Jenelle Evans is defending herself against negative comments she’s received since news broke Monday that she had sent her eldest son, Jace, to go live with his dad, Andrew Lewis, in Florida, despite Andrew being absent for nearly all of Jace’s life.
As The Ashley reported, the decision to send Jace to live with Andrew came after the 15-year-old ran away (again) last week. After Jace was located, a judge signed off on letting Jace live with his dad. By Friday, Jace was on a plane solo to Florida.
“So there are lots of things circulating around on the Internet so I need to talk about it,” Jenelle said in a video posted to her social media platforms on Tuesday. “It’s not like it’s anyone’s business but recently I sent my 15-year-old son to live with his father in Florida. A lot of people are asking, ‘Why couldn’t you handle him? Why would you do that? He had one incident and then you just ship him off.’ That is not what happened.”
“My son has been dealing with mental health disorders since he’s been 10 years old. He was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 10, and most recently, in 2023, he was also diagnosed with major depressive disorder, along with his ADHD and defiant disorder ODD,” Jenelle continued. “Incidents started occurring with my son when he was 10 years old. My whole family knew this. It was a family secret. We tried to keep the privacy of my son.”
Jenelle declined to go into detail about what those “incidents” were but stated “it was pretty bad.” She then stated that Jace had run away from his grandma Barbara‘s home while he was living with her. (The Ashley can confirm this is true.)
“A lot of people are like, ‘He’s been running away from your home as soon as he got there’ and that’s not the case either,” she said. “He’s been doing this since he’s been 10. I got custody because my mother couldn’t handle it anymore. Because she was in a bad, dangerous situation herself.”
“Things were getting so bad back in 2023 once I got custody, CPS got involved. Once CPS got involved they thought things were crazy in the household, just like everyone else thinks,” Jenelle said.
“But really, what came down to it, three months later, after my son was with CPS, they sent him to his aunt’s house by marriage,” she said. (This confirms The Ashley’s report that Jace went to live with April Eason— sister of Jenelle’s estranged husband David— in late 2023.)
“He acted out there. At this point, he acted out at every single household he went to,” Jenelle continued. “So, CPS threw their hands up, dropped the case, and said, ‘Let’s just give him to his mother. Let her handle it.’ So, once again, I got him back.” (You can read about CPS dropping the case here.)
Jenelle stated she left David in early 2024 and moved herself, Jace and her other two kids to Las Vegas in hopes of getting a “fresh start.” Unfortunately, as The Ashley reported, life in Vegas was not good for Jace.
“Three to four weeks and another incident,” Jenelle said. “With [him having] Defiant Disorder, it’s very hard to deal with. Kids act out on purpose because they want attention.”
“They have no remorse, they have no empathy for what they did,” she continued.
Jenelle then brought up that her [newly reinstated] best friend Tori Rhyne saw Jace’s behavior during her visit last month. As The Ashley told you, Jenelle called 911 on Jace in April, claiming he was “smashing” everything in her home and had bolted once he found out Jenelle called the police. In her call to 911, Jenelle mentioned that Jace had “defiant disorder.” (You can listen to the audio of the call below.)
“I had my ex, August [Keen], he saw his behavior. Everybody saw his behavior behind closed doors,” Jenelle said. “It’s just we never wanted to put it in front of the media and explain it because it was Jace’s privacy.”
Jenelle went on to say that Jace has acted up “too many times” via “multiple incidents for years and years and years” so she decided to reach out to Jace’s father, Andrew.
“Something had to be done,” she said. “So, yeah, I called his dad. I said, ‘Hey, I need help.’ I was in a panic attack! I was crying my eyes out! And I [told Andrew], ‘For once, I need your help. I need you to help take over this situation because all of us have put forth effort into it as much as we can give. We’ve tried everything we could. I’ve tried getting placement in boys’ homes but they are just too expensive and insurance won’t cover it.”
(As The Ashley told you, Jenelle reached out to MTV last year to try to get them to cover some of Jace’s medical costs but her request was ignored.)
“Right now he needs to be in a situation where both households are safe,” Jenelle said. “Separating the chaos from the situation right now to protect my two younger kids [Ensley and Kaiser] is very important, and also to protect himself.”
Although Andrew has only seen Jace a few times in the 15 years since his birth, Jenelle seemed confident he could do a good job with Jace.
“I feel like, when you’re coparenting, if both sides of the family could come together to help solve these issues before [Jace] turns into an adult and really gets [himself] in trouble, it’s just really important,” Jenelle said.
“I put all the drama aside and said, ‘Let’s just do this,'” she added.
Jenelle revealed that Jace is currently staying in Florida with Andrew, as well as Andrew’s mom, who Jace hasn’t seen since he was a baby.
“So, really, you guys are lookin’ at it as a negative situation, but everyone behind closed doors is lookin’ at it as a positive thing for him,” Jenelle said. “So you guys can say all you want. You can say I’m not taking care of my kids.
“Being a mother is doing in best interest for your child,” she concluded. “And I am doing the best interest for my child.”
After Jenelle posted the video to her Facebook page, she received plenty of comments and questions about the situation, with many pointing out that Jenelle’s actions have possibly contributed to Jace’s issues.
“Let’s be honest. You have never provided a stable home either way,” one person wrote. “[David] was a huge problem sure, but you’ve demonstrated that since then it has been no more stable and chaos – BF’s , moving across the country, etc.”
The comment section under her YouTube post of the video received similar comments.
“I think you would get a lot further with honesty,” someone wrote. “Not saying the issues are 100% your fault BUT you are his mother. Take some accountability. The life choices & men you’ve put in front of your kids has a lot to do with it. It’s ok to admit you’ve messed up.”
In the comment section of the video on TikTok, someone stated that they believe Jace acts up because of “the family life he had.”
