Monday, October 19, 2015

Jill and Jessa Duggar: DEVASTATED By Josh Scandals!

Jill and Jessa Duggar say they were as shocked as anyone by the revelations about big brother Josh – and more devastated than you even know.



In a new promo for the upcoming, nonsensically-titled Jessa and Jill Duggar special, Jill & Jessa: Counting On, they open up about the epic fallout.


The sneak peek shows the married sisters reflecting back on the bombshell scandals, which effectively torpedoed the 19 Kids & Counting empire.


“Here I am, most joyful time in my life – newlywed, baby on the way – and then…” Jessa, who is pregnant and due in just two weeks’ time, reflects.


“We were devastated. Like, we couldn’t believe it.”


“You have to wonder, like, ‘How did this happen?"”


“The whole world was shocked,” her big sister Jill, the parent of baby son Israel, adds. “I’ve cried a lot of tears. I still do. I don’t know, I’m hurting.”


In May, it was revealed that Josh Duggar molested his sisters while he was underage way back in 2002. Jill and Jessa were among Josh’s victims.


The two admitted as much in a tearful Fox News interview in which they revealed their suffering, yet at the same time sort of defended the dude.


As horrific as that is, he was a troubled teenager, and parents Jim Bob and Michelle deserve some of the criticism for their handling of the situation.


Josh’s second scandal, however, was worse.



Exposed in the mega Ashley Madison data breach, Josh was revealed as a big fan of “one-night stands,” “sex toys,” and traumatizing, rough sex.


He is married with four young children.


“I have been the biggest hypocrite ever,” he said in a statement before being shipped off to a Christian labor camp, possibly never to be seen again.


“While espousing faith and family values, I have secretly [been] viewing pornography on the internet and [I have become] unfaithful to my wife.”


“I am so ashamed of the double life that I have been living and am grieved for the hurt, pain and disgrace my sin has caused my wife and family.”


We’ll see if the family sticks by him.


Reports that Anna Duggar is leaving Josh have been gaining traction of late, though no one knows with certainty what the long-suffering wife is planning.


In any case, for Jill and Jessa, “We do feel like we’re stepping on,” the former reflected, noting. “We will come out of this fire stronger as a family unit.”


Here’s hoping.


As Mike Huckabee points out, without being ironic, the other 18 turned out fine, so we shouldn’t judge the Duggars as a whole based on Josh, right?!


IHOP Apologizes for Terrible Joke About Small Boobs

IHOP has finally gone too far in its recent attempt to be young, hip and edgy.



Over the past year or so, the beloved breakfast chain has clearly made an effort to change its social media game, Tweeting such messages as “pancakes are on fleek” and asking this delicious menu item to “back that stack up.”



Pretty funny overall, really, and successful too:


Over the course of this unique run, IHOP has seen numerous messages get reTweeted, while AdWeek has praised the business for finding “its voice on Twitter,” saying “it sounds an awful lot like a teenage hip-hop fan.”


But teenage hip-hop fans make dumb jokes sometimes… and IHOP is now guilty of the same.


On Sunday, as seen above, the restaurant chain posted a picture of a stack of pancakes with the caption: “Flat but has a GREAT personality.”


The backlash to this offensive, misogynistic message was swift and harsh, prompting its removal and the following response from IHOP:


“Earlier today we tweeted something dumb and immature that does not reflect what IHOP stands for. We’re sorry.”


Fair enough. Case hopefully closed now.


But hopefully not the end of IHOP’s fun Twitter account because, come on…


“Is it worth it, let me work it. I put my fork down, flip it and reverse it.”


THAT’s funny stuff.


Martin Shkreli: Pharma Douche Got So Mad at Bernie Sanders He Pretended to Punch a Wall

You may remember Martin Shkreli as the douche who jacked up the price of a life-saving drug by more than 5,000 percent.


People all over the Internet set aside their political differences and banded in together in their shared hatred of Shkreli, eventually shaming him into promising to lower the cost of the drug.



A month later, he has yet to actually do so, because, well…he sucks.


If you happen to be the one person who has any doubts about Shkreli’s suckiness (Hi, Martin!), perhaps your mind will be changed by the hilarious tale of how this sh-tbag got so mad at a presidential candidate that he decided to fake a toddler tantrum:


It all started when Shkreli attempted to troll Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders by donating $ 2,700 to his presidential campaign.


When Sanders awesomely refused the donation and decided instead to donate the same amount to a public health clinic, Shkreli got so mad that he stamped his little feet until someone paid attention.


“SO ANGRY AT @BernieSanders I COULD PUNCH A WALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Shkreli tweeted last night.


As if that weren’t melodramatic enough, he followed it up by tweeting, “Ugh, does anyone know how to treat a wrist fracture without going to a hospital?”


When a follower asked, “Doofus you actually punched the wall, huh?” Shkreli replied, “yeah and now one bone is sticking out.”


This is where the con gets elaborate – and hilariously lame.


In an effort to prove that he’s a totally pissed off badass and not a pale virgin with a trust fund, Shkreli tweeted a photo of his “broken wrist.”


Fortunately, the folks at Gawker quickly pointed out that he clearly just pulled an image from the web and photoshopped his name onto it. 




Martin Shkreli X-Ray



Once busted, Shkreli desperately backpedaled with the old OMG, I was totally joking, LOLZ! Gotcha! routine.


Of course, anyone who’s ever dealt with a remorseful toddler or the worst kind of grownup douche has seen this routine before and can recognize how sadly hilarious and hilariously sad it is.


In conclusion, Martin Shkreli remains the worst.

Ben Affleck: Falling Apart, Moving in With Mother in Wake of Divorce?

It’s been almost four months since Ben Affleck announced his divorce from Jennifer Garner, and the couple has gone to great lengths to maintain the illusion that they’re doing just fine and putting their kids’ needs first.


However, sources close to Affleck say the actor/director has been in rough shape since his marriage ended, and he’s reportedly been self-destructing worse than ever in recent weeks.



Last we heard from Ben, he was picking up chicks with Jon Hamm and ostensibly enjoying the single life.


But now, insiders claim the partying was all part of an attempt on Ben’s part to convince himself that all was well, when in reality, he’s missing family life in a big way. 


“Ben’s in a pretty bad way,” a source tells Grazia magazine. “He’s not really taking care of himself, he’s not shaving, hardly washing and eating a lot of junk food and his mum can’t bear to see him like this.


“She convinced him to stay in their family home so she could nurse him back to health. Now she’s really pushing for him to move in full-time once he starts filming.”


Well, Ben eating his feelings would help explain the somewhat un-superheroic shape he seems to be in these days.


But hey, maybe he’s just preparing to play a depressed Bruce Wayne in the upcoming Batman Binges. It’s just like Batman Begins, except instead of going toe-to-toe with Scarecrow, the Dark Knight faces off with a tub of Cool Whip.