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Ex-Teen Star Lisa Whelchel Supports Jamie Lyn... |
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Ex-Teen Star Lisa Whelchel Supports Jamie Lynn
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Posted 2 years ago by
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 As Jamie Lynn Spears comes to terms with the facts of life as a pregnant teen, she`s getting some support from an unlikely source: 1980s teen star Lisa Whelchel. Whelchel, who played the preppy Blair Warner on the sitcom The Facts of Life, has come to Spears`s defense after the 16-year-old Nickelodeon star earned mostly derision following her announcement that she is pregnant. "I`m very passionate about wanting to speak out on behalf of this young girl," Whelchel, now 44, tells ABC News. "She is a role model, but it`s not her responsibility to be a role model. That`s so much pressure on a 16-year-old." Whelchel, who has two teen daughters of her own and is the author of 12 Christian family books, including 2006`s Taking Care of the Me in Mommy, says Spears should be commended for to her decision to keep her baby. "I`m so proud of her for stepping up and being courageous and taking responsibility for her choices, and I believe she`s being a good role model – a good role model in that situation, to choose to have the baby, and I am supportive of her in that situation," said Whelchel. Whelchel, a former Mouseketeer, who was Spears`s age when she started on The Facts of Life in 1979, also had words on encouragement for Spears`s mother, Lynne. "We are doing the best we can as moms," she said. "We really are. I know that she`s doing the best she can as a mom as well." She added that she spoke to her two daughters, who are 16 and 15, separately about Spears`s pregnancy. Whelchel said both girls had the same response: "This is a wake-up call, not for the kids, for the parents. This is happening everywhere, every day."
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