The Teen Mother franchise kicked off with 16 and Pregnant in 2009 and has since developed into quite a few iterations — and quite a few feuds among the many forged.
Whereas there have been important forged adjustments by the years, one fixed has remained: the drama. Whereas the celebs of the franchise have continuously fought with the fathers of their kids, their dad and mom and extra, the spats which have garnered essentially the most consideration are those between the forged members themselves.
Kailyn Lowry and Briana DeJesus have had the one of many longest-running feuds within the franchise, which kicked off in October 2017 when the Florida native started relationship Javi Marroquin — Lowry’s ex-husband. Although the 2 referred to as it quits just a few months later, the meat between Lowry and DeJesus was solely getting began. The fact stars’ relationship grew so tense over time that it finally culminated within the “Espresso Convos” cohost submitting a defamation lawsuit towards DeJesus. The Teen Mother 3 alum, for her half, later threw a celebration in honor of her authorized victory over Lowry, which was filmed for the franchise.
Amber Portwood, who has been candid about her struggles with despair and substance abuse over time, has a historical past of violence on the present. In 2010, she was arrested and charged with three counts of home battery after bodily assaulting her then-boyfriend, Gary Shirley, in a disturbing second caught on digicam. The Indiana native — who later served time in jail for drug-related prices — tried to get right into a bodily combat with Teen Mother OG costar Farrah Abraham on the 2016 Teen Mother reunion after Abraham and her then-boyfriend, Simon, made enjoyable of Portwood’s then-fiance, Matt Baier.
The drama between the So, You’re Loopy Too? writer and her castmates didn’t finish there. In January 2023, Portwood got here below hearth after a cellphone name between her and Teen Mother: Household Reunion costar Ashley Jones leaked on-line — audio footage that appeared to depict Portwood threatening to “mutilate” her colleague.
Whereas Portwood, Jones, DeJesus, Abraham and Lowry have all been concerned in quite a few Teen Mother fights over time, they’re removed from the celebs within the franchise who’ve feuded with their MTV colleagues. Jenelle Evans, Cheyenne Floyd, Jade Cline and extra have all had beef with one castmate or one other.
Maintain scrolling to see the messiest Teen Mother feuds within the historical past of the franchise:
