Give Josh Duggar an A for effort, we guess.

But then an F for everything else he's done in his life.

On Monday afternoon, the prosecution called its final witness in its child pornography possession case against the former reality star, turning control of the proceedings over to Duggar's defense team.

And the first thing they did with this control?

Attempt to end the trial early.

At one crucial point yesterday, Josh's lawyer, Justin Gelfand, filed a motion for acquittal on both charges of receipt and possession.

The attorney formally stated there was "insufficient evidence of known possession" and "insufficient evidence of actually knowing receipt by Mr. Duggar of child pornography."

Gelfand mainly focused this argument on the testimony of James Fottrell.

A computer forensic analyst at the Department of Justice, Fottrell examined the devices Duggar kept at his place of work in early 2019 and was called to the stand on Friday.

According to Josh's attorney, this expert was unable to establish that Duggar actually downloaded any of the sexually graphic material he's been accused of downloading.

Such as at least one horrifying video of a baby getting tortured.

Fottrell made his case for the prosecution, outlining extensive time-and-place links between Duggar and the downloading/viewing of child pornography in his used car dealership office about two and a half years ago.

"I believe that evidence sufficient to go to the jury has been heard," Assistant United States Attorney Carly Marshall said in response to Gelfand's claim.

Inside of the courtroom, this prosecutor proceeded to run through Fottrell's forensic proof.

After hearing both sides, Judge Timothy L. Brooks sided with the prosecution.

He said he found there was "well more than sufficient evidence" for the trial to go on as planned.

The judge also said the evidence presented by the prosecution satisfied the conditions to move forward and stated that there was "a plethora of evidence here to suggest a reasonable jury from which they could find there was possession."

The defense's motion to acquit was therefore denied.

During a four-hour cross-examination late last week Fottrell explained what he found on Duggar's work computer.

He pointed to cached data and thumbnails auto-created when files are downloaded and accessed that proved illegal photos and videos had once existed on this device.

It was "forensically challenging" to do so, he admitted under oath.

But not impossible.

"Some offenders understand it's dangerous to possess the material of this nature so they download it, view it and then delete it," versus amassing a library, Fottrell said.

He addded that he had found full-sized originals of one lewd collection of photographs in a part of the hard drive that retains deleted files.

While Fottrell was called to testify to technical details that allegedly proved Josh's guilt, the prosecution wrapped up its case by calling upon Bobye Holt.

A former very close family friend of the Duggars, Holt said she was present in March 2003 when Josh confessed to the molestation of a five-year old.

Just like she did at a pre-trial heating, Holt swore that Duggar said back then that he groped this child under her shirt and under her pants while she sat on his lap, reading the bible.

"You don't forget something like that. It completely impacted our families," said Holt, adding that her daughter was dating Josh at the time of this incident.

In April, Josh was arrested on one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.

The 19 Kids and Counting alum pleaded not guilty the following day in court and was later released from jail to his designated third-party custodians, family friends Lacount and Maria Reber.

He faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted on both these charges.

The trial is expected to conclude in a couple days.

I’m not sure if writer Charles Jensen expected his tweet about memorable line deliveries to take off the way it did, but I absolutely spent Saturday morning in bed with my wife scrolling through the responses and clicking on my favorites.

What’s a line delivery you’ll never forget?

— The Island of Dr Moreau’s Misfit Toys (@charles_jensen) November 28, 2021

While there are several responses that highlight some lines of dialogue that carry a lot of emotional weight, the thread has become a collection of wonderfully comedic moments.

pic.twitter.com/vhW8S2L1N6

— Jingle🎄Mel (@DokiDokiMel) December 2, 2021

i love how innocently Bart says it and when combined with Dolph’s reaction it’s just perfect pic.twitter.com/WKLYtOknK2

— OwlexanderH (@OwlexanderH) November 30, 2021

pic.twitter.com/dCAccBOPj5

— lemuel | legends ot 4×12 (@MATTF0GGY) November 30, 2021

Its just a ben 10 classic https://t.co/lDc1qTYqWQ pic.twitter.com/SBhPgQIm6U

— Cinos the Swagmaster (@Cinos_Ben) December 3, 2021

And then?

