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Jinger Duggar Says It ‘Would Scare Me’ If Her Kids Got Married at 19
The Duggar family is known for entering into marriage at younger ages, but Jinger Duggar is hoping her children will buck family tradition.
“My parents, they were married at 17 and 19, which is pretty young,” Jinger, 32, said on the Wednesday, February 11, episode of her eponymous podcast, referring to parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar. “That would scare me a little bit with my own kids.”
Jinger and her husband, Jeremy Vuolo, are parents of Felicity, 7, Evangeline, 5, and Finn, 11 months.
“I think all of us [siblings] would probably be like, ‘17, maybe not for a girl,’” Jinger said, acknowledging that Michelle, 59, was “ready to get married” before she turned 18. “It’s one of those things where you look at it [afterward].”
Jim Bob, 60, and Michelle have been married since 1984, going on to welcome 19 children together. They raised their children to follow a courtship-style of dating when entering into their own romantic relationships. Jinger, however, doesn’t necessarily plan to follow suit with her own kids.
“I think that the Bible’s clear about what purity is before marriage, but as far as the specifics, it’s not nailed down,” Jinger exclusively told Us Weekly in 2023. “[We were taught] you can’t go on a date with someone without a chaperone. You know, you can’t kiss before you’re married, you can’t hold hands, like, all the rules. I don’t see that in the word of God.”
According to Jinger, she wants her and Vuolo’s kids to be more open-minded as they grow up.
“I mean, sometimes things are trial and error,” the People Pleaser author told Us. “I want to equip them for life and give them the best possible lives that I can and point them to the word of God.”
Jinger Duggar and Jeremy Vuolo with their kids, her brother and ’19 Kids’ sound guy Jim Good and his wife. Courtesy of Jinger Duggar/ Instagram
She continued, “And then, at the end of the day, I think that they will grow and mature. I don’t think that courtship is a word that we’re gonna use with them at all because I don’t think that that’s the only way to find a spouse — or the best way — at all.”
Jinger, who was 22 years old when she married Vuolo, also saw some of her siblings follow in Jim Bob and Michelle’s footsteps when it came to getting married young. Jinger’s brother-in-law Ben Seewald, for his part, was 19 years old at his 2014 wedding to Jessa Duggar.
“One reason that comes to mind is [what] my parents have shared is them getting married young and then having kids young and raising them, and then now we’re getting married,” Seewald, 30, said on Wednesday’s podcast episode. “The grandkids are coming, and they’re still pretty young and they still have enough energy to get out and do fun stuff with the grandkids. I think you get more of a potential with that next generation … to just be more involved in their lives.”
Jinger Duggar has been honest about the challenges of growing up in the TLC spotlight — and of breaking free from the conservative teachings of her childhood. Jinger is one of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s 19 children who were raised as followers of the Institute in Basic Life Principles, a fundamentalist organization founded by […]
As for Seewald, he was also interested in the idea to “start life” with Jessa, 33, as soon as possible. (Jessa was 21 when they said “I do.”)
“I really wanted to start a family and just begin that aspect of my life,” he stated.
Jessa and Seewald are now parents of six, welcoming their youngest baby in 2025.
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“That was the government!” the “I Like It” rapper joked after returning to her feet.
Spencer Pratt’s Sister
A Vote For My Bro is a Vote For Stupidity!!!
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Spencer Pratt might have a ton of supporters backing his Los Angeles mayoral run … but, his sister Stephanie isn’t one of them — because she’s warning people not to elect him!
Stephanie took to social media Saturday to bash her bro’s political ambitions … admitting he’s done great work for the Pacific Palisades community — but he can’t be responisible for 4 million citizens.
Spencer’s only running to boost sales of his memoir “The Guy You Loved to Hate: Confessions from a Reality TV Villain,” Stephanie claims … and, she tells people to just wait and see what he does with their tax dollars if elected.
Stephanie does write she’s worried about Los Angeles — referring to Mayor Karen Bass as “ASSBASS” in one post — but adds the city doesn’t need “another unqualified and inexperienced mayor. A vote for him is a vote for stupidity.”
Spencer announced his run for mayor last month … speaking mainly about the mismanagement by the local government of the Pacific Palisades Fire which burned his house among many other structures in the area.
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We spoke to Spencer at a campaign event last week, and he’s confident he can defeat Mayor Bass — who he calls Karen Basura, trash in Spanish — mainly because he’s sure she’s going to end up in jail for obstruction of justice. Much of his comments seemed ripped straight from the President Trump political playbook
However, if he wants to move into the mayor’s residence, the Getty House, Spencer may need to address the discord in his own.
We’ve reached out to Spencer … so far, no word back.
Since the premiere of Love Is Blind in 2020, fans have wondered how effective the concept of speed-dating without seeing the other person actually is.
The show, which has aired eight seasons and spawned multiple international iterations, follows singles dating in pods over the course of 10 days. The kicker, of course, is that they cannot see one another. If couples find love, then they will get engaged without ever meeting face-to-face.
After leaving the pods, pairs will decide if their blind love can withstand real-life pressures and a wedding date within weeks.
