was done in cooperation with Exhale, a support group for teens who have had abortions.
“Anytime anyone can help tell stories about women who have had abortions, we see that as a good thing,” says Erica Johnson, an Exhale counselor.
Markai’s story “is very much in line with the stories we hear on our talk line. A large number of women who have abortions already have children.
“They are wanting to do the best thing for the children they have and they really struggle with whether they can do it a second or third time.”
“She didn’t expect to be ridiculed and put down about it so much,” Markai’s Facebook page administrator writes.
I’m going to say basically the same thing about this that I said in our last story. I have no problem with abortion. I do have a problem with MTV exploiting these young girls for television. As many of you point out in our stories on Amber’s abuse of Gary - why didn’t someone filming her abuse step in? She slapped and choked the guy in front of a camera crew equipped with lights and gear. There had to be a few people there and no one stopped Amber on three separate occasions or even made the executive decision not to air that footage!
So now there’s a girl who had to get an abortion and MTV is going to put her out there for people to talk about and debate over. I don’t think she’s prepared for this, and this story bothers me for an entirely different reason other than the abortion issue.
Back in July of this year, Kelly Osbourne very publicly dumped her boyfriend/fiancé Luke Worrall, a pale model type. They were together for two years, and Kelly seemed to accuse Luke of cheating on her when they split. Many even wondered if Kelly and Luke (and Kelly's brother Jack) were the subjects of this particularly nasty blind item - but I doubt they were. Anyway, Kelly has just completely LOST IT on her Twitter feed, accusing Luke of all kinds of scandals and cheating and such. Much of the language is NSFW, so if you'd like to read the unedited tweets, go here to Kelly's Twitter. Here are the basics:
Major holiday drama for Kelly Osbourne. Late Monday and early Tuesday, the 26-year-old E! Fashion Police critic went off on an expletive-laden rant on ex-fiance Luke Worrall, with whom she parted ways in July after nearly two years together.
At first, Osbourne was vague, Tweeting: “Just found something out that has hurt my feelings so bad and christmas was going so well.”
She added cryptically: “What do you do when someone lies in the darkest way and you try to tell the person that was lied to but they don’t believe you? I think the best part of this situation is that I have been painted out to be the crazy one when all I did was tell the honest to God truth.”
Finally, Osbourne (who is reportedly back in London for the holidays with parents Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne and her siblings) took aim at her British model ex, suggesting that a failed Christmas reconciliation went down. “Luke Worrall is the biggest piece of s**, he has been trying to get back with me, I only came home for Xmas to see him. Meanwhile, he has been f***ing hundreds of girls…behind my back.”
She angrily continued: “All he did was use me. All girls, beware of @Luke_worral he is a using C***! He used me for my money and a free ride. He is lucky I am not spilling the whole truth about what he did!”
“He is the worst thing that ever happened to me,” Osbourne sniped. “I don’t give a f*** what happens to him anymore…I am and always will be too good for him…Darling, your pretty face will only get you so far because you don’t have the brains to back it up.”
“Don’t think I have ever felt so stupid,” she added. “He made a fool of me.”
Explaining that she’s going “off Twitter for a while,” Osbourne noted, “never felt [heartbroken] like this in my life.”
All this drama… it's sad. I feel bad for Kelly, and I think for her to go off like this publicly… well, Luke probably was a major bastard. But why even talk to him once you've broken off your engagement after he was boning other chicks? That would a dealbreaker not only for the engagement, but for any kind of relationship (for me, anyway). Luke's a douche, Kelly. Move on, girl.
Also - after skimming Kelly's Twitter feed, I feel it's safe to say that the girl has a major homonym problem. It happens to the best of us, but enough with the brake/break issues!
Back before Hugh Hefner hooked up with his latest 24 year-old coed main girlfriend (and those teen ex-felon twins that predictably bailed) he was with very slightly more age appropriate Holly Madison, who was 28 at the time of their breakup two years ago. (The other two girlfriends back then, Kendra and Bridget, went by the wayside too of course.) Holly later admitted that she was trying to get pregnant with Hef’s baby before she broke up with him, and that she had funded her own IVF treatments. Later Holly called Hef’s new girlfriends copycats, basically, and said she was worried that they would take advantage of him at a vulnerable time. As if her motives were pure.
