16 and Pregnant Season 2b alum Brooke Smitherman-Tarrant posted some very good news on her Facebook page earlier today – she and husband Cody Tarrant are expecting their second child! Keep reading for Brooke’s announcement that includes how far along she is. Plus, see a recent photo of her now two-year-old son Cody, who looks to become a big brother before the end of the year!
16 and Pregnant Season 4 cast member (and reported future star of Teen Mom 3) Alex Sekella is taking full advantage of the exposure being on MTV has given her by asking fans to help with one of the most difficult decisions a young girl has to make: choosing a prom dress! Keep reading to see Alex in 13 different looks and vote for your favorites!
Earlier today it was revealed that 16 and Pregnant Season 4 cast members Alex Sekella and Mackenzie Douthit will be included in MTV’s third installment of the Teen Mom franchise, and now it appears that Katie Yeager will be joining them as a Teen Mom 3 cast member! Keep reading for the deets and the evidence.
It appears that we have half of the cast of the upcoming third installment of MTV’s Teen Mom franchise! An MTV source has confirmed with Radar Online that Alexandria Sekella and Mackenzie Douthit will be two of the girls featured on Teen Mom 3.
When I was compiling prom photos for the cast members of 16 and Pregnant Season 4 (see the post here) there were a couple photos I didn’t see. Keep reading to see two photos of Mackenzie Douthit (which have since vanished from the internet) in which a woman can clearly be seen in the background carrying camera equipment almost identical to that used by MTV! Hmmmmmm…
As the ground-breaking MTV documentary series 16 and Pregnant drills home in every episode, getting pregnant as a teenager means you are forced to miss out on a lot of memory-making activities such as partying with pals, cheerleading, cruising downtown on Friday night, and even prom – the most sacred of feminine high school events. Well, not necessarily! Keep reading for photos of some of the Season 4 cast members who rocked their respective high school dances as prom moms including Katie Yeager, Lindsey Harrison, Sarah Roberts, Mackenzie Douthit, and Sabrina Solares!
This week’s focus of MTV’s 16 & Pregnant is on Jordan Howard from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In the preview for the 4th season as well as her introductory teaser clip from MTV she states that her mother has a problem with her boyfriend and baby-daddy Tyler Zeplin because he is white. See the clips in which Jordan indicates as much about her baby-daddy’s race then read a Twitter and Facebook post which seems to contradict what was presented in the footage.
In the high octane preview for this week’s episode of 16 & Pregnant featuring Allentown, PA resident Alex Sekella she accuses her baby-daddy of wanting to hang out with his crackhead friends. She was asked about this comment from followers via Twitter and she certainly didn’t hold back when addressing what she sees as a serious drug problem for the father of her daughter. Read her tweets, see the preview and find out the current status of Alex and Matt’s relationship.
We’ve know the names of all twelve girls to be featured on the fourth season of MTV’s 16 and Pregnant for some time, but we haven’t known the exact order in which their episodes would be aired. Now we have a complete, albeit tentative, list of when each of the girls’ episodes will air! Keep reading for the list and find out how it matches up against season 2A of 16 and Pregnant as far as which girls might be chosen for Teen Mom 3!
On February 23, 2010 America got to meet Nikkole Paulun, a soft-spoken former high school cheerleader and teen mom from Monroe, Michigan, when her episode of 16 and Pregnant aired on MTV. Unfortunately, America also got to meet Nikkole’s boyfriend, Joshua Drummonds. Recently Nikkole opened up about what was going on behind the scenes as the MTV cameras rolled that explained some of Josh’s erratic and belligerent behavior on the show – most of which centered around an extreme drug addiction that landed him in jail on several occasions and even found him living for a time in a dilapidated crack house with no electricity. (Includes Nikkole’s episode for those who haven’t seen it, or those wanting a refresher.)
The focus of tonight’s episode of 16 & Pregnant is on Lindsey Harrison from Reno, Nevada. Lindsey, her boyfriend and father of her child Forest Ponce and baby girl Aniyah Monroe were featured on the cover of area newspaper the Reno Gazette Journal. In the feature she discusses applying for the show at her sister’s suggestion and provides her opinions and experiences on being a mother at such a young age. The comments section featured the standard pro and against and Lindsey came to her own defense. Read what some area Reno peeps think of the show as well as Lindsey’s response to some of the criticism thrown in her direction.
