Duggar Kids: Who"s the Biggest Rebel Against Jim Bob"s Ridiculous Rules?

When the Duggars rose to fame in the early 2000s, audiences were drawn to their reality shows primarily because Jim Bob and Michelle had already sired a massive brood, and they seemed to have no plans to put the breeding on hold anytime soon.

As time went on, however, viewers realized that their fertility was not the most unusual thing about the Duggars.

Instead, it was the family"s bonkers belief system that made for such compelling viewing.

From courtship rules to insanely strict dress codes, the Duggars controlled every aspect of their kids" lives, and it was only a matter of time before the offspring started to rebel.

Take a look:

1. Josiah Can’t Be Tamed

First, there’s Josiah Duggar. Sure, he recently settled down and got married, but we’re guessing his days as the main cause of Jim Bob’s migraines are far from over.

2. Heartbreaker

Josiah is unique among his siblings in that he was involved in a different courtship BEFORE he met his wife.

3. The Mystery Deepens

There’s still no word on what caused Josiah and Marjorie to call off their courtship — a move that’s almost unprecedented in Duggar Land. Scandalous!

4. Still Rebelling

After his relationship with Marjorie ended, Josiah continued to maintain an Instagram account in direct defiance of his parents’ rules.

5. What Courtship Rules?

He and Lauren Swanson also held hands, front-hugged and went on un-chaperoned dates before they were married. Someone arrest this man!

6. Four Can Play at That Game!

But no one tossed the courtship rules right out the window quite like John David Duggar and his fiance Abbir Burnett.

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Jinger Duggar"s Daughter Survives First Ridiculous "Scandal"

Last week, Jinger Duggar was accused of cultural appropriation for wrapping her daughter’s head in fabric in order to keep it warm while the family attended a Chicago Cubs game.

The situation was annoying for a number of reasons.

For starters, these are the Duggars we’re talking about.

If you want to complain about an ignorant habit or a questionable child-rearing practice, they give you so much good material to work with.

There’s really no need to go nit-picking.

On top of that, since when is there a specific culture that owns the exclusive rights to wrapping babies up in fabric to keep them warm?

By that logic, Jinger and her ilk can and should accuse Scientologists of cultural approporiation.

After all, far-right evangelicals were weirding people out with their extremist beliefs decades before L. Ron Hubbard was even born.

Anyway, when you slam the Duggars for perfectly normal behavior, you reinforce their belief that they’re simply being persecuted for their religious convictions.

Worse, you distract from the actual shady practices the family engages in on a regular basis.

And as you can see from the photo below, Jinger is not the slightest bit concerned about the uproar over her baby girl’s headgear.

That’s a pic Jinger posted on Monday.

The proud new mom captioned the image, “So smiley!”

Her head is wrapped in a fashion that’s identical to the Wrigley Field pic, and it looks as though neither Jinger or Felicity are losing any sleep over the uproar.

In fact, Jinger probably received a monetary bonus from Jim Bob this month.

Every time something like this happens, it strengthens the Duggars’ argument that the public will find fault with everything they do.

So now, when there’s another legitimate Duggar scandal — and we’re about due for a big one — Jim Bob can point to this situation and be all:

“[Self-righteous sigh] This is just like that time everyone freaked out on Jinger’s baby for wearing a scarf.”

The worst part is, this “scandal” is probably the result of 8-10 very vocal nitwits who get a weird high from being mad online.

This has been yet another installment of “Society: It Just Wasn’t Ready For the Internet.”

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Farrah Abraham Flaunts Ridiculous Amount of Side-Boob, Continues to Pretend She"s Training For Boxing Match

Have you heard the exciting news about Farrah Abraham?

No, we’re not talking about the fact that she was arrested for drunkenly assaulting the staff at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

And no, we’re not talking about the fact that Farrah is training for a boxing match against one of the women who shamed her family by competing to have sex with Flavor freakin’ Flav on national television.

We’re talking about the latest video that Farrah posted on Instagram.

Now, you’re gonna see some things you’ve seen before in this video — namely, an almost-naked Farrah Abraham.

But you’re also gonna see some things that may cause you to question everything you thought you knew about biology, physics, and the very nature of reality.

Farrah Abraham Side-Boob Video

We’re talking, of course, about Farrah’s side-boob.

You may be thinking to yourself, Farrah’s boobs are just like every other part of her body. I’ve seen them more times than I care to count!

