Enough is enough! After facing accusations of racism from another cast member, this Teen Mom star has just announced she's off the show... and so is her mother!
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Even though fans may want Teen Mom to stay on the air forever, eventually, it’s all going to come to an end. In the meantime, it’s up to the cast members themselves to decide whether or not they want to continue on as a “Teen Mom.”
So far, most of them have stuck with the show from the very beginning — but now it looks like one cast member has had enough.
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Although many fans have a preferencence between Teen Mom OG and Teen Mom 2, there’s no question that the Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant stars know how to bring the drama. The show has been hard for many viewers to watch as it faces off with authentic difficulties of distant and deadbeat baby daddies, the stigma of young pregnancies, and even emotional and physical abuse.
Among the cast members is Ashley Jones, who has had her fair share of difficulties with her baby daddy, Bar Smith. But there’s a bigger feud at the center of the drama: her distaste for Bar’s mother, Shen.
But it wasn’t long before Ashley’s entire family got involved. Soon, Bar’s mother Shen and Ashley’s mother Pastor Tea locked on to each other in one of the longest feuds the franchise has ever seen. It wasn’t long before they took to social media to spread the hate.
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“All your kids are criminals,” Pastor Tea wrote at the beginning of the feud. “And the one in jail now was caught on [camera] but you say he innocent,” she said, referring to Bar’s brother who was found guilty of murder.
“You are low class on every level. I grew up in the projects and I never met anyone more trashy than you. All those kids lives you have ruined. Not one have a solid education and you dont either. Anyone dealing with you loves the mess because everyone knows that to pull me out of character…..you have truly crossed the line.”
Then she asked Shen to talk to her face to face. “Shen you been lying on me since day one. You don’t know me and every time Bar asked you to speak with me you tucked your tail and ran. It’s easy to press a 21 year old but you not gone press me. This goes much further than tv. I’m ready to SEE YOU!!! Nuff said.”
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She added, “I don’t do this social media stuff. See me in real life. We got some talking to do. Call me Shen. Don’t run. face to face. Tell me where you getting all your lies from because your own son don’t deal with you because of what you done and you not telling folks.” To no surprise, Shen quickly responded via Facebook.
“So I’m confused pastor=your daughter faked [domestic violence] and u find a way to make this about me, naw I’m good,” she wrote, adding:
“When i wanted to talk no one else did but I c what kind of people in dealing with. we will not sit down without attorneys because their behavior is maliciously done from hate and spite. u r capable of anything. focus on the kids getting help and making everything right for holly. I speak truth and real i have proven that.. sorry u disagree but im over it and u. So take the high school behavior to an adult so they can guide u cause this sh*t is real not show.”
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Soon after, Shen called for Pastor Tea to be fired from the show! After Pastor Tea referred to Shen as “white trash” and “trailer trash” in an Instagram live update, Shen created a petition to get Pastor Tea fird from the show. She accused the pastor of racism, writing, “The degrading things she said were deplorable. I will not deal with anyone or thing supporting racism. I have spoken my peace [sic] I’m done.”
In the meantime, Pastor Tea’s daughter Ashley was having a hard time with the show as well. She recently revealed that she believes she’s being portrayed poorly by MTV. She was particularly unhappy with an image MTV recently used for promos for Young and Pregnant.
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“Can I be the first to say f*cke everyone on [MTV’s] social media team,” Ashley stormed on Instagram. “I love how the other girls are smiling and happy and you choose to post none of those moments for me.” But it’s not just the social media that has her upset.
“The whole season I was edited to look like a monster,” she vented.
“Joining this show was by far the worst decision of my life. All those hours of filming and all the positivity I spread and y’all didn’t show any of it. No trust for the producers or any one else that works on the show and knows the kind of person that I am but says nothing to editing.”
She added, “Also, if you want to see how me and Bar really are, on a daily basis without these edited a** scripted fights. Join my [YouTube] channel @ Ashley Siren.”
She went on, “It’s funny how the black girl is always made to look mad and ignorant.”
