Influencer Couple Says Family Sleeping With Gun After Death Threats

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**Branson Quirke** (0:37)
Hey, welcome to the TMZ Podcast. I am Branson Quirke.

**Karrah Rainwater** (0:41)
I'm Karrah Rainwater.

**Branson Quirke** (0:42)
This is Karrah.

**Karrah Rainwater** (0:44)
Hello everybody.

**Branson Quirke** (0:44)
Welcome.

**Karrah Rainwater** (0:45)
Hey.

**Branson Quirke** (0:46)
You are on our social media team.

**Karrah Rainwater** (0:48)
Yes.

**Branson Quirke** (0:49)
Social media content creator.

**Karrah Rainwater** (0:50)
Yes. It's been a little time. It's been like, what, three, four months?

**Branson Quirke** (0:53)
Three, four months. How are you liking TMZ working here so far?

**Karrah Rainwater** (0:57)
I love it. I'm not gonna lie, the environment is chill. I like to talk, I could yap all day. So, it's perfect.

**Branson Quirke** (1:02)
I agree, I love it. I love being here, and I'm not just saying that. I think of any other job I could be at, and I hate to say it, but I talk to my friends each day, and what their days were like, and what's my complaint? Oh man, I wasn't able to go pick up my sandwich from this lunch place.
Whatever. Not a big deal. I got to gossip about this and that, and get the tea.

**Karrah Rainwater** (1:27)
Right, that's my favorite part, the tea.

**Branson Quirke** (1:28)
Right, exactly.

**Karrah Rainwater** (1:29)
I live for the tea.

**Branson Quirke** (1:30)
So, Karrah, she makes, if you go on TMZ's Instagram, you'll see her all over the place. She makes a lot of the viral videos, you're telling stories, right? So, what was your background before TMZ? Were you involved in social media before this?

**Karrah Rainwater** (1:47)
Yeah, so I was an influencer. Well, I just graduated college last year.

**Branson Quirke** (1:50)
Oh, sweet, okay.

**Karrah Rainwater** (1:51)
Yeah, so I was doing Southern University in Louisiana.

**Branson Quirke** (1:53)
Oh, cool.

**Karrah Rainwater** (1:54)
Go Jaguars. Yeah, so I was in school, I was doing my little influencing stuff, had some brand partnerships, just kind of filming my life authentically. And then I love celebrities, I love the mess.

**Branson Quirke** (2:05)
So you love the mess?

**Karrah Rainwater** (2:07)
I do like the mess.

**Branson Quirke** (2:07)
Some people are just born to like the mess.

**Karrah Rainwater** (2:09)
I like the mess, you know, not to say that I'm messy, but the mess is interesting. You know, I'm from from LA.

**Branson Quirke** (2:15)
I think you're messy.

**Karrah Rainwater** (2:16)
You think I'm messy? Do I get messy vibes?

**Branson Quirke** (2:18)
No, not just you. Everybody in this building is somewhat messy because we like messy.

**Karrah Rainwater** (2:24)
You have to have a little bit of messy, like a little bit of messy is healthy.

**Branson Quirke** (2:28)
Yeah, it is. It's very healthy. It's very transparent. Speaking of transparency, we are going to talk today about what you clicked on here. This couple, they are under fire. We did it this morning and you guys were amped up about it. So we actually spoke with this couple, Jesse and Ashley Ridgway, better known as McJuggerNuggets on YouTube, very popular YouTubers. Now, they have been documenting their pregnancy journey from the time they announced the pregnancy, and then it was yesterday when they announced that they found out that their baby had been diagnosed with Down syndrome and then they decided to terminate the pregnancy. They posted video of them reading the announcement. So before we get into the new update, because we actually spoke with these people today and we have footage of this interview.
Let's play that for you now.

**Jesse Ridgway** (3:23)
Here we go. I thought we were going to see the result. I have to download the official report. Abnormal Insight Result.
Consistent with Trisomy 21

**Jesse Ridgway** (3:32)
No. What is it?

**Jesse Ridgway** (3:34)
Wait.

**Ashley Ridgway** (3:35)
Why are you saying this?

**Jesse Ridgway** (3:38)
No.

**Ashley Ridgway** (3:39)
Let me see.

**Karrah Rainwater** (3:41)
I can't see it.

**Jesse Ridgway** (3:43)
It says Abnormal Insight Result. Follow-up showed three chromosome 21 signals consistent with Trisomy 21 Down Syndrome.
Genetic counseling is recommended. Pattern consistent with Trisomy 21

**Branson Quirke** (4:10)
Wow.
That's a lot. It's hard to respond to this video, because obviously a lot of people have their stances on this. This goes deeper than just the baby being diagnosed with Down syndrome. It also goes to the abortion conversation. So a lot of people have their opinions, but later in the day, today, on TMZ Live, we had Jesse and Ashley on, they spoke with Harvey and Charles, and they gave their frightening situation that they have going on. Ever since this came out, not just under fire, they're getting death threats, and they went into detail about exactly that.