“Big Brother” alums Caleb Reynolds and Rachel Reilly are taking their backstabbing and bitching to the road … TMZ has learned they’re among the former houseguests who’ve signed on for the new season of “The Amazing Race.” As we…
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Caleb Williams Speaks on Jana Duggar Courtship: Read My Lips ...
For weeks now, talk of Jana Duggar courting Caleb Williams, a longtime friend of her family’s, has been circulating across the Internets.
Erroneous reports of Jana courting seem to surface quite often, but this time, there was real reason to believe these claims had legitimacy.
Not only has Caleb Williams been spending time with Jana, the man also put in one-on-one time with Jim Bob Duggar, her dad.
Any courtship candidates need Jim Bob’s explicit approval – if he doesn’t arrange them personally – so this looked like a key sign.
All the while, both Caleb and Jana downplayed involvement with one another, while not explicitly denying courtship chatter either.
In other words, this rumor had legs.
The oldest Duggar daughter about to turn 28, and we all know Jana likes a rebel, so fans have been quite excited over this.
Are they or aren’t they courting, though? Williams finally spoke out on his Facebook page to clear the air once and for all …
We have good news and bad news, it appears, and whether it’s good or bad largely depends on what you were hoping for here.
The bad news, at least if you were hoping for Jana Duggar to be married off by the end of this spring, is that it’s not happening.
The good news is that if you’re interested in courting her yourself, or weren’t a fan of Williams, well, she’s still very available!
Caleb personally wrote in a Facebook post:
“There has been speculation regarding a relationship between myself and Jana. Now to clear the fog and avoid any confusion …”
“‘Read my lips … I am not dating Jana Duggar."”
“Over the past several months since an extremely unflattering image was posted by my friends and spread across the world,” he said.
The aforementioned photo of himself, in which Williams was less than fully clothed, spread “faster than a viral cat video,” as he put it.
All of that said, Caleb leaves no wiggle room when he writes that “the extent of our relationship is purely friends and nothing more.”
“Hopefully with this clarification the Internet (as well as the space-time continuum) can heal,” he adds, from this devastating blow.
Or the photo that gave him his 15 minutes, a.k.a. “the day my Gluteus Maximus gave Kim Kardashian a run for her money.”
Caleb, seen above with Jana’s dad Jim Bob at a football game in October, certainly seems like a good dude with a sense of humor.
Not unlike reports that linked Jana to Tim Tebow or Bringing Up Bates star Zach Bates or Jonathan Hartono, it just was not to be.
Described as a “bad boy” and “a lot more liberal than his possible future in-laws,” it’s unclear if he ever considered courting Jana.
Did he want to and get shot down? Did Jana and/or Jim Bob want this and Caleb wasn’t into it? We will likely never know for sure.
All we know for certain is that with her 28th birthday coming up next week, Jana is the last of her of-age sisters to remain single.
Sweet Jana’s single status is perhaps the longest-running topic of debate among card-carrying members of Duggar Nation.
She’s said in the past that she’s been approached by men interested in courting, but has not found the right partner among them.
Yet. Which is completely fair.
If younger siblings Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joy-Anna and Joseph already have or are about to have kids, it wouldn’t be that notable.
Jana has long been seen as maligned, however, forced by her parents to raise her siblings while unable to pursue her dreams.
When Anna Duggar hopes Jana stays single forever, we know she’s kidding, but at the same time, it kind of hits a nerve.
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Duggar Family Honors Jubilee Duggar, Forgets Caleb Duggar?
Whether or not Counting On is renewed or canceled, the Duggars will certainly continue to reach out to their fans when they have happy to news to share. But they’ll also have more somber updates.
Yesterday, the Duggars honored their miscarried daughter, Jubilee.
Fans were quick to point out that, inexplicably, the Duggars appeared to have forgotten one of their children altogether.
In 2011, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar suffered a loss. Michelle experienced a stillbirth.
They gave Jubilee Shalom Duggar a grave marker (we know that this sort of thing is not for everyone; Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner planted a memorial tree, for example — but everybody grieves in their own way).
In addition, the Duggars honor the life that would have been Jubilee’s every year on what they consider to be her birthday — on December the 11th.
“It’s hard to believe Jubilee would have been 6 years old today.”
Anniversaries like that can hit hard.
“Jubilee is our 20th child who was stillborn.”
