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Tyler Baltierra: Does He Regret Giving His Daughter Up for Adoption?

Tyler and Catelynn Baltierra are raising two little kids at home. But these reality stars are actually the biological parents of three kids, having given up a daughter named Carly for adoption back when they were teeangers because they didn’t feel prepared for parenthood at the time. The Teen Mom OG cast members actually spent time with their first-born this summer in anticipation of Carly turning 10 years old. In celebration of this same occasion, Tyler and Catelynn opened way up about this daughter on Monday night’s emotional and revealing episode of this same MTV franchise. And we mean way up. They grew especially candid at times. When a producer asked Tyler what he’d tell someone who was thinking of placing their little boy or girl up for adoption, he said knowing other family is key. Does this mean he regrets the way things transpired with Carly? Tyler didn’t go that far, but he did say the following on air: “The only thing I would say, just make sure the family you want your baby to be raised with, you know very, very well. They’re your kid’s whole world,” he advised. Speaking of Carly’s adoptive parents, Brandon and Teresa Davis, the veteran MTV personality added: “We know Brandon and Teresa were a little more reserved than we were. We weren’t raised around that kind of lifestyle, so we’re like, that’s how these well-off people act.” Tyler and Catelynn are raising five-year old Nova at the moment, along with little Vadea, who was born in February . “If we would have known what we know now, we might have been like, we want kinda people that are kinda just relaxed,” Tyler added. Tyler went on to acknowledge the situation was likely just as strange for the Davis family. Just consider: They thought they’d be adopting a little girl in privace; they couldn’t possibly have predicted Tyler and Catelynn would become legitimate reality stars and this situation would continue to be discussed all these years later. “Our situation’s super not normal,” Tyler said simply. Talking to the same producer, Catelynn explained that young Nova doesn’t fully comprehend the situation with Carly. “We don’t get into too much detail because she’s so young,” she said. “We just said she lives far away.” That’s fair, right? How else do you explain the concept of adoption to a toddler? When Carly is older, Catelynn said she and Tyler would “tell her the raw reality” of why they put her up for adoption in the first place. In a preview for next week, meanwhile, it looks like Carly and Nova will actually meet for the first time. “One thing we never thought about was explaining it to our children, especially our situation, we’re still together,” Tyler concluded. View Slideshow: Catelynn Lowell to Tyler Baltierra: Divorce Me, Whatever, I Don’t Need You!

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Ex-Friend Files: Yandy Says She Can’t Forgive Kimbella For Making THESE Cruel Comments About Her Foster Daughter

Source: Kevin Mazur/WireImage/Paul Zimmerman/Getty / Getty Yandy Smith Speaks On Kimbella’s “Clout” Adoption Comments Yandy Smith is an activist/reality star/podcast co-host and a foster mom. The LHHNY star recently chatted with BOSSIP about the many hats she wears and spoke on her daughter Infinity who she met through her “Everything Girls Love P.U.D” foundation and mentored for three years. According to Yandy, Infinity, who she foster mothers, is special to her and a welcome addition to her family alongside her children Skylar and Omere. “I have been incredibly blessed to have her in my household,” said Yandy. With that in mind, it’s no wonder that Yandy’s none too pleased with Kimbella whom she says unforgivably made nasty comments she made about Infinity. Source: Naom Galai/Getty Images For Global Citizen / Getty On a recent episode of “Love & Hip Hop”, Maggie told Yandy that Kimbella spoke ill of her kids and said she adopted Infinity “for clout.” According to Kimbella however, she didn’t speak about Yandy’s kids—just solely about Infinity, and she shadily confirmed that she thought Yandy might’ve adopted the teen “to look good.” “I didn’t talk about the kids with an s, I’ve only spoke about…,” said Kimbella while in Costa Rica with JuJu. “[I said] that she was probably just doing it to just make herself look good and I HOPE it’s not the reason, and that’s how I feel about it.” She then added that she thinks Yandy’s playing victim about it. Really? Yandy spoke with BOSSIP this week and told us that Kimbella’s comments put the nail in their friendship coffin and she’s refuting claims that she adopted Infinity “for clout.” According to Yandy, she was hurt to hear Kimbella say her adopting Infinity was “fake as f**k.” “Where I draw the line is, you don’t talk about my children,” said Yandy. “That is something that is unforgivable to me. Not only are you insulting my charcter as a mother to her. You’re insulting my character as a mother to the two that you held, the two you’ve held since they were born. Yes, I was in the wedding, yes I stood by her side and I was happy to be there. I definitely felt proud to be there but that was a week and a half before that episode aired.  […] To use a child as a pawn to insult my character is wrong.” Wowwww. If YOU were Yandy could you forgive Kimbella????

