16 and Pregnant's Nikkole Paulun video, photos and bio

16 and Pregnant’s Nikkole Paulun video, photos and bio

Feb, 16, 2010 | AUTHOR: Asa Hawks; | Related : 16 and Pregnant, Nikkole Paulun

16 and Pregnant Season 2 Episode 2 features 17-year-old Nikkole Paulun of Monroe, Michigan. Though not quite as verbose as her 16 and Pregnant counterparts Ashley Salazar and Jenelle Evans, there is enough information online to piece together a little background info on Nikkole.

Nikkole was a cheerleader at Jefferson High School in Michigan when she found out she was pregnant with boyfriend Joshua Drummonds’ child. She transferred high schools from Jefferson to Monroe, which is where most of the filming for 16 and Pregnant took place. Unlike a lot of the girls featured on this show, Nikkole seemed to have a good relationship with her mother, that is until she started dating bad boy Josh.

A brief description from TV Guide sums up the episode with “Friends of a pregnant teen despise the father of her child.” The description appears to be accurate given the comments by some of Nikki’s Myspace friends, which include:

yeah i respect the fact that its for lyle, but the fact is how do you know that hes going to be there.
we all have our own opinions on josh but he needs to realize all your friends are a big part in your life and maybe he should try to get on our good side and stop being a douche bag. i mean i don’t hate josh but i hate the things he has done to you and has put you threw, you don’t do that to someone you love. i don’t think you get all of our point of views. were not trying to start sh*t we just don’t want you or lyle hurt in the long run.

and:

he should because someone needs to beat his a$$.
but idkk maybe when the baby comes he wont want to be wih anyone else.
i think josh is smart enough to know what comes first.

Nikki’s baby Lyle was born November 5, 2009 at 9:24 AM and one week later Josh pleaded to a charge of Larceny in a Building and was sentenced to 3 years probation. Online records are unclear exactly when Josh was arrested, but they do list the date of the offense as July 16, 2009.

It is impossible to imagine the chaotic world Nikki was living in! She was a pregnant teenager who just switched schools, had to give up cheerleading, she didn’t get along with her parents very well, her close friends couldn’t stand her boyfriend and father of her child, this same boyfriend committed a felony when she was approximately five months pregnant AND the entire thing is being filmed by a full MTV crew!

Here is a photo of the crew taping an “intimate moment:”

Amazingly Nikki seems to be persevering and is still able to appreciate the grace of having her son Lyle in her life (from Myspace):

December 30, 2009 – First off let me say that bringing another life into the world is the absolute most amazing thing I’ve ever done in my entire life. The second you hear YOUR baby take its first breath is the most precious moment of your life. I’ll never forget the feeling I had when I first saw Lyle.

But grace is rarely appreciated without suffering:

My labor was 24 hours long. I waited a total of 20 hours before I even got an epidural (because I wanted to do it naturally). But I was still only 5 cm dilated and the pain had become completely unbearable. So, as scared as I was, I got the epidural. After that I slept like a baby and when I woke up they told me I needed to start pushing. Of course being the little girl I am, I freaked. I wasn’t ready to push haha. So I thought. Half an hour of pushing later and my little boy was here. Recovery sucked because I had to get an episiatomy (cut a doctor makes on your vagina when the baby’s head is too big) Ow right? It took about a week after his birth for the pain to go away.

So far Nikki reminds me of Maci from Season 1 in that she not only has to raise an infant son, but an infantile boyfriend as well. Ryan (Maci’s beau) was a big baby that liked to lay around and cry a lot, but Josh sounds a little more rambunctious and stressful. I’m sure it will be painful trying to watch Nikki juggle all these emotional bowling pins at once.

People are quick to criticize these girls for going on 16 and Pregnant and I couldn’t disagree more. Not only do I believe the show does a great job of deterring teen pregnancy, but after researching just three of the upcoming cast members I’ve found that the show actually provides a support structure that helps these girls deal head on with what has happened and enables them to move forward and make the best of their bad situations.

