Over the course of the past year, Leah Messer has been widely praised for her honesty.
The Teen Mom 2 star has spoken candidly about a number of difficult topics, including her abusive childhood and her struggles with substance abuse.
Leah’s memo…
If you’re a fan of Teen Mom and Teen Mom 2, then you know that many of the people on the MTV reality shows have tattoos.
You also know that a lot of the tattoos …
… well, they aren’t that great.
Some are poorly done, some are kind of strange, and some are nightmarish and horrifying and just so completely, unbelievably bad.
So steady yourself, perhaps grab some smelling salts and some pearls to clutch, and let’s rank all the Teen Mom ink we can get our eyes on!
It’s no surprise to Teen Mom 2 viewers to see Kailyn Lowry clashing with Briana DeJesus.
When you’re in a feud, you want ammunition … and Briana has found hers.
Recently, Kailyn Lowry totally threw one of her friends under the bus on her podcast.
It looks like Briana is trying to team up with him to take down Kail.
A few weeks ago, Kailyn spoke on her Baby Mamas No Drama podcast about her friend, Mark.
She blasted him for being “so mad” at her for going on a day trip for his 30th birthday.
His original plans had been for a week, she said, and she hadn’t agreed to that.
But Mark has his own version of why the two of them have been butting heads.
In fact, he claims that Kail “lied” while griping about him on her podcast.
To that end, Mark has spoken to The Sun about his version of his feud with his friend of 15 years.
“I have been through the good and the bad times and experienced those times with her,” Mark recalled.
“I have seen so many people come in and out of her life,” he noted.
Mark added: “I accepted and dealt with a lot.”
“In this situation here, it became to a point where she began to disrespect me,” Mark lamented.
“Once you disrespect me,” he declared.
Mark added: “I’m not going to tolerate it or deal with that.”
“Now I am experiencing things where she’s lying about certain things that happened,” Mark expressed.
“And,” he shared, “that’s one of my pet peeves.”
Mark emphasized: “I am not going to deal with that.”
According to Mark, he planned a week-long birthday trip in May.
The plan was to visit Ocean City, Maryland with his friends, all staying in a house together.
“My friend was like, I live so close to Ocean City, I’ve been there so many times,” Mark explained.
“She’s like I can come one day,” Mark said of Kailyn. “I said, ‘Okay, just come Saturday.’”
“We’re going to grill, have games, it’ll be fun. That was my response,” he said.
But that is not how Kail presented things at all.
“She stated that when she told me that, I got so upset and so mad,” Mark described.
“That’s a lie!” he affirmed.
Mark emphasized: “When she told me that, I was like okay that’s fine just come that Saturday.”
“I was not upset, I was not mad,” Mark reiterated.
Meanwhile, Kailyn said that this would have cost her $3,000 to $4,000.
A week with four children can be expensive, after all.
But Mark says that Kailyn’s price estimate is just “another lie.”
“First of all, for the house we had, only you had to pay,” he explained.
“I am not going to make you pay for your kids,” Mark added.
“All of these things that calculated to this big number she thought she was going to pay were for things she wanted to do!” Mark added.
“We have a friend that helps her with her kids,” he added.
“She was planning to come just to help her with her kids,” Mark said. “So that’s another lie.”
“Everything that I do is based around her and her children,” Mark characterized.
“For her to sit on this podcast and say I don’t understand because I don’t have kids,” he complained.
Mark expressed that “that’s very hurtful and disrespectful.”
Apparently, a change in weather saw plans switch from the beach to a fishing trip and then back to the beach.
“I talked to everyone and said, do you want to go to the beach? And they said yes.” Mark shared.
He recalled: “She texted me back, she says, ‘No we’re going fishing because that’s what I told my kids and that’s what we’re going to do.’”
“She got very disrespectful with me,” Mark lamented.
“She said, ‘F you. We’re going fishing. That’s what you told me and that’s what I told my kids,'” he described.
“My thing is, you took it this far to disrespect me,” Mark shared.
Mark was shocked that Kail opted “to call me out of my name just because I changed from fishing to the beach?”
He added: “Which is a kid-friendly event!”
“For this to blow up this way and she disrespect me in this manner because I changed plans is out of bounds,” Mark noted.
“I will not put up with people who disrespect me,” Mark insisted.
“You guys have watched me through the years on the show, following me on social media,” he pointed out.
Mark expressed: “You guys know my heart, I have a very pure heart, I am very loving.”
Mark expressed that he still loves Kailyn despite her claims about him on her podcast.
However, she allegedly did not respond when he reached out to her, and she ended up blocking him.
Mark added that he is “very hurt” because he has also been close to her children.
