teresa made sure she was camera ready today. >> the jersey housewife free from federal pr her pre-christmas homecoming. that's what's coming up right >> on "entertainment tonight." >> if she comes home and the tree's not up, the first thing she'll say is where's the tree. >> joe decorated the house and bravo cameras were there. >> on house arrest while filming her show. her expensive welcome home gift. the big family hug inside. >> it's going to be emotional. >> plus miscrowned miss colombia breaks her silence. and why s harvey is returning to miss universe. and have you had unprotected sex? >> 2015's biggest scandals. charlie sheen's hiv. the ex suing him. 19 kids and counting cheater

josh duggar. his holiday in rehab. his scorned wife. >> it was heartbreaking. >> nannygate, cosby, bieber. >> did you try to kick a police officer in the groin? >> maybe i did. >> now, in our 35th season, this is "entertainment tonight." charlie sheen's hiv announcement, kim richards' arrest, justin bieber exposed. what were the biggest scandals of 2015? hi, everyone. thanks for joining us. nancy o'dell and kevin frazier have the night off. >> let's get started with the news making headlines right now. here is tonight's top story. >> there is new drama and controversy as teresa giudice is set free. >> i think she was overwhelmed with emotion, to be quit with you. >> the just-released reality star had a big welcome home hug with her family this morning, a private moment with joe, and messages from her children. earlier she posed for her first post-prison photo. giudice was released at 5:01 this morning and her attorn drove her home. >> she asked me to put on christmas music.

she wanted to hear christmas songs. >> cameras from the reality show were rolling and the family is already stirring up drama. look at this. "e.t." has confirmed that joe gave teresa this brand-new lexus for christmas. psychotherapist robbie ludwig said the extravagant gift could backfire. af the table flipping mother of four along with her husband joe pled guilty to bankruptcy fraud just last year. >> i don't know if the court of public opinion will feel that teresa's really paying her dues. she comes out, she has a job on television and she's getting luxury gifts during a time when people are struggling financially? a source tells me that joe and teresa are really not hurting for money. they do have an income. also while teresa was behind bars she made sure that all the gifts she needed for christmas were already taken care of and wrapped under the tree. this holiday was really important to teresa. this fall when i visited her husband joe and her daughter while teresa was still behind bars.

what do you think christmas morning will be like i house? >> i honestly think it's going to be emotional. it's going to be good emotional. like happy. >> i got to set that frigging tree up again. i hate setting that tree up. >> if we had a tree in the backyard with money, we would have got that tree. >> she'll want the house set up. if she comes home and the tree's not up, the first thing she'll say is where's the tree. >> tradition is going to be very important because it's a way to bring the family together. they're focused on the same goal to share love. right now teresa is wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet. she'll have to do that till she gets off house on february 5th. she'll be allowed to work. she's expec to spend christmas eve tonight at her brother's house. in march it's joe's turn and he'll begin serving his 41-month sentence. >> the giudices were also required to pay $414,000 in restitution under their plea agreement. and we hear they have paid off that p now, let's turn to steve harvey's deal with the miss

universe pageant. his mix-up over the winner was colossal, that's true. but steve may get a do-over next year thanks to his contract. >> my god, look, if i could redo this, i would do it over again. i promise you i would. >> three more years and up to seven. that's the massive deal steve signed to be host and paycheck, get this -- it's quote more than they ever paid before for a host. >> this isn't about training, nobody's trained to be the host. please don't hold it against the ladies. >> ms. colombia, who celebrates her 22nd birthday on christmas, broke her silence on instagram. she posted this message. your destiny is written for you, and my destiny was this. i was able to bring happiness to my country after becoming miss universe for only a couple of minutes. life continues, and in the future we will find out why things happened the way they happened. and look who happens to be getting in on giving steve a hard time. "modern family's" jesse tyler ferguson tweeted steve harvey has been invited back to host

the miss universe pagea i wish he'd hosted the emmys any of the five years i was nominated. matt leblanc responded me, too, man, me, too. time to kick off our look at the biggest scandals of 2015. and charlie sheen no stranger. >> rumors began to c that a hollywood star is hiv positi many speculated that it was charlie but still, it was a shock to watch charlie go on live tv and confirm the news. >> i admit that i am hiv positive. >> with that sentence, sheen ended months of speculation but raised new questions. >> have you, since the time of your diagnosis, told every one of your sexual partners before you had a sexual encounter that you were hiv positive? >> yes, i have. >> no exception? >> no exception. >> he would throw me, he would lock me in rooms. he held a gun to my face. he was drunk, he was high, he was xyz.

>> 17 days after his interview, his ex-fiance spoke to us saying that charlie exposed to hiv, though he distance it all. she filed a civil suit against >> i know he doesn't miss me. he doesn't regret anything that he's done to me. i know he blames it on me. >> is charlie sheen on y christmas list this year? >> and here's new video of brett yesterday in l.a. as charlie fights her lawsuit claiming extortion, she admits she's returning to the adult film industry. >> i heard there could be a seven-figure -- >> it was a very generous contract. >> so what's next for sheen? well, there's a book. we talked to his manage is charlie writing this himself? >> yes, he is. he's just beginning to formulate it and think about it. >> and as for the actor's prognosis -- >> how many pills are you taking each day? >> four. >> with the current therapies, hiv should not affect charlie's lifespan.