In addition to striking up conversations and friendships among themselves, cast members also do the same with lots of teen mothers in similar situations around the country. They talk about what it’s actually like giving birth, what to expect in the third trimester, how frustrating parents and baby daddies can be and how frustrating it is finding clothes that fit among many other topics unique to their situation. I haven’t heard one peep from a single one of the 16 and Pregnant girls that has even remotely hinted that the ordeal has been fun or that their lives are glamorous in any way. Also, I’m not sure how much they get paid exactly, but I think one of the girls mentioned it was just enough to buy a television, so don’t accuse them of doing the show for money either! (That being said, I would hope MTV offers some sort of college fund or trust fund for the children because these girls are making MTV a ton of money and they do have to put up with a lot of crap.) You should also keep in mind that many of the girls in season two (including Nikki) got pregnant before the first episode of 16 and Pregnant had even aired.

Anyway, I’m really looking forward to seeing Nikki’s episode and I’m hoping that Josh will have some sort of epiphany and find his inner Tyler before it’s all said and done. (UPDATE: In reference to Josh, Nikkole says on her Formspring account, “We are on a break currently.”)

UPDATE – CLICK HERE to watch a 7-part video interview with Nikkole Paulun by SuChin Pak discussing things that happened during filming of the episode and what has happened since. (After watching the episode I think I may be reconsidering some of my preconceived opinions of Nikkole.)

Nikkole, like the other girls I’ve profiled so far, seems very generous with her time and you can ask her pretty much any question at her Formspring account: http://www.formspring.me/nikkoleandlyle

For photos of Nikki and Lyle you can friend her on myspace at http://www.myspace.com/addison_dettloff11

Tune in February 23 for Episode 2 of 16 and Pregnant Season 2 featuring Nikkole Paulun! Watch the trailer HERE.

UPDATE - Here’s a preview clip of Nikkole’s episode featuring a hospital room fight between Nikki’s mom, Josh and Nikki’s mom. Keep in mind that Nikki is in labor the entire time. UNBELIEVABLE!

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Chelsea

This is a bunch I bulls**t. I personally know Nikkole and I have been around Josh’s family a LOT and close to none of this information is viable.
- Jessika
  
  What do you mean this isn’t viable?
  I won’t use the info against you considering I don’t live anywhere near Mississippi or whever Nikkole, Lyle and Joshua live…
  How are they doing now?
Patty Smith

OK NIKKOLE just turned 16. NO ONE CALLS HER NIKKI. SHE SWITCHED SCHOOLS AFTER SHE HAD HER BABY. SHE DIDNT CHEER FOR JEFFERSON. shes the crazy one not her bf.
hahahahahaha she must have lied alot
- Nopenever
  
  Ok “Patty Smith”…how old are you? 12? None of what you said MATTERS.
  
  What DOES matter, to people with a clue, is that Josh is an a$$.
  
  How PATHETIC is his “new” girlfriend to think it’s “cool” to date a guy who has a baby and treats the baby and the mom like crap? She’s gotta be a beer short of her usual six-pack. And so are any parental units she’s got laying around. What NORMAL parent would:
  
  #1: let her daughter date a boy-loser who got kicked out of school.
  
  #2: let her daughter date a boy-loser who is a thief.
  
  #3: let her daughter date a boy-loser who could care less he has a child and treats the child’s mother like crap…on TELEVISION???
  
  Oh, wait! I do know! Just one more poor excuse for a mother who is just counting the days until her daughter gets knocked up by the boy-loser too!
  
  Teens today can text message/IM/email at the same time but can’t figure out what matters. How pathetic.
- Beth
  
  Yes, I can definitely see that Nikkole, NOT Joshus, is the messed-up one. Why do the boys always look so bad on the show?
  Joshua was never serious with Nikkole. She was a girl who had sex with him and chose to get pregnant to try to trap him.
  She is clearly not-very bright, has no personality, not-very pretty at all, insecure.
  Joshua is beautiful and was popular. He did not pick NIkkole as his girlfriend ans she decided to trump the (pretty) competition and get pregnant.
  So, how’s THAT working for you, Nikkole?
  
