As I was working on other things today, the news about Jenelle Evans getting fired from Teen Mom started pouring into my inbox. I think we need to take a moment to understand what happened with Jenelle Evans.
I’m not sure what we know about who her sperm donor was, but we do know Jenelle Evans didn’t have a father. As much as we all love Barb, she’s sort of gotten sucked into this hole of suck known as reality TV too.
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Jenelle Evans was about sixteen or seventeen years old when she got pregnant. As if her life was not already bad enough, a reality TV show cam along and gave her money. And then more money. And then more money to exploit Jenelle’s situation.
She’s been in a handful of abusive relationships since. Recently, the man she thinks she loves killed her dog. And now, the money train is pulling out. Jenelle is of no use to them anymore.
I don’t have kids. But if I did, this is not the life I would like for my child. She has nothing to fall back on. No family that can financially help her. Her idiot husband will leave her now. He’ll try to take all of her money and her home. It’s just a hot mess.
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I also worry that without the cameras around Jenelle and the children and the family pets are in more danger. Reality TV is something that only idiots sign up for at this point.
I wish the best for Jenelle Evans. I don’t think she ever stood a chance.
I legit am concerned for Jenelle. Her husband has a crazy quick temper and access to a lot of guns and he’s also a lot taller and stronger than she is. She was his money ticket. This entire thing, particularly with the dog makes my skin crawl.
Barb has filed an order to prohibit Jace from seeing Jenelle on THE LAND or alone I believe.
This will not end well.
I completely agree with you. Best case scenario is that he leaves her but I don’t see that happening. I am concerned for her safety. I hope that Barb is able to keep Jace off the property. I hope that a judge also allows Nathan to get Kaiser off the property. I hope that Jenelle realizes that she is in possibly the worst situation that she has been in yet with a man. I hope she gets out of there asap. Her daughter is a very real complication though because I don’t see him allowing her to leave.
I’m going to sound like an a$$hole, but I won’t shed one tear about her being fired. I have zero tolerance for anyone who either abuses an animal. Or tolerates someone else doing it. Also the fact that her children have been around Whats His Face is horrible too.
You want to date losers. Thats your choice, but that stops once you have children that stops. Your poor decisions shouldn’t affect them. And they should be your #1 priority.
Sorry for the rant. Entire Jenelle situation has bothered me for a long time. I just want those children to be safe and in a good home environment
I completely agree with you Michelle! I never watched Teen Mom but I did read the articles about David and what he did to that poor dog in front of those kids. He can rot in hell. She is standing by his side after everything he has done, she has no sympathy from me.
I loved reading this compassionate take on Janelle. You really are a great writer & a deeply thoughtful examination of her life. Kudos t.t. Costa Rica will be yours.
You just said everything I was thinking. But more eloquently than I could have written. Some people are born with the deck stacked against them. Some break out, others do not. The whole thing is sad. I hope Asshole lands in prison. I will send him some soap on a rope. With the rope booby trapped to break when wet.
Thanks ! I find it so hard to be compassionate towards Janelle & David. I watch the children lead bleak lives & it makes my blood boil. Those kids are so unfortunately parented. Jace is with Barbara but even he knows that J & D’s behavior is intolerable. Poor kids. So sad for them. T. T ‘ s take is valid. Janelle really never had a chance. Those kids dont either I fear. Hope I am wrong.
I hope Janelle and the kids get away from him alive. He seems like one to pull a Josh Powell (the guy whose wife “disappeared,” then he set a fire to kill himself and two boys when his arrest was imminent). And that is way beyond scary.
Omg!!!! Nanette. I don’t think I’d survive that happening again. Hopefully lots of eyes will be on him.
we may be in the minority, but I feel the same way.
At this point, she is beyond doomed, and I am sad to say I highly doubt her children will escape the doom cycle.
The entire situation is tragic and gross.
