From getting some damage control done to getting slammed by a stepdaughter, 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…
Catelynn Lowell Makes Attempt to Backtrack on Some of Her Recent Comments About Carly’s Parents
Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra took to social media this week for a bit of damage control following their latest comments about adoption and their biological daughter Carly’s parents, Brandon and Teresa Davis. In one interview done last week to promote the new season of ‘Next Chapter,’ Catelynn stated that she would have picked different parents for Carly if she had it to do over.
As fans know, Catelynn and Tyler have been speaking out against Carly’s parents, Brandon and Teresa Davis, since last year, resulting in the couple blocking the ‘Teen Mom’ stars on social media and ultimately ceasing all contact between them and Carly. Catelynn and Tyler have also been frequently speaking out against adoption itself, claiming they believe they were taken advantage of as teens when they decided to place their child for adoption in 2009.
Catelynn continued this trend in a recent interview with E! News, even admitting that she had regrets about choosing Brandon and Teresa to be Carly’s parents– a statement she insisted this week had been misinterpreted.
“I want to make something very clear,” Catelynn posted to her Instagram Story. “In the interviews I did recently and said ‘I would pick different parents’ I mean I would of picked us!
“I wish that I could have made a different choice and WE could be her parents!” Catelynn continued. “Not that I would of picked a different set of adoptive parents! I should of clarified in the interview I did.”
Unfortunately for Catelynn, her latest “explanation” made no sense, given that in the interview, she stated she would still choose adoption for Carly if she had it to do over. She also gave specific reasons why she would not choose Brandon and Teresa again. Never once in the interview did Catelynn state that she would choose herself and Tyler to parent Carly if she could.
“I definitely would have picked a couple in Michigan,” Catelynn said in the interview. “I would have picked a couple that wanted fully open adoption from the get-go. So, there’s things in my decision that I would have changed.”
As expected, Tyler also took to social media amid the latest wave of criticism, insisting that he and Cate aren’t “bashing” Carly’s parents by sharing the issues they have with their adoption. Instead, he stated that he and Cate are simply expressing “factual truth.”
“ … If people are so uncomfortable with the facts regarding that truth, then they should re-evaluate the morality of that truth, instead of condemning & pointing fingers at the ones who just so happen to be delivering the truth,” he continued. “If you possess critical thinking skills, this should make sense to you.”
Just days before Cate and Tyler posted their respective statements about Carly/adoption, Tyler unleashed an unfiltered stream of consciousness on TikTok Live, during which he accused Brandon and Teresa of not “advocating” for Carly when it comes to the situation with himself and Catelynn. He stated that Brandon and Teresa should have offered an explanation as to why they were ending communication with him and Cate.
“I’m a father of three, I would literally do anything … I’d be the first person to be like, ‘Hey, what you’re doing is hard on my child, please stop,’ or even if it was Carly who wanted the disconnect, [if I were her parent] I would say, ‘Hey, it’s really hard for her, it’s not really good for her right now, let’s take a step back,’” Tyler stated. “Whatever it is, I would never just not explain it, because [by] you not explaining it or communicating it, you’re not advocating for her … .”
Tyler claimed that Brandon and Teresa have “the answer” as to why they do not wish to be in contact with him or Cate– and that they’ve allegedly confirmed to Dawn the adoption counselor that there is a reason– however, they refuse to communicate that information to Cate and Tyler.
“ … they just won’t give it to us, they refused Dawn to let us know that answer,” Tyler said, adding that he finds it “really weird” that Brandon and Teresa won’t allow that information to be shared with him and Cate.
Tyler reiterated that Brandon and Teresa “made an open adoption agreement” with “two minor children,” before pointing out that he and Cate are almost at the age that Brandon and Teresa were when the adoption agreement took place.
“I think to myself, man, if I was in their position and watched the devastation on these two kids and what’s going on, I couldn’t have done it,” Tyler said. “ … Or [I would have at least] gotten down on their level and said, ‘Listen, you don’t have to do this, you can still change your mind,’– anything!”
Watch a clip of Tyler’s TikTok Live rant below.