Anime Twitter found the thread.

those crazy contraptions can’t create the kind of classic catastrophe one can cause by cleverly concealing a calamitous crater https://t.co/tZ4Ceaoz6W pic.twitter.com/4GXAz8MCoC

— Out of Context Pokemon (@OoCPokemon) December 4, 2021

Anime Twitter always understands the assignment. How can it not, when there are series like Zombie Land Saga?

this is like a hot knife into my funny bone every single time https://t.co/HQ2tIhKpbm pic.twitter.com/TotCkh6TfU

— percy 🪰🔜 despair (@percivore) December 3, 2021

Anime Twitter also has series like Ghost Stories, which has a kind of infamous reputation because everyone was pretty much allowed to do whatever they wanted with the dub. The series flopped in Japan, so when the opportunity to dub it came up, the studio was given free rein as long as they kept character names intact, didn’t change how a ghost was killed, and didn’t change the meaning of the episode.

It led to, well …

The way not A SINGLE one of you motherfuckers talked about Ghost Stories dubbed is insanity https://t.co/LFq1TrezPz pic.twitter.com/jBwdTp79oZ

— 😴 (@affluentcadence) December 4, 2021

cant believe i havent seen a ghost stories clip on here yet https://t.co/sAgzxy7Ruy pic.twitter.com/diktMx1My7

— lou (@chuuxing) December 3, 2021

Rent Free https://t.co/aF23RAXP0A pic.twitter.com/h9MbQOnEqa

— Blxxk Anime 🖤🖤 (@blxxkAnime) December 3, 2021

Yes, Anime Twitter is always ready to remind you that dubbed anime has some of the best lines of all time.

YOU MEAN THERES SOME KIND OF NEW POKEMON CALLED THERAPY https://t.co/G5cmqtsTzX pic.twitter.com/6d1vxAPAqY

— cole (@PupCatAsh) December 4, 2021

Go bleach ur rOots creeP
Fine💅 https://t.co/BknBkOwpGA pic.twitter.com/O4LKYA44eS

— s t a r f i s h 🐠 @ con crunch hell (@Starfishdrawz) December 3, 2021

Damn. Sick burn, Mercury.

As to be expected, a lot of the anime line hilarity is from what I like to think of as the before times (not all of it, but a lot of it). The before times are back when I was first getting into anime, back when it was still trying to find a place in our media, back when it ranged from “my parents would burn all my VHS tapes if they saw this” to “let’s just call this a doughnut because we don’t wanna confuse the kids” or whatever.

Those clips are, in hindsight, pretty fun to watch these days, mostly because they feel like an attempt at making anime palatable for our parents because having your character die and go to hell would be too frightening so, um, Home For Infinite Losers?

And with that Kidz Bop mentality in place, we got some real gems.

Iconic ✨ https://t.co/8MKGPZxucA pic.twitter.com/w2FBg9JeBu

— 🌺 MadAsThyHatter – Commissions Closed 🌺 (@MadAsThyHatter) December 4, 2021

I have a select few https://t.co/cS8CPplUiN pic.twitter.com/iH7LNjSJ8z

— Yuya Dark (@GeneralTempest) December 4, 2021

There are, however, a few clips that are just baffling to watch. These are the kinds of moments that make you go, “Did you remove some of the scenes?” or “Was anyone giving the voice actors any kind of direction?” Don’t get me wrong; you end up laughing so hard that you can feel tears dotting your eyelashes, but while I can kinda understand someone having Sailor Mercury tell a villain to “bleach his roots” because “total ’90s insult, lol” I can’t quite explain this:

https://t.co/FYboBDivrj pic.twitter.com/yEosWSmaoi

— aki hayakawa enjoyer (@silvimps) December 3, 2021

Or this:

I could list this whole performance https://t.co/iKUHypRIUm pic.twitter.com/YSB0TI9HCP

— bingus forgustard (@wondernyanz) December 3, 2021

Do yourself a favor and watch this compilation video here. The Devilman dub is truly a “WHY GOD” masterpiece of our generation.

While anime has certainly come a long way from Ryo’s extremely relatable mood of “I don’t give a shit,” back in the day, this was the kind of work fans would point to when bemoaning a dub release (and, yes, the 4Kids stuff, too), especially when they were able to see what the source material was supposed to look like (thank you, internet).