That may be true (especially if your search history looks like ours), but for some reason, the latest glimpse at Farrah’s surgically-enhanced breasts has even the most jaded fans doing a double take.

Perhaps it’s the fact that most of the time we see Farrah’s boobs, they’re not in motion.

Or maybe it’s the fact that Farrah has been boasting non-stop about the results she’s gotten from all her recent “training” and implying that her physique is all natural.

Whatever the case, this video has been scrutinized by fans more than any Farrah footage since Backdoor Teen Mom.

“They don’t even bounce!” wrote one medical expert.

“Your surgeon gave u that body not god and it’s not that great,” commented another follower.

“Surgery got you that body. Training hasn’t given you any results yet,” remarked a third.

“You haven’t been doing it long enough and you don’t have any muscle definition. Why you tryna to preach to ppl who know what they’re talking about?”

Of course, Farrah had her defenders, too:

“There is so much body shaming going on! It’s hard enough for most women to love their body and themselves and then you have women who are shaming others!” remarked one fan.

“Great way in helping empower others!!! SMH!” the commenter added.

“You know she may of had procedures but that’s on her, so what! That her life and her body!

Far be it for us to back Farrah, but we’re in full agreement with this comment.

Besides, there are so many valid reasons to make fun of Farrah Abraham that it just seems lazy to resort to easy boob jokes.

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Trevor Noah"s Brilliant Defense of Neymar"s Ridiculous Flopping Habit

Ya can’t REALLY blame soccer stars like Neymar for flopping worse than Vlade Divac in the ’90s … because there’s a really smart reason behind the fake pain — so says Trevor Noah.  The 34-year-old ‘Daily Show’ host is a massive soccer fan –…

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Trevor Noah"s Brilliant Defense of Neymar"s Ridiculous Flopping Habit

Ya can’t REALLY blame soccer stars like Neymar for flopping worse than Vlade Divac in the ’90s … because there’s a really smart reason behind the fake pain — so says Trevor Noah.  The 34-year-old ‘Daily Show’ host is a massive soccer fan –…

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Jennifer Aniston Is PREGNANT WITH BRAD PITT"S BABY!!! (According to Ridiculous Tabloid Report)

These days, Jennifer Aniston is on the market, having recently ended her marriage to Justin Theroux.

Brad Pitt is not single, and is currently dating Neri Oxman, but will the internet let a few pesky facts interfere with news so fake it still stinks of the beluga and Smirnoff they serve for lunch at the Kremlin?

We think you know the answer to that question.

Yes, word on the social media street today is that Aniston is pregnant with Pitt’s baby.

While it’s fun to joke about every single nonsensical rumor originating in Moscow, it seems this report comes to us from Down Under.

Specifically, we can thank the Aussie tabloid Woman’s Day, which recently claimed that Brad and Jen are married, and has been pushing the “pregnant Jen” fan fiction since the days when Ross and Rachel were on a break.

This time, the report has picked up some added legitimacy thanks to OK! magazine, which made the baffling decision to run with the story.

“Jen: Yes I’m Pregnant — With Brad’s Baby!” exclaims the tabloid’s latest issue.

The piece itself uses the international language of BS to “report” on the story without ever stating a single fact.

“Sources are buzzing,” OK! claims, insisting that Aniston and Pitt are “finally on their way to becoming a family” while offering nothing in the way of evidence.

“During one of their romantic get-togethers that Jen surprised Brad with a proposal — to have a baby with her,” an “insider” contends.

“Of course he agreed.” 

Note that at no point does the source actually claim that Jen is pregnant.

The best OK! could do was find someone willing to claim that Pitt and Aniston talked about having a baby at one point.

The source went on to claim that the actors are “blissfully, if quietly, happy and planning next steps,” which doesn’t mean anything, and is not how people talk.

It might seem like we’re going particularly hard on OK! for doing what tabloids have done since time immemorial, but we’ve really reached the point where this particular rumor needs to be put to bed.

We know the tabloid media has a long history of pairing up celebs who have zero interest in one another romantically, but this magazine is particularly shameless when it comes to playing … OK! Cupid.

We’ll show ourselves out.

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Jacob Roloff Labels Reality TV "Ridiculous," Details Split from His Family

Note to Little People, Big World viewers:

If you’ve been holding your breath for the last few months, waiting for news that Jacob Roloff is set to return to his family’s reality show, then you may go ahead and exhale.