16 & Pregnant cast members Ebony and Joshua Rendon have announced that they’re expecting their second child. The big kicker here is that their daughter Jocelyn is still with Child Protective Services after it was discovered that the couple’s house was beyond filthy. Find out how far along Ebony is and why Josh believes they’re %100 ready for another child.
Tonight’s 16 & Pregnant episode features Briana Dejesus from Orlando, Florida. In clips of the show revealed during an interview with Good Morning America the father of her daughter Nova Star, Devoin Ri’chard Austin II, is portrayed as an absentee father. Read the numerous references to Devoin’s lack of involvement and then read his reaction to all of that via Facebook and Twitter.
Here’s a hilarious music video parody of LMFAO’s smash hit “Sexy and I Know It” by Tommee Profitt sure to be a huge hit with fans of 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom! Called “Pregnant and I Know It” the video features a very pregnant young lady strutting her stuff and lip syncing the words – and by “strutting her stuff” I mean, “Just look her belly! Just look her belly! Just look at her belly! Uh-uh-uh, pig out!”
The girls of 16 and Pregnant Season 4 were in New York City last weekend to film their reunion special with Dr. Drew. But, while they were there, a few of the moms helped promote the show by making appearances and doing interviews. Briana DeJesus and Katie Yeager were featured on Good Morning America and Alexandria Sekella made a video for CBS news. Keep reading to watch the clip, in which Alex talks about what it was like getting pregnant at sixteen, how it happened, and how it has impacted her life. It also features a number of scenes from Alex’s episode, which looks to be one of the most dramatic of the season thanks to her baby daddy Matt’s drug problem.
Good Morning America welcomed two of the cast members from Season 4 of 16 & Pregnant to discuss the show and their lives this morning. Katie Yeager, who will be featured tonight, and Briana Dejesus, coming up April 3, chatted up all things teen pregnancy including the different roles that their baby-daddys play in their lives and the struggles they face as young mothers. See the full interview along with a transcript of the Q & A that includes an emotional Dejesus talking about a different choice her sister made when she discovered she was pregnant. Disclaimer – the girls do talk a little bit about their lives as they are now so if you’re waiting on the show for the full scoops there is some spoilage.
There are so many pictures of the the 16 and Pregnant Season 4 girls in New York City for the reunion taping that we had to create a second post! Keep reading for all the new pics of the gals, including Mackenzie Douthit, Lindsey Harrison, Sarah Roberts, Alexandria Sekella, Devon Broyles, Kristina Robinson, Briana Dejesus, Myranda Trevino, and Katie Yeager!
It’s still two days until MTV premieres its fourth season of 16 and Pregnant, but the network has already gotten all twelve girls together to tape a reunion special with Dr. Drew! The gals, most of the guys, and all the babies were in The Big Apple over the weekend where they got to meet each other for the first time. As you can imagine, there was an outpouring of excited tweets and pics from the weekend and we’ve compiled most all of them here for you!
Check out the preview clip from Katie Yeager’s episode of 16 and Pregnant, which will be one of two airing Tuesday, March 27 as part of the Season 4 premiere! The other is Mackenzie Douthit and you can check that out here.
Check out the preview clip from Mackenzie Douthit’s episode of 16 and Pregnant, which will be one of two airing Tuesday, March 27 as part of the Season 4 premiere! (The other premiere episode will feature Katie Yeager.)
The mother of 16 and Pregnant star Kristina Robinson’s deceased fiance John Todd Hight Jr. addresses not being able to see her grandson as well as her earlier statements that her son’s drowning death may not have been an accident.
16 and Pregnant Season 4 star Kristina’s Robinson’s fiance John Todd Hight, Jr. drowned while swimming with pregnant Kristina in rough waters off the Galveston, Texas beach on April 30, 2011. Todd’s mom shared her grief with numerous heart-wrenching posts on her deceased son’s public Facebook wall, including many mutually supportive exchanges with Kristina. But, things changed after Kristina gave birth, started dating another man seriously, and then began to distance herself and her son from Todd’s family. Todd’s family felt betrayed and even go so far as to suggest his drowning was not an accident!