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Voting Matters: Atlanta Suburb Faces Federal Lawsuit For Allegedly Attempting To Shut Down Follies Strip Club

Source: Nina Marsiglio / EyeEm / Getty Famous Atlanta Strip Club Follies Sues City Of Chamblee If you’re a fan of Atlanta strip club, specifically Follies , and you haven’t fully realized the imporatance of your participation in the political process, then hopefully this story will provide further motivation to exercise your civil rights. According to the AJC , the city of Chamblee, a suburb of Atlanta, is being sued in federal court by Follies for their adoption of city ordinances that are designed to target their business. In addition to the ban on lap dances and restrictive hours, the new law requires dancers to be partially clothed and bans customers from consuming alcohol at the club. At the same meeting, the city modified its liquor laws to ban strip clubs from having a liquor license, effective in January. These types of restrictions exist in several other cities across America, but anyone who has been to strip clubs in Atlanta knows that banning lap dances, covering the dancers, and removing alcohol from the club is a death nail. Ain’t nobody paying to watch women dance in bikinis. That’s all over Instagram. The city argues that the strip club is a pillar of immorality and breed criminal activity. We say that grown folks are trying to enjoy some drinks and some p-poppin’ and the city needs to mind their damn business. We suggest you read the article explaining the situation in full HERE .

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Maci Bookout Reveals Miscarriage Heartbreak

When it comes to shows like Teen Mom OG , there’s good drama, and there’s bad drama Good drama is stuff like the feud between Farrah Abraham and Amber Portwood –entertaining fluff of no real consequence. Sadly, it seems that on this week’s episode, viewers will see Maci Bookout endure drama that goes beyond “bad” and into the realm of tragic. A preview clip from the episode shows Maci and husband Taylor McKinney at dinner, discussing the possibility of expanding their family. It seems they had previously talked about the possibility of adopting, and both agreed that they would prefer to adopt a child in the “4 to 6 age range” rather than an infant. After the adoption discussion, Maci reluctantly revealed that she would be open to the idea of getting pregnant again, “If you seriously want to have another baby, then I’ll do it, but I still want to adopt, too,” she told Taylor. “But if we want to do it naturally, I want to do it, like, now.” “If we want it to happen, it’s gonna happen like that,” Taylor replied, with a snap of his fingers. At that point, the tone of the conversation changed abruptly, and a downcast Maci remarked, “You’re forgetting something.” Taylor sat silent for a moment before meekly excusing himself from the table. When one of the show’s producers came over to see if Maci was okay, she made a tragic revelation: “I had a miscarriage,” Bookout said. “Her name is Dande. Dandelion.” “I don’t want to talk about it,” McKinney interjected. “I think it’s important for people that are watching that we talk about it,” Maci said. “I would like to talk to our parents about it first,” Taylor replied. There’s obviously no rule book for dealing with something like a miscarriage, and both parties make valid points about discussing the matter publicly. Other women who have suffered miscarriages may find solace in learning that Maci shares their heartbreak, but at the same time, even reality stars are entitled to a modicum of privacy. It’s terrible that Maci had to endure such a loss, but she’s no doubt serving as a needed source of support for those who have suffered in the same way. Watch Teen Mom OG online for more on Maci and Taylor. View Slideshow: Maci Bookout-Taylor McKinney Wedding Photos!