It’s clear that Holly wanted more from Hef than just head cheerleader status, and that she left when she figured out he wasn’t going to propose to her. It’s not surprising to hear that Holly is super pissed that Hef got engaged to his latest piece, 24 year-old Crystal Harris, when she wasn’t able to score that ring with a lot of cajoling and fertility treatments.
Hef's ex — longtime galpal Holly Madison of "Girls Next Door" TV show fame — is said to be very upset about the engagement announcement. She long tried to snare a proposal from Hefner herself.
"She can't believe Crystal was able to get Hef to agree to something she had tried for so long," said a source close to Hefner.
Even after Madison's fling with magician Criss Angel — supposedly done to make Hefner jealous — and Hefner's plea for her to come back to him, he still never proposed marriage or gave her a ring.
Does that mean if Hef proposed to Holly she would have come running back to him? It’s obvious that she wanted more financial security from the geezer than just free rent and an allowance.
The article also claims that Holly might not have much to worry about and that Hef may never marry Harris at all. Zwecker reports that “sources close to Hef tell me they doubt there will be a wedding,” but if there is the source says if the wedding does happen “‘That prenup will be tighter than Cher's most recent facelift.’” You know an old dude said that. It’s rare that anyone less than two generations older than Harris would use Cher as a cultural reference.
Will it be worth it to Harry to marry a guy her great grandfather’s age in order to get a predetermined payout after four years? Probably. It’s not like she had a career or much education to speak of before she hooked up with Hef. Harris is ambitious, though. People reports that she’s starting a singing career and that she has a line of makeup coming out.
As soon as I heard that LeAnn and Eddie Cibrian had "officially" gotten engaged, my first thought was that Brandi Glanville was probably sitting somewhere with a stiff drink, and that I hoped one of her friends took away her car keys. Well, one of Brandi's friends has "told all" about Brandi's reaction to Us Weekly, and while Brandi sounds a little toasty, she thankfully doesn't sound full-on hammered.
Guess Brandi Glanville won’t be sending a bottle of champagne to her ex-husband Eddie Cibrian and his brand-new fiancee LeAnn Rimes.
An insider close to Glanville — whose marriage to the actor went down in flames last year following his affair with Rimes — tells UsMagazine.com what she thinks of Cibrian’s engagement to the 28-year-old singer, announced Monday.
“Brandi knew this was coming for a while, but after everything she’s been through since finding out, she couldn’t care less. LeAnn has gotten exactly what she wanted from the get go,” the source says. Us Weekly was first to break the story of Rimes and Cibrian’s affair, which began on the set of their 2009 Lifetime flick Northern Lights.
Former model Glanville was married to Cibrian, 38, for 8 years, and they have two sons together: Mason, 7, and Jake, 3. Their divorce was finalized in August; Rimes’ 7-year marriage to Dean Sheremet official ended this time last year. (Sheremet himself is engaged to girlfriend Sarah Silver.)
The insider continues: “[Brandi] never wanted Eddie back, so it didn’t matter if they got engaged, broke up or whatever. But now he’s LeAnn’s problem.”
The source warns: “She can wonder what he’s doing on those boys-only trips, who he’s always texting, who’s at his poker nights. As long as she continues to be good to her two boys, it doesn’t matter to Brandi.”
Mason and Jake moved in with their dad into Rimes’ Malibu home over the summer. “LeAnn should keep her eyes open,” the insider says. “A tiger never loses his stripes.”
Fortunately, Brandi seems to have given an actual statement to E! News, which E! folded into their coverage of LeAnn's engagement. Quite honestly, I absolutely adore this E! story - it manages to achieve the gold standard of bitchiness. You many remember, E! News claimed (correctly) that LeAnn and Eddie have been engaged for a couple of months now, but that they were waiting to announce it for a big payday from People Magazine. Here's the story:
In case you somehow missed our exclusive scoop last month, LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian are finally making it official.
After cheating on their respective spouses last year, then splitting with them on their way to shacking up together, the controversial couple has finally copped to being betrothed. “For those who haven’t read, Eddie and I got engaged over the holidays. That’s the news. It’s for real this tine and the first time EVER!” she tweeted.
Like tell us something we don’t already know.
E! News was the first to report last month that Cibrian, 37, actually popped the question around Halloween and that Rimes, 28, gleefully accepted, according to extremely close family sources.