Love Is Blind has proven to be a success with several couples, from Lauren Speed and Cameron Hamilton to Bliss Poureetezadi-Goytowski and Zack Goytowski, finding lasting love. Bliss and Zack even welcomed the first Love Is Blind baby, a daughter named Galileo, in 2024.
Scroll down to find out whether your favorite Love Is Blind couple is still together:
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Ex-Disney head Michael Eisner slams networks for paying Trump money in settlements over Kimmel: 'That was bad'
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Eisner addressed his reason for speaking out after Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show was suspended.
Travis Kelce
Maybe, I Should Stick to Football …
Hits Another Woman with Golf Ball!!!
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Travis Kelce‘s used to big hits while playing sports … but he’s not usually the guy doling them out — and certainly not with a golf ball!
The Kansas City Chiefs star played the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Friday … but ran into some trouble on the 18th hole — when he shanked a ball that smacked a bystander.
Check out the clip … the woman is being attended to by several staff members when Travis wades through the crowd.
Travis asks if she’s alright … and, the woman — later identified as Edenne Flinn of Salinas, California — seems to tell him she is. According to reports, Kelce signed an autograph for her.
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While we’re sure Travis’ golf game has improved over the years, this isn’t the first time he’s done something like this. We shared video with you in 2024 of Kelce comforting a bloodied woman after he hit her with a golf ball in Lake Tahoe.
Bottom line … Travis turns golf into a full contact sport — so keep your head on a swivel!
‘Silence of the Lambs’
Buffalo Bill Actor Addresses Transphobia Controversy …
‘F***ing Wrong’ Portrayal
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“Silence of the Lambs” totally missed the mark when it came to handling gender identity onscreen … so says one of the movie’s biggest stars.
Ted Levine — the actor who played Buffalo Bill in the hit 1991 film — finally addressed the controversy surrounding his character in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
If you haven’t seen the movie, Buffalo Bill is a serial killer who flays women and wears their skin over his own … which, in more recent years, many have claimed makes the character an unflattering portrayal of transgender or gender nonconforming people.
Levine told the outlet he didn’t play the character as either … he always portrayed him as a screwed-up straight man — and, he had no qualms about the character while shooting the movie.
However, Levine says now, “[It’s] just over time and having gotten aware and worked with trans folks, and understanding a bit more about the culture and the reality of the meaning of gender. It’s unfortunate that the film vilified that, and it’s f***ing wrong.”
Producer Edward Saxon echoed Levine’s sentiments … telling THR the filmmakers didn’t think they’d upset the transgender community because they didn’t consider Buffalo Bill trans.
They felt he just was a sick individual with an “aberrant personality.” However, Saxon admits he feels the team wasn’t sensitive enough to sterotypes.
He goes on, “There’s regret, but it didn’t come from any place of malice. It actually came from a place of seeing this guy. We all had dear friends and family who were gay. We thought it would just be very clear that Buffalo Bill adapts different things from society, from a place of an incredibly sick pathology.”
BTW … Saxon also takes aim at President Donald Trump in the interview — telling the outlet he feels the prez likening immigrants to Hannibal Lecter is “as perverse as anything we were able to come up with in the film.”
Bottom line … people involved in the film weren’t trying to offend anyone — but, they certainly understand why they did.
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Robin Williams 'had to be funny to survive,' says his “Good Will Hunting ”costar Stellan Skarsgård
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Skarsgård also recalled Williams needing to deliver a joke as soon as it came to him: “He had to produce it and get it out of the body. He couldn’t live with it inside.”
Guess Who
This Comedic Actor Is!
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This actor from across the pond has starred in — and even written — some of the biggest hit films of the 21st century … but, can you guess who he is without seeing his face?
It wasn’t mission impossible to get this star to talk to us back in 2015 outside celebrity hot spot Craig’s … and, he talked all about grooming for the modern man — including whether a dude would end up in some hot fuzz for getting a “Boy-zilian”
In fact, this British star says he’s cool with absolutely anything out there fellas wanna do!
Erika Kirk is marking the first Valentine’s Day without her late husband, right-wing conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
“What I would give for one more love letter… They had such a deep reverence about them,” Erika, 37, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, February 14, alongside a photo of a letter she received from her late husband prior to his untimely death.
“You’d intentionally set aside the noise of the world and hand me words that felt sacred filled with a depth of love both of us could never quite articulate,” she continued in the caption. “I read it all even slower now. And as I read your words, the weight on my heart reminds me of a reality that we were never promised gray hair and rocking chairs even though we assumed it was guaranteed. But my goodness, do I love telling the babies about the fullness of our covenant that left a mark on my soul. My favorite love story.”
Charlie was shot and killed in September 2025 while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. He was 31.
Charlie Kirk is being remembered on what would have been his 32nd birthday. A new video, shared by his widow, Erika Kirk, and his nonprofit Turning Point USA via Instagram on Tuesday, October 14, paid tribute to the memories the right-wing influencer left behind with his family, including clips from the couple’s wedding day, the […]
“It’s with a heavy heart that we, the Turning Point USA leadership team, write to notify you that early this afternoon, Charlie went to his eternal reward with Jesus Christ in heaven,” a statement from Turning Point USA read at the time, confirming the political activist’s death.