  Joshua, leave her behind and get on with your life. It was an unfortunate mistake and you tried. Nikkole is a whack-o child- CHILD- she behaves like a 4-yr old. Joshua, move on, it’s an unfortunate part of your life. Pay your child support, visit your kid, but stay away from Nikkole. She MAY even try to trap you again!
  
  Find yourself a smart and pretty girl. Let Nikkole have her MTV fake glory.
  
  The truth will come out!
http://www.ashleydsalazar.com Ashley

I call her Nikki, sometimes, and she is a very brave and amazing girl.
http://fsdfsdf HAhahahahahaha

OKay. I know NIkkole personally also. THe stuff about Josh being crazy isnt true. It is indeed her. She switched schools because nooen liked her and this girl named amanda meyer was gonna beat her a$$. NIkkole is nothing but a skank a$$ liar. & she has no friends after she had lyle because the fame has got to her head and she wont talk to anyone anymoree. Its sad that you guys make her look like shes something special. Josh is doing much better now & mtv doesnt know anything about him. Hes branded as a bad boy. yet hes only made mistakes…. everyone does. NIkkole tells people she broke up with him & thats not true. He thinks nikkole is a psycho and he broke it off with her. Hes dating a different girl that treats him much better and makes him way happier. So all this you wrote was not true at all. Nikkole should have kept her legs closed. Her being fake is why she lost friends
- Nopenever
  
  What show did YOU watch? Josh is an a$$. His new girlfriend is dumber than an a$$.
  
  He’s made QUITE A LOT of mistakes for his young age. What’s wrong with him? What’s wrong with YOU for defending him?
  
  He’s a loser. You don’t need to sleep with him, date him, be his friend or be his mother to know it. And anyone who dates him is a bigger loser than he is b/c she knows he’s a loser…and doesn’t care.
  
  If you know his new girlfriend, tell her to run. And run fast and faaaar away. A boy who treats the mother of his child the way he did, won’t change. The new girlfriend only has ONE thing to offer him and that would be not dragging him down with his own kid…until he knocks her dumb behind up too.
  
  Who in their right MIND dates a boy-daddy to begin with? Let alone a boy-daddy who treats the mother of his CHILD, the mother of the mother of his child (follow along Josh’s new girlfriend…see if you can keep up)and his OWN mother with such disrespect? She’s special? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Now THAT is FUNNY!
  - elizabeth
    
    wowwww ok so that deff sounds like josh’s pathetic ugly f**king new girlfriend or one of her lil dumbass friends talkin about how crazy she is; i agree that she shouldnt have put up with what she did or does from him but seriously your gunna stick up for him? thats retarted!!! he’s a f**king pathetic losar who needs to grow u-p and be a father to his child!!
Jocelyn

Nikkole is such a beautiful, strong girl. Inspiring.
Liz

I like you.I think you will be the new maci and you are very pretty and will be a good mom..keep up the good work
Jessica

Nikki, you’re a beautiful, strong girl with a wonderful son, wonderful mom and wonderful little boy. God has blessed you so much, girl.
Please, please listen to your mom on the issue of Josh. He is bad news right now because he is too immature to be a dad or husband and he may have a personality disorder, too. Pray for him and leave him alone. He gave you Lyle, and that’s the best thing he’s ever done for you. You can do so much better!
jazzy

Nikki had to go through a lot and untill u r pregnant and know what she is going and gone through then u can’t say anything so pshh..
Lauren B

Nikkole – this is for you. After watching your episode I am disgusted with how Josh acted. You are in severe labor pains and he is attempting to find a way out of the hospital? Josh is a 17 year old CHILD. He is disrespectful and quite possibly the most immature boy I have ever witnessed. Regardless of whether your mother is right or wrong, she is your MOTHER – she put you on this earth, he should honor that – any real man would. Period. I cannot imagine in a million years, in any situation, my boyfriend speaking to my mother that way. He should be MATURE and keep his mouth shut, support his girlfriend as she gives birth to his baby. Josh can be a hot head, wannabe tough guy with a horrific attitude all he wants – you need to take Lyle and leave him. You can do this on your own, you do not need his minimum wage pay checks. Stand up for yourself and your mother, you and your baby are #1 – Let everyone know that. Your mother seems like an incredible help and I wish you all the best.
Heather