But with the news leaking out before they were ready to go public (and costing them a big-money deal with a glossy), the twosome got “pissed” and tried to deny their engagement.
We’re happy to hear the country crooner is singing a different tune now.
“It was nice to have our little secret for us our families and friend’s a few days! So excited to now share the wonderful news with our fans,” she added.
A few days, huh? Not according to the ex-CSI: Miami star’s former missus, Brandi Glanville, the mother of his two children whom he divorced in September.
“They’ve been engaged forever, but I continue to wish them congratulations and luck!” Glanville told E! News.
Cibrian’s publicist also confirmed today’s good news. And just for good measure so people know that it’s for real this time, LeAnn made sure she was spotted Monday strolling a Malibu beach with Eddie wearing a diamond ring. The platinum sparker is a 5-carat oval diamond set in rose gold fleur-de-lis connected to the band.
“We are extremely excited and look forward to a beautiful future. It’s been an incredible last few days,” Rimes tweeted. “I was shocked!!! We are blessed, our families are so happy and our lives are filled with love.”
A great read. It's funny and bitchy and there's a healthy dose of nastiness. Perfect for this story. I love that LeAnn pissed off E! News, and that E! is holding a grudge. LeAnn isn't important enough to suck up to.
Poor Jessica Simpson! Poor, poor thing. She announces her engagement, simply hoping to steal Nick Lachey's thunder, only to get her thunder stolen by Kate Middleton. And then Tony Romo! SOB. And now she even has to compete with Hugh Hefner and Natalie Portman and LeAnn Rimes? QUADRUPLE SOB. No one is ever going to pay attention to Jessica ever again! So Jessica took to Twitter to give thanks and well wishes to the "3 new studs in the fam" - Pete Wentz, Bronx and Eric Johnson. Sigh… sure. Whatever.
Jessica Simpson spent Christmas with her family, including her groom-to-be Eric Johnson, and the singer-turned-designer wants everyone to know about it. “Eric is the perfect addition to our family!” she Tweeted.
RadarOnline.com has learned the family all gathered at Simpson’s parents’ Encino, CA home on Christmas Eve.
It was Johnson’s first Christmas with Simpson and her clan, and she tweeted that many more are ahead. “I’m so grateful this holiday season!!! I hope everyone had a magical Christmas! Love you X.”
She and Johnson became engaged in November, in the same week her ex-husband Nick Lachey announced his engagement.
Simpson even spread the love around, acknowledging other family members. “We are lucky to have 3 new studs in the fam: Pete, BX, and EJ!” she tweeted, in reference to her sister Ashlee’s husband, her nephew Bronx, 2, and her fiance.
“Oh and I can’t forget Bentley!!!” she said, referring to her dog.
You know how I totally called the time frame for Eddie Cibrian and LeAnn Rimes announcing their engagement? Well, I've been wondering and theorizing that Jessica and Eric would marry on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day. I'm not feeling as "this is definitely going to happen" as I was with LeAnn's engagement, but I'm giving this a "very solid possibility" as far as gossip goes. After all, Jessica and Eric officially got engaged on 11/11 - why not marry on 1/1/11? It could totally be on. We'll see.
Considering that Lindsay Lohan was allegedly allowed to beat the hell out of a Betty Ford employee, avoid taking a Breathalyzer test that would have likely proven that she was drinking again, gotten her mother to pay off her smackdown victim, and have the entire incident hushed up by Betty Ford in an attempt to save their reputation, it's no surprise that Lindsay is on track to get out of rehab on schedule next week. TMZ has a piece about what we can expect from Lindsay's post-rehab crack hustle:
Lindsay Lohan will blow out of Betty Ford a week from today, but she has a plan in place to stay sober … for the first time in many years.
Sources tell TMZ … although Lindsay can leave B.F. on January 3, she’s staying an extra day.
On the 4th, she’ll drive 100 miles back to L.A., but she’s not returning to the West Hollywood condo where she fueled her addictions for much of 2010.
And on the subject of addiction, we’re told Lohan has a sponsor specifically to help her deal with the culture shock of reentry. She’s also pre-scheduled several months of AA meetings.
Best of luck, Lindsay Lohan. The Shirley Temple’s on us.
If she's not going back to her condo, where is she going? Is she moving in with Mother Crackhead?!? Oh, this recovery will not go well. Also: the idea of Lindsay being "prescheduled" for months of meetings is laughable. Weren't "prescheduled" meetings part of the reason this crackhead ended up in a cycle of jail and rehab this year?