After a 33-hour manhunt, a 22-year-old suspect turned himself into authorities at the behest of his parents, was subsequently arrested and charged for allegedly murdering Charlie. He is currently being held without bail in a Utah jail. If convicted, the 22-year-old faces the death penalty.
Erika has since taken over as CEO of Turning Point USA, the right-wing conservative nonprofit cofounded by Charlie and Bill Montgomery in 2012. In the midst of pyrotechnic-heavy public remembrances, numerous public appearances, conservative in-fighting and a controversial hug with Vice President JD Vance, Erika has been outspoken about her personal experience with grief.
“…there is no linear blueprint for grief. One day you’re collapsed on the floor crying out the name Jesus in between labored breaths,” Erika, 36, wrote via Instagram in October 2025. “The next you’re playing with your children in the living rooms surrounded by family photos, and feeling a rush of something you can only attempt to define as divinely planted and bittersweet joy as a smile breaks through your face.”
Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) celebrated her 37th birthday with a throwback video of her late husband, Charlie Kirk. “I always loved celebrating you, and maybe because it was a reflection of how beautifully you always celebrated me,” Erika captioned an Instagram video on Thursday, November 20. “I romanticized growing old with you, the love of […]
She continued at the time, “They say time heals. But love doesn’t ask to be healed. Love asks to be remembered. It’s humbling to realize that this magnitude of suffering didn’t steal my love for my husband. It amplified it. It crystallized it.”
On Valentine’s Day 2026, Erika went on to urge her followers to “honor the Sabbath this weekend with your loved ones.”
“And if you’re married, take a minute to sit down and write to them a love letter. One that shows you see them, you love them, you honor them, and you want to continue to be better for them,” she added. “A letter like this might seem trivial, but you just never know the course life will take, if the Lord calls you home, even in your absence, as they reflect on your words, your love is still serving them.”
She concluded with a specific message to her late husband, “I love you Charlie baby, you will always be my Valentine.”
Whew, Roomies! Todd Tucker is calling cap on Kandi Burruss’ claims that he’s been living “rent-free” in her guest house. In previous court docs, the former ‘RHOA’ star aired out her estranged husband, accusing him of basically squatting in her home and not putting up a dime for the property’s upkeep. Now, Todd is clapping back in his own filings and setting the record straight about his living situation. On top of that, he’s also seeking temporary custody of their two children, Ace and Blaze.
RELATED: Whew! Kandi Burruss Claims Todd Tucker Lives “Rent-Free” In Her Guest House Amid Divorce & Hasn’t Pitched In For Their Kids
Todd Tucker Addresses Kandi Burruss’ “Rent-Free” Allegations In New Court Filing
According to TMZ, Todd Tucker responded to Kandi Burruss’ claims that he’s been living in her Atlanta guest house and dodging maintenance fees. In a new filing, Tucker admits he stayed in her guest house but says Kandi “unilaterally removed” him from the main house. He says her family allegedly moved his stuff without asking him or getting the court involved. Todd adds that he didn’t leave voluntarily but kept quiet to help “preserve peace and stability.”
The father of three also addressed Kandi’s claims that she’s been the sole provider for their kids. He says he’s actually been taking care of Ace and Blaze while Kandi has been busy working in New York. Additionally, Todd mentioned in his filing that before their split in November 2025, they both contributed to a shared bank account for expenses. Once they agreed to part ways, he said Kandi allegedly told him she would stop using the account and handle all of the bills herself. With that, Todd argued that Kandi’s claims about him being financially unstable are false.
“[Kandi] now attempts to reframe and weaponize this self-created financial arrangement as evidence of financial instability or neglect, while the timing and sequence of events demonstrate otherwise,” Todd reportedly notes in his filing.
Todd Reportedly Seeks Temporary Custody Of His & Kandi’s Kids
Todd didn’t stop there — he also called out Kandi for constantly throwing what he sees as negative shade at him. He says her comments are just a way to “shift the focus” from her extended “physical absence from their kids” and her “reliance on a third-party caregiver.” Because of that, Todd is reportedly seeking primary legal and physical custody temporarily until they lock in a permanent parenting plan. At first, Kandi wanted joint custody when she filed for divorce, but later switched to sole custody after Todd tried to claim it for himself.
The Internet Thinks Todd Was Taking Shots At Kandi With THIS Post
Even though Todd laid out his claims in new court docs, the internet thinks he already threw some shots at Kandi. Recently, he posted videos on his Instagram Story cruising around listening to Rick Ross’ ‘Stay Schemin’. Some folks on social media thought he was trolling, while others swore he might’ve been plotting something. That had ‘RHOA’ fans remembering when Kandi’s Aunt Bertha said, “it could’ve been scheme that Todd set up.” Peep the videos Todd shared below.
RELATED: Oop! Social Media Thinks Todd Tucker Clapped Back At Kandi Burruss’ “Rent-Free” Claims With ‘Stay Schemin’ Song (VIDEO)
What Do You Think Roomies?
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