Jill & Jessa Duggar: Secretly Filming Season 2 of Counting On?!

Ever since the season finale of Jill & Jessa: Counting On aired on TLC back in early May, fans have been wondering whether they’d seen the last of the Duggar clan’s televised adventures.

Despite relatively strong ratings, there was reason to believe that the show may have quietly come to an end.

Several advertisers pulled their support from the show over the course of the show’s first gull season, with several blasting TLC and the Duggars in public statements.

When weeks went by without the network making any mention of a renewal, it began to look as though Counting On had been canceled. 

Now, however, it seems that the powers that be at TLC have simply decided to wait until the dust settles before announcing that Jill, Jessa and the rest of their siblings (excluding Josh) will be back for another round of awkwardly scripted “reality” television.

The folks over at The Inquisitr have compiled a list of reasons to believe the show has already been renewed for a second season.

They point out that after several weeks of inactivity, TLC is once again updating the Counting On Facebook page.

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The network even reposted a video tribute that the Duggars made for Jill’s birthday on the TLC website.

In addition, the family recently announced that 18-year-old Joy-Anna Duggar would be permitted to work with her brothers on the family’s used car lot this year.

(Duggar women are only allowed to work if they’re under the direct supervision of a male relative.)

Since the storyline about Jinger Duggar flipping cars resulted in one of last season’s most popular episodes, many fans are taking that as an indication that a camera crew will be present as Joy-Anna learns the family trade.

But the most compelling evidence mught be found in the Duggar family’s most recent mini-scandal.

As you may know, Jill Duggar was recently criticized for asking fans to help her find her mother-in-law’s birth mom on social media.

Cathy Dillard actually tracked down her biological mother several years ago, leading many to believe that Jill was simply setting the stage for a Counting On storyline, which may even include a crossover with Long Lost Family, another popular TLC series.

It’s tough to keep anything a secret when you’re as exposed as the Duggars, and it sounds like 18 of the 19 siblings will be returning to TLC next year.

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Dennis Shields: Who is Bethenny Frankel"s New Man?

Bethenny Frankel loves to show off her bikini body.

But a new report alleges that Dennis Shields gets to see the reality star’s bare body any time he desires.

That’s right: Sheilds is dating The Real Housewives of New York City actress!

The relationship isn’t especially new, according to E! News. The romance is just first making its way around the Internet now.

“They’ve been dating since at least the holidays,” a source says, adding that the couple went on vacation with co-star Carole Radziwill and her boyfriend Adam Kenworthy.

Shields is a banker who resides in The Big Apple.

Another insider, meanwhile, also confirmed that he started banging Bethenny toward the end of last year, explaining that he showed up one day several months ago for a day of filming.

He had no interest in appearing on camera, however.

Frankel and Shields were spotted this week in New York, strolling the sidewalk while holding hands and chatting away.

Witnesses say they look very close and comfortable with one another. 

Bethenny, of course, is coming off a very contentious divorce from Jason Hoppy.

Up until this past March, she had been paying Hoppy $ 12,000 per month in spousal support. But no longer!

She hasn’t been seriously romantically linked to anyone since then, although she has had fun with all the rumors surrounding her personal life.

“FYI, I’m dating abt 65 guys,” Frankel wrote on Twitter in February, adding:

“They’re all married, rich, famous & I’m pregnant w multiple babies. Oh & Guess what? I’m married too.”

That was just Frankel being silly. But we’re being serious here in saying she is dating Dennis Shields.

Dennis Shields: Who is Bethenny Frankel"s New Man?

Bethenny Frankel loves to show off her bikini body.

But a new report alleges that Dennis Shields gets to see the reality star’s bare body any time he desires.

That’s right: Sheilds is dating The Real Housewives of New York City actress!

The relationship isn’t especially new, according to E! News. The romance is just first making its way around the Internet now.

“They’ve been dating since at least the holidays,” a source says, adding that the couple went on vacation with co-star Carole Radziwill and her boyfriend Adam Kenworthy.

Shields is a banker who resides in The Big Apple.

Another insider, meanwhile, also confirmed that he started banging Bethenny toward the end of last year, explaining that he showed up one day several months ago for a day of filming.

He had no interest in appearing on camera, however.

Frankel and Shields were spotted this week in New York, strolling the sidewalk while holding hands and chatting away.

Witnesses say they look very close and comfortable with one another. 

Bethenny, of course, is coming off a very contentious divorce from Jason Hoppy.

Up until this past March, she had been paying Hoppy $ 12,000 per month in spousal support. But no longer!

She hasn’t been seriously romantically linked to anyone since then, although she has had fun with all the rumors surrounding her personal life.

“FYI, I’m dating abt 65 guys,” Frankel wrote on Twitter in February, adding:

“They’re all married, rich, famous & I’m pregnant w multiple babies. Oh & Guess what? I’m married too.”

That was just Frankel being silly. But we’re being serious here in saying she is dating Dennis Shields.

Kim Kardashian to Kanye West: Get Professional Help… Or Else!

Don’t let the latest Kim Kardashian and Kanye West photo fool you.

Don’t be duped by Kim’s recent birthday message to her husband.

Things are NOT going very well in Kimye paradise, people.

In fact, according to a new report, they could not going much worse.

For what reason? It all stems from Kanye’s erratic behavior, most notably his recent rant when he appeared as a guest on Ellen.

“I have ideas that could make the human race’s existence within our country better,” he said on the show a few weeks ago.

“Period. The paparazzi, whatever perception you have of me, starting with the truth, started with what everyone’s thinking, start there, put some dope sh-t with it.”

This, of course, was not exactly the first time Kanye has gone off in ridiculous, hilarious fashion.

Hilarious to us, that is. To Kim? Not so much.

“Kim [has] watched Kanye struggle for years, not just with his rage but also with a lack of focus that’s causing major troubles at home,” an insider tells Radar Online.

As a result, with West spiraling further and further out of control, the same source claims Kardashian has put her foot down.

She has supposedly ordered Kanye to receive medical treatment.

“He has no other choice really, because he refuses to go back to anger management and regular therapy hasn’t stopped the problem,” Radar writes.

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We’re not entirely sure what that means, of course.

Kanye has “no other choice,” meaning Kim would divorce him if he shot down her proposal?

We somehow doubt that.

But the source concludes that Kim has won this debate.

“The next step is to sit him down with a psychiatrist, which Kanye’s reluctantly accepted is probably for the best.”

We’ll believe this when we see it.