The crew is telling all! What do they have to say about a recent hookup between cast members? Is everything about to change for this teen mom?
The Teen Mom crew has a front row seat to the moms’ drama before it airs on MTV. Fans were shocked as recent episodes revealed that Leah Messer was hooking up with her ex-husband and baby daddy, Jeremy Calvert.
But what did the producers think? Now, they’re spilling all the gossip from behind-the-scenes. Could Leah and Jeremy keep things quiet, even as cameras filmed all??
Leah began dating Jeremy, the father of her third child, Addie, in August of 2011. Earlier that summer, she finalized her divorce from her high school sweetheart and first husband, Corey Simms. Corey is the father of twins Aleeah Grace and Aliannah Hope. Leah’s infidelity was a major issue in their marriage, but she didn’t let that hold her back from another commitment.
Leah was soon ready to walk down the aisle again, marrying Jeremy in April of 2012. Corey Simms re-married in June 2013. His new wife, Miranda Patterson, has famously butted heads with Leah.
Leah’s marriage to Jeremy quickly began to fall apart. He moved out in 2014, shortly before Leah went to rehab to treat her addition to prescription pain pills. The couple divorced in June of 2015. After the divorce, Leah had several rumored hookups, including a long-term, on-and-off relationship with T.R. Dues.
Right now, Leah publicly insists that there is no man in the picture. She spoke out about her love life on Kailyn Lowry’s podcast, Coffee Convos. “I am single AF…I just now started getting back out into the dating world,” Leah opened up.
However, the star was clear that she is looking for something serious. “Someone told me that [using Tinder] is like putting ‘DTF’ on your forehead and I’m not that type of person, so I got the hell off of Tinder, and I’m never getting on any other type of dating app!”
If she plans on finding Mr. Right the old-fashioned way, it might take awhile! “It’s difficult [having three kids],” Leah confessed. “It’s really challenging trying to date.” Leah admitted that location was also a hindrance, bluntly stating, “I don’t think my ‘forever’ is in West Virginia.”
But Leah, what about Jeremy?
In one recent episode of Teen Mom 2, Jeremy and Leah had a serious discussion about their future together as a couple and Jeremy seemed hesitant to try again. “I don’t want to jeopardize what we have together to work out for 6 months or even a year and then everything falls apart,” he told her, adding that he didn’t want their daughter Addie to “feel that tension.”
Fans agree. Despite the love for Leah and Jeremy, most agree that it is for the best if they stay divorced. @KungFu_Kenny tweeted, “Jeremy should’ve never left Leah. He lost faith in her. Now that she’s doing well for herself now he wants her back!?? Whatever dude you missed your chance #Swerve #TeenMom2”
User @MeganMary1225 pointed out, “As much as I love Jeremy and Leah, he wasn't there at her worst when she needed help, so he doesn't deserve her at her best.”
Despite their insistence that things are done, Leah and Jeremy keep sparking rumors with their couple-y behavior. When Dr. Drew noticed the parents’ flirty quips during the reunion, he flat out asked the formerly married couple, “Are you guys rekindling your relationship?”
It was immediately apparent how embarrassed they were and they avoided answering the question. “This is just how we are,” Leah said. “We don’t flirt. We just… talk.”
Jeremy added, “Me and Leah have a very healthy relationship.” But that wasn’t enough for Dr. Drew.
He revisited the topic, demanding, “I’ve asked you now multiple times: Do you harbor any feelings for each other? Is this relationship being rekindled?” The couple’s silent response said it all.
“I feel like we just get along!” Leah finally said defensively.
Jeremy groaned, “This is f–king awkward.” Jeremy and Leah never confirmed that they’re dating again, but they also refused to say that they weren’t.
“I think the silence says whatever it says, and people can draw their own conclusions,” pointed out Dr. Drew. “But if you want to leave the silence to stand, so be it.”
Jeremy immediately replied: “So be it!”
For months, their refusal to respond was the closest thing to an answer from Leah and Jeremy. Fans frantically tried to figure out the status of the co-parents based on all the conflicting signs.
Leah finally gave an inside scoop on the couple’s complicated situation to Kailyn on her podcast. On getting back together, Leah stated bluntly, “No…I think he knows that. I mean, we’re friends and we get along great for Addie.” She eventually added, “I guess at first maybe I considered [getting back with Jeremy]… why not try it again for Addie’s sake’ but at the end of the day we weren’t happy. We didn’t do well together but we do great as friends.”
