Cease us in the event you’ve heard this earlier than, however…
… Jenelle Evans has been let go by the producers of Teen Mother.
The polarizing cable community character appeared on a number of episodes this previous season of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter, however our buddies at The Ashley’s Actuality Roundup are actually reporting that she is going to NOT be requested again in 2025.
“It sort of got here out of nowhere,” one production source told this celeb gossip web site, including on Monday:
“There had even been a concerted effort to get [Jenelle’s mother] Barbara Evans out to movie, as a result of they know that the followers actually needed to see Barb once more. Barbara had virtually agreed to movie, after which [MTV] pulled out.”
As is so typically the case, after all, there’s been an entire lot of drama surrounding Jenelle of late.
Simply final week, insiders confirmed that Evans had sent son Kaiser away from dwell together with his grandmother — not lengthy after Evans herself relocated from North Carolina to Las Vegas.
This information got here instantly on the heels of Jenelle’s boyfriend having positioned a name to 911 as a result of he alleged Evans had been taking medicine and hitting him.
Evans did not exactly dispute both of those prices in opposition to her.
Curiously, nevertheless, Evans has NOT been launched from her take care of the MTV manufacturing firm Viacom.
“Jenelle signed a contract, and even when [MTV] chooses to not movie her anymore, she remains to be locked into that contract,” the insider defined to The Ashley. “Meaning Jenelle wouldn’t be allowed to look on some other exhibits or something like that, because of the non-compete clause within the contract she signed.”
Evans, as you possible recall, was fired by MTV back in 2019 after her estranged husband, David Eason, shot and killed the household canine.
Because of this heinous motion, Youngster Protecting Providers performed an investigation and even took away the then-couple’s kids for a couple of month.
To her credit score, Evans finally left Eason a number of months in the past.
In line with the aforementioned supply, Evans made round $25,000 per episode final season… not precisely an insignificant determine.
“It’s a big monetary loss, as a result of Jenelle wasn’t the one one making a living from her segments,” The Ashley writes. “Her children have been every being paid once they appeared, too.”
As for why Evans was let go?
It could have been Jenelle’s need for her boyfriend and supervisor, August Eager, to be included on subsequent season.
“Having August be a ‘boyfriend’ actually took away from the entire redemption arc they needed to point out Jenelle having,” this supply says.
“They needed to point out her residing life as a single mother, away from David and being along with her children. However exhibiting August as her boyfriend and never simply her supervisor would have sort of killed that.”
