Monday, April 3, 2017

Keeping Up With the Kardashians Recap: Kim"s Last Ditch Effort!

Was Kim Kardashian serious about carrying another baby?


Or was this yet another ploy to save the show from plummeting ratings – or maybe a little of both, because what’s a health crisis without exploitation?


Last night’s Keeping Up addressed that and much more.



Picking up where last week left off, Keeping Up with the Kardashians Season 13 Episode 4 found Kim getting right down to business.


Of trying to save KUWTK from tanking ratings, that is.


“Kanye and I’ve always talked about having more kids, but after what I went through in Paris, the urgency is even greater,” Kardashian said.


Seamless pivot from crisis to potential storyline there.


“Being a stay at home mom has been so refreshing,” she added, without irony, “and I’d love nothing more than to expand my family.”


Stay at home mom? Is she serious right now?


For all the special things Kim has done and continues to do as a parent, the idea that it’s a full-time job for her is absolutely hilarious.



If you watch Keeping Up with the Kardashians online, you know Kim has been told that her body might not be able to take a pregnancy.


Well, her body in its current condition, anyway.


“I have to go and repair my uterus because I decided I’m going to try to have one more baby. Isn’t that exciting?” Kim told the family.


The family was more worried than happy.


“I have to have a surgery on my uterus to kind of repair this hole, so they need to, like, clean it out and then there’s scar tissue,” Kim said.


“It will still be a really high-risk pregnancy,” she added, to which Khloe asked the obvious question on everyone’s minds in this situation: 


“So, why do you want to do it again?”



Because Khloe, sometimes, the ratings are just that low that you’ll feign interest in a lot of things if it means quality promos and stories.


Sorry, here’s her actual answer:


“I’ve gone through so much with really bad deliveries that the doctors don’t feel like it’s safe for me to conceive again myself.”


“This surgery is the one last thing I can try. I want my kids to have siblings. I want to know I did everything I could to make this happen.”


Later, she went through with it.


“I definitely am in pain, but if the end result is that I get to carry my baby, it’s all worth it,” Kim told the cameras. “Hopefully this is successful.”


Then she took a fertility test, though, and learned that despite the surgery, the results said “for sure now, you should not carry [a] baby.”



The devastation began to sink in, and quickly.


“Not only has this been really painful, but now hearing that I shouldn’t carry any more kids, it couldn’t be worse,” Kim lamented.


“I had a full breakdown. I just, like, give up.”


She said she and Kanye would look into having a surrogate carry their third kid next, and “whatever is meant to be will be,” she noted.


Meanwhile, the Kards were going hard at Rob over his health, with Khloe going so far as to ask if he wants to “be around” for Dream.


“When my mom and my sisters gang up on me, it doesn’t really motivate me. It pushes me away,” Rob said, and he does have a point.


 “I can’t f–king talk about this right now.”



Tough love is great … but only to a point.


Unlike her brother, Khloe has no problem motivating herself to get in shape, but she still revealed to Kourtney what keeps her up at night.


Her fashion line. She needed to move 150,000 pairs of jeans in three months to please investors and her business partner, a lofty goal.


“I have so much anxiety,” Khloe said, noting that such a sales figure has “never happened in denim history.” Plus, there’s personal anxiety.


“Kylie [Jenner] sells hundreds of thousands of units in like, what? Three minutes?” Khloe said. “I know we’re not necessarily competing.”


“Still,” she admits, “I have always been known as the fat sister and now that I’m over that, I don’t want to be known as the failing sister.”



That’s certainly not happening.


Khloe’s sales were off the charts right out of the gate, proving that she is not the fat sister, or the failing sister, in any sense of the word.


Just the anxious sister.


Perhaps the insecurity and fear of failure is what drives her, like a lot of people in business, because Khloe’s hustle is killin’ it of late.


Respect.


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Bill O"Reilly Paid HOW MUCH to Settle Sexual Harassment Claims?!?

Bill O’Reilly is in trouble with a handful of women.


And, for a change, not one of them is Beyonce.


On Saturday, The New York Times reported that O’Reilly has settled five different claims from women over the years, each allegation rooted in some form of sexual harassment. 