>> we spoke to an hiv specialist who is part of the same practic treating charlie. >> when somebody's viral load is undetectable, it's nearly mathematically impossible to transmit it to a sexual partner. >> charlie was the only celebrity to get wrapped up in a major sex scandal this year. it also happened to one of the married stars of "19 kids and counting," josh duggar. >> that's right. it's revealed he was a member of ashley madis this is a website that's all about cheating on your spouse. and i spoke to an adult film star who claims she had two sexual encounters with josh that turned violent. >> he reached his hand back and just smacked me hard as he could. >> was it terrifying? >> it was terrifying. >> she alleges josh approached her while she was working at a strip club in philadelphia in march. at the time his wife anna was pregnant with the couple's fourth child. >> when i met him at the first incident, at the first club, seemed like a normal person.

then he flipped the switch. >> dylan claims he slapped her and even put his hands around her t we reached out to the duggar family for comment. they did not re and the disgraced reality star won't be home for the holidays. the embattled father of four is currently seeking treatment for sex addiction in illinois. and a source in the duggar family tells "e.t." have not heard josh is getting out in time for christmas. i imagine he still has a lot of issues to work through and it's better he stay there. >> how does this happen in my marriage? josh is my first love, my one and only. >> as for the missus, she god to get through this crisis on the latest special. >> and josh's wife anna reportedly admits she had a difficult time celebrating her seventh anniversary this year, understandably so. but they do continue to stay together. >> bill cosby's wife camille is

also standing by her man. his sexual assault controversy broke at the end of la but the scandal grew throughout 2015 as more and more women came forward with disturbing claims. >> i was drugged. and i feel very fortunate that i wasn't raped. >> last august supermodel beverly johnson told "e.t." what she claims happened. cosby claims she's just joining the campaign to assassinate his reputation and is suing her for defamation. infliction of emotional distress through the outrageousness of the comments. >> cosby's lawyers allege that johnson thrust herself back into the spotlight in an attempt to revive her flagging career as a model, actress and public personality. johnson fired back by tweet, i am aware of the statements from bill cosby. in cases of rape and abuse, abusers will do whatever they can to intimidate and weaken. >> i forgive him. i'm not angry, i'm not bitter.

>> but mckee is seeking unspecified damages. the one-time girlfriend of sammy davis jr. claims she was raped by the comedian in 1974. then the papers obtained by "entertainment tonight," she claims the star invited her to his hotel room where cosby proceeded to forcibly rape miss mckee while both were still standing very close to the doo cosby's attorney martin singer called it lies. earlier this year cosby faced hecklers during his far from finished tour and protesters in the street. since then the list of accusers alleging sexual assault or misconduct by cosby has grown to more than 50 women including janice dickinson. dickinson broke down in tears when she first made her story public on "e.t." in 2014. >> i was drugged and raped. drugged an >> cosby has denied the accusations and has not been charged with a crime. >> this is one scandal that will definitely press on in 2016.

in fact, cosby's wife camille is scheduled to give her first deposition on january 6th. 2015 was quite the year for kim richards. inside her multiple arrests and trips to rehab. >> there were like two hot little margaritas. and i think i drank one. >> that is next. closed captioning provided by --

welcome back to our special, everyone. looking at the biggest scandals of 2015. nischelle turner joins us now. struggles of beverly housewife kim richards. >> things really unraveled for kim this year. she was arrested twice and ma a couple of trips to rehab. she opened up to me about her troubles and her fight to stay sober, when she visited "e.t." did you try to kick a police officer in the groin? >> maybe i did. >> kim was arrested on april 16th charged with trespassing, resisting arrest, battery on a police officer and public intoxication at the beverly hills hotel. >> i am sober. i have been sober fo years. >> she later claims watching the real housewives reunion show sent her into a downward spiral. listen to what kim told me about one of her co-stars. if i say li vander pump, what

do you think? >> she's phony. >> and guess who was watching? this happened on last night's episode. >> she trusts me. >> what did she say? a little over a week from kim's arrest she checked into rehab, but she slipped up when she left to go to her daughter's wedding. >> i looked on the ground and there were two hot little margaritas. and i think i drank one. >> already taking the anti-anxiety drug ativan. she can't remember what really happened. but she returned to rehab after the wedding. where she remained until our interview in july. are you done with "housewives"? >> i just came home from treatment and am still focusing on my sobriety. we haven't talked yet. >> the strangest turn was yet to come. on august 2nd she was arrested again, this time for allegedly shoplifting in a target department s kim copped a plea deal and is on probation. last week she showed a court proof that she regularly atten aa meetings. and she'll be ba "housewives" guest starring on a couple of episodes.

