From ranting to haters on TikTok, to bragging about your beau’s new court-ordered bracelet, 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…
Amber Portwood Addresses Why MTV Never Fired Her; Says She’s An Advocate for Those with Mental Health Issues
Amber continues to scream from the rooftops— or TikTok Live— that she is a changed woman.
Since recently rejoining social media after a two-year hiatus, Amber has logged on nearly every day to speak to her fans and, on December 19, she decided to address her haters. In a looooong rant, Amber spoke to one TikTok creator who had been making videos about her recently, and addressed the often-asked question: how the hell is she still on this show?
Over the years, ‘Teen Mom’ viewers have watched as other cast members got the ax (most recently, Jenelle Evans), but somehow Amber has managed to keep her spot on the MTV reality show, despite her sometimes questionable (and sometimes downright abusive) behavior. During her Live on Thursday, Amber discussed this.
“I’m still on MTV because there was no reason to fire me!” she said. “Because [the network/producers] actually had to do the work where they looked into everything and saw, ‘Wait a minute, this is the honesty.”
When someone suggested Viacom only kept Amber on ‘Teen Mom’ because it brought viewers and made the network money, Amber shut the idea down.
“How is it about money?” she said. “If I truly did so many things wrong— you guys, this is a huge corporation, for one. I would be gone. Done. A long time ago. But here’s the thing: it didn’t happen. In fact, it’s people like [these TikTok creators] who are saying these things and keeping this story going, keeping this narrative going. This isn’t sad, what’s sad is what these people are doing.
Amber then pointed at her mental health struggles and commended herself for allowing MTV to film her struggles for the show.
“This is something we’ve had to deal with, people with mental illness, people with mental health issues, people who are just going through the hardest times in their lives. The reason why they’re so quiet about what they’re going through, how they feel and what’s going on inside of them,” Amber said. “Because, if they speak up and they say anything, they’re persecuted! It’s a witch hunt! They’re attacked for what reason? Because we’re different? Because we can’t help certain things?
Amber denied making herself a victim.
“We get called a ‘victim’ for it. I haven’t met one person with mental health issues like me, or went through more than I have, that’s ever acted like a victim,” she insisted. “In fact, the majority of the people that I’ve met who have mental health issues are very quiet about it and very scared to talk about it. They’re petrified to tell their families about it. They’re petrified to say, ‘Hey, I’m a woman who goes through these things. I’m not able to take care of myself, so in moments in my life, I wasn’t able to now take care of my kids.’ And then when you become able, you still are getting persecuted for it. It’s ridiculous!”
Fans on her Live then reminded Amber that she chose to put herself— and her struggles— on a TV show.
“Yes, I chose this life. I chose this life because I actually want people to know what it’s like to go through this,” Amber said. “I don’t mind being persecuted and attacked by these little, ridiculous people saying the most horrible things about me. And I will take any bullet— any bullet— for anybody that is going through this. I’ll do it for the rest of my life until I’m down, and I’ll never stop. You’re not going to stop me. You’re never going to stop me in your life, I’m sorry.”
Amber stated that she has used the hate to line her pockets, basically, and that she will continue to speak out on behalf of all who struggle with mental illness.
“So, thank you to anybody who has ever hated on me,” she said. “I found an amazing career from your hate. And I’m gonna keep donating; I’m gonna keep sticking up for the people who are getting attacked. …Just know that there’s someone on television– on the longest running franchise, and I’ll flex on that one— that will stick up for all of you and show how we can change.”
As ‘Teen Mom’ fans know, Amber has two kids: son James with Andrew Glennon and daughter Leah with Gary Shirley, whom she’s currently estranged from. Amber reminded nay-sayers that, while she and Leah currently have no relationship, she does have a good relationship with James.
“The custody of my kids should not matter because, this is why. I do have an amazing relationship with my son. Andrew said this in Us Weekly just last week. I am present, and a loving and caring mother. And this is Andrew!” Amber said, regarding the surprising interview Andrew recently gave, praising Amber’s mothering.
“I’ve taken two breaks from the show after 17 years,” she said. “This is me today after all of that. Leah is gorgeous, beautiful, amazing. My son, absolutely amazing and that’s all that matters…let go of my past, you guys. Let go of my past, I’ve let go of my past, because it’s already made me who I am and turned me into the person who never wants to be like that again, OK?