We often talk about the censorship that happened, back when queer couples were labeled as “cousins” and episodes would be arranged out of order or removed entirely. But along with that came dubs that were, well, like Devilman here, which has since become a sort of time capsule to what watching anime used to be like before the localization quality got better.

Now we’re laughing because it actually is funny.

idk if someone has put this yet but this. lives in my head. everyday. https://t.co/4iI5SrSCD6 pic.twitter.com/Ejgk02kNdw

— stella ✨ (@kaohhapi) December 4, 2021

Of course, it’s not just anime that has been immortalized for having some unintentionally hilarious line reads. Anime probably is more known for it, but video games definitely got a raw deal back in the day, too.

Jarek’s VA was able to convey so many complex emotions here 🥲 https://t.co/J0lESo40yl pic.twitter.com/YaW21H7sEd

— CGL (@ConsoleGamingLG) December 2, 2021

What are some of your favorite anime line deliveries? Here are some of mine (that haven’t already been shared). Nothing serious—I’m keeping it light, because it’s Monday and that’s where my head is.

For a classic dub choice, here is a compilation of the times they scrambled to say “cousins” in Sailor Moon.

For a recent one from this year, here is the totally necessary pause between “my love” and “skateboarding” in SK8 the Infinity.

Once upon a time, in My Hero Academia, Deku was a tiny boy who figured that he’d “just die” when he tripped over his own feet.

Terry Bogard saying “feel the storm, it’s coming,” in the Fatal Fury Motion Picture.

I am RIGHT OVER HERE so come and KILL MEEEEE! Thank you, Gundam Wing.

(Image: Discotek Media/DIC Entertainment/Sunrise)

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Chris Cuomo has been by CNN.

But the former anchor may soon have a lot more to worry about than where his next paycheck comes from.

In a statement released Sunday, attorney Debra Katz said she contacted the network last Wednesday to report allegations of sexual misconduct made against Cuomo by an unnamed client.

Cuomo was let go late last week after it came out that he used his contacts as a journalist to assist his brother -- disgraced ex-Mayor Andrew Cuomo -- fight back against his own set of sexual harassment allegations.

According to Katz, meanwhile, her client was prepared to speak with CNN's legal counsel and to go public with her accusations against Cuomo when his firing occurred.

"My client came forward at this time because she felt in sharing her story and related documentation, she could help protect other women," Katz said.

She added that woman "will continue to cooperate with CNN's investigation into her allegations" and continued as follows:

"In the wake of public sexual harassment allegations against former Governor Andrew Cuomo, Chris Cuomo looked directly into the camera and told viewers of Cuomo Prime Time, 'I have always cared very deeply about these issues and profoundly so.

"'I just wanted to tell you that.'

"Subsequently, the Attorney General released jaw-dropping documentary evidence demonstrating that Chris Cuomo played an active role in attempting to smear women whom the Attorney General concluded had made serious allegations of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct against the Governor.

"Hearing the hypocrisy of Chris Cuomo's on-air words and disgusted by his efforts to try to discredit these women, my client retained counsel to report his serious sexual misconduct against her to CNN."

No details of the alleged harassment have been made public.

On Saturday, Cuomo's spokesman, Steven Goldberg, told The New York Times and The Washington Post on Saturday that the allegations against Chris Cuomo were not true.

The new misconduct claim comes after a veteran TV executive, Shelley Ross, wrote a column for The New York Times in September saying Cuomo had groped her at a party 16 years ago ... when they both worked for ABC News.

Cuomo told the publication this fall that “I apologized to her then, and I meant it.”

Also over the weekend, CNN tweeted about Cuomo's termination, posting a message that reads as follows:

Chris Cuomo was suspended earlier this week pending further evaluation of new information that came to light about his involvement with his brother's defense.

We retained a respected law firm to conduct the review and have terminated him.

Cuomo, meanwhile, responded to his ousting on Twitter shortly after the news went viral.

"This is not how I want my time at CNN to end but I have already told you why and how I helped my brother," he wrote.

"I could not be more proud of the team at Cuomo Prime Time and the work we did as CNN's #1 show in the most competitive time slot.

"I owe them all and will miss that group of special people who did really important work."

Based on numerous transcripts, video interviews and text messages released Monday by the New York Attorney General's Office:

Chris Cuomo used his media "sources" and "other journalists" to look into the women who accused his brother, who then was the governor of New York, of sexual harassment.

