Jenelle Lauren Evans (formerly Rogers, Eason) is a cast member on Teen Mom 2.
History[]
Jenelle is the daughter of Barbara Evans and the estranged Robert Evans. She made her debut on the series, 16 & Pregnant during the first episode of the second season after getting pregnant at 16 by her then ex-boyfriend, Andrew Lewis. She gave birth to their son, Jace Vahn Evans on August 2, 2009 when she was 17 years old. After Andrew cut all contact with Jenelle right after Jace was born, she realized that she was incapable and too immature to raise her son by herself. When Jace was nine months old, her mom, Barbara filed for full custody as she could not cope with Jenelle’s constant out of control behavior and neglect of responsibilities as a teen mom to her son. Jenelle signed over temporary custody of her son to Barbara and spent the next 14 years fighting to win custody of her son back from Barbara. After an explosive two year on and off relationship with her most toxic ex, Kieffer Delp, Jenelle met and started a relationship with underwear model, Nathan Griffith in 2013. They welcomed their first child together, as well as Jenelle’s second son, Kaiser Orion Griffith on June 19, 2014. After a number of arguments, Jenelle and Nathan called their relationship quits, but tried to be civil about their son’s upbringing. Jenelle then proceeded to begin a relationship with ex criminal, David Eason in September 2015. After seven months of dating, Jenelle became pregnant with their first child, as well as her third child from a third baby daddy. She gave birth to their daughter, Ensley Jolie Eason on January 24, 2017. Not long after Ensley’s birth, David proposed to Jenelle and she accepted and the two became engaged. At age eight, Jenelle’s eldest son, Jace was diagnosed with ADHD. In September 2017, David and Jenelle tied the knot with only David’s family attending the wedding, which was hosted in the backyard of their new home just after the summer. Andrew got in contact with Jenelle’s producers in 2019, as he wanted to file a request to meet with her and Barbara to discuss meeting Jace for the first time in over nine years. Jenelle was against the idea, but she agreed to let her mother meet with Andrew in New York City; Andrew was a no show, claiming he was in Florida, helping his mother take care of his dying father, who had terminal cancer at the time. Neither Jenelle or Barbara have heard from Andrew since he asked to meet with them. Jenelle has previously been married; she got married to former long term friend, Courtland Rogers in December 2012. A few weeks after this, they discovered that they were expecting their first child together; this technically being Jenelle’s second pregnancy, before ever meeting Nathan and getting pregnant with Kaiser. She lied to Courtland, saying that she had a miscarriage early in the pregnancy, but he eventually learned she had an abortion not long after he was arrested for possession of marijuana and heroin, as well as a domestic violence incident with Jenelle. The two divorced in 2014 when Jenelle was in a relationship with Nathan.
In 2019, Jenelle was fired from MTV after David killed the family dog, prior to it being aggressive with Jenelle and David’s daughter. Since then, Jenelle has been pursuing other work commitments. She is a current member of OnlyFans, as well as being an influencer on YouTube and TikTok. In March 2023, Jenelle finally regained custody of her son, Jace. During the summer of 2023, Jace had run away from home three times and claimed that David was abusive towards him. It is unknown if these allegations are true and rumours are speculating that Jenelle has lost custody of Jace again. Jenelle denies the rumours being true and insists she is keeping Jace’s life private from the public. She has also cut contact with Barbara, who she says has been talking to the tabloids about David’s potential abuse towards Jenelle and their children.
In October 2023, news reports confirmed that Jenelle had once again, lost custody of Jace, who is now currently living with Barbara again until the court can give a verdict on Jace’s future; whether it be him continuing to live with Barbara or return to Jenelle. Since living back with Barbara, Jace is not in contact with his mother, who also has not made any attempt to contact her son.
In December 2023, despite predictions that Jace was in Barbara's care following the allegations of abuse being made against David, it was confirmed by news reports that Jace is actually in foster care, as Barbara admitted she was not able to take Jace back in prior to his mental health issues and behavioural problems. In January 2024, it was also revealed that Jace recently got in contact with his biological father, Andrew. However, after several months of communication, both Jace and Andrew did not show any more intentions of meeting up.
In February 2024, it was rumored that Jenelle and David had separated; Jenelle appeared more frequently in her TikTok videos without David present. In early March, Jenelle confirmed that the rumors of separation were true, as she filed for legal separation from David. It was also confirmed by Jenelle herself that Jace is back in her care, but she continues to have no contact with Barbara. She has demanded that David does not request to visit Ensley until he has had a mental health evaluation. The following month, Jenelle had a break-in at her house. Camera footage was shown by Jenelle herself, yelling at the intruder, who was Spanish. So far, no update on the break-in has been shared, but since separating from Jenelle, David has accused her of being coercive and controlling by cutting contact with his family and friends and preventing him from going to work. Jenelle denies this statement from David, claiming that he is just saying this to humiliate her in the public eye.