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Source: Instagram @ashleysiren
Fans had mixed reactions to her rant. “Ashley is super entitled and immature. She has also done nothing but argue with Shen all over social media and come out saying that she and Bar get into physical arguments,” wrote reddit user PygmyFists. “You can't get mad at MTV for conveying the constant theme of confrontation and pettiness in your life. If you weren't those things, there would be no footage for them to use and make you look like an a**hole.” They added, “Honestly, it irritates me that she even brought race into it as well. They showed Ashley as a confrontational brat, Jade as an entitled mouth breather, Kayla as an actual f*cking idiot, Brianna as boy obsessed, and Lexi as the annoying clingy girl friend that nobody wants. Nobody was made to look great, or like a wonderful person. Stop that sh*t right now.” Wow!
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User cetacedm kept it concise, writing, “They can’t show and edit things you don’t do.” User Technicolor_Sloth wrote, “I like how she said joining the show has been the worst decision of her life, yet I'm 100% percent sure she'll be back for a second season...if there is one.” User enolagaye wrote, “She should quit then ¯_(ツ)_/¯”
Turns out, some fans are getting what they want: it appears that Ashley and her mother have indeed quit the show!
Only a few days after Ashley’s rant, her mother Pastor Tea took to Facebook Live to confirm that Ashley called her producers and quit the show.
That said, it’s not the first time that a cast member has claimed they quit, only to go on filming. It’s no wonder that fans aren’t buying it.
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Source: Instagram @ashleysiren
“Like she’s gonna pass up the easy money. Isn’t the Bay Area expensive?” pointed out reddit user WittiestScreenName. User Kateyjo50 wrote, “Suuuure. See you next season ladies.”
“Ashley. Instead of quitting, how about you grow some self awareness and redeem yourself? You don’t like the way you were portrayed? Do better. Learn how to handle your baby’s grandmother and co exist,” wrote FrauEdwards.
But not everyone doubted it so much. Some believe that Ashley is off of the show.
“I may be alone here but I could see her quitting. She likely blames the show for ending her 3 year relationship with her baby daddy and now ex-fiance. 3 years is quite a long term relationship at that age,” wrote UckfayRumptay. “She is kind of wrong in that the show only showed her actions which Bar didn't like. But in her mind without the show she could've continued to manipulate things to downplay her actions. So in that sense without the show she wouldn't have had so much, if any, caught on camera and her and Bar may still be together.”
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However, her relationship with Bar is also not looking so great.
Ashley and Bar recently decided to announce their upcoming nuptials via Instagram. Sharing a picture of them decked out from head to toe in denim, they revealed that their wedding date will be September 29, 2019. Needless to say, fans have many opinions about their announcement.
“15 months away,” wrote reddit user livefromtheland. “That’s plenty of time for them to break up a few times.” User benzarella wrote, “This won’t happen. They will break up and get back together a few times between now and the wedding date before it gets postponed and finally falls off the cliff. It’s pretty clear these two aren’t good together.”
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Many fans were pretty pessimistic about what Bar’s controversial mother, Shen, will do at the wedding. “Cannot wait to see what Shen wears to the wedding.. my money is on a white dress,” wrote Pococosa.
User GlitzAndGrit theorized, “You know Shen's gonna show up to Bar's bachelor party in some weird reverse Oedipus complex kind of way.”
But apparently it just wasn’t meant to be. Within a week of their save-the-date announcements, it began to seem that all was not well between the two.
Fans started to notice something was awry when Bar and Ashley unfollowed one another on Instagram — and deleted all of their couple photos off of their accounts as well. “Wedding planning is going well i see,” joked reddit user lucillebluth1213. User SweetTchr wrote, “Well this is clear evidence that these two should literally never ever get married.” And apparently their prediction wasn’t too far off the mark.
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Soon, the breakup was confirmed from an unexpected source: Bar’s mother Shen.
“He called me saying momma I played my whole family for this b*tch and she played me smh,” Shen spilled on Facebook. “But then he goes on another rant with me i hung up told him When he finds himself and some respect then call I’m over it all. Momma won’t run to his rescue this time.he getting tough love.”
A fan asked, “They still arn’t back together? .. did he leave the apartment or did she?” Shen replied, “He moved out she called the police after busting his lip and his best friend went to jail smh he said she said some real foul stuff he can’t trust her no more.”