Season 4 of MTV’s ground-breaking documentary series 16 and Pregnant will include the heart-wrenching story of Kristina Robinson, who lost her fiance and father of her child to a tragic drowning accident early in her pregnancy. Months after Todd’s death his mother Tina began posting her feelings on his Facebook wall and continued to do so up until as recently as the end of last month. Keep reading for a collection of most all of Tina’s posts in which she often speaks directly to her son wit words as heartfelt as they are heart breaking.
MTV’s trailer for the fourth season of 16 and Pregnant featured a number of dramatic and emotional moments from the upcoming season, but none more so than the brief moment in which Kristina Robinson says, “My fiance passed away. I just remember being pulled ashore, looking around, and him not being there.” Keep reading for all the details surrounding the tragic drowning death of Kristina’s fiance John Todd Hight, Jr. who drowned at the age of 19 while swimming in rough waters off Galveston beach on April 30, 2011.
First season 16 & Pregnant subject Whitney Purvis was arrested Thursday for stealing a pregnancy test from a Wal-Mart. Now she’s speaking out to TMZ about why she stole the test, and revealed whether or not she’s pregnant.
Whitney Purvis from the first season of 16 & Pregnant was arrested in Georgia yesterday for allegedly trying to steal a pregnancy test from Walmart. Man, I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried! See the full mug shot and read on for the details of her arrest.
Some preliminary reports have indicated that MTV has gone with a slightly more subdued cast for the upcoming fourth season of 16 and Pregnant, but that apparently isn’t the case for at least one of the girls to be featured. Sarah Roberts from Chickamauga, Georgia went missing for at least two weeks in 2010 after she and her boyfriend, Blake Thomas, allegedly ran away together! Keep reading for all the details, including info from the press release issued by the Walker County Sheriff’s office!
MTV rolled out it’s first three commercials for the fourth season of it’s documentary series 16 and Pregnant, one of which featured Mackenzie Douthit exclusively. The fact that Mackenzie was singled out leads many to believe that hers will be one of the two episodes that kick off season 4 on March 27. So, we thought we’d put together a little primer on Mackenzie to help get you prepared!
Yesterday MTV unveiled a two-minute preview trailer for the upcoming fourth season of 16 and Pregnant and last night during the Teen Mom 2 Finale Special with Dr. Drew the network showed two additional commercials with footage not in the preview trailer, including one that featured just Mackenzie Douthit, leading many to think hers may be the first episode to air on March 27.
MTV released the preview trailer for the fourth season of 16 and Pregnant earlier today which included all twelve of the girls that will be featured. Here are photos of all 12 cast members with what information we know about them. Please feel free to use the comments section as a “sleuthing” message board and we will update the post with the information we receive!
MTV’s groundbreaking docu-series 16 and Pregnant is back with 12 new teenage moms-to-be! Check out this extended preview trailer for the fourth season, set to premiere on March 27 at 10/9c.
Ashley Salazar, who recently released a very honest, well-written book accounting her decision to give up her baby for adoption to her aunt and uncle, and had the experience documented on MTV’s 16 & Pregnant, is now dating her baby’s father again!
Ashley was kind enough to speak to us about the new development in her life. Read what she has to say here!
The CDC has recently released a report based on a survey of thousands of young teenage mothers who had unplanned pregnancies in the U.S. While the pregnancy rate among teenagers is falling we still have the highest rate among all developed countries. Some of the findings in this report highlight probable reasons why.
Meet 17-year-old Devon Broyles of Richmond, Virginia – the latest reported cast member for the upcoming fourth season of 16 and Pregnant. Keep reading for a photo and some background info on Devon and her son Landon, born November 4, 2011.
As the 4th season of MTV’s ground-breaking documentary series 16 and Pregnant approaches, we are slowly learning names of some of the girl that will be featured. Another name that we can almost add to the list is 18-year-old Kia Pence of Minooka, Illinois. I say almost because Kia was “kicked off” thanks to her brother’s unedited drunken ramblings in his interview video. Keep reading for some of what we would have learned about Kia and her son Tristan on her episode and to see what Kia had to say about her brother’s video antics that got her booted from the show!