However, that was not the end of the story. Leah later paused when asked if there were any “hookups” between the two. One possible reason for her hesitation? Jeremy’s new flame: Desi Kibler.
He started up the new relationship this spring and things moved quickly. “Road trips with babe…… #sohappy #grateful #shesamazing,” Jeremy captioned a picture of him and his new girlfriend, the post that made their relationship Instagram official.
Soon, they were even hinting at getting married! “Jeremy’s gonna kill me for bringing our new blanket on the deck, I’m cold,” Desi tweeted.
Jeremy replied, “Hahaha no I’m not keep ur [sic] a** warm… just wash it LMAO JK JK.”
She replied by writing “Hahaha okay babe ~~#~~wifeymaterial.”
Desi later tweeted, “Hate leaving Jeremy, makes me appreciate him even more every time I’m with him #timetostartplanning” with emojis of a wedding ring, a house, and a family!
It seemed like Desi was ready to become the newest lady on the Teen Mom franchise! She would have certainly brought enough drama. In fact, Desi has shown such poor judgment that other Teen Mom 2 stars have spoken out on the 22 year old’s behavior.
According to Radar Online, she was arrested for allegedly operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol on April 12 at 1:28 a.m. She was then charged with one count of OVI with blood alcohol concentration of .163, twice the legal limit!
She was also charged with possession of a controlled substance, and police found an orange and white capsule pill on her. But the story doesn’t end there.
Desi was arrested, booked, and released….and then arrested again in the same night! At 3:17 a.m., she was allegedly stopped and charged with another DUI, as well as driving under a suspended license!
Jeremy quickly came to her aid. He paid a $500 bond for the first DUI charge and $3,500 for the possession of drugs charge, Radar reports. Desi pled not guilty to both cases, which are also both still active.
Though her arrests surely did not help, Leah showed concern about her ex’s new relationship with Desi from the beginning. “I just don’t understand why someone chooses to settle and be unhappy,” Leah tweeted after Jeremy shared his new relationship status. Fans immediately accused her of subtweeting Jeremy and she claimed, “I’m not talking about him. I’m talking about anyone choosing to settle or not living life to their fullest potential.”
However, she continued to psychoanalyze Jeremy’s romantic life. “He can’t choose himself…He’s gotta be in a relationship but that’s neither here nor there lol,” Leah tweeted. Contrary to Leah’s claims, Jeremy soon found himself single again.
Earlier this month, Jeremy deleted all photos of Desi from his Instagram, then deleted his entire account.
“I have a type,” Desi tweeted around the time of her breakup from Jeremy. “Faithful and trustworthy.” She added, “If you’re going to act single, then be single."
Earlier that week, she tweeted, “this concept is very simple. in a relationship = unavailable. single = available.” Even though Desi may have been blindsided by Jeremy’s behavior, fans were not.
Based on the recent confirmation that Leah and Jeremy had hooked up, it is easy to guess that Leah may have gotten between the two! Though Desi was quick to imply that Jeremy had strayed, he has had some accusations of his own. He recently tweeted, “If ur girl snaps u one day and its 10 seconds or longer kool, and the next day its 3 seconds or shorter, yea she be sending them booty pics else where.”
Jeremy has been in his feelings on Twitter lately, but for who? Since his breakup from Desi, he has tweeted, “When that one song comes on and your like "s**t" gotta be kidding me...... #memories #roadtrips #breakupsex” which seems to reference their initial trip together, but later tweets have sent mixed signals.
When he tweeted, “I reached out and it was pointless...” fans interpreted it as a commentary on why he and Leah have not gotten back together.
User @AshleyMaples27 replied, “Nothing is pointless . everything will work out for the best. You have to keep your trust in that but IMO Leah is crazy for not wanting you back.”
In another tweet, posted around the time he ended things with Desi, Jeremy shared, “How bad I wanna be a petty a**hole, but I'll leave it alone f**k it... just saying this, nothing about the show had a thing to do with this...”
So if it wasn’t the show, what caused the break-up? Was it Jeremy’s lingering feelings for Leah? Maybe the couple could not agree on their future together.
Desi seems to have one thing on her mind. Since the break-up, she tweeted, “watching gender reveals bc, well, baby fever” with a shrug emoji. She has retweeted pictures of babies and even asked her followers, “any of y’all get pregnant bc of baby fever bc i’m feeling like it gets stronger and stronger every day[?]”
