19 Kids & Counting Return: Planned By TLC All Along?

Now that the Duggars’ return to TV appears imminent, some observers are speculating whether TLC ever intended to sack the show for good.

Despite yanking 19 Kids & Counting off the air, the network never officially canned it, nor did it cast the family aside in any official capacity.

While TLC took great pains to take a break from and distance itself from the Duggars, you can still watch 19 Kids and Counting online.

Lest you think that this was a mere oversight on its part, the network’s page for Here Comes Honey Boo Boo was summarily scrapped.

Sorry, June Shannon, Sugar Bear & Co. You’re no Duggars.

Instead, it seems as though TLC was preparing for the return of the Duggars from the onset, despite the scandals that besieged them.

By and large, the family has continued using social media to keep their fans interested, and listing 19 Kids prominently on their profiles.

They’ve also worked to restore their image through TV specials on sexual abuse, and by opening up about the trying events of 2015.

Yet the most compelling evidence to support this theory is that producers have continued to film even during the show’s “cancellation.”

Much of this footage surfaced months after the plug was unofficially pulled, as part of December’s Jill and Jessa: Counting On specials.

That television “event” was seen as a trial balloon by TLC and family to address, condemn and bury the Josh Duggar scandal for good.

Looks like it worked according to plan. Earlier this month, the Duggars were spotted in public with film crews in their native Arkansas. 

Insiders claim that Jana Duggar’s love life will be featured, especially since Josiah Duggar’s courtship to Marjorie Jackson is kaput.

Having just celebrated her 26th birthday, Jana was spotted filming (and caring for her brothers and sisters, natch) at a lumber yard. 

Dubbed “Cinderella Duggar” for her unrelenting commitment to her parents and younger siblings, Jana is a fan favorite for good reason. 

Courtships, weddings, pregnancies, and kids are the show’s bread and butter, and will likely be the keys to 19 Kids’ return episode.

Who better to carry the torch than the untainted Jana?

In any case, we’ve seen a well-orchestrated management of the family’s public personae and a gradual, but steady return to prominence.

All that’s missing now is an official premiere date. And for Josh Duggar to conveniently be stashed away in rehab for the next decade.

View Slideshow: 23 Biggest Duggar Family Scandals: How Low Can They Go?!

Florida Woman"s Body Found in Motel With Live Monkeys, "Incoherent Man"

Obviously, it’s never funny when someone shuffles off this mortal coil ahead of schedule, but it seems a 59-year-old Florida woman figured that if she’s gotta go, she may as well go viral while she’s at it.

The unidentified Sunshine State resident was found in a motel room over the weekend, almost a full day after she’d breathed her last breath.

Sadly, the motel room corpse isn’t all that uncommon in our nation’s dangling appendage.

What sets this woman’s unfortunate demise apart is that her roommates in her final hours were a couple of caged capuchin monkeys and a man who cops say was babbling incoherently when they arrived.

Based on the circumstances you might guess that this was a case of death by monkey, loopy dude, or some combination of the two.

Remarkably, police say there were no signs of foul play and the woman appears to have died of natural causes.

As for the man and the monkeys, they’re all being treated and appear to be in good health.

Part of what sets Florida apart from other states is the fact that like Australia, it’s a place where dangerous wildlife and moronic human behavior collide.

That’s how you end up with stories like the crook who got eaten by gators after he had the bright idea to hide from the cops in a gator-infested lake.

We’re not saying this woman was involved in anything close to that sort of stupidity, but dying in the presence of caged monkeys does raise a lot of questions about one’s life choices.

Anyway, it’s a shame she had to pay the ultimate price for this honor, but this unidentified primate wrangler has definitely earned a spot in our Florida Woman Hall of Fame:

View Slideshow: Florida Woman: Strange But True Stories

Nick Jonas Basically Confirms Banging of Kate Hudson

Nick Jonas refuses to say for certain whether or not he’s engaging in sexual intercourse with Kate Hudson.

But Nick Jonas is TOTALLY engaging in sexual intercourse with Kate Hudson!

Rumors of Jonas and Hudson surprisingly getting it on started way back in September.

Neither half of this alleged couple has talked much about the other in public, though some believe Hudson recently shared a photo of her rear end online with Jonas in mind.

Featured in a new interview with Complex Magazine, meanwhile, Jonas was asked about Hudson.

And not in some indirect, roundabout, subtle way, either.

Reporter Kerensa Cadena came right out and asked the following of the artist:

Are you having sex with Kate Hudson?

Jonas reportedly laughed at the direct question and then did his best to answer it honestly, while being sure not to bang kiss and tell:

“Kate’s incredible. We had an unbelievable connection as two humans who just admire things about each other, and see something in each other that’s beautiful.

“Out of my best effort to respect her and her privacy, I’m not going to say if we had sex or not. But we did have a beautiful connection. Even now I have so much admiration and respect. She’s amazing.”

Allow us to translate:

Kate is incredible. We had an unbelievable SEXUAL connection as two humans who just admire things about each other, LIKE EACH OTHER’S NAKED PRIVATE PARTS, and see something in each other, LIKE WHEN MY PENIS IS INSIDE OF HER VAGINA.

Hehe, sorry.

We actually do admire Jonas for not coming right out and bragging about something he most certainly has every right to brag about.

It’s good to know he’s willing to admit he has a lot of sex, but enough of a gentlemen not to reveal who that sex is with. (SPOILER ALERT: It’s currently Kate Hudson!)

View Slideshow: 22 Adorable Photos of Nick Jonas

Blac Chyna: Busted For Possession of Ecstasy, Xanax

As you may have heard, Blac Chyna was arrested at Austin International Airport over the weekend.

Early reports had the model and girlfriend of Rob Kardashian getting arrested for being drunk and disorderly at an airport bar.

Now, it seems that Blac did indeed make a scene, but that was just the beginning of her legal trouble.

TMZ is reporting that when cops searched Blac, they discovered two white pills with “glittery gold flakes” in a sunglasses case.

The pills were field tested and came back positive for MDMA, also known as Ecstasy.

Blac told police that she had taken Xanax, but it’s not known if she was in possession of the drug, or if she had a prescription.

When asked if she had been drinking, Blac reportedly responded, “Of course,” and then broke down crying.

Witnesses say the trouble started when a bartender refused to serve Blac the quantity of liquor that she was demanding.

She became “verbally aggressive,” and an onlooker called the cops.

According to the police report, Blac was “passively resistive” with the arresting officers, going limp and refusing to walk when they attempted to remove her from the scene.

She wasn’t in custody long, as Rob Kardashian drove 1,377 miles from LA to Austin to bail his new girlfriend out.

Unfortunately for Blac, it sounds like her legal troubles are just beginning.

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