Part two of the reunion starts with Leah. Who knew she would be one of the sanest moms left of the show? She really is doing the best she can with the hand she has been dealt with Ali. Dr. Drew told her the same thing. Also Corey has finally accepted the situation. Corey says that Ali is becoming more and more aware of her situation deteriorating. That was a very short interview. Because, she’s sane.
Kailyn comes out with Leah. Kail says they have always close friends but they had just not been filmed together. They have a lot in common. Leah is dating a new guy who is 39 and owns a couple of businesses. She is 26. I think that is fine. My sound is going in and out a bit on this episode.
Next out is Javi by himself. I use to think he was a great guy, but now I think he is just another media whore. Javi says that Brianna wore the engagement ring before he took it back. Dr. Drew says he has spoken to women who have dated him and the describe him as, “a shady motherfucker” and a serial dater. Drew prefers the term, “love addict.” The female co-host whose name escapes me, says he’s a sex addict.
Kailyn comes out to join Javi. Kailyn says that Javi is a smooth operator who makes Kail forget how much she hates him. Kail initiated the hook up. Kail says the fight with Brianna before the reunion, had nothing to do with Javi or the hookup. In fact, she doesn’t think Brianna knows they hooked up again.
Next up we have Nathan and Barbara. This is where I pause to tell you today’s news about Kaiser. Jenelle has been refusing to send Kaiser to Nathan for the last two of his weekends because “he is sick.” According to the custody agreement (as per Nathan) they are supposed to agree on a makeup weekend but if they can’t he just misses his weekend. He is taking her back to court.
Sidenote: In other reality kid news, Jon and Kate Gosselin’s sextuplet, Hannah is now living with her father fulltime. I believe she just started her senior year of high school. My favorite sextuplet, Colin is STILL locked in a treatment facility. I saw a photo of Jon and Hannah visiting him and he is unrecognizable. He’s gained weight and I am really worried about him. Just like I am worried about Kaiser.
Barbara and Nathan get together now. They go through all of their concerns about Kaiser and David. They both believe that Jenelle and David’s mother are both controlled by David and they can’t get any information.
On to the interview with Jenelle that happened in North Carolina because David refused to allow her to go film. Jennelle says that Jace was just repeating what Barbara says when he called her and David pieces of shit. That is probably true, but I think Jace agrees with Barb. Jennelle is of course defending David and blaming her mother for everything. She says she does give Jace his medicine just not on Saturdays because it makes him throw up. I don’t get it. I believe she is taking his Aderrall on the days he is with her.
She says that David still stands by his views about LGBT folks and whoever else he degraded. She says that he doesn’t hate “those people” she just doesn’t want his kids to grow up and be “that way.” She sees nothing wrong with his opinion.
Regarding her road rage incident, she says she had PTSD about the incident and didn’t leave her house for weeks afterward. When Dr. Drew mentions that she put her kid in further danger pursuing the guy, she says she was not thinking about that. She tries to fake cry and say she was pissed because he almost knocked her son out. She claims Jace almost hit his head, but the footage tells a different story. Drew tries to have a logical conversation with Jenelle but she is not logical. Jenelle said she was really desperate at the time when called her son a liar because she didn’t want to get arrested. Drew asks if she ever told him that and she claims she did. I don’t believe her.
When Drew says he has concerns about having the gun around Jace, she says that is not a problem. She has a concealed carry permit and he gun goes with her everywhere. She says she is afraid to be out without David.
Finally, we have a remote from Chelsea. She says it was embarrassing to be at the reunion with all the brawling.
TT, great recap. I admit that as a 45 year old woman I watch this show and am not sure why. It is almost like seeing an accident happen and you can’t look away. In all seriousness, though, I do not see how Jenelle has not been held accountable for all of her abhorrent actions up until this point. I truly don’t get it….those poor children.
As a special education teacher one of of the main lessons of my classroom is accountability. I do not and will not let my students use their diagnoses as a crutch for not being responsible for their actions, behaviors, and grades. Some of these teen moms seem unable to do that…it is very sad.
Isn’t Kate Plus Eight now Kate Plus Six?
And does anyone really care to see her date?
The remarks about Javi are so disheartening. I know his current girlfriend and baby mamma (close family friends) She is beautiful inside and out. Fingers crossed for a happy ending.
So she was dating him while he was dating someone else, willing to move to Delaware without meeting him in person first, and then quickly got knocked up by him?
She sounds lovely. What could possibly go wrong here?
I’m not sure what you are talking about but they met at a wedding in Dekewarw that they were both in.
Sorry phone had a mind of it’s own: They net at a wedding in Deleware they were both in. They have mutual friends in Deleware and she’s from Maine so she moved closer to home than SC.
As for whether or not she knew he was fucking other people, I can’t say I know because I would never discuss that with her mom but she is a good person and all I said was I hope for a happy ending. Who wouldn’t when there’s a baby involved….