Because the news has been confirmed and Jacob is on his way back to this TLC series?

No.

Because he likely never will be and there’s no point in risking suffocation at this point.

We’re nearing the two-year anniversary of Roloff stunning fans by announcing his resignation from Little People, Big World.

He did so in July of 2016 by saying he was sick of “storylines [being] drawn up” about him and his relatives, hinting strongly that the program was scripted.

Jacob went on to cite “ridiculous talking points” that producers asked cast members to mention, while labeling his loved ones as “characters” in this misleading drama.

With these statements, Roloff left the world of reality television and has spent the past several months traveling around the Pacific Northwest with his fiancee and two dogs.

Over time, however, Jacob slowly made up with his family and has now opened up about his time in front of the camera.

This is what Jacob writes in his new book, “Out to See,” in regard why he left the show:

Among so many things, I simply did not want this ridiculous reality TV to use up so much of my time, lest it leave too deep an imprint on my ability to influence the world otherwise.

I did not want this imposition to become my identity, and so I rebelled in the manner that I did, and eventually exited the show.

Let no one ever accuse Jacob Roloff of not being a profound individual.

Jacob also touched on his series departure last May, while expounding last June about the ways he’s grown up since making this decision.

“I remember at that time, I was causing strife,” Roloff said last summer about the previous summer, adding:

“I said inflammatory things. Even as I said those things, I would admit that in about a year, I’d probably regret some of this.”

Jacob went on to admit that he “rebelled” as a teenager and “left the show and left the religion I was brought up with, and I left it in a pretty flamboyant way.”

But now? 

Now he loves to spend time with his niece and nephew and parents and there are no hard feelings between any of them.

Still, we read excerpts from his memoir and can’t fathom he ever shows up on front of a camera again.

“The entire concept of reality TV is strange because, as a viewer, you are subscribing to a particular illusion – that you are witnessing and being let in on the secrets of the subjects’ lives,” he writes.

“In reality you are being shown a shallow character and only what someone else approves of, in relation to narrative and talking points.”

Wait… WHAT?!?

Jacob is saying that what we see on reality television is not exactly true reality? We’re stunned!

Concludes Jacob in this passage:

“This was my meaning in saying the ‘Roloff Characters’ in the past; not that the real people are characters or deliberately acting; but whichever Roloff you think you know is… sculpted specifically to entice and convince you to keep this channel on.”

Welp, now we’ve heard everything.

There’s no way this applies to Keeping Up with the Kardashians at least.

That show depicts each of those sisters precisely as they really are, with no editing and no scripts involved at all.

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Chris Harrison Teases "Most Ridiculous Fight" in History on Bachelorette Premiere

DING! DING! DING!

According to Chris Harrison, it is about to be on next Monday night.

Between whom? This is the question we’re now left to ponder.

Earlier this week, the reality show host with the absolute most stopped and talked to Entertainment Tonight about the May 28 premiere of The Bachelorette.

It will kick off at 8/7c on ABC, but it sounds as if we ought to say the show will PUNCH off instead.

Just consider how Harrison teased the premiere in his chat with the aforementioned gossip and news outlet:

“Maybe the most ridiculous fight you’ve ever seen in the history of our show, which is saying a lot.

It’s just magnificent to watch.

“It’s going to be one of those [seasons where] you’re watching through your fingers because you’re embarrassed for everybody involved, but you can’t stop watching.”

Now THAT’S what we call a tease.

Is it any wonder Chris Harrison is the very best at what he does?

View Slideshow: The Bachelorette Season 14: Who Are Becca’s Men?

While recent The Bachelorette spoilers have actually revealed the final four men chosen by Becca Kufrin, ABC announced the FULL list of all 28 suitors on Thursday.

We’ve posted their official portraits above and referenced their official occupations.

There are multiple football players… one sports analyst… a guy who plays the banjo… and some dude who says he’s a social media participant.

We somehow doubt the latter is involved in this fight.

“The arrivals are great because, for the guys, it’s very much out of our comfort zone to make these grand entrances,” Harrison also said of the premiere, adding:

“We make fools of ourselves, that’s what we do. And some of these guys do just that.”

Kufrin, of course, has quite the backstory when it comes to this franchise.

She was proposed to by Arie on the season finale of the latest Bachelor season — and then dumped by Arie on the After the Rose Special.