Pray for Jenelle and her children. They are in greater danger now than they have ever been. David has been publicly vilified and embarrassed, and I am fearful that his rage is out of control. He is not mentally stable. Pray for those poor little kids.
You are soooooooo right I’m more scared now than before. In his mind he is being provoked and financially they are a mess and have a ton of animals. That’s a lot of pressure, I’m worried something really bad will happen
It is way beyond time for MTV to have done this. They exploited her drug addiction and multiple arrests. I stopped watching years ago because i didn’t want to see her slow death on camera. The money train just derailed and the day is coming when we will hear of the mass murder and suicide that will happen on the land. She never had a chance and her poor children didn’t either.
ALL of this above⬆️⬆️⬆️…?????? that her children will not be there when this happens.. I pray for Jenelle as well. My god..my heart is heavy.
Jenelle had a chance, she just chose men over everything else. Pretty much every girl on the show had a sh*t life. Kailyn, Leah, Amber, Cateyln and Tyler. Most of the girls took the opportunity to give their kids a better life. Jenelle choses men every time. MTV most certainly expolited all the girls but Jenelle made it easy for them. Kaiser and Jace were terrified of David. How could the whole viewing audience feel more sympathy for Jenelle s kids than she did?
I have sympathy for Janelle too. I have no limit to sympathy. Life is hard. And giving Jenelle a shit ton of money only hurt her.
@Oopsey: Bingo! Men always came first, then drugs. Jenelle is the type of person that listens to no one. With David she met her match and then some. Jenelle having a bad childhood being the cause of her past and current behavior is enabling; 3/4 of the world can use that tired old excuse. Example: Holocaust survivors.
Besides the money, MTV has broken the third wall with their producers being on camera and for some of the young women more than others, acting as if they are life coaches or therapists but really being enablers and instigators in certain cases. And Jenelle is one of those cases.
Toxic as hell but it also seems like abandonment at this particular point..
I wonder if Barbara will be out too? That would affect Jace, as I would think the MTV money is a great addition to her Wal*Mart income.
What is sad is that Jenelle had some potential way back but bad choices and then drugs did her in.
Very sad.
Only a sociopath shoots a family pet.
Hopefully he does leave her since the money is ending. Maybe this will open her eyes and force her to land on her feet.
The dog situation is horrific but the underbelly of this family seems much more tragic.
MTV should have done this years ago. Instead of using the money to do something productive with her life, she turned her life into a shit show. I hope Barbara still makes appearances every now and then.
I feel bad for Jenelle in the David situation because he is extremely dangerous and manipulative. With the other men, Nathan and Kiefer primarily, Jenelle was equally to blame for issues. She has been aggressive, abused drugs, and also abused dogs herself on camera. Her life may have not been sunshine and rainbows, but it hasn’t been for most of these other girls either. Farrah did not have a good family life and she’s gotten a lot more flack online for a lot less. I’m hoping this is the wake up call Jenelle needs…I’m sure MTV will take her back if she leaves David.
I’m trying to have sympathy for Jenelle but having a hard time with it for the simple reason that she had a mother! Kail didn’t have either parent in her life she grew up in the foster system and surfining from friends couch to friends couch now has a degree and her own home. Jenelle has never realized or been made to realize her actions have consequences, the trashier and more out of control her life got the more money she got. She will be trying to do the talk show circuit or sue MTV like Farrah. Heck maybe she will enter the adult entertainment industry with Farrah too.
I’m just over these women who put their kids around these angry violent men and act like its all good. Even an alley cat has the maternal instinct to protect her young. Good parents who make wise decisions are a blessing.
I guess killing the dog was the last straw.
