Special Guest Star!
Hey everyone! I decided to mix it up and do things a little bit differently this week. We have a special guest blogger...(drum roll) Brandon Buddy (Cole Thornhart). We appeared on The View on Thursday and both shared out thoughts immediately before and after the show!
Kristen Alderson at 11:00am on Thursday May, 15th: Right now we are backstage at The View watching the "Hot Topics." I’m kinda getting nervous and very excited at the same time. We hope that our segment will make a difference to families and teenagers looking for guidance on the topic of teen pregnancy prevention. I hope to get all of the info that I plan on getting out there - out there. Brandon is here with me and is going to be right by my side helping me along which is such a comfort. He looks really cute, too!
Brandon Buddy at 11:25am on Thursday, May 15th: Hey this is Brandon. I am extremely excited and nervous. I want to be able to say the right things so The View audience who hasn’t seen OLTL will want to tune in and for the people who do watch OLTL, we hope we will give a better understanding about how we feel on the subject. Much love.
Brandon Buddy at 12:30 on Thursday, May 15th back at the OLTL studio: I’m glad that I got to make the point on the show about how Cole is not like most guys. He is trying to make it work. Unfortunately, most don’t stick around. Something else that I wanted to share is that just because the girl is the one who could get pregnant, it doesn’t mean that all of the responsibility is on her. Guys need to be smart too. They shouldn’t pressure girls. It takes two to tango. Thanks for your support. If Kristen lets me, I will blog again soon.
Kristen Alderson at 12:40pm on Thursday May 15th back at the OLTL studio: Did you watch? If not, click here. It was a rush. It was a good rush. I was nervous because there was a lot we wanted to say in 6 ½ minutes. But it felt good. I haven’t watched it yet. The segment went by so quickly and it’s hard to remember exactly what I said. The whole thing was kinda surreal. But I do get to talk to all of you each week on this blog, so I am pretty comfortable discussing the subject of teen pregnancy. It was cool getting to hang with the great people from the National Campaign for the second week in a row. What I didn’t get to say on The View was that by telling this story, ABC and OLTL are not preaching to our viewers. We are putting our story out there so teens can learn from Starr and Cole’s decisions and hopefully never have to be in a situation like theirs.
Kristen on Friday, May 16th: A lot of drama happened this week. The most important thing coming out of this week is that Blair will finally learn about the pregnancy. It will be a relief to Starr to not have to keep it from her mom anymore. But there is a big scare because Starr fell down the stairs. Will she lose the baby?
It was an honor to be on The View this week. I really hope that it will broaden who this story will reach.
Until next week.
Xo,
Kristen
Start talking with your parent or child with tips from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy:
- Sometimes the hardest part of talking about sex is getting the conversation started. Still, dealing with that awkwardness is a lot easier than dealing with a pregnancy before you’re ready. So far this month almost 170,000 people have taken the quiz at stayteen.org. It’s a great ice-breaker and can really get you thinking.
- But sex isn’t the only thing in a relationship. Not for Starr & Cole, and not for anyone. Relationships involve trust, respect, cooperation, communication, fun, silliness and just spending time together. What is your relationship reality? Enter the Stayteen video mash-up contest by going to stayteen.org. Just upload a quick video clip from your phone or camera and you could win $500!