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In Lying Azz White Folk News: Dog Shelter Debunks Lena Dunham’s Disastrous Puppy Fib

Splash News Dog Shelter Puts Lena Dunham On Blast After Returning Puppy For Made Up Reasons Lena Dunham has some explaining to do… The Girl’s actress put up a puppy PSA about how her dog of 4 years had to be returned to the shelter she rescued it from, because it had been “abused” and went on and on about his “challenging behavior”. Literally, no one asked her to do that. But, she went into detail about Lamby being abused repeatedly before she owned him. Peep her caption:   In return, Yahoo New s decided to contact the shelter to see what was up wit Lamby, and they proceed to rip Lena’s azz to doggy chow over her lies. “We checked the records for Lamby,” Robert Vazquez told Yahoo Celebrity via email. “He was ‘owner surrendered, not enough time,’ so we do not know where she got ‘multiple owners that abused the dog.’” (In her New Yorker piece from March 2013, Dunham said the dog had “three other homes, three other names, but now he’s mine mine mine.”) “When she adopted the dog from us, it wasn’t crazy,” Vazquez continued. “I have pictures of the dog loving on Lena and her mom, which is weird if the dog was abused. It wouldn’t be cuddling with her or be in the bed with her ‘boyfriend’ in the pages of Vogue .” (Lamby appeared with Lena in a 2014 Vogue spread , which also featuring her co-star Adam Driver. The dog, which seemed like a trained pro, was with the pair on city streets , in bed , and chilling with the pair in the bathroom .) Vazquez says he personally was there “the four times Lena visited Lamby” prior to the adoption “because I’ve been in-charge of the dogs for the last 14-15 years at BARC. If Lamby had a bad past or was abused, do you think BARC would have adopted him to Lena knowing she’s a new star and put her — or the dog — in that situation? We would have told her if the dog had issues. We are a no-kill shelter . We don’t lie about the dogs’ histories because that gets them returned — and mentally it’s not good for dogs…. “It’s just hard to believe the dog was nasty when she took Lamby to every green room with her when Girls was still a thing 4 years ago.” Why would she volunteer a LIE like that?? So far, Lena hasn’t responded to BARC’s rebuttal to her IG soliloquy.

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In Lying Azz White Folk News: Dog Shelter Debunks Lena Dunham’s Disastrous Puppy Fib

Splash News Dog Shelter Puts Lena Dunham On Blast After Returning Puppy For Made Up Reasons Lena Dunham has some explaining to do… The Girl’s actress put up a puppy PSA about how her dog of 4 years had to be returned to the shelter she rescued it from, because it had been “abused” and went on and on about his “challenging behavior”. Literally, no one asked her to do that. But, she went into detail about Lamby being abused repeatedly before she owned him. Peep her caption:   In return, Yahoo New s decided to contact the shelter to see what was up wit Lamby, and they proceed to rip Lena’s azz to doggy chow over her lies. “We checked the records for Lamby,” Robert Vazquez told Yahoo Celebrity via email. “He was ‘owner surrendered, not enough time,’ so we do not know where she got ‘multiple owners that abused the dog.’” (In her New Yorker piece from March 2013, Dunham said the dog had “three other homes, three other names, but now he’s mine mine mine.”) “When she adopted the dog from us, it wasn’t crazy,” Vazquez continued. “I have pictures of the dog loving on Lena and her mom, which is weird if the dog was abused. It wouldn’t be cuddling with her or be in the bed with her ‘boyfriend’ in the pages of Vogue .” (Lamby appeared with Lena in a 2014 Vogue spread , which also featuring her co-star Adam Driver. The dog, which seemed like a trained pro, was with the pair on city streets , in bed , and chilling with the pair in the bathroom .) Vazquez says he personally was there “the four times Lena visited Lamby” prior to the adoption “because I’ve been in-charge of the dogs for the last 14-15 years at BARC. If Lamby had a bad past or was abused, do you think BARC would have adopted him to Lena knowing she’s a new star and put her — or the dog — in that situation? We would have told her if the dog had issues. We are a no-kill shelter . We don’t lie about the dogs’ histories because that gets them returned — and mentally it’s not good for dogs…. “It’s just hard to believe the dog was nasty when she took Lamby to every green room with her when Girls was still a thing 4 years ago.” Why would she volunteer a LIE like that?? So far, Lena hasn’t responded to BARC’s rebuttal to her IG soliloquy.

