From going no-contact with their mom, to going against their MTV contract, it’s been a busy week for the stars/former stars of the Teen Mom franchise! In an effort to bring you up-to-date on the latest Teen Mom: The Next Chapter, Teen Mom OG and Teen Mom 2 news, The Ashley brings you the Teen Mom News Pile.
Here are some of the major (and minor but interesting) ‘Teen Mom’-related things that happened over the last week or so…
Jenelle Evans Reveals She’s Feuding with Her Mom Barbara (Again)
More than a month after Jenelle Evans publicly blamed her mom Barbara Evans for things that her estranged sister Ashleigh Evans Wilson said about her online, the fired ‘Teen Mom 2’ claims she’s (still) mad at her mom for reasons she refuses to share. Previously, Jenelle and her mom had been enjoying a bit of a reconciliation, with Barbara even checking on Jenelle’s North Carolina property The Land to help out Jenelle, who now lives in Las Vegas.
During a recent TikTok Live, Jenelle told fans that she and Barb are “not talking again,” before going on to claim that she won’t be making an effort to “fix things with her.”
“ … You guys don’t even know what just– you don’t know what’s been going on,” Jenelle stated. “You wouldn’t be saying that if you knew what was going on, but I’m not gonna spread all that business.”
As ‘Teen Mom’ fans know, Jenelle and Barb have had one rollercoaster-from-hell of a mother-daughter relationship over the years, despite the fact that Barb took over parental duties and raised Jenelle’s first child, Jace, until he was nearly 14 years old.
In 2023, Barb signed custody back over to Jenelle because she was unable to handle Jace’s behavior, though Jenelle and her mom have continued to have their ups and downs, with Jenelle often taking her gripes about her mom public via social media rants.
As The Ashley reported, after Jenelle’s sister Ashleigh took to social media in June, claiming that Jenelle was “spiraling” and doing things–unbeknownst to the public– that were affecting her family members, Jenelle denied the claims before going on to blame her mom, both publicly and privately.
“Now I’m spiraling out of control according to Ashleigh and I’m literally on vacation with my kids…I don’t understand wtf her problem is,” Jenelle wrote in a text to her mom, which was later posted to her Instagram Story. “Now it’s another article. This is why I don’t talk to any of you.”
Jenelle also added her own message to the post.
“Friends are closer than family, let me repeat again,” she wrote. “Keeping my distance per usual.”
Watch a clip from Jenelle’s recent Live below.
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Amanda Conner Responds After Being Criticized for Posting Videos of Ryan Edwards’ Kids with Ex Mackenzie
Ryan Edwards recently went on a supersized family vacation to Florida— that included his parents, all four of his kids and two out of three of his baby mamas! When his fiancé Amanda posted videos and photos from the trip— including one of her at a restaurant with Stella (the daughter of Ryan and his soon-to-be-ex-wife Mackenzie), her TikTok followers were quick to point out that Mack would probably not be thrilled to see her daughter in a video with Amanda.
(As The Ashley has previously reported, Ryan and Mack are still not divorced, and are currently in the middle of a very drawn out and very bitter divorce and custody battle.)
Anyway, Amanda made it clear that she was not concerned with how Mackenzie would feel about Stella being posted to Amanda’s TikTok. Amanda responded to a comment criticizing her for posting the video of Stella.
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“Thankfully you’re not the [baby mama],” Amanda replied. “Either way I wouldn’t care .. this is MY man’s children & I love them as my own so I share the memories just as I would my own.”
Amanda has only been allowed to be around Stella (as well as Ryan’s son Jagger) since February, when a judge ruled that Amanda could be around the kids. That decision came after Mackenzie battled Ryan in court to keep Amanda from being allowed to be present while Ryan visited with Stella and Jagger.
In the comment section of her post, Amanda stated that her relationship with Stella has come along way in those few months.
“She loves you and I love y’alls relationship,” someone wrote, to which Amanda replied, “I know and I just love her so much!”
In another video posted from the trip, Amanda posed with Ryan’s first baby mama Maci Bookout, writing how much she loves her, too.
Cory Wharton Says MTV Threatened to Boot Him From ‘Teen Mom’ & ‘The Challenge’ If He Appeared on ‘The Traitors’
Cory rarely—if ever— says ‘no’ to an offer to be on yet another reality TV show. However, the ‘Teen Mom’ dad recently revealed how upset he was that MTV wouldn’t allow him to appear on the Peacock show ‘The Traitors’— unless he bid farewell to his cushy MTV gigs on ‘Teen Mom’ and ‘The Challenge!’