“We did bad things. We know this. You don’t have to tell us. We know,” she continued. “Seeing all of those things on television for me helped me realize even more what I was doing wrong, OK? By watching all the negative s**t I did and put out into the world, all I want to do now– after the two-year break and after the two times of being off of the show and having my time to really understand what I need to do to change. Yeah, it took 15 years. Yeah, it did. It took a long time. We’re trying to move forward, but I’m trying to show people that they can move forward.”
Amber finished her rant by proclaiming herself a [damn] good mother.
“I’m very proud of my children and I am proud to be a good mother today. I can’t say that for my past but I can say that today,” she said. “I am on a television show, I have given half of my life to this, and I’m going to keep going until it ends. So, just please remember what I have said to you today. And I got triggered in order to say this, yes. That’s what happens to us, you get triggered and you say something. it’s not always someone else’s fault…
“I am proud of what I’ve been able to show you guys, I am,” she said, admitting that her past antics were deserving of the hate. “I am ok with the hate that I got. Some of it was deserved, some of the hate was more than deserved, right? You’re bullying somebody that gave up money— and we’re talking money, sweetie— to make sure that my family was OK…you better realize who the hell you’re speaking about.”
“I’m a damn good mom today and I love that about myself,” Amber added. “I’m so proud of my son and the relationship we have. I’m very sad about what my daughter had to go through and I’m sad that we cannot have that relationship today. It kills me. But that’s as far as I’m going to let the people who are nasty and mean, know. You’ll never get to see me cry tears again. You’ll never get to see me break down again. I promise you. It’s not going to happen.”
Amber has confirmed that she will appear on the upcoming season of ‘Teen Mom: The Next Chapter,’ which premieres next month.
David Eason’s Girlfriend Flaunts His Court Ordered Ankle Monitor on Social Media
File this one under: “May This Kind of Love Never Find Me.”
Kenleigh Heatwole, the current girlfriend of fired ‘Teen Mom 2’ dad and former boaterhome-dweller David Eason, took to TikTok this week to fangirl over David’s newest accessory: a court-ordered GPS ankle monitor.
No, seriously. This actually happened.
As The Ashley previously told you, the estranged husband of Jenelle Evans was ordered by a judge to be fitted with his very own law-breaker bling earlier this month after appearing in court to answer for criminal charges filed against him in November, stemming from his attempt to heist motorbikes (and more) from Jenelle’s home on The Land in October. (David’s unsuccessful looting attempt resulted in him being arrested and charged with two misdemeanors: trespassing and violating the protective order that Jenelle has had against him since May.)
While his case was ultimately continued, David left the courthouse wearing a spiffy new ankle monitor that reportedly prevents him from being within three miles of Jenelle or her North Carolina property.
Earlier this week, Jenelle’s replacement Kenleigh hopped onto TikTok to give followers a close-up of David’s court ordered criminal cuff and to out-cringe herself by setting the video to the Britney Spears song ‘Criminal.’
For those of you with a birth year that doesn’t begin with 19, the song includes the following lyrics:
But mama I’m in love with a criminal /And this type of love isn’t rational/ It’s physical
Although there were some comments on Kenleigh’s TikTok from people who are rooting for her and David’s inevitable disaster of a relationship, there were quite a few others who expressed their confusion over Kenleigh’s attraction to Jenelle’s former significant ogre other.
“Wild to me that a woman would stay with a man that has to literally be on a GPS victim notification device,” one person wrote.
“Giiiiirl you had to have witnessed his toxicity on tv come on,” another noted.
“This is mind blowing to me lol,” someone commented, with another hilariously asking, “He got a job yet?”
While there were plenty of comments criticizing Kenleigh for choosing to couple up with a law-breaking freeloader like David, one of the standout comments came from someone who found humor simply in the fact that the ankle-monitored man in the video looked like a former d-list reality star.
“But why he look like david easton 😂,” the person asked, to which another person replied, “That is him lol.”
Watch Kenleigh’s latest cringey content below.
@kendoeeee Replying to @pretty rizz Haaaay 👋🏼 🤣🔒 @David Eason
Cheyenne Floyd & Family Serve Up Addams Family Vibes for the Holiday
Cheyenne Floyd was called out by fans this week after debuting a family Christmas photo that was seriously lacking in holiday spirit.
The family snapshot featured the ‘Teen Mom: The Next Chapter’ star and her husband Zach Davis, along with the couple’s son, Ace, and Cheyenne’s daughter Ryder. In the photo, the family wore both matching black ensembles AND seemingly stern faces.
“From our home to yours: wishing you a soulful holiday,” Cheyenne captioned the post, which also included close-ups up Ryder and Ace, sans smiles.