>> at the end of the day we all want kim to be okay. >> no question about that. that's for sure. up next, 2015 certainly was justin bieber's big year, but scandal always follows him. in fact, it's followed him all the way to bora bora. then 2015, the year of nannygate. we look back at gwen's nanny who allegedly cheated with gavin rosdale. >> are you filing a lawsuit for being fired? >> where she is today. plus christmas caroling with nelson, 25 years after their debut album. that's ahead.

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something you've heard a million times at christmas but also is respectful for the tradition, the heritage of a christmas song. ♪ this christmas i'm going to say how i fe ♪ i'm hoping >> the single's called "this christmas" and sales benefit st. jude children's research hospital. released on the 25th anniversary of their first album, it's go the brothers thinking about what they'd say to the nelsons of christmas past. >> i know what i'd tell him. >> yeah. >> sh ♪ what do you mean >> yeah, justin bieber had one of his most successful years ever in 2015. his new cd was huge. he scored his first number one single. wherever justin goes scandal is sure to follow even all the way to bora bora where the biebs was caught bare. >> the worst part about what i is probably just people following me all the time.

always with the camera. >> no kidding. justin in october minding his own biz when a photog took a picture of justin's own biz causing an avalanche of reaction. >> i never thought i'd say this, but i'm a belieber. >> now, look at the pictures, i'm like, baby, okay. >> justin and his close friend model jay pierce were staying in a private villa on the tropical island when he was caught full frontal. justin has posted butt selfies on instagram back in july. and he's no stranger to stripping down for calvin klein. but this was too much. >> they're not terrible. but honestly, i felt like it was a little bit of an invasion. >> if those were my pictures, justin -- >> you'd be happy? >> i'd plaster them everywhere. >> really? >> proving how he's handling scandal these days. >> what am i going to do now? it's out there the more i stress about it, it's out. >> a lot more fireworks for justin in 2016. he's launching his "purpose" world tour and will kick off in seattle march 9th and wrap up

madison square garden july 19th. >> definitely hard tickets to come by. >> not for you with your connections. >> i need your connections. justin hits th road, there was big trouble in the homes of two stars, ben and gavin ro rozdale. they both saw their marriages hit the rocks. ben with jennifer garner, gavin with gwen stefani. and to make matters worse, ben and gavin both got wrapped nannygate controversies. earlier this year we first heard the rumors that ben and jen going their separate ways after almost ten years together. it was hard to believe, and the extra sting was that they announced their split the day before their tenth wedding anniversary. what we did not see coming was nannygate. >> are you filing a lawsuit for being fired? >> the rumors link affleck to the family nanny. >> she never publicly commented on the reports, but she did not seem to mind the spotlight. the paparazzi got pictures of

her at her house. she even seemed so stop and pose for a couple photos. she was seen out several times. and she took to social media. we were the first to report she had instagramed about getting a new lexus, as she's called it, her brand-new drop top lexie. after that, the rumors began that ben's money might have been the cash that bought her the >> ben's rep says the rumors are ga and denies the alleged affair. she made m headlines when she posted a pic wearing a four of tom brady's super bowl rings. >> we know from our sources is the latest is she's living back in the bahamas with her former fi she's allegedly gotten back together with the guy that broke up with her before the repor came out. >> ben and jen are still married and have movies out in march. >> just after we recovered from ben and jen and their nanny scandal, we got nannygate 2.0, fwoo wen stephanie, gavin rosdale and reports that he'd been sleeping with their family nanny. >> it's unbelievable what's been going on in that house.

>> when did it actually blow up in your face? >> the day after the gramm >> the day after? >> mm-hmm. >> gwen reportedly found texts and photos between gavin and nanny. there have been other photos of them hiking and call this angle the copycat. >> the biggest story that came out of what we know about g and gavin's nanny is how much she looked like gwen. these comparisons were really strange. she's blond just like gwen, but she often dooid or styled her hair similarly to how gwen does. >> it's one thing if somebody is copying your style, but then if they sleep with your husband, it gets weird. we all know the latest with gwen stefani. she has moved on with blake shelton after weeks of dancing around their relationship. "voice" coaches are public about it now. we got new video of blake kissing gwen. she's wearing all camo clearly fitting into blake's life. >> nice to see them happy. they've been literally

sin inseparable this holiday season. she even visited his home town in oklahoma. now in our "entertainment tonight" birthdays, which soap star likes to shop while in character? is it susan lucci, kelly monaco or hunter tylo? the answer's next.

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time for the answer to tonight's "e.t." birthdays. which soap star likes to shop while in character? >> putting myself in that character's frame of mind and see what she would pick. >> that's my friend susan lu who turns 69 today. happy birthday. >> that's all the time we have for tonight. thanks for watching. >> join us tomorrow as we celebrate christmas eve with leann's holiday music, mariah's christmas movie and oprah's favorite thing. bye, everybody.

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