From lashing out at random fertility treatments to slamming their mother’s parenting , it’s been a busy week for the stars/former stars of the Teen Mom franchise! In an effort to bring you up-to-date on the latest Teen Mom: The Next Chapter, Teen Mom OG and Teen Mom 2 news, The Ashley brings you the Teen Mom News Pile.
Here are some of the major (and minor but interesting) ‘Teen Mom’-related things that happened over the last week or so…
Briana DeJesus Bonds with Drew Barrymore Over Growing Up Too Fast; Calls Out Mom Roxanne For Not Stopping Her Wild Teenage Behavior
Briana discussed her wild teenage years during an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show on Monday, during which she basically slammed her mom Roxanne for not keeping her out of trouble as a young teen.
As The Ashley previously reported, Bri appeared on Drew’s show alongside Mackenzie McKee (who used the opportunity to announce that she’s currently pregnant with twins). While Mack’s pregnancy announcement garnered plenty of attention, Drew stated that she actually wanted to have Briana on her show, due to a statement that Bri made on ‘Next Chapter’ about not wanting her daughters, Nova and Stella, to end up like she did.
“When I saw that, I wanted to have a conversation with you guys,” Drew— who began partying as a child star and went to rehab at 13— told Briana.
“When I look at my Nova, who is now 13, I see myself,” Briana told Drew. “And I’m like, ‘Why was I doing all these grown-up activities at such a young age? I see Nova as a baby, and I was a baby. Why was I having sex at 13 years old?”
Briana then called out her mom (and dad– who is not in her life) for not doing a better job parenting her.
“Like, where were my parents to help guide me in the right direction?” Briana said.
As 16 and Pregnant fans will remember, Briana became pregnant with Nova at the age of 16. Fans may also remember that Bri’s older sister, Brittany, got pregnant at the same time Briana got pregnant with Nova. However, Brittany chose to have an abortion.
Drew told Briana that her discussing this is “so healing,” and reminded her that she’s “not there anymore.”
“I’m proud of who I am today,” Briana said. “But it was hard. I’m no longer in that survival mode.”
“I’m more relaxed now, and I’m more confident like you said,” Briana told Drew, who stated that she decided that her own kids would not be “so young and wild” like she was.
“No, I want my kids to be kids,” Briana agreed. “And to be selfish, and to live a kid life. There’s no reason why my 13-year-old should be out doing things that she shouldn’t be doing, plain and simple.”
Interestingly, Roxanne expressed similar sentiments during a 2024 episode of ‘Next Chapter,’ calling out the adults in her own life for failing to protect her from growing up too fast.
“I just look at Nova and Stella and I’m so grateful that they’re so protected,” Roxanne told Briana. “And that I was able to protect you and your sister somewhat. I wasn’t protected at all. At f**king all. Like, where the f**k were the adults? I didn’t want that for my kids. I didn’t want that cycle to repeat.
You can watch a clip of Briana and Mackenzie’s appearance on ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ below.
Maci Bookout Sells Tennessee Property; Still Owes $700K in Back Taxes
Maci Bookout just scored a big pay day after unloading one of her many properties, but unfortunately Uncle Sam is still breathing down the ‘Teen Mom’ star’s neck.
According to The Sun, Maci recently made a $50,000 profit from selling an investment property she owned in Tennessee; despite this, she currently still owes $742,000 in unpaid taxes.
Maci purchased the property–which contains two 525-square-foot cottages– on her own for $190,000 in November 2021. The land and cottages were then sold by Maci in December 2024 for $240,000, garnering the Bud Light enthusiast a cool $50,000 in profit.
In addition to the home Maci, Taylor and their three children currently live in, the pair also owns 48 acres of land in Cleveland, Tennessee, which they purchased together for $339,000 in June 2021.
Taylor also bought a plot of land on his own in 2023 for $22,000; he went on to build a house on the land and has since listed it on the market for $400,000.
Despite having multiple investment properties and a lucrative gig with MTV, Maci currently owes Uncle Sam a whopping $742,000. Back in June, The Sun reported that Maci owed $736,000 in back taxes; however, she and Taylor now owe more than $6,000 in property tax on their 48-acre piece of land, making their current total due $742,000.
The newly added $6,561 ($1,491 of which is interest) in unpaid property taxes and charges stems back to 2021. The Sun reports that as of June 2024, Maci had five unreleased liens, including three connected with Taylor, which had not been paid off.
As The Ashley reported last summer, these aren’t the only back taxes Maci owes or has owed. In May 2023, she received a tax lien for $14,227, which she reportedly owes to the state of California.
Catelynn Lowell & Tyler Baltierra Lash Out at Fans After a Recent Photo of Their Bio Daughter Carly Is Circulated
Catelynn and Tyler have been very (very) outspoken about their unhappiness with Brandon and Teresa Davis, the parents of their biological daughter Carly who cut off contact with them last year. However, the ‘Teen Mom’ stars recently turned their unhappiness toward some of the show’s fans, who have been circulating a current photo of Carly around The Interwebs.
As ‘Teen Mom’ fans know, Brandon and Teresa have been very protective of Carly’s image, forbidding Ty and Cate (and MTV) from posting any recent photos of the now-15-year-old. Aside from one incident, Tyler and Catelynn have respected Brandon and Teresa’s wishes and refrained from ever posting photos of Carly’s face on social media. (All photos that the couple have posted since Carly was a toddler have only showed Carly from behind.)
Unfortunately, a current pic of Carly still hit the Internet, and was recently posted all over the online ‘Teen Mom’ Universe. In the photo— which The Ashley is not posting– Carly is seen smiling next to her mom, Teresa.
Cate and Ty acknowledged that the photo is real, but slammed fans (and cast members who posted the pic as clickbait) who have been reposting it despite knowing that Brandon and Teresa have asked that Carly’s image be kept private.
Catelynn wrote a message about the pic on Instagram Stories, and the message was reposted by Tyler.
“The irony here is that the same pages & people who continuously bash me & Ty for just speaking about our adoption publicly are now spreading an actual picture of her publicly,” she wrote. “The hypocrisy is literally insane to me.”
During a TikTok Live session on Monday night, Catelynn’s little brother Nick gave his thoughts on fans choosing to circulate the photo against Carly’s parents’ wishes.
“I think the Carly picture [being posted] was very disrespectful,” he said. “She’s a minor and she has no say so.”
He encouraged fans to stop spreading the photo around.
“If you guys see it, please don’t post it,” he said. “If you see the picture don’t interact with it, and try to ignore it. She’s a minor. She’s just a kid.”
