There’s been tons of speculation about whether or not TLC’s Doubling Down with the Derricos will be back for Season 6 after the announcement of their shocking split. Many seemed to think this signaled the end of the show. A bit shocking: Deon and Karen Derrico, from TLC's Doubling Down With the Derricos are divorcing!@TMZ…
Jill Duggar has just released a memoir titled Counting the Cost (affiliate link) about her tumultuous childhood, where she experienced sexual, religious, and financial abuse as she grew up on television. In an excerpt from the book shared with People, Jill accuses her father of treating her “worse than my pedophile brother.” What did Jim…
Netflix’s Longest Third Date is like a self-filmed version of Married at First Sight. The situation itself is extremely unique and almost unbelievable. NYC’s Khani Le and Matt Robertson clicked pretty well during their first date after connecting on the dating app Hinge. It went so well, in fact, that they met up for a…
Sometimes people spend a lot of time on television shows, both scripted and reality, without seeing any on their work come to fruition. Not only that, but the conditions of working on productions can be grueling and confusing. In this case, a young woman says that in September 2021 she spent 27 days confined to…
In August 2009 the worlds of reality television and the Playboy universe were shaken by the brutal murder of Jasmine Fiore. Her new husband Ryan Jenkins had just filmed Megan Wants a Millionaire, a dating show that was airing at the time, and recently wrapped I Love Money 3, where contestants competed for a $250,000…
Netflix’s The Ultimatum is like Married at First Sight on steroids. The concept of the show is about six couples who are on the rocks because of an ultimatum who get the chance to flirt and then live with each other’s partners for three weeks. Where is the show set? Where did the concept of…
Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise has a few staples across all cities: business launches, fraud investigations, and lavish vacations. Who pays for these trips: Bravo, or the cast members? Most Real Housewives are pretty wealthy, and even when they’re not it’s because they owe more money than most people can dream of, so they could certainly…
We’ve got confirmation of the My 600 Lb Life Season 10 premiere date, and it’s the earliest the show has ever come back from hiatus. TLC itself announced the news, though the network revealed little else about what to expect. Fortunately, based on well-established precedent, we can assume at least a few things the new…
While the crew of Bravo’s Below Deck reality shows provides the bulk of the story and drama, a lot of spice and intrigue is supplied by the guests who charter the luxury yachts. Often their behavior, demands, and personality offer a lot to the shows, which begs the question: do the guests get paid a…
It goes without saying that breakout Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah’s upcoming trial on federal fraud charges will be the biggest storyline of the new season. And now that we’ve learned Jen can still film for RHOSLC Season 2 while on trial, it seems safe to expect *plenty* of coverage once…
The arrest of RHOSLC star Jen Shah on federal fraud and money laundering charges is easily the biggest thing to happen to any Real Housewives franchise in years. And her trial has been set for this autumn — right when RHOSLC Season 2 will debut. So: Can Jen Shah still film the show while she’s…
Writing about Josh Duggar coming back to TV would have been understandable yesterday. After all, what better day than April Fool’s to posit that possibly the most notorious former reality TV star in the history of the genre could be getting another gig? But it’s not April Fool’s anymore, so just prepare yourself for the…
Over the last few series of The Great British Baking Show, Paul Hollywood’s propensity for handshake praise appears to have increased dramatically. A handshake from the longest-tenured judge is meant to be the absolute highest praise for a single bake. But the eagerness with which Paul has started pumping hands inspired a fair bit of…
Whitney Rose has already made quite an impression on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City viewers thanks to the shocking story of how she met her man. (Though the story of how co-star Mary Cosby got married to *her* husband has, understandably, gotten more attention.) And we’ve learned quite a bit about Whitney Rose’s husband,…
RHOSLC star Heather Gay’s back story remains one of the more mysterious on the show. Jen Shah has been up front about her own religious and business lives. Mary Cosby’s extremely unusual marriage still has fans talking. And Lisa Barlow’s merging of alcohol and faith in something she calls “Mormon 2.0” has proven a huge…
Season 5 of The Real Housewives of Potomac has seen plenty of rumors about Monique Samuels getting fired for lashing out at Candiace Dillard. But now that filming is done, it looks like Candiace Dillard fired might be what fans finally see. According to a new report, Candiace is no longer a cast member following…
Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Lisa Barlow and her husband John have owned a successful tequila company for over a decade. But the couple is also Mormon — and Mormonism forbids any consumption of alcohol. So does Lisa Barlow drink? And what does ‘Mormon 2.0′ mean? According to Lisa herself, her faith doesn’t…
When you’ve got a personal life as unusual as that of Mary Cosby, there’s bound to be a ton of misinformation out there. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star has drawn more headlines than any other cast member before the show’s premiere has even dropped. If you thought Mary’s castmate Jen Shah had…
The “Queen Bee and MVP” of SLC is ready for her reality TV closeup! Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah is anything but reserved, and she appears poised to grab the spotlight from the beginning of the newest franchise’s premiere episode. But who is Jen Shah married to? What are her companies?…
If you’ve been getting frustrated waiting for fresh tea on the new Basketball Wives season, break out a smile! Your wait is officially over — and what’s coming is *piping* hot. The Liza Morales Basketball Wives rumors are true: Lamar Odom’s pre-Khloe ex is set to join for Season 9. But that’s not all she’s…
It looks like things might be right back at feud mode for NeNe Leakes and Cynthia Bailey. The Real Housewives of Atlanta stars and former besties reconciled briefly following their “friend feud” on the show. However, recent gossip suggests that there’s once again no love lost between them. And NeNe probably didn’t do herself any…
Now that we’re on the cusp of a brand new season, we’ve finally got a reliable Southern Charm Thomas Ravenel update for you. It turns out the disgraced former star of the show, initially fired following his arrest on sexual assault charges, will actually be a part of the cast this year. However, Ravenel’s presence…
This isn’t the first time we’ve heard rumors about Tori Spelling on RHOBH. But now, it seems the 90210 icon might finally be getting the part she’s wanted for years. According to a new report, Tori is set to join the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast for Season 11. And Tori won’t be coming…
No doubt the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has shaken the entertainment industry. Some of the most popular shows on television are starting to cautiously resume production, but too many studios are in a weakened financial state for things to go back to normal. With this in mind, Love & Hip Hop creator and producer Mona Scott-Young…
RHOD Season 5 is just around the corner. But will this be the show’s rumored swan song? Or are we actually in for a surprising and fun season? There’s a pair of dueling reports out there about the show; based on the latest talk, though, one scenario looks more likely. Cancelation gossip has seemingly surrounded…
The My Strange Addiction furry episode was one of the show’s first, and helped set the tone for increasingly outlandish later seasons. In honor of TLC digging out one of shock-reality’s most successful series for a throwback marathon tonight, we’ve been offering updates on some of its most infamous cast members. We’ve already written about…
It’s been a long, strange trip for most of the My Strange Addiction cast members — and if you’re looking for a My Strange Addiction Karmello update, we’ve got you covered. Tonight, TLC is re-running several episodes of the series, whose gross-out factor and shocking premises represented a landmark in reality TV history. So we…
It’s been almost a year since the My Pregnant Husband Myles and Precious story wrapped filming, and several months since the Chicago couple unveiled their story for the world. So how is the couple navigating life with a newborn — and how have their lives changed since having their story told? Myles and Precious Brady-Davis…
Gossip about Monique Samuels fired from the Real Housewives of Potomac cast is just that, for now. But Monique seems to believe that her firing could be just around the corner, and that her fellow castmates are the ones working to push her out in the wake of the episodes featuring her barn brawl with…
It’s a rare win for Jill and Derick Dillard — and an impressive one, considering it came at the expense of Jill’s all-controlling father, Jim Bob Duggar. According to Jill and Derick, they managed to wrangle some of Jill’s back pay from her reality TV days out of Jim Bob’s hands after hiring a lawyer…
Former Vanderpump Rules star (and OG cast member) Kristen Doute has been making the rounds of late to promote He’s Driving You Crazy her new book about all manner of relationships she’s been in. Unsurprisingly, Kristen’s interviews consist of a ton of questions about her time on the show and whether she’s looking to get…
My 600 Lb Life star Brianne Dias has been going through a traumatic split from her estranged former partner Rick, and it looks like things may be getting worse. A source close to the situation has revealed to Starcasm that the latest Brianne Dias and Rick update involves Jamie Moon, the “demon woman” for whom…
Since the passing of My 600 Lb Life star Coliesa McMillian last week, her family has been overwhelmed by an outpouring of support on Coliesa’s social media pages. But, for yet-undisclosed reasons, TLC appears to have ordered the Coliesa McMillian episode removed from circulation — the Season 8 episode is no longer available for streaming….