We get that this is an emotional subject, but that’s a bad sentence. (We all write bad sentences sometimes; to be clear, they’re not saying that Jubilee was their 20th stillbirth, even though that is technically what that sentence states)
“We so look forward to seeing Jubilee in heaven.”
And on that note, they finish their post in a characteristically religious way.
“In the Bible, King David’s baby died and he stated, ‘I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.’ This is our hope of eternal life, if each one of us repents of our sins and put our faith and trust in Jesus.”
Many people take comfort from their faith, but their religious message is not the issue that fans are taking with this particular post by the Duggars.
No, fans are taking issue with how the Duggars seemed to, well, forget something pretty important.
Or someone. The sort of someone whom you would think that the Duggars would have remembered and valued.
Because, well, anyone else remember the story of Caleb Duggar?
Caleb was Michelle’s second pregnancy.
Back in 1989, when Jim Bob and Michelle had only had Josh Duggar and were less extreme in at least some of their views, Michelle had a pregnancy that miscarried.
The couple took the miscarriage as a sign that they should discontinue using birth control.
They’ve said that losing Caleb was what started them down the road that led them to have as many children as they could.
And they say that Jubilee would have been their 20th child, not their 21st.
That doesn’t add up. (Literally)
And people noticed. Hardcore fans noticed.
Sure, a lot of the top comments were from people who have also suffered from miscarriages (it’s sad that so many people share that same painful story).
But plenty of Duggar fans had comments about, well, the Duggars’ math:
“Wouldn’t she have been your 21st child? I thought you all lost one between Josh & John/Jana.”
Yep.
“Agreed, I mean I’m a fan but they had a child name Caleb between the twins.”
And the Duggars believe that life begins at conception, so … this is puzzling.
Though there’s a chance that the Duggars are no longer counting Caleb because they didn’t actually know what that child’s sex would have been, we have another theory:
Maybe they were trying to keep things simple.
An emotional loss like a miscarriage isn’t going to make them forget a previous one, but maybe they wanted to avoid having to explain why they might call Jubilee their 21st child.
The last thing that you want when talking about one loss is a bunch of questions asking about another.
That’s our guess, anyway. Because as an oversight, not counting Caleb doesn’t make any sense.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Jana Duggar & Caleb Williams: Courtship Confirmed?!
For several weeks now, we’ve been hearing rumors that Jana Duggar is being courted by Caleb Williams, a longtime friend of her family’s.
False reports of Jana entering a relationship seem to surface about once a month, but this time, there’s real reason to believe that the claims may be legit.
Not only has Caleb been spending time with Jana, he’s also been putting in one-on-one time with her father, Jim Bob.
Since all courtship candidates need Jim Bob’s approval, many are taking this as a sign that Caleb and Jana are, in fact, in the early stages of a relationship.
An even better indication is the fact that Caleb and Jana are downplaying their involvement with one another, while never explicitly denying that they’re courting.
Unfortunately for the young lovebirds, it’s hard for to keep anything a secret in 2017, especially when your followers are as obsessive as Duggar fans tend to be.
To be fair, Caleb is doing a pretty good job of keeping things on the down-low.
(As an unmarried Duggar woman, Jana’s not allowed to use social media, so she has nothing to worry about.)
But Duggar die-hards are a detail-oriented bunch with a knack for picking up on the smallest of clues.
Take the above photo of a bag of oranges, for example.
Caleb posted it earlier this week, with a caption explaining that he’d simply decided to post “a few candid food photos.”
Seems innocent enough … but his followers quickly put this thing under the microscope, and it seems they’re very pleased with what they’ve found.
“That looks like the Duggars’ house,” one fan commented.
Others echoed the sentiment, because apparently there’s more than one person out there who’s capable of recognizing the Duggars’ countertops.
Caleb hasn’t confirmed that his followers are correct in their assumptions that he’s been hanging out at the Duggar compound.
But this may be one of those instances in which silence speaks volumes.
Williams has also avoided answering fans’ questions about whether or not he spent Thanksgiving with the Duggars.
He was notably not in the family’s holiday photo, but again, it’s a little weird that he’s not talking.
If Caleb was at the compound on Turkey Day but was left out of the photo, then this is pretty much an open-and-case.
The Duggars wouldn’t invite a young, single dude to Thanksgiving dinner unless he was courting one of their daughters.
And they wouldn’t leave a guest out of their big group photo unless they were trying to keep his presence a secret.
