Ashley Jones‘ sister is speaking out following the release of the 911 call her mother Tea Chapple made last month when Ashley was allegedly being held hostage by her estranged husband Bar Smith.
Earlier this week, The Ashley obtained the audio of Tea’s frantic call to police, where she can be heard begging for help for the Teen Mom star, who came home to find Bar inside her apartment. (According to the police report also obtained by The Ashley, Ashley stated that Bar barricaded her inside her apartment, took all of her communication devices and threatened to break her jaw, among other things.)
During Tea’s call, she told the 911 operator that she and Ashley were “celebrities,” a quote that has since received a lot of feedback from listeners.
“I’m supposed to tell you that she is a celebrity!” Tea says on the call. “We do television! We are on TV, we work for MTV. Please. We are celebrities, please!” (You can listen to the full audio of the 911 call below.)
Ashley’s sister Chris took to the comment section of a @TeenMomFanz Instagram post about the 911 call audio to defend her mom’s decision to mention that they were famous, something some fans felt was an exaggeration and/or weird flex.
“Google the definition of ‘celebrity’ before you start typing,” Chris responded to nay-sayers’ comments. “My sis may not be Beyoncé, but she is a ‘famous person’; if she wasn’t ‘famous’ you would not be on this blog rn typing your opinion. Anyways she is def a celebrity and that’s what had SWAT at her door quick!”
Chris also suggested that it was Ashley’s ‘Teen Mom’ fame that helped fuel the serious charges Bar received for the alleged incident. (As of press time, Bar is being charged with three felonies: second-degree kidnapping, coercion constituting domestic violence, and residential burglary constituting domestic violence.)
“Bar f**ked up because some of those cops’ [wives] knew who my sister is and that little info gave them more motivation to get his ass based off what he has done in the past,” Chris wrote.
When one person responded to Chris’ statement and wrote that the SWAT Team came because of Bar’s past violent record, and not because Ashley is on a TV show, Chris begged to differ.
“Listen, SWAT is not coming for [domestic violence] for ‘regular’ people,” she wrote. “The celebrity word was thrown and that caused them to investigate more. I was on the phone with my mom the whole time. That whole situation took the longest because the supervisor listened to everything my mom was saying. SO PLEASE TYPE WHAT YOU KNOW.”
Others commented on the post, pointing out that Tea was trying to get the police to the scene as quickly as possible to help her daughter, and was trying anything.
“Listen people, say what you want, but if this was your kid you would be saying anything you can to get those cops there a little quicker,” one person replied.
Others pointed out that cops do have to deal with famous people/public figures differently than they deal with the general public. Several people also pointed out that, as a Black woman calling for help for another Black woman, Tea may have mentioned that they are “celebrities” for extra protection.
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“Y’all focused on all the wrong things,” one person wrote. “Whether or not you consider them celebrities, they do have fame, and unfortunately police officers have been known to treat celebrities with more care than the average citizen. Also keep in mind that they are Black, so whether you admit it or not, some officers are prejudice and don’t [take] concerns of Black citizens as serious as they do white citizens. She could’ve died FULL STOP. You know how many women are killed from their partners every year? Let’s focus on the real issues and not what wording her mom used…”
“They don’t rush for our kind that’s why she said ‘celebrities’ for the others who don’t understand idgaf if she said she was a president to protect her child,” another person wrote.
Ashley has remained relatively quiet about Bar’s arrest and the court case against him. However, earlier this week, she did post a statement to social media about it.
“I have been trying to be quiet about all because it’s an open case and it’s also very triggering and traumatic,” Ashley wrote. “However every day I wake up, there is another court record, phone call, update being posted. I appreciate all the concern and I want y’all to know that both Holly and I are both SAFE.
“I am trying my best to handle this with grace because my child is watching, and at the end of the day Bar is Holly’s father,” Ashley wrote.
As The Ashley has previously told you, Bar remains behind bars as of press time, unable to pay the $35,000 bail set for him last month. A hearing has been set for August 22 for a judge to rule if Bar can be released with electronic monitoring, or if, alternatively, his bail can be reduced.
RELATED STORY: EXCLUSIVE! Hear the Frantic 911 Call Made by the Mother of Ashley Jones After ‘Teen Mom’ Star Is Allegedly Held Hostage by Ex Bar Smith
(Photos: Instagram; MTV)
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I’m finding it really difficult to believe that any of those cops knew who Ashley was. Ashley’s sister might be more delusional than Amber Portwood is when she’s calling herself a “damn good mom”.
Police responded quickly because it was a hostage situation and that’s why SWAT was involved. Not because of MTV.
Cops wives? Not once did we call the wives for their opinions.
I was also one for many years and retired 911 LE.
Lots of gross victim blaming and racist comments here. Get some help.
I don’t think people understand Bar is a very violent person, I believe in the moment I would’ve said anything to save my daughter. Hopefully he gets a few years so he can sit and think about his life.
