FAMILY FACE OFF
Teen Mom fans say Leah Messer’s daughter Aleeah, 12, was ‘NOT impressed’ in ‘awkward’ first meeting with Jaylan Mobley
TEEN Mom 2 star Leah Messer introducer her daughters to boyfriend Jaylan Mobley on the show and fans are loving Ali's reaction.
The West Virginia native previously revealed that her daughters – Ali, Aleeah, and Addie – met her man after a month of dating.
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During Tuesday's episode of Teen Mom 2, Leah confirmed that after a fun-filled trip to Costa Rica with her latest love interest, Jaylan, they were officially a couple.
The news was made doubly exciting by the fact that their new status meant he could finally meet her children – a stipulation the MTV star previously revealed on the show.
Leah picked up her children after the trip, gaging their interest in meeting her new man.
“You guys can ask Jaylan any questions you guys have. He’s prepared," she said during the car ride.
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While they appeared eager, viewers couldn't help but notice that their faces during the intro said otherwise.
Cameras rolled as Leah, her daughters and Jaylan came together in her living room for the first time.
The children – save for Addie, who's known to speak her mind – kept quiet for much of the meeting, asking questions on occasion.
One Twitter user suggested that Ali, in particular, appeared "not impressed" with her mom's new beau.
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Posting a still of the pre-teen's expressionless face, the fan : "If I am not impressed with Jaylan was a face."
Another pointed out how uncomfortable the meeting seemed, : "I wanna like this dude of Leah, but every week Jaylan seems more weird. Idk what it is. I can't put my finger on it."
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Jaylan made sure to share with Leah's daughters how much he had been looking forward to meeting them.
At one point, she said to her daughter: "Ali, this is Jay."
Ali replied: "I know," drawing laughs from her mom's boyfriend and furthering speculation that she was not impressed.
Jaylan also noted that he was feeling quite anxious about the meeting.
The veteran said on the show: "I was excited to meet you guys too. I was kinda nervous too but excited at the same time."
Leah revealed a commonality between Jaylan, Ali and Aleeah during their intro as well: he has a twin sister.
Ali and Aleeah were largely quiet as they met their mom's new man, but Addie had a few important questions.
"If he becomes your boyfriend, can he drive me around to get my nails done?" she inquired.
She also asked: "Do you work at the mall?"
As the meeting came to a close, Leah assured her children: "It was very important that I waited to introduce you guys because you guys are my life. So anyone that comes around you guys have to love you guys equally and be good to you."
She also asked: “You guys want to see him more?”
All three of her kids agreed that they were interested in getting to know him more.
Later in the episode, Leah sat down with the girls to recap their first meeting with Jaylan.
She asked them what they thought, and both her older children seemed to agree that they were big fans.
TOO SOON?
Earlier this month, Leah faced backlash from fans for introducing her kids to Jaylan too early.
The drama kicked off after he shared a snap of himself spending time with Addie in the gym.
Critics claimed Leah shouldn't be letting her kids to spend so much time with Jaylan so early on in their romance., noting that it had only been a few months.
One wrote on a Teen Mom thread: "Leah has had no lack of boyfriends.
"She trusts them too much actually and allows them around her children immediately."
"I want to see these moms who are making moves, doing something with their lives, and thinking about their kids."
Leah faced backlahs once more as she confessed that her daughters met Jaylan just one month into their relationship.
"Jaylan and the girls just recently met, and they connected so well that initially it scared me, but I want my girls to see who is making their mama smile," she told in September.
"I’m happy they got to meet him and love him."
The MTV star added that Jaylan had joined Leah and her kids at "dinner/movie nights" and their most recent horseback riding lesson.
By the holidays, Jaylan was posing for Christmas photos with the kids and wearing matching pajamas.
BABY COMING?
In an interview with , Leah opened up about a potential future with her new man and more.
She confessed that they “talk about what we want out of the future” together often.
“Of course, Jaylan’s never been married,” she teased. “He wants that experience and I would never take that away from him.”
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She did, however, say they have no plans to have children.
“I just want to love him and get to know him even more before we add any more kids to the picture,” Leah said.
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