The Teen Mother franchise has introduced us many memorable feuds through the years.
And on a couple of event, co-stars have come to blows throughout numerous reunion occasions.
Heated arguments are good for rankings, after all, however precise violence all the time carries with it the specter of pricey authorized motion.
Which is why producers are very involved concerning the current change of threats between Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter co-stars Jade Cline and Ashley Jones.
It began as an amusing confrontation
Jade alleged that Ashley’s husband Bar Smith had not accomplished a rehabilitation program that MTV had despatched him to.
Hilariously, she additionally roasted Bar for having “two units of eyebrows.”
Ashley shot again that Jade’s fiancé Sean Austin had “meth head on skid row” tooth earlier than getting sober.
Not surprisingly, the state of affairs quickly escalated past insults, with Ashley issuing a veiled risk concerning the upcoming reunion present taping.
“I’ll actually be seeing you in 16 days, don’t get no panic assault,” Jones tweeted.
“Lady pleaseee. You speak s–t on-line then keep distant in individual,” Cline replied.
“You had MTV final yr doing all of your complete phase alone. You been attempting to be a imply lady since [Teen Mom Young & Pregnant]. It’s previous. Run up or shut up in LA.”
Not surprisingly, producers weren’t thrilled to see threats flying backwards and forwards.
“On-line combating like this can be a nightmare for the producers,” one manufacturing supply informed The Ashley’s Actuality Roundup.
“Even when there’s a risk of bodily violence [the producers] should take motion. Even when the women declare they aren’t planning on doing something.”
A special supply in contrast the state of affairs to the struggle between Kayla Sessler and Dez Rodriguez, which was featured on Subsequent Chapter.
“When punches are thrown— and so they join earlier than safety stops them— it’s a large authorized challenge,” stated the insider.
“The footage captured [of Kayla and Dez’s fight] could not even be aired due to the authorized points.”
“Make no mistake: the combating is all the time good for rankings,” a unique supply informed The Ashley.
“However stuff like this– stuff that may be taken as threats of bodily violence— will get everybody on the community freaking out as a result of they are going to be liable if one thing main occurs,” a second supply stated.
Jade has now eliminated her tweet that informed Ashley to “run up or shut up,” probably on the behest of producers.
“I keep distant trigger y’all cry. Kinda like the way you tweeting now however manufacturing is looking me telling me that you’re feeling ‘threatened,’” Ashley wrote in reply.
“I received’t be working up, I’ll be calling the police you thug.”
The most recent dust-up between Jade and Ashley started earlier this week when Jones tweeted an allegation that producers had minimize essential content material from her storyline that might have made her actions within the newest episode extra comprehensible.
“This storyline with Cheyenne was non-existent till she determined to name Bar with Zach and speak a bunch of s–t whereas they had been down in Florida in entrance of all the opposite women,” she wrote.
“This upset me as a result of if Zach had a problem he ought to have referred to as within the privateness of his house, not for an viewers in Florida … that is my cause for being so upset in tonight’s episode,” Jones continued.
“So once you see tonight’s episode and assume rattling Ashley’s power is off, it’s as a result of that first telephone name didn’t make it into the minimize and that first telephone name was what pissed me off.”
It’s unclear at the moment what kind of actions MTV will take to attenuate the danger of violence on the reunion.
Previously, Ashley has been separated from the remainder of the forged to make sure that there could be no combating, and it appears doubtless that producers will take that route once more.
We’ll have additional updates on this growing story as new data turns into obtainable.