Attorneys subsequently recommended to CNN that it terminate Chris Cuomo.

He was informed of this decision on Saturday.

Josh Duggar's trial has involved descriptions of the sick and twisted evidence in the case.

But the case doesn't hinge upon what was accessed so much as it does upon proving that Josh accessed it.

The prosecution has presented a lot of detailed forensic evidence regarding their physical and electronic search.

Josh's high-priced defense team is working around the clock to cast doubt on every shred of it. Will it work on the jury?

In court on Friday, Justin Gelfand left no stone unturned while attempting to dismantle the testimony of James Fottrell.

Fottrell is one of the leading computer forensic analysts for the Department of Justice.

Gelfand is a former federal prosecutor, and was relentless in reiterating and dissecting every piece of evidence in the case.

A major highlight of Gelfand's defense strategy on Friday was to focus on what Fottrell might have done while investigating Josh, but did not.

Experts often draw extremely informed conclusions while technically not being able to rule out alternatives.

Time and time again, Gelfand admonished Fottrell "I don't want you to guess" in court.

An obsessive fixation upon detail is pretty key to any side of a court case ... but it's also a way to overwhelm jurors with information and potential doubts.

Fottrell did not yield during four hours of testimony on Friday, standing by the evidence and the case.

It is expected that Gelfand will bring out the defense's own forensic analyst to further muddy the waters.

Among things that Gelfand brought up was a USB drive that was plugged into Josh's computer on the day when the Linux partition was created.

Why? Because the drive contained two word documents and a slideshow presentation. Fottrell didn't see it as relevant.

Fottrell also had to clarify that Covenant Eyes, the spyware program used by Anna to monitor Josh's activity, cannot simply be turned off by clicking the icon.

The router in the office was neither seized nor examined, and Fottrell had to clarify that it's not a likely treasure trove of exculpatory evidence.

When Gelfand pushed the idea of a pattern of remote access to the office computer, Fottrell did not agree.

He acknowledged that it was possible, but not supported by any evidence.

There are hints that this may be an idea that the defense pushes after the prosecution rests.

This may be why Fottrell had a chance to elaborate on why the idea of a sinister remote access job to frame Josh.

For one thing, remote access to a computer (as anyone who has gotten help from tech support knows) means that everything is visible on the monitor.

Every mouse movement, every keystroke, everything displayed on the screen -- from launching a peer-to-peer program to using a tor browser to switching to the Linux partition.

The Linux operating system has its own login screen and password, which an alleged remote operator would need to know and type in.

At any point, if Josh had been in the office but innocently working, he would not have been able to help noticing what his own computer was doing.

Fottrell acknowledged that some of the evidence was "forensically challenging," because it appeared that efforts had been made to purge the child sexual abuse material.

This is why no full, intact video files were recovered, despite "lots of good evidence" that they had been accessed.

However, there was a cache of auto-created thumbnails from when the files were created, and Fottrell was able to identify this gruesome content and confirm tht it existed.

"Some offenders understand it's dangerous to possess the material of this nature so they download it, view it and then delete it," Fottrell explained.

He referred to this as a "Netflix effect," with risk-averse sexual predators no longer amassing large media libraries of abused children.

Fottrell noted that they were able to find the full-sized originals of one set of disturbing images despite efforts to delete it.

There is a reason that juries are asked to convict unless they find that there is "reasonable doubt," rather than any doubt whatsoever.

Josh, like any other defendant, could conjure up unlikely hypotheticals to explain this or almost anything else -- disgruntled employees, vindictive frame jobs, political conspiracies.

It is up to the jury to see through deliberate obfuscation and the defense's various strategies and determine what explanations are reasonable and likely.

This weekend, Sony Pictures released a teaser trailer for the sequel to the Academy Award-winning animation feat Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse with Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Part One). Because Miles is visually aged up, Oscar Issac exists, and nearly every individual frame in this series is a piece of art, everyone began screen-sharing moments of the trailer.

It’s here that some began to see that Miles’ hair texture looks like it came from a different part of the Spidey-verse.

He went from 4b to 3b lol. Yoooooo… pic.twitter.com/9BGlummSQt

— Taylor Goethe 🔥FREELANCER🔥 (@InspectorNerd) December 5, 2021

Hey Sony can you return his hair back to the way it was?

