It's not pretty.
When it comes to Teen Mom, MTV has committed to capturing all of the true experiences of the cast members. This means that in addition to revealing some of the most beautiful moments of their lives like childbirth and weddings, the show also captures some of their darkest moments. Over the years, MTV has aired the girls struggling with drug addiction, unhealthy relationships, and ugly custody battles.
Sometimes, seeing the worst parts of the Teen Mom cast members can make it hard for fans to stand behind them. Clips that have aired on MTV have made many reconsider which of the girls is really worth defending. It seems that this Teen Mom star may be the next to lose support from the community.
Many of the cast members have admitted to dark times and mistakes they’ve made in the past, but this star’s behavior may be truly unforgivable as they open up about “laying hands” on their significant other.
Dark Times
There’s no getting around the fact that MTV selected certain members of the Teen Mom cast for a reason. While some of them were chosen for their determination and strength, others’ explosive personalities and behavior creates enough drama to make good TV. MTV recently rolled out an entirely new family of cast members for its new show Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant, and it was clear that they had a similar casting process.
The Young and Pregnant cast members have gone through some of the hardest experiences of their lives before they even turn twenty-five. Even though the first season of the show hasn’t finished airing, many Teen Mom fans have already started to look up to the stars for their strength in times of difficulty. However, some of the cast members have already gone to some dark places on the show.
Young and Pregnant star Ashley Jones has had a unique story on MTV’s newest show. She’s had to battle from the beginning against her baby daddy’s mother, Shenandoah Williams. Shen and Ashley have both shown that they’re not willing to back down from a battle, but now a darker side of Ashley’s experience is coming to light. She and her baby daddy Bar have both confirmed that physical abuse takes place between them. The news came out during an intense Instagram video that Ashley shared after fighting with her man.
"Losing It"
“You guys want to know the real about Bar?” she says in the clip. “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!”
Soon after, Bar’s mother Shen shared the clip and added the caption, “Ashley is hitting h3rself. And said she is telling police bar did it smh but her fans say im crazy and wrong this is what we deal with.” Ashley quickly shot back on Twitter.
“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.”
Shockingly, Bar himself soon admitted to the violence.
Owning Up to It
“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. 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 are all sending 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.
“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.”
Unfortunately, this is just the beginning of the drama in Ashley’s family. She has also just shared that Bar’s mother Shen made a sexual advance at her early on in their relationship.
Making Moves
Ashley opened up about Shen’s sexual advance on her Instagram live. “They got drunk on Amsterdam together with Bar present, and Shen was telling Ashley how pretty she was and tried kissing her. Bar intervened and said, ‘Mom, why are you trying to kiss my girl?’” reveals reddit user CadburyBunnyPoo, who tuned in. “Bar was there when Ashley said it on IG and he did not disagree.”
Soon after, Shen spoke out about the accusations!
“So now i get ugly she posted i tried to mak3 out with her she better prove it in court im done,” Shen wrote on Facebook. “Now I am gonna bring the big dogs out im tired of her lies she is a lot sicker than I thought 1st off I don’t do girls and if I did her panties would be clean.”
Surprisingly, soon after this Ashley posted a public apology to Shen.
“Said and did a lot of sh*t to my mother in law that wasn’t ok,” she wrote on Twitter. “I love her and her son and want to move forward because my daughter deserves it.” Luckily, Shen seems willing to accept the apology.
“It’s heart breaking, but as a mother I will still be there to help in any way,” Shen tweeted. “But healing will take a long time. I have been thru so much over this: lied on, defamed but forgiveness will start healing. I am going with caution.”
Come see me!
There’s just one person standing in the way of this reunion: Ashley’s mother, Pastor Tea, who has made her dislike for Shen very clear from the beginning. She took to Twitter to add her two cents to the confusing fight.
“All your kids are criminals,” Pastor Tea wrote. “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.”
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.”
Murder Trial
As if all of this in-fighting was not enough, Shen has even had some choice words against her own son. The fight started when Bar’s brother was accused of murder.
According to reports by Radar Online, Bar’s older brother Troy Seales, who is thirty years old, was on trial for the murder of Deandre Adams. Adams was shot multiple times in Oakland California on Aug. 25, 2017. He was rushed to a hospital after crashing his vehicle and later passed away due to his injuries.
Bar’s older brother was then arrested on Sept. 12, where he was charged with two counts of great bodily injury and one count of shooting and inhabited dwelling. He later pled not guilty to murder.
According to Radar, “A jury found [Bar’s brother Troy Seales], 30, guilty of the murder of Deandre Adams on April 7.”
Bar soon spoke out on Instagram about the case. “I have an older brother named Troy Marshall Seales, who today was cheated out of the rest of his life,” Bar shared on Instagram. “He has been fighting a murder charge since September of 2017, he has been in trial for this murder charge for the last 2 weeks, he was completely snatched of all opportunity at having a second chance at life, a innocent man should be given the same equal opportunities as everyone else in this world. In this trial literally everything bad has happened from horrible lawyer representation to jurors (who decided whether he was guilty or not), falling asleep in mid trial.”
He went on:
“I know my older brother and I know he is an amazing, loving, kind-hearted person no matter what background he has. Yes he doesn’t have the best criminal background and he has done time and openly admitted to his faults, but one thing he has NEVER been is violent, and with MURDER to be something someone actually committed, they would’ve had to be a violent person. TROY SEALES wouldn’t hurt a fly, he would literally give the clothes off of his back if need be.”
However, one important person just wasn’t buying it: his mother, Shen! She took to Instagram to say that Bar doesn’t have room to complain! “Bar crying they took his brother,” she wrote. “[You] didn’t even sit [through] his trial or put up one dime for lawyer. [You] just got a storyline minutes after [the] verdict. I lost two sons but my 1st born, we will fix this. I [won’t] stop until justice is served. A sleeping juror cannot decide anyone’s fate.”
Kicked Off?
Amid all the drama, fans are left wondering whether MTV will take action and terminate Bar and Ashley following the alleged domestic violence. “Just wondering what everybody thinks MTV will do. I'm doubting MTV cares about these people at all, but maybe they'll pull the plug on Young+Pregnant due to theirs and other cast members actions in the past few weeks,” wrote reddit user PygmyFists.
“They didn’t pull the plug on Amber when she was beating up Gary. Or when there were clearly signs of abuse with Jenelle and her various boyfriends/husbands. So my guess would be no,” wrote user akwilliams. User idfwypeace agreed, “My thoughts exactly. They filmed the abuse and aired it for the world to see. MTV doesn’t give a sh*t about these girls. It’s a numbers game for them.”
“I don’t think they will,” wrote tmaddict, adding, “I kind of think they should. Petty arguments are fun to watch but not real abuse.” User chrissycakes8726 agreed, “They definitely should pull the plug before these people make more money and they end up getting worse. That seems to be the way it works with these people. The more money they make the worse they get. But I'm sure MTV won't do the right thing, they never do.”
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