“And [he] didn’t grow up in my home,” Jenelle replied.
Andrew has yet to publicly comment on the situation.
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All the mental health experts in the comments LOL. Jace grew up watching his mother dodge responsibility for him and then keep having kids that got to live with her while he lived at his grandmother’s. Add in the Eason aspect of abuse that was highlighted in the public eye and hearing his mom make excuses for it, deny it outwardly, or even blame him…. what do you think that does to a kid? Jace has abandonment issues from his parents and grew up under the teen mom spotlight. CPS should have mandated therapy for those kids from their first interaction with them. Jace needs to be evaluated not diagnosed by his “mother” or the internet and then get extensive therapy to help him process his trauma, anger, and abandonment issues so he doesn’t further decline into substance abuse or end up in prison. Personally, I hope he writes a tell all book, becomes a huge success, permanently estranges from his mother until or unless she gets help, gets honest, and apologizes to him. I hope he has someone telling him that none of this is his fault and he has options, choices, to not end up like his mother.
Here’s what’s going on: Jenelle send Jace to live with Andrew because she is exposing Ansley to domestic violence instead of a stable home. Judge would 100% remove Ansley from her custody. Jace will stay with Andrew until her court case with David is settled.
Janelle and Jace turned out very similar with similar internal turmoil and they were both raised by the same person. Janelle is what she is, but where did that come from? Barbara ruined Janelle then blamed her for all of her problems taking no responsibility. Then she took her child from her at 17 years old and did the same thing to that child. As much as teen mom 2 was something I watched I would cringe when I had to watch what Janelle went through with her mother and how everyone blamed her for it. I never understood. Was it piling on because that was the narrative ? or people can’t see for themselves the generational abuse & trauma that I was able to recognize. I guess it’s hard for other people to see if you grew up with a normal parent but once you’ve been exposed to this type of trauma and tactics you pick up on it when you see it in others. The saddest thing is to think that Jace life could be ruined like Janelle’s was, and I pray that he can find a beacon of hope in whoever …if that’s Andrew and his family so be it.
Agree! It drives me nuts that Barb gets a pass because she made entertaining tv and was “funny”. Barb was comic relief, for sure, and I’m never going to side with Jenelle but Barb sucked at parenting. I don’t know how anyone watching that show didn’t recognize the generational abuse going on. It was so clear!
I sincerely hope that Jace gets the help and support he needs from Andrew and his family. Praying that the family can provide the support and stability he needs to become a successful young man
All his “disorders” would be nonexistent if he was raised by decent human beings.
That’s not how disorders work, they are very real and can affect people from all walks of life. They wouldn’t be non existent but they would likely be a hell of a lot better if he wasn’t raised in chaos and had consistent treatment and counseling. Having ADHD puts you at a higher risk for developing other disorders like odd, depression, anxiety, bipolar, sleep disorders, substance use, and more and they all become worse if left unchecked…ask me how I know. And I’m definitely not defending Jenelle here because she is awful and has absolutely made things worse at every turn for her kids. A decent parent would have gotten him early intervention and helped him instead of exasperating his issues.
That is exactly how it works. Nobody is born with adhd or whatever else. People aren’t born broken and mentally unstable. We’re all born like a clean canvas. And all the things we go through shape us into who we are. It starts as early as how our mothers connect with us as babies, how well we’re taken care of, how safe we are, etc. Jace has the issues he has because of the life he was raised in. Now it’ll be his responsibility to heal and become a better human, but he has many years before that’s even his path I’m sure. Kids don’t fix themselves, they rely on the people they are supposed to trust. That’s how life works.
This is an INSANE assumption…
Head trauma leads to severe mental issues.
ADHD is hereditary. If you have ADHD, there is a 40-60% chance your child will.
Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder… Hereditary.
Again, in NOOOOO way am I defending Jenelle. She’s a shit parent and obviously she has not been a positive influence for Jace, nor has she been conducive in improving his condition. I am also NOT saying Jace’s specific issues were NOT caused by his upbringing- but your comment very much seems like you are saying in a general way, that “No one is born with ADHD or anything else”. That is completely inaccurate
Nobody is born with adhd. It is a completely made up “illness” just like bipolar is. Big pharma has so many people right where they want them.
While people can have genetic predispositions to mental health issues, there is a strong argument to be made that some mental health issues are caused or exacerbated by trauma and neglect. Jace would have had to be remarkably resilient to escape his childhood without any mental health issues.
Maybe he would have had these issues anyways, but it seems unlikely that he would have had all of these issues but for his parents abandoning, neglecting, and/or abusing him.
Not sure why so many downvotes. I’ve read similar many times before from legitimate, researched sources. What you’re stating makes sense and can probably be verified within two seconds of googling.
I would have to guess the downvotes are from logical people who know Jace wouldn’t be the same kid he is and wouldn’t have all these problems if he had a loving mother and a better childhood. Any “reputable source” that says Jace would still have these issues has an agenda. Because he would be a completely different boy with none of these issues if he had a normal childhood with a loving mother.