The frequency with which he’s started speaking out against Jim Bob Duggar would seem to suggest that we might be getting a Derick Dillard book after all. Derick, whose views on the transgender community remain not great, has started using his social media platforms to attack the Duggar family patriarch more often, now that Counting…
There appears to be a ton of behind-the-scenes drama regarding the new Real Housewives of Atlanta season, which is scheduled to begin filming in less than a month. According to multiple sources, a fairly big cast shakeup could be in the works, with at least one major name not returning. But Is NeNe coming back,…
For now, it looks like news of Live PD canceled is the last word on the matter — but there’s a huge unspoken catch about the future of the show. Though A&E just announced it’s stopped production on Live PD and pulled reruns of the police documentary from its schedule, Live PD is also the…
In the first major My 600 Lb Life update in weeks regarding the ten lawsuits against the show’s production company, a judge has agreed with the cast members’ request to consolidate most of those suits. The judge also sided with the cast on Megalomedia’s request to deny the plantiffs’ request to take deposition from two…
We’ve got something of an unexpected Alicia Kirgan update, on the day of the My 600 Lb Life star’s long-awaited Where Are They Now? episode. Starcasm has obtained exclusive details of Alicia’s fraud lawsuit against My 600 Lb Life production company Megalomedia; Alicia is now the tenth former cast member to sue the show’s producers….
The latest Destinee Lashaee update doubles as the ninth lawsuit filed against My 600 Lb Life production company Megalomedia — and it contains some of the most disturbing allegations yet made about the producers. According to Destinee’s lawsuit (also filed under her given name, Matthew Ventress), filming for her episode was so stressful due to…
After several weeks of seeing new legal challenges from former My 600 Lb Life cast members, production company Megalomedia has requested a dismissal of three of those cases. In the latest My 600 Lb Life lawsuit update, Megalomedia argues that every cast member to appear on the show has already waived its right to sue…
My 600 Lb Life star Annjeanette Whaley just became the eighth member of the show’s cast to sue its producers — and the Season 7 star is adding to the prosecution’s fraud case. Among other accusations, Annjeanette’s lawsuit alleges Megalomedia broke its promise to pay her medical bills following successful weight loss surgery. Annjeanette is…
My 600 Lb Life star David Bolton, the second cast member to sue the show’s producers for gross negligence, has received a stern response from Megalomedia’s legal team. As Starcasm exclusively reported last month, Bolton seeks a fundamental change to My 600 Lb Life‘s production plus damages of one million dollars as compensation for what…
Former LHHATL cast member and longtime fan favorite Jessica Dime still gets asked on the regular why she quit the show. And it sounds like the Dimepiece finally had enough of the question, because she gave an unexpected and frankly shocking answer. According to Dime herself, one of the main reasons was the show’s producers…
We’ve gotten the first legal response to the first Megalomedia lawsuit accusing the My 600 Lb Life producers of “gross negligence” in the death of fan favorite LB Bonner. In legal documents first reported on by Starcasm, Megalomedia’s legal team counters the Bonner family’s lawsuit by categorically denying each of the family’s claims. The production…
My 600 Lb Life and Where Are They Now? star Dottie Perkins is now the sixth cast member to sue Megalomedia, the show’s production company. But Dottie’s lawsuit is arguably more shocking than the other five. While every suit claims reality TV fakery, Dottie’s is the first to claim that the producers outright lied about…
The My 600 Lb Life lawyer handling the still-growing number of lawsuits against the show’s producers has responded to critics who call those lawsuits just a quick cash grab. High-profile, high-powered Texas attorney Tony Buzbee was frank and focused during our earlier conversation regarding the My 600 Lb Life lawsuits. But this time we asked…
