Briana's romance with Javi has been far from a fairy tale. In a shocking clip recently aired by MTV, Briana finally goes public about her thoughts on spending her life with Javi.
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Javi Marroquin and Briana DeJesus had a made-for-TV romance… reality TV, that is. Though they only dated for a few months, their drama has been a central focus of this season of Teen Mom 2. Before their relationship was publicly confirmed, there was endless speculation that the Teen Mom 2 co-stars were an item. Now, MTV has aired shocking footage from the show that appears to reveal Briana’s true feelings about Javi.
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Though he began dating Briana in October of last year, fans of Teen Mom 2 were already very familiar with Bri’s new beau. He shares 4-year-old son Lincoln with his ex-wife and Teen Mom 2 co-star, Kailyn Lowry. It was the first of Javi’s televised whirlwind romances. They moved in together after only a few short months and an engagement followed after only a year of dating. It is old news by now that things with Kailyn did not work out. After their divorce, Javi wasted no time getting back in the dating game. He was publically linked to different women, including Real World star Madison Walls, and even submitted an audition tape for MTV’s Are You the One? Eventually, he circled back to the Teen Mom 2 cast and began dating Briana.
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As Teen Mom Talk Now previously reported, Briana and Javi spent ages publicly flirting, hanging out, and interacting over social media before they finally confirmed their relationship . Once they were officially dating, they continued to share everything for their fans. In October, Briana tweeted at Teen Mom 2 co-star Tyler Baltierra that she was considering moving to Delaware. Briana also infamously tweeted about Javi that month, writing, “Here we go. U kno he’s the one when he spreads dem cheeks apart and spits inside ur a**hole.” Then she added, “Let me sign off of this ‘cause I be in my feelings too much lmao.” Though she quickly deleted the tweets, screenshots are forever. Javi must have continued keeping her happy in the bedroom because by November, their Twitter talk had turned to marriage . Though they never made it down the aisle, the couple did make a permanent commitment to each other.
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After only a short time together, the couple headed to Heavenly Inkz Tattoo for what would turn out to be only a souvenir of their brief fling . When deciding what tattoo to get, Javi and Briana chose a nod to their “regal” relationship. Remember when Briana captioned a photo of the pair “Only a queen can keep a king focused, only a king can attract a queen”? Though she was clearly using the caption to diss the women who couldn’t hold Javi’s attention, including Kailyn herself, they must have considered themselves a royal couple because they got matching ink of king and queen chess pieces. Once Briana was finished with the new addition to her ribcage, Javi told her, “Sorry, we can’t break up. You’re stuck with me forever in some way.” The grimace that Briana gave him in response foreshadowed what would come later.
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Javi should know better than thinking tattoos are forever. This isn’t Javi’s first couple tattoo; this isn’t even Javi’s first couple tattoo with a star of Teen Mom 2! In an infamous Teen Mom 2 moment, Kailyn and Javi inked infinity signs on their bodies to symbolize their “eternal” romance. Kailyn got hers on her wrist, while Javi chose his side. Obviously, their love was not built to last and Javi clearly had not learned his lesson by the time he started dating Briana. Their chess piece tattoos were barely healed by the time the couple parted ways. Did Briana’s mom Roxanne see the break-up coming? She caught Briana by surprise when she revealed that Javi had asked her for Briana’s hand in marriage, but she was insistent that her daughter talk about her feelings for him.
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As Teen Mom Talk Now previously reported, MTV aired footage of Javi showing off an engagement ring that he bought. “Briana really loves me and I see that,” Javi says, revealing the ring intended for his girlfriend of a few months.
In the next moment, his friend states the obvious: “Javi, you’re moving way too quick.” When her mom broke the news of the potential engagement to Briana, she had trouble getting Briana to take it seriously and even told her, “For real!” Roxanne clearly just wanted what is best for her daughter, telling her, “If you feel in your heart that it’s really going well with Javi, you have to let me know.” Though she made it clear that Briana’s feelings were important, Roxanne was pragmatic about the nature of their relationship. She reminded Briana, “The odds are stacked against you guys.”