Cory recently answered a question he got on Snapchat about appearing on ‘The Traitors,’ complaining that he came very close to being on the show but his appearance was foiled by the powers that be at MTV.
“I got hit up to do ‘Traitors’ Season 1,” Cory said. “I was two days away from leaving [to film] and MTV called me and said, ‘You are not going on that show, if you like the two jobs we have you hired at, ‘Teen Mom’ and ‘The Challenge.’ Those were my two consecutive gigs, jobs that I had with MTV.” (The Ashley is pretty sure Cory meant to say ‘consistent’ here.)
“They’re like, ‘If you like two [gigs], then you’re not gonna go [on ‘The Traitors’],” Cory said. “I was like, ‘Well, two is better than one, and ‘Traitors’ isn’t a continuous show, while ‘The Challenge’ and ‘Teen Mom’ are reoccurring. It’s twice a year. I was winning, so I was like, ‘Alright, let me not go.'”
Cory said he was not happy that he was forbidden to go on the show.
“It definitely rubbed me the wrong way,” he said, adding that he fired off an email to MTV to let them know he was not happy about not getting to do ‘The Traitors.’
Cory was also upset after he received a response that he felt was unfitting of someone with his storied history with the network,
“They sent a very basic [response],” Cory said. “My email was very personalized. Very, like, me asking a favor. [It was me] letting the network know, ‘Hey I’m going to go do this show, I’m just giving you guys the heads up.’ The respect of you understanding that [my daughter] has open heart surgery and I need this quick cash.”
Cory stated that he was offered about $30,000 to appear on ‘The Traitors,’ so he thought, “I’m gonna go do this show for two-and-a-half or three weeks in Scotland.”
“And that’s when I got the phone call of them basically saying, ‘You’re not going to Scotland. You can’t do that show because it’s in competition with ‘The Challenge,'” he said.
As The Ashley has previously stated, Cory (and other cast members of these shows) sign contracts that almost always contain a clause that states they are aware that, by signing the contract, they are forbidden from doing another show, particularly ones that are similar to the show they are appearing on. Normally, these clauses last one year from the time the cast member last appeared on the show. In order to appear on another show, Cory would have had to get written permission from Paramount before he agreed to go on the show.
Regardless of why he wanted the cash, agreeing to appear on ‘The Traitors’ while still under contract for ‘The Challenge’ and ‘Teen Mom’ was a direct violation of his contract. (The Ashley will have plenty more about this very soon, by the way…)
In his Snapchat, Cory argued that ‘The Traitors’ “really wasn’t in competition” with ‘The Challenge’ because it was a new show at the time. He also revealed that he is “definitely open” to appearing on the show for a future season.
“I think the show really took off after CT [Tamburello] won, with Trishelle [Cannatella] and [Johnny] Bananas was on there on Season 2. It was ‘Challenge’ heavy,” Cory said. “And I think on Season 3 we got Wes [Bergmann].
“But, yeah, we need the young ‘Challenge’ vet to be on that thing,” Cory— who is 34 years old— insisted.
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If you love Stella so much, tell her daddy to stop trying to not financially care for her o.0
I’m not the biggest fan of Mack, but Amanda’s stance is wrong and absurd. She is NOT the parent. And I low key can’t wait for something similar to happen to Amanda. She’s going to be REAL salty if some other woman is doing that.
I can’t wait for Amanda to be in Mackenzie’s shoes, and we all know she will be 😂 she’s acts like she won some kind of price with violent, lazy bum junkie deadbeat Ryan 😂
It’s actually so crazy to publicly say you don’t care how a mother feels about you posting videos of her child online. Mackenzie has been the only consistent parent this child knows. She is the one who showed up everyday. Her bum fiancé destroyed this child’s house and her stuff but okay. Amanda is such a huge loser but she’s an absentee mother as well so I’m not surprised that she doesn’t get it.
One – Jenelle and Barb have always had an on/off relationship. It’s sad but not unusual as lots of people have the same type of relationship with family members.
Two – The people criticizing Amanda are dumb. Amanda did nothing wrong. She’s part of the kids’ lives whether you like it or not. Plus the people criticizing act like Mack is a saint when she’s far from it.
Unrelated, but Ashley, can you please put out something like a PSA? Because people, and other news sources, are believing a Ryan Edwards fanpage is actually him. When it says in the description they are not and are not associated with him or MTV.