I don’t think killing the dog was not their last straw sadly.. No one was willing to work with Jenelle anymore because of David.. her producers didn’t want to work with her because they fear David and the fact that he will pop up at the locations they were filming at multiple times intentionally to kill the shot.. And they were seriously terrified of him ..rightly so.. Also they were running out of people that wanted to film with her hence why she went to to see Brianna…. She was in a fight with her mother and refused to film with her. And the number one reason why they I think they fired her …because their large sponsors were pulling out. People have been screaming at MTV for a while ..starting petitions..threatened to boycotte etc…and it was not until their sponsors started to pull out that they make a decisions.. I think they will give her a nice fat settlement just like Farrah.. Which will only encourage David to stay longer..But killing the dog alone.. I don’t think was the real reason.. sadly after he killed the dog ..they ratings were higher then past episodes. David became a MT V stalker.. if they weren’t gonna film with him ..by dam nobody was gone a film.. And I think they were trying to distance themselves from the horror that is yet the to come… I think the official firing was said to be ..because she got back together with David.. She has already forgiven him and paid his back child support so he wouldn’t go to jail… Now we have a pissed off ..resentfull Jenelle that knows David is the reason why her gravy train is drying up.. add alcohol.. .more tragedy is coming.?
At a certain point, you can no longer fall back on the rough childhood excuse. Jenelle has allowed this man to abuse her in front of her kids, abuse her kids, abuse her animals, and abuse the LGBTQ community and minorities. She has supported this abuse by staying with him, which means she condones it. That is her choice, bad childhood or not.
Cameras were not filming at her home, so there will be no shift to a lack thereof. There will be a shift for Jenelle alone outside of the home because that’s where they filmed her – anywhere but at home or around David.
MTV wanted her on that show, and if she’d actually left David, they would have kept her on. Again, she chose to go back and force their hand. The ironic part is now that she’s unemployed, David will leave her. She ruined her life for him. Had she left, she would have still had her career. Now she will have nothing when he leaves her.
I cannot sympathize with a woman who has been documented neglecting her son. I cannot sympathize with a woman who has been documented abusing animals. I cannot sympathize with a woman who has been documented abusing people. My mind goes to the memory of watching Kaiser beg for food while she ignores him, seeing her abuse her dogs while they were crated, and seeing her pull a gun out in front of her child over a disagreement, then leaving said gun in the car with the child unattended.
I think being broke will be good for her. She’s turned into the monster she is because of MTV and the money she’s been given. She needs to learn to work just like the rest of us, but most of all she needs to not have so much money at her disposal that she can purchase multiple pets that will be abused, bail her psycho husband out of jail, and enable her husband to stay out of jail by providing him the funds for a top notch lawyer.
I so agree with you. She has used David as her own personal guard dog. She used him to terrorize her mother, her son’s father, her son’s grandmother, her cast mates and the production crew. The video that David posted picking Kaiser up after Doris kept him was disgusting and proved what a bullying POS he is. Big shocker that he is a psycho dog killer. Jenelle never does what’s best for her children, her MO is how can I beat my mom, Nathan and Doris. Her children are NEVER a priority. David and Jenelle have been partners in crime since they met. She is the same as he is. I can’t have sympathy for her.
Im also glad MTV stop putting their producers and film crews at risk to film her. David has an arsenal of weapons and the film crews for Jenelle should have been completely voluntary and they should have gotten hazard pay to go anywhere near the Land. Especially, once David started saying how he will shoot anybody on his property. This situation could have ended very tragically for alot of innocent people.
Dam it …I wish I had read your reply before I posted my novel.. lol.
I wish her and her three lovely children all the best.
I agree, this has no positive points other than my hope she leaves the latest guy. She really needs to get her head straight, learn self love and concentrate on her children. That’s being said, she’s was a pretty selfish person in her late teens/early 20’s (normal for most that age)…..I’m hoping this changes/changed at what she’s been dealing with, for the sake of the little ones. MTV loves a comeback story, but she needs to get it right first.
Jenelle and David have landed on Marriage Bootcamp. Now that’s going to be something to watch. I’ve read they believe others will be knocking down their door to film them in another reality show. Life on the Land and their idyllic off the grid way of life. I’m sure David has been telling her someone else will pick up the filming of their happy home and happy life.