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After watching her daughter struggle through break-ups with the fathers of her children, Luis Hernandez and Devoin Austin, it is understandable why she wanted Briana’s relationship with Javi to be different. However, instead of empathizing over the difficulty of the spotlight, Javi brought his own drama to Briana’s life. Roxanne refused to shy away from the reality of the situation when speaking with her daughter about a potential engagement with Javi. She reminded Briana, “He has baggage, you have baggage.” It was left unsaid that neither Javi nor Briana travels particularly light. In addition to her baby daddies and his ex-wife Kailyn, Javi and Briana have three children between them: his son, Lincoln, and her daughters Nova and Stella. Briana’s mom was kind, yet firm, about the challenges facing the couple. She reminded Briana, “It’s not easy: different states, MTV, Teen Mom , his past relationships, and he’s going away, right?”
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Roxanne failed to mention a huge source of potential tension in their budding romance-Briana’s
upcoming surgery . As Teen Mom Talk Now previously reported, Javi did not support Briana’s plans to return to her pre-baby body. Briana had a chest lift, a tummy tuck, and liposuction with the Teen Moms’ favorite surgeon, Dr. Miami, who aired the entire process on Snapchat. Though they broke up before Briana went under the knife, Javi still flew out to Miami to support her ! As we’ve all come to expect with this couple, the trip ended in drama! Teen Mom Talk Now reported in February that fans noticed something was up when Javi got on Instagram Live following the surgery. He revealed he was staying at a hotel instead of with Briana, which set off red flags for viewers. When Briana went on Instagram Live later and revealed that Devoin was staying over, it became clear why Javi was not. “Your baby daddy is there!” wrote one fan. “That’s why Javi left.”
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If Javi had stuck around to see Briana reveal her post-surgery body , maybe things would have ended differently for the short-lived King and Queen of Teen Mom 2. But the surgery was evidently a strain on their relationship well before Briana hit the operating table. Javi was allegedly concerned about the impact of Briana’s plastic surgery on his career. Briana revealed to Blasting News , “He doesn’t want me to get surgery for a breast lift, lipo, and tummy tuck…because it’ll look bad on his name at work.”
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Javi’s career has been a hot topic on the show in the past. He currently serves in the Air Force and the threat of his deployments has loomed over Briana and Kailyn in the latest season. He was deported to Qatar during his marriage to Kailyn and the couple separated while he was serving overseas. In January, he tweeted “I take pride in my job and everything I work for and accomplish.” However, last week, he told a fan on Twitter, “Unfortunately my time is soon coming to an end so I will be transitioning out and look forward to a new career.” He continued, “I could re-enlist right now if I wanted to, but my family is more important…re-enlisting would mean orders. Orders away from my son. So UNFORTUNATELY I’ll get out when my contract expires.” He has suggested that he may shift careers to work as an “analyst.”
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Many believed that Javi’s military career was the root of his marital woes with Kailyn. Could it have contributed to his break-up with Briana? The recently aired conversation between Briana and her mother hinted at trouble between her and Javi. Though Roxanne kept prying, Briana was a closed book about her feelings for her boyfriend. Her discomfort was evident as she clammed up at her mother’s questions.
When confronted with the news of Javi’s plans to propose, she asked her mother, “Isn’t this supposed to be a secret?” Briana clearly was not ready to have this conversation, at least not with her mother. But Roxanne was adamant that they needed to discuss it. She told Briana, “I have to tell you. You need to be ready. You need to think about it. Would you say yes to him?” Rather than give a clear answer, Briana continued to stall.
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Though she was sure enough about her future with Javi to get matching tattoos, she was unable to tell her mother that she would marry him. Briana tried to close the book on the topic, stating firmly that “It’s nobody’s business really.”
But mom knows best and rather than drop it, Roxanne cut to the core of the issue. She asked Briana outright if she felt like Javi was the one. In a shocking response, Briana tells her mother, “I don’t know.” Given their whirlwind romance and the serious steps that they had taken, jaws dropped when Briana revealed that she was unsure about her future with Javi. Did Briana already know that things with Javi were too good to be true?