Amanda does everything wrong, starting with being a junkie and getting on with Ryan. Also you can’t post a video of a kid without BOTH their parents’ permission. She’s not just “your man’s” kid, she has a mother that raises her (unlike you who couldn’t raise your own damn kid because you are a junkie)
I know Mack is far from perfect but Amanda is that awful new girlfriend that not a single one of us would want to deal with. The way she picks on and goes after Mack is so immature and very gross behavior of a grown woman, mother, and “wife.”
Man, that POS Amanda is really an a-hole. She’ll find out, though.
Jenelle is fighting with people yet again. She doesn’t know how to function without strife surrounding her.
Cancel teem mom already! It didn’t produce good people.
Did anyone else google “did Cory Wharton ever win The Challenge” like I did? And I Iove that Google knows exactly how to fill in the answer for you type “did Cory Wh”. And if you didn’t google it, I can tell you that Mr. Young Buck HAS NOT EVER WON A CHALLENGE but has lost in 8 of then.
Sorry, but I love to bag on him for thumping his chest for 8 seasons only to be a total loser.
If Amanda really loves Stella, then Amanda should encourage her (sorry excuse for a) man to pay for the damages to Stella’s home
Wasn’t Maci on Naked and Afraid?
For like 2 seconds.
I know we don’t get along. but can you please explain to me how she was only on for 2 seconds?
She left before the second when she was supposed to be on it for 2 weeks as the “fan” of the show. I think she got like a very very minor injury, but nothing that would have made most contestants leave. She wasn’t medically evacuated, she chose to leave on day 2
Second night**
She rode bareback on her partner because her feet hurt.
That’s a visual I will never forget.
Cory is a different kind of monster made by MTV. He may not be delusional in the ways that Amber, Farrah, and Jenelle are, but he clearly thinks he is deserving of special treatment since MTV has built him up so much.
Poor Barbara always lets her guard down to help Jenelle, only to be heartbroken once her use wears off. I honestly think that Jenelle will miss Barb one day when it’s too late, because nobody else is ever going to drop everything whenever Jenelle needs it the way that Barbara always has.
One day, Amanda will be on the outside with Mack looking in on Rhine’s happy family vacations with Maci and his newest boo, and all of his kids. I guess we will see then how she enjoys her karma.
Brunette is not Amanda’s color.
I know that I’m going to be drug for this. Yes, Ryan abused Mackenzie. Absolutely unacceptable. Ryan was a drug addict for years. Also unacceptable. But if he and Amanda are both in a good place. People need to give them a chance. They won’t get any better if people keep hanging things over their heads. People do and can change. I’ve seen it with my own eyes. It almost seems like people don’t want Ryan to be sober and making good decisions. They should want him to . For the sake of his children.
I think the fair thing to do is to support their good decisions. Support their relationship with all the kids, etc. In terms of Amanda posting a TikTok with his daughter, just don’t do it. As a mother you don’t necessarily want your child’s face everywhere. Amanda, as a mother, should respect that if that is the case. Doesn’t matter if “they’re MY MANS CHILDREN”.
Agreed… Mackenzir needs to get over it.. she knew who she was marrying the second she shut off the cameras because he was driving high… I still question the legitimacy of that wedding considering Ryan was so messed up, he probably couldn’t make a rational decision
Mack needs to get over what? She mostly minds her own business. It’s Amanda blasting Mack’s daughter on TikTok. And sorry, but she has seen Stella for a few hours every other weekend for maybe six months. Claiming to love her as her own under those circumstances is performative.
Ryan and Amanda are treated very fairly considering how little they’re actually doing for two of his kids. He’s fighting to pay less child support after over a year of not paying any child support. He hasn’t paid Mack back for the damage he did to the house. And Amanda encourages it.
I don’t buy the good parent/step parent act, and I won’t until he actually starts paying the child support he owes and paying her back for the damage he caused. Until then, he isn’t better, he isn’t doing better, he isn’t in a better place and he’s not trying unless a camera is around for social media purposes (and the same applies to Amanda).
Amanda has no right. whatsoever, to put Mackenzie’s children on her social media platforms, anywhere, for any reason, unless she clears it with Mack first, PERIOD. She’s only recently been allowed to be in their lives at all and she’s crossed every line she shouldn’t already.