On Mark’s Instagram live, Briana DeJesus showed up and had some advice for Mark.
“I’m tryna do the same Mark, but these people are coming for me. Any advice?” Briana asked.
“Give it one more chance, I’m sure she’ll be down to sit and talk,” she advised. “Wish you nothing but the [best].”
As a whole, the Teen Mom franchise is struggling, and Teen Mom 2 recently got its lowest-ever ratings.
There are a lot of factors involved, and some of them are beyond anyone’s control.
However, fans think that some of the blame lies with the stars — stars who put their reputations over the show.
Right now, fans are putting Kailyn Lowry on blast for preserving her image instead of filming her arrest.
Teen Mom has historically been such a successful series that, well, there are more than one of them.
And for years, Teen Mom 2 was the highest rated series of the bunch.
Each week, the spinoff could reliably pull in over a million viewers.
But that was then. Season 10B’s ratings have been abysmal.
The June 1 episode raked in the lowest ratings in the show’s history.
Half a million viewers might not sound bad, but it shows how far the series has fallen.
Just two years ago, Teen Mom 2 brought in an average of 900,000 viewers per episode.
Various factors, from changes in the cast to changes in the TV ecosystem to real world changes have fueled this.
But fans also think that some of the stars have the wrong priorities.
In particular, viewers and longtime fans are pointing the finger at Kailyn for prioritizing her image.
“I wanna hear about Kail’s arrest,” a social media user announced.
They are of course referring to Kailyn’s 2020 arrest for an alleged physical confrontation with baby daddy Chris Lopez.
“Kail is fake. She always WANTS TO look good,” another chimed in.
That same commenter demanded: “Tell your story Kail good & bad!!!”
Another commenter remarked: “We all do. Too bad she’s fake af.”
Just last week, one of Kailyn’s castmates discussed this.
As you can imagine, Briana DeJesus did not mince words.
In fact, she made Kailyn’s arrest sound as dramatic as imaginable.
“Kail doesn’t want to film about breaking and entering into Chris momma house,” Briana said on Instagram.
She continued: “And beating him for cutting his child’s hair.”
Briana and Kail’s longstanding rivalry makes Briana’s version of events no real surprise.
Okay, so what happened was that Kailyn was arrested in September of 2020.
Allegedly, she had punched Chris “several times with a closed fist” on September 4.
This was during a custody exchange of their son, Lux.
Kailyn was arrestd on September 26, more than three weeks later.
The alleged motive was that Chris had cut Lux’s long, beautiful hair without Kail’s permission.
While that would be an understandable source of fury on her part, it could never excuse violence.
It is of course improtant that Kailyn denied to police that the argument with Chris ever turned physical.
In February of 2021, the world learned that the charges against Kail were dropped.
However, Briana says that Kailyn simply refused to film anything about the arrest.
In Briana’s eyes, Kail is robbing viewers of the authenticity that she owes them as a reality star.
“Like someone is filming on the show legitimately filming about a wallpaper color choice,” she noted.
Briana continued: “when she could be filming about a domestic abuse situation with her baby daddy.”
Briana said that this was a situation “that I was told she was trying to hide.”
“This is back when a child’s hair was cut as [she] was allegedly arrested,” she recalled.
Briana detailed “after allegedly getting into a physical altercation with her baby daddy.”
“While I understand all of us want to be shown overcoming our struggles and that we all take pride in our names,” Briana said.
She then shaded: “(and someone takes pride in her brand and her podcasts).”
Briana expressed that “at the end of the day she shouldn’t try to cover up the real her or things that are going on in her real life.”
Teen Mom fans are very familiar with Leah Messer and her baby daddies.
Ex-husband Corey Simms is the father of Ali and Alleeah, Leah’s twins.
Hey moved on and fell in love again and is now married to Miranda.
In a new, super-rare photo, she is …
It’s only been three weeks since Briana DeJesus and Javi Gonzalez got engaged.
But it seems that what should be one of the happiest times in Bri’s life has instead been loaded with drama and strife.
Last week, insiders claimed that DeJesus had du…
When Teen Mom 2 fans learned that Kailyn Lowry would be having a second child by Chris Lopez, many of them were quick to express their shock and chagrin.
After all, Kail had been critical of Chris’ parenting — or lack thereof — pretty much from t…
Briana DeJesus would like everyone to know that her beef with Kailyn Lowry is alive and well.
As viewers of Teen Mom 2 know well, these colleagues have been going at it for years, ever since DeJesus started hooking up with Lowry’s ex-husband, Javi …
Teen Mom 2 fans know that there has been no shortage of drama between Kailyn Lowry and Chris Lopez.
Her two-time baby daddy is also serving up twice the drama, and Kail is giving as good as she gets.
But that doesn’t mean that she never gives Chris a chance to explain his side.
In fact, Kailyn has revealed that the only person stopping her ex from speaking to her fans … is Chris.
Kailyn extended a frankly undeserved olive branch to Chris.
She invited him to participate on her podcast, Coffee Convos.
There, Chris was to discuss their feud and share his perspective.
However, the episode did not go as planned.
Oh, Chris showed up and even spoke.
But according to Kailyn, the audio from Chris was unusable.
This week, Kailyn Lowry went on Instagram Live to explain what happened.
She had received backlash from fans for a while.
They were giving her a hard time about why neither Chris nor Javi Marroquin had appeared on her show.
“I wanted to clear the air really quickly,” Kailyn explained.
She also noted: “Javi has been on Coffee Convos not once but twice.”
But in order to appease these very strange complaints from fans, she addressed the Chris question.
“And Chris and I actually recorded an episode,” Kailyn revealed.
She detailed that they recorded “with [Kailyn’s cohost] Lindsie [Chrisley] for Coffee Convos.”
So … why haven’t fans ever heard it?
“Unfortunately, he mumbled his way through it,” Kailyn lamented.
“And,” she explained, “so we were unable to air that episode.”
Kailyn expressed: “So I just wanted to say that and know what you’re talking about before you talk s–t.”
Kailyn is a mother of four, her eldest being 11-year-old Isaac, whom she shares with Jonathan Rivera.
Her 8-year-old son, Lincoln, was fathered by Javi.
Lux, who is 3, and Creed, who is 10 months old, are both sons of Chris Lopez.
Chris has fired back against Kailyn’s accusations of mumbling, however.
“We were doing good up until this weekend,” he angrily announced on his own podcast.
“We were doing wonderful,” Chris added.
“Just a bunch of nonsense,” Chris complained
“Next thing you know we got a whole 10-slide… shots thrown at me,” he griped.
“Y’all start drama because your show coming out,” Chris then accused.
“It’s so corny…” Chris added.
“People ain’t gonna talk about how we were just getting along,” he alleged.
Chris concluded: “Because it don’t go with their story.”
It is certainly no secret that reality stars are encouraged to make a splash before any season premiere, book sale, or any other opportunity.
But does that mean that Chris didn’t speak on the podcast and mumble?
And wasn’t Kailyn just responding to fan questions, not deliberately stirring the pot?
Honestly, we don’t know all of the answers, and that’s okay.
There is one way that Kailyn could potentially clear the air and close the book on this question.
She could release the recording, even if it isn’t up to podcast quality standards, so that fans can hear Chris mumble for themselves.
90 Day Fiance have followed many stories with fascination.
Jihoon and his attorney’s bitter saga. Deavan’s feud with Jenelle Evans of Teen Mom 2 infamy. Andrew Kenton’s quirks.
Now, a trusted Instagram blogger who has reported on all of this and more is being sued.
Seven plaintiffs, including Jenelle and Andrew, are suing him.
Legendary 90 Day Fiance blogger John Yates has helped navigate fans through so much.
From the fall of Larissa’s marriage to Colt to news that Big Ed is filming yet again, he’s usually the first to know.
Unfortunately, it seems that his hard-hitting reporting has rubbed some of its subjects the wrong way.
Andrew Kenton appeared in Season 8 of 90 Day Fiance.
During his time on the show, he and his fiancee Amira Lollysa had a bitter falling out.
On the show, Andrew did not get a flattering edit, but many fans believe that there was more to this than editing.
Andrew at times seemed a little awkward, both in his choice of diction and his choices.
Vacationing alone, on camera, after Amira’s deportation from Mexico was not a good look for him.
Some scenes were reportedly taken out of context in order to make his solo vacation in Puerto Vallarta seem even more indulgent.
Meanwhile, disgraced former reality star Jenelle Evans holds the infamous title of arguably the worst star in Teen Mom franchise history.
She was awful before she married a dog-killing monster, David Eason, and she is no longer on the show.
Fans will never forgive her for exposing her children (or pets) to that despicable beast.
On May 18, Jenelle, Andrew, and other plaintifs filed a lawsuit.
The suit is aimed at John Yates, as well as against YouTubers Sharrell and William Lloyd.
The Lloyds run Sharrell’s World, a YouTube series.
The Ashley got their hands on court documents.
John Yates and the Lloyds are being sued for alleged “intentional acts of assault, libel, trade libel or slander by a private party.”
They are demanding more than $75,000, and the defandants were issued an electronic court summons on May 27.
Jenelle is complaining that John Yates somehow ruined her future business opportunities.