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It did not take long for Briana to go from “I don’t know” to a big NO! Their ugly break-up was publicized for Teen Mom 2 fans everywhere. Briana not only posted angry texts between them on Twitter , but she also publicly stated that she thought Javi only dated her for more camera time . Briana didn’t just lash out at Javi. She had an all-out brawl with Kailyn at the Teen Mom 2 reunion special, even getting her sister Brittany involved. Briana was furious over comments made on Kailyn’s podcast, Coffee Convos. In an episode featuring special guest star Javi, Kailyn told him “[Briana and I] will never get along. You allowed her to disrespect...When I said what I had to say in a nice way you defended her and not me.”
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Despite Javi’s attempts to defend Briana, Kailyn wasn’t having it. She also pointed out, “Telling the mother of your child to ‘suck her d**k’ and that I’m a ‘dumb b***h’ doesn’t portray her as a good person.” Briana was tuning in to the podcast and she had even more to say to Kailyn. “Let me spill some tea for u guys,” Briana began a now-deleted Twitter rant. She told fans she had “all rights to get out of character,” adding, “Don’t act like the victim because you were the one who made this issue what it is.” According to her rant, Kailyn called her at 7 a.m. and told her not to post about her on social media. Then, according to Briana, Kailyn went on to gossip about her and “bad mouth” her to Javi. “That’s when the line gets crossed,” Briana wrote.
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“I’ll say [suck] my d**k whenever I want to whoever I want...,” she went on. On her podcast, Kailyn said she would apologize “when pigs fly.” On her Twitter, Briana responded, saying, “And you are right, ill never say sorry cause I am not the one who started all this mess.” She raged: “I am not the common denominator as to why yall fail to co parent so dont ever use my name in that matter again. Don’t sit here and say I am the issue cause I AM NOT.” Briana tweeted to Javi, “Dont say u dont know what the future holds to someone but in my msgs saying u wanna marry me. In reality u only care bout ur feelings and not anyone elses.” She even wrote, “AND DONT SIT HERE TRYNA PLAY MIND GAMES WHEN THE REAL REASON WHY WE ARE HERE IS BECAUSE OF U..JAVI.”
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These off-screen clashes came to a head at the reunion special. Though his exes’ fiery fight was the highlight of the taping, Javi himself was not even present. As Teen Mom Talk Now previously reported, Kailyn was angry that Javi didn’t go to the drama-filled reunion . “None of my baby daddies are going to be at the reunion, I’ve heard. Javi doesn’t want to go, I’m pretty sure, because of the Briana drama,” Kail spilled on her podcast. “You know Javi loves his camera time and will do anything to be in front of a camera,” Kailyn continued. “But the fact that he is basically b*tching out, at a time where I feel like he needs to speak the f*ck up, I’m a little salty.” But it seems like Javi may have had plans with another woman at the time.
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In hindsight, Briana’s cold feet may have been a blessing. Javi revealed on Instagram last month that he is expecting his second child with his latest girlfriend, Lauren Comeau and some fans are questioning the timeline of their relationships. Could Javi have been cheating on Briana while he was planning their engagement? If so, Javi was a very busy man. Kailyn revealed that shortly after his break-up with Briana, she and Javi re-kindled their romance ! On Twitter, Kailyn wrote “Javi & I talked about getting back together at one point,” before continuing, “I regret filming about it. And hooking up w him as I know people from the reunion leaked that.”
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While Javi’s had his hands full, how has Briana been since rejoining the single life? She certainly isn’t wasting time crying over Javi! She told Radar, “I don't really care what he got going.” Unlike Javi, Briana has not publicized any romances since the break-up. In fact, it appears that she is still on the market. She recently tweeted a photo of matching his & her two-piece sets and added “I need a bae this summer just so we can go out like this.” Though she’s still searching for Mr. Right, Briana was clear that she does not regret ending her relationship with Javi. “I’m just happy I didn't get stuck in Delaware,” she told
Radar.
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However, Lauren seems thrilled to be “stuck” with Javi. The couple dated briefly last fall before breaking up in September. Javi then dove headfirst into his on-screen romance with Briana: tattoos, engagement ring, and all. Javi rekindled his romance with Lauren when things fizzled out with Briana. Lauren captioned a photo of the reunited pair, “Sometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together.” Javi threw some not-so-subtle shade at Kailyn and Briana when he told Radar about Lauren, “I just want to enjoy it. She’s the only girl that’s been on no TV. It’s just real stuff.” Best of luck to Javi and Lauren on their new, “real” stuff.
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