Better graphics doesn’t mean miles’ hair texture should change https://t.co/QGmIEzQ7gD

— thot leedurr (@DocDre) December 5, 2021

pic.twitter.com/rxfcGo9eXS

— ✌︎︎Nicomaki✌︎︎(200/1000)🏴‍☠️Nicos silly rabbit (@THEEDeezumaki) December 5, 2021

This last comparison (and others having a similar conversation) also prompted For All Nerds Alumni Host DJ Benhameen to create this meme of the teaser footage over Soul Glo music from Coming to America.

Spider-Verse got the Soul Glo? #IntoTheSpiderVerse2 #acrossthespiderverse
Edit by @djbenhameen pic.twitter.com/figIf1tmWp

— Twitch.tv/ForAllNerds (@ForAllNerds) December 6, 2021

To all the defenders: no

Some of the defense of this change comes out of a general misunderstanding about hair texture, while others are straight-up anti-Black.

For example, some say something along the lines of “he is now showering, so his hair is nicer.” No, stop it. This attitude perpetuates the racist stereotype that kinkier and tighter-textured hair is dirty. This is why 3-4 hair types (especially women and femmes—and starting from a young age) feel pressured to get our hair straightened with chemicals (Just For Me), heat, weaves, or a combination of the three.

The change in Miles Morales’ hair texture may not seem like a big deal, but it is. It reinforces antiblack narratives surrounding texturism and the idea of “bad hair” or “pelo malo” which is already deeply engraved in Puerto Rican culture. It might seem subtle but it’s NOT okay. pic.twitter.com/oPj17dEIRx

— CapriCOÑO ♑ (@tentaculous) December 5, 2021

There is no such thing as “biracial hair”

Others on the defensive point to the looser curls as a visual cue that Miles is more mixed. I use “mixed” and not “biracial” (even though some tried that) because being Puerto-Rican (his mother) or being Latinx, in general, is not a race. Latinidad is Black, white, and Indigenous heritage mixed to various degrees.

Now that Race/Ethnicity 101 is out of the way, there is no one way of looking multi-ethnic, biracial, etc.

That’s why people saying his hair texture being looser in the sequel cause he’s mixed is a reach to me … they just want him to be more palatable or it was a quick animation job to get a teaser out (hoping the latter). Either way keep the pressure so they fix it like Sonic movie

— Daric C., M.A. (He/Him/Él) (@DaricCott) December 5, 2021

Just because those with a white parent and a Black parent (like myself) get the most representation in media, it doesn’t mean all people of multiple ethnicities look like us. (And we don’t all have similar features like texture, features, and skin color!) That expectation extends to Miles, whose parentage (racially not ethnically) is vaguely similar.

WHY ARE PPL FLIPPING OUT OVER A SMALL OBSERVATION? PLUS THE “He’s half Hispanic”? Y’ALL KNOW JACK ABOUT BLACK PPL HAIR 💀

HE LOOK “HISPANIC” IN THE FIRST PICTURE, AND THE 2ND ONE KINDA LOOK THE SAME WITH THE ADDITION OF THE SWIRLY SHIT BUT YOU CAN’T SAY IT DON’T LOOK LOOSER💀🤥 https://t.co/mybxAohuP9

— Sorry if you followed for art LFMAIOASKGYJ🤷🏾‍♀️ (@NicosBigHead) December 5, 2021

This is so upsetting to me. Like very much so because there are barely any animated characters with hair like this. They literally changed his dna, for what? It’s not a little hairstyle change, it’s not even an art style change. His genes are different https://t.co/Iio8cDhObz

— Teju Abiola 👩🏾‍🎨 (@tejuabiolaart) December 5, 2021

The only excuse I’m taking at this point is that all the events and massive radiation scenes from the first movie did something to his hair. This is not a serious theory; I’m just scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point. We’re all super excited to see this movie and hope that this either gets fixed or is both explained (by official sources or in the film) and adjusted narratively. This is especially pressing because they are working on Part One and Part Two simultaneously.

(Image: Sony Pictures Animation)

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It's not often that Kylie Jenner goes a full month without posting anything on Instagram.

In fact, it's rare that a single day passes in which Kylie doesn't offer up something in the way of new content for her 286 million followers.

Sadly, the reasons for this sudden hiatus are well known to most of those followers.