He allegedly reported that she was fired from a podcast project earlier this year.
John allegedly did so during a series of chats with 90 Day Fiance star Deavan Clegg.
Deavan had initially been set to work on the show with Jenelle in some capacity (there are a lot of contested details).
However, Deavan was stunned and appalled when she learned the sort of person that Jenelle really is.
Not being a monster or a lunatic, Deavan was happy to not have to work with Jenelle.
“On or about March 31, 2021, Defendant Yates posted a YouTube Live video that…talked about [Jenelle]’s dismissal from her new podcast,” the documents read.
They continue: “Defendant Yates stated that it was brought up to the management team and that was enough for [Jenelle] to be fired.”
The lawsuit claims “which was untrue and affected [Jenelle] and her business opportunities.”
While there are still things that we do not know about this lawsuit, Jenelle and Andrew are not the only plaintiffs — as there are seven in total.
First up is Amber Cherrington, a legal assistant to attorney Joseph Alamilla.
Alamilla of course is Jihoon Lee’s former attorney after a GoFundMe was raised in his name, unilaterally, by a fan.
Amanda Grayce Crosby is the 90 Day Fiance superfan who started that same GoFundMe.
She is another plaintiff in this lawsuit.
Jihoon has reportedly severed all ties with Alamilla and with Crosby, citing alleged financial demands.
As for where Andrew Kenton fits into this, Young One University is also part of the lawsuit.
This is the daycare owned by Andrew and by his mother.
Young One University received a frankly weirdly high amount of scrutiny from fans during Season 8.
John Yates allegedly accused Andrew of receiving and misusing a loan.
This appears to be the sticking point in the lawsuit.
The details of this loan as described could end up litigated in court.
Additionally, Jennifer Koczur Richardson sounds like an ex-friend of John Yates.
At one point, she says, John lived with her, and she and her husband accuse him of threatening to “file a false report to Child Protective Services.”
She claims that he actually followed through on this threat, though we do not know the details — whether there was a filing, and whether it was false.
Fritz Drexler is a fellow plaintiff who accused John of doxxing his wife.
He claims that John posted about her workplace and claimed that Fritz and his wife are racists.
Fritz also complains that John allegedly posted a family photo of theirs at some point.
Rex L Bray is the attorney representing all seven plaintiffs in the suit.
All of the parties involved claim that John, Sharrell, and William received cease and desist letters but did not comply.
“Plaintiffs are seeking injunctive relief against the Defendants,” the court documents read.
They are seeking relief “for persistent and dilatory actions and statements made against the Plaintiffs.”
“And,” the documents complain, “the Defendants have refused to curtail their activities and statements.”
Allegedly, this is “despite having received a cease-and-desist letter from the Plaintiffs.”
Apparently, they are seeking a jury trial.
The hope is that the damages, court costs, and attorney fees will be paid by the three defendants.
Truly, the other six must be furious with John Yates’ reporting if they are willingly allying themselves with someone like Jenelle Evans.
Jenelle Evans of Teen Mom 2 fame has always amazed us with her wild and crazy antics, but sometimes she makes us cringe.
With her selfies, selfishness and overall self-obsession.
Still, the Carolina Hurricane is pretty darn entertaining and never ceases to provide us jaw-dropping entertainment.
And unyielding social media fodder, to boot. There is never a dull moment with the mother of three, whatever you think of her.
Here’s a look at her most memorable moments from her young, innocent (okay, not really innocent) 16 & Pregnant days to the present.
In a complete coincidence that wasn’t planned or scripted ahead of time at all, Javi Gonzalez debuted last night on Teen Mom 2.
Just one day after the world learned that we’d be hearing a lot more from this Orlando-based tattoo artist…
… beca…
There’s a lot going on in the life of Briana DeJesus these days.
On Monday, we learned that DeJesus is engaged to Javi Gonzalez.
And today, one of her exes is making headlines for a surprising reason.
We’re guessing Bri is a bigger fan of the f…
We hope you’re sitting down for this one, card-carrying members of Teen Mom Nation.
Because the incomparable Briana DeJesus is back and she’s got something to say.
Not the usual nonsense, either.
Oh no. This time, it’s real, and something big, …
Kailyn Lowry is no stranger to rude comments from hateful social media trolls.
But the latest trash-talk aimed her way sets a new standard in terms of needless cruelty.
Kailyn suffers from a condition known as PCOS, which stands for polycystic ov…
Leah Messer has come a long way.
There was a time when her story was one of Teen Mom’s cautionary tales, but in recent years, Leah has turned things around in admirable fashion.
The publication of Messer’s memoir last year did wonders for her rep…