Clearly, neither Caleb or Jana will be confirming anything anytime soon.
Fortunately, legions of borderline-stalker Duggar fans are on the case.
Watch Counting On online for more from reality TV’s most controversial family.
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Caleb Williams: Is Jana Duggar"s New Boyfriend a "Rebel"?!
Earlier this month, multiple new Jana Duggar courtship rumors began to make the rounds on social media.
First, fans claimed that Jana was courting Jacob Wilson, but the longtime Duggar family friend quickly took to debunk those reports.
Shortly thereafter, rumors of Jana courting Caleb Williams surfaced online, and they’ve proven a little bit harder to shake.
For reasons that aren’t entirely clear, fans really want to believe that Caleb and Jana are an item.
So naturally, Duggar fanatics have taken a tremendous amount of interest in Caleb’s past, as well as his personal life.
Like Jacob, Caleb is been an associate of the Duggars for quite some time, but little is known about him aside from that.
Fortunately, OK! magazine tracked down a longtime friend of Caleb’s who preferred to remain anonymous, but offered several interesting insights into the character of Jana’s mystery man.
Right off the bat, Caleb’s unidentified pal says the
“As a parent, he may not choose to do the things they chose to do,” the insider says.
That said, the friend believes Jim Bob and Michelle would be cool with Caleb’s differing views on child-rearing, noting that “parenting isn’t a one-size-fits-all deal.”
(Caleb’s buddy should probably read up on Jim Bob’s cconflicts with his current sons-in-law. He’s not as chill as he seems, which is really saying something, as he doesn’t seem chill at all.)
As for Caleb’s past, the tipster says he’s a well-traveled, having been to several countries, and is currently planning to return to college after taking a hiatus for financial reasons.
“Right now, he’s getting some stuff paid off and will hopefully get back to a degree when all that’s finished,” says the source.
According to his Instagram page, Caleb’s current occupation is “business owner,” though he doesn’t go into any detail about the nature of his business.
As for the “rebel” label that seems to be following Caleb around these days, we’re guessing fans mean that he’s a rebel by Duggar standards, because he seems to keep things on the straigh-and-narrow.
“They have similar belief systems, but he’s a bit different in his thinking,” says the insider when asked about ideological differences between Caleb and the Duggars.
“He’s maybe somewhat more liberal.”
Yes, Caleb’s friend went and busted out the L-word.
If you thought Jim Bob gave Jeremy Vuolo a hard time, just wait until Jana brings Caleb around!
Watch Counting On online for more from reality TV’s most controversial family.
Friday, October 6, 2017
"Stranger Things" Star Caleb McLaughlin"s Tips to Be Him for Halloween
Way before Caleb McLaughlin’s “Stranger Things” character become a hot Halloween costume … Caleb was slaying chicks with his Halloween swagger. No doubt the kiddos from the hit Netflix show will be a popular costume idea this…
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Maddie Brown and Caleb Brush: We"re Having A…
Finally.
The Browns can celebrate some exciting news.
As has been well documented over the past several weeks, all is not exactly calm and cool between loved ones on Sister Wives.
There has been talk that Kody Brown is either splitting from wife Robyn or wife Meri or even that all four Sister Wives are ready to just up and leave the father of their children.
Ugly rumors have been running rampant, but Maddie Brown and Caleb Brush are here with a bit of exciting news for those who follow this TLC series:
They’re having a baby!
Sorry, you probably knew that already.
Let’s try this again: they’re having a baby BOY!
The couple learned the sex of their impending child during a gender reveal party on Monday and then shared the answer with Us Weekly.
“We are both super excited for our little boy,” Maddie and Caleb have told the tabloid. “Although we had a good hunch that it was a boy, it’s nice to finally know, so we can start preparing!”
According to Us Weekly, the reality stars hosted about 30 close friends and loved ones at Christine Brown’s residence in Las Vegas this week.
The attendees then played a game in which they cut out mustaches or hair bows from paper and actually donned the accessories themselves.
They were also given blue and pink balloons, but only the blue ones could inflate.
Maddie – the daughter of Kody and his second wife, Janelle – is 21 years old.
She made her pregnancy announcement on November 21, sharing an Instagram photo at the time of her husband kissing her baby bump, writing as a caption;
“So happy to announce our little addition!”
The two were married in a beautiful, intimate outdoor ceremony back in June in Montana.