They’ll get “chances” when they’re actually better people, not when they’re pretending to be. Ryan is making the entire divorce into a spectacle in the same way he did his entire life and he doesn’t seem bothered by it (nor does Amanda). That’s quite telling of the “place” they’re both in. Neither has changed, and being partially sober (because neither one is actually sober) doesn’t alter this, at all.
Do you know? Are you there? You have literally no idea. Other than what other people are saying. Who aren’t even in their lives. “Partially “ sober. How would you know that? Are you drug testing them? When those kids are with Ryan. They don’t have to ok it with Mackenzie. I hate to have to tell you, but if they’re with their dad, he is the one who gets to make the decisions. It’s not just, “oh Mackenzie gets to make all the rules.” That’s not how it works.
I’m gonna throw your own question back at you…how do YOU know what she’s saying isn’t true? Now here’s a new question…why are you so invested and emotional about this topic? I have my suspicions. 🤨
Holy shit, who would have ever thought you two would be going at it. LMAO.
Are you new to planet earth? They’ve both posted pictures and even videos of them with alcohol, and have talked about still having “a drink now and then”, that’s NOT sober. The fact that they might not be partaking in other vices (certain drugs) doesn’t change this.
Yes AMANDA absolutely does have to okay things with Mackenzie, she isn’t the parent of those children, at all. A court had to decide that it was okay for those kids to even be around her, at all. That’s pretty telling of the kind of person she is. That’s not “what other people are saying”, those are known facts. Ryan gets very limited visitation, Amanda is still on thin ice, and neither one is doing anything to ensure the care and finances those children are owed is actually paid. Yes, the courts DID decide that Mackenzie gets to make the rules-that’s exactly how this works, a court has already determined that.
i definitely agree, the pettiness in mackenzie’s, ryan’s and amanda’s part is a whole separate issue because all three of them are a-holes to the other but for the kids why would they not want them to have better parents like even a judge saw amanda was in a better place to give her custody back of her son
Amanda got custody back because she checked the boxes on the paper, not because a judge said she’s a good mom. She was the lesser of two evils in this case, a bogged down foster care system, or an adult who had to be forced to be an adult.
I’ve seen many people get custody back of their children and it’s not as difficult of a process as people think for some folks (it wasn’t for Amanda, she was just lazy for years). There are, often, very few boxes one has to check (dependent entirely on where you live of course, some areas and judges scrutinize far more, the way they should!). She took a few classes, proved she was no longer using very specific drugs and went to rehab. A court literally had to tell, force really, her to do all of these things. She didn’t do any of them of her own volition. She still drinks, she still smokes, she still acts like a ragey teenager. People act like she’s such a great person because a judge decided to put her son in her care, but don’t realize that this happens pretty frequently. Deadbeat and bad people get custody back all the time, simply because they did what they were forced to do, it’s extremely common. She hasn’t actually proven shit, give her a few years, at least, especially with Ryan’s kids also in the picture, then let us see how she’s actually doing. Right now, she’s still failing at sobriety and parenting is pretty damn hard when you’re not sober.
I think *everyone* wants them all to be better for the kids. But most people can see that only one of them actually is doing better, and that’s Mackenzie. Ryan and Amanda aren’t even trying to do or be better, at this point, they’re just making life harder and it’s clearly on purpose.
Amanda got her son back because he had been in Amanda’s dad’s care. Amanda’s dad passed away. Amanda got her son back.
Unpopular opinion: Nobody is entitled to a second (or in this case 100th) chance. Others can be gracious enough to give them another chance, but they don’t actually *deserve* it no matter how much they’ve “changed,” and I doubt they’ve changed that much since Ryan is still fighting Mackenzie tooth and nail to not have to properly support their kids and to get his hands on all the marital assets he can, even though Mackenzie had to pay to repair the house he destroyed, and Amanda is still being publicly snarky towards Mack. They may have stopped the drugs, but they haven’t shaken the dopehead mentality.
I’m so tired of people acting like victims are required to forgive and forget if their abusers “get better.” All the trouble they’ve caused doesn’t magically go away. Victims can sometimes deal with the consequences for the rest of their lives.
All that said, Mackenzie has remained relatively quiet during most of this and people are still constantly talking shit about her for marrying Ryan in the first place, even though she eventually came to her sense, but God forbid anybody point out any of Ryan or Amanda’s wrongdoings and continued hatefulness.
Ryan and Amanda might be in a good place but that doesn’t mean they are good people. They 100% do NOT act like good people.