@duh, please provide legitimate, well-researched sources stating mental health issues are 100% due to childhood trauma. TikTok and Reddit don’t count. As others have stated, Janelle’s horrific parenting no doubt contributed to Jace’s issues, but its entirely possible he would still have ADD, ODD and/or depression even if he were raised in a loving stable home. Janelle is clearly not all there and her brother is schizophrenic. There is certainly a genetic component. Trauma can exacerbate it, but it’s not the only cause:
https://www.healthline.com/health/are-mental-illness-genetic#other-causes
I’m not sure why you or I am getting downvoted, Lyin Hustlah… Here is a legitimate article from NIH…
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/looking-at-my-genes
One from NAMI…
https://www.nami.org/about-mental-illness/mental-health-conditions/
There is literally a term for it called multifactorial inheritance… It is more often than not, a combination. To say every person with a mental disorder is caused specifically and only by genetics OR environment, is legit insane. To say that no one is born with ADHD, is preposterous. Not everyone is just born with a clean slate… My point is, some people have a combo of rough childhoods/environment and genetics, some are caused by genetics only, and some only have issues as a result of being in a bad environment. There is no “across the board” cause for issues…
Username Duh, isn’t wrong or right- Jace could very well have the issues he does ONLY because of his environment and the fact he’s had a rough time since birth and no connection with who should have been his primary caretaker- Jenelle. However, we have no idea if there is a genetic contribution as well. I am NOT disputing Jace’s issues aren’t completely exacerbated from that lack of stability and parents that GAF. He also may not have any family history of mental illness- I don’t know (with the exception of Jenelle, as clearly she is unhinged). I am just saying SPECIFIC mental conditions such as Bipolar, ADHD, schizophrenia, Mood disorders… IN GENERAL, OVERALL, CAN be based on some genetic connection. often co-existing or made worse, by environment in human beings.
I know people with issues that have families with no genetic component but rough upbringings, and some with it in their families history, and they had fantastic upbringings. I am one that had a pretty good upbringing, but genetics and a physical injury (head trauma from a car accident) have led my doctors to believe have been major factors in my situation. My mother and father, especially in my formative years, were absolutely fantastic parents- I had a good mix of love, acceptance, nurturing and once I was old enough to do things that were perceived as “bad”, it was addressed and I was properly disciplined (not physically).
I don’t go off conspiracies or what is spouted off on social media, or what my personal beliefs are- I go off the actual facts and studies. Take a few courses at your local college/community college, as they go over all of this. Or, have a parent, child, sister, brother, etcetera with a condition and take the time to research it with reputable sources. Or, downvote me because you have different beliefs LOL.
If you take Jace right now, right this minute, away from all this mess and all of these people, put him in a home of a purely wonderful couple, with love and patience to be there for him in every way, to care for him, to give him grace while he heals and grows and gets better, I can guarantee he’d be a fully different human before he even hits 18. Guaranteed. It is 1,000% about the environment he is in, he was 1,000% not “BoRn tHiS wAy” 🙄
bet those disorders were really just his life and how—-as a child—he responded. Most likely he can get past said disorders if given a good chance and real–true help!
This isn’t true at all in a general way- My children have ADHD and their dad does too. I assure you we are beyond decent human beings and we literally live for our boys. There are a LOT of mental disorders that occur because of genetics, or trauma unrelated to one’s parents. I have struggled with mental illness issues because of head trauma I endured in a serious car accident. My parents were absolutely decent people- they are/were (my dad Passed away) good people. Can the parents help the child affected with a mental disorder? Absolutely! But his disorders wouldn’t be non-existent if he simply had “decent” parents. In NO way would I ever defend the POS that is Jenelle but your comment is completely untrue. I’m sure that Jenelle has not helped his disorder though and likely exacerbated his condition and acting out.
Why is it that she always says “Being a MOTHER is doing what’s in the best interest of your KIDS”, when she decides to send them off so she can clear her own schedule for more stupidity? I mean, isn’t having HEALTH INSURANCE in the best interest of your kids!? She complains about how the expense of care (boys home etc.) is for her own son, yet floods her social media posts showing her spending money on “glam squads”, fancy dinners, trips and hotel stays with her “bestie”? I can’t even tell you how much it burns me when I hear her say that “insurance” won’t pay for it, when it comes to care for her children. Why does she think that SOMEONE ELSE should be paying for her children’s care? She wanted MTV to pay, she wants August to pay, she wants ANYONE else to PAY. She brags incessantly about how many “businesses” she has and how much money she has, but she can’t get care for her children?? No one needs to KNOW what goes on “behind closed doors” or “behind the scenes”. We all KNOW that there have been MANY INSTANCES OR INCIDENTS (not “incendences”) with Jace. OF COURSE. WHAT does she EXPECT!?! ODD kids do things because they want attention. NO KIDDIN. YOUR SON NEEDS ATTENTION!! The only attention he’s ever received is when he’s done something “bad”. He’s ALREADY grown, so thinking that NOW you’re going to save him from having issues as an adult is laughable. I think everyone is hoping and praying that Jace will thrive with Andrew. Yeah, Andrew has had his fair share of struggles, but at the very least his consistently paying child support, shows that he cares. Hopefully, the other kids will get a lifeline and be taken OUT of her care. I kind of think sometimes that she wouldn’t be all that hurt about it. She’d be free to go living her SINGLE life all she wants without them. The onlly thing she doesn’t WANT is to have to PAY child support! She’s just foul. FOUL.
The poor guy, he started life with one hand tied behind his back, so sad. And her she goes with the revisionist history AGAIN. She fought eye, tooth and nail to keep him off medication for his underlying problems because she knew better than the physicians, other professionals and her mother who happened to be raising her son at the time. I hope he gets the help he needs to find some peace in his life.
This kid never had a chance. All that’s ever happened for him is that his situation gets worse. It’s very sad.
Imagine being such a horrible mother that your son is sent to live with your abusive husbands sister who you literally don’t know and are not related to????? Jenelle; you are the worse.
That being said, I hope Andrew and his family take care of Jace. Please please please let them give him a chance and get things straightened out. I read somewhere that Andrew has family support in Florida so I hope it’s true and I hope Jace thrives.
