Category: 16 and Pregnant
Last night, we shared
a lengthy post by 16 and Pregnant star Nikkole Paulun in which she criticized MTV and their
Teen Mom shows for their inaccurate portrayal of what it's really like to be a young mother. Jenelle Evans shared Nikkole's post on her Facebook page and offered up her rebuttal, assuring Nikkole and others: "We struggle just as much as any moms." Keep reading for all of Jenelle's comments as well as Nikkole's rather brilliant suggestion for an MTV spin-off show.
16 & Pregnant alum Nikkole Paulun is speaking out against MTV, claiming that the Teen Mom franchise presents a distorted view of what it is really like to be a young mother.
In one of the most improbable happy endings in reality television history, 16 & Pregnant star Ashley Salazar is currently engaged to her daughter Callie's father, Justin Lane, and she just revealed they are expecting their second child together! Keep reading for their announcement as well as a refresher on Ashley's emotional two-hour episode and some of the difficult things that have happened to her since.
16 & Pregnant Season 4 alum Sarah Roberts had
some tumultuous and chaotic teen years with her ex Blake Thomas, but she has since moved on and found stability with her fiance Justin Fine. The two, who have been together almost three years and share a young daughter together, announced plans to get married this September. But, it appears they received a surprise wedding gift a few months early as Sarah just revealed she is pregnant with her third child!
Lauren Dolgen, an executive at MTV and the creator of 16 & Pregnant and the Teen Mom franchise, is exiting after 19 highly successful years with the company. Dolgen has publicly defended the importance of the Teen Mom shows in the past and her boss echoed that sentiment in a letter praising her work as she moves on to the next chapter in her life.
Teen Mom franchise executive producer Morgan J. Freeman has filed another chapter in the never ending debate over the production and social value of the hit shows 16 & Pregnant, Teen Mom OG and Teen Mom 2.
Jordan Cashmyer, who was featured in the 5th season of 16 & Pregnant, has checked herself into rehab, according to a report posted today. Find out the recent events that are said to have led to the decision and find out about Jordan’s hellish battle with drug abuse since her memorable episode aired.
In the 1990s the birthrate among American teenagers was at critical levels. Now, according to an analysis released by the CDC, this number is at an all-time low. Find out the factors that experts agree on for this remarkable trend.
A recent tabloid story claims that former 16 & Pregnant star Lindsey Harrison Nicholson wants to make an adult film because "she thinks she can make at least $250,000 doing porn, just like Farrah Abraham." The magazine even goes so far as to suggest the nickname "Farrah 2.0" for Lindsey. Lindsey denied the claims and distanced herself from Farrah on Twitter, but later deleted the comment. Keep reading to find out what she wrote and why we think she tweeted and deleted.
Nikkole Paulun has responded to critics of
her viral Facebook post about her 6-year-old son Lyle taking her on dinner dates. Paulun shared her parenting practice of having Lyle take her out date-style once a month in hopes of teaching him the value of money and the respect of others. The post received millions of likes and hundreds of thousands of shares after ABC News picked it up.
A Facebook post that 16 & Pregnant alum Nikkole Paulun shared about her son Lyle taking her out on dinner dates has gone viral. The status, shared back on January 1st, has now been shared well over 500,000 times! See what Nikkole had to say about the idea and read her full post (if you haven't already)!
On the one-year anniversary of finding out she was pregnant with her daughter Ellie, 16 & Pregnant alum Nikkole Paulun pens a lengthy (and brutally honest) update about how her most recent pregnancy changed her life–and finally motivated her to accept the responsibility of being an adult and a mother. "A year ago I was a lost, scared, mindless, little girl," Nikkole says, "and today I am a strong, motivated, happy WOMAN and MOTHER."