From having a sibling speak out, to having to go on TikTok Live to defend their mothering, 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…
Jenelle Evans’ Sister Ashleigh Says She’s “Distancing” Herself From Jenelle’s Drama But Says She Would “Take” Jenelle’s Son Jace In If Asked
Jenelle’s estranged sister Ashleigh is speaking out about the recent drama surrounding the former ‘Teen Mom 2’ star and her son Jace. As The Ashley told you last week, Jace is no longer living in Florida with his father, Andrew Lewis, despite Jenelle doing a string of interviews last week stating that the 15-year-old was thriving in his new living situation. After bouncing around North Carolina for a few days, Jace is now back in Las Vegas, living with Jenelle, although Ashleigh said she’d be willing to let the boy stay with her, if he wanted to.
In a TikTok video posted earlier this week, Ashleigh— who has not gotten along with Jenelle for years— gave her thoughts on the Jace/Jenelle situation.
“No comment on my family or Jenelle,” she wrote. “I will say more lies and drama. All I can do is laugh and remember that you can’t choose your family. Sometimes it’s best to just distance yourself and get away. Find your own happiness away from [their] lies, deception and drama. I need to keep [quiet] for now until I get the greenlight to go back on social media.”
(Ashley did not specify who exactly she was waiting on to give her this “greenlight.”)
As The Ashley told you, Ashleigh and Jenelle’s mom Barbara told cops on May 20 that she was in the middle of a “family crisis” when she was pulled over right by Jenelle’s North Carolina home The Land. In her TikTok video, Ashleigh also mentioned that it’s “been a stressful few weeks.”
In the comment section of the video, several fans mentioned Jace, and one even asked Ashleigh if she would be willing to let her nephew live with her.
“Ashley, if asked, would you be willing to take Jace? It seems he keeps getting passed around and needs a stable home. I feel so sorry for that kid,” the person wrote.
“I can’t comment on my family or certain situations to protect Jace. I would take him in,” Ashleigh said. “I’m just hoping he can use his voice someday to speak his truth now that he’s 16 now.”
(Technically, Jace is 15. He turns 16 in August.)
In the past, Ashleigh has been critical of her sisters’ parenting, particularly of how Jenelle has handled situations involving Jace. After Jace was temporarily removed from Jenelle’s home in October (after he got into a nasty fight with the former Teen Mom star), Ashleigh slammed Jenelle.
“I feel like the system has failed all these children,” Ashleigh said in a video posted to TikTok in October. “And nothing is ever done about it. Unfortunately, it’s just very sad. It’s just like a repeated cycle… It really, really bothers me because it really hurts my heart for all of these children, especially Jace,” she said. “I was very close to him. I used to babysit him when he was a baby.
Jenelle has yet to respond to Ashleigh’s latest comments.