In other Blohan news, her life and crack hustling ways are the basis for a new film - Page Six reported yesterday that Lydia Hearst will star as a Lohan-like character, with Joan Collins as her high-powered agent, in a new comedy in which, according to a producer, “Lydia will play a bratty movie goddess in and out of rehab, in trouble with the law, and hounded by greedy agents, predatory paparazzi, off-the-wall stalkers and crazed media - a role obviously based on Lindsay Lohan… (The movie) is in no way mean-spirited towards Lindsay. It’s the kind of thing she has spoofed about herself in the past. It’s more of a satire about the crazy people around her and the situations they generate. It satirises the obsession with modern celebrity.” Ugh. We don't need to see this crap dramatized, the real-life crack hustle is bad enough.
20 year-old Amber Portwood of MTV’s Teen Mom has officially been charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor stemming from three separate attacks on Gary Shirley, the father of her two year-old daughter. (Earlier reports had Amber charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor, but those seem to have been premature.) Two of Amber’s assaults on Shirley were shown on Teen Mom, and another was captured in unaired footage that was subpoenaed and screened by prosecutors. Amber was jailed in her hometown of Anderson, Indiana on Monday night (mugshot here) and was placed on a 24 hour hold with bail set at $5,000. She is expected to get out today, Tuesday, at 4:15 pm.
Amber Portwood was arrested for domestic violence on Monday in Anderson, Indiana, an officer at the Madison County Jail tells UsMagazine.com.
The 20-year-old star of Teen Mom allegedly attacked Gary Shirley, the father to her two-year-old daughter Leah, three separate times over the course of a year. The arrest was first reported by TMZ.
The Madison County Prosecutor’s Office charged Portwood with two felony counts of domestic battery, one felony count of neglect of a dependent and one misdemeanor count of domestic battery.
She was booked at the jail and placed on a “24-hour hold” with $5,000. Portwood is expected to be released on Tuesday at 4:15 p.m. ET.
The two felonies are due to the fact that her daughter, Leah, “allegedly” witnessed those two fights. The other fight was a misdemeanor as their child was not thought to be there. Amber previously denied that she attacked Gary at all despite all the video evidence. She told Hollywood Life last month. “I didn't hit Gary in front of Leah so there are no felony charges. None of this is true, there's nothing against me. They can't charge me if they don't have proof.” It sounds like she means “proof” that Leah was there, not proof that she choked and smacked Gary repeatedly, although of course she’s wording it like she’s entirely innocent.
This woman is an unfit mother and is in dire need of anger management counseling. At least now Leah will be cared for by Gary’s family and hopefully won’t have to live with an abusive mother with a hair trigger temper. Radar reports that Amber was given a “no contact” order which states that she cannot see Leah at all. There’s no word on how long that lasts. (If she’s feeling sad about it she can always lift up her shirt and look at a poorly rendered tattoo of her daughter.) Amber is scheduled to meet with a judge today, at which point she is expected to enter a plea.
The video below is just one of the incidents in which Amber attacked Gary. The other one is nearly impossible to find at this point.
When I first saw this story in the NY Daily News I thought it was just one of those “insider” tales and found it rather sweet. Like two BFFs bonding over the holidays when one is newly separated. Then I realized that the story originated in People Magazine, which makes me suspicious. Like it probably happened, but why did they have to go and tell People? When someone wants me to go “aww” I’m more likely to squint my eyes and try and figure out their motivation. (Unless a baby animal is involved.) Anyway here’s People’s story about Jen and Court’s Very Special Christmas with Coco.
Christmas Eve was all about girl time for Courteney Cox: She spent Dec. 24 quietly celebrating with daughter Coco and her BFF Jennifer Aniston.
“Both Jen and Courteney are tired after a long year,” a source close to Cox tells PEOPLE. “They celebrated Christmas [with] each other and just focused on making things special for Coco.”
Cox, 46, and her husband, David Arquette, who separated earlier this year, also made an effort to give Coco, 6, a merry Christmas, putting in some time as a family over the holidays.
While the source says Cox and Arquette, 39, are getting along well, he is finding the separation difficult.
“He’s just not handling this situation well,” says another source. “He’s really depressed. There was a moment when David thought they’d get back together but that doesn’t seem like it will happen now and it’s really tough on David.”