According to the newspaper, the women received payouts that totaled $ 13 million in exchange for NOT pursuing litigation or speaking out in public against O’Reilly.


The payouts either came from O’Reilly, Fox News or a combination of the anchor and the network.


Two of these settlements took place after the former chairman of Fox News, Roger Ailes, was forced to resign last July in the wake of his own sexual harassment scandal.


After numerous complaints were lodged in public against Ailes, the company said it did not tolerate behavior that “disrespects women or contributes to an uncomfortable work environment.”


Based on the Times article, all five women who made allegations against O’Reilly either worked for the long-time reporter or appeared on his primetime program.


They complained about a such behavior as:


  • Verbal abuse.

  • Lewd comments.

  • Unwanted sexual advances.

  • Phone calls in which it sounded as if O’Reilly was masturbating, according to documents and interviews.

For real. We’re not making that last bullet point up.



One of the five lawsuits centered on ex-producer Andrea Mackris; made headlines in 2004.


Another lawsuit involved Fox News employee Juliet Huddy and was first reported in January.


The other three claims had not been known until this time.


A sixth woman, Dr. Wendy Walsh, told The New York Times that she turned down O’Reilly’s advances and he later didn’t follow through on an offer to make her a network contributor.


In a release, attorney Lisa Bloom said Walsh will speak out at a press conference Monday in Los Angeles and they “will reveal their new demands to the network.”


Bloom also compared O’Reilly to another famous figure while talking to CNN on Sunday.


She said the many allegations against him and the way in which they were swept under the rug reminded her of Bill Cosby.


“How many women have to come forward?” Bloom asked on CNN’s “Reliable Sources.” “How many millions of dollars have to get paid before Fox News takes sexual harassment seriously?”



Referencing Cosby, the formerly beloved comedian who has been accused of drugging and raping dozens of women, Bloom added:


“In my opinion, this network is the Bill Cosby of corporate America. Women over and over again are driven out.”


The issues surrounding O’Reilly are similar to the sexual harassment charges against Ailes.


Overall, ugly rumors regarding the treatment of women at Fox News have been permeating for years.


Former network host Andrea Tantaros, for example, is suing Ailes and top executives at Fox News, which she compared to a “Playboy Mansion-Like Cult.” 


Both Gretchen Carlson and Megyn Kelly have left the network in recent years, both having claimed they were mistreated by executives there.


The O’Reilly Factor garners nearly four million viewers each night.


It is the most-watched show on cable news and has brought in more than $ 446 million in advertising revenue from 2014 to 2016, according to The New York Times.


“Just like other prominent and controversial people, I’m vulnerable to lawsuits from individuals who want me to pay them to avoid negative publicity,” O’Reilly said in a statement on his website in response to these allegations.


He concluded as follows:


“In my more than 20 years at Fox News Channel, no one has ever filed a complaint about me with the Human Resources Department, even on the anonymous hotline.”


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The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 16 Recap: Who Died?!?

Who did not make it out of The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 16 alive?


As is always the case with a season-ender of this successful AMC drama series, there was a big death to say goodbye. Turns out, this death may just have been a catalyst for giving the tired show a new lease of life. 



When the episode got underway, the Alexandrians reacted with shock and anger to Dwight showing up and offering his help to kill Negan. Tara quizzed him about killing Denise, but he said he had to do it. 


Just as Daryl was about to kill Dwight, Dwight claimed he could help with the looming war and told the group that Negan and his men were coming to take down Alexandria the next day. 


He offered to help them wipe the Saviors off the face of the earth. Surprisingly, decided to take Dwight up on his offer and sent him on his way back to the Sanctuary. 


The next morning, Carol took the Kingdom and Shiva towards Alexandria. On their travels, they bumped into Morgan, who was going after the Saviors alone. Carol managed to talk him into joining them. 


Back in Alexandria, Jadis and her group appeared to take control of the guns, while Rosita set up bombs around the perimeter to take Negan out once and for all. 



When the Saviors arrived, Sasha pressed the detonator on the bomb, but nothing happened. In a shocking turn of events, Jadis and her people were revealed to be traitors and had made a better deal with Negan. 


All of her people turned their guns on the Alexandra people. After a tense bit of back and forth between Negan and Rick, the war was declared, but not before it was revealed that Sasha had killed herself in a coffin and tried to take a bite out of Negan. 


