Showing posts with label #TeenMom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #TeenMom. Show all posts

Friday, June 4, 2021

DC ExtraTime: A Ring and Number Two for Chey Not Shy

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Even before the events of the past year would rear its ugly head on us, 2020 and 2021 was anticipated in a more gentile and positive way in the MTV Reality community due to the record array and number of announcements of engagements and arrivals of new babies. And there has been a slew of them taking place in the past 24 months with those who we've enjoyed on The Challenge, Jersey and Floribama Shore, Siesta Key, Are You The One, Ex On The Beach and The Real World... but don't even make us try to mention each and every of those in this story, although this is the first of two to come.

But when it comes to those on TV's most-revered reality network getting pregnant and becoming new parents, there's one other MTV show where those instances are worthy enough to make tabloid front page news than Teen Mom, and twelve years ago this month saw the birth of a franchise that's actually longer than Jersey Shore when predecessor series 16 & Pregnant made its debut. Teen Mom 2 is currently into its 12th year with Jade Cline of Young & Pregnant (aka Teen Mom 4) replacing Chelsea Houska who departed the series last year, joining originals Kailyn Lowry and Leah Messer, and relative newbies Briana DeJesus and Ashley Siren who joined TM2 from other spinoffs of the show.

For those of us who have been more than entertained by two seasons of The Challenge airing this first half of the year - and who also follow three other shows in that first paragraph, there is reason for some of you to at least have some interest in Teen Mom. It's for the fact that the rest of the MTV Reality world is represented in this sorority by the ecosystem that surrounds the franchise's first person of color to be a leading figure in either the OG or TM2 shows - and who's also a close friend of Ashley's. And in what's been an amazing past six months for Cheyenne Floyd, it has culminated with saying "yes" to a proposal and welcoming her second kid in the space of only thirty-five days.

Thursday, April 18, 2019

The Look: Teen Mom - Young Moms Club

BY DC CUEVA                        
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Second chances: it's something that can either be offered to you almost instantly, or would have to hope for fate to somehow get another shot. Three recent sporting champions fit this description perfectly: the Virginia men's basketball team went from being the first #1 seed to lose to a 16th seed at last year's NCAA tournament to then come back and win it all the following season. The New England Patriots bounced back from a Super Bowl LII loss to regain their title this past season, and last week Tiger Woods returned to golf's throne after a long journey proceeding his fifth Masters victory.

Getting another opportunity is a thing that's rare when it comes to the world of TV: fans of Brooklyn Nine-Nine got teary-eyed when it was cancelled by FOX... only for those tears to become those of joy once it was revived by NBC only days later. In MTV Challenge circles, him invading Invasion of the Champions and an injury she had on Champs vs. Stars brought Exes 2 lovebirds Zach Nichols and Jenna Compono back together after a breakup the previous year, while Big Brother 19 champ Josh Martinez was given another chance to compete on the current season of War of the Worlds when a competitor was forced to withdraw after sustaining an injury in the opening purge challenge.

But these stories of gaining new life in both sports and the fifth major pro sport pale in comparison to the twisted journey of those who will have another chance to introduce themselves to the MTV community next week. But this time, it will be thanks to the banner of a franchise that got its start ten summers ago when the first generation of Teen Moms were 16 & Pregnant back in 2009. And they will bring to this always scrutinized MTV franchise several firsts, as they will welcome everyone into the Young Moms Club... but the story of how a group of young ladies from America's Finest City got here can be traced back a year in rather strange circumstances.

Sunday, September 16, 2018

DC ExtraTime: Cheyenne & Baby Ryder - The Reveal, Baby Shower & Birth

From last year during coverage of AYTO and The Challenge; DCBLOG will offer more on them & Cory when it looks at their arrival on Teen Mom OG before its October premiere.

BY DC CUEVA                      
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From during Real World Seattle in Oct. 2016

CHEYENNE'S PREGNANT!

Well, it's safe to say that wouldn't be a season in the Trifecta without mentioning anything about babies... we've sure had a good number of them in our time covering this world on here. In our RW season preview, we told you about Tyler from AYTO Season 4 announcing his incoming entry into fatherhood, and as Tony from RW Skeletons & two Challenges prepares to become a dad for the second time in nine months next month, they and so many others who've gone through this experience now have some company: another one is on the way.