It was revealed in an article on the internet that Jenelle will be reprising her role on the Teen Mom: The Next Chapter's second season, which will air at the end of May 2024. Teen Mom: The Next Chapter aired Jenelle's return on June 13, 2024 as she explained during her dialogue that she was being controlled, belittled and abused mentally by David, hence why she left him. She also mentioned that David would tell Jenelle to kill herself because her mother and children do not love her. During a conversation with Briana, Jenelle finally admitted for the first time in five years that the 911 call about David which was aired on the ninth season of Teen Mom 2 was true. She previously claimed that she and David got into an argument while they were both drunk and that she tripped over a hole in her backyard and David tried to catch her, but fell on top of her by accident. The rumours behind the 911 call were true, as fans and haters speculated that it was a domestic violence incident between David and Jenelle. Jenelle explained that David tried to restrain her from behind and pulled her weight against his, which caused her collarbone to pop out and dislocate. Since leaving David, Jenelle has been looking at houses to buy in Florida, as she no longer wants to live in North Carolina because of her traumatic past with David and her mother. She also hinted to Briana, who questioned her, about her future relationships and that she had become very flirty with a man who she's been friends with for a number of years. She insists that he gives her the time and space she needs as she is adamant not to jump into anything too serious while going through the process of divorcing David for good.
After the second season of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter reached the season finale, Jenelle was featured in the background of a 911 call made by August in October 2024. August claimed that she was high on alcohol and drugs and allegedly attacked him, hence why he called the police. He changed his statement and said that Jenelle did not cause any intentional harm to him. However, a few weeks later, Jenelle made a call to the police and she alleged that her son, Jace was smashing up her personal belongings in her new home in Vegas, where she recently moved with her three children before the end of the second season of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter. Jace has therefore been removed from Jenelle's care until immediate affect and has been taking a break from social media since this incident.
In January 2025, it was revealed that Jenelle had ended her several month relationship with her manager, August Keen after she found out that he had cheated on her with another woman who he never broke up with. Jenelle was sent numerous screenshots of texts between August and his girlfriend which stated that August was providing Jenelle with false hope, pretending to love her and support her, even contemplating leaving her because she was too toxic for him to have her in his life. Another incident took place before she ended the relationship, as Jenelle stated in her YouTube vlog that August had slapped her in the face and restrained her from getting out of their car when he demanded they leave because Jenelle was highly intoxicated. August went to the tabloids and branded Jenelle to be controlling, manipulative and toxic. Jenelle has supposedly cut contact with August as both her ex and her manager but she has decided to remain in Las Vegas despite the drama she has endured with him.
In April 2025, Jenelle called 911 for the second time to report her son, Jace for criminal damage in her house. Over a month later, Jenelle could not take much more and reluctantly contacted Jace's father, Andrew for the first time in over 12 years and asked for his help. It was decided between Jenelle, Andrew and also Jace's maternal grandmother, Diana Lewis that Jace would benefit a better pattern of behavior if he was to stay with his maternal relatives for a short period of time until the summer is over in August 2025; Jenelle confirmed Jace's whereabouts in a recent TikTok in May 2025.
Quotes[]
"Oh my God."
"Leave me alone!" - Most famous sentence Jenelle has said in the last nine seasons of Teen Mom 2.
"Dude." - Most famous word Jenelle has said in the last nine seasons of Teen Mom 2.
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Trivia[]
Jenelle is one of the first teen moms to have three children by three different fathers.
She has overall been pregnant four times.
It is rumoured that Jenelle has suffered with medical health problems for several years, but is often branded a hypochondriac by haters online due to insufficient evidence to back up her medical history.
She is a recovering drug addict; having smoked marijuana from the age of 13 to approximately 26. She also experimented with heroin when she was 20 and took herself off the drug and detoxed at her mother’s house for four days. She has not relapsed into using heroin since 2013 at least.
She revealed when her daughter, Ensley was born, that she smoked marijuana when she was pregnant and Ensley tested positive for marijuana after she was born.
Jenelle has not seen nor spoken to her father since she was a kid. She also has never considered trying to find him, as she believes that if he were interested in contacting his daughter, he would have done it sooner rather than later.
She is in regular contact with one of her childhood best friends, Tori Rhyne; despite their toxic friendship over the years.
She has been living with David and her two children in the same home since early 2017. After filing for legal separation in 2024 after six years of marriage, Jenelle kicked David and his daughter out of her home and currently remains there with Jace, Kaiser and Ensley. In the summer of 2024, Jenelle purchased a house in Las Vegas and she and her children moved there. She visits her old house in North Carolina from time to time to check on the conditions of the home, as she has stated that she will not be selling her house in North Carolina unless she needs to.
Jenelle is a huge Ke$ha, Cardi B and Miley Cyrus fan. Ironically, she attended a Ke$ha concert in 2011 and violated her probation, which resulted in her getting arrested.
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