Tyler is live right now ranting about B&T and talking about his regrets while having ZERO awareness that it’s TOO LATE to undo the adoption. Also, B&T are Carly’s parents – NOT C&T.
byu/ThisUnfortunateDay inteenmom
Jenelle Evans Gets Shaded by Former Stepdaughter Maryssa; Threatens to Take Legal Action Against David (Again)
Jenelle Evans was the victim of some tag-team trolling over the weekend courtesy of her estranged husband David Eason’s teenage daughter and David’s current girlfriend, resulting in the former ‘Teen Mom’ star threatening to take (even more) legal action against David.
David’s daughter, Maryssa Eason, hopped on a TikTok trend over the weekend while throwing some major– (and frankly, majorly well-deserved)– shade at her former stepmom.
“‘You’re so funny,’” Maryssa wrote on the social media platform. “Thank you, I grew up on ‘the land’ with that one chick if [ya know, ya know].”
While Maryssa’s post– which was shared on Reddit— was likely enough to have Jenelle crying her eyes out at the top of her lungs, the fact that David’s girlfriend, Kenleigh Heatwole, went on to repost the social media slam seemed to truly set Jenelle off, as she later threatened David via tweet shortly after.
“I mean if you want to catch another violation charge for 3rd party harassment be my guest David,” Jenelle tweeted and (very) quickly deleted on X.
Jenelle’s blink-and-you-miss-it tweet likely implied that she felt that David— whom is currently legally restricted from harassing Jenelle due to a restraining order she has against him—was using his girlfriend/daughter to harass her online. If she could prove this, then it would, indeed, be a violation of the restraining order she has against David.
This is not the first time Jenelle has taken to social media to threaten legal action against David & Co. As The Ashley told you last month, Jenelle claimed on TikTok Live that, while she hadn’t pressed charges against Kenleigh for allegedly accompanying David during his attempted motorbike heist on The Land in October, Jenelle insisted she “could still press charges on [her], if I choose to.”
“So, if she wants to keep pissin’ me off and keep postin’ subliminal shady posts about me, she can keep goin’ because I will press charges if she doesn’t stop,” Jenelle continued.
(Kenleigh recently shared on her Instagram Story that she had an upcoming court date due to an “idiot”; however, The Ashley can confirm that court date had nothing to do with Jenelle and was—ironically– for a case in which Kenleigh charged a man with trespassing and property damage.)
As of press time, it does not appear that Jenelle has taken any legal action against David for the recent TikTok diss/repost.
Nathan Griffith’s Girlfriend Defends His Problematic Past & Poor Parenting; Nate Denies “Grooming” the 21-Year-Old
Nathan Griffith and his girlfriend continue to ride out the honeymoon phase of their concerning (like, DRAMASTICALLY concerning) relationship. Recently, Nate’s 21-year-old came to the former ‘Teen Mom 2’ dad’s defense after being met with comments from fans criticizing Nate’s problematic past and lack of parenting.
On a recent gym selfie of the PDA-loving pair posted to Instagram by Nate’s girlfriend, someone called out Nathan for putting effort into his fitness routine and current soulmate, while seemingly making zero effort to father his two children.
“Imagine if you made this much effort into seeing your son,” the comment read, referring to Kaiser, the son Nathan shares with ex Janelle Evans.
“Imagine if you put that much effort in your own life as you just did in that comment,” Nathan’s girlfriend replied, to which another person quipped, “Imagine standing up for a deadbeat dad.”
In one of the screenshots posted to Reddit, Nathan’s girlfriend assured critics that she plans to stand up for her man “every time,” insisting that she knows him, unlike the haters who only know Nathan from ‘Teen Mom’– (and, ya know, the lengthy legal rap sheet he’s amassed over the years.) When asked to clarify if she was defending her “swolemate” for abandoning his children or for his history of domestic violence, Nathan’s girlfriend seemingly denied that her man was guilty of either.
“Abandoning his child? Him and I have chose not to speak about that situation for other reasons,” she wrote. “Do you know their mother? It isn’t abandoning. Trust. Violence charges? Seen it, heard it, dropped.”
While Nathan’s gal pal may be willing to overlook her man’s many transgressions (among other blazing red flags), Nathan does, in fact, have a well-documented history of violence, with his most-recent crime occurring less than two years ago. (As The Ashley previously reported, Nathan pleaded guilty in September 2023 to “Attempted Battery by Strangulation for his attack on his sister in July of that year. In February 2023, Nathan was arrested for “Committing Domestic Violence by Strangulation” against a girlfriend; however, those charges were dropped.)
