MTV Reality: Teen Mom Road Rage

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It's clear that, from her live tweets of them each Monday, Jemmye is the superfan in the Trifecta of the drama that's been taking place the past decade on Teen Mom and its predecessor, 16 & Pregnant. Judging by how the cast have been in the tabloids almost every week this decade, it does, after all, garner a larger viewership than the Trifecta series we cover usually - and if the rumors on the line are true, there may be reason for those who follow The Challenge to take up watching the baby mama drama soon. And it was a week ago that Bristol Palin was announced as a new member of the OG cast to replace the departed Farrah Abraham and to much Twitter reaction after the politician's daughter made headlines years earlier for her stance against LGBT rights and other controversies.

Monday night before the madness that went down on Floribama Shore and in South Africa on Final Reckoning the night after, there was a rather disturbing moment that took place on the penultimate episode of what's now the 20th overall season of Teen Mom 2. There, the one lady who has been the most-scrutinized member of this second generation of moms, Jenelle Evans-Easton, had an episode with an aggressive driver on a ride home, all as her son Jace was sitting in the front-row passenger's seat next to her after she picked her up from school. It was so sobering a moment last week, it only added to the decade's worth of moments that got everyone talking from this franchise.
   There, when she and the driver had their moment of getting so close to each other in the North Carolina highways during the height of the afternoon rush hour, Jenelle decided to take out a handgun from her driver's side pocket and point it in the direction of the offended driver... all as Jace was watching it in front of their own eyes. That part of the footage was eventually not shown - which is the latest in a long line of bad behavior for Jenelle, with numerous situations too much to mention here, and putting road rage into the national conversation. And it may be turning for the worse for her, with a sneak preview of the finale seeing local sheriffs deputies outside the door of her house.

Below are some of the reactions from Teen Mom viewers and from her co-stars on Jenelle's road rage incident. People Magazine provided a full recap of the episode, which you can check out here.

In this sneak peek from tonight's new #TeenMom2, Jenelle and Jace deal with an aggressive driver. pic.twitter.com/o9rT1FQNv5

— #TeenMom2 (@TeenMom) July 23, 2018

►Social Reaction... 

@PapaRandlicious Randy Houska/Chelsea Houska-DeBoer's grandpa: Where is the loaded gun while Jace sits alone in the car? @mtv #teenmom2 @teenmom
- @ChelseaHouska: @PapaRandlicious I was wondering this also 😩

@erin2485: @people This scene gave me so much anxiety. They could have been killed because she was dumb enough to follow the guy who clearly had even more anger issues than she does! Even David pointed that out. I would have been terrified. And poor Jace had to experience everything.

@SayMyJRenee: This episode turned my stomach. Particularly that traffic stop/gun situation. From Jenelle endangering her child to me knowing in my mind and heart that had she been black there’s a great chance she would’ve been held at gunpoint/arrested/shot by that cop. #teenMom2

@LandryLocker: This scene with Jenelle on #TeenMom2 is awkwardly intense. Following a dude home with the kid in the car after a road rage incident, backs into his mailbox and then pulls a gun on him. This is outta hand.

@vanesamariana_: Jenelle brandishing her gun at a guy that she decided to follow for tailgating her is probably the most disturbing thing I've seen on Teen Mom by far. All of this while Jace was in the car. Wow.

@KiraCostello: This is honestly the hardest episode ever to watch. Like way harder than Ryan passing out at the wheel bc there is a kid in the car.  Jenelle has lost her mind. I worry for the kids more if the cameras are down though. #teenmom2

@ruedeveraux: Jenelle pulled a gun on someone on *their* property, then gets off easy with the cops. All I could think about was Philando Castille. #TeenMom2

@amyums22: I don’t usually tweet about tv shows, but I just watched some fucked up shit on @MTV ! Not only did a woman chase down a tailgater to his house with her 10 year old son in the front seat; she then backed into his mailbox and pulled a gun on him! And she was SO SHOCKED when she got pulled over, she started crying. With a loaded weapon next to her right hand. The cop just said “ma’am I see your fire arm, please don’t touch it”. OH MY GOD THIS SHIT IS FUCKED UP BEYOND BELIEF!!!!!!! #teenmom2 jenelle

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