I’m willing to bet that. Do you know is the cause of 99.9%of Jace’s “problems”.. I mean, can you imagine being broke? Is somebody who just ditches you off to the first person that she can? Which luckily is to grandmother? But I mean, she hasn’t wanted to be a parent for sixteen years, always picking men over her child, having multiple other children without having her first born.. It’s not a question of why is he messed up?Is a question of why wouldn’t he be??
It got bad in 2023…. hmm what happened in 2023?
Oh yeah that’s right, her husband put his hands on Jace and she went on to defend him for it(throwing Jace under the bus), even paying for David’s defense attorneys.
But Jenelle wouldn’t want to mention that or the fact that her coming and going from Jace’s life and never putting him first would play a role in the problems he’s had. That poor boy never had a chance with Jenelle as a mother.
You all should go touch some grass. Why so much hate? This woman was a child when she had this child. It’s not cool that she stayed in or created tough situations with her children in tow, but again, the whole point of 16 and pregnant was to teach people about the struggles that come from children having children. The cyclical abuse cycle of her life, her children’s lives … how are you helping at all by abusing them all with your words? Just rude.
Oh hey Jenelle
Fact of the matter is Jenelle is no longer a child, she’s supposed to be an adult who puts her children first but yet never has, which is why she’s continued to bring her kids into horrible situations and take zero responsibility for it.
lol … ‘cause anyone who doesn’t like the incredibly coarse thoughts and language used in some of these comments, especially about her children (check a few back about the little ones), must be her, right?
She is no longer a child, you’re right. MTV started this show, but didn’t support these young ppl and their little ones enough with counseling and interventions at the very start to help them become adults. They just put these kids on TV and waited until they were on drugs or on a collision course with prison before doing very little about it. Not everyone who was on this show through the years is alive today. MTV has all of the resources in the world and could have stepped at the start, and then maybe this would have all turned out better for these kids. So why not call MTV names instead? Or better yet, ppl could become a part of the solution by helping a struggling young family in their own community in whatever way they can, instead of throwing out verbally abusive comments behind a keyboard.
TLDR; They are grown ass adults with all the resources and tools necessary at their disposal (way more than most) and are CHOOSING not to use them. That’s 100% on them at this point.
Longer version…..
What has stopped these, now adults, from accomplishing these things on their own? People talk crap about MTV and the whole franchise all the damn time-because they suck. But, at some point, you have to take responsibility for your own choices. No one forced these people to take drugs or drink. No one forced them to abuse their children, themselves, or others. No one made them ignore every flashing red flag they came across. No one told them to keep making the same choices. No one stopped them from learning to both do and be better. They, too, had all the resources they needed (far more than most people, not even just teens, but generally speaking…people) and they chose to do NOTHING with it. Where does personal responsibility and accountability come into play? When do we say “okay, you’re no longer a teen, you have the resources, you have the help, you have the means….why aren’t you CHOOSING to do better?”
Ftr, I do plenty for young families in not just my community but communities all around the country and I’m not alone.
Quite a few of the children that have joined out family have come from very young parents who simply weren’t ready and needed to get there. I have seen so very many success stories. I’ve also seen plenty that weren’t. I deal with teens who are struggling with all sorts of issues, compounded by the fact that some of them are parents or parents to be. I know what it looks like for them to really struggle. The difference between you and me is that I can help them, educate them, assist them and still hold them accountable for their choices. It’s important you don’t simply brush their choices away because “they’re young” or “they have a bad family life”. They will never do any better if you placate, make excuses and coddle.
A young mom and her little moved out of our home and into their own home right before Christmas. She was with us for several years, and she struggled something fierce. One of the things she struggled most with, was accountability. We held her hand, we held her heart, but we also held her accountable. We were hard on her when it was warranted, because she wasn’t going to get anywhere without it. She lost her little for a while (to us) because of her choices. She’s now doing amazing, they have the most adorable little apartment. She has a job, the little is in school. She goes to all the appointments she should and is taking care of them both the way she should too and checks in regularly. But she knows if she screws up again, we start over, as we have before and we’ll be just as hard when necessary. Her history is sordid, but it’s no excuse for perpetuating the same cyclical behavior that plagued generations before her. She knows how to do and be better, and she’s doing it. I’m so damn proud of her for taking the tools she has and doing something with it.
These grown ass adults have all the tools, but are CHOOSING not to use them. That’s not on MTV, it’s not on society, it’s not on anyone…but them. Any backlash they get, especially now as grown ass adults, and not even super young just turned adults, is on them.
Why do you think it was MTV’s job to provide counseling and “interventions”?
And when has Jenelle ever taken advantage of any of the resources made available to her anyways?
Because they took vulnerable children and threw them money and put them on TV and encouraged the chaos, and during the formative years of someone’s life this can be incredibly detrimental. They had a responsibility to these children and babies at the time, and to really to the babies until they’re grown, corporations should not get away with things like that. Like all of the child stars that grow up and have problems beyond problems because of it. Do we really want to live in a society where it’s okay to exploit the most vulnerable?
The person who had a responsibility to Jenelle was Barb until Jenelle was 18.
Jenelle didn’t fall in front of the TV cameras by mistake. SHE auditioned and signed up for this show. And Barb let her. And MTV didn’t need to encourage Jenelle’s chaos. She is who she has always been.
You can argue that we, as a society, shouldn’t engage with this type of content, but we do. And MTV tapped into that.
I think MTV is filled with amoral opportunists. But, it still wasn’t their responsibility to take care of Jenelle, who (again) has never once taken advantage of the resources and opportunities made available to her.
If Jenelle had turned it around and started making good decisions and taking care of her kids, no one would be criticizing her. But, she continues to be just as chaotic, put men above her kids, not take care of her kids, not get a real job, etc.
She is not a child anymore. She is an adult in her 30s.
I mean this in the least kind way possible…..STFU.
