Are JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers actually going strong? The Bachelorette duo had their PDA on for some Instagram pictures of a romantic getaway to Fiji, but are they for real? Given the never-ending rumors about the state of their relationship , it’s difficult to understand what story JoJo and Jordan are selling to keep the dough coming in from their stint on the reality series. Both JoJo and Jordan hit up Instagram to share pictures of the vacation, and they looked like they were having an awesome time. The picture above looks like an ad campaign for some sort of his and her swimwear line. Right? It is pretty crazy how many people thought these two would be over within. It’s now been over a year since they first met and they seem happier than ever. Their wedding is still very much on the horizon, but could they still go the way of the flip phone? The thing about Bachelor Nation couples is that they can appear to be smiling for the cameras, but then you hear about their relationship ending a few days later. Hopefully, we’re wrong, and they will make it down the aisle. Hey, the franchise would probably look like the worst way of finding love if another couple bit the bullet. Ever since meeting on The Bachelorette Season 12 last year, it has been as clear as day there was something between Fletcher and Rodgers. But rumors can ruin a relationship. Will they be able to defy the odds and live together for a long and prosperous relationship? The producers are probably hoping so. There were rumblings that the pair could be getting a televised wedding late last year, but nothing every materialized. They have been less prominent in the media since The Bachelor Season 21 debuted. That could be attributed to Corinne Olympios hogging all the Bachelor Nation spotlight. What do you think about all of this? Sound off below! View Slideshow: The Bachelor Couples That Became A Thing In 2016
Jana Duggar has long been the odd woman out. While her younger sisters marry and start families, the beautiful, maligned eldest daughter of Jim Bob and Michelle toils away at their behest. Is that finally, blessedly, about to change?! As long as there have been Duggar courtship rumors, Jana Duggar has been the one who fans would probably most like to see marry. Yet at 27 years old, she remains single. That’s not abnormal in most families, but her sisters Jill, Jessa, Jinger are already married. Joy-Anna is only 19 and she isn’t far behind. One can see why speculation about Jana’s love life has always piqued the interest of Duggar Nation, and why recent reports got us excited. A male counterpart has been whispered about in the past few months, especially after someone sent Jana flowers on Valentine’s Day . There was even talk of Jana being forced into courting by her parents , who were finally releasing her from de facto indentured servitude. Who is the alleged mystery man, though? To those who watch Counting On online , and who have followed the famous family on social media over the years, he may be a familiar face: Lawson Bates. Yes, the one and only. One of the stars of TV’s Bringing Up Bates , Lawson also has 18 siblings and comes from a Christian family well acquainted with hers. A handsome, aspiring country / bluegrass / gospel singer, the 24-year-old Tennessee native has been tight with Jana Duggar for years. As well as with some of her siblings … one of whom he was previously rumored to be in a romantic relationship with. Remember that?! Rumors of Jinger Duggar courting Lawson in secret set the web on fire back in 2015 after they were cozying up at Amy Duggar’s wedding. Obviously, Jinger went on to marry Jeremy Vuolo and not Lawson, but has her sister Jana officially found love with this great catch? According to the Bates Family Blog, which is run by friends of the family, parents Gil and Kathy Jo said that would be news to them. Kelly Jo Bates said, “I think that probably Lawson and Jana would both be shocked by that news, although we have heard that rumor.” “They are very good friends,” Lawson’s mom added, but: “No courtships that either of our families are aware of.” The Duggar family trip to see the Bates last month in Tennessee likely sparked the rumor, as both sides have been sharing many photos. Lawson personally added fuel to the fire when he posted an April Fools’ Day pic of himself wearing a suit and a wedding ring. He captioned the image, “If guys acted like girls.” None other than Jana’s twin brother John David appears to be in that photo (above), so it’s easy to see how this whole thing got started. Alas, Jana is still single , which she admits is hard. “When all the married siblings are getting together and you can’t go along because you’re not part of ‘that’ group,” she recently lamented. “I know how it feels to wait for ‘Prince Charming’ to come along. I’m still waiting,” she said, a hint of real emotion starting to break through. “Waiting is not always easy. Especially in those times.” “But waiting doesn’t mean sitting and literally waiting. My parents have always encouraged each of us to serve those around us.” “Whether you are a young kid waiting to be finished with school, a young person waiting to get married, then once married.” “Waiting to have a child, waiting for your children to go up.” “No, we need to be busy with wherever God has us and being content and joyfully serving Jesus,” Jana told Crown of Beauty magazine. The biggest takeaways there, besides the fact that Crown of Beauty magazine is apparently a thing that exists, are as follows: View Slideshow: Lawson Bates: Jinger (and Jana) Duggar’s Rumored BF Revealed! 1. Jim Bob and Michelle still call the shots; 2. The whole “being content” serving others bit feels like something one tells one’s self when one is not actually content doing it. (Some even felt that young Joy-Anna Duggar’s dating advice implicitly called out this viewpoint for not being proactive enough.) 3. These two are way too hot not to be a thing, and clearly get along well, so as arranged courtships go, what’s the holdup?! With that said, on behalf of all Duggar and Bates fans throughout the Ozarks, Appalachia and beyond … can we just get them together!? Seriously, even if they aren’t courting right this second, there’s got to be a change (dot) org petition we can circulate to make it happen. View Slideshow: Jana Duggar Photos: Beautiful, Maligned “Cinderella” Duggar Through the Years