Yikes, marriage boot cap is like the last place reality stars go before falling off the grid. That’s so sad, poor kids, who’s going to watch them?
Next stop – marriage boot camp. Lotsa luck.
No other show will approach them. He’s a walking time bomb.
Jenelle created this situation. She knew he was in jail for domestic violence. She knew David was cellmates with her ex, Courtland, and got the scoop on Teen Mom easy money. Jenelle is just as evil, or even more so than David IMO. No mother stands by and lets someone hurt your child and then defends the abuser.
WeTV shut that rumor down quick with a hell to the naw.
I never believed that. TMZ’s story was odd they seemed to think MBC was on MTV and several things they said didn’t make sense. I think Jenelle is unemployable. I also am apparently the only person on earth who feels sorry for her, I hope there are some Barbara scenes in season 9B. I want to know what is REALLY going on.
I’m sad for anyone involved. It should have ended when those awful photos of Kaiser came out. Slow clap for mtv
Jade from TM Young And Pregnant will be replacing janelle on TM 2.
One part of me feels I should have sympathy for Jenelle, domestic violence is complex and she is a victim of it. However the other part of me is a mother, who is horrified by her selfishness.
Exposing her children to David is horrific enough, but she actively fights to maximize that exposure. She spends so much time and money regarding custody. She fights to keep Kaiser from Nathan, and fights to take Jace from Barbara. Then, just days after David murdered her dog, she lashed out in a social media rant threatening the mother of David’s son to “get a lawyer” because they would be coming after her to get visitation reinstated. While I have a hard time understanding her inaction (separating/divorce), it’s her actions, such as threatening his ‘baby mama”, that contribute to my lack of sympathy.
No shame. I don’t think many people had a hard time believing all previous abuse allegations, but David admitting to killing Nugget, and Jenelle confirming it, made all those allegations even more plausible.
If she wants to play Russian roulette with her life, then do it but don’t force your kids to do the same.
TM2 @mtv, was never held accountable for not trying to get help for Jenelle, the children, husbands, David. I hope they will be alright. They needed intensive intervention and therapy for years. The situations with Jace, Barb, Kaiser alone are serious. MTV should be accountable for these people in dire need of help.
According to Dr Drew the moms are all offered therapy. Jace has been in therapy and Jenelle and Barb have gone in with him. You can’t make them go to therapy. David doesn’t think he has anger issues, what can they do with that?
It’s about time that MTV shut down the horror story that lives on the “Land” bought and payed for by Mtv. I don’t totally agree that Mtv exploited them, they gave ” us” the audience the drama we so wanted, I have read over the years countless times where people have said they don’t like so and so because their story line is so boring, no drama, nothing to see here. So we wanted all that and that is just what we got, unfortunately it came with the death of a defenceless animal thankfully not a child, but what David has done each time has shown MTV and the audience what he is not willing to put up with, at first it was with his mouth, then threats, and then his latest move. Totally heartless, one minute we are reading how she has left him and naturally we think finally thank god, and the next story we read she is back living with him on the land, so my sympathy for her is out the window, I never found her story to be dramatic more tragic then anything else, she carries with her all her BD crap and no matter how she cried about her poor dog, she never deserved having animals to begin with, by herself she was a trainwreck and then with each guy she would get into a who could push back harder, she was one to never walk away and get help, she had to push harder to get the guy, never getting that one of these guys was going to push back so hard it was going to end her tomorrow, and that day could still be on the way. Even if she takes her daughter and Kaiser and leaves him she will never have him completely gone, he is the type of guy that will say how he can do better then her, and she can nothing without him, and he will make sure she is never with anyone else again, because that would mean that new guy will be getting what David believes is his, not to be shared with anyone but him, this has been nothing but a nightmare watching them living on the land, not permitting anyone from entering said land, I think I read (tho I could be wrong) that police went to investigate and they saw a pitbull on the porch and the no trespassing sign, so they chose not to enter, is this normal? I’m sure all the police and other authorities know all about the