Jenelle deserves to be locked up somewhere for child abuse and neglect. She deserves to be slapped upside the head with the reality and consequences of her choices in life. She IS the abuser, and has been since she herself was a teen, even before she got pregnant.
We are all well aware of what the original premise behind the show was (and what it is still touted as today). We are also all well aware that it never once accomplished that actual goal. The show glorified teen pregnancy more than it showcased true struggles. Just look at how much money they all made off the show-even the ones who had/have messed up family lives still didn’t really struggle with anything outside of that. Do you think the average pregnant teenager, anywhere in the world, but especially in the US (where the show was based) can actually accomplish that, while also dealing with *actual struggles of being a pregnant teen and then teen mom? If so, you’re an idiot, lol.
The show didn’t actually showcase anyone struggling with anything other than typical teenage issues, boyfriend problems, issues with their parents, having consequences for their actions. It, rather swiftly, brushed all the actual struggles a teen might have under the rug, like finances, having no help, ensuring they stay in school or furthering their education, getting employment, childcare, assistance if needed, sleep deprivation, potential for various different mental health issues associated with taking on such a responsibility long before you’re developed enough to understand it, medical issues and care, plus all the typical teenage struggles in life….need I go on? Not one single teen struggled with ANY of that. Did we see any of them sitting in their local welfare office trying to figure out how to feed, house, clothe, care for medically, pay basic bills, etc… for themselves and/or their children? No. Yet, this is one of the biggest obstacles teen parents (the vast majority of them) face-the financial, the who, what where, why and when side of it all. None of them did, and statistically speaking, that’s not reality.
The whole TM franchise is great trash tv, but it’s not reality, not in the both most basic and broadest sense anyway, and it never was (nor was it ever really supposed to be, imo, MTV shows are always that way, lol).
Again with the name calling and disrespect … but now at me because you don’t like what I’m saying … we can have a discussion without attacking each other. Just FYI, I’m not defending her, but I have empathy for her and very much so for her children because they ended up in an extraordinary situation being on TV and being ill prepared to handle that (and the money they got) and now, in this circumstance it’s another cycle in full swing with her eldest, and MTV couldn’t pay a little to send him to a boys home? Come on. MTV knew all of the bad stuff that was happening from her first episode, but they liked filming her doing drugs and living in her car, rather than even the most simple thing, like reporting this behavior to the police.
What part of she is a grown ass adult and has been for years do you not understand? Also, the whole “touch grass” comment you made…was….respectful…really? You started the convo off with the bs, that’s on you sugar.
Jenelle hasn’t been on the show in quite a long time now. Jace was no longer part of the show either, especially by the time his issues really started manifesting (Remember, while he had some issues, none of them were bad at all until Jenelle came back into his life like the tornado she is-when she left him and Barb alone, he did much, much better) Why, at that point, is it up to MTV to pay for the care of Jenelle’s child? Why are you placing the entirety of responsibility on an entity like MTV and removing all of it from the actual source, Jenelle. You do realize that she too had the money to afford his care but literally CHOSE not to, right? I mean, you’re intelligent enough to know that she had and has the resources for her children to never want for anything, much less proper care. But she opts, instead, to fulfill her own wishes and desires, while placing her children and their overall wellbeing on the backburner…every…damn…time.
At what point do you stop blaming everyone else around her for HER choices? SHE chose not to pay for his care. SHE chose to claim it wasn’t covered by insurance that SHE chose not to pay for (none of which was true, btw, she just didn’t like the idea of a co-pay or deductible, like us peons deal with daily). This series of events started, kept going through, and continues to be perpetuated by her own choices and not the choices of any other entity.
She was never living in her car, are you sure you know who Jenelle is? Jenelle has always made sure that Jenelle had/has everything she wants. She has never not had a home. She has never been poor. She has never struggled with anything except accountability, responsibility, making good life choices, being a parent, being an animal owner, being a home owner, being an adult, following the law, cleaning her home….I don’t think I need to continue, lol. None of that relates at all to financial issues, though. You act as if she was destitute and MTV knew it so they should have stepped in financially. They paid her for the years she was with them, and it was more than adequate. Stop with that nonsense man, we all know how much money she had, lol. Quit playin this she couldn’t afford it nonsense, lol.
I don’t find that phrase offensive, I apologize if you do. I do find it’s appropriate when someone thinks they know everything about someone’s life and then attacks their CHILDREN in a public online forum. But maybe I’m an idiot, or I’m smart enough? Maybe the difference between us is that I want to live in a world with some respect and empathy. I’m glad you’ve been able to help young families, because that’s a wonderful thing, but I surely hope you don’t call the teens you work with “idiots” or tell them to STFU when they make you mad.
I also don’t understand why you keep framing it like I’m sticking up for her. This isn’t really about her at all, it’s about the blatant disregard for the well being and feelings of children who might read all of these things, and at the very least could read all of these things.
And now I’m wondering if you even watched the show … I’m sure you can go back in time and find all of the things I’ve referenced that they literally put on TV. She didn’t lose custody the day he was born, they filmed lots of time at Barb’s house until she turned over custody and ran off, he was on the show at various times, a terrified child in the back seat when his Mom pulled a gun on someone … and MTV did what when that happened? But I guess murdering French bulldogs is where MTV draws the line?
I still don’t understand how hate is going to somehow heal her and make her a better person. Hate begets hate.
When did I insult the children on this franchise? Feel free to point that out, I won’t hold my breath though because I have never done so. Adults, though, are fair game, especially on a snark site.