On November 5 of this year, 10 people lost their lives at a Houston music festival hosted by Jenner's partner, Travis Scott.

An out-of-control crowd caused the deaths along with hundreds of injuries, and many observers of the situation feel that Scott is at least partially to blame.

Both Travis and Kylie have issued public statements regarding the tragedy, but they've both decided to otherwise steer clear of all forms of media.

The couple was originally scheduled to appear on this month's cover of W magazine, but both the cover and the accompanying article about Scott and Jenner were pulled at the last minute.

The decision was so abrupt that the issue was already printed, and some copies had already been sent out to newsstands.

"W editors have cleared any planned coverage of Travis and Kylie from their website, but the magazine was already printed, and now they are trying to stop the delivery trucks," a source told Page Six at the time.

"In light of what happened at Astroworld, the interview and cover lines seem inappropriate, to say the least."

Since some copies wound up in the hands of retailers, it was only a matter of time before content from the scrapped issue wound up on social media.

That finally occurred over the the weekend, when an Instagram user posted a photo of Kylie and Travis' cover, along with some excerpts from their interview.

Now, the article is creating some confusion among fans, thanks to a claim by the magazine that Scott and Jenner are no longer a couple.

"Travis and Kylie seemed very comfortable under the sheets, but even though they will soon have two children together -- their daughter, Stormi, is 3 -- they are not a couple, and haven't been in two years," the author of the article writes.

"They're the modern family!" the write continues.

"As they expect their second child together, former couple Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are creating their own definition of family."

The article later states that Kylie is following in Kourtney and Khloe's footsteps, both of whom created families with male partners, "without necessarily ever marrying them."

Despite the fact that the interview took place before the Astroworld tragedy, the confusing chronology of events led to rumors that Kylie broke up with Travis because of what happened at the concert.

Now, however, multiple sources have come forward to set the record straight:

It seems that Kylie and Travis did break up back in 2019, but they got back together shortly thereafter, and they've been together ever since.

One insider tells TMZ that Scott and Jenner are "legitimate lovebirds" who are "100% together at the moment."

The insider points out that "neither Kylie nor Travis is ever quoted directly about defining [their relationship]," though there is a point at which Kylie hints at the possibility of one day marrying Scott:

"I'm still only 24. And Travis and I are happy where we are. But who knows?" she's quoted as saying.

"I'm pregnant now and when I wear a wedding dress, I don't want to be pregnant."

Khloe Kardashian also shot down the rumors that Kylie and Travis have broken up:

"They are very much a couple," Khloe commented on a TikTok post showing portions of the article.

So Scott's family situation is as stable as ever -- but in every other respect, the rapper's future is very uncertain.

Multiple families of victims have declined Scott's offer to pay for their loved one's funeral, and legal experts say the forthcoming lawsuits could leave Scott on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars.

At the moment, it doesn't look as though Scott will face any criminal charges, but a police investigation into the matter is still ongoing.

As for Travis' career, it's anyone's guess if it will ever recover.

In addition to the pulled magazine cover, the release for a line of Nike shoes bearing Scott's name has been postponed indefinitely.

Needless to say, this matter is far from over.

Jen Shah’s life is crumbling before us. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star has managed to eclipse the ultimate housewives scandal of the year – Erika Jayne’s fall from grace. Despite lesser media coverage (for now), Jen’s situation is much more dire. On this season of RHOSLC, we saw her being chased down by the feds before she had the chance to go on a cast trip. She was subsequently arrested and charged with money laundering and fraud, an allegation that she strongly denies. Jen continued filming the season and we get to watch her castmates and friends take sides while they grapple with the severity of it all. And Jen still has allies.

But even if Jen is getting off easy with the RHOSLC cast, she is facing a barrage of negativity when it comes to her persona. Meredith Marks already accused Jen’s assistant of shop lifting. The assistant denies it, but the suggestion that Jen and her team have always been sus lingers. Legally, Jen has much bigger problems. The news that her right hand man, Stuart “Stu Chains” Smith, who was also charged in this mess, has changed his plea to guilty, indicating that he might toss Jen under the bus for a deal. As if that wasn’t enough, a new Hulu documentary about Jen’s troubles was rushed to our screens. It didn’t paint her in a good light, although we already knew that would be the case. Suddenly, the alleged theft of a clutch doesn’t seem like a story at all.

