They say every family holds a few skeletons in their closet, but when you're being filmed 24/7,
those secrets are bound to come flying out. And who doesn't love a good dirty
secret, especially when it deals with your favorite guilty pleasure reality show.
THE JENNERS
Last year the world saw an Olympian transform in front of their
television screens. Viewers of Keeping Up with the Kardashians started to notice
small changes in Bruce Jenner's appearance, from perfectly manicured
fingernails, to a shaven down trachea, many thought these slight changes were due to
his history with plastic surgery. As the world watched, Jenner declared to Diane
Sawyer on Twenty Twenty that the makeover wasn't some hip new Beverly
Hills fad, but rather something deeper. Jenner revealed that she had always wanted
to be a woman and revealed her new identity as Caitlyn. Caitlyn graced the cover
of Vanity Fair showing off her new looks and making the world think that she could be
Jessica Lange's sister.
THE DUGGARS
Having a family that has 19 + members, there's bound to be at least one individual with a troubled past.
The Duggars, stars of 19 Kids and Counting,
revealed a horrifying secret about their eldest son Josh Duggar. In In Touch magazine, it was
reported that he molested five girls, two of which were his sisters. Fans of this
mild mannered family were shocked to hear the parents knew about Josh's
secret, and instead of going to the authorities decided to keep it a secret.
That's not all josh was keeping from his TLC audience. Hackers released a list of
user information from the affair website Ashley Madison. Sure enough, Josh's name was on that
list of users. In the midst of a chaotic reveal, a few porn stars came forward
to announce that Josh had asked them to "fool around." Oh, did we mention that he is
newly married? His wife Anna stood by her man throughout this disgusting
announcement. Josh is currently in rehab for sex addiction, and
Anna, well she's pregnant.
THE GOSSELINS
For anyone who ever watched Jon and Kate Plus 8, you could tell this relationship was doomed
from the beginning. Watching this reality show is like watching a real-life version of the odd
couple, but with eight kids added into the mix.
Needless to say, when Kate's cheating accusations slowly creeped out like Nosferatu out of his
coffin, things were gonna get ugly. Kate accused Jon of cheating on her on her 34th birthday party.
Nothing screams happy birthday more like
your husband giving some other woman a happy ending.
Eventually the couple landed on vh1's Couples Therapy, where Kate stated that their
marriage was more like a business transaction...and not a romance. Ouch.
Would you like some aloe for that burn Jon? The couple called it quits in 2009, but the
reality show still continues...just minus Jon.
MAMA JUNE
It's not all glitz and glamour when you're in the pageant business, especially when you're part of
this family. June "Mama June" Shannon of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo split with her
longtime boyfriend David Michael "Sugar Bear" Thompson to reunite with an old
lover. mama June's old fling had a disgusting past that many of the viewing
audience weren't aware of. Mark McDaniel, a convicted child molester, was released
after a ten year prison term for allegedly molesting Mama June's daughter
Anna "Chickadee" Cardwell. After word got out,
TLC quickly dethroned the short live show.
KENDRA WILKINSON AND HANK BASKETT
We were first introduced to the sexy Tom girl Playboy bunny Kendra Wilkinson on Girls
Next Door. When the mansion closed their doors to E!'s camera crew, Kendra went
on to have her own spinoff, Kendra On Top. The show centers around her
seemingly perfect relationship with NFL player Hank Baskett. Everything seemed
wonderful until Kendra's Prince Charming was found cheating on her with a transgender model,
while Kendra was pregnant with her first child.
The model revealed that hank first became infatuated with her after
watching one of her YouTube videos, and offered the model $500 for some "TLC"
However, the wide receiver denied these allegations and stated that he met
her while attempting to buy weed. When Kendra heard the news she flipped out
on her not so perfect man, and flushed her million dollar ring down the toilet.
Regardless of what happened, the couple still remains together today, and
for the ring...think she's got a new one.
THE ROBERTSONS
Once you get rich from making duck whistles, you really should have your own reality show.
Jep Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame revealed in his book The Good, The Bad, The Grace of God:
What Honesty and Pain Taught Us About Faith, Family, and Forgiveness, that
he was sexually abused as a child by an older girl on the school bus. Robertson
skipped multiple days of school in order to miss his abuser and prayed a lot so that
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