She absolutely did lose custody of him when he was a baby. She didn’t officially sign it over for a bit, but Jace was hardly ever in her care (because she didn’t want him to be, she literally abandoned him). The gun incident was one of the moments when Jenelle had a visitation and yes he was absolutely terrified. I’m not sure why you mentioned that incident at all, as it just makes my point that Jenelle has been an asshole for a very long time who doesn’t care one iota about people around her (most especially, the very children she chose to bring into this world and then neglect and abuse!). MTV definitely should have stepped in, I don’t know why they didn’t either, but Jenelle’s still responsible for that entire incident (and she was an adult by that point, which makes this choice even worse).
You did say MTV should have paid for Jace being sent to a boy’s home-even though they were no longer on the show by years at that point. You do seem to hold everyone around her more responsible for her choices than you do her. I’m not framing anything. I’m literally taking the words you put on the screen at the face value they hold. If that isn’t what you mean with your words, you should do better with articulating your thoughts. I’m clearly not the only one reading the exact words you type and taking them at face value. Shrugs.
Again, I don’t condone anything MTV has ever done, or does, by any stretch of the imagination. The whole premise behind the show was shit from the beginning and they never once actually touched on issues they claimed. I don’t like the way MTV acted, or didn’t in most cases, any more than anyone else. They are still not responsible for her choices, or paying for her children’s care after they are no longer on the show. They are responsible for their own choices, absolutely, and that wasn’t even the worst incident, by far, that aired on the show, while they just sat with their thumbs up their asses. That’s how most trash tv is though. It’s not an educational documentary about the perils of teen parenthood-and never was. Jenelle has been off the show for years and still makes all the same choices she always has. At some point, you’re going to have to stop holding them personally responsible for her choices, lol.
Your words seem to indicate Jenelle has no means or way to get, do and be better. I doubt that’s what you truly mean, but your words certainly convey that. Why is it the world’s job to heal her, but not at all her job to even try(obviously rhetorical, lol)? She makes the conscious choice to be who and what she is. People are free to be angry and if you want to call it hate, then also hate her. I think she’s an asshole, because there is nothing, literally nothing at all, stopping her from being and doing better, including money which she has in abundance. I hate all child abusers, and she abuses her children, BY CHOICE (that word is so important, please quit ignoring it). The hate is well deserved. The damage she’s done will never be healed. Child abuse isn’t a minor issue and isn’t deserving of any level of empathy or sympathy for the abuser…ever! All that empathy and sympathy you think you’re giving her only validates (to her, and in her mind) her actions. Don’t do that to her victims, it’s gross behavior.
And now, I must go, as my better half and the pack will be back from baseball soon and I’m told they expect s’mores, so s’mores it is! Have a great evening!
I was incensed by two very specific comments about her children, not the one you made. I’m sure you can guess which ones … so I should have made that more clear, but I also didn’t post my comment as a reply to yours to start. And I have never posted on one of these articles until this one, I’m just bored and traveling, so please forgive me if I didn’t do it in a way you were expecting and took my comment personally. I specifically said comments about all of them, to be including the first baby daddy, who had very little interest in being on this show or involved to start and is at least now trying to do the good thing because the other options have run out. At least I hope that’s why.
I’m not saying much about her because she will never hold herself accountable, at least not as long as she’s in the public eye in any way and getting this attention … and then MTV would even consider to bring her back??? MTV got into bed with her (pun intended) and her unborn child when she was still a child herself, and then again with the next one, and then again with the third one, and they knew from the moment they found her that she was going to be like this and cheered it on, encouraged it, kept their fingers crossed for even more drama. Probably hoped she would OD for the ratings. So in my mind they are as much on the hook for what has happened to these children as her and the baby daddies, if not more, so they’re responsible until those kids are 18. The adults at MTV made that choice; by elevating her like that with the issues she has, they only made it worse for those babies. IF she was never on TV and made that money she could have ended up in a better (after figuring out what rock bottom actually means), or worse way, but it’s likely she wouldn’t have had access to those children if it went the bad way. There wouldn’t have been money for lawyers, she would have just been another number of the ppl that left their kids to their parents or the state.
I don’t think we disagree about the person, but we definitely disagree about how ppl become who they are and the way that money/society/fame/illness/media influence those things, who’s to blame, and which parts of a person can never be truly recovered or whole after experiencing certain incredibly abnormal events. She’s still 16 mentally even though she is physically grown up, and I would say that’s likely rooted in what MTV decided for her life before she could decide for herself.
I hope you have a lovely evening with your family and enjoy those s’mores together.
I agree, 100% MTV was a terrible start to life for all of these women, children, and even the men, and anyone else’s involved. It was a terrible show that hurt a lot of people and gave children too much money and a lot of them didn’t seem to grow up much. Jenelle’s story was especially chaotic but her past is not why people dislike her so strongly. Obviously Jenelle began as a helpless baby and a hard life made her the mess she is. That’s not debatable. But by the time Jenelle was a teen with a baby, she had a mother who wanted to help her and see the best possible future for both Jenelle and Jace. By this time Jenelle had a stable, calm home life with a baby who was depending on her to provide him a good life. And Jenelle never cared about Jace or his well being. She didn’t want to be a mother and that has never seemed to change. She never actually grew up and became a better mother. THAT is why people hate Jenelle Evans. It doesn’t actually have anything to do with her past or what she did when she was a young mother. She has had over a decade to redeem herself as a mother and as a public figure.
Correctio: Jace has been dealing with his biological birth mother from the day he was born, highly likely with (alleged) drugs in his system.
You can track poor Jace’s issues back to this. A piss poor mutha who wanted the D and to get high! high! rather than parent her baby, toddler, child, teen (insert age here).
Good luck to Jace. May this be the chance he needs to start fresh and hopefully get the help he deserves. It’s sad we all said this would happen. David’s abuse, Jenelle and Andrew’ abandonment, choosing men over him, drugs, alcohol, deregulated adults around him…. He never had a chance. It really shows how important parenting is and when you are a shit parent, it creates a broken adult.