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This violence between Ashley and Bar isn’t the first time they’ve gotten physical. Ashley has recently accused Bar of physical abuse! The news came out during an intense Instagram video that Ashley shared after fighting with her man.
“You guys want to know the real about Bar?” she says in the clip, in which she is clearly distraught. “He f*cking beats me! How’s that for real? He and his mom are bullies! He puts his f*cking hands on me and he expects me not to put my hands back on him! His mom put her hands on me and he expects me not to put my hands on her,” she exclaims. “But he beats my motherf*cking a** in this house with my daughter!”
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Even though it’s obvious that Ashley was distressed when she filmed the devastating video, not everyone believed it. In fact, her soon to be mother-in-law, Shen, was quick to accuse Ashley of making up all of her claims of Bar’s abuse.
“Ashley is hitting h3rself,” Shen alleged. “And said she is telling police bar did it smh but her fans say im crazy and wrong this is what we deal with.”
The severity of abuse accusations go both ways: the accusations themselves should never be made lightly, but accusing someone of making them up is also a very dangerous thing to do, especially without evidence. Soon, Ashley took to Twitter to refute Shen’s claims.
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“Yeah you did see that video of me slapping myself, but I didn’t lie about anything. He does get physical with me often,” she wrote. “But I love him and I stay because I really want things to work ok . Jesus . I would NEVER lie about something like that.” She explained that slapping herself is “something I do every time the pressure gets [too] real and I’m on the verge of loosing [sic] my sh*t.”
Ashley and Shen could no doubt spend days debating these accusations without making any ground… but soon another voice was added to the mix. Shockingly, Bar himself spoke out to confirm that he has gotten physical with Ashley.
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“Here y’all go for everyone who’s wondering, yes sometimes sh*t gets physical on both ends but I ain’t no woman abuser and all that extra sh*t,” he wrote on Instagram. “YES we fight but sh*t who doesn’t, it’s all a work in progress but no one has bruises or none like that so please stop trolling everyone. thank you!!!”
However, fans report that in another Instagram live video, Ashley can be heard saying that he doesn’t have to hit her. In the video, Bar reportedly responds, “Well you keep flappin your motherf*cking mouth.” Ashley then allegedly revealed Bar didn’t want her to leave and told her, “Why, so you can call the police?”
The stars all sent mixed signals, but fans seem decided that it’s not a good situation for anyone. “So no bruises means it’s okay? That’s scary. One day it’ll escalate into bruises or even possibly more. & who just puts this out there on social media for the world to see?” wrote reddit user knelso05.
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“Bar needs to be off the show,” wrote reddit user BastaniUsername. “I liked him on TM but all this drama spilling out from Ashley is so scary. I'm starting to understand there is a LOT that goes on behind the scenes we don't see. This is a very dangerous situation for Ashley and [their newborn daughter] Holly.”
As for quitting, it’s not just Ashley who is rumored to be off the show. Recently, Teen Mom 2 star Briana DeJesusconfirmed that she was off the show! Of course, that didn’t last long. Recently, her true decision about quitting the show was revealed.
On her Snapchat story, Briana shared an image of a giant camera rig, seemingly confirming that she hasn’t quit the show!
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“I think we all know she was never going to quit!! That Mtv cash and notoriety is worth it in her eyes. She even had a baby to get back on the show. I’m actually surprised she didn’t have Javi’s baby tbh,” wrote Marianne0819. User mooncurls31 theorized, “She didn't want to quit. She just wanted a raise. Can't hate her for playing her cards right.” User -yassssss- wrote, “I am 0% surprised. I think MTV offered her a decent salary so she is staying on.”
Don’t look, Bri — apparently, many fans were actually disappointed that she didn’t quit! “Oh god d*mn it :(“ wrote castlesandcrumpets. “Can't we just have a filler segment full of bloopers or something instead? Or following around pets? More burp montages? Just f*cking dead air? Anything but more Briana. It's such a pain in the d*ck to have to fast forward like 1/5 of the episode.” User LondonHalflife wrote, “What a disappointment.”
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