Who cares
Ashley, her Backsliding Mom and her sisterbro always wanna fight and cause drama but when the drama comes back to them they cry for the COPS! Ashley constantly cries thats shes so busy n so tired yet she ALWAYS has time for F̶u̶k̶ing dirty ass men she meets off the internet! Shes loves to be a hoe and then rub Bars face in it! Then when he has something to say she cries DV!
Oh, come on! Being black works in their favour these days. Cops would run faster because if they don’t they will be called racist and get canceled.
Also SWAT showed up because of the hostage thing. That’s what they do.
I’m fine with her mom mentioning the celeb thing. This post is The Ashley reporting on the social media postings of Ashley’s sister, responding to other social media posts and comments mocking the “my daughter is a celebrity” line BECAUSE it gets clicks and comments! Ashley’s sister’s social media post about how other people felt about her mother’s 911 comments got a stand-alone post here. That we read. And are now commenting on.
A “celebrity” doesn’t have to be like a Frank Sinatra, or Jennifer Aniston, they don’t have to be beloved, or talented, or even “deserving” of their celeb status—they just have to be famous (or infamous) enough for people to seek out/read news about them and then have opinions. Which we’re all doing right now. And we’re not just reading, we’re engaging with like the 5th article about this incident. And the article is about Ashley’s sister’s thoughts on the criticism other people have about Ashley’s mother’s words. We’re so far removed from even the basics of the actual news story….and yet we’re still reading and commenting.
Ashley is a D-list celebrity, famous enough (for generally tacky and bad reasons), to have multiple articles about the incident she just went thru posted on even just this one website. Articles that got a lot of clicks and comments, which is why The Ashley keeps posting articles about it!! Yeah, she’s not known to most of the world, but she’s known to more people than any other random person is. D-list….but still a celebrity.
The 911 call regarding Ashley was listened to by more than zero people. Which is already a feat. Most 911 calls are never even listened to by the people who actually called 911. The fact that this 911 call was sought out, listened to, posted in it’s entirety, and quoted from, on multiple websites is because of who was involved…which means people find Ashley and what she’s going thru newsworthy. She is famous enough to have her particular DV incident covered by the press/thought about by the public, when they wouldn’t seek out and post one of the hundreds of unknown person’s 911 calls.
Should she be famous? Someone people care about? That’s a different question. Should we be following and lifting the platform of a bunch of girls whose claim to fame is getting knocked up as teens and then living a life full of so much residual drama that it allowed them to gain/keep a spot on an MTV show over other teen moms who just didn’t bring as much life-ruining drama? Probably not….but we do! Because as long as this is the option over something more wholesome and enjoyable that would make us actually want to tune into cable television again, this is what we’re going to follow!
The fact that there are so many of us who can say “I don’t even watch the show, I just read The Ashley’s hilarious recaps to keep up with what’s going on with the girls” (hi, it’s me!), means there is a secondary audience of people who consume content about the girls beyond the people who actually watch the show. We find the girls infamous and want to know what’s up with them without having to watch the boring and edited version of the actual show. Their show sucks. But they are “infamous celebs…” we do want to know what’s going on with them bc it’s trashy and interesting even if their show isn’t.
Which means they’re “celebrities,” even if we only follow them thru a proxy. You can be a “celebrity” that no one likes or admires. Ashley is a celebrity that no one likes or admires. But she is a celebrity. And that MAY HAVE influenced how the police responded.
i have read books shorter than your comment! Nobody has time to read all that! BlAHh bLAah…
Why cause the entire post was correct ! Don’t get mad cause someone spit facts.
@allison ~ perhaps they could ‘spit facts’ in a more concise fashion…🤷🏼♀️
#waytoowordy 📚😴💤
Can we get a “too long didn’t read” summery ?
when the comment is longer than the actual article…🙄
TL;DR
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Writing a book here??! Geez 🙄
I wouldn’t call these people celebrities. But idk what else to call them either
Reality Tv personalities
Asshats will do.
lol I like that 1!!
The delusions in this family are astonishing. SWAT showed up because there was a reported hostage situation by a known criminal. It had nothing to do with the celebrity claim. Even the 911 operator sounded like he couldn’t care less about that claim. I worked as a 911 operator and they hear some weird claims from callers, trust me. I had people think because they lived in the “nice part of town” the cops would respond faster. They don’t put those claims in the dispatch. In fact, 911 operators and cops can get in trouble for special treatment for “celebrities.” They trigger words for the 911 operator were the words “he’s shot up her house before.” Add on that he was told there was a hostage situation and the victim wasn’t picking up her phone and THAT’S why SWAT was dispatched. I’m sorry that Ashley went through that. It sounds terrifying but her family is not helping her right now and needs to be quiet with this celebrity crap.
I would be mortified if I ever spoke those words about myself lol. Do you think Kim Kardashian said “I’m on tv! I am a celebrity!” When she was robbed in Paris? Come on ppl