Luvvie Dishes On Her AT&T Partnership & More! For years, internet famous creatives have struggled to flip Likes, Retweets and Shares into viable careers outside of their Wifi connection. And they’ve tried everything from freelancing to podcasting to YouTubing to frisbeeing away quality content for free without ever breaking into the impossibly competitive digital media industry. At times, it seemed impossible to turn tweets into dollars–rent-paying, food-buying, self-supporting dollars–until ambitious tastemakers like Luvvie Ajayi proved you could flip Twitter fame into offline power moves with golden partnership opportunities. Best known for her wildly popular blog Awesomely Luvvie and must-see tweets , Luvvie created her very own lane as a fiercely funny Black woman in a very white and unfunny space making her an essential leader of the new-age diversity movement. We chatted with the hilarious Twitter maven-turned-best-selling author (“I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual”) who recently hosted a beautifully melaniny soirée for top influencers at the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit ( powered by AT&T ) in Phoenix. “The Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit already attracts amazing women and everybody I invited said yes. So, we had Bozoma Saint John from Apple, Elaine Welteroth from Teen Vogue, Debra M. Chase who is a major TV producer, Nina Shaw who’s an attorney–the who’s who of Black Hollywood… AT&T asked me ‘what would you serve people who want to come to your house for dinner’ and I said rice and great seafood and red velvet cupcakes and they made it happen!” Most aspiring influencers can only dream of reaching Luvvie’s level of eSuccess that sparked a friendship with beloved Shondaland Mayor Shonda Rhimes who loved her deliciously witty Scandal recaps and offered the partnership of a lifetime. “Shonda loved my book and thought it lended itself to television so I’m partnering with Shondaland and hopefully it becomes a television series” Her bookshelf-worthy best-seller I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual nudged her into the mainstream where she flourished with a universally enjoyable funny but the journey wasn’t easy. “I got the idea to write this book in August 2014 because somebody plagiarized my work and took about three paragraphs of it and put it in something they were writing and didn’t give me credit… I had a brainstorm session with myself where I just tried to figure out the things I want to write and points I want to make–I wrote a proposal for it to my book agent, sent the proposal out and it got bought by Henry publishing… I wrote this book over 5 months in 6 or 7 countries, 4 continents and I was just very clear about what I wanted to write, I had my proposal as my outline and when it came time to actually write it wasn’t as difficult because I already knew what I wanted to say” Proudly Black and magical, Luvvie is thrilled that her voice touched those who don’t necessarily look like her but still relate nonetheless. It feels good to know that my writing crosses all types of age and gender and geographic boundaries, for me, it’s important to not just be preaching to the choir… I always feel firm that I’m a black woman first, I write for Black women, but it’s a huge compliment to know that other people can still relate to my writing” With success, comes waves of success-thirsty strangers who want to know your every secret to winning and it’s always very simple. “I’ve done what’s authentic to me and I’ve done the things that I’ve loved doing for a long time. I’ve been blogging for 14 years so people see the success that’s happening now, it’s not overnight, it’s not a 1-tip thing, I’ve just been doing this writing online for a long time” What’s NEXT for digital media dynamo Luvvie Ajayi? Well… “I’m gonna keep doing the things I love…working with Shondaland to develop the show, doing more speaking engagements, just stuff that I enjoy” You can purchase Luvvie’s best-seller here , read her addictive blog here and follow her on Twitter here . Special thanks to AT&T for its commitment to supporting Black excellence. Awesomely Luvvie/AT&T
The Kardashian-Jenner clan has always had trouble staying on message politically. After being hailed as an advocate for the trans community, Caitlyn Jenner stuck by her conservative , Republican views. Kim and Kris supported Hillary in the 2016 presidential election … but then Kanye West met with Donald Trump during the president's shady transition. But no matter where you fall on the Kard clan political spectrum, one thing we can all agree on is that Kendall Jenner's new Pepsi commercial is dumb as hell. The ad seems to be aiming for a tone similar to that of the famous “I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke” commercial of 1971 by acknowledging the current climate of political strife while encouraging unity. But man did it miss the mark by a mile. For an indication of how mind-blowingly tone deaf the spot is, look no further than these side-by-side screengrabs: Yes, that's a bunch of cops recoiling in horror from a black woman while accepting the gift of ice cold Pepsi from Kendall. It's not hard to see why social media responded with a collective WTF? The intention of the ad seems to be to give an approving nod to both protesters and police while … giving Kendall Jenner woke points? We're not really sure. Whatever the intention, having Kenny save the day with with a crispy can of sugar water is just downright confusing. When your ad could've benefited from the social consciousness of Don freakin' Draper, you know you messed up bad.
