Are you two trying to tell us something? Just a few days before Christmas, Leah Messer shared a throwback photo of herself in the hospital with ex-husband Corey Simms, according to OK ! Magazine. The former couple welcomed their twin daughters, Aliannah and Aleeah that day in 2009. Messer also shared photos of her family members holding the newborns, so it’s not entirely suspicious that she would include Simms. Still, one can’t blame some Teen Mom fans for wanting them to get back together. About a month ago, Messer posted a cryptic quote on social media: “I got the boy, she got the man,” referring to Simms’ current wife, Miranda. On November 9th, Simms and Miranda welcomed a baby girl , Remington Monroe Simms. Messer is currently dating T.R Dues, 33, and reportedly won’t allow Simms to have a sit-down with him. “Leah denies his requests, for some unknown reason” a source told Radar Online . “She won’t explain why they can’t meet . “Corey just wants to know that the girls are safe with this man.” Things are reportedly s o serious between Messer and Dues that an engagement is rumored to be on the horizon. Messer’s twins allegedly call Dues’ two sons their “brothers.” Ah, caught between two men. What is one to do? View Slideshow: Leah Messer Bad Parenting Excuse Hall of Fame
Teen Mom 2 star Corey Simms is standing by his recent actions – and words – in which he’s called out his ex-wife, Leah Messer, for her issues. Teen Mom 2 Sneak Peek: Corey Simms Worries For Daughters Those who watch Teen Mom 2 online or read celebrity gossip at all regularly know that addiction rumors have dogged Leah for some time. Despite Messer‘s adamant denial that she has a drug problem on last week’s episode, her former husband stands by the accusations he’s made. The father of Messer’s 5-year-old twins Ali and Aleeah says he’s not trying to score points or make her look bad, just protect his girls. He posted on Twitter this week to make that crystal clear: “If we didn’t care about the girls or the situation very much we would obviously not have anything to say or do about it.” “There is a lot of things that has been told to us by close members of her family that lead us to believe the things being told are very much true.” Simms, 25, is now remarried to Miranda Patterson. Both sat down for an awkward dinner on camera last week with Messer, 23. Leah Messer checked into rehab shortly after this, but wouldn’t say the word, instead calling it “therapy” to work on emotional issues. Corey Simms to Leah Messer: You’re a Fake A– Mom! “I think I know that there’s a drug problem, and I think that you’re afraid to tell me,” Simms told her as the tension grew thicker. Later in that same episode, Messer certainly didn’t hurt Corey’s argument when she fell asleep sitting up while holding a baby . MTV was forced to use subtitles – which they have done for Simms, ironically, in the past – so fans could even understand her. Corey previously told Leah to start being a mom and get it together, so this incident sadly did not come out of left field for him. In a preview for this week (above), a concerned Simms sticks to his guns and won’t let the twins visit their mother in rehab. “She made the decision to go, so that’s all her. I didn’t make this decision for her and neither did her children,” he explains. “She left on her own free will, she knew she was leaving her children for a month. Now that I have them, I’m their parent.” “I have to make the decision on my own for them.”
Team Cee Lo standout proved to be the most versatile contestant in the competition, which should make for a killer album. By John Mitchell Juliet Simms on “The Voice” Photo: NBC America named Jermaine Paul “The Voice” on last night’s finale of the reality singing competition. The former Alicia Keys backup singer bested runner-up Juliet Simms by a mere 4 percentage points to take the title, earning a recording contract with Universal Republic Records. While we’re excited for Paul, a longtime music-industry veteran and father of four who brought nothing but dedication and professionalism to each of his performances, and had a feeling he would ultimately prevail in the competition, it’s Simms’ future as a recording artist that we’re more interested in. By the end of the competition, her unique, raspy voice and ethereal Florence Welch-like style had us waiting out many of the other performances just to get another listen to Simms. Like Paul, Simms has been in the game for years, but things never quite panned out. Her band Automatic Love released a record on RCA in 2010, and she signed deals with Epic and Umbrella Records as a solo act, though none yielded sales strong enough to merit the labels’ continued investment, and Simms was ultimately dropped. Her search for a bigger platform to re-launch herself brought her to “The Voice,” where she quickly became a judges’ favorite. She was initially chosen by Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine and Cee Lo Green, and chose to be part of Team Cee Lo. Throughout the competition, she earned nothing but praise for her killer vocals, but her performance of James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” in the semifinals marked a turning point for the singer. She nailed it so hard that Levine declared her “the one to beat,” while Aguilera — who herself tore the song apart at the 2007 Grammy tribute to Brown — said, “I sing from my heart, love me, hate me, but I sing for me, and that’s where you sing from.” Her own coach Cee Lo seemed at a loss for words, saying only, “You killed it! You murdered that record!” Indeed, she delivered so fantastically that she reshaped the entire competition. Her take on “Man’s World” was so well-received that it captured the vast majority of the public vote, knocking Jamar Rogers , who had been, up to that point, one of Cee Lo’s favorites and a presumed lock to go all the way to the end, out of the competition and carrying her to the finals. It was proof that when she is in her element with the right song, she is a force to be reckoned with and a voice that people want to hear more from. None of this is to take away from Paul or his talent. The ease with which he performs is impressive, but it’s not particularly exciting. His will be an album heavy on R. Kelly-like ballads (like his fantastic take on “I Believe I Can Fly,” which won him the competition) and R&B slow jams, and that’s perfectly fine. But consider the delicate touch Simms brought to her group performance of “With a Little Help From My Friends.” Arranged in the style of Joe Cocker’s cover of the Beatles classic, it was simple and elegant and markedly different from her showstopping “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World.” It exemplified her astounding range as a performer; she’s as effective singing a spare ballad as she is tearing into a soul classic. We haven’t had a flesh-and-blood female rock star in the vein of Fiona Apple or Alanis Morissette emerge since the ’90s. We are sadly low on strong, truly unique and versatile female voices that can cross genres without sounding out of place. Simms can rock, she’s got soul and, with Cee Lo’s pushing, she even showcased a funky side. Simms could go in just about any direction with her next record, and that’s something to be excited about. Hopefully, despite coming in second place, “The Voice” will prove to be exactly the launching pad she needs to go on to bigger and better things. Who was your favorite of the “Voice” final four? Let us know in the comments!