As his girlfriend continued to go to bat for him in the comments, Nathan put down his creatine shake long enough to insert himself into the comment-section conversation, calling his critics “losers” who “buy into the drama and literally get off thinking that your life doesn’t suck as bad.”
“ … Rather you were popular or not growing up, somewhere inside is a little child screaming for attention because you secretly hate yourself and envy other people criticizing them to make yourself feel better,” Nathan wrote.
As for the people accusing Nathan of “grooming” his girlfriend– who, again, is 16 whole years his junior– Nathan called the allegations “comical.”
“Definitely shows how much you don’t know based on a simple minded skepticism viewpoint,” he wrote, after presumably consulting a thesaurus, albeit incorrectly. “21– I love when people say that about her but look at yourself slag. These social media drug addicts really know how to speak intellectually without contradicting themselves. That was sarcasm if you didn’t grasp that last sentence.”
Check out the happy (for-now) couple’s unhinged comments below.
Nathan and his GF going back and forth with IG commenters
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Bristol Palin Reveals She’s Dealing with Facial Paralysis, Possibly Due to Stress
Former ‘Teen Mom: OG’ star Bristol Palin revealed this week that she has been dealing with facial paralysis for more than a week, leaving her unable to move the left side of her face, according to People.
“I woke up nine days ago with a weird sensation in my face,” she shared Wednesday on social media. “My mouth was pulling this way and it just felt a little off. So I went, looked in the mirror. I’m like, ‘Wow. This is looking a little weird.’”
The mom of three continued to document her health scare on social media, later posting a video of her facial paralysis appearing more-severe as the day went on. Bristol explained that she had difficulty blinking one of her eyes at one point, claiming there was “no movement” to the left side of her face.
Bristol said her doctor “ran tests” and performed a “CT scan” to figure out the cause for her facial paralysis; however, “nothing came back in all the results,” so her doctor ended up putting her on steroids and other medications. While her doctor was unable to give her an official diagnosis, Bristol said they believe the issue was brought on by a case of Bell’s Palsy.
On Friday, she provided an update on her situation, while also addressing some of the rumors circulating about why she was experiencing the medical scare.
“This is day eleven,” she said on her Instagram Story. “I think it’s getting better. I have more acupuncture next week, I’m going to try lymphatic massage, doing all the things.
“I’ve seen so much circulation on what’s this is caused by, so many people are trying to blame the Covid vaccine– I never had the Covid vaccine,” she continued. “So many people are also saying it’s caused by Botox and filler– I haven’t have filler in years.”
Bristol went on to reveal that she had lip filler “years ago, but nothing new,” and claims she hasn’t had Botox injections in “a long time,” so she doubts either of those things had caused her facial paralysis. Bristol then noted that Bell’s Palsy can be set off by stress, which she believes to be the case with her situation.
“I’m stressed, I probably don’t sleep that great, so it’s definitely eye-opening for that aspect,” she said. “ … That’s likely what it’s caused by.”
Bristol went on to call the experience “weird,” but something that happens to quite a few people– some of whom have reached out to her after she shared her own experience earlier this week.
“Hopefully it clears up in a couple weeks … ,” Bristol added.
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16 Responses
I do feel bad for C&T. You can tell how badly they regret their choice. This is the one time they should have actually listened to Butch and April about something.
Sure, they should have taken the addicts that neglected their kids’ advice
This is why B&T were concerned with an open adoption.
C&T have never regretted why they put her up for adoption, but they way they treated adoption has been wrong.
B&T aren’t just babysitting until Carly is 18.
Because of this thought process from C&T their comments and belief is why adoption should be closed. It’s not helping their trauma and they healing to have Carly in their life.
They gave Carly up for adoption for a better life than they could not provide. Just because they managed to get alittle better and get out of the toxic environment alittle bit does not change the fact that they were in it at the time.
They made the right chose as teenagers. But having alittle contact with Carly has warped their memory.
Unless the child being adopted has had a life with their parents (I.e older) all adoption should be closed. It would help with trauma and C&T warped thinking then the child has grown up.
Catelynn, you are a fing liar and EVERYONE knows it. Brandon and Teresa really need to get some kind of R.O. against Catelynn for Carly’s sake.
Catelynn’s pulling a Jenelle-Offering up a half-assed excuse about something she said only to back track with an “explanation” that makes zero sense.