I just watched the episode on Nikkole and I just want to say that I pray that someone whoops Josh’s a$$. His behavior is vile and digusting. Thank god she has a good mother because she won’t be able to depend on that jacka$$.
amy

@HAhahahahahaha :

You’re obviously Josh or Josh’s new, brainless girlfriend. Anyone who sticks up for that entitled, p**sy of a douchebag needs serious help.
MARINA

FOR ONE I THINK ITS A JOKE FOR YOU TO EVEN RESPOND AND SAY SHE SHOULD HAVE KEPT HER LEGS CLOSED…. GUARNTEED YOUR GETTING YOURS RIGHT? ONLY DIFFERENCE IS YOU PROBALLY DONT HAVE A BOYFRIEND YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA BE WITH FOREVER AND TWO THAT GOD DIDNT THINK YOU DESERVED THE BLESSING OF A CHILD…. IT WASNT AHRD FOR AMERICA TO SEE WHAT AN INCONSIDERATE SELFISH JERK JOSH WAS AND HOW DISRESPECTFUL HE WAS AND HMMMM CALL ME CRAZY BUT WASNT HIS OWN MOTHER SAYING HOW SELFISH AND RUDE HE WAS??????? I THINK YOU NEED TO CHECK YOURSELF YOU IMMATURE LITTLE GIRL.
TASHA

i agree that was clearly the new girlfriend trying to feel secure in her realationship with josh… and if he can do it to his baby’s mom hahahahhahahaha honey your next
pjminke

Josh is a puke
D@mn

Wow all you guys sticking up for that little boy you guys need to grow up and you guys saying she’s a sk@nk blah blah blah just hating on the girl doesnt make you guys any better! She probably is not talking to anyone anymore because she is busy with her baby and doesnt want to deal with all you little girls and your drama!! GROW UP AND STOP HATING!!!!! Until you guys are in a position like hers you have no right to talk.
No name

Alright, you guys have no clue what it is like to be young and with a child. And for you to start bad mouthing her is ridiculous. So, she has a past – I bet that every single one of you does too. There is nothing wrong with her having a child. At least she made the responsible decision to keep her child due to her action. And I bet that is more than ANY of you could ever say or do. She is more grown and mature than all of you put together. Go on with your life, please. There is no need for all of this unnecessary nonsense.

Nikkole, you need to leave your boyfriend. Take that baby and go. You are a strong girl and you can do what it will take to tend to yourself and that baby. He is nothing but a worthless, heartless, immature moron who obviously cannot see what good he has right in front of his eyes.
Nopenever

No matter what has been said by a bunch of CLUELESS TEENAGERS here, Nikkole and her dumb a$$ boyfriend were/are pathetic. So are their mothers. Who lets a piece of trash, like Josh get away with the crap he did? Nikkole is useless. She got knocked up b/c she wanted to keep her “bad boy”. He willingly knocked her up b/c he’s all about himself and nothing ever bothers him and never will…until he gets locked up and bends over in the shower one day…then his dumb haircut and babyface will be singing a much higher tune.

What a waste both of their mothers are. Where was Nikkole’s mother when she was out getting knocked up? Where was Josh’s mother letting him get someone knocked up (not to mention kicked out of school and now arrested? What a HUGE WASTE OF SPACE that man-child is).

I feel so sorry for that baby. He’s got a wimp for a mother, a wimp for a grandmother, a wimp for a paternal grandmother and a narcissistic man child thief for a father.

This new season isn’t going to well…stupid girls and pathetic baby-daddies.
http://mtv/16andpregnanl sasha

I think you mother should relax mom there is nothing you can do about the father of you grand childen
Bill

I would love to have a little talk with Josh. The boy would hurt
Jeremy

Josh Drummonds is a sociopath, straight up. He’s not just an insensitive child, he is a scary individual that has a warped perception of reality and is completely self centered.

http://www.sociopathicstyle.com/traits/classic.htm

He has every single trait listed.