It seems as if the AYTO Season 3 cast - Team Ohana - has had quite the past 13 months: two couples in Zak & Hannah and Chuck & Britni still together, Amanda & Nelson dropping into Rivals III, the many adventures of Kiki, and of course Mike making his much talked-about crossover into RW land. And of course, there's that most eventful finale and its ending 11 months ago that earned them the Underdog Award on last year's Reality Debrief Awards. Now, they have something in common with a few other alums of their show and so many others in the wider Trifecta ecosystem.

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It wasn't that long ago that we were discussing inside the Strategy Room about what could possibly happen if Devin & Cheyenne could make a run at Bananas & Sarah when they were second at the end of the first stage of the Rivals III final. That didn't turn out that way, but along with Team Princess holding up to the pressure at least now there is an additional consolation prize to go along with adding to that prize money that Devin singlehandedly helped them win the $750,000.

On Wednesday while many's attention were split among Real World, the debate and baseball, Cheyenne announced on Instagram and on her 24th birthday with a simple caption news that would reverberate in the Trifecta: "the greatest birthday present in 24 years πŸ‘ΆπŸ½✨." That angel who's about to be a mom revealed her baby bump to everyone, all part of a 24th birthday party and baby reveal party thrown for her in her L.A. pad to reveal to the world her new munchkin and was captured for those on that social media platform to see. A Snapchat story captured all the excitement and plenty of dance moves for the big day, as well as her eating a cupcake that revealed the gender of who the baby would be, and it turned up pink - which means she has a baby girl coming.

She further adds on IG, "Thank you for all of the loving text, calls, and comments.. yesterday was one of the best days of my life full of love, happiness, and support! I am having a girl πŸ’—πŸ’•πŸ‘‘." We send our congrats out to Cheyenne and the Floyd family and wish her all the best.


DC ExtraTime: Cheyenne & Baby Ryder - After Birth

From during The Challenge XXX and 3 months after Baby's Ryder's birth; DCBLOG will offer more on them & Cory when it looks at their arrival on Teen Mom OG before its October premiere.

BY DC CUEVA                      
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With Nelson and Hunter aligning with Cory, Britni winning the first female Presidio and Devin & Amanda holding fort in Redemption Island, it wasn't long ago that they and their AYTO Season 3 castmates were the new kids on the block. It was at this very time in early August 2015 that the group who affectionately called themselves "Team Ohana" was just enjoying some R&R between filming their season and them being revealed later that month as MTV's newest class of newbies. Of course, we saw them pull out a Miracle in the Islands, the man who plotted that ascend to superstar status, and even saw one of their own head to the Real World Bad Blood house and score a blonde who happens to be on this Challenge. And of course, they have made a lot of noise on here.

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And then, there's that baby. As we told you back in our last cycle, Cheyenne revealed her entry into parenthood on her birthday last October through an Instagram post and then had a party with family and friends that doubled as the gender reveal, and it being a baby girl. Then, she had her baby shower in the company of her inner circle as well as Devin, Britni's perfect match entrepreneur Austin and (as a result of her & Chuck splitting up recently) the lone remaining lovebirds of that season who's still together, Zak & Hannah. And in April, the moment arrived when Ryder K. Floyd was born and social world was abuzz in sending their heartiest congrats to the newest mom in the MTV family.

Last week on her YouTube channel as the young one turned four months old, Cheyenne shared a YouTube video of her giving birth to Ryder K.  There, Chey shared her experience of going into labor this past spring and the enormously painful process of that coming of age moment whose rewards are of welcoming her new baby girl.  And if you're a parent or someone who's gone through this experience - including my sister who's had this two times, you'll relate to her. Enjoy the video below.



That video helped to launch Cheyenne and Ryder's own YouTube vlog where the mom plans to share some of her experiences in this first year of motherhood. Last week, she posted a video of baby Ryder going swimming for the first time, and just yesterday came another clip, this time in castmates -- or better yet, uncle and aunt -- Zak and Hannah got to meet her as well as them posing for pics for their new clothing line.




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Saturday, July 28, 2018

MTV Reality: Teen Mom Road Rage

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BY DC CUEVA                      
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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.




►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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