Ensley vai estar grávida aos Ensley will be pregnant at 15. Kaiser will beat up his future girlfriend. And Jace…
U are just as messed up to even be wishing that on those children or speaking it into existence. Get some therapy as well . Not every single person who witnesses abuse or bad home situations turns into an abuser
. Some people are the complete opposite of their raising . U are rude ASF .
Reading her words and hearing all the same things is the worst part of all of this. She’s a terrible person, she will never change and doesn’t want to, even if she causes irreparable harm she would find someone else to blame. She is a moderately attractive black hole who sucks the life out of everyone she supposedly loves but she will never love anyone more than herself, she has to SHES THE VICTIM!
I feel bad for her kids because growing up never feeling safe is bewildering. I hope they have good therapists, self awareness and the ability to set boundaries once they are 18. They don’t owe her anything and I hope they have someone to tell them that.
How much do you want to bed that Jenelle’s lack of interest in parenting and raising jase caused his mental health issues
Yep because he saw her replacing him by having more kids instead of getting her life on track & getting custody back. I do believe Barbara would have given him back sooner if she had seen Jenelle making good choices. But Jenelle wasn’t about to have that & still makes crappy choices that do not help any of her kids.
His mental issues are genetic. Her parenting made them 1000% worse. Her dynamic with Barb didn’t help either. The instability in his childhood…always wondering when Mom would yank him from stability, her unkept promises, etc…definitely made things worse.
Janelle needed help too. I don’t Barbara understood how to help Janelle when she was younger.
It just occurred to me that this is why MTV is considering featuring Jenelle again; I bet she is telling them she wants to show her co-parenting relationship with Andrew.
“Hr didn’t grow up in my home.” Yeah, Jenelle, pointing out that you signed your baby over so you could party doesn’t make you look like a better mother.
“They have no remorse, no empathy” Sound familiar, Jenelle? This bitch has never shown an ounce of remorse or empathy to anyone, least of all her kids. Where was her empathy and remorse when she laid on her ass and let UBT beat Kaiser and strangle Jace? She defended him and said it never happened. Where was her empathy for the countless animals she killed and abandoned? She’s incapable of showing empathy to anything.
Jace needed residential treatment and she claimed she couldn’t afford it. Yet, she had money to pack up and move to Nevada, spend $3k a month on rent, $$$$$ on partying with AugustSeptemberOctober, $$$$ for his leased Range Rover, dozens of flights to and from NC, new clothes, new furniture, a lawyer for Nathan. You name it, she had money for it. But, not for her kid.
She says everyone is thinking negatively about this situation?? I, for one, am one of the MANY people who said Jace couldn’t possibly be worse of with Andrew than he was with DeluJanelle. I understand that they haven’t had much of a relationship except for phone calls, but it’s been clear by her actions that parenting just isn’t her priority. The judge wouldn’t have sent him to stay with Andrew unless he’d done his research. No judge wants to be accused of sending a child from a bad situation into a worse one. I wonder what she’s going to do when Ensley is a few years older and starts to act up. Ship her off to David? We all know she’ll do anything, ANYTHING, not to have to deal with the responsibilities of every day parenting.
She better have another good lawyer because all she is doing is giving David ammunition for his custody case. Jenelle will be paying child support for 2/3 of her kids.
you already know andrew smoked weed with jace his first night with him unfortunately smh
DeluJanelle gave him weed…🤷🏼♀️
Oh STFU trashnelle!! You don’t want him disrupting your trips out of town, your partying, your hotels stays, you don’t want to be a mother. Good job doing what you have to to give them a roof and clothes and food, good job providing at the very least. But you are NOT a real mother. One day you’ll be old and these kids will be ALL you have left in this world. And if they’re wise, they won’t come anywhere near you or even have you in their phones. You screwed up the best thing you ever had.
My daughter has adhd and ODD, it’s tough! She ran away at 7 years old and police and cps got involved but she has had a stable loving upbringing so her behaviour is no where near as bad as Jace’s. He needs to be in therapy and be on his adhd medication (I saw she took him off them when she got custody) yes it’s hard but love, time and understanding really does help, and that’s why no one is getting anywhere with him because they put him in the too hard basket. Since I changed my parenting to be more calm and we talk more and she’s on medication for adhd, things have gotten better and she hasn’t attempted to run away or anything like that again. We have a great relationship now because as a Mother I did the work so she feels safe and secure and loved at home.
Your daughter is lucky to have you!
I completely agree. My twin boys started having issues around 7-8 and diagnosed with ADHD- we also had them evaluated for ODD (they often co-exist) and while they did not meet all the criteria to be diagnosed with ODD, they definitely have a few traits- or should I say “Had”… It WAS hard. Frustrating. Luckily, my boys have never run away. But my boys grew out of a lot of the behaviors of ADHD and the traits of ODD- they are 12 now, almost 13. We have them on meds during the school year (most issues are at school- at home they really are just normal kids), and most of all, we have had to change our way of parenting, to accommodate them. I have had to learn to have a lot of patience and learn to re-direct them, the proper way to discipline them, and how we spoke to them. It’s not like a “regular/normal” (what is regular/normal anyway?) child. Communication and connection is HUGE for children with ADHD or ODD (or traits of) and for that matter, any mental health issues. They also really respond well to structure and schedule. Yes, they have had to work on themselves, but it really took a lot of work from their dad and I too. Children with ODD aren’t void of empathy either- Jenelle is an idiot. Often it APPEARS they are void of empathy, but they absolutely have the ability to be empathetic and with age, we’ve seen a huge improvement in that as well. At least displaying empathy. I honestly feel really bad for Jace- He has never had his mom’s actual attention. Her attention is either on a man, or her social life. Kids with ODD need good examples. I am seriously praying that Jace finds what he needs to thrive, with Andrew. It’s obvious that Jenelle cannot help him whatsoever and most of that is on HER- not Jace. And Jenelle- shifting the blame on Barb for how he grew up, because he wasn’t in your care- is a bad look. Why wasn’t he in your care? Oh yeah- you just wanted to party and do what JENELLE wanted to do. SMH. NO one said parenting was easy- you are literally raising a human being. We are complicated and complex… but at least most of us actually take the responsibility of raising a human being, seriously.