Nikkole on the other hand seems very soft spoken and reasonable, except for her pattern of letting Josh abuse her. Once she was pregnant with his child, I actually think that due to being young she just wanted to see if Josh wasn’t as bad as it seemed. He proved nothing more than he shouldn’t even be allowed to participate in the life of Lyle, EVER.
Bridget

I hate josh so much… and NIKKOLE needs to grow up and stop being such a push over..
- Steph!
  
  I totally agree. I think that Josh treats Nikkole like crap and only thinks of himself before anyone else and doesn’t want to change. And yeah, Nikkole does need to stick up for herself alot more and quit letting her treat him like that. Josh isn’t the important one anymore. Lyle is number 1!
Cristina

OMG. How the hell is he going to sit there while she’s in labor and b**ch at her mom? MOMS ALWAYS TRUMP BOYFRIENDS! ALWAYS! What a d*ck. I’m sure I’m not going to be his number 1 fan when this episode airs… Ugh. I know if my baby’s dad talks like that to my mom when I’m in labor, I’ll tell him to get his a$$ out. But he’s way more respectful than that and I’m not anticipating any problems.
Sydney

Omg, 16 And Pregnant is my faveorite show! And im only 13. But i kinda didnt like nikkole. She seemed to childish and very stupid when it came to dating josh! She should’ve listened to her mother, and dumped his lazy self before getting prego. My faveorite girl from season 2 is Valerie. She seems very sweet and cool. i love 16 and pregnant!!!!!!!!!
http://facebook.com lexie feaster

nikkole is really pretty and she should move on because josh dumped when he knows what HE put her through
http://FaceBook Kimberly

I think that “LITTLE” pr!ck Nikkole was with is a “BIG” loser and SO VERY immature!!! It is SO SAD that person has pro-created!
Savanna

I’m pregnant, being pregnant I get SO irritated and annoyed easily, and I can’t even STAND to watch Nikkole’s episode because of Josh. He seriously is scizo, or something. He has problems and needs to grow up, Nikkole needs to realize what she deserves, and he don’t deserve her.
XXXXX

dude needs to get his as beat. i would like to smack the sh!t out that muther f*cker. for her she needs to grow up and be a mother.
Tee

it made me sick to see Josh treat Nikkole this way, but Nikkole is the fool, baby or no baby no one should have to put up with that from anyone. Until she gets the balls to leave him alone she will alway look dumb, even her friends thought she was dumb for stanying with him, and for him to treat her mother that way crossed the line and Nikkole should have let him go than. Nikkole PLEASE grow up and put your family first, NOT JOSH!!!!!!!
- Laci
  
  Someone needs to smack that little brat, Josh in the face. He’s an immature and arrogant little a$$. I don’t know how Nikkole’s mother didn’t reach up and slap his mouth. And speaking of Nikkole, she needs to speak up and tell Josh to shut up and act respectful.
HookedOnSonics518

During the entire episode, I kept thinking to myself, “Josh is such a DOUCHE!!” Nikkole seems like such a sweet girl and I’m sure she can do a lot better than that a**hole. He’s a classic example of “nail and bail”. I’d love to see that baby grow up and be successful without his loser dad.
Jay

They got paid 5000 for the episode one of them said it on formspring
markus

That arrogant, spoiled little brat deserves to fall into an endless well for his whole pityful life to think about what a f*cking *sshole he is. He is such a young little pr*ck being disrespectful to Nikkole and her mother. Let please somebody smack him in the face a whole day long
- Becca
  
  So I was at Cedar Point in Ohio with 3 friends the begining of July and there were 3 real douchey like American Eagle wanna be models following us attempting to talk to us and we kept ignoring them then one of my friends said “Okay look at the guy it the fluffy lookin hair he looks familar” Well noone could figure out how we knew him then finally we figured out he was Josh and just to makes sure it was him we had our Guy frind walk up to him and ask him while we were in line for the dragster this is how it went down.
  Guy friend to josh:”Hey isnt your name josh?”
  Josh:”Yeah why?”
  Guy friend:”Oh I reconized you from 16 and Pregnant”
  Then josh got all excited because he felt all popular and noticed.
  Guy friend:”No man your a douche”"Walked away”
  
  TRUE STORY!!!!!
  
