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« Reality TV Listings: June 8, 2011 | Home | Jay Mohr Gives His Take on The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Thanksgiving » June 08, 2011 07:17 AM by Christine McDow In three weeks when The Bachelorette Ashley Hebert travels to Hong Kong, she is plus one bachelor.  As it was confirmed earlier this month, Bentley does make a return and shows up in Hong Kong, per Ashley’s request.  After she suffered such a “heartbreak” on this weeks episode , why would Ashley Hebert want Bentley to return? It was actually Ashley who insisted that Bentley return to the show.  Bentley at first refused, then relented and came to Hong Kong. An insider reported to Life & Style , Ashley wanted a second chance with Bentley, so she begged producers to get him on the phone and get him on a plane out to see her. She couldn’t stop thinking about him after he left her.” Read our exclusive interview with The Bachelorette’s Jesse Csincsak! So why did Bentley finally agree?  According to a friend of his, he wa...

Bentley Williams exited The Bachelorette last night, and thanks to brilliant editing, came off as the biggest jerk asshole the show has ever had. Just under half the episode was spent on his exit, which may have actually been the most dramatic in The Bachelorette’s history—although since he’ll be returning later this season, it doesn’t really count as an exit. The episode began with Ashley walking through a rock garden and telling us in an interview voiceover, “I completely fell in love with Bentley last night. There’s something about him that’s so sincere.” Anyone who’s ever watched a reality show knows what’s coming next: a complete lack of sincerity from Bentley, who Ashley knew before filming ever began was coming on the show for publicity, not love. Bentley never quite confirmed that, but told us in his interview, “I came in thinking that Ashley was not attractive at all. I knew for a fact that I wasn’t going to fall in love with her.” After saying goodbye to the other guys, who ...

Teen Mom »     by Andy Dehnart / May 6, 2011, 11:27 AM MTV’s Teen Mom has affected baby names, as parents have increasingly named their newborns after Maci Bookout and her son Bentley. The Social Security Administration announced that “Maci and Bentley had the biggest jumps in popularity.” For boys, Bentley had a 414 percent change, going from the 515th to 101st most-popular name between 2009 and 2010. For girls, it was Maci, with a 423 percent change, going from the 655th most-popular name in 2009 to 232nd in 2010. Maci and Bentley, who were also on 16 and Pregnant , will return to the show for its third season this summer; Teen Mom has also been renewed for a fourth season. The name with the second-greatest jump in popularity was Giuliana, and while I can’t imagine Style’s Giuliana & Bill is popular enough to impact that, it is an unusual enough name that it very well may have been. So yes, people actually name their kids after reality TV stars and other famous people. Among...