Now, this is just me, but if I were the star actress on a very successful TV show, I would never be getting pregnant at sixteen and ruining my career. But then there's Jamie Lynn Spears. Whether she deserved it or not, Jamie Lynn was the star of her very own TV series, Zoey 101.
Now, at sixteen, she's confirmed that she is twelve weeks pregnant. The father is her long-time boyfriend, Casey Aldridge. The two were seen apartment shopping over the summer in Valencia, California. However, Jamie Lynn is toying with the idea of raising the baby in Louisiana "so it can have a normal family life." Jamie Lynn met Casey in LA through church and they have been dating for a couple of years.
After taking two weeks to realize her mistake, Jamie went to her parents and friends for support. Her mother commented, in an interview for OK! magazine, "I didn't believe it because Jamie Lynn's always been so conscientious. She's never late for her curfew. I was in shock. I mean, this is my 16-year-old baby."
I, however, am not surprised. I mean, really, who didn't see this coming? Look at her last name: Spears. Look at the Spears family. Her big sister shaved her head, eloped with two different guys in Vegas, married K-Fed, had two children (with a third on the way), and has a history of running over the media's feet. Need I go on? I mean, the whole family is messed up. I hate Jamie Lynn with all my heart (I dare not go on my rant on her acting skills), but this is just pathetic. Way to throw your life away. I knew it was coming. Just like I knew "Baby V" was bad news. This is just another example of being a horrible role model.
Article comments
1 - Keely
Everyone needs to shut their mouth, you do NOT know this girl, so dont judge. Yes she made a mistake but guess what she already knows that and she is owning up to it. And please dont sit there and pretend you havent had sex before marriage, just because you got lucky and didnt get pregnant, so what!?!?! you still did the "deed". So give her the privacy and respect she deservs. ANd then for people calling her family twisted.. uhh do you know them,... no you only know what the media makes of them which isnt even who they are. People are so quick to judge these days, what is this world coming to.
Good luck Jamie lynn.
2 - Unknown
keely kick rocks and shut up.Anyway I liked Zoey 101 but I'am not going to watch it nomore.Anyways she is sixteen years old and is trying to be a mother no thats not cute. She's growing up to fast. Shes acting like just like her sister well I see the apple don't fall far from the tree. And shes going to get fired because nickelodeon will not support that she is pregnant she can be on lifetime or something but not on nickelodeon.This is what she get for being fast.
3 - Unknown
keely kick rocks and shut up.Anyway I liked Zoey 101 but I'am not going to watch it nomore.Anyways she is sixteen years old and is trying to be a mother no thats not cute. She's growing up to fast. Shes acting like just like her sister well I see the apple don't fall far from the tree. And shes going to get fired because nickelodeon will not support that she is pregnant she can be on lifetime or something but not on nickelodeon.This is what she get for being fast. How did she find time to make a baby? I wish her the best of luck.
4 - BOB
Babies are a blessing! These people are all ready rich, how is this going to ruin her life?
5 - David
Another spoiled Hollywood brat... I do hope they kick her off the show..maybe somebody in Tinsel town has morals...by the way Keely, its not a mistake, she and her boyfriend knew what they were doing...hmm and they met in church, gee wonder what the youth pastor is teaching kids in that church.
And Keely, no one is judging..just stating facts. Not every teen is having sex
6 - CallmeMaddy
Oh Keely, how wrong you are.
I'm sixteen and I'm still a virgin. And I plan to stay that way. So, no, I haven't done the "deed."
Second, Jamie WENT to OK! Magazine to announced the pregnancy. So, I don't think she deserves privacy.
Get your facts straight.
7 - Dawn
Great job Maddy, really, you are good role model for 16 year old girls. You give me hope.
As for any nitwits defending Jamie Lynn's carelessness, and lack of concern for her life, career and family - Jeebus get a grip.
Babies are a blessing - IF and ONLY IF they are had by mature, reasonable and age-appropriate people. None of which describes Jamie Lynn, or anyone in her extended family.
This sends a horrifyingly awful message to our young people and I pray Nickelodeon dumps her like a bad habit. Today's up and coming stars are really doing a number on this country's impressionable youth.
Keep up the good work Maddy - and being a virgin is still considered a virtue and object of pride in my book!
8 - Linda
Honestly I have to agree with the person below me. We do not live the same lifestyle as them. The scrutiny they undergo daily would be hell for any of us. I will not lie, I have have my own fair share of scares. Well 2 to be exact but Contraception was used. So any person who would say she is irresponsible for not using it and that she threw her life away is just trying to be controversial. Contraception is only 98% effective. Every person makes mistakes in their lives, EVEN YOU! So just relax mind your business and deal with your own life, your own problems, and the problems of your loved ones.
Good Luck Jamie Lynn!!!!
You are in my thoughts during this time.
9 - applehead
i totely agree with maddy and dawn i think that they are right
keely do u know what u r talking about so shut up she did to know what she was doing haveing sex with out taking pills well opps it happened she was vary goood acter and she is goning back to london so
10 - shaba laba ding dong
Zoey sucks!!!!!!!!
11 - meeks
all i gotta say is, jamie lynn spears is a horrible role model.. just following her sister's foot steps.
12 - Michael Dowd
For a fresh, compassionate, and spiritually mature way of thinking about Jamie Lynn Spear's pregnancy, and a wise and effective way of talking with tween and young teenage girls about this issue, see "Zoey 101, Brain Science 101": - a recent blog post written by a gifted science writer and teacher (my wife), Connie Barlow. Then, if you'd like more information, I recommend Chapters 9 and 10 in my just-published book (endorsed by 5 Nobel Prize-winning scientists and dozens of religious leaders from different traditions): "Thank God for Evolution!: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World", which can be downloaded for free as a pdf.
13 - Emily
I hate Jamie Lynn Spears now! She's a disappointment just like her sister! They're both disappointments! I can't believe they were both role models for kids! Does Jamie want to follow in her terrible sister's footsteps and become a train wreck?! Well she is already. I'm just disappointed in her. I'm just disappointed in her. Now everyone hates her. She's a public disgrace just like her sister, Britney Spears.
14 - Nelly
Jamie Lynn Spears is a screw up. Just like her messed up sister.
15 - Kristi
Jamie Lynn Spears is a slut just like her sister.
16 - Heather
Jamie Lynn Spears is trashy, a whore, and slutty. Why does she want to become a whore like her sister? Why does she want to be low class trash like her sister, Britney?
17 - AkA shaniya
jamie lynn spears is slutt just like her sister.How can you smoke and drink while pregnacy,and no i am not telling a lie.I saw it on the computer.If you think im lieing go to www.jamie lynn spears pregnacy.com
bye.
18 - Jamie Lynn
I am a slutt and a bitch and i know i was wrong i didnt mean to hurt anyone
19 - Waneqa ploit
Jamie sucks dick you a bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
20 - tina a
hey hey hey jamie how's my fave gril
21 - tina a
jamie lynn pleaes go back doing your carrer
22 - koreatowngangsta
jamie lynn spears asked me if I wanted to have sex with her at the party.
that bitch is crazy.
ya'll should stay virgin 'til ur married.
if not
u a ho fosho.