Becca responded in that moment the same way anyone in her situation would respond (Are you f-cking kidding me, she asked Arie many times), but has since handled the public break-up with maturity and grace.

“He’s a good person, I don’t think he’s a monster and purposely did this to hurt me and make me feel this way,” Kurfin told People Magazine shortly after The Bachelor season concluded, adding at the time:

“I don’t think he thought it through, but I don’t think he did it maliciously to break my heart.”

Whatever.

The guy seems like a giant douchebag in our opinion.

But Arie is the past and one of the 28 men featured above is the future.

“Let’s do the damn thing,” Kufrin excitedly says in the following Bachelorette preview, making it clear that she’s ready to move on.

And if she’s ready to move on, so we are. Let’s do the damn thing indeed!

Check out the fun teaser now:

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Kim Kardashian Vilified as "Toxic and Terrible" for Ridiculous Lollipop Promotion

Kim Kardashian has promoted some very unsavory things over the years:

A waist trainer. A selfie light for one’s phone. Kanye West.

But a handful of social media users are in agreement that Kardashian reached a new low this week via her latest Instagram shill.

On Tuesday, Kim shared a photo of herself sucking on a lollipop.

Was this a way to promote the next Kim Kardashian sex tape? Or to bump up her follower count via a form of seduction?

Nope, neither of the above.

It was a way for Kim to promote a piece of candy that she claimed helped suppress one’s appetite.

We really wish we were kidding.

“You guys… @flattummyco just dropped a new product,” Kardashian wrote as a caption to the following image.

“They’re Appetite Suppressant Lollipops and they’re literally unreal.

“They’re giving the first 500 people on their website 15% OFF so if you want to get your hands on some… you need to do it quick! #suckit.”

SIGH.

Hopefully, we need not explain why this is just a disgusting thing for Kim to write.

For starters, the idea that sucking on a lollipop would suppress one’s appetite is sheer lunacy.

It may even even worse than claiming that cinching a waist trainer around one’s body will help one lose weight.

Second, even if this somehow did work as Kim and the company describe… WHAT THE EFF?!? You should absolutely never suppress your appetite!

Being hungry is your body’s way of saying it needs food and eating food is good for you!!!!!

Thankfully, enough people out there agreed with our assessment of this terrible ad campaign and product that Kim has actually deleted the post.

“Eating disorders are a very real issue for a lot of young people and to see Kim Kardashian actively encouraging her fans to develop an unhealthy relationship with food is terrifying and gravely concerning,” activist Liam Hackett Tweeted.

“You are setting the worst example to girls all over the world. No one should have to feel the need to suppress their appetite to fit to ridiculous beauty standards. So offended right now,” someone else wrote.

And then another:

“Completely irresponsible and a really sad message to be projecting. You can have a fit and healthy body without starving yourself and listening to your body when it needs food.”

Jameela Jamil, an actress on The Good Place and the founder of a social media campaign encourages men and women to focus on achievements other than looks and weight, really laid into Kim.

In response to this ad, she wrote:

No. F— off. No. You terrible and toxic influence on young girls.

I admire their mother’s branding capabilities, she is an exploitative but innovative genius, however this family makes me feel actual despair over what women are reduced to.

And also:

MAYBE don’t take appetite suppressors and eat enough to fuel your BRAIN and work hard and be successful. And to play with your kids.

And to have fun with your friends. And to have something to say about your life at the end, other than ‘I had a flat stomach.’

Amen, Jameela.

(On a related note, The Good Place is positively genius. You should watch it.)

We’ve railed against the Kardashians for years for this same reason.

The sisters continue to set awful examples after they give birth, for instance, by focusing so heavily and so publicly on their need to lose weight as quickly as possible.

Khloe is the latest sibling to bring this topic up again and again and again.

We really wish these stars would use their platform for the promotion of positive body issues, not of the cliche and unhealthy notion that all women must be as thin as humanly possible at all times.

We mean… a lollipop appetite suppressant?!?

WTH is the world coming to?

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Anthony Scaramucci Says Michelle Wolf"s Sarah Huckabee Roast Was Ridiculous

Anthony Scaramucci says comedian Michelle Wolf crossed the line when she went after Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ looks at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner … calling the roast ridiculous. We got the Mooch outside Catch Monday night and…

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Ryan Edwards and Mackenzie Standifer: Still Together! Still Ridiculous!

Things have been pretty rocky lately for Ryan Edwards and Mackenzie Standifer.