MTV’s Beavis and Butt-head have picked right up where they left off 14 years ago by offering their adolescent insights on contemporary pop culture through their television viewing habits. Among the many MTV shows lambasted by the duo is 16 and Pregnant including an episode in November that goes after Megan McConnell and her baby daddy Nathan Stone and this week’s episode, which takes on infamous party gal (and gal smoocher) Aubrey Akerill. Keep reading to watch the full Megan McConnell clip and see a preview of Thursday’s episode with Aubrey. (Is it a coincidence that these are the two girls from 16 and Pregnant who have had the most negative things to say about MTV and how they were treated by the network?)
A detailed finding by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting that the birth rates for young women are historically low. Being a site that reports frequently on Teen Mom and 16 & Pregnant and holds firmly to the belief that these shows in no way glorify teen pregnancy these findings make me want to say….. Nanny-nanny-poo-poo! In fairness the correlation between the current recession and this decline is the primary factor cited. There is also one other theory that could be causing this trend; a severe dislike for the Green Bay Packers! Read on for the deets.
As the Teen Mom Universe anxiously awaits the December 6 premiere of the second season of Teen Mom 2 the identities of some of the girls featured in the upcoming fourth season of 16 and Pregnant continue to leak out. First we had Katie Yeager a couple months ago, and now we have 17-year-old Alexandria Sekella of Neffs, Pennsylvania. Keep reading for the 411 on Alexandria and her daughter Arabella including numerous photos and even videos of Alexandria dancing and singing!
Ebony Jackson-Rendon of 16 & Pregnant fame is giving rehab another go following her arrest after her home was found covered in human and dog feces. Find out who the reliable source is with this information and why today is supposed to be a very important one for her and her husband Josh.
On Sunday we shared the good news that 16 and Pregnant Season 3 star Jordan Ward Finder had given birth to her second child, daughter Arri Monroe Finder. Earlier this afternoon Arri stopped breathing and had to be taken back to the hospital where she is currently being cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit. Keep reading for the sketchy details.
UPDATE – Jordan shared on Twitter earlier today (November 10) that Arri is fine and may have sleep apnea.
16 and Pregnant Season 3 star Jordan Ward inder has given birth to her second child! Arri Monroe Finder (pronounced Are-e) was born this morning (November 6, 2011) at 12:23 AM. She was 6 pounds 12 ounces and 18 inches long. Congrats to Jordan and her husband Brian! (Keep reading for a photo and Jordan’s tweets from just before and after giving birth)
We’re pretty darn good at lampooning and evaluating reality TV here at the ‘Casm but after watching last night’s return of Beavis and Butt-Head I realize we’ve got a long way to go to reach their couch blasting zen. I was lmfao from the first likenesses of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart as Beavis and Butt-Head watched in whispering disbelief. “How come chicks like that crap?” It inspires the dubious pair to become undead because this would make them irresistible to women. But this paled in comparison to their riffing on MTV’s own reality TV world. Check out the full episode with highlights and catch the best Deena Jersey Shore zing I’ve ever heard.
The legal issues continue for veterans of MTV’s 16 and Pregnant as Season 3 baby daddy Jamie Alderman has been arrested in Licking County, Ohio after violating his probation stemming from a 2010 assault charge. Jamie is the former fiance of Danielle Cunningham and the father of one-year-old Jamie Paul Alderman, Jr.
Last month Ebony Jackson-Rendon and husband Josh, original cast members of 16 & Pregnant, were arrested by authorities mainly due to the untenable living conditions of their home in Jacksonville, Arkansas. Their daughter Jocelyn was taken into custody and since then they’ve worked hard at cleaning their house and their lives up. Their dedication has paid off as they’ve now been granted visitation rights. Read on for the good news including what the parameters of their visitation schedule are now and when they might expect to regain full custody.
We reported yesterday that 16 and Pregnant vet Danielle Cunningham was expecting a second child after receiving a positive result on a pregnancy test. According to her friend with LifeOfATeenMom.com Danielle had a doctor’s appointment earlier today during which she found out she IS NOT pregnant. Keep reading for the full announcement as well as an additional comment from Facebook that offers a little more info on what may have caused the false positive on the pregnancy test.
If MTV decides to start a new reality series titled 17 and Pregnant they have a potential cast member with 16 and Pregnant alum Danielle Cunningham, who is reportedly pregnant with her second child. Keep reading for the announcement from Danielle’s friend as well as a photo of the actual pregnancy test! Plus, find out who the daddy is! (There’s now way it’s Jamie Alderman again, right?!?)