I had a wonderful rant in response to this idiocy but the goddam popups ate it. Fuck, I’m sick of the “new” internet. Everything’s ruined, even reading a blog. Yea, corporatization. I don’t need a fucking Kroger ad shoved in my face, animated, everywhere I go. Damn.
They dated last summer (2017) and a little bit into the fall.
Poor Colin prayers and more prayers.
Hannah is one of the sextuplets. They all began the 8th grade this year.
Yes, it is the twins that are starting their senior year. Looks like Jon put her in a different school than the others….Kate’s pic is of the others in private school uniforms. Hannah is in regular clothes
wonder which of kate’s kids will be the first to write a tell-all book
I hope it is Colin, but it will probably be Hannah. Kate always favored Maty over Hannah her whole life and then there were six more kids.
Sorry I’m confused. Is it Cara you’re talking about? She’s Maddy’s twin. I do agree with you that she’s been in the background to Maddy her whole life. But to be fair to her parents, Maddy is very much an attention seeker. Is Cara the one who has moved in with Jon? And poor Colin
No Hannah the sextuplet lives with Jon now. I had completely forgotten about Cara, muchlike Kate.
I cannot believe Jenelle is now claiming PTSD but never stopped to consider how the whole incident affected Jace.
I was #TeamJavi during his divorce from Kail. I find her entitled and selfish, and I thought she was ruining a very good thing when she divorced him. He seemed like the solid, healthy one while she came off as erratic.
While my opinion of Kail has not changed, my opinion of Javi has. He’s fame hungry, and it appears that he may have some sort of mental health issue. He jumps from woman to woman waiting until one is desperate enough to marry him or get pregnant on the spot.
We don’t know anything about his current girlfriend, but I do find her a bit irresponsible for getting pregnant immediately after getting back together with him. And I don’t understand how she could be blind to the fact that she was just the next in line, not someone he truly loved. She was just available, not special to him.
Is Colin on the Spectrum? What is he being treated for?
That was my question as well. What could I possibly have that he has to be institutionalized for …..that Kate can’t take care of at home.?. People treat children on the spectrum all The Times at home then I was thinking maybe schizophrenia but that’s controllable by medicine as well.. l I can’t even imagine what he could possibly have that he has to be institutionalized and Jon has in said nothing about it as well so he apparently agrees?
Who knows? Any kid would struggle with what those kids have been through. I am glad his diagnosis isn’t public. When you combine the abuse, the exploitation, the estranged father and the fact that they were premies, it could be anything. As much as we love Collin and have become invested in those precious kids, it’s not our business.
Your name says it all.
Great re-cap, TT, thank you. I can’t watch anymore, but I do read the re-caps. It’s too horrifying to see how badly most of these children are being parented. I fear for the lives and safety of Jenelle’s kids. They are in danger, every day. I am heartbroken for Ali– I can’t imagine what Leah and Corey are going through. Chelsea and her family are the exception, and they should stay far away from the others! Kail, Javi and Brianna are way too self-absorbed to be the kind of parents they should be. Between them, Kail and Brianna have FIVE different kids with FIVE different fathers!!! Where is the love and stability??? It’s so unfair to those little ones. Plus having this all take place in front of the world!
Thanks for the recap from me as well, TT.
I can’t stand Jenelle and don’t watch the teen mom shows that have her so I miss out on Kail, Chelsea and Leah. I think Jenelle is good for nothin and married a good for nothin. Those kids don’t stand a chance. She lies to Nathan about their son being sick and he should damn well be throwing a fit about it. If she has ptsd she brought it on herself. She followed him and every time she tells the story it gets bigger and worse than the last. She calls her son ( the truth teller) a liar when she’s the biggest liar of them all. I also believe she steals Jace’s medicine for herself. I just can’t stand her and I can’t stand the way the producers cater to her and beg her.
Javi is a lost cause.
I use to really admire Dr. Drew but now I think he likes all the shit that goes on
Did anyone else feel like Dr. Drew was giving him an out by labeling him a “love addict.” No, Dr. Drew, he’s just a dick.
Also, I think Jenelle is profoundly stupid.
Not gonna lie, I came for the Kate + ? news. Teen Mom as a show just upsets me too much.
Jon is no angel, but he was willing to walk away from millions to get those kids off tv, and that raised his estimation in my eyes. I also read the book that exposed Kate’s diary on the computer she threw in the trash. I believed every word. It was so ‘her’.
I hope if Hannah does well the other kids will consider letting Jon in their lives more. I also really hope things turn around for Collin, but as I said earlier, I don’t think we should speculate on his diagnosis.
It’s so funny. I live in DE and I saw Kail and a guy I believed was Corey, in the local Target. She actually looks better in person. I know she lives in Dover so I was surprised to see her so far North.
It was last Friday.