David Eason‘s girlfriend is defending her man, insisting that the infamously “employment-challenged” David now has a job— and is actually footing the bill for all their expenses. This comes as a surprise to most Teen Mom fans, who watched David become (voluntarily) unemployed and make excuses for years as to why he couldn’t get a job while he was with his estranged wife Jenelle Evans.
David— who, in the past, has claimed (in court) that he couldn’t work due to everything from his skin condition, vitiligo, preventing him from working outside; to him needing to randomly homeschool his eldest daughter Maryssa. (These excuses were both given to a judge in 2019 when David was being sued for the child support he owed to his second baby mama Olivia Leedham.)
Anyway, Kenleigh— who has been dating David since he split from Jenelle early last year— took to X over the weekend to inform nay-sayers that David is not freeloading at her house, like many people assume. In fact, Kenleigh insisted that, these days, David is covering all the household bills.
“People think that David lives at my house for freebies but he pays all the bills and plus some,” she wrote. “No wonder why I don’t talk about his job?”
This claim comes just days after Kenleigh got scorched on X for bragging that David left her a hundred bucks to go groomed.
“When your man leaves you $100 and says go get your nails done … nah baby we eating CRAB LEGS TONIGHT,” she wrote on May 22.
Several X users pointed out that Money Bags Eason likely only has disposable income because he’s not fulfilling his child support obligations. (Jenelle has stated in court this year that David has not paid anything to her for the care of their daughter, Ensley, whom David hasn’t seen in over a year. David is also the father of 17-year-old Maryssa, whom he has a relationship with, and 11-year-old Kaden, whom he shares with Olivia and has no relationship with.)
“He could’ve sent that 100 dollars to Ensley. I hate Juhhnelle so much but why lay with a man who doesn’t care for his child? And it’s gross that you tweet this like it’s a flex,” someone responded.
“This man has 3 kids, 2 of which he hasn’t seen for ages. You have a man who gives $100 to his girlfriend but does nothing for his children. Not a win,” another person wrote.
Over the weekend, Kenleigh spoke up in defense of David, claiming that he does, indeed, want a relationship with Ensley, and that he’s not just trying to get money and property in his divorce case with Jenelle.
“I don’t think that David (or Ken[leigh]) are the slightest bit interested in getting custody of Ensley,” someone wrote on X. “He wants the toys,1/2 the house & more money & to piss J[enelle] pff.. Jen probably dying to give E[nsley] to David. She’s so jealous of him being kidless & mad he’s not getting even trying.”
“Wrong,” Kenleigh responded. “Just cause we don’t talk about it doesn’t mean this doesn’t matter to us. I really don’t have a say in any of it. But we do have an opinion and a strong feeling about the things transpiring. And that’s really all that I can or should say.”
She also stated that David has tried to get in touch with Ensley.
“There were leaked texts of him trying to contact his daughter. He’s not picking and choosing [which of his kids to have a relationship with]. He is on the track to do so,” Kenleigh wrote. “And that’s about all I can say.”
As The Ashley previously reported, David responded to Jenelle’s divorce complaint in March, stating that he has not seen Ensley since he split with Jenelle in February 2024. He claimed that this is Jenelle’s fault, as she included Ensley on the Domestic Violence Protection Order she filed against him.
“[Jenelle] included the minor child, Ensley Eason; therefore, [David] is unable to contact the minor child…” he writes. “…[doing this] made it impossible for [David] to contact [Jenelle] or the minor child….”
In his response, David asked for full custody of Ensley, and that Jenelle pay him child support.
(In her court paperwork from February 2024, Jenelle asked for primary physical custody of Ensley and that David receive visitation that’s “predicated on a mental health assessment to ensure his fitness and ability to care for the minor child.”
Last week, Jenelle did an Instagram Q&A and stated that David was “told when he could call [Ensley] and hasn’t in almost a year. He cares more about who he’s dating.”
In August 2024, the judge ruled that David would not even be eligible to have supervised visitation with Ensley, until he consented to and took a psychological evaluation. (Based on court records obtained by The Ashley, it does not appear that David has done so yet.)
On X this weekend, Kenleigh explained why she doesn’t bring up the situation with David and his kids much on social media.
“I don’t talk about his kids and what’s transpiring cause it’s really not my place,” she wrote. “Not that I wouldn’t be there for them or provide a safe space for them. Just cause we don’t speak about certain things doesn’t mean we don’t care.”
It’s unknown if Kenleigh’s statements regarding David’s finances will have any effect on his court cases.
As The Ashley told you, David filed an Affidavit of Indigency with the court last May, in which he stated that he was unable to afford an attorney to represent him in his criminal court case. (David currently has pending charges for “Assault by Strangulation” and “Child Abuse” stemming from a 2023 incident with Jenelle’s eldest son Jace.)
In the Affidavit, David declared that he makes $1200 a month from his “scuba diving” business and influencing endeavors; however he also reported that he was currently nearly $49,000 in debt. He claimed to be paying $1800 a month in “support payments,” which we can assume is child support. (However, Jenelle declared in court in August 2024 that David hadn’t paid her anything in child support for Ensley. David is currently behind in his support payments to his second baby mama Olivia.)
Anyway, this is not the first time Kenleigh has spoken out about the situation with David’s kids.
When asked back in March how she feels about the fact that David is currently only in communication with one of his three kids (Maryssa), she pointed to David’s lack of funds and lack of willing baby mamas as the reasons. (As fans know, David has had little to no relationship with his son, Kaden— whom he shares with Olivia— due to him being charged with domestic violence against Olivia while she was pregnant with Kaden.)
“It’s not that simple. You have to have money to obtain lawyers,” Kenleigh wrote in response to one X user who stated that David hasn’t made much of an attempt to contact Ensley or Kaden. “He’s working on building his life back and making money to do what he can for his kids. Starting from pretty much nothing is pretty difficult but he’s taking necessary steps to do that.
“…He has tried to reach out to his son in fact he has a daily reminder to call him and his mom doesn’t answer,” she replied to someone else regarding Kaden.
“I’m not saying he’s perfect or his past is spotless,” Kenleigh said.