 

RELATED: Jen Shah Says Hulu Documentary Has Violated Her Right To Have A Fair Trial

 

So while Jen rushes to defend herself, fans have given her the Erika treatment. They are (rightfully?) tearing her apart on social media, spurred on by Jen’s completely self-righteous attitude about the matter. Like Erika, she shows no remorse or accountability and instead, seems to enjoy lashing out for attention. One such fan who is blasting Jen is none other than actress Jennifer Lawrence. JLaw is well-know for being a housewives fan, so naturally she weighed in. As reported by Too Fab, JLaw didn’t hold back when she spoke with recently spoke with Vanity Fair.

JLaw said that Jen has a”total lack of accountability” about her situation. She added that she “could write a dissertation on the mesmerizing toxicity” of Jen. JLaw continued, “She has the strongest case of personality disorder I’ve ever seen in my life. You know those people who don’t take any accountability ever — to where you almost feel jealous? Total lack of accountability, lack of shame.”

 

RELATED: Jen Shah’s Employee Who Allegedly Stole A Green Clutch From Meredith Marks Used To Work For Heather Gay Until She Had To Fire Him

 

JLaw went on to explain why Jen’s behavior has bothered her so much. She said, “I’m almost like, How dare you? I lie in bed worrying about accidentally hurting someone’s feelings, worrying about everything. That’s probably why it burns my biscuit so much.” Whew, this Oscar winning actress really is not holding back and I’m here for it. It’s so rare that (real) celebrities are so candid.

As for Jen, she continues to maintain her innocence. In a RHOSCL episode confessional, she said, “What I have been accused of is absolutely the complete opposite of anything I would ever do in my life. If I have any fault, it is because I am too giving and I help too many people.”

 

RELATED: Heather Gay Defends Jen Shah For Calling Her Shrek, Lying About Sharrieff Shah’s Internal Bleeding, And Yelling At Her Ex-Employee

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Earlier this month, Michelle Young made history as The Bachelorette.

At the same time, executives in charge of this franchise went ahead and did the exact opposite.

Young, as you likely know by now, became the first series lead to select four people of color as her finalists, as suitors Brandon, Rodney, Joe and Nayte all went on quasi hometown dates with Michelle last week.

And then as soon as this special episode concluded?

ABC aired a promo for The Bachelor, officially confirming Clayton Echard as the Season 26 anchor.

Echard, of course, did NOT advance to the hometown date portion of Young's season.

Over the years, at almost every turn, producers had either chosen a runner-up or maybe a second runner-up from the previous Bachelorette or Bachelor season to serve as the next franchise star.

Why did the show therefore break from tradition in the case of Clayton Echard?

The answer isn't really a mystery, according to members of the Bachelor Diversity Campaign, a collective of fans who want to see the show step up its commitment to diversity.

"It’s a tired choice for a tired audience that is craving and demanding more," this coalition said late last week to Yahoo Entertainment.

"We have seen this show before, quite literally over 20 times.

The group made a point of adding that this beef wasn't related to Echard directly.

Continued the statement:

"This is not a knock to Clayton, who seems like a nice guy from our very limited introduction to him.

"But frustration that producers ignored more visible, impactful and diverse contenders from this season and last in order to show us the same tired formula."

Back in 2020, this same group started a Change.org petition to push for the first-ever Black Bachelor.

They said at the time it was "unacceptable" that every single lead to that point had been white, calling in their petition for a number of changes to "combat racism" in the show's future.

Shortly afterward, Matt James landed the role of The Bachelor.

He, of course, selected Rachael Kirkconnell as his winner -- only to then learn she had a history of racially-insensitive social media posts.

James dumped Kirkconnell in response (although the two have since gotten back together) and Chris Harrison was forced out as host due to the terrible way he handled this scandal.

It was a mess.

And it's hard not to think the controversy did play a role in producers wanting to make a "safe" choice for Season 26 with Echard.

"The criticism of choosing Clayton as the next Bachelor has nothing to do with Clayton himself. It can't be personal actually, because viewers don't know him," added the Bachelor Diversity Campaign.

"He was not a primary contender on the show and we weren't given a chance to learn his story.

"So the fact that he was chosen as the Bachelor over BIPOC contestants who went further in the process, and therefore had more screen time and audience exposure, highlights once again that ABC makes the show it wants to.

