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When Josh Duggar molested five young girls , he avoided arrest and prosecution with the help of his parents. In the years since the scandal came to light, many Duggar fans have hoped that the long arm of the law would eventually catch up to Josh. According to a new report from Radar Online, Josh has once again been caught breaking the law . But it doesn’t look as though he’ll be imprisoned for his most recent infractions. The site claims that Wholesale Motorcars in Washington County, Arkansas — which Josh has managed since 2015 — has been operating without a permit for the entirety of his tenure. “We have one zoning designation in the county to allow single-family residential or agricultural uses,” a planning official in Washington County told Radar. “Anything else requires a conditional use permit to request a zoning change.” Officials claim Josh just started a business on non-commercial property without notifying the proper authorities. When a local fire marshal noticed Josh’s failure to obtain the proper licensing, he reported the father of five. As we’ve reported in the past, Josh is hated in his hometown , but his father, Jim Bob Duggar, still enjoys a tremendous amount of clout. As such, Josh was given a second chance to comply with the law. “The fire marshal wasn’t going to issue any more extensions,” the planning authority told Radar. “He was requiring that Josh make a good faith attempt, or make effort, toward receiving a review and permit approval, so that’s what he did.” And so, Josh was given time to apply for the mandatory permits and make the necessary repairs — of which there were many. Reports indicate that Josh didn’t display the building’s address anywhere on its exterior (a shady detail if ever there was one)/ Also, his property had no smoke detectors and was generally in a state of disrepair. Of course, the Duggars have violated local zoning laws before, most recently when Jim Bob attempted to open a “luxury RV park” without notifying local officials. Like Josh, Jim Bob was in no way held accountable for his violations. View Slideshow: Anna Duggar: Did She Get Pregnant to Save Josh’s Career?!
We’ve known for some time now that Derick Dillard is not Jim Bob Duggar’s favorite son-in-law. In fact, it’s been said that Jim Bob flat-out doesn’t like Derick — and frankly, it’s not hard to see why. After all, other than Josh, no one in the Duggar clan has done more to compromise the family business than Derick. The clearest evidence of Derick’s ineptitude is the fact that he got fired from Counting On and convinced his wife, Jill Duggar, to quit the show as a gesture of solidarity. But leaving his family without a source of income was just the first in a long line of eff-ups for Derick. From there, Derick’s bigoted social media tirades continued unabated, as he attacked other TLC stars such as Jazz Jennings ad Nate Berkus in the sort or ignorant tirades for which he’s become famous. Jim Bob and company probably didn’t object to the belief system behind Derick’s unhinged rants, but the Duggars likely took issue with the public nature of his hate speech. After all, not unlike the evangelical church that seems to have served as his business model, JB built an empire that’s based on strict adherence to a set of mostly arbitrary rules. These days, Jim Bob’s offspring — particularly his daughters — are flouting his guidelines left and right, and the patriarch reportedly blames the men they married. Jinger Duggar began wearing pants in defiance of the family dress code after she was granted permission by her husband, Jeremy Vuolo. And now, Jill Duggar is allowing her kids to enjoy secular entertainment — a massive no-no in the Duggars’ world. And not surprisingly, it seems the Duggars believe Derick is squarely to blame. And it seems D-Dill may have just confirmed their suspicions on social media. Earlier this week, a fan asked Derick, “Why don’t you guys get a TV?” “How do you know we don’t have one?” Derick replied. If you’re a longtime Counting On fan, then you’re probably already aware that the Duggars grew up in a house without television. In recent months, Jill and Derick have taken flak for allowing their children access to such popular children’s characters as Peppa the Pig. That may seem like just about the most innocent thing imaginable, but the Duggars are of the belief that all children’s entertainment that all children’s entertainment should have to do with fire and brimstone. That way, kids like Henry and Spurgeon will understand why their dad is going to hell. View Slideshow: Jill Duggar’s List of Demands For Derick Dillard: Revealed, Hilarious
Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson have called off their engagement. We’ll give you a minute to recover from the shock… Wait? What’s that? You aren’t stunned at all because this was the most obvious break-up of all-time? Fair point. According to People Magazine, Us Weekly and other reliable outlets, the singer and the Saturday Night Live cast member have called off their short, albeit intense, romance. The stars started dating late this spring and then announced their engagement, like, two weeks later , taking the celebrity gossip and entertainment universe by storm. Most folks assumed Davidson and Grande were moving way too quickly and that the relationship would eventually fizzle out and… well… … that’s pretty much what has happened. “It was way too much too soon,” a source close to Grande tells People Magazine. “It’s not shocking to anyone.” This same source says the decision to go their separate ways was mutually agreed upon by both halves of the famous couple. While the split doesn’t really come as a surprise to anyone at all, there hadn’t been any recent rumors of tension at least. The latest chatter, in fact, has been centered around whether or not Grande was pregnant with Davidson’s child. The comedian himself even joked about knocking Grande up just a few weeks ago, as he and Ariana were certainly very open about the seriousness of their relationship during the four months it lasted. Alas, it is now over. “It happened this weekend,” an insider tells Us Weekly, adding: “They realized it happened too quick and too early. The wedding is off, but they’re working things out. They’re not officially done yet.” It’s unclear what Grande will do with the $100,000 engagement ring Davidson gifted her; and it’s also unclear whether the traumatic death of Grande’s ex , Mac Miller, played any role in the demise of this romance. Over the past several days, it’s been clear that Grande has been going through a lot. The artist has been Tweeting a handful of personal messages and saying she needs a break from the public spotlight, asking at point: “can i pls have one okay day. just one. pls.” Twitter users, meanwhile, reacted in many different ways to the break-up. Some were taken aback. Some were delighted. Others yawned over how clear it was to see it coming. “am i surprised that pete and ariana broke up? no. but am i supposed to be happy about that? no. imagine how she is doing right now,” wrote one person, while another added: “if you’re celebrating ariana and pete splitting, you don’t care about ariana’s happiness. Bye.” Back on September 7, Miller died of a drug overdose. He and Grande dated for about two years and didn’t split up all that long before Ariana got together with Davidson. “Given the events of the past couple of years, Ariana is going to take some much needed time to heal and mend,” her team said in September. “She will be staying close to home and using this period to spend time with her loved ones and work on new music without deadline. She thanks her fans for their understanding.” This Saturday, Grande also canceled a scheduled performance, at F–k Cancer’s inaugural Barbara Berlanti Heroes fundraising gala, where her manager Scooter Braun’s wife Yael Cohen Braun received an honor for her work as co-founder of the group. Said Braun in front of the crowd: “One of the most amazing things about this organization is that they help people when they’re having the worst moments in their life, and they give sympathy and a calm nature to people in need in those moments. “And you saw your invite, someone I’m very close to was supposed to come sing for you today, and because of things that she’s going through, she couldn’t be here today. “And while I was frustrated, being the manager, my wife, being who she always is, just looked at me and she goes, ‘She needs this time.'” We continue to wish Ariana the best. And now Davidson the best as well.
Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian will arrive at an important conclusion this Sunday night. On the next episode of their family's reality show, the sisters will visit a Los Angeles-based Planned Parenthood and come to the realization that the organization actually does a lot of good. Contrary to what some politicians or people may tell you. “The perception of Planned Parenthood is that it's like this abortion clinic, that's nothing like what it's like,” Kim explains in the following footage, adding: “Hearing that firsthand really made it real for me.” It's true. Not only does Planned Parenthood help women with MANY health issues, but it does not take government funding for abortions. Just stating some facts here. One of the stories the soon-to-be-VERY-rich siblings heard came from a woman named Kelly, who said she and her boyfriend chose to get tested there after having unprotected sex. Within 15 minutes of getting their finger pricked, the couple learned they were both HIV positive. Scary stuff. “Planned Parenthood, they were compassionate and understanding and they told me you know you're life isn't over. This is manageable,” Kelly said. “You can live a normal life with this. Planned Parenthood basically kept me alive.” This certainly isn't the sort of serious topic Keeping Up with the Kardashians takes on. But good for the show for doing so. The trip left Khloe especially altered when it came to her thoughts towards the organization, which has become a hot button topic for conservatives. Many politicians on that side of the aisle want to cut off funding to it entirely. “I'm a big fan of Planned Parenthood now,” Khloe says below. “Meeting all the girls and hearing their stories and seeing how many women have been helped by some of the services they have to offer. “I think people need to be more educated before they form opinions and that's what I'm grateful that I had the opportunity to do today.” Watch the interesting clip below:
It’s only been six weeks since Joseph Duggar and Kendra Caldwell got married , but already, the newlyweds find themselves at the center of a controversy. The latest Duggar mini-scandal has nothing to do with the Joe and Kendra’s actions since saying “I do,” however. Instead, it seems fans are irate about something that took place before their massive wedding. TLC recently uploaded a video taken just days before Joseph and Kendra exchanged vows. The footage shows the young couple enjoying a picnic and discussing their plans for married life. “I think it’s gonna be exciting to move into our first house together,” Kendra says at one point. “And doing some of the ministry stuff again … Doing the singing and the outreach. It’ll be great to get back.” Kendra adds: “I think I’m also looking forward to getting back into a normal schedule. Maybe cook some meals together.” For his part, Joe says simply: “I’m looking forward to making more memories like this with you.” So what’s so controversial about that? Well, nothing really, but the outing appears to differ from Joe and Kendra’s other dates in one significant way: In the past, Joseph and Kendra’s dates were chaperoned by members of his massive family. In fact, the Duggars proved the lengths Joe and Kendra went to to safeguard their own chastity by posting footage of a rollerblading date on which the pair was kept in line by the presence of Joe’s younger brothers. (Fact: no rollerblading date has ever resulted in sex.) Fans believe the pre-wedding picnic presented in the new clip shows Joe and Kendra on an un-chaperoned date, which would put them in violation of the Duggar rules of courtship. (No, camera crews don’t count as chaperones according to the Duggar Code of Conduct.) Naturally, critics have been quick to attack the young couple for their alleged hypocrisy. But we’ve gone full Zapruder film with this footage, and after hours of painstaking frame-by-frame investigation, we now believe Joe and Kendra are being unfairly criticized. In the first several seconds of the video, an unidentified third party can be seen following close behind Joe and Kendra. We don’t know who it is, but it’s worth noting that woman is dressed according to the Duggar rules regarding female attire. Is it one of Joe’s sisters? A trusted family friend, perhaps? We don’t know, but we’re guessing it’s safe to assume Joe and Kendra didn’t give into their biological urges right there in front of the cameras. Watch Counting On online for more from reality TV’s most controversial couple. View Slideshow: Joseph Duggar & Kendra Caldwell Wedding: First Kiss (and More) Revealed!
When nasty rumors surface — and they can happen to any of us, not just to celebrities — a lot of people hold their heads high and ignore it. A lot of the time, that’s the right call. But what do you do when someone goes on your own social media account and accuses you of being a homewrecker? If you’re Minka Kelly, you call them out. And you don’t mince words. The stunningly gorgeous Minka Kelly is dating the shockingly handsome Jesse Williams. Minka Kelly is perhaps best known for her role on the hit series Friday Night Lights . Jesse Williams, in turn, is best known either for his role on Grey’s Anatomy or perhaps for using his fame as a platform for Black Lives Matter, advocating to bring an end to police killings of unarmed, nonviolent black people across the US. Also, Jesse Williams has piercing blue eyes that make him very distinctively recognizable. These two very quietly began to date over this past summer (yes, summer is over, even though it still feels like the endless hellscape of early August). The thing is that this was just a few months after Jesse Williams and Aryn Drake-Lee divorced after five years of marriage. Some people wondered if Jesse Williams had put the cart before the horse and begun dating Minka Kelly before things fell apart between him and Aryn Drake-Lee. In other words, they wondered if Jesse Williams had performed some Kevin Hart shenanigans . Not the part about being blackmailed with a sex tape — just starting a new relationship before the old one actually ended. While it’s true that many marriages fall apart due to cheating, that’s not always the case. And just because someone manages to find a new relationship quickly doesn’t mean that they and their new datemate were cheating during the old one. Still, people wonder. We suppose that they