While the photo was undoubtedly lovely– and in true Cheyenne fashion, perfectly curated– fans were quick to call out the Davis family for missing the mark with their polarizing pouts.
“I almost thought this was some funeral gathering,” one person commented. “ Why is everyone looking so depressed? It’s the holidays!”
“Is there a reason everyone looks so pissed?” another wrote.
“Good lord did you just finishing fighting,” someone else asked.
As fans may know, Cheyenne has been a fan of grin-free professional photos for years, with her and Zach even opting to mean mug in a few of their wedding photos.
Despite Cheyenne’s obvious penchant for poker-faced pics, the MTV star later shared a version of her family Christmas photo that featured the whole crew rocking smiles.
“Merry Christmas,” Cheyenne captioned the alternate version of her family photo.
Farrah Abraham Asks Her OnlyFans Customers To Buy Her the Most Random– and Unhinged— Things on Amazon
It’s the holiday season: time to give a gift to those people in your life who have brightened up the year for you: a teacher, a gardener…your favorite over-30 “Teen Mom” who puts her naughty bits on The Interwebs for cash!
This week, Farrah bragged online about all of the gifts people were purchasing for her from her Amazon wishlist, which is posted on her OnlyFans page. This, of course, made The Ashley curious, so she decided to take a gander at what items Farrah is hoping to find under her Christmas tree this year.
Anyway, the unhinged list of items Farrah wants people to buy her made The Ashley chuckle…and then shake her head realizing people are spending their hard-earned money on these things.
For instance, Farrah asks for sexy time stuff such as a, um, realistic rubber version of, um, “man meat.” (The Ashley has to be careful how she describes this so bear with me). The rubbery reproductive organ also has a feature that allows it to squirt, um, fake “man juice” during use.
Why, why, why…why did I look at this list?
Right next to that is Farrah’s next request: several cross necklaces. (Everyone knows the Baby Jesus (God Leah) will look the other way about the squirting semen blaster, as long as the user wears a cross around her neck!)
Farrah also asks you to buy her disposable training pads (which The Ashley really, really hopes are for her puppy, but, given Farrah’s past antics, you never know.)
If you’re not down to buy Farrah stuff for her pup, you can also just purchase her a big ol’ jar of dopamine. Seriously.
Farrah also wants an insane amount of cheap fur coats, pickleball attire and a candle that says “Gold Digger.” As one does…
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Whoever writes these is a comedic genius🤣
amber needs to STFU as someone who grew up with a mentally ill mother she acts ECAaactly like my mother oh i have mental illness excuse my beahviour…. shes so triggering lately and i hope Gary is helping Leah through all of this…..
Amber says she’s a mental health advocate but all she’s ever done is whine about her mental health when it’s convenient for a storyline. You can donate all you want, but that doesn’t make you an advocate. Slacktivism doesn’t count. Get off your fkn couch and actually DO something
I don’t know who’s trashier: Amber labeling herself “a damn good mom” while she doesn’t have custody of her own kids and it’s not even on speaking terms with one of them while simultaneously having nothing going on in her life, or David’s gf bragging about the lowlife criminal she brought to her home like he’s some top quality man worth fighting for 😂
Jenelle could bring down even the best of men. Let Jenelle go on with her shenanigans, as she has proven she will. If David is trying to turn his life around and be a better person, why do people have to actually try to 💩 on that? It’s wild. If they’re happy and they’re being good, who cares. Let’s be honest, Jenelle isnt actually any sort of victim, she is satan herself. She’s just vindictive, she’s snake like. She’s only doing all this cause she didn’t want him anymore. But he was “king” when she said so, as he killed dogs and slapped around kids. Just the GOLD as Jenelle claimed. Despite anything David has ever done, he isn’t out here making news for any reason other than being happy with the new girl or trying to get his stuff back. Jenelle on the other hand? Well you know. All I’m saying is if a man wants to change his life around, freaking let him already. Jenelle has proven she has no interest in doing such a thing. Jenelle kept him around so she didn’t have to do domestic things. If it wasn’t for her, we wouldn’t even know his name. This is all Jenelle’s doing. She runs through a persons life like a damn twister then plays “victim.”
Let me add before the wise people start in, no I’m not his girlfriend. However, I am a woman who has made a lifetime of mistakes and then I grew up and wanted to be better so I changed my life around. Anyone can do it. Even the worst of the worst. And Jesus loves David no matter what the world thinks of him.