Rockier than they were when they got married while he was high on heroin, even.

Yep, for the past month or so, Ryan’s life has been falling apart in a pretty major way — again, even worse than it already was.

In March, he got arrested for violating his probation, because it turns out that he’d been arrested last year for simple possession of heroin.

We’re still not clear on exactly how he violated the probation — Mackenzie has said that the whole thing was a misunderstanding and that he wasn’t technically arrested at all, and other sources have claimed he either failed or missed a drug test.

What we do know is that he was arrested at his home, he got a brand new mug shot, and that may not have even been the worst thing that happened to him that week.

The same day we found out about the arrest, a woman came forward to claim that she’d been talking to Ryan on Tinder.

It was confirmed that the phone number the woman had belonged to Ryan, so that means he’s been cheating or trying to cheat on his pregnant wife.

Because, oh yeah, it just so happened that Mackenzie’s pregnancy was revealed on Teen Mom OG exactly when all this other nonsense was happening.

One more thing — during this super eventful time, Maci Bookout also started the process of obtaining orders of protection against him for herself and her children.

She did this because she said he’d been harassing her and threatening to kidnap their son. Her husband filed an order of his own because Ryan had actually threatened to murder him.

Shortly after all of this, Mackenzie left their Chattanooga home for New York.

We don’t know why or for how long, but it didn’t look like a great sign.

Last we heard, the couple was on the brink of divorce because “neither one of them can stand each other,” and that when it comes to their relationship, “things are way worse than they seem.”

But as one source explained it. “she just sticks around for the paycheck,” so maybe as long as Ryan has a job on Teen Mom he’ll have a wife.

With this latest development, it’s looking like that last thing may be the case.

Earlier this week, a car dealership in Chattanooga shared a photo of Ryan and Mackenzie in front of a new truck they’d purchased — a custom Ford F-150.

They thanked the Edwards family for their purchase and told them to “please let us know if you need anything at all in the future!!”

This is interesting for a number of reasons.

One, it means that they’re definitely together right now.

Two, this is the first new photo of Mackenzie since we learned she was pregnant. She’s wearing a very loose shirt so we can’t see any baby bump, and she may not even have much of one yet, but still, it’s worth mentioning.

Three, Ryan and his wife are about to have a baby and this is the vehicle they decide to purchase? Seriously?

Four, isn’t it so great that this guy who’s been known to drive while on heroin purchased this huge truck? Seems like a great idea for everyone.

Stay safe, Ryan and Mackenzie! And also everyone who may be driving in or around southeast Tennessee!

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35 Most Ridiculous Celebrity Baby Names of All-Time

From Apple to North to Spurgeon and many, many others compiled here, celebrities sure pick out some hilarious names for their kids.

Not all of them, obvi. Some go the conventional route.

But this is Hollywood, and well, we have no shortage of options while putting together a gallery of unintentional hilariousness like this.

Let"s just say that.

There sure as heck are a disproportionate percentage of little kid names that are straight up ridic, head-scratching, LOL-worthy selections.

Check out the 35 most absurd ones given by the most absurd people now and be glad they make enough money to afford good therapists:

1. North West

North West. The spawn of Kimye being named after a direction may be the dumbest thing in human history. At the same time, if she doesn’t grow up to have a signature fragrance called North by North West, this is not a planet we wanna be living on.

2. Kyd

Yes, Kyd. David Duchovny mailed that one in worse than his alleged acting on Californication.

3. Kal-El Cage

Nicolas Cage named one of his kids Kal-El, a fact not related to him being wasted out of his mind in this mug shot … although that could explain a lot of things.

4. Spurgeon

Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald’s baby son Spurgeon is named after Charles Spurgeon, an influential Baptist preacher from the 19th Century. It also is the subject of an awesome page on Urban Dictionary, and will probably make lil’ Spurge glad he’s home schooled later in life.

5. Rocket Zot (or Ayer)

Avatar star Sam Worthington’s baby name choice for his first child with wife Lara Bingle Worthington – Rocket Zot – was chosen because they liked the way it sounded. That makes two of them … and probably not a whole lot more. Honorable mention to Pharrell Williams’ son Rocket Ayer.

6. Reign Aston Disick

Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick went relatively conventional with their first two children Mason and Penelope. For the third, however, they opted for a name fit for a Lord: REIGN Aston Disick. If only his dad weren’t the deadbeat Lord of six different rehab centers.

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