Now that 'Teen Mom' cast members like Amber Portwood are in their twenties, MTV is looking for a new crop of teenage girls to keep its monster hits 'Teen Mom' and '16 and Pregnant' alive, and [surprise!] industry insiders tell me young ladies are so eager to be on reality TV that they are actually getting pregnant just to score an audition. OK, not much of a surprise. Simply take a spin around the various Internet forums filled with young girls inquiring about what's required to score a role.

"This is yet another example of the desperation of fame," Matt Titus, a relationship expert from TheLoveConsultants.com, tells me. "The sad state of reality television has created a lowbrow vehicle for untainted train wreck personalities to display their private lives. Getting pregnant to be famous is like eating as many cockroaches as possible in a one minute period."

(Didn't they do that on 'Survivor'?)

Casting any reality show right is essential to whether it is a hit or not. Networks spend top dollar auditioning throughout the country to make sure they get the right mix. However, what makes 'Teen Mom' and '16 and Pregnant' both so difficult to cast is that, thankfully, the "talent pool" of potential stars that are both pregnant and teenagers is relatively small.

Mommy expert Beth Feldman, creator of RoleMommy.com, says it would be "horrifying" if teens are actually getting pregnant for a TV show. "Becoming a parent is a responsibility that no one should take lightly, and for a teenager to think that a pregnancy could lead to instant fame and fortune is absurd. Parenting is a lifetime commitment and teens have there own lives ahead of them. Let them grow up before they take the responsibility of caring for another human being."

Rabbi Shmuely Boteach, a friend of the late Michael Jackson and author of 'Kosher Sex,' agrees. "This is out of control celebrity culture. Reality TV first began by exploiting people's problems, assuming they would do anything for fame. The idea of teenage girls getting pregnant to be on television shows that reality TV is going a step beyond exploiting problems. It is now creating the problems."


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I blame these magazines




I feel like MTV is glamorizing teen pregnancy

Haha this is funny.


This is too funny.


For them, that is. Ruining their lives and everything is quite humorous and they will get what they deserve eventually.

Maybe they should stop putting teen pregnancy all over TV and magazines like it's a good thing.

Get that promo for the 2nd season, MTV.

This was to be expected. Shame...

This totally diminishes the show's purpose.

i don't care. all they're doing is messing up their lives.

expected.

WTH with those chicks. It's not like the 16 and Pregnant gurls turned into respected hollywood superstars.

How desperate....

this is actually quite sad.

those stupid girls don't deserve to be celebrities

to puposely get pregnant for fame is beyond me :/ but fine, ruin your lives. see if i care.

I'd get a girl pregnant, have the main storyline be me 'coming out', and then get a movie role alongside Zac Efron as his love interest. And all of you betta be mad.

Do teen girls think everything in Hollywood is cool?

Flash forward to next week's topic: "Angelina Jolie is seen smoking, rate of teen girl smokers increases 70 percent."

It's expected. We're celebrity obsessed and everyone wants to be one. They'll really get the point when they have their babies.

It's a mess :/ they ruined their lives, yet they're proud of it

We're long lost twins, wouldn't you know.

Sis we can add a dramatic part to the story where she doesn't know who's the baby's daddy?