Even so, at this point the pair have no imminent plans to divorce, says the source.
So does that Stephen Huvane PR guy rep Courteney Cox too? From what I can find, he doesn’t but maybe he’s “helping” Courteney out by including some information about how devastated poor David Arquette is now that Courteney is f*cking her coworker.
Oh now I know why they’re coming out with this story! E!’s Mark Malkin just reported that Courteney Cox and her rumored lover Brian Von Holt were inseparable at a Christmas party for their show, “Cougar Town.” They were also rumored to be planning a romantic holiday getaway that doesn’t seem to have happened (yet). Instead, Courteney and Jen want us to know that they spent the holidays bonding and that David Arquette is in a bad way. It has nothing to do with Courteney and her new boyfriend, of course. He’s not mentioned at all.
Kelsey Grammer, 55, announced his engagement to 29 year-old British flight attendant Kayte Walsh earlier this month. It was my impression that they were planning this for some time, as paparazzi “caught” them out engagement ring shopping way back in August. Kelsey’s insufferable wife of 13 years, Camille, first filed for divorce in July. It’s clear that Kelsey cheated and then pulled the rug out from under Camille. Still, it’s hard to feel even a twinge of sympathy for that awful woman.
Kelsey seems to have a plan, though. He’s asking for a quickie divorce from Camille so he can make Kayte the fourth woman to become Mrs. Kelsey Grammer. He’ll deal with all that pesky asset splitting later.
Kelsey Grammer has asked a judge to put a rush order on his divorce from Camille Grammer, so he can marry his girlfriend … TMZ has learned.
Kelsey is asking the divorce judge to grant the divorce decree asap, and leave all of the money issues for later. In legalese, it’s called “bifurcation.”
Under California law, a divorce can become final 6 months after a petition is filed. Camille filed on July 1, 2010 … so if the judge grants Kelsey’s request for bifurcation, he can marry Kayte Walsh Saturday, January 1. Kelsey and Kayte have been engaged for several months.
There were reports Kelsey was trying to keep Camille from grabbing his pension benefits — but in fact the pension papers are merely a formality which is required when someone files to bifurcate.
UPDATE: A friend of Camille’s tells TMZ, Camille “is not surprised but continues to be disappointed at Kelsey’s immature and disrespectful behavior.”
If anyone would know “immature and disrespectful behavior” it’s Camille. She previously called Kelsey a “narcissist” as if she was anything but. It was smart of Kelsey to convince Camille to go on Real Housewives. We quickly realized what a nasty person she was and are ready to forgive him for taking up with a woman young enough to be his daughter. It may ultimately be a very stupid move, though. I hope he gets a prenup this time around.
This story just made me so happy. Elton John, 62, and his partner of 17 years David Furnish, 48, welcomed a newborn son this Christmas through a surrogate. Little Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and was born on December 25 in California. Elton and David say they plan to protect the identity of their surrogate and will not reveal further information about her. Here’s the story from US Weekly:
Sir Elton John and David Furnish have become parents to son Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, the couple tells UsMagazine.com exclusively.
The baby boy, who was born Dec. 25 in California via a surrogate, weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces.
“We are overwhelmed with happiness and joy at this very special moment,” John and Furnish tell Us in a joint statement. “Zachary is healthy and doing really well, and we are very proud and happy parents.”
This is the first child for John, 62, and Furnish, 48. The couple married in 2005 after 12 years together.
A rep for the couple has stated that they intend to protect and respect the privacy of their surrogate, and will not be discussing any details relating to the surrogacy arrangements.
That’s so nice! I remember when these two were heartbroken that they weren’t eligible to adopt an HIV positive infant from the Ukraine that they bonded with while on a charity visit to his orphanage. That was just over a year ago, and David and Elton vowed to support the infant financially even though they couldn’t adopt the boy. (They didn’t meet the requirements that adoptive parents be married, since their union isn’t recognized under Ukranian adoption law, and no more than 45 years older than the child they’re adopting.)
Back in 2001, Elton spoke about how much he adored his godchildren, of which he has 10 including Brooklyn Beckham and Damian Hurley. He vowed to leave his fortune to them, and it looks like he’ll have another heir now. Congratulations to Elton and David on their new arrival! That’s got to be the most memorable Christmas.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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and christmas was going so well.”
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