Does Desi want a child with Jeremy? Is she desperate to be included in the Teen Mom universe? Maybe there is hope for the couple after all. On June 27th, she tweeted, “When you find your person don’t let them go.”
Jeremy has certainly taken that advice to heart…with Leah!
In a recent clip aired by MTV, crew members finally shared their perspective on the two stars and their rekindled flame.
The episode revealed that Leah accidentally let the secret slip in a conversation with her friend Kayla. Leah shares the details of her phone call with Jeremy: his thoughtful apology and him thanking her for being a good mom to Addie. Kayla finally asks her, “So like…are you for sure done with the whole Jeremy situation?”
Leah clams up and stumbles when she tells her friend, “I mean, he has tried to…me to have sex with him a couple times. And it happened once and it happened a few months ago. We went to his house and I had to like hide walking out to the car the next morning so his mother didn’t see me”
Executive producer Annalisa Ellis said that Leah did her best to keep it quiet.
“The girls will try to keep secrets, but it seems like it always ends up kinda coming out, like with Leah and Jeremy,” Annalisa shared. “We were filming at the time that they hooked up but we didn’t find out about it until a few months later.”
The moment it was finally revealed was particularly exciting for Leah’s producer, Brendan Carr. He said in the clip, “It was one of those, you know [makes surprised face] ooh moments…where you’re like all excited. It’s like ‘oh my god!’ It was a conversation that really had like nothing, nothing to do with that issue, but all of the sudden she admitted to her friend that she had actually slept with Jeremy.”
Even if Leah had spilled the beans, not everyone was ready to share the details.
Brendan explains, “Leah mentioned to Jeremy that she told us that they had hooked up. Jeremy tried to play it off and say, ‘What are you talking about?’ and Leah said, ‘Nope, we already told Brendan and it’s on camera.’”
Once Brendan and the Teen Mom crew knew, all the pieces started falling together. As Leah and Jeremy sat on the couch together later that day, Jeremy quietly tells Leah, “Dude, I wanna say something so bad, but these people would go f**king ape s**t right now."
“It’s nothing bad,” he continues, but Leah already knows what he is referencing.
“I mean, I told him that we hooked up,” she updates him.
Brendan then clarifies, “I suspected for a while, but I found out for sure today.”
Everyone turns to Leah, who defends herself, “It was an accident.”
Jeremy was not mad that the intimate details of his marriage have once again been shared with an audience of millions. He tells Leah, “S**t happens.”
Brendan gives the couple a moment to process this major development in their reality TV lives before asking them the hard question: “Are there still feelings there?”
In their signature style, the couple attempts to answer the question, while in reality, refusing to answer the question. Jeremy says, “I don’t know” at the same time that Leah gives a fast no.
In an attempt to break the obvious tension, Jeremy then jokingly asks his ex-wife, “I don’t know. What do you think about getting back together?” Leah bursts into giggles as the scene ends.
Whether or not the couple ends up together, their kids are in good hands. “Jeremy is a great person to co-parent with,” Leah gushed on Coffee Convos.
“If we have a disagreement we can work through it,” she explained Her other baby daddy is not as supportive. “Corey and I don’t have that friendship. It’s like, ‘We have kids together and there are strict rules, and that’s all we deal with. With Jeremy, it’s like ‘Whatever goes…’”
Perhaps Leah and Jeremy would benefit from some strict rules. They seem to be working for her and Corey. Things have even been improving between her and the twin’s stepmom. Leah said of Miranda, “Yeah we get along. I don’t really see her very often or communicate with her. Like, we’re in a group text but I really don’t [interact] with her much.”
However, a successful co-parenting relationship is especially important for Leah and Corey because their daughter, Ali suffers from Titin muscular dystrophy, a rare form of the disorder. Leah told Kailyn on Coffee Convos, “She’s had some challenges here recently…[having to do] with her diagnosis but she’s doing alright.”
Leah has no plans to stop sharing her journey with her daughter. On filming Teen Mom 2, she told Kailyn, “I think what I like most is being able to share my story with other people and it makes a difference in their life.”
However, she also shared that it is not always easy. “People have opinions on how you should live your life. We all learn the hard way,” Leah vented. Not only that, but “filming isn’t always easy…having lots of people in your house…sometimes you need your space.”
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