  Oh and Josh had a nasty nasty hickey on his neck…I figured it was from one of his frinds he was with.Hah
  - lala
    
    lmao!funny as hell!!! XD i wish i coulda been there to see his stupid face! XD
lala

i felt really bad for nikkole having to take care of ur child on ur own and being a teen must b hard. as for her douchebag boyfreind Josh, he makes ryan (maci’s boyfreind from the 1st season) look like a saint. Nikkole needs to waste less time on him and focus more on her baby.
http://twitter.com/capcamila Camila

Hi, I’m from Brazil and I watched the episode today, we do not know how Nikolle
may like Josh, he had a son and giving support to take tenque
Nikolle and drinks.
Ashley

These girls got paid enough money to buy quite a few televisions then. 16 & Pregnant cast members get about 10k an episode, and more when and/or if they are cast for Teen Mom. And by the way I doubt that whoever wrote that thing above about labor was Nikkole. If you read her formspring she answers questions like a bitch and acts like she’s too good for anybody elses time. She sold her homecoming dress on ebay for 15,000 dollars so she could get more money. She saved no money for the baby, one of her updates for Facebook one time actually was “its always nice to get a big check from mtv time to shop” sounds like she TOTALLYYY just wants the best for lyle. NOT!
- Alexa Magaraci
  
  Ashley you sound dumb. They don’t make even close to that amount of money per episode and you have no idea what she did with the $15,000. Get a life and stay out of Nikkole’s.
http://trendytadpoles.com/ taggies

The infant angel costumes are adorable! Absolutely would be a adorable outfit for Xmas or Halloween. I also appreciate the angels amid us video clip that’s a fantastic tune!
suzy q;)

Okay, peoples. Nikkole is messed up, but Josh should be just as afraid because he got her pregnant, and he even committed a crime. Nikkole’s messed up all because she had a baby. By the way, unlike other idiot parents who mistreated their pregnant teen daughters on 16 and Pregnant, Nikkole’s mother treated her pretty well. What I don’t know is #1, Why did she allow Nikkole to date a d-bag? and #2, Was her father even around? Okay, Nikkole’s family seems very loving, unlike other parents of teen mothers on that show, who only made s*** worse. Nikki’s parents didn’t.
someone.

Just wanted to mention to “beth”, YOU CANNOT `TRAP SOMEONE` BY GETTING PREGNANT! If he wasn’t responsibile enough to wear a condom, then guess what: he did not get “unwillingly trapped”. It takes two to make a baby. Your ignorance astonishes me.
renée

I just watched the episode of 16&pregnant online for the first time, I cannot believe how both Nikkole and Josh are idiotic. Seriously, I wanted to punch them both in the face. Josh is a disrespectful little jerk who will end up homeless. I mean, seriously? He was all “I think men can take pain better than women” when Nikkole was giving birth, and he wouldn’t hold her hand and get out of her face. He obviously has some issues in his brain, and probably hates himself. And Nikkole is a pathetic moron without an ounce of personality. The whole time I wanted to scream at her “STAND UP FOR YOURSELF ALREADY!” She sounds like a low-life, desperate girl, she utterly disgusted me. JOSH IS AN ASSHOLE, SO GO GET YOURSELF A PERSONALITY, GROW SOME BALLS (or in this case, a vagina) AND STOP TALKING LIKE A HYPNOTIZED, BRAINLESS IDIOT.
Jennifer

Why do people need to go on and on and on. ITS A TV SHOW! A REALITY TV SHOW. They make everything look bad in them. They over react and what so ever. Stop saying someone is bad. ITS FAKE! I know parts of them could be true BUT I guarantee more than most of it is completely fake and in plot.