Last month, Maddie posted an image of the expecting parents at Yellowstone National Park.
“Six months being married to you has been more than a fairy tale come true. You truly are my best friend and soul mate! I look forward to the years to come!” she wrote as a caption.
AWWW, right?
It’s been a turbulent time for the Browns of late.
As those who watch Sister Wives online know very well, Maddie’s half-sister, Mariah, stunned her family by coming out of the closet a couple episodes ago.
She stood in front of her dad and other relatives and announced she is gay.
And while Kody was surprised at the news initially, expressing a few reservations and asking a few questions, he did eventually come around.
“A surprise to me. Required some deep thought,” Kody Tweeted of the reveal on Sunday night, adding over the course of a couple more messages:
“After checking to see if she was sure, I just needed her to know she was safe…
“God has prepared my heart and mind for 15 years. Now @mariahlian can feel safe being openly gay with our family.”
That’s pretty impressive for a Mormon to write.
We’re not judging the religion, we’re just noting that many people who practice is are not accepting of the gay lifestyle, based on how they were raised.
But that’s another story.
For now, let us just say…. congratulations to Maddie and Caleb!
Sunday, June 5, 2016
Maddie Brown: Sister Wives Star Marries Caleb Brush!
After a six-month engagement, Sister Wives star Maddie Brown married Caleb Brush over the weekend.
Maddie"s dad, Kody Brown, officiated the wedding, which took place in Bozeman, Montana.
Her mom Janelle, one of Kody"s four wives, was also in attendance with the rest of the family.
Maddie wore a traditional white strapless wedding gown while Caleb wore khakis.
Yes, he wore khakis to his own wedding.
"I can cut a rug on a dance floor in khakis better than a monkey suit," he told Us Weekly.
Listen, I could certainly dance more effectively barefoot and in biker shorts, but that doesn"t mean it"s appropriate for a wedding.
But Maddie didn"t seem bothered, so no biggie.
We saw Maddie announce her engagement on the reality show during its season premiere last month.
"I"m pretty excited," the bride told Us. "It doesn"t feel real."
The couple posted the video below to the Sister Wives Facebook page, shot just after the rehearsal dinner.
In the vid, they thank fans for support and all the marriage advice.
Advice like, perhaps, please oh please don"t bring other women into your marriage like your mom and dad did?
At this point, it seems Maddie and Caleb don"t plan to go that route.
“I’m not one to live plural marriage,” she said during a TLC special last November.
Apparently, Maddie took one look at the crackpot life of her father with his multiple wives and 17 kids between them and said, NOPE, not for me.
Good thing, because a court recently denied Kody"s request to decriminalize polygamy in the state of Utah.
Maddie Brown: Sister Wives Star Marries Caleb Brush!
After a six-month engagement, Sister Wives star Maddie Brown married Caleb Brush over the weekend.
Maddie"s dad, Kody Brown, officiated the wedding, which took place in Bozeman, Montana.
Her mom Janelle, one of Kody"s four wives, was also in attendance with the rest of the family.
Maddie wore a traditional white strapless wedding gown while Caleb wore khakis.
Yes, he wore khakis to his own wedding.
"I can cut a rug on a dance floor in khakis better than a monkey suit," he told Us Weekly.
Listen, I could certainly dance more effectively barefoot and in biker shorts, but that doesn"t mean it"s appropriate for a wedding.
But Maddie didn"t seem bothered, so no biggie.
We saw Maddie announce her engagement on the reality show during its season premiere last month.
"I"m pretty excited," the bride told Us. "It doesn"t feel real."
The couple posted the video below to the Sister Wives Facebook page, shot just after the rehearsal dinner.
In the vid, they thank fans for support and all the marriage advice.
Advice like, perhaps, please oh please don"t bring other women into your marriage like your mom and dad did?
At this point, it seems Maddie and Caleb don"t plan to go that route.
“I’m not one to live plural marriage,” she said during a TLC special last November.
Apparently, Maddie took one look at the crackpot life of her father with his multiple wives and 17 kids between them and said, NOPE, not for me.
Good thing, because a court recently denied Kody"s request to decriminalize polygamy in the state of Utah.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Caleb Logan: New Cause of Death Details Revealed
It’s been one month since YouTube star Caleb Logan passed away at the age of 13, and new details about the beloved web personality’s death are still emerging.
Caleb and his family, who are known as the Bratayleys online, have cultivated a large following thanks to their DIY reality webseries, but they’ve attracted more attention than ever in the weeks since Caleb’s passing.