David wasn’t “the best of men”. He wasn’t even a good man before Jenelle. He threw his pregnant gf off his car on the middle of the road and beat her up. He was in jail (in fact he met one of Jenelle exs in there). He’s a POS and he’s been one for at least 20 years. Jenelle didn’t “bring him down” and nothing seems to indicate that he has changed or that he wants to be a better person.
Of course he wasn’t the best of men. But Jenelle’s COULD bring down the best of man, so imagine what she does to an already freaking mess of a man. People love to say Jenelle needed to get away from David but I see it both ways, he also needed to get away from her.
And I disagree. Look at his posts and any sort of publicity with his new GF. There is no racism and no beating of dogs or kids or no unhappy woman at his side. What is there to indicate he is the same monster we used to see? She seems calm and more mature than Jenelle’ ever was and sometimes, even though it is never a woman’s responsibility, sometimes the right woman can make the worst of men want to be the best version on themselves.
Are you intentionally ignoring his numerous court cases (both since he got with his new gf and past but still ongoing) and the fucking ankle monitor he’s wearing because he doesn’t (clearly) actually know HOW to “be good”? You’re asking where the indication that he is the same man he’s always been, I’m fairly certain you’ll find all the evidence you need in ALL of those cases. He still “makes publicity” because of his shit behavior. He isn’t making social media news, or any trash rag because he’s sitting on his hands being a good little boy all of a sudden. He still maintains the same opinions, same behaviors, same actions, same, well, everything, except he has a different woman. And this new woman makes excuses for who and what he was, and is, so, it’s easy to see a pattern emerge. You should open your eyes a bit. Hell even this article here clearly points out his RECENT ankle monitor, lmao.
I won’t defend Jenelle, she is absolutely a complete piece of shit (spit) and will ALWAYS be, and yes I too do believe she could bring just about any good person to their breaking point. That said, David is an adult, he makes his own life choices and he was just as bad (and worse) before he met her. He has yet to take any steps to be a better person. He doesn’t own anything he has done, which is really the first step in doing better and being better. You can’t do that until you acknowledge your own shit. He doesn’t, and won’t, so he stays shit. Jenelle is the same way, as they really are the same person in two different bodies.
David got arrested for trying to get his stuff. Was he legally banned from doing so? Sure. Do you know many “dangerous men” who will risk jail time over some dirt bikes but not to get his hands on someone he is supposedly “a threat to”? No. Jenelle has the money and the kids so she gets to be the “victim” but she is not actually any victim to David. She won’t protect her kids from the new guy either, guaranteed. This is the last I’ll say about it cause I’m certainly not defending David in the way it appears. All I’m trying to say is that they went separate ways and we’ve seen gobs of typical Jenelle BS but none from David. And I think his new woman seems to be very good for him. And I hope she is. And I love a redemption story and I deeply hope this is David’s, that’s all.
I have never considered Jenelle a victim.. She is just as bad as David is and has always been. I will never excuse anything she has ever done or said. As I said, she is a piece of shit (spit), as they are BOTH pieces of shit (spit). But you are indeed defending David, repeatedly. People who are trying to do better and be better don’t break the law, full stop, doesn’t matter who they are. He can’t put his hands on someone who isn’t even there, lmao. Kind of stupid to defend his actions by saying “well it could’ve been worse, he could’ve hurt her”. Unless he can magically teleport from NC to Vegas while simultaneously remaining in NC, that would be an impossibility and it’s utterly ridiculous to use that as a measure for how “good” he is now. His new gf is doing the same thing Jenelle used to do, making excuses for his behavior. That’s not “good for him”, either. A grown ass adult who isn’t willing to hold their life partner responsible for their choices isn’t doing either of them any favors.
His redemption story, should he ever have one (and I say the same thing about Jenelle, btw, as I said, same person, two different bodies) cannot even begin to start unless and until he owns up to everything he’s done and start taking steps towards accountability. The very same thing can be said about anyone and everyone that chooses to change. Change starts at home, and by home, I mean in your own self. If someone doesn’t want to, you can wish in one hand, shit in the other and see which fills up first. Also, yes there has been “gobs” of his BS since they separated too, you’re just ignoring it. Maybe you dislike Jenelle more than David, more power to you if you do, but I dislike them equally, so I don’t ignore any of either one’s behavior or try to dismiss it off with “well it could’ve been worse”
There both vile human beings. As is anyone defending this pathetic excuse of a ‘man’
If Amber has truly changed in all these years why has it never been caught by mtv cameras?