The high-profile Texas attorney handling the My 600 Lb Life lawsuits promised us “more to come” in an exclusive interview with Starcasm, and that promise has been fulfilled once more. In a surprise Jeanne Covey update, the divisive Season 7 star becomes the fifth My 600 Lb Life cast member to sue Megalomedia as well…
We’ve got an intriguing update on My 600 Lb Life Tracey Matthews today, as the Season 5 star has pulled back the curtain on some of the show’s production tricks and contract details. Tracey’s tea comes at a particularly compelling time for My 600 Lb Life viewers, considering that four cast members are now suing…
Just a couple of weeks after Starcasm broke the story of her alleged involvement in a series of adult videos, we’ve got a Gina Krasley update of a different sort. Starcasm can exclusively reveal that the controversial My 600 Lb Life star is now the fourth cast member to sue Megalomedia, the show’s production company,…
If you weren’t already, you can let yourself get excited. The last few weeks have seen a slow, steady drip of news about Magnolia Network, the Gaines’ newest venture. But now we’ve gotten confirmation about the real deal: Chip and Joanna’s new show, which appears to have started production in earnest. To say that anticipation…
When we interviewed Tony Buzbee, the Texas attorney behind the Bonner family’s gross negligence lawsuit against My 600 Lb Life production company Megalomedia, he told us to “expect” similar suits very soon. Buzbee’s words are becoming reality — we’ve just learned of the My 600 Lb Life Maja Radanovic lawsuit, now the third overall to…
My 600 Lb Life cast member Angela Gutierrez says she supports the gross negligence lawsuit filed against Megalomedia, the show’s production company — and suggested she may explore legal action as well. Angela promised that “people will learn the truth about that show” after learning of the suit, filed by the family of deceased My…
My 600 Lb Life Season 6 star David Bolton is the second of the show’s cast members to file a lawsuit against production company Megalomedia. Just weeks after the family of deceased former star LB Bonner sued Megalomedia for gross negligence, Bolton — represented by the same attorney handling the Bonner family’s case — has…
Controversial My 600 Lb Life cast member Angie J will indeed be appearing in a new episode, although she may be setting herself up for an even rougher time than in her debut. Our update on My 600 Lb Life Angie J today includes not only her Where Are They Now? confirmation, but the news…
The Texas trial attorney representing LB Bonner’s family in its legal battle against the producers of My 600 Lb Life says to ‘expect’ more lawsuits soon — from others among the show’s extensive cast. In an exclusive talk with Starcasm, attorney Tony Buzbee revealed he’s been contacted by multiple My 600 Lb Life cast members,…
The family of My 600 Lb Life fan favorite LB Bonner, who committed suicide in 2018 during a battle against depression, is suing the show’s production company for what they say is the producers’ role in LB’s death. The My 600 Lb Life lawsuit alleges “gross negligence” on the part of Megalomedia, claiming the company…
The rumors about a Love & Hip Hop London spin-off have cropped up once again, but this time there may be more truth to them. According to multiple sources, there’s a “high chance” of London becoming the franchise’s first international city, and several new cast members have reportedly been spotted filming. Noted fan social media…
Marla McCants is the rare My 600 Lb Life cast member whose weight loss journey has actually become *more* dramatic since she stopped filming for the show. Though viewers haven’t gotten a new episode in several years, we’ve written about her several times in the last few months: the story of Marla McCants now is…
Former Southern Charm star Thomas Ravenel has been among the very hottest of messes since his high-profile legal troubles began. But the show has allegedly hit a wall filming its new season — so is Thomas Ravenel coming back to Southern Charm, despite leaving in disgrace not two years ago? We should point out that…
The first My 600 Lb Life Season 8 trailer is here — and we’ve got some early info on a few new cast members ahead of the show’s return. In a theme the show has visited several times before, it looks like at least one member of the My 600 Lb Life Season 8 cast…
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