Teen Mom alum Jenelle Evans and her eldest child Jace are living in separate states nearly 2,500 miles apart amid a row that’s seen the 16-year-old slam his reality star mom on social media.
Jace lives in North Carolina following a conflict with his mother Jenelle, 33, who resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, sources told TMZ Thursday.
A primary reason Jace must remain in North Carolina (where he resides with a relative) is due to ongoing probation stemming from legal issues which are confidential due to him being a minor, the outlet reported.
The text exchanges revealed that Jace had threatened his mother he would report her to the department of Child Protective Services in an effort to provoke a probe of the MTV star. Jace ultimately made an empty threat – as did not go down the route with CPS, insiders told TMZ.
The Teen Mom 2 personality welcomed Jace with ex-boyfriend Andrew Lewis in August of 2009. Jenelle is also mom to Kaiser Orion Griffith, 11, with ex-boyfriend Nathan Griffith; and daughter Ensley Jolie Eason, eight, with ex-husband David Eason.
Daily Mail has reached out to Jenelle via multiple platforms for further comment on the story.
Teen Mom alum Jenelle Evans, 33, and her eldest child Jace, 16, are living in separate states nearly 2,500 miles apart amid a row that’s seen the teen his reality star mom
Jenelle is ‘focused on keeping a stable home for her two other kids’ amid strife with Jace
Jenelle denied Jace‘s allegations that he was in charge of supervising his two younger siblings when she was not around, insiders told the outlet.
In accordance with his probation conditions, Jace was ordered to take a class teaching anger management, as an insider said that the teenager ‘doesn’t do well with authority.’
Jenelle remains ‘focused on keeping a stable home for her two other kids’ amid strife with her first-born child, TMZ reported.
Jenelle felt that it was best for the sake of the other two children to have Jace depart the home, and approved it for the good of the family, insiders told the outlet.
The tense situation involving Jenelle erupted Tuesday when Jace shared some of the family’s dirty laundry with more than 41,100 Instagram followers.
‘I am finally putting out how my mother really is,’ Jace said, accompanied by a text exchange in which he complained about his living situation and called his mother Jenelle ‘crazy.’
Jace said to his mother, ‘I don’t need you, you don’t need me and I don’t understand why ur doing this just because I’m telling you the truth, ur crazy.’
The 16 and Pregnant alum replied to her son in the text thread, ‘[You’re] the one saying you’re going to have my custody taken. F*** YOU.’
The Teen Mom 2 personality welcomed Jace in August of 2009
Jenelle on Tuesday posted a lengthy response via Instagram Stories in which she said that it’s been challenging parenting her first-born child as he deals with health and legal issues
Jenelle said her eldest child has dealt with legal issues and urged the public to go easy on him
The text also included references to Jenelle‘s ex-husband David Eason, as she claimed Jace lied that he had tried to strangle him.
Jace said he ‘never lied’ and that Eason had indeed ‘tried to’ physically assault him.
Jenelle on Tuesday posted a lengthy response via Instagram Stories, telling her 3.1 million followers that it’s been challenging parenting her first-born child as he deals with health and legal issues.
‘My children are my whole world,’ she said. ‘And everything I do is to try to protect, guide and love them. Like any parent, I set rules and boundaries … and sometimes that isn’t easy.
‘Jace posting our private texts was his reaction to being rightfully disciplined and while it hurts to see those moments shared publicly, I know it comes from a place of struggle.’
Jenelle said she hopes fans can empathize with the difficult family situation she finds herself in, vowing to to stand by her son.
‘Navigating Jace’s different [medical conditions] has not been easy but I have never stopped fighting to make sure he has the resources love and support he needs.
Jenelle said: ‘I will always stand by him, no matter what challenges come our way and I will continue to work on being the best mom I can be to all three of my kids.’
Jace called his mother Jenelle ‘crazy’ and ‘really unstable’ on Instagram Tuesday
Jenelle asked the public for ’empathy, kindness, and prayers during this time,’ adding, ‘not just for me, but for Jace and our family as we work through this together.’
She continued: ‘Recently, he’s also been in trouble with the law these past few months and is having a hard time adjusting to the rules set before him.
‘I’ve been trying to help him navigate it, but we are butting heads in the process.’
Jenelle ended her emotional statement in saying, ‘Please give him grace at this time … this is hard on all of us,’ adding emojis of a crying face, a broken heart and prayer hands.
Jenelle rocketed to reality TV fame in 2010 while on the popular MTV show 16 and Pregnant during her pregnancy with Jace, then was added to the Teen Mom cast the following year.
