‘BAD MEMORIES’
Teen Mom Jenelle Evans is ‘nervous’ to contact estranged dad & feels ‘jealous’ of husband’s relationship with father
TEEN Mom Jenelle Evans revealed she is "nervous" to contact her estranged dad and feels "jealous" of her husband David’s relationship with his father.
Jenelle only had her mom growing up and even their relationship has been strained through the years.
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In a new , Jenelle opened up about her lack of relationship with her father when a fan asked how it felt to not have him in her life.
While sitting outside and petting a kitten, the mom of three said: "Honestly, I think the weirdest part is growing up without a dad.
"Growing up and seeing my friends around their dads and how their dads treated them, and how David's dad treats him now, it makes me jealous in a way but it also makes me sad.
"It makes me upset that you know, he didn't want to be involved and he still doesn't want to be involved. And he has grandchildren that he doesn't know about but I don't know.
"He never reached out to me and I'm kinda nervous to reach out to him."
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Despite not being close with her dad whatsoever, the 28-year-old Teen Mom 2 alum has been able to keep a relationship with her mom – when they are on good terms.
Right now, the mother-daughter duo are feuding as tries to regain custody of her oldest son, Jace, whom Barb has been taking care of since he was a baby.
Most recently, after she slammed claims her were pre-planned when one user asked about the recorded blow-ups.
Jenelle was asked if she understood where Barbara was coming from now that she is a mom of three but she said no: "If you understood the way [what] I grew up with you would be shocked.
She added: "Nope because she is the reason I acted the way I did. There's a lot about my mom that you guys will never know about."
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Jenelle also said she agreed with another TikTok user, who wrote: "ur [sic] mom is mean," – but she said life was good when it came to co-parenting her son Kaiser, six, with in another video.
Barbara and her daughter have been at loggerheads since Jenelle had her eldest child Jace and she has person who ".
Back in January, Jenelle claimed Barbara led her on as a teen by saying she could become Jace's legal guardian when she got older.
Jenelle had Jace – now 11 – when she was just 17 and Barbara took over custody while Jenelle battled heroin addiction and several arrests.
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In another TikTok clip, the ex star jumped on the "Biggest lie your parents ever told you," trend.
"Oh, I'll give you custody back when you get older," she told the camera, while mimicking Barb's voice.
"Bulls**t," she added, as her husband, , added from behind her: "Yeah, right!"
Jenelle captioned the clip: "Sometimes it’s not the best thing to trust your parents. #BiggestLie #MyLife #ToxicParent."
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Jenelle and Barbara's custody battle sparked up in 2021 when Jenelle .
Barbara hit back at Jenelle's claims,
Jenelle then , because her mother is
The Sun previously confirmed that there have been no changes to the custody arrangement in court.
Jenelle and Barbara had appeared to resolve their volatile relationship when they .
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The former Teen Mom star later urged fans: ".
Jenelle shares Jace with her ex, Andrew Lewis, who has been absent since the preteen's birth, Kaiser with Nathan, and little Ensley with David.
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