Good job, Mama! That has to be tough, but it sounds like you’re doing exactly what a parent should do!
Not that anyone believes what this whorebag say but is it really a bad thing? It’s not like he’s had a “good role model”. Is his dad any worse? I am by no means a fan of her, Barbara or his daddy but at least give him a chance. Maybe he will thrive in a new environment. Sometimes, it’s best for a boy to ne with his dad. Not like it’s it anymore of a messed environment than what his mom has to offer.
I wonder how much money Barb has spent in court because of Jenelle?
Janelle is also a product of Barbaras terrible parenting!!!
At least barb gave him his meds and didn’t choose partying over him. Let’s not forget barb was the only one there when Andrew and Jenelle split. Barb is why Jace didn’t go in foster care, which could definitely be much worse than barb
Jenelle is a fucking asshole, plain and simple.
Jace does have a lot of issues, but she clearly never listened to a damn word any of the doctors or specialists told her. She doesn’t even know what ODD is and did absolutely nothing at all to help Jace with it-except remove the medications he needs for other comorbidities which will, without a doubt, 100% of the time, make ODD worse. ODD is a conduct disorder and it does not, in any way, shape, or form, mean a child lacks empathy, has no remorse for bad behavior or is just trying to get attention. What the actual fuck? What kind of person would say this about their own child? If this is how she looked at just this one issue, I can only imagine how horribly she treated him behind closed doors. The number one treatment for ODD is FAMILY BASED INTERVENTION COUNSELING and THERAPIES (I had to yell that, because Jenelle only understands yelling…). She doesn’t do any of that and never has. That doesn’t even address any of the issues he actually needs medication for. Someone go wring her neck for me, I can’t, I have responsibilities…..
My heart aches for that poor boy, and his siblings. I can’t even express how angry it makes me that NO ONE has bothered to step in and remove all three of them from this shitty situation. I truly hope Andrew is the peace Jace needs and between him and his family, they can help Jace navigate the issues he has and learn how best to deal with them. I think this boy can easily thrive in the right environment. I also hope someone, somewhere, gets the other two the same kind of peace far, far, far away from fivehead and her freak of the week, whoever that might be at any given time. All children deserve good, kind, loving homes where they can grow, thrive and have the perfect environment to achieve all their life goals. I’ve seen the kinds of improvements that can be made when a child is put into a better environment, a loving family home where they are not just taken care of, but also taken into consideration.
Wait .. didn’t she say Barb was the problem, not Jace years ago when he was having problems at Barbs house. And he didn’t need meds?!!
Yup! She said just that! 🥴 This woman is nuttier than a porta potty at a peanut festival!
All those words but we all know the truth. Jenelle doesn’t want to mother any more than she did 15 years ago. She is tired of reality with Jace. And honestly good, he needed to get away from her. I’d be willing to bet Tori is helping with her kids now and said no, I can’t deal with Jace. And we all know Jenelle well enough to know she didn’t want to deal with him either. Never ever has.
Her saying because it’s his private life 😂😂 girl you posted to much regarding him, you gave him no privacy. Now suddenly it was so bad you were protecting him? She’s so delusional! And her pointing out he didn’t grow up with her? Yeah bc you were too busy partying and getting arrested. Maybe if he was adopted/fostered, the family would have properly medicated him and his behaviors would be better? But correct me if I’m wrong she argued with babs about getting him off of his medication! I can’t with this moron
💯 right! And did she bother doing a background check on her ex? Last we saw of him, he stood up Barb to discuss visits but he had to get high on crack instead. She tried to push Kaiser on Doris too, she should’ve just left it that way. Just because she gave birth doesn’t make her a good mother.
Jenelle, you’ve never done what’s best for your kids. Not once in your life. You’ve always done what you consider best FOR YOU. Your kids are just collateral damage. You just shipped off Jace to a bunch of strangers that share DNA with him, that’s it. Let’s pray this doesn’t get worse for him and for others.
Jenelle will never put anyone ahead of Jenelle. There’s absolutely no reason for us to know his diagnosis. Your job as his mother is to protect him. Instead she exploits him at every turn. We all anticipated issues for this sweet boy, but I hope he pulls through. I have never once heard this woman take accountability for anything.
Well juhnelle, you got one thing right … You are absoletely correct in saying that your child not being in your care is the absolute best thing for him. Let’s remember that that sentiment extends to all the other children unfortunately in her care as well.
All those “putting their differences aside” for jace is absolutely bullshit considering jenelle could have done that YEARS ago, but she was too worried about how it looked to the outside world instead of doing the right thing. She could have helped him YEARS ago If only she wasn’t selfish and “pUt HeR DiFfErEnCeS aSiDe”, now she’s experiencing the backlash and she can’t handle it. She spent all those years talking about how she wanted to get jace back and used that as some sort of trophy or redemption story only to have it all crumble right in front of her as soon as she gets him back. That’s beyond embarrassing. Jace isn’t able to function because of the tumultuous life she birthed him into, it’s HER fault. I really wish she would quit narrating the story in a way that directs the blame to her son, and takes the heat off herself.
@aubrees cellphone, I’m sorry I replied to your comment… I didn’t mean to 🤡