Caleb Logan’s final video – filmed just days before his death – has now been viewed over 6 million times.
Much of the interest, of course, centers around curiosity as to what could have caused a seemingly healthy adolescent to pass away so tragically young.
The family has issued several statements Caleb’s cause of death. They initially claimed that he died of “natural causes,” but later clarified that he had been suffering from an untreated and undiagnosed condition:
“Caleb’s death has raised many questions about how and why this could happen to a seemingly healthy boy,” Logan’s loved ones wrote on Instagram.
“Sadly, tests have confirmed today that Caleb passed away from an undetected medical condition.
The family promised “more definitive answers” in the weeks to come, and today, a medical report revealed that Caleb had been suffering from a condition known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Doctors say the condition almost always goes undetected, and is entirely untreatable.
Medical experts tell TMZ that even if Caleb’s family had been made aware of his condition, there is likely nothing they could have done to prevent his passing.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Caleb Logan Cause of Death: Revealed
We have new information regarding the tragic passing on Caleb Logan.
As previously reported, the 13-year old YouTube star passed away suddenly last Thursday, with family members initially chalking up his tragic death to “natural causes.”
But now Caleb’s mother has issued a new statement that updates fans on Logan’s condition.
“Caleb’s death has raised many questions about how and why this could happen to a seemingly healthy boy,” Logan’s loved ones wrote on Instagram.
“Sadly, tests have confirmed today that Caleb passed away from an undetected medical condition.
“We’ll have more definitive answers in the coming weeks but ask that you help us celebrate his life instead of focus on his death.”
With this in mind, the family plans to share Caleb’s memorial in the same way they’ve shared so many other moments in the past:
Via the Internet.
“Due to an outpouring of support and people’s hope to be part of his memorial, we have decided to live-stream the ceremony tomorrow [Tuesday, Oct. 6] at 8pm EDT,” the family also wrote.
“Thank you for all your kindness during this difficult time.”
The Bratayleys (not their real name) rose to viral fame in 2010 and have garnered over one billion total views on their YouTube account.
Monday, October 5, 2015
Caleb Logan: Watch His Final YouTube Video
As previously reported, Caleb Logan tragically died last week at the very young age of 13.
According to the YouTube star"s family, the sudden passing was of "natural causes," with mother Katie initially issuing a statement confirming her son’s death on Friday, October 2.
She then shared the final video ever filmed of Caleb, one taken just a day before he died.
The footage features Caleb looking healthy, albeit tired, while eating breakfast with his sisters.
In a touching moment, the happy child is asked what he would ask his future self.
"Is Taco Bell still around?" he replies.
Along with the video, Katie (whose family rose to viral fame in 2010 and whose collection of videos has amassed over one billion total views) wrote as a message to fans:
It is with our deepest sorrow to report that the Instagram announcement was indeed true. In addition to our desire to give the Internet community the chance to begin the grieving process, we also wanted to post this video to show a healthy and happy Caleb doing what he loved.
Thank you for all the love and support that everyone has shown our family. And we ask for continued love and support as we move through the grieving process.
Caleb Logan Dies; YouTube Star Was 13 Years Old
Caleb Logan, a member of the popular YouTube family the Bratayleys, unexpectedly passed away on Thursday night.
He was 13 years old.
“Yesterday at 7:08PM Caleb Logan Bratayley passed away of natural causes. This has come as a shock to all of us,” read a post on the family’s Instagram page.
“Words cannot describe how much we will miss him. His incredibly funny, loving and wonderful spirit made us all fall in love with him as a YouTuber, friend, brother and son.
“We know you tune in to watch each day and eagerly anticipate new videos, but ask that you bear with us while we deal with this tragedy as a family. Please help us honor our baked potato.”
Caleb and his family rose to Internet fame in 2010. Their YouTube page has garnered over one billion total views.
Said Maker Studios, the Walt Disney-owned digital-media company that represents the YouTube star, in a statement of its own:
“We are heartbroken at the tragic loss of Caleb from Bratayley, a beloved member of the Maker family. Our love, support, thoughts, and prayers are with the Bratayley family.”
The family shared a 21-minute video of Caleb on its account Sunday night and concluded of their precious loved one:
“Thank you for all the love and support that everyone has shown our family. And we ask for continued love and support as we move through the grieving process.”
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