couldn’t help it. What someone certainly could have helped, however, was doing the social media equivalent of accusing Minka Kelly, to her face, of being a homewrecker. Because one Instagram user commented: “I hope the cheating rumors aren’t true. It would be disappointing.” That’s about as polite a way of phrasing a very rude accusation as we can think of. But it’s still super freaking rude. We have to imagine that the commenter didn’t imagine that Minka Kelly herself would respond. Minka Kelly replied, addressing the rumors that she was a homewrecker: “They’re not. Hate for you to be disappointed. Glad I could clear that up for you. Now f–k off.” You know, that’s a hostile reply, but it’s pretty warranted, right? We should note that Jesse Williams also addressed these rumors. Jesse Williams had a cameo in Jay-Z’s Footnotes for 4:44 , in which he was also extremely blunt about his feelings about the rumors. “I was in a relationship 13 years.13 real years, not 5 years, not 7 years, 13 years and all of a sudden mother f–kers are writing think-pieces that I somehow threw a 13-year relationship — like the most painful experience I’ve had in my life like with a person I’ve loved with all of my heart — that I threw a person and my family in the trash because a girl I work with is cute.” Remember, no matter how Jesse and Minka might feel about each other now, the “homewrecker” narrative would boil down to him finding her cute and the two of them hooking up because of it. So we don’t think that he’s insulting his actual, real-life relationship with Minka Kelly, here. Instead, he’s just insulting the theories about the two of them. That’s pretty fair, right? And you know what? Even if the two of them had started dating while Jesse was still married, that would be Jesse’s wrongdoing — not Minka’s. We need to stop pretending that a third party can “steal” a partner from their spouse. That’s not how this works. View Slideshow: 25 Most Shocking Cheating Scandals of All-Time
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Vanderpump Rules Season 5 Episode 6 was all about pride, in the best possible way in the wake of a national tragedy from this spring. Watch Vanderpump Rules Season 5 Episode 6 Online After terrorism struck the Florida gay community in the form of Omar Mateen , West Hollywood’s pride parade took on even more meaning. Her goal was bringing the community together; Tom and Ariana, meanwhile, struggled to stay together after the worst fight of their relationship. Elsewhere, Stassi planned a birthday trip to Montauk and James began to doubt his friendship with Lala for reasons that aren’t shocking. If you watch Vanderpump Rules online , well, let’s just say that Lala, for all her positive attributes, can play fast and loose with the truth. More than anything, though, this week was about pride. Lisa Vanderpump rode on a float during Pride Day, feeling that it was necessary to bring the community together after such a tragedy. The staff, however, didn’t have quite as much courage. Upon hearing the news of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando , Katie Maloney opted out of working at SUR on this special occasion. That isn’t to say the events didn’t impact her greatly. On the contrary. She met with Tom Sandoval, Tom Schwartz and Stassi Schroeder at her apartment, where they discussed the terrorism. There were a lot of tears and raw emotions. Tom Sandoval seemed to be the most shaken up, but following their discussion and impromptu group therapy session, he went to work. If you don’t do that, then they win, right? Unfortunately for Tom, this wasn’t the only mental battle he fought this week, as his jealousy over Ariana‘s new bartending book was palpable. This caused one the most surprising – and biggest – fights we’ve ever seen from a couple we love and who is by all accounts so stable. The gist of the couple’s conflict is this: View Slideshow: Lala Kent: Best Instagram Pics of Vanderpump Rules’ Newest Star Ariana was offered a deal to make a bartending book; Tom wanted to be involved; Ariana basically called him out for craving attention. A huge and bitter argument ensued. Thanks to Lala Kent, who played the unlikely role of mediator here, the couple was able to work it out and move forward. Thank goodness. As for Lala, she had her own issues, however. James got frustrated over the fact that Lala’s stories about her rich boyfriend to whom Lala gives good dome are constantly changing. How did she react to the intense scrutiny? View Slideshow: 37 Classic Vanderpump Rules Moments in GIFs Finally, Stassi started planning her birthday trip to Montauk, which is on Long Island and which Scheana Marie did not know existed. We suppose it’s not that surprising that Scheana had never heard of it … what would be more shocking is if anyone actually attended. Because … it’s Stassi. Her birthday party seems like it would be one of the most miserable things in human history, though who knows. Anyway, that’s that! Watch it all above!