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Time To Cry: Stepdad Bursts Into Tears When StepDaughter Gives Him Adoption Papers For His Birthday [Video]

Florida Woman Surprises Stepfather With Adoption Papers For His Birthday The DailyMail is reporting a story that will have you using up every kleenex in your crib … This is the heartwarming moment a young woman left her stepfather in tears after asking him to legally adopt her as part of a big birthday surprise. Gabriella Guardado, 22, placed adoption papers and a pen inside a gift bag and presented them to her stepdad, David Lynde, earlier this month for his birthday. In video capturing the tear-jerking moment, David is seen opening the bag and pulling out the papers while surrounded by his family in their Florida home. After taking some time to realize what the papers said, the 53-year-old becomes very emotional by Gabriella’s sweet gesture. Gabriella will officially take David’s last name on Friday when the paperwork is finalized at the courthouse, Daily Mail Online has learned. Why are there so many onions in here?!?! Image via YouTube

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FLAG BARERS: Honoring Old Glory in All 'Her' Glory!

Flag Day is celebrated in the United States every year on June 14th, in commemoration of the adoption of the American flag on June 14, 1777… read more

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Snooki: I Was Blackout Drunk on Kocktails With Khloe!

If you’ve been watching Kocktails With Khloe  on FYI, then we suppose you can just skip this article. Now that both of them are gone, here’s an interesting tidbit for the 7.3 billion or so who had no idea FYI was a cable channel. It turns out Kocktails With Khloe is more than just a alliterative title: the sassiest Kardashian really  gets her guests hammered! Kocktails with Khloe Clip: When Snooki Met Khloe… Or at least, she really got the Jersey Shore’s most infamous drunken munchkin hammered, which may explain why Snooki tells a remarkably candid tale of Khloe being rude as hell in the clip above. It’s no surprise that Snooki was one of Khloe’s first guests . After all, only Scott Disick has rivaled Snooks in terms of reality star drunkenness, and we doubt the Lord will be stopping by for drinks anytime soon (what with the all the rehab and overdoses and whatnot). Of course, in recent years, Snooki adopted a healthier lifestyle and become a sort of mascot for moms who still find time to workout and tan 8 times a week.  So obviously, Ms. Polizzi’s tolerance isn’t what it used to be, which may explain why she got completely sh-tfaced while filming the show: Kocktails with Khloe Clip: Snooki Speaks on Adoption “I was wasted,” Snooki said of the experience in a recent interview. “I had three [drinks], and I blacked out. So when I watched the episode I’m like, oh my god I don’t remember this, I’m slurring my words, you’re so embarrassing. So I don’t remember that whole interview.” That may explain why Snooks drunkenly lied her ass off in the clip above. “I was like, ‘I have like ten brothers and sisters,'” said Snooki. “I’m like ‘what are you talking about? It’s only like one or two’. So I exaggerated times ten. That was Snooki in the interview,” she said. “My alter-ego.”  Yes, apparently Snooki and Nicole are two different people. She probably came up with that idea when she looked in the mirror one night and saw two different people. View Slideshow: Jersey Shore Cast: Where Are They Now?

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“Duck Dynasty” Faves Willie And Korie Robertson Announce They’re Adopting Again!!!

”Duck Dynasty” Family Announces Latest Adoption “Duck Dynasty’s” Willie Robertson scored big with us years ago when he spoke out about adopting their biracial son Willie Jr. . Now it’s time to applaud him and his wife Korie again on expanding the family with yet another adoption. Korie broke the news Sunday (Jan. 3) via Instagram: “We’ve had lots of questions about the cute kid popping up in our photos lately,” the Strong and Kind author, 42, captioned an Instagram pic with her children. “We are excited to be in the process of adopting a new son! He’s been with us since May, but we wanted some privacy and time for him and our family to bond before telling the world. “He’s amazing, and we are all so thrilled to have another kid around the house,” she continued. “Couldn’t keep the good news to ourselves any longer! We appreciate your prayers and support for our family!” Awesome news right? The couple haven’t shared too many details about their new son but we are sure he is happy to be joining the bunch. He has a gang of siblings since the family also includes John Luke, 20, Sadie, 18, and Willie Jr. (who was adopted as a baby) and Bella, both 13. Their oldest child, daughter Rebecca was also their exchange student before becoming their foster child in 2004. Instagram

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