Jacksonville, Arkansas police have released some disturbing photos taken inside the home of 16 and Pregnant star Ebony Jackson and husband Josh Rendon. The two were arrested earlier this week for child endangerment because of the conditions in the home, which reportedly included “human and dog feces on the floor, walls, and clothing.” They are also facing numerous drug charges after authorities found drugs and drug paraphernalia on the premises, which can be seen in a couple of the photos.
16 & Pregnant cast members Ebony Jackson and husband Josh Rendon were arrested earlier this week after their house was investigated when Child Protective Services was called. According to the arrest report, dog and human feces covered the house and a slight trace of synthetic marijuana was found. Following this it appears that Josh may be booted from the military following the filed charges of endangering the welfare of a minor and drug possession.
Arkansas Child Protective Services received a complaint about the living conditions of the home of 16 & Pregnant’s Ebony Jackson, her husband Josh Rendon and 2-year-old daughter Jocelyn. After authorities arrived the scene was so “deplorable” that they had the couple arrested and CPS took away their baby girl. Find out just how bad it was (maggots, dog and human feces) from the official arrest report and what Josh had to say about the situation.
Read blog entries from 16 and Pregnant‘s Megan McConnell Stone in which she claims MTV forced her to lie on numerous occasions and that her husband Nathan Stone abused her on two separate occasions prior to their split. (Megan has since deleted her blog after MTV requested her to do so.)
16 and Pregnant star Cleondra Carter and her boyfriend Mario Escovedo become the latest of the show’s veterans to spend time behind bars for what appears to be a domestic incident between the two.
We announced earlier that 16 and Pregnant veteran Kianna Randall had been arrested in her home state of Texas for burglary and attempted theft and now we have finally tracked down her mug shot photo from the arrest.
Outspoken 16 and Pregnant star Kianna Randall has been arrested for burglary. According to online records from Tarrant County, Texas she was arrested earlier today and is currently charged with one count of attempted burglary of a habitation and being held on $20,000 bond.
We have our first confirmed 16 and Pregnant Season 4 cast member! Her name is Katie Yeager and she’s from Green River, Wyoming. Keep reading for some background info on the future reality star as well as lots of photos of Katie, her daughter Mollie and baby daddy Joey Maes!
MTV’s reality docu-series 16 and Pregnant has had its fair share of bad baby daddies over the course of three seasons, but none were any “badder” than Nikkole Paulun’s borderline psychopathic insignificant other, Joshua Drummonds. The 19-year-old was arrested (again) on May 16 for forging checks he stole from his mother (that sounds about right) and was sentenced yesterday. Keep reading for more info, including my initial impression of Josh just after having seen Nikkole’s episode.
16 and Pregnant star Aubrey Wolters Akerill came under a maelstrom of controversy after MTV aired a “Where Are They Now?” special in which Aubrey was shown partying it up, kissing another girl on a pool table while drunk, and talking about becoming a stripper. She had also lost a lot of weight, which lead many to speculate she has been using drugs. But Aubrey reveals that her recent weight loss is due to multiple thyroid tumors in her neck and she even shared a photo to prove it!
We posted earlier about the recent discovery that 16 and Pregnant party girl Aubrey Akerill had been arrested in May of 2010 for shoplifting and possession of Ritalin and OxyContin – all while with her infant son Austin! Keep reading for Aubrey’s reaction to the arrest story surfacing and why the whole thing wasn’t nearly as bad as it sounds.
Explosive 16 & Pregnant cast member Aubrey Akerill was arrested for shoplifting from a Walmart and drugs were found in her possession. Find out what she was looking to get a five-finger discount on, what drugs were found and who was surprisingly with her during the incident.
Tomorrow night MTV airs its 16 and Pregnant/Teen Mom Adoption Special during which Dr. Drew sits down with Ashley Salazar from 16 and Pregnant and Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra from Teen Mom to discuss their decisions to give their daughters Carly and Callie up for adoption in 2009. See some candid shots of the girls and their parents including a “When Worlds Collide” image of Callie and Carly playing together!
Just in case you missed it here is a full recap of last night’s 16 and Pregnant “Life After Labor Reunion Special” with Dr. Drew featuring all ten girls, all eleven babies and all ten nine baby daddies from Season 3 discussing what happened in their episodes and what has happened since.
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