David/Jenelle story so that should give them more reason to enter, especially to remove all his guns, if nothing more at least that would leave him with no weapons at his hands, yes I know how easy it is to get guns whenever in the states, but just knowing that after a small dog being killed with children on the property shows what they are dealing with, not to mention if he doesn’t want anyone just coming on to the property there must be a reason, it is not a safe place for children and animals, and now what if someone does come onto the land, to possibly arrest him, they to could be putting themselves in danger, so if she leaves him she is still in danger, as well as Barb, or if Nathan should speak up or his mother, all these people will be in his crosshairs now, as he will blame everyone but himself of course. This def. will not be last time we hear from him or Janelle, I don’t want to hear anymore how David is misunderstood, if he is then so is she, mind you she has been for a very long time, at least all the time we have known her and that is enough to know she will never change, this is just going to make her need him more, now that she has lost everyone, I honestly think that the remaining kids should be taken away from her for their own safety. I always felt that Mtv should have have had a endgame once the stars and their children reached a certain age, it shouldn’t have stayed with them so long, I understood that they wanted to be a show that would show young girls what they would go thru if they got pregnant when they were too young to be able to fully manage their own lives then add a child or two to the mix, but MTV took it too far, giving these girls all this money, for houses, holidays, cars and trips, they went above and beyond what most young girls who find themself in this situation, they should have had it in their contract at a certain time their stories would end, not go on forever. They should have called it quits when any of their stories started to be more dramatic in a tragic sense then let them go on with this, are we missing out in our own lives that we needed to watch all this mess, we would complain when someone’s story was soo boring to watch, or we would gather to voice all our hatred for some guy but we obviously wanted more, no we never wanted anyone seriously hurt but we wanted to hear what so and so have done now…… well now we know and I wished I had never started watching this show, or continued. Janelle’s children will never be the same, they will need so much help to get over this, Jace is old enough and has seen more then he ever should have, and now I hope that he doesn’t turn out to be like his mother, that he won’t go down the same road as her, possibly getting to the age where he thinks he can push Barbara around when he is told that he can’t do something, or worry if he gets a pet, what if he gets angry, will he take it out on his pet thanks to David showing him how to use his anger to show how tough and mean he can really be. I think Barbara and Jace should be taken off the show as well, if not then when they are shown the talk will revolve around David and Janelle, and I can already see Janelle blaming her for part of this, plus asking why should they get to stay when she is the mother of Jace, she will only pull the plug on Jace being in front of the camera anyway, so end the Evan’s story line all together. The sooner the police gather all his guns and the children are removed the safer things will start to get. Honestly I am sorry all this had to go down, I can’t get the image of how this incident went down, It sickens me and Janelle sickens me more for staying with him no matter her reason, it will never be good enough. I don’t want to hear her name mentioned if I watch the show again. Finally has come, and I’m glad they took action, action which should have been taken alot sooner. Thank you T.T for your amazing recap of this story. You always deliver, and sometimes it is better to just read your recap then actually watch the show.
Wow. That is a lot of words. Paragraphs are your friends.
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AtlyJackson, you are the queen of sentences! Loved every word.
I’ve never watched Teen Mom yet it’s impossible to not know Jenelle from social media and news. I’m so surprised she still has custody of her children. Surprised and appalled.
I feel for Jenelle in the sense I have been that child on the land. My adult self empathises with my mother for the choices she made as a young woman ill equipped for motherhood and adult relationships. But the child I wa,s hates my mother for the utter lack of caring for my safety and the health of my soul.
If any of the those kids make it off the land I hope and pray that at least one will not continue the cycle.
I feel like MTV is pulling out so they aren’t liable should anything happen. It’s too bad and I hope they get Kaiser out of there.