Its not on Brandon and Teresa for Catelynn and Tyler signing an adoption agreement as minors nor was it for them to make sure they knew what they were doing. Where’s the blame on their own parents for not supporting them through that? April and Butch were lost causes but where was Tyler’s mom?
Brandon and Teresa also don’t owe an explanation for cutting off contact, period.
Tyler “if I were her parent”
You aren’t her parent. Cate isn’t her parent. Brandon & Teresa are her parents and they don’t owe you an explanation for decisions they make regarding their daughter.
“I would of”. Really Cate? Ignorant idiot. Carly is so lucky to have escaped these two idiots. She has a fighting chance for a future with Brandon and Theresa.
Brandon and Teresa DO NOT have to provide any type of reasoning for their no-contact. Why don’t they understand this? They’re advocating for their child by cutting out toxic, selfish, and insane people. They do not need to tell anyone why they are protecting THEIR child. Shut the fuck uuuup Cate and Tyler.
Janelle is bitter, single and has the three kids with her (not that she’s caring for them or parenting them). Meanwhile two out of three of her deadbeat baby daddies are living their best lives with their younger girlfriends and rubbing it in her face. Although both girls might actually be dumber than Janelle and both relationships will likely result in 911 calls once the honeymoon phase ends. And one of the baby daddies is nearby but doesn’t bother to make an effort.
But in the meantime, Janelle must be so Janelleous. And she deserves to be miserable after all she put her kids through.
They were taken advantage of. They disrespected a couple of minors and went against the minor’s parent’s direction to not contact the teen mom. Not only the couple but the agency. There was really no such thing as a closed adoption in the year Carly was born. There was no such thing as the AP’s deciding when to send photos. The internet had been invented why we’re looking at photos in an adoption agency’s office? A semi open adoption is not an adoption where the child knows they are adopted. What on earth was Bethany doing?
This was the most ridiculous word salad I’ve seen since Farrah…and just as accurate. Please, Google adoption laws before posting barely readable, false information. Please and thank you.
Nope. Your information is wrong. Of course there was “closed adoption” at the time Carly was born! The people who are lying and taking advantage to make money off of their rants are Tyler and Catelynn. They are mad because they can no longer put information about Carly all over the internet and make money off of her.
Wtf are you talking about? Closed adoptions have existed for decades. Brandon and Theresa agreed to send pictures until Carly was 5 and that’s it. Everything that happened from then on was because they were kind enough to allow it until it became obvious that Catelynn and Tyler had no respect for boundaries whatsoever
Cate’s backtracking makes no sense. She very clearly meant different adoptive parents who lived in Michigan and would have kept the adoption open no matter what bs they pulled.
Cate and Tyler need to get it through their heads that Brandon and Theresa do not owe them any explanation. But, they have been told multiple times over the years to respect their privacy and that Carly was struggling. And now Tyler is acting like that is what he needed to be told. All previous attempts to reason with Cate and Tyler have failed miserably. No contact was probably the only option left.
And worse, Tyler is acting like he wasn’t the one pushing for adoption. Brandon and Theresa did not take advantage of him. He didn’t want to raise Carly. That is a fact. It’s insanity for them to continue to rewrite history.
And I just can’t with Nathan and the child he’s dating. Pathetic.
I’m so over Catelynn and Tyler. You have up Carly. You have no right over her and you are incapable of respecting boundaries, that’s why her parents doesn’t want you around. Period.
Regarding Jenelle and her former soulmates, I don’t know which one of all the people involved is the dumbest. I feel beyond sorry for the kids caught in the middle of that sh*t show. All of them should be spayed.
Cate trying to backtrack but actually just digging a deeper hole 😂 we’ve been saying this for years now; they regret the adoption and want to be Carly’s parents. They have no grasp on the fact that Carly is legally NOT their child and they have no rights to her in any way. Cate and Ty were granted access by B&T but they (B&T) had the right to revoke that access at any time. Carly’s parents are not giving C&T consent to continue their access to a child that is not theirs. C&T are not respecting the boundary that was set for a child who, again, is NOT legally theirs. C&T are in their 30s now and have clearly never really unpacked the adoption with a therapist. They need to do better for themselves and the kids they have at home. They’ve had 16yrs and plenty of MTV money to get help processing this but honestly, I think they just like having something to fall back on for a storyline. What good would they be to the ratings if they were “healed”?