Mel B Details A Decade Of Physical Abuse And Extortion From Stephan Belafonte WOW! We definitely didn’t see this coming ! We previously reported that Mel B and Stephan Belafonte were getting divorced because of their “fast and loose” sex practices with other women, but now it appears that the freaky trysts were just one part of the issue. According to TMZ , Mel B claims that Stephan was not only violent and physically abusive, but he used video recordings of those threesomes to extort Mel into staying with him. Yesterday Mel obtained a restraining order to keep Stephan away from her and their children as she fears that their lives are in jeopardy. She says the Stephan has a gun at their home which is a violation because of his prior incident of domestic violence with a past girlfriend. Mel also details a LONG list of disturbing allegations. Flip the page to see the hell she’s been living in for the past decade. Image via WENN In November 2007 Mel claims that Stephan put his hands around her throat and choked her out and slammed her repeatedly on the hardwood floors after her “Dancing With The Stars” finale. She says he would do violence to her when she achieved success, “he beat me down to let me know he was in charge.” July 2012, during a time when Mel set to tape an “X Factor” segment with Usher, Stephan allegedly punched her in the mouth with a closed fist and split her lip wide open. When asked how she could do her job with the injury Belafonte replied: “should have thought about that before you decided to flirt and f**k Usher” August 2012, after performing in London, Mel says she was again struck with a closed fist and dragged so badly on the carpet that she got severely burned. Afterwards Mel says Stephan forced her to tweet out that she injured herself by running and falling in her 7″ Louboutin heels. Mel says that Stephan got their nanny pregnant and wanted all three of them to continue to live together with the baby. Stephan was paying the woman $300,000 of Mel’s money and eventually forced the nanny to get an abortion. In 2014 Mel says she was overcome with “emotional and physical exhaustion” and attempted to take an entire bottle of Asprin, after she eventually decided to call 999 (911 in Europe), and he blocked her and told her to “die b!t¢h!” Mel says Stephan would force her to “participate in sexual intercourse with him and random women”. Then he would secretly record the trysts and threaten to leak them if she ever tried to leave him. On the last page, see what Stephan has to say about all these allegations against him… [protected-iframe id=”c3a49a3a6297f427ba9faecad827bcee-568005-15257034″ info=”//cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/591531/sp/59153100/embedIframeJs/uiconf_id/6740162/partner_id/591531?iframeembed=true&playerId=kaltura_player_1413478522&entry_id=0_a0dyxzv8″ width=”664″ height=”421″ frameborder=”0″ style=”width: 700; height: 394px;” webkitallowfullscreen=”” mozallowfullscreen=”” allowfullscreen=””] Considering his history of domestic abuse and Mel’s VERY specific accusations, can you really buy anything Stephan is saying at this point?
Gender Bending Lea Michele (see earlier gender bending post)…who I always just assumed was a man, continues the TUCK by putting on a MERMAID outfit…because boys or girls dressed like boys can’t be mermaids…you know driving the point home… Now, I know she’s probably a she, and me calling her a man is just me being an asshole, but she’s famous and rich and can take it…. I understand why this bitch is famous…She sings show tunes and gay dudes love show tunes….and she was on the gayest show on TV and gay dudes love gay shows…especially when they are teenage gay dudes, who didn’t exist when I was in High School or they’d get beat the fuck up, but who now are in abundance thanks to shows like Glee and Gaga and all the other things that make gay cool….meaning that her fame has nothing to do with her looks, or lack there of…because gay dudes fuck dudes….and think all of their fat girl friends who are “fabulous” are hot…and beautiful…. So the lesson here is finding your market…and luckily when you have some success straight dudes will want to fuck you…..because they will fuck anything…very willing to fuck ugly tail…cuz it’s better than no tail…even if it is a troll looking bitch who may have a fucking tail….so it all works out in the end…. The post Lea Michele is a Delicate Mermaid of the Day appeared first on DrunkenStepfather .
This not exactly just in: Kim Kardashian has posed nude many times over the years. That’s not really news to anyone with a computer, we know. But the reality star did made some headlines over the weekend when presenting her close friend and photographer Mert Alas with the Creative of the Year Award at the 2017 Fashion Los Angeles Awards. The 36-year old mother of two gave Alas full credit when it came to a plethora of those birthday suit-themed pictorials. Donning a white Givenchy couture gown for one of her first public appearances since getting robbed at gunpoint in October, Kim spoke in front of a pretty big crowd on Sunday at the Sunset Tower Hotel. “Mert asked me to do this,” Kim said at the outset of her speech, referencing a man who is likely not very well known to most followers. But Alas shot Kardashian nude for the June 2016 GQ cover and Kardashian said she wanted to give folks an idea of his “personality.” “He is the kind of guy that – first of all, he let me call him Merv for, like, two years and didn’t correct me. It’s really bad, so he’s such a gentleman,” she explained. With such stars as Nicki Minaj and Nick Jonas in attendance, Kardashian gave thanks to Alas for sticking by her side through the best of times and the worst of times. “He is the kind of guy that when you’re really going through something tough, he’ll come over and bring you ice cream and just be there with you,” she said. “And then, after a little while, he’ll tell you you’ve got to stop eating the ice cream because we have a photo shoot to do. “So, we share endless beauty tips.” For a long time, of course, Kardashian swore of naked photo shoots, thinking she had moved beyond them. But she says men around the world ought to get down on their knees and thank Alas for convincing her otherwise. “He’s also the kind of guy where I, like, swore I was never going to do a nude shoot again, and my publicist will kill me. I’ll stand on set and she’ll go to the bathroom and he’ll get my clothes off. “He’s just honestly the funniest person I’ve ever met in my entire life.” He’s also the coolest if that story is true! While it’s easy for us to sit here and make jokes about Kim Kardashian naked , the social media star actually turned quite sincere to close out her speech last night. “I’ve never met a more genuine person, someone that cares so much about what’s really going on in your life, aside from all the beauty and the fashion, of all the good stuff that surrounds his life. His job is truly so important. “He captures memories in our lives that you always want to remember. You can be 10 pounds overweight and you’ll always see gorgeous photos and angles. “But all these photos that you can look back on for the rest of your life and remember that period in time. So, I’m truly so honored to be here to present this award. “He’s just truly one of my greatest friends, and we’re going to run off to the Chateau [Marmont Hotel] and eat french fries after this.” And plan another nude spread? Maybe? Possibly? Hopefully? View Slideshow: Kim Kardashian Nude Pictures: A Tantalizing Timeline On the latest episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kim talked about getting naked for a different reason. She told her family that she was thinking of having a third child. However, doctors advised against another pregnancy for health-related reasons. Click PLAY on the following video to watch Keeping Up with the Kardashians online and see how Kim reacted to this development: Watch Keeping Up with the Kardashians Season 13 Episode 4 Online
So sad! Young Brother Electrocute In Freak Accident At Texas Park Two brothers were electrocuted to death while playing in a park when one tried to save the other. Alex, and Isaiah Lopez were in a Texas park near where they grew up Wednesday, hanging when Alex stepped into a puddle near downed power lines and was electrocuted. Isaiah immediately went to aid his brother and was also killed by the electric current. Firefighters responded to the scene as fast as they could, but unfortunately, the 12 and 11 year old were pronounced dead. “Given the nature of the injuries received and the hazard still at the scene, the crews had to make the difficult decision at that point that they had to prevent any further injury and not allow anyone into the area until those lines could be de-energized,” Fort Worth Fire Department Lt. Kyle Falkner explained. The brothers’ mother started a GoFundMe campaign for help laying them to rest. RIP.
So sad! Young Brother Electrocute In Freak Accident At Texas Park Two brothers were electrocuted to death while playing in a park when one tried to save the other. Alex, and Isaiah Lopez were in a Texas park near where they grew up Wednesday, hanging when Alex stepped into a puddle near downed power lines and was electrocuted. Isaiah immediately went to aid his brother and was also killed by the electric current. Firefighters responded to the scene as fast as they could, but unfortunately, the 12 and 11 year old were pronounced dead. “Given the nature of the injuries received and the hazard still at the scene, the crews had to make the difficult decision at that point that they had to prevent any further injury and not allow anyone into the area until those lines could be de-energized,” Fort Worth Fire Department Lt. Kyle Falkner explained. The brothers’ mother started a GoFundMe campaign for help laying them to rest. RIP.