"The question really is, why does ABC continue to want to make a show with a white lead when there are multiple Black contestants they had to pass by to do so?"

ABC doesn't need to cast a Black Bachelor every season, of course.

But, as cited above, it's impossible here to not notice that higher-ups ignored their "own established pattern" of selecting series leads, the group said to Yahoo.

"Breaking their own loosely-created rules to make exceptions for white contestants at the exclusion of BIPOC contestants only highlights how far we haven't come," reads the message.

Concludes the Bachelor Diversity Campaign:

This choice of a lead, who the audience barely got to know over the course of the season, continues to perpetuate the idea that to be a white lead on the show you simply need to be likable and look stereotypical of what is supposedly 'attractive' to the audience demographics;

Whereas, to be a BIPOC lead you need to be full of qualifications and highly regarded, someone who won’t make mistakes.

Neither anyone associated with Warner Bros. nor ABC has yet commented on this line of criticism.

Last week, Tristan Thompson was accused of cheating on Khloe Kardashian again.

This time, instead of salacious photos or a too-close-to-home scandal or a social media reveal, the accusation is part of a paternity case.

Reports say that Khloe isn't sure what to think, but has a very good reason for not confronting the alleged new baby mama.

Publicly, Khloe has only one thing to say.

Tristan Thompson is currently facing off against a child support lawsuit.

Maralee Nichols allegedly welcomed his third child last week.

Based upon the possible time of conception, it sounds like Tristan was back with Khloe.

Khloe has become increasingly private and even withdrawn in recent years.

Oh, she still flaunts her incredible revenge body in ads for her clothing brand, and she still engages on Twitter.

But despite her family's empire being built upon access and exposure, Khloe has set more and more boundaries on what she is willing to share.

That does not mean that she does not have her own way of making noncommittal comments on current events.

Time after Time, Khloe has come up with wildly unsubtle ways of telling people what's on her mind without making a formal statement.

This is no exception.

“I just don’t have time for negative energy, and even when I do, I still don’t,” Khloe shared on her Instagram Stories.

That was a re-share from an Instagram account called Girl Unfiltered.

Khloe posted this on December 2 -- the same day on which Maralee gave birth.

Khloe shared another quote.

This one read: “You are currently living at least one of the prayers you used to pray.”

It sounds as if she is focusing upon things for which she feels gratitude in this moment when she could easily dwell upon grim thoughts.

Meanwhile, an inside source spoke to Hollywood Life about what Khloe is thinking off of Instagram.

“Khloe is tired of Tristan getting into situations that embarrass her and the family,” the insider explained.

We often take a skeptical view of unconfirmed reports, but we certainly believe that Khloe is feeling some fatigue at this familiar drama.

31-year-old Maralee has taken Tristan to court, asking for child support.

Tristan has already admitted that he had sex with Maralee in Houston back in March.

He is, however, asking for a paternity test.

“[Khloe] wants to get to the bottom of it all," the source continued.

"And," the insider added, Khloe "wants to give him the benefit of the doubt."

The source pointed out the obvious: "But here we are with yet another instance where Tristan is in the news for all the wrong reasons."

“Khloe doesn’t know if she should be sad, happy, or indifferent right now," the insider noted.

"She hopes that it all isn’t true," the source shared, "and time will tell."

The insider reported: "But in the time being, she isn’t going to jump to conclusions until she has all available info."

“Khloe wants to speak to Maralee ASAP," a second source said.

"And," the insider revealed, "she is planning to reach out to her."

"But," the source explained, "not until Maralee has time to heal from childbirth."

"She doesn’t want to confront her in any way,” the insider emphasized.

“Khloe wants to speak to her woman to woman, mother to mother,” the source characterized.

For now, the insider says, Khloe “doesn’t know what to believe.”

Tristan already had three major cheating scandals ... so why is there doubt this time?

“Khloe doesn’t know what to believe," the source explained.

The explanation continued: "because Tristan is telling her that it was a one-night stand, and she is hearing that it was an affair."

“Tristan is saying this woman just wants his money," the insider shared.

"And," the source continued, "on the flip side of it, this woman may have just given birth to True’s sibling."

"At the end of the day, she and Tristan are not together because she cannot trust him," the insider pointed out. "This would just be the icing on the cake.”

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