This caused the three factions to fight for survival, but ultimately, Negan managed to have Carl and Rick together. He told Rick he was going to kill Carl with one swing of Lucille. 



Rick told him to get on with it but warned he was still going to kill Negan. It was a bold accusation to make for someone who was about to die, but it showed just how much Rick had matured. 


When Negan first struck, Rick, did not know what to do or say to stop it. Thankfully, before there any bloodshed, the Kingdom and Hilltop arrived, and the war went into full force. 



Jadis’ people were pretty much made extinct, but Jadis fired a flare that found her people locking Rick’s group in and setting off bombs. In a flash, the villains had made their getaway. 


Daryl got word from Dwight that he had nothing to do with Jadis’ people turning the tables, while Rick and Carl found Michonne, who had survived her ordeal. 


Scenes of Sasha with all of the characters appeared sporadically through the episode. It was revealed that Sasha took the pill Eugene made for her. 


Negan questioned this back at the Sanctuary, but Eugene said she ran out of oxygen. Negan then told his troops to prepare for war. 


What did you think of all the drama? 


Sound off below!



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Tarek El Moussa: Am I Suffering from a Midlife Crisis?!?

Changes continue to be afoot for Tarek El Moussa.


But what do they mean?


That’s what Tarek himself is now wondering.



Over the past several days, fans of the Flip or Flp co-host have seen a surprising new side to El Moussa.


Most notably, they’ve seen his shirtless side, courtesy of a photo shoot that centered on Tarek’s VERY impressive physique.


Who knew he was hiding these rippling muscles and this well-sculpted six-pack under the shirt he always wore on HGTV and while making other public appearances?!?



Tarek shared pictures such as the one above in response to estranged wife Christina El Moussa doing the same.


In a clear battle of revenge bodies, Tarek felt a need to do something in reply after Christina stripped down to her bikini and took Instagram followers behind the scenes of an ad campaign that features both herself and her six-year old daughter.


While we were taken aback to see the ripped figure hiding under Tarek’s clothes, we can’t say we were too shocked by what Christina is rocking on a daily basis.


She’s always been very svelte and attractive.


Not that we’re complaining about the revealing photos, of course.



So anyway. This brings us to this past weekend and another picture posted by Tarek.


In his latest social media image, the reality star keeps his top on, but shifts his head over to give supporters a look at a new haircut.


We’ve shared the fresh look at the outset of this article and we aren’t even the ones questioning Tarek’s inspiration for it.


He’s the one who is openly speculating on why he’s undergone a makeover to various parts of his person.


“OH NO!!! New #clothing.. New #hairstyle…. #No more sandals!! Half #naked pics!!! Is this a mid life crisis??” El Moussa wrote as a caption to the black-and-white picture of his new haircut.


He added:


“My sister hooked up the new #hollyweird hair style @l33hairartistry… looking pretty fly for an #old guy!!”


Okay, so maybe Tarek is being a tad sarcastic here.



But no one could blame the guy if he really does want a fresh start.


It’s sounding more and more like Flip or Flop will get canceled after Season 7.


Christina has been making the media rounds and re-introducing herself to the world, most likely in the hopes of landing a solo series on HTV or another cable network.


Where would this leave Tarek, whose reputation isn’t exactly unassailable these days following a round of ugly rumors?


It’s hard to say.


But Tarek appears to see the writing on his professional wall and is trying to do something about it. He’s fighting back. He’s sharing his story.


And it actually is an inspiring story to share, considering El Moussa was diagnosed with both testicular cancer and thyroid cancer a few years ago.


“I shot this and was too embarrassed to share so I didn’t,” Tarek captioned one of his workout photos, adding:


“I know my journey has inspired many people so I made the difficult decision to post.. this is after battling 2 cancers and a debilitating back injury.”



Hoping to serve as a role model for other cancer survivors, he concluded:


“My doctor said ‘You would probably never be able to life weights again’… that motivated me to prove him wrong and get into the best shape of my life!!!


“Thank you to my trainer @quintin_tucker for all the hard work and motivation and @